The very same type of road that selectman Sapia, and School Board Chairman Baldwin, and Chief Consentino put a halt to, two years ago, when VOLUNTEERS WERE BUILDING IT FOR FREE!!! Now it is going to cost taxpayers $138,000.00!
For those of you who don't remember the story... Brian Boyle Bought the Winslow Drive project, which on the plan had a path through the woods connecting the top of the cul-de-sac to Woodlawn ave. Now a quick read of the planning board minutes from when Turner Porter got the site plan approved, showed that the Chief was against the path, saying; "it doesn't give me anything"! That was until Boyle bought the project. Boyle offered a couple of live fire hydrants in trade for the path. This is a trade the fire chief will usually make, because live hydrants, especially in an area with a school and no water, are FAR more valuable than a path through the woods with a 90 degree bend in it, that noone can guartantee would be clear if they needed to use it. Chief stood in the way of this claiming that it was unsafe. This was untrue, but his puppet, Jack, jumped on the bandwagon. It was during this time that Doug Dow, and a number of the little league dads approached Teddy Stewart about improving the field behind the academy. They offered the town that they would improve and maintain the field, as well as clear the woods and build a parking lot for the field, and a fire access road behind the school, all for free! They got permission from the school board and were clearing the trees when Jack stormed onto the site ordering the work to stop as he claimed the selectmen had not approved it, not true! Even though he was told that he had no authority on school property, the work stopped anyway. The selectmen forced Teddy to go back to the school board for re-approval. When they got there chief and Jack were already there and had conferred with School Board rep, Baldwin. The three of them vetoed the improvements and the access road. Now the State Fire Marshall says we need an access road.
JACK, YOU COST THE TAXPAYERS $138,000.00! GREAT JOB, JUST TO STICK IT TO BOYLE! IDIOT!
We dont need this type of vindictive town officials., This was the same type of politics that was involved in the Vietnam Honor Roll Panels issue. Chief got pissed, therefore no panels.
Is this how the town should be run?
Why did he stop the volunteer project? That field desperately needs someone to care for it, and obviously we have heard the Lt. complain about parking on Birch ln. Now the state says we need an access road, I dont understand....
ReplyDeleteWhy did he stop all of that? and what good did stopping it do for the TOWN?
I want some answers.
I'm kind of thinking that Doug Dow and the volunteers will offer, again, the work they wanted to do.
ReplyDeleteI say that for two reasons.
1. They're not going to want taxes to raise money for that project. Taxes are going up enough already.
2 Obviously, they care more about the kids than Jack and Phil.
Ah, but if volunteers do the work, then Jack can not threaten to wothold funding. Volunteers take power from Jack(ass).
ReplyDeleteBut he got the blessing of the voters. So he assumes that his mandate to continue being the biggest a-hole the town has ever elected must continue.
2nd biggest!
ReplyDeleteHe is a piker next to the chief
I appreciate the correction. But we can give Jack credit for working hard to take that number 1 spot. Hopefully, next time around enough voters that are fed up with Clintonian tyrants will vote him to the street. Then he will have to live with the damage he has done.
ReplyDeleteAny time an elected official behaves in a manner that indicates he is more interested in power than doing what is right, that official no longer serves the people. He works for the people, not the other way around.
RE: Fishgutz 10:42 PM
ReplyDeleteYou hit the nail on the head... it's we the voters that do it to ourselves.
Hopefully we all learned a lesson during Jack's term as a selectman!