Wednesday, January 30

Town Officials "claim" taxpayers groups charging, no substantiation.

As reported in the Eagle-Tribune today, Fleeing Town Administrator Russ "shoot the messenger" McAllister "claimed" that two women came in to pull their tax cards so that Mr. Leon Artus, of Atkinson Taxpayers for Fair Evaluations, who supposedly knocked on their doors could make money by helping them with their abatements!

Now if any of you have had Mr. Artus help you with an abatement, you would know that he never asks for anything! He never charges for his help! Nor have we found anyone who will say that he did charge them.

Is it coincidence that three days before a deliberative session in which we are going to debate 5 warrant articles petitioned and submitted by Mr. Artus, all of which place demands, and are at odds with the board of selectmen's views, one of which calls for the elimination of the town administrators position, The very same town administrator, aided by one of our illustrious selectmen divulge to a newspaper reporter, in a way which can not be verified, that they "heard" that This very same antagonist of theirs, is CHARGING people for help?

Is it coincidence that they claim that these two "women", they can't remember who they are, We have so many residents; They cant remember where they lived, cant look at a print list to see what tax cards were printed in the last 14 days? They cant produce a single person who will back up their slanderous story, yet, we are supposed to believe them over someone who has gotten tens of thousands of dollars back for residents of this town with no gain to himself?

This is just another example of the low brow, underhanded, dispicable partisan political shoot the messenger tactics of this board of selectmen under the leadership of Mr. Sapia!

Have you ever noticed they never debate the issue, they instead slander, and demean the messenger?

When are we as a town going to send these people packing and take our town government back?

We have spent the last three years in court over just this sort of behavior! This has never happened before in the towns 234 year history!

And it is time for it to stop!
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2008 at 5:13 PM

    Add me to the list of Atkinson taxpayers that Mr. Artus helped get an abatment of ~ $800.
    NEVER did he ask for any of the money....all he did is tell me about more ideas to get even more money back on my "miss" valued home

    Thanks Leon

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    ME TOO!

    $700 abatement, never a mention of pay, commission or anything! He would even let me pay him for his time!

    Thank you,
    Leon

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2008 at 8:48 PM

    I no longer trust Mr. McAllister, and I certianly don't trust Jack or Fred as far as I can throw them, this stinks of their usual slimy tactics of attacking their critics instead of answerring their questions.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    You know, we have a report by a town official of a crime happening. that of going door to door without a hawkers permit. SHoldn't the police be calling the people that Mr. Artus HAS gotten abatements for, they are all a matter of public record, and investigating whether or not this crime has been committed, maybe then we can see who is lying to us. After all, isn't that what the chief was doing whaen he called Mr. Acciard's customers? This is what they do, right?

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