Yesterday at the Norridgewock Town Meeting and elections, I got re-elected to the Board of Selectmen along with Ron Frederick, Dick Holt, Rick Pomerleau and Victor Jepson. I want to thank the citizens of Norridgewock in allowing me to serve the community again in this capacity. Many of you know that I hold the position very seriously and every decision that I make on that board is with the best interests if the town in mind.
I personally would like to thank a few businesses and individuals for believing in my abilities to do the job of Selectman. They start off of course with my beautiful wife Erin. She knows how much this town means to me as well as how hard I work to ensure that things are done correctly with regards to town policies. Also I would like to thank Ron Frederick and Lisa Frederick, Kay and Alan Laney, Gloria Frederick, Jim Lyman, Winston Ford, Town Manager John Doucette, Rep. Phil Curtis and County Commissioner Phil Roy. Many of you I sought support and / or advice from regarding various issues in the town and I appreciate your help immensely. Lastly I would like to thank Buster and Al Dixon at Fonzo's Pizza on Route 8 in Norridgewock (Call for Great pizza: 207-634-2112) for giving me the encouragement and support to serve as a Selectman for the town. My compliments to the Chef boys.
On another note, in a recent Morning Sentinel article regarding the Town Meeting and elections, we as a Select Board put to the towns people some various articles. One particular article was to see if the Town would be in favor of moving the Town Treasurer and Town Clerk positions to appointed instead of elected. Last night, the Town voted 39-28 NOT to allow those positions to be appointed. I personally did feel that those positions need to be appointed, but the will of the people at this time was to have the freedom to chose who they wanted in those positions. In my eyes, I felt that by appointing those positions by the Town Manager, it allowed for more accountability to the position, thus providing a way to handle a situation if there happened to be mistakes found that needed to be addressed more quickly. In the current form, accountability is left to the people to determine if there is a problem with the positions. In listening to the towns people last night at the Town Meeting, many did not understand what those jobs entailed and the fact that certain critical items were not being done correctly, thus possibly putting Towns best interest in jeopardy. At the end of the day, the people wanted the freedom to chose the Town Clerk and Town Treasurer, however, at this point I believe many got the point that in order to hold those positions accountable, people need to take things into their own hands and look at what is being done. I hope for the Towns sake, that the people that came last night will continue to be involved and put pressure on ALL the elected officials in town to do what is supposed to be done.
Again, I want to thank those individuals that have continued to support me as a Town Selectman. Thank you Norridgewock. Go get some pizza at Fonzo's
God Bless America!
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