Our Voice : Citizens For a Better Lebanon Maine

I have been looking through the expenses and Town reports and have put together a worksheet to analyze the expenses of Vendors and Town Wages. The worksheet provides a reasonable picture of the last 2 1/2 years of expenses by vendor / employee.

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Shouldn’t we  start posting our available positions for 2010? I made a pass at the Road Commissioner posting, hopefully we can generate some interest in the lucrative position.

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Fellow Residents, I sit hear typing this post with a sense of consternation, aggravation and dismay. I would like You to take a moment to reflect and ask yourself a couple questions…
What do You expect of your Budget Committee and the Budget process?
What do You see as the Budget Committee’s  purpose and function?
What amount of [...]

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A person found this interesting article about google looking to provide fiber to several communities.

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Some people might say, “Oh why don’t they stop whining?  It was decided in a court of  law that they really don’t own that land.”  I ask you, if you have owned a piece of  land that you had a legal binder/bill of sale for, and you paid taxes on that land  for 50 years, [...]

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I received a link to  some information that might be helpful in everyone gaining a better understanding of ethics related situations. The article details how  “There are essentially four ethics-related situations that can occur

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This letter to the Governor is posted by request of the Henderson’s, they ask if anyone is interested to please send a note to Gov. Baldacci on there behalf and tell him this is a true travesty of justice.

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You probably are saying “Oh no here she goes again!”.  But what I am writing about is a personal tragedy that has happened to us, and could very possibly happen to you also.
I am writing this because as of today January 28, 2010, our battle to save our land has come to an end.  Come [...]

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I have been wanting to make this comment for a long while now.  After reading all of my posts, I’ve come to the conclusion that I should clarify some things.

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Posted on Behalf of Chris Gilpatrick – – -  I would like to tell a little history of why I have a problem with taxpayer money being spent wastefully and why our elected officials should be held accountable.

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An informational meeting was scheduled at the Firehouse tonight for the Budget Committee to learn more about the Fire Departments needs for a new Engine. Being a Budget Committee member I was concerned if the meeting was still occurring since this morning when I checked the town website I didn’t see any notice.

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What do you thing the Towns… New Years Resolution should be? Post a short comment to this post with your thoughts for 2010. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

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What a year!!!! It’s been a real eye opener for most of us.  This website has been a God send for our citizens who really want to better our community.  I believe that most citizens here in Lebanon had no idea as to what was happening in our town and our town government.

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It’s exhausting watching issues come up repeatedly and not seeing any action or formal response from our town or it’s elected officials. Most recently, in November Chris Gilpatrick raised concerns over the usage and access to the transfer station by a private company after hours.

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It is troubling to me that the Selectmen have started having Selectmen Meetings during the day, without having a secretary present maintaining minutes. If you look at the daytime meeting recordings, the meetings have no secretary, are not formally opened or closed, and they go into executive session.

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I would like to wish each and everyone a safe and happy holiday. May all your

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Hello Mr. Wright:
I am a  concerned citizen of Lebanon.  I have a couple of questions for you.  I’m not sure you can answer them, but if you can’t maybe you can steer me in the right direction.

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Along with the given responsibilities of being a land owner, there are other things that you might never think of. In general, I’m talking about people who are small land owners, but I believe this applies to those of you that own from two acres to twenty five or thirty

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I have another story to tell you.  This is regarding  fire regulations and laws.  I hope  that, after reading this,  someone might enlighten us as to what  we can do. 

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Over the past year or so when the website was started I must say I was naive. I had no clue to what was going on and occurring in our towns government and it’s management other than the limited coverage you see in the papers. It certainly has been eye opening

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After receiving an email from Jason Cole, I sat down and did my best to send a Letter to the Editor in Fosters.  There is a letter dated 10/29/09 from Robie Marsters stating he commended the two selectmen for not letting the rescue squad get a new ambulance.  Jason stated the volunteers were discouraged by [...]

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Here is a copy of the original letter sent to Selectmen with their response at the bottom in PDF format. The response does not address the issue of ballot requirements, they only speak to how they could not support the issues up for petition.

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