Item: Interim Town Manager M. Thorne came to the town of Paris at a critical juncture. Is he being allowed to be enough in the loop to make fully informed decisions of his own?
Just this last week he was seen in the Paris Town Office meeting room with selectmen Ripley and Ivey and Road Commissioner Danforth. If, by chance, the discussion happened to be about the upcoming agenda item for Monday 8-24 concerning expenditures for road work, one might wonder: was Mr. Thorne being updated, or was he being told what to do?
Item: On Thursday 8-13, who was receiving and assessing and giving input regarding the information coming from Town Attorney Geoff Hole on the complaint filed against the town on behalf of S. Jackson? Clearly only 2 of the selectmen. Which two, does one suppose? The complaint was addressed to all of the selectmen; why wouldn't all of the selectboard be privy to this discussion? This is potentially a pricey item, not to mention a rather dicey situation.
Item: As a matter of fact, who were the 2 selectmen, of the 3 with a "new direction" in mind, that decided to fire the town manager on June 22 in the first place; one of several moves that now has this town on its ear?
Item: And who told a reporter from the Advertiser Democrat that "'he promised to fight the [recall ordinance] draft until it says what I want'"? Advertiser Democrat 7-30-09 p. 5A.
Who's minding the store? Who's looking after the nuts and bolts of things in this town? Is anybody paying attention?
WHO IS RUNNING THE TOWN OF PARIS?
