...for Paris Selectmen to continue with meaty subjects is:
Monday Dec. 14, 7PM at the Paris Fire Station. See agenda.
Item #6 Action on Settlement Offer in Law Suit
But wait - wasn't that already discussed in a recent newspaper article? Didn't say where information from plaintiff's lawyer was obtained. Alas. Front table was pretty empty for 30 minutes or more during executive session. Could anyone from that table have left a document in convenient view (from the opening of the meeting up until selectmen returned from the executive session, and later) in just the right spot for a quick photo op? Just behind the gentleman's name sign?
Item #9 Special Town Meeting
The wording indicates a plan has been made - and simply awaits the implementing. Why have an open discussion with hard questions about issues that would require some investigation into: what is accurate, what is in the best interest of the whole town, what are options, what are real costs? Why look for unbiased answers? Why not just schedule a meeting and invite friends who will vote for an agenda set by some who are in a real hurry to get something done...before... what? [Divert & Manipulate 12-1-09]
Item #12 Town Mgr. Contract
What surprises await the citizenry here? Have the drafters of this contract-to-be-discussed carelessly dismissed the possibility of the town having to pay unknown amounts in a law suit where there are still questions about the status of the previous manager? How can these drafters think they know the future? How can they think they are so infallible that they do not have to consider the possibility of having to pay these unknown amounts?
Or are they just so angry that they do not care?
And who pays for their game?
One wonders how a vendetta against a former manager comes together: is one of the steps to bring in a different manager, to...what? Make the town better? Make the administration more manageable? Make special agendas more feasible? So many choices....
So, has a contract already been written up? What about the terms of this contract-to-be-discussed? Will there be a probationary period? A vendetta, (a decision made in spite) would suggest not; an immovable object would be necessary.
In a vendetta, who bears the responsibility if the plans go awry?
This is not a third world village. The citizens in this town are willing and able to ask questions, and will not be satisfied with half answers, non-answers, or lies.
Plan to come Monday. The above items are but a few of the meaty subjects.
