Friday, January 8, 2010

The Next Thing

Monday Jan. 11, 2010, Paris Board of Selectmen meet. No word as yet on location. Call Paris Town Office to find out. 743-2501.

The agenda appears to include mostly procedural items....but last meeting (12-28) a new proposed ordinance showed up - unannounced - on the agenda. Very recently, there was "Discussion and action on warrant for a town meeting" zipped in....So....you never know.

A lesson that has been driven home for voters in the Town of Paris is how critical the decisions are that govern how our town operates; and who makes those decisions.

If no one is watching, decisions can be made, over a period of time, that effect many, but benefit only a few. Undoing less than responsible decisions is often far more complicated than preventing them.

Come if you can. Elected officials work for the people who elect them; and the people who elect them need to remind them of that