...to get Paris back on track.
Paris voters are intent on doing so; but...the weather is not pleasant...we are still working out what to tackle first...and the plate seems so very full. We will have to help each other stay on task. [see Feb.14 Asking questions, not blaming or pointing fingers].
Tomorrow, Thursday 2-25-10, at 7 PM, Paris Selectmen will meet at the Paris Fire Station, immediately following the candidate forum. [agenda] Note item #3, "Joint meeting with the Norway Board of Selectmen..."
It seems that Paris isn't the only town needing to tackle irresponsible leadership issues. Norway Paris Solid Waste, a jointly operated waste management program for the two towns, is in critical need of long-neglected oversight - a correction thought to have been put in place June 2009, when voters of both towns enacted a new interlocal agreement. [ Feb.17 Stepping in to assess]
Yes, our plate is as full as it looks at first glance. Many, many people have stepped up; more are needed.
*People are taking advantage of voting by absentee ballot for the election on March 9th.
*Others are marking their calendars, and joining the list of volunteers who will call to remind folks to vote March 9.
*New names are being added to committees that make this municipal machine work.
*More and more people are finding the time to come to meetings where decisions that affect all of us are routinely made - meetings using information, that, except for very few instances, should always be available to the voters.
*Better and more informed questions keep coming - from a wide variety of voters.
This is our town. We are responsible for it. All of it - even the mistakes. Mistakes have to be cleaned up; we just have to roll up our sleeves, pitch in, and get the job done.
