The Town of Paris has a great deal of clean-up to deal with. In the last 6 months there have been decisions made, things put in motion that are not stop-able. The financial fallout of these is staggering. It will not go away all by itself, like hives, maybe, or a bruised elbow.
A municipal organization is not a hobby or a game; it is a living, breathing thing that includes all the lives and happenings of the people in it. It requires planning, implementing, and vision. We have been 6 months without that; and worse, with the negative of that, the agenda of a select few. And now we have to see what this is really going to cost us.... You can bet it's going to be plenty.
The town of Paris has stepped up. We have remembered that we are the ones who are supposed to be running this town. We are the ones who are responsible for electing officials who will do the operating of our municipal organization. We are the ones who have to clean up - and, yes, pay the tab - for mistakes made. And we have learned that we have to be better prepared, and we have to do a better job.
We have made a very fine start this week.
Monday, 2-8-10, 7 pm, 2 of the remaining selectmen will meet at the town office. There will have to be a new plan. There may be some naysayers there....but there will be many more informed, concerned citizens.
Paris will not be as easy to fool the next time.
