Now what?

It's over.

We lost. They won.

So, how do you feel?

You did your civic duty. You commented on blog sites. You spoke up in public. Some of you, even spoke up at last Monday nights School Board meeting. 

The outcome was not the one you hoped for.  Now what?

Well don't hit the bottle just yet.

Your work is not yet done!  A new battle, one for restoring taxpayer-lead financial control over Maine 207 has just begun.

Remember my friends, no matter what a School Superintendent thinks, it's the School Board that ultimately controls the purse strings.  We have our CURRENT School Board to blame for this mess. 

(Front row, from left: Linda Coyle, Carla Owen, Aurora Austriaco, Teri Collins. Back row, from left: Jin Lee, Paula Besler, Sean Sullivan).

We have Board President, Carla Owen to blame.  We have Building & Grounds Committee Chair, Teri Collins to blame.  We have Finance Committee Chair, Sean Sullivan to blame.  These three Chairs knew about, and irresponsibly endorsed, the Wallace scam.

Although the total Board was the key player, since together they authorized the con and allowed the Wallace gang to withhold $120,000,000 in previously taxed revenue from public sight, it can't be stressed enough, the impact  non-voters had on the election results.  As Trizna so rightly stated on his latest blog post, "...49,669 voters who actually cast ballots..." while "...46,941 slugs who failed to show up."

Plan - B

Our job now, is to place responsible adults in those Board positions to look out for everyone's best interest. Specifically, the taxpayer and student, in that order.

 

 

We won't be looking for Superintendent lap dogs like Owen, Collins and Sullivan. We'll be looking for independent grownups, adults, men and women who understand who works for whom, and know how and when to say NO!
 

• No, when it comes to withholding $120,000,000 from their purpose. 
• No, when it comes to administrator bonus plans. 
• No, when it comes to raising taxes destined to force long time residents & friends to move out, because their total property tax bills are unsustainable. 

Owen, Collins and Sullivan are culpable for:

• misusing $120,000,000 in previously taxed revenue 
• administratoring bonus plans 
• unnecessarily raising your property taxes.  

And need to be held accountable.

That's where you come in. 

There were 18,177 No votes registered.  Only 38.96% of those who cared to show up to vote. 

There are 7 Board members.  Each member serves a 4 year term. 

• Lee, Austriaco, Owen & Coyle were elected in 2017.  Expiration date: 2021. 
• Sullivan, Collins and Besler's memberships expire in 2019.

Now, I've lay out the current situation.  Where we go from here is going to be up to you.  Question is, do you and I sit this one out or start taking preventive action?

So, do you feel up to it?

Of course, it's only my opinion.