TOMORROW NIGHT - THE 19TH

I hope (1) there will be an Eddington Board of Selectmen's meeting, and (2) if so, there will be some people show up (besides the Selectmen, and the 5 or less mandatory people and this writer) so that there can be some expression of genuine NEED for the Selectmen to attend the School Board meeting a week from now (the 25th) at the Eddington School to apply some significant pressure for the School Board to take some action re: the activation of the necessary RPC or whatever is needed to address this situation.

This matter IS related to town selectmen business when the lack of action on the part of the School Board is going to generate increased taxes (via $167,000 penalty) to be added to local property taxes. As though the state government's failure to manage within its own budget doesn't cause a "trickle down" increase in local taxes, even though this Governor says he's not willing to entertain any increased tax bills to address the current state shortfall.

When neither State government officials nor local School Board representatives are willing to do the jobs they were elected to do, it is time for the local voices to rise up and be heard. Sitting at home and venting anger with loud voices once the tax bills have been received is too late and too little.

Voters and taxpayers NEED to be in attendance at their local selectmen meetings and at the School Board meeting. Getting this RSU/OAS matter is of even higher priority than teachers' or central office contracts since there won't be any money to pay any contracts if this School Board doesn't get off its duff and do the job it was elected to do in the first place.