That really stemmed from my frustration with the town charter. You’re supposed to back off and not vote [when a conflict of interest arises] but that didn’t happen. If members had a potential conflict of...

It was a fight, I can tell you that. No one wanted it. It was bi-partisan neither side wanted it. There was a lot of resistance but we just couldn’t do the old form anymore.

The first people who will get hit with this are the seniors. I have talked with several senior residents and they tell me that these increases may force them out of living here. We are...

I didn’t stay out of politics. I served on committees but after awhile…I guess it was just time for me to come back.

We are a watershed town. Most people here don’t like to admit it but we are. The Farm River runs right through town. We need to protect that resource. You can’t have oil leaking into...

What I found with the old system was the lack of continuity. It was constantly changing. Now that we have a town manager, it operates smoothly there’s no fluctuation on mill rates. I tell people...

At a town meeting one night, it was very raucous, they wanted to cut the town manager’s salary who was being paid less than any town manager in the state to begin with and I...

What services in town can we do without? The only way may be to cut back on services.