Sure, I’m old and naive, but I have never seen this kind of voting proceedure before.
Just by chance, I heard there was going to be a vote on the SAD 9 budget. Normally, such information and the proposed budget arrive in the mail. Not this year. In fact, I realized that I was completely uninformed about this year’s budget.
I went to vote, thinking that officials would have a copy of the budget at the polling area. Not a word available. Hanging on the wall was a copy of the ballot that basically said to vote yes or no that I agreed with the results of the recent budget meeting. What meeting? What results? I thought that if I voted “no,”
that maybe I could at least send a message that I was not happy with not knowing what the heck I was voting on.
Later on that day, I searched the town Web site. Not a word about the budget. I finally found information about the budget on SAD 9 Web site. What about those that have no computer at home?
No wonder there was a small turnout for the vote. For educators to keep the public in the dark is not a good thing. Although, it did allow the proponents to sweep the election.
Warren Doe
Vienna, Maine
look who attends budget meeting for the school and town, town employees and teachers, they don’t want the actual residents to know what they are giving themselves!
Everyone I knoe knew about the budget meetings and vote. Newspapers, radio, word of mouth, and I am sure other means were available. A thoughtful friend even called us with a reminder. Warren must live in a cave! As for who goes to vote…. was someone at the door checking ID’s and sending non-teachers away? I’ve never seen it done, but maybe this year was different. Is there any chance that
…Hutch usually loses so constantly grouses? Sorry about the typo.