Deja Vous

Today's editorial in the Observer Dispatch--- Boilermaker Must Focus on the People--- should be a warning not only about the Boilermaker but the way Mr. Reed needs to start including all town residents in the running of town government and not just a select few of his friends.

Mr. Reed is constantly espousing the fact that he is taking a more professional approach and town residents don't have all the information that he does. He has excluded town residents from many areas of town government where they previously contributed many volunteer hours because of their desire "to make a difference".

Morale among residents of New Hartford is low--I heard many comments when I was out collecting signatures to force a vote on the $5.5 million spending the town board unanimously approved in October. If it had been Mr. Reed's way, the bonds would have already been a fact--those bonds were scheduled to be dated December 1, 2006. Mr. Reed had no plans to ask the people for approval before putting the town in debt for the next 24 years. To date they have yet to fully explain the spending plan to the people. Arrogance abounds on this new town board! The people are suppose to just follow Mr. Reed's lead like we are lost children and he has come to save us.

Just like the Boilermaker, the success of the Town of New Hartford is dependent on its people. And if Mr. Reed or any of the other Town Board members have thoughts of getting re-elected, they need to start paying more attention to the people who count--the taxpayers and voters of New Hartford!