More Culture For Middlebury

“Every morning a group of older, out of shape guys go for a walk 

in Middlebury. One of them talks about a relative who was "hot" 

about the cultural committee snub by Mr. Gormley.

It seems the "problem" was with the insurance angle. ( why one 

needs to insure culture is beyond us, but...).

If this is truly a problem for Mr. Gormley why doesn't he simply 

put the cultural people under the direction of the Park Dept? B. 

Proulx is very good at her job and we're sure she would know 

how to take advantage of the services of these people.

Hey, it's free and we need some culture. Some need it more than 

others.”

In a time when Mr. DeAngelis is relentlessly attacking Mr. Gormley about the size of the budget, he also seems to want to grow the size of the Town’s bureaucracy by forming a Cultural Committee.  Such a committee is not necessary, and will eventually ask for funding which will raise your taxes. It is not the Town’s responsibility to provide cultural events to its residents.

However, it is not to say that cultural events could not happen in Middlebury.  It would be a great idea. Create your private organization, and raise your own money.  Have fund raising events, car washes and other money making events, just like other private organizations do it. That way you will have funds to pay for such silly things like insurance.

Just keep the Town out of it. Putting people under the direction of Betty Proulx gets the Town involved.  Since the Town pays Betty Proulx’s salary, the Taxpayers would be paying Betty Proulx to help with your cultural committee.  That is not her job, and now you are involving taxpayer money.

Other private organizations have cultural events to raise money for special purposes. See how Nantucket brings the Boston Pops to the island every summer - Click Here. to benefit its island hospital.