Whose Report Card Looks Better

“Gormley report card looks bad...”

1. Straw Pond--Gormley throws out only people that knew the situation 

from the beginning. Hires Savarese, an attorney with no land use 

experience.

Mr. Gormley inherited  your little Straw Pond problem from your FOI carpooling buddy.  If it was not for his actions, would Straw Pond be an issue?

“2. Budget--Gormley has the bad judgement to bother the voters with 13 

percent tax increase referendum question that was voted down by a 3-1 

margin

3. Budget--Gormley comes back with a 9 percent budget increase, that 

was voted down 3-1.”

Tom Gormley has control over the Town side of the budget. He has little control over the Region 15 Budget.  Tom was able to cut the Town side by 2.38%. That is 2.38% less than the Budget Mr. St. John presented last year.

“4. FOI--Gormley refused to release information of town finances relative to 

fire dept.”

Not true. All Taxpayer funded information was given over.  Records of funds that do not come from the Taxpayers will not be turned over to Mr. DeAngelis.  That is FOI law, and Mr. DeAngelis and Mr. St. John are upset about that.

“5. Republican Town Committee--The elected head of the party ( Gormley ) 

fails to attend even one of  the Committee meetings.”

Mr. Gormley does not work for the RTC, nor does he answer to them. The RTC is suppose to be supporting him.  The Row B folks are failing to live up to what they said during the campaign.  Why are they not behind the First Selectman and supporting the budget? The big lie that Row A was supporting Brennan and not Gormley is certainly turning into be what it was from the start, nothing but a lie.

“6. Gormley allows Perrotti to refurbish junk cars at town expense.”

Two vehicles were given to the MVFD under Mr. St. John’s administration.  It is making good use out of vehicles the PD no longer needs.  

“7. Gormley closes dump with no financial savings to town.”

Mr. DeAngelis complains about Chief Perrotti mowing the grass at Fire HQ to help out the Town  and save Taxpayers money.  Mr. Gormley closes the dump so there are more workers available to cut grass.  So much for your assessment of taking work away from your union buddies.  Looks like they have too much work.  If the MVFD cut it’s own grass, maybe Tom Gormley can reopen the dump. The MRA cuts its own grass. How long does it take to cut the Fire HQ grass?  How many man hours  could be saved a year?  Man hours convert into Taxpayer dollars. 

Everyone is searching for ways top save Taxpayer money, and here is one way.  The cleanest public building in Town is Fire HQ.  It is maintained by Chief Perrotti and not the Town.  Chief Perrotti takes a great deal of pride in the building, apparatus and the grounds. It is a showplace and the pride of Middlebury. 

“8. Gormley allows library to close on Saturdays”

Mr. DeAngelis is a trained Librarian, perhaps he may want to volunteer on Saturdays, like the MVFD volunteers seven days a week, 365 days a year.  Train volunteers and reopen the Library.

“9. Gormley wastes 11 thousand dollars on audit of audit.”

Town Hall reports that Mr. DeAngelis has wasted over $20,000 of Taxpayer money on his frivolous FOIs.  If Mr. DeAngelis pays back the Taxpayer the $20,000, maybe we could open up the dump and the Library.

What marks would be on Mr. DeAngelis’s report card of accuracy?