Bob Desmarais Speaks The Truth And Someone Does Not Like It

 “Can you believe it? The "do nothing" Democrats along with a REPUBLICAN first Selectman have taken to blaming the past REPUBLICAN administration for all the screwed-up situations in which they currently find themselves.”

Yes we can, because what was stated in the Friday August 15, 2008 letter to the Editor of the Bee, by Selectman Desmarais was right on the money. 

Mr. DeAngelis seems to have an aversion to facts and the truth, as illustrated in his almost daily haranguing of most every public official in Town. These endless rants, without substance, only reduces the credibility of the source.

 

He believes that preventing Paul Perrotti from mowing the lawn at Fire HQ is much more important than the unpaid $950,000 the Town is losing from Mr. St. John’s Washington Dr. deal.  That little episode is never even commented on. 

Replacing Mr. St. John’s portrait on the wall at Fire HQ, after members voted for its removal, is more important than the lack of the $650,000 rainy day fund.

The hypocrisy of his arguments is only augmented by his distortions of what he perceives as fact. There is a total disregard for the truth, and with all the finesse of a cow on roller skates, attempts to bolster the fuzzy legacy of the former First Selectman.

Mr. Gormley and Mr. Desmarais did not create the problems they are now dealing with.  The lack of payment to the Town by the Washington Dr, developer was not a deal that Mr. Gormley nor Mr. Desmarais hatched up.  The spending of the $650,000 rainy day fund that could have helped offset the $950,000 was not spent by Gormley and Desmarais.  1.6 million not available. 1.6 million the taxpayers must make up for.  Not even mentioned. 1.6 million does not seem to be as important as used chrome wheels (that cost less than new steel wheels) installed on a Town-owned vehicle.  That is what is important.

The real truth is Mr. Gormley and Mr. Desmarais cut the taxes on the Town side by 2.36% ... something the previous administration did not do. It is the School Budget that is doing the Middlebury Taxpayer in this year.  Perhaps if steps were taken by the previous administration to reduce excessive spending on the school side, the Middlebury Taxpayer would not be in the position they are in today.

You can’t rewrite history.  The Town was not founded in December of 2007.  Many of these problems were already in place and the current administration is doing its best to make things right.