Orono Citizens are Being Billed Multi Millions for Water and Sewer
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Orono Citizens are Being Billed Multi Millions for Water and Sewer

Lately the Mayor has been under pressure to answer the following questions:

Why are you billing the Citizens so much more than needed for their water and sewer?

Are you hoping to fund the Duplicate Fire Department with the extra millions these funds are now accumulating?

Is it fair for the city’s utility customers to be funding a startup fire department?

Have you been intentionally avoiding going public with your funding ideas for Orono Fire? Have you held public hearings for all these issues and their actual budgets? No, it appears that you have not, and you continue to suppress Citizens' voices about this enormous spending.

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Apparently Council member Johnson is not Walking His Talk
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Apparently Council member Johnson is not Walking His Talk

Often, Orono Council member #MattJohnson engages in crosstalk during the mayor/council report. He uses this time to tear down fellow council members rather than giving his own report.

Why does he do that? Why does he feel obligated to bully people and defend the mayor? Does it have to do with the fact that Mayor Walsh paid for Matt Johnson's entire city council campaign?

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