Barbara Schmidt 7/15/24 Barbara Schmidt 7/15/24

Special Notice to Orono Citizens! Ethics Matter

Here is another example of block voting by three Orono City Council member to push through spending more taxpayer funds on the Orono Fire Department the residents clearly do not want.

Barbara Schmidt 2/24/24 Barbara Schmidt 2/24/24

Breaking News: Spend, Spend, Spend

Yet another Orono City project is squandering more taxpayers dollars, and running over the initial estimate by over 46%. During the Monday February 26th, Mayor Walsh and his council majority will ask city council to vote for a temporary fire shelter next to the Navarre Station #2.

Barbara Schmidt 2/9/24 Barbara Schmidt 2/9/24

Is Orono hiding niche development because the Citizens don't want it?

City of Orono - where is our Public Information?

Lack of transparency, and suppression of information helpful to the citizens continues to plague this city council. One example is how the city council minutes have now been restructured to leave out public statements and other pertinent details that occurred during the meeting. Orono citizens are being actively suppressed from making their own determination on how their city is being run.

Another recent example is the 2/6/24 Park Commission meeting that was supposed to be broadcast and recorded. It has now disappeared entirely from the public record as of this posting.

Barbara Schmidt 1/20/24 Barbara Schmidt 1/20/24

2nd in our Series: Mayor Walsh Misstatements?

Second in our Series about misstatements in the Orono Happenings Newsletter

Why is Mayor Walsh writing mistruths?

Walsh said Finance Director Ron Olson “retired.” That is not what Mr. Olson said in his resignation letter. Mr. Olson stated that he took another job due to “the stress of the

current political climate within Orono.”

Why would Walsh cover this up?