Salem Community Patriot
4 - February 19, 2010
The Word Around Town...
Letters to our Editor
nullhe Final nullord fronull
includes null years participating in the nully nullouts and null
years with nulllemnulls nullliday Parade.
the Boardnullnulloonull
Three years ago, nulldecided to run nullr nulllectman and
you ganulle me the opportunity to sernulle when you elected
nullnulleral times onuller the past two weeks, Diane Panullette
me. nullpromised to not nullst be one more politician that
has brought benullre the nullhool nullard, the Deliberatinulle
once elected, nullrgot about the people that elected me,
nullssion, and now, the newspapers, an issue regarding an
and nullhanulle kept that promise. nullhanulle not been nullst one
old history book nullom the nullry null nullisk elementary school
more nulllectman that once elected, only returned the
in nulllem.
phone calls onullthe sonullalled important people. nullhanulle
The book in nullestion is a renullrence book used by the
people come into my store or call me nullst about enullery
teacher within the classroom to educate children about
day with their concerns. nullhanulle brought those concerns
the colonies and the Cinulll War. null is not intended to be
to the attention onullthe other nulllectmen at our meetings.
currentnullnullent material, but strictly renullrencenullbasically,
The anullerage person was ginullen a nulloice in their town
one to a class. Either onullher two students may hanulle been
gonullernment.
granted permission to take it home to study or prepare a
nullam not rich. nullhanulle had to work hard to pronullde nullr
report, but neither was renullired to read it conuller to conuller.
my nullmily, nullst like most onullyou. nullpromise you that inull
The nulllem nullhool nullard has been working hard onuller
reelected, that nullwill continue to represent enulleryone in
the past nullur to nulle years to bring more technology
town. nullou do not hanulle to hope that nullkeep my promises
into the classroom, thus eliminating the need nullr such
because nullhanulle done enullerything nullpromised you three years
enullensinulle and cumbersome books. Teachers are allowed
ago. During the last year, hanull nulle been the one strong nulloice
to instruct nullom many sources onullrenullrence, and this helps
on the nullnullto keep tanulls anullordable. nullproposed many
in keeping the cost onulltenullbooks down onuller the same
adnullstments to the town managernulls budget that would hanulle
period.
cut the huge tanullincrease that other nulllectmen wanted. null
null a year that we are trying to address nullnullearnullld
did also support money nullr the nonnullronull groups because
denulliencies in building innullastructure so that we may
we need them to help the lessnullortunate people in town. null
hanulle adenullate space nullr nullT, PT, Reading, nullsic, nullt,
hanulle shown the ability to make the tough decisions while
and nullndergarten, nullwould hope that we could get back
pronullding the sernullces people want.
to openly discussing these important topics and not get
nullwould like to continue representing you as a
distracted by smaller indinulldual issues. nulllectman and ask nullr your nullote on nullrch null nullwant to
continue to make nulllem a great place to linulle.
nullb nullyant - nulllenull
nullatricnullHareanull nulles - nulllenull
nullnullbell for Budget nullnullittee
null onullthis writing, the presidentnulls nullbs bill, scheduled to then president George W. nullsh. nulld why would anyone
Dane Hoover for School Board
be worked on in the nullnate this week, looks promising. but a mental midget care about this, anywaynull
nullwould like to announce my candidacy nullr the nulldget
nullghlights onullthe initiatinulle include tanullbreaks nullr nulld yes, nullrahnullnullica is indeed a continent. nulld
Committee. nullhanulle sernulled nulle terms and belienulle that the null name is Dane nullonuller, and nullam running nullr
businesses who hire unemployed workers, including inullyounullre going to yammer on about Rahm Emanuel
knowledge and enullerience nullhanulle gained hanulle enabled nulllem nullhool nullard. nullgraduated nullom Plymouth nullate
enullmpting them nullom hanullng to pay nullcial nullcurity desernullng to be nulled by using the new, unmentionable
me to pernullrm the duties onullthe onullce. nullinullersity with a nullnullin Graphic Design. nullhanulle linulled in
tanulls nullr those new hires. nullher popular breaks include word in our lenullcon nullretardednull in a stanull meeting, maybe
null nullmily monulled to nulllem in nullnull. nullhanulle seen nulllem nulllem since nullnull and nullam on the nullard onullDirectors nullr
deductions nullr sales and property tanulls totaling nullnull you shouldnnullt be talking out onullthe other side onullyour
grow nullom a sleepy little town to what we are now today. the Childhood Cancer Linullline onullnull. null sons attend
billion, which would be enullended to citinullns through mouth enullnerating Rush Limbaugh nullr calling last weeknulls
nullgraduated nullom nulllem nullgh nullhool in nullnull. nullthen went Woodbury and nullule nullhools, and nullam a member onull
nullnull, nullarious R nullD corporation business lenull credits, White nulluse meeting with adnullocates onullthe mentally
on to Purdue nullinullersity, where nullreceinulled a nullnullin Political the nullule nullhool PTnull Within the nenull three years,
enullended unemployment benenulls nullr people recently cut challenged a nulletard summit at the White nulluse.null nullt
nullience and a null in nullnagement. Pronullssionally, nullhanulle my daughters will enter the nulllem schools, increasing
onull, and many other nullatures. according to nullrah the Rogue nullnullant, this was acceptable,
spent the bulk onullmy career in accounting, which has my stake in the nullture onullour school system. nullam selnull
null e nullr unemployment, these are all nullnullorite policies as Limbaugh was nullst engaging in nullatire.null null, nullrahnull
ginullen me the background to be enullectinulle in meeting the employed and hanulle owned my local small business nullr
onullthe nationnulls right wing. null nullnate or nulluse Republicans satire was Tina nulleynulls brilliant and spotnulln impersonation
renullirements and duties onullthe nulldget Committee. almost null years.
decide to nullote against or hold this bill up as they hanulle onullyou a couple years ago. Limbaughnulls words were simply
null recent years, there hanulle been many people running null the owner onulla small business, nullnulle had to make
enullerything else since nullanuary nullnull, it will be up to nullush being Rush,nulla place where, unnullrtunately, his
as nullcal consernullatinulles that were concerned with the tanull tough and creatinulle nullancial decisions, and as a parent,
nullama to take his case to the nullerican people, as nullrmer ellonull wship onullthe nullserablenullnullns seem to want to be.
rate. These campaign promises were sometimes not met. nullnull e had to make tough and creatinulle parenting decisions. null
President nullll Clinton did back when nullwt Gingrich
null promises to be a nullcal consernullatinulle do not hanulle to be think the town and our current nullhool nullard are at odds,
during the Gnull nullontract on nullericanullclosed down
nullllianullFnull nullessens nullnulllenull
taken on nullith. nullhanulle a pronullen record. nullhanulle kept my and nullthink that nullcan bring some common sense and
the gonullernment twice in nullnull by prenullenting passage onull
promises, and made the tough decisions and taken some nullcally consernullatinulle ideas to our nullhool nullard.
Clintonnulls budget bill. This was the nullery initiatinulle that,
unpopular nullotes because that is what the times called nullr. null the Deliberatinulle nullssion on Thursday, one onullthe
anuller its passage nullllowing the two shutdowns, panulled the
Stephen nullnullbell nullderstands
nullou can be sure that nullwill put the time in that is members enullressed her nullustration that the nullard presents
way nullr the nationnulls economic enullansion that was the last
nullam proud to support nullephen Campbell nullr his bid
necessary to be well innullrmed. nullwill ask the nullestions the town with solutions, but the town says no and then
thing the Gnull wanted Clinton to get credit nullr with the
nullr renulllection to the nulllem nullnicipal nulldget Committee
that need to be asked so that you, the nulloter, will know as blames the nullard nullr not addressing our problems. null is
upcoming election the nullllowing year. nullerican nulloters
nullnullnull
much about an issue as possible. With the knowledge time to onuller some solutions that the town can appronulle.
were sanully enough back then to see what was going on
nullenulle has sernulled a number onullyears on the nullC and is
gained, you will be able to make the best decisions nullam running nullr nullhool nullard because nullbelienulle the
right benullre their nullery eyes, much to the Republican sidenulls
the most innullrmed member onullthe Committee. null nulllly
nullr nulllem. Whether you agree with my position on a students and residents onullnulllem desernulle not nullst a solution
regret, and renulllected Clinton in nullnull. The nullestion now
understands the nullate law nullnull nullnullthe nullC operates
particular issue, you will hanulle gained the ability to be an to the education issues nullcing our community, but the best
isnullwill they still be that sanully this nullnullember and in nullnullnull
under. nullenulle has nullund numerous mistakes that the Town
innullrmed nulloter, and that is probably the most important solution.
null the Republican members onullthe nullnate hanulle made
and nullhool District hanulle made and caused them to be
nullnction onullthe nulldget Committee. nullr schools need renonullations, general maintenance,
pernullctly clear throughout nullamanulls nullst year in onullce,
corrected.
null goal is to keep nulllem anullordable nullr all onullthe and we hanulle portable classrooms are all onuller the town.
they plan to obstruct nulla nullibuster any and all initiatinulles
null an accountant, and with his knowledge onullthe
people in nulllem. nullwant your tanulldollars that you worked nullnce the nullnullnullnullnullschool year, we hanulle anulleraged an
put nullrth by the administration in their baldnullaced attempt
laws, nullenulle understands the budget process better
hard nullr to be spent wisely. will null work hard nullr the people annual increase in our tanullrate onullnullnullpercent, despite onull
to completely stall and derail their enullorts in righting
than any other member onullthe Committee. null notices
onullnulllem. These were the promises nullmade in the past and the nullct that we hanulle lost nullnullstudents during that time.
our badly damaged ship. Combining the consernullatinullesnull
discrepancies between what is presented nullerbally and
nullbelienulle that nullkept them. nullask nullr your nullote on nullrch null nullate testing scores show that a number onullour schools
continuous blaming onullnullama nullr all the inherited
what the real numbers show. null nullds mistakes in the
nullr the nulldget Committee. are not pronullient in math and writing. null a nullhool nullard
ineptitude and damage done by the prior administration,
nullerating nulldget book when he is ginullen this yearnulls
member, nullll look to onuller new alternatinulles and encourage
a total lack onullcooperation nullom the nulluse and nullnate
budget numbers, but last yearnulls backup innullrmation.
nullenullen nullanullbell - nulllenull
my nullllow nullard members to present to the town options
Gnull on new initiatinulles, and the growing trend nationwide
nullenulle asks nullery tough nullestions and enullects, and gets, the
that will both impronulle our childrennulls education and be
onullindependent nulloters who apparently thought that one
answers.
year would be time enough nullr the Democrats to redress
A Bad Dreanull
anullordable nullr the tanullayers.
When nullenulle is in the minority during the nullotes, which
null your nullhool nullard representatinulle, nullwill determine
eight years onullthe nullshnullheney hell, nullnullembernulls midterm
is most onullthe time, he at least innullrms the nulloters. The
elections could pronulle to be the nullst step in a return to the
nullre is a list onullcandidates proposed by someone
why we spend so much, but hanulle schools that hanulle not
innullrmation has pronullded sound reasons to the nulloters and
disastrous policies onullthe worst presidential administration
and renullrred to as the nullream Teamnull Pat nullrgreanulles nullr
met the state educational standards and use nullnullearnullld
has resulted in many items to be denullated.
in our nationnulls history. We already know where the
nulllectboard, Dane nullonuller nullr nullhool nullard, nullephen
tenullbooks. nullr current nullhool nullard has wandered nullr
nullenulle realinulls the nullcts onulllinullnullthere is a manullr
hardnulline Republican nullotersnullheads are atnullitnulls up to
Campbell nullr nulldget Committee, nullenull nulltch nullr nulldget
nullom their core responsibilities nullnamely, the education
economic decline going on. null knows the senior
nullericanulls independents to wake up and realinull that Rome
Committee, and Patrick nullDougall nullr nullning nullard. This
onullour youth nulland we need to bring these responsibilities
citinullns will get no raise this year and probably nenull year
wasnnullt built in a day, and to understand that itnulls going to
will be a bad dream nullr nulllem inullthese people are electednull
back into nullcus. null elected to the nullhool nullard, nullwill
as well. null recogninulls that the unemployment in nulllem
take more than one term to redress the nearnullomplete
renulllectednull
be a strong nulloice nullr soliciting community input to the
is onuller nine percent and enullen more inullyou count those
destruction onullour oncenullreat nation accomplished by
Residents should take this as a list onullwho not to nullote
decisions nullcing our nullhool District. nullbelienulle that the best
who hanulle enullausted their unemployment benenulls and are
eight long years onullGnull rule. Do we really want to go
nullr on Election Day. Do your homework and ask the
solutions are those that consider all options, and make a
not tracked, and the underemployed.
back therenull
important nullestions onullthese candidates, and you will nulld
datanullased decision nullom both a budget perspectinulle and
nullenulle cares nullr the people who cannullt anullord nullnullercent
nullounullnulle gotta lonulle the rightnullingnulls number one standardnull
increases in the Town and sinullpercent increases in the
that they are not whatnulls best nullr the town onullnulllem.
nullom the perspectinulle onullpronullding an optimal solution nullr
our childrennulls education, sanullty, and wellnulleing.
bearer nullrah Palin, a nullrmer candidate that has parlayed a
hool District. null spite onullthis, nullenullnull e does not try to
partial term as the scandalnulllagued nullaska gonullernor, her
nullarles Flahinulle - nulllenull Please nullote nullr me on nullrch nullnullr the nulllem nullhool
handcunull the operations onullthe Town and nullhool District.
nullard.
undoubted good looks nullaybe a nullmale nullott nullownnull,
null tries to get both sides onullthe street to prioritinull their
and an almost complete lack onullboth knowledge and
needs. That is a truly hard task when the nulleadersnullwant
Patrick Hargreaves
Dane Hoonuller - nulllenull
granulltas, into her current nullnullnullewsnullenullrcise in Tnull
to spend us into oblinullon.
punditry. Combining both a staggering disregard nullr truth
nullask you to return nullenulle to the nullC. Enullen when you
for Selectnulln
and a willnulll bubblenulleadedness that seems to resonate
nullust a Fenullnullsings
disagree with him, he is innullrming you. Please nullote nullr
with her nullns, she attempted recently to create a tempest
nullwould like to announce my candidacy nullr nulllectman
nullenulle on nullrch null
in a teapot by blaming the nullama administration nullr
in nulllem. nullhanulle sernulled the last three years as one onullyour nullust a nullw musings, while pondering how hard many
monullng the inscription nulln God We Trustnullto the side onull
nullrl Merrow - nulllenull
nulllectmen and would like the opportunity to continue nullssachusetts nullndependentsnulland union members are
the new null Presidential coins, implying that it was another
representing you on the nullard onullnulllectmen. going to be slapping themselnulles in a nullw months, as enullery
nullnullmplenullonullnullama undermining the good olnullnullnull
nullhanulle linulled in nulllem since nullnull. null is one onullthe best nullott nullown nullote continues to derail all the initiatinulles they
nullnullrtunately, nullr the nullrmer cheerleader and current A nullod Deal
places to linulle and bring up a nullmily. nullhanulle tried to make appronulled onullwhen they pulled the lenuller nullr nullrack nullama
airhead, the nullct onullthe matter is that the alteration on the
nulllem a place that we can all ennully. null record onullsernullce in nullnullnull
coins was enullected back in nullnull and signed into law by
nulluy null Get nullnullreenull nullw many times hanulle you done
thatnull nullou need one, but inullyou buy two, you get another
one nullr nulleenull null sure looks like a good deal, enullen inullyou
“Where wonderful beginnings last a lifetime”
didnnullt really need three. What inullyou could nulluy null
Get nullnullreenull when you really do need threenull Like three
renonullated elementary schoolsnull
Therenulls no doubt that we need to renonullate our
elementary schools. We need portables nullst to get all
our students inside a nulluilding.null We teach classes in
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hallways and closets. The buildings hanulle outnullnulldate
and inenullcient mechanical and electrical systems. The
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buildings donnullt meet current sanullty codes. nullw did
and receiv
e they get that waynull We tried to keep enullenses low by
denullrring maintenance. nullw we know where that got us.
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nullortunately, we can correct these problems by renonullating
and lock in
the buildings.
We get an uncomnullrtable nulleling when we try to deal
2009 tuition ra
tes
with two contradictory ideas at the same time. null this
case, itnulls the ideas that nullow is the time to appronulle a
nullnullmillion bondnulland nullhe economy is bad.null Try to deal
with the problem as a nullestionnullnullhen is the best time
to borrow money because you really do need to renonullate
school buildingsnull The answer isnullnullhen construction
costs and interests rates are low.null Does it make sense to
wait until the economy is nulllly reconullered so we can pay
higher interest and construction costsnull nullt really. We
Dedicated to children and Quality Programs since 1996
should do it now. We can get nulled low costs now, then
our ability to pay will only impronulle as the bond cost
Infant and Toddler Care decreases year by year and the economy reconullers.
Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten programs
null we appronulle a nullnullmillion bond this nullrch, wenulll get
state rebates onullonuller null.nullmillion total nullr general space
Full Day programming including Language, Art, Math,
reconstruction and kindergarten space construction.
Thatnulls onuller null.nullmillion in rebates on a nullnullmillion bond.
Science, Social Studies, Music and Movement
null a nullnullmillion bond renonullates three schools, thatnulls
Hot Lunch Program available
an anullerage onullnull.nullmillion per school. The null.nullplus
million in rebates gets us almost a nulluy null Get nullnullreenull
Secured Building
on something we really do need three onullrenonullated
elementary schools.
Tours available every day. The bond to renonullate three schools will cost the typical
Limited openings - enroll now to secure spot!
homeowner less than null.null a month.
Do the smart and nullcally consernullatinulle thing. nullote
esnullon null nullticle null on the school ballot on nullrch null
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