Correction on selectmen minutes

To the Editor:

 I would like to point out some discrepancies in the Sangerville Board of Selectmen’s meeting minutes of June 11, 2015.

 The town’s official version of the minutes, item No 5 as written by Ken Woodbury, Sangerville Town Manager: Correspondence with Town Attorney Thad B. Zmistowski. Complaint filed by Richard Dobson.

 Eaton & Peabody has a copy of the attested ordinance that was presented to the voters at the annual town meeting and this was the copy that was used to issue its opinion on. It was noted that some voters being asked to sign a petition for the ordinance were either not given a copy of the ordinance or were shown a different version.

 The corrected version of the minutes by Richard Dobson: Complaint filed by Richard Dobson. Eaton Peabody has a copy of the attested ordinance at this time, after the Article 15 ordinance was voted down, that was presented to the voters at the annual town meeting.

 He also has a copy of a previous email draft and additional information that was given to him by a voter and this is the information that was used to issue his opinion on.

It was also noted that a voter had come into his office and had given to him a copy of a version by one voter that Mr. Dobson sent to him by email that had those three extra pages attached to it which Town Attorney Thad B. Zmistowski referred to in his opinion letter.

 Please keep in mind the main question from the start was just what exactly did Eaton Peabody base their opinion on because it was very clear the opinion letter in the town report did not match the attested ordinance.

 Also keep in mind that the board of selectmen never legally voted on giving Eaton Peabody a previous email draft and additional information, or add either the board’s opinion, or the attorney’s opinion or the opinion letter inserted in the town report — all of this was done for the sole purpose to sway the voters from enacting an ordinance that just might hold the town officials accountable for their actions.

 This is just one more attempt after the fact from the Sangerville town officials to deceive the public and alter the minutes in an attempt to cover up wrongdoing, and this is not the first time.

 The bottom line and the truth of this matter is that Eaton Peabody did not base its opinion on the attested ordinance. I would like to see the town officials of Sangerville stop violating the laws and the trust of the citizens, and start abiding by their oath of office and the laws of Maine. There seems to be no end to it.

Richard Dobson

Sangerville