Finance Committee membership

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I think that Mr. Rockwood's action caused a stir because he hasn't come forward with announcing any replacements for the 5 FinCom members that were dismissed. He may have people in line to fill these postions, but not coming forward has cast a dim light on his decision. It's not a matter of what was done, it's a matter of how and why it was done. I don't agree that these people have held Walpole from moving forward. They held Walpole from moving forward in a wrong direction. Clean business, good schools and infrastructure are the direction of the future. Not same old, same old, different day.

I for one will definately find out the background on the new appointees. How long have they waited to get on? When did they apply? Did they really apply, or were they recruited after this debacle unfolded??

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I think that Mr. Rockwood's action caused a stir because he hasn't come forward with announcing any replacements for the 5 FinCom members that were dismissed. He may have people in line to fill these postions, but not coming forward has cast a dim light on his decision. It's not a matter of what was done, it's a matter of how and why it was done. I don't agree that these people have held Walpole from moving forward. They held Walpole from moving forward in a wrong direction. Clean business, good schools and infrastructure are the direction of the future. Not same old, same old, different day.

question: What clean businesses have been brought to Walpole by the "league of saviors of Walpole"??

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Please do not forget the heartfelt resignation of the 6th person( media silence ??) who could not stand by and let this happen without some personal action. So he needs 6 new people. With true integrity of the process he should actually need 6+2 more.

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That seems like a pretty good assesment of Jon Rockwood to me.

yes, last election I noticed no one ran against him so he must be doing something right. only when he does something a few people don't like do people, like you, start complaining about him.

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question: What clean businesses have been brought to Walpole by the "league of saviors of Walpole"??

Right on...

Someone please tell me the last time the selectman or anyone attracted any kind of new busiiness to walpole? and please dont say the "farmers market"

and not the so called "Mall"..they had nothing to do with that too.

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I think that the last new businesses that came to town were Goldies, they moved from Braintree/Quincy line. I used to buy my parts there when I was in high school, graduated in 1966.
Zion's junkyard used to be approximately where Chris' towing and auto service is now. I had Kenny Zion replace a transaxle in my Volkswagen and that was 1973.
I don't know when Allied Recycling came to town, I wasn't here then.
I also don't know if it is the responsibility of the BoS to bring business to town.
That is now the job of Stephanie Mercandetti, I've forgotten her exact title, but Don Walsh preceded her and nothing is new in town except for the farmers' market. At least it brings in some people to downtown, let's hope that it is successful for the farmers and the downtown merchants.

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Well, he's apponited 5 new members plus another one has resigned. Most of the Committee is now made up of school advocates and campaign contributors. So much for Moderation.

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I see an overide in our future

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I see an overide in our future

I'm not trying to start an argument and I'm not going to make wise remarks (wise sarcastic, or wise smart), I'm just curious why you say that. Do the people that have been chosen seem to be the type that would support an override? I don't recognize a single name of anyone that was chosen, so I'd be very curious to see what kind of background they have, how they came about being members, if they've ever been on committees in town, things like that. There are a lot of questions that should be answered by somebody. Again, I'm not putting this particular poster on the spot, just curious if they know something everyone should be aware of.

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http://www.wickedlocal.com/walpole/n...members-resign

Ok, nine of the fifteen Fin Com members gone. Including the chairman, the vice-chairman and the secretary.
The town administrator doing “Town Budget 101” .
This does not inspire confidence as we go into the toughest budget year possibily ever but certainly since the early 80's.
Only six members remain on this committee.