Selectmen Make Stunning Decision
In a stunning moment of complete incompetence, Gilford’s Selectmen decided to sell town property to the Gilford Village Knolls without any formal bidding process. How can this be with a known bidder in the waiting? Apparently no one else in Gilford cares about adding more non tax paying residents to the town. These citizens will obviously have no problem riding in the teacher driven van to the polls and voting for every spending program going. I can’t imagine that the founding fathers ever imagined the concept of a 501c organization that can create a community of citizens that bear absolutely no consequences for their votes on town spending.
I asked one of our Selectman if I should start collecting signatures for the petition to stop them from doing something this stupid. I was told that it would be extremely difficult for the Selectmen to allow Gilford Village Knolls to purchase the property without a formal bidding process. What happened? Please keep in mind that I have nothing against affordable senior housing, which is exactly what the other bidder wants to do. I simply have a problem with any citizens that do not want to invest in our children’s education. If they can not afford the taxes, they can get relieve under State law.
Then there’s the simple fact that the Selectmen are supposed to be working for the best interest of the tax payers. With a known bidder in the wind how can they possibly not require a bidding process?
Are there 50 concerned residents that would sign a petition to stop this madness?
