The supposed "enlightened reasoning" for Bartlett's ouster, was because he had commented he doesn't believe the town taxpayers, should have to pay for recreation, and for the... "wants (not needed)" ... crowd. Gives new meaning to pettiness!
We live in the middle of a recreation-rich region, but that's not enough. Let those who can't vote, pay, for the "wants"!
Paying for your own recreation is a foreign thought, in Moultonborough governance.
The CIPC is an advisory committee, and the Select Board does not have to follow the recommendations of this committee. CIPC had "recommended against" the Gym. You didn't hear the Select Board preaching that, except for Bartlett.
Bartlett preferred to stay on the CIPC. The rest of the Board has decided to punish him. Some of us would counsel him not to let it bother him.
Puntiereri and Wakefield are up for reelection next March.
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