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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Why I signed the original petition that enacted Chapter 93 Acts of 2000



By Julie Farrell


Julie & Pauly- I see that you both signed the citizen's petition to make the Water dept with the Light Dept. Can you tell me why you supported it back then?

I signed the citizen petition back in 1999, probably in December. I recall that I was approached by someone I trusted to sign the petition. I didn’t do any research, nor did I ask many questions.

Back in December 1999, the Light department was located at 2 School St. The Light department was just completing the garage project at 2 School St. Town Offices were located on Main St in Otter River. Chris Ryan was the town coordinator. Gerald Skelton was the manager of the Light department. The longtime commissioners Michael Kwasny, then Stanley Dymek had passed away. Looking back, I believe these “old-time” commissioners kept Jerry Skelton in check. Those commissioners were looking out for the best interest of the ratepayers. The Light Commissioners at the time of the Chapter 93 citizen petition were Dana Blais, Sean Hamilton and Gregg Edwards.