To fully understand article 51 we must first listen to what
the lawyer said to us at the meeting.
We have paid a lot of lawyer money to get to the point where
we are on this subject. The town was high jacked in 2006 or 2007 when the water
department stopped declaring itself an enterprise system. It started to operate
under a different set of rules and regulation and ultimately cost us in state
revenue. It came at a time when Templeton was in need for more not less revenue
from the cherry sheet. The state calculates everything from debt and income
from the overall amount and balances of all town assets, liabilities and
figures out what we get. How much the schools get for help and other means of
financing. The water department has used and received money from grants and
other sources that would be even greater if the power struggle and greed for
control of town assets weren’t there by
