The Building, Moral Obligations and a Keen eye on Mendon

The following comment was posted on Mendon Commentary by Blossom. It is worth reprinting here. We've added our two cents at the end.


Blossom Said...

"(Now comes my rant....)

And quite frankly, I've never seen Judy Leonelli in school committee meetings. I would hope that she does better there than when she called Horn a "two-headed monster." Again, I defer to our past: Mantoni, Fire Chief and Police Chief; Shattuck, part time Fire Chief; DeLuca, full time Fire Chief; Tetreault, part time Fire Chief; and Johnson, full-time Fire Chief. At least now, the decision to make Horn Fire Chief seems to be working -- I see the guys on the trucks, who come out in record number for calls without the "you owe me" attitude we suffered with for so long. Just because it was all we had, doesn't mean it was all we could get.

Stop settling for the cheap when we can get quality that lasts. Let's not sit passively for the Town Fathers making up our minds for us -- isn't that how we lost the old airport? And how that lovely piece of property on Providence Street, big enough to house Fire, Police and Highway, has a single Highway Barn sitting right on the road -- poor planning on the heads of those in charge.

I wouldn't be surprised, on another note, to see Sharon Cutler backing down on the "Joint facility or no facility" stand that she took on the Police Station when she ran for Selectman. That woman just doesn't want to build anything (or is it just that she's still mourning the library?)

Selectmen -- we want you to lead. We want you to do what's best for our town, and what's best for our citizens. Start doing it. Make a stand on the Leonelli property. Make a stand on the Public Safety Building. And by God, support your stand. Before we end up another few years down the road, another hundred thousand dollars out the window and not a damn thing to show for it."



Wow Blossom, your good and you know what is going on. Great rant!

Did Leonelli really call Chief Horn a "two headed monster"? That doesn’t surprise me. She is an effete snob and has been since she got here in 1986. Worse than that she is a Secular Humanist. Having her on the school committee is akin to putting Jeffrey Dahmer in charge of the menu. But I digress. Hell, the public safety portion of Mendon's government is a professionally run unit that is getting the job done. If I were king I would give Chief Horn a few more hats to wear. (How about the AA job Chief...LOL)

Leonelli is just trying to set herself up. Throw the building in a dumpster, lease the land to the Medway Co-operative Bank for 30 years or so and sit back and collect a nice income. There is nothing wrong with that except for one thing. A signature piece of Mendon history gets trashed.

Sorry Judy, purchasing a piece of history gives you no moral right to destroy it. Legally you may be able to do that but there is a price to be paid and these blogs are just your down payment. My guess is that given your elitist attitude this doesn't bother you in the least. Too Bad.


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