Invisible Middleboro Finance Committee and Web Site

Congratulations are offered to the long invisible Middleboro Finance Committee that lacked an icon on the OFFICIAL TOWN WEB SITE!

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Not only has the Finance Committee achieved OFFICIAL recognition, Town Charter aside, but meeting minutes have been posted.

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This is the Committee we need to heed for their input on the BUDGET. It's their responsibility by law and Town Charter.

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Check it out: LINK The Finance Committee is on the list on the left side of the site.

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The Town Charter has also been listed. Impressive! Of course, it's in adobe format and nothing is offered to allow you to download the program like all other sites. Try Mr Middleboro for a usable format of the Charter -- link on the right of this screen.

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Speakng of which, what happened to the Charter Commission that the BOS proposed? Remember the recommendations contained in the DOR Report? If that's posted on the Town Web Site, I haven't found it, but Mr Middleboro has. It's worth a review.

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Not only were there Charter changes included in the DOR Report, but there were lengthy comments that addressed technology, which surely includes the Town's Web Site.

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And your elected officials on the Town's Web Site: LINK Maybe someday, Selectman Spataro will even get a listed phone number. When you're in the Big Leagues, aren't you supposed to have one? Will someone please tell him that for $15 a month, you can get a phone?

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The Board of Selectmen discussed the Zoning Regulations and the Planning Board Regulations in 2003.

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They presently exist as the old regulations with a mishmash of approved amendments approved by Town Meeting and the State.

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They're totally inappropriate, difficult to sort through and represent the Town as a Mickey Mouse organization.

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Isn't it time to correct the mishmash and post it on the Town's web site as other towns do?

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Maybe it would avoid confusion such as the 'sign' issues.