Letters
to the Editor
To
the Editor of the Monument and Citizens of Gray:
In
last week's edition, Mr. Jim Monroe provided his comments
about the November 2 elections and the preparations
undertaken by town officials. The first part of his
letter is based upon incorrect information.
While
it is true that the Gray Town Council did approve
a local referendum question, for some unknown reason
Mr. Monroe believed that any person who had already
voted by absentee ballot prior to October 5 would
some how have to have their first ballot replaced
by a second ballot thereby giving that voter the proverbial
" Two bites of the same apple". Confusing
and wrong.
For the November 2 election, the State ballots were
printed and used for all absentee voting. These covered
Federal and State issues only. When the local question
was approved on October 5 we were required to print
up a separate ballot that had only the local question
on it. Because we are required to keep an accurate
listing of all absentee ballot voters, every person
who had already voted by absentee ballot was sent
a local ballot only, with a return envelope.
Regardless of how each absentee voter exercised their
rights on the local ballot, their Federal and State
Ballot, as received, is secure and is counted! They
cannot come back and submit a new absentee ballot
for the Federal and State elections as Mr. Monroe
would have a reader believe.
Mitchell
A. Berkowitz
Town Manager
To
the Editor:
While
I am not surprised at New Gloucester Selectmen Chair
Steve Libby's remark that "I don't recycle",
I am disappointed by his lack of concern for the environment.
Being a town leader, he is not setting a very good
example for the rest of the public. It is a state
law that ALL towns recycle a percentage of their waste.
It is not a difficult thing to do. Every little bit
helps.
Brian Whitney
New Gloucester
