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Wayne Cobb and William 'Dale' Maschino are running
for the one 3-year seat on the New Gloucester Selectboard
The
Monument posed three questions to all the candidates:
1.
Please name the top three issues you see as facing
your Board.
2. Tell The Monument Readers how you will approach
solving the one most
pressing of the above-mentioned issues.
3. Please share your favorite quote.
Arthur
Wayne Cobb,
Candidate for New Gloucester Selectmen, for the one
3-year term
Three
most important things facing the town of New Gloucester.
The
largest problem at this time for the town of New Gloucester
is building a new public safety building. There are
presently two parcels of land under consideration;
hopefully one of them will come to fruition. I am
presently serving on the fire station committee, whose
purpose is to decide what the town needs for a public
safety building.
The second problem the town faces is bringing our
roads up to standard. The town has a collector road
that is not paved, the Woodman road. This has happened
because the Woodman road is in fair condition while
the other roads that were reconstructed were nearly
impassable.
To correct this problem the town manager, public works
director and selectmen need to develop a five, ten
or fifteen year plan to upgrade all our roads. Once
the roads have been prioritized in the plan they need
to be reconstructed as soon as possible. While adhering
to the plan as close as feasible.
Another problem facing the town and other towns in
the area is growth. It is impossible to control growth
completely so the best that can be done is to keep
it in an area of the town that can best absorb it
without changing our rural character.
Sincerely,
Arthur Wayne Cobb
William
'Dale' Maschino, 
Candidate for New Gloucester Selectmen,
for
the one 3-year term
Thank
you for the opportunity to offer an opinion on issues
facing the board for which I am a candidate. Three
of the top issues we face in New Gloucester, as I
see them, are:
--responsible growth management
--fiscal responsibility
--managing intercommunity relationships
Managing town growth responsibly is certainly one
of the most pressing issues we face as a community.
Additional growth increases; pressure on existing
infrastructure and services, road traffic, use of
the transfer station and potential strain on school
budgets.
The collective role of board members is to maintain
balance between economic development and preserving
New Gloucester's character. With the continual review
and enforcement of the town's comprehensive plan,
zoning guidelines and transfer of development rights
ordinance, New Gloucester has gone a long way to make
provisions that will allow intelligent management
options.
Going forward, the ability to develop and maintain
plans that allow flexibility, will be pivotal to insure
that New Gloucester remains an attractive place to
live and work.
Favorite quote:
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never
tried anything new." Albert Einstein
