Lisbon Maine Town Council Meeting

TOWN COUNCIL MEEETING

The last Town Council meeting was the inauguration of the newest members voted into office in our last election.  This event was done very well and all new members, minus Norma Wells, took their oath of office.  Liza Ward was sworn in and took her place on the Town Council.

In a dramatic turn of events, Councilor LaRochelle was voted in as this year’s Chairman of the Town Council.  Apparently, puppet master Bowie did not have confidence enough in Pomelow for her to become Chairperson.  I totally agree with him since her screw-up with the Council Working Rules and her short temper with residents.  However, Bowie did allow her to remain as Vice Chair.  Congratulations Fern. 

The town received their annual audit presentation and passed with flying colors.  Keep in mind this was not a forensic audit.  Also the audit team does not review the Economic Community Development Department to ensure individuals receiving loans met the criteria for the type of loan received.

The Ethics Panel Chairman David Bowie gave the panel’s summary of findings and recommendation to the Town Council on whether or not there is a conflict of interest with Bowie.  You all know the results and my feelings.  No more needs to be said.

The Town Manager, who never provided on the town web site, the topics he was going to discuss.  It will be impossible to comply with the Councilor Working Rules if the citizens have no idea what is going to be discussed.  Is the new Chair going to force the Town Manager to post his agenda on the town web site or allow the people to address their comments during “Other Business”?  We shall see how Chairman LaRochelle will handle this problem.

Finally, there were two Agenda’s posted on the town web site.  One was posted on Friday and the other one was posted on Monday.  It was amazing because Monday’s agenda did not have “Corrected Copy” on it so if you were not paying close attention one would never realize the changes.  A simple act such as putting “Corrected Copy” at the top of the agenda would have eliminated any confusion.  Instead of paralegal training, why not send our people for simple administrative procedures training.  When can the people expect simple administrative procedures to be followed in this town?

Larry Fillmore
Concerned Citizen

Iran to Practice Ability to Close Strait of Hormuz [???]

December 12th, 2011 Via: Reuters:
A member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee said on Monday that the military was set to practise its ability to close the Gulf to shipping at the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil transit channel in the world, but there was no official confirmation.
The legislator, Parviz Sarvari, told the student news agency ISNA: “Soon we will hold a military manoeuvre on how to close the Strait of Hormuz. If the world wants to make the region insecure, we will make the world insecure.”
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Drones Officially Take Flight For Domestic Law Enforcement, Heralding a New Level of the Police State

Predator B drone

Michael Edwards  
Activist Post

It is a sign of just how fast the police state is advancing that drones in American skies have gone from conspiracy theory to admitted fact in about a year.

In a precedent-setting event, local law enforcement in North Dakota nabbed three suspected armed men with the help of a Predator B unmanned drone.  It was only after the drone confirmed that the men were unarmed that police moved in to make the arrest.
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EPA Admits Fracking Causing Groundwater Pollution

Anthony Gucciardi
Activist Post

The EPA has finally admitted that fracking; the controversial act of pumping water and chemicals underground in order to facilitate the flow of oil or gas, is causing groundwater pollution.

The chemicals involved in the fracking process are highly toxic, and many activists have been speaking out against fracking due to the threat to public health that the technique poses. Many viral videos have actually shown residents of fracking towns lighting their tap water on fire due to the high gas content.

The new EPA findings could significantly impact the fracking process, with the possibility of future regulations going into place to halt the environmental impact of fracking. The real question is whether or not the EPA will take the appropriate steps to reduce or even stop fracking, after ignoring the threat for quite some time.
EPA Admits Fracking Causing Groundwater Pollution

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How Low Can US Candidates go Pandering for Money …

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“Like America’s national interest, Palestinians are sacrificed by the average voter’s indifference and the utter moral impotency at the highest elected political office in the face of the strongest US foreign interest lobby.”

By: Jamal Kanj*

The American election signifies the start of the political harvest season for the strongest US foreign lobby. American presidential hopefuls vying for Jewish money and vote, with varying designed Yamakas, line up at fundraiser events from New York to Hollywood Californian, typically before making a shameful toadying “pilgrimage” to the supposed Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem.

The 2012 election season has started in earnest with Republicans and the President (Democratic) nominee pandering equally to the powerful pro-Israel Jewish lobby.


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BREAKING: Reports Claim US Troops Deploying on Jordan-Syria Border :

According to reports by James Corbett of the CorbettReport as well as an exclusive report on Boiling Frogs Post, U.S.-NATO troops have begun massing on the border between Jordan and Syria.

According to first-hand accounts and reports provided to Boiling Frogs Post by several sources in Jordan, during the last few hours foreign military groups, estimated at hundreds of individuals, began to spread near the villages of the north-Jordan city of “Al-Mafraq”, which is adjacent to the Jordanian and Syrian border.

BREAKING: Reports Claim US Troops Deploying on Jordan-Syria Border :

Distiller to donate spuds to the needy | Sun Journal

Distiller to donate spuds to the needy | Sun Journal

Lisbon home 'lighting up' for charity | Sun Journal

Lisbon home 'lighting up' for charity | Sun Journal

17-Year-Old Girl Creates Nanoparticle That Kills Cancer, Wins $100,000

by Eric Limer | 11:38 am, December 8th, 2011

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When I was seventeen, it was a very good year. Actually, that’s a flat out lie. When I was seventeen I was probably wallowing in self-important despair so trivial that now, years later, I can’t even remember if I was wallowing or not. The point I’m getting at here is that I wasn’t doing anything productive, much less anything that could save countless lives and contribute to a field of science that is more important now than it has ever been. That’s what Angela Zhang was doing, and now, she’s $100,000 the richer for it. Also, she can say she’s created a nanoparticle, one that kills cancer, for what that’s worth (Spoiler: It’s worth a lot).
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Police include Occupy movement on ‘terror’ list

City of London Police have sparked controversy by producing a brief in which the Occupy London movement is listed under domestic terrorism/extremism threats to City businesses.

Picture- Occupy LSX

The document was given to protesters at their “Bank of Ideas” base on Sun Street – a former site of financial corporation UBS. City police have stepped up an effort to quell the movement since they occupied the building on 18 November, with the document stating: “It is likely that activists aspire to identify other locations to occupy, especially those they identify with capitalism.
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Russia says Georgia's entry to NATO could lead to war

Russia warns of ‘2008 war repetition’ over Georgia’s NATO entry bid
© AFP/ Samuel Kubani

16:22 08/12/2011

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti)

Russia’s foreign minister has warned of a repetition of its 2008 war with Georgia if the South Caucasus state joins NATO.
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A letter FROM the North Pole

 

 

Dear Customer Thank you for all your letters in the past. Yes, I have been remiss in replying, but please understand that things get very busy at the North Pole, we only have daylight for 6 months, and being in the middle of an icecap floating on an ocean, everything we use at the toy shop has to be flown in. We're outside the usual Fed-ex routes, so we're still using the reindeer. Letters take paper. Paper requires trees. See any trees up here on those National Geographic specials? Okay, you get the idea.
But I feel I owe you a reply after all this time, plus there are a few things I would like to get straight between us.
No more cookies. I always feel obligated to take a bite out of the cookie left by your Christmas tree lest whoever made it feel slighted. But that's 100 million cookies I have to nibble in the continental United States alone every single Christmas, and I am trying to lose weight because chimneys are getting smaller.
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Orthodox Lawyer Suspended After Lying About Anti-Semitism

Injecting anti-semitism into a traffic stop didn't work too well for Mel Gibson, and one Queens lawyer who pulled a "reverse Gibson" on a New Jersey state trooper has been suspended from practicing law
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Kucinich: Protect Our Food Supply from Genetically Manufactured Crises

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today announced commonsense legislation that would prohibit open-air cultivation of Genetically Engineered (GE) pharmaceutical and industrial crops, preventing biological contamination of our food supply. The bill would also establish a tracking system to regulate and ensure the safety of GE pharmaceutical and industrial crops.

“We must take steps to prevent genetically engineered organisms from being grown in a way that could do irreversible damage to our food supply. Under pressure from profit-minded industry, we have already allowed the spread of genetically modified crops into our agriculture at great cost to our economy and with unknown effects on our bodies,” said Kucinich.
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10 of The Craziest Things Newt Gingrich Has Ever Said

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is the latest not-Romney to capture the attention of GOP primary voters. With a solid lead in three early primary states, he’s giving the erstwhile front-runner a serious run for his money. While Newt may be the flavor of the moment, the Iowa caucuses are just three weeks away, so while he's behind in fund-raising and has had trouble organizing a nationwide campaign, it's impossible to count him out.

In light of his resurgence, let’s take a trip down memory lane and examine some of the most absurd statements Gingrich has made over the years. Rehashing every outrageous comment by Gingrich would be a lengthy endeavor, so this is not a comprehensive list.

1. No free speech for you!

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Sherrie Questioning All: Senator Levin revealed - It was Obama who required the Indefinite Detainment Bill INCLUDE U.S. Citizens as part of the wording!

Sherrie Questioning All: Senator Levin revealed - It was Obama who required...: Well now we know, for those who have been holding out "hope" that Obama will veto the 1031 Indefinite Detainment Bill against holding U.S. C...

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30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes, 2008-2010 Comments 127

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December 9, 2011 6:24 AM EST

By employing a plethora of tax-dodging techniques, 30 multi-million dollar American corporations expended more money lobbying Congress than they paid in federal income taxes between 2008 and 2010, ultimately spending approximately $400,000 every day -- including weekends -- during that three-year period to lobby lawmakers and influence political elections, according to a new report from the non-partisan Public Campaign.
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Police State Mercenaries Ruin More Lives than They Protect

Saturday, December 10, 2011

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J.G. Vibes
Activist Post

I like to think of myself as a pleasant and easy going person, but I just couldn’t help from being overcome with rage and disgust as I sat in my grimy holding cell this past Friday. The legal fees, the hassles, the boredom and the fact that I probably just lost my job definitely had me upset, but it was just the blatant corruption of the situation that I found to be absolutely sickening. The sheer arrogance and hubris exhorted by the mercenaries that were holding me and several others hostage. This language might be a bit strong for some, but I feel that I’m describing the situation quite accurately.

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Rupert Murdoch Lobbies Congress To Restrict Internet

WASHINGTON -- News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch threw his weight behind Congress' attempt to restrict the Internet, personally lobbying leaders on Capitol Hill Wednesday for two measures that purport to combat piracy.

Murdoch's media empire is among some 350 large corporations that have come out in favor of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, as well as the Protect IP Act in the Senate.

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What Really Happened in the Russian Elections » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Moscow is unusually warm: the temperature refuses to dip below zero degrees Centigrade, the freezing point. Instead, it is wet and dark. The sun gets up late and goes to sleep early. To make matters worse, President Medvedev decided to keep Russia on daylight savings time throughout winter. To offset this stupid decision, Christmas illumination was turned on a month before the usual time, in order to cheer up the voters. Now it lights the way for the armoured vans of the riot police sent in to pacify the cheery electorate.
What Really Happened in the Russian Elections » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Occupy Boston protesters remain at encampment after midnight deadline passes for them to leave

By Associated Press, Updated: FriReprintsday, December 9, 12:15 PM

BOSTON — A diminished Occupy Boston encampment held its ground early Friday after police decided not to immediately enforce a midnight deadline that the mayor had set for them to leave a city square.

Two protesters were arrested after police said they moved a tent into a street and refused to move, blocking traffic. But there were no other serious confrontations between the demonstrators and supporters who gathered at the site as the deadline loomed.

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SPEWS11 Lisbon cheering | Sun Journal

SPEWS11 Lisbon cheering | Sun Journal

Lisbon/Mt. Ararat boys hockey | Sun Journal

Lisbon/Mt. Ararat boys hockey | Sun Journal

SPEWS11 Lisbon girlsbasketball | Sun Journal

SPEWS11 Lisbon girlsbasketball | Sun Journal

Ohio Nuke Plant Damage More Severe Than Previously Admitted

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
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Dennis Kucinich

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today questioned whether FirstEnergy has been entirely upfront with the people of Ohio over the extent of the damage to the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Kucinich requested full public disclosure of all relevant photographs, test results, analyses and reports by FirstEnergy after comparing reassuring public statements made about the damage by FirstEnergy officials to disquieting information received from the NRC during a briefing yesterday for the Congressman’s staff.

Ohio Nuke Plant Damage More Severe Than Previously Admitted

Defense Authorization Act Will Destroy Bill of Rights

ED NOTE : If Sherwood Ross’ article Defense Authorization Act Will Destroy Bill of Rights is accurate when it states that the Military will be authorized to arrest and hold anyone without access to legal representation, habeas corpus, or trial, then the Law itself is unconstitutional and all it will take is a finding in the US Supreme Court to that effect to nullify it.

It is quite simple and straightforward. The Constitution of the Unites States of America clearly prohibits the Congress from passing any law which is in conflict or contradiction with any of the guaranteed provisions of the Constitution or its amendments. If the Congress wishes to pass such a law, it must first amend and gain ratification of suspension of those rights of habeas corpus, legal representation, and trial which are fundamental to the Constitution.

Defense Authorization Act Will Destroy Bill of Rights

Android smartphone software tracks every user action and keystroke, analysis finds

(NaturalNews) Smartphone devices are convenient, handy tools for staying in touch with friends and family, getting directions on the go, and accessing a variety of helpful user applications from virtually anywhere. But a recent analysis of smartphones loaded with Google's Android software platform reveals that the technology can also track every movement, action, and keystroke of users, which represents a serious breach of privacy.

The UK's Telegraph reports that preloaded Android software known as "Carrier IQ" secretly monitors and records the websites Android users access from their mobile phones, as well as the text messages they send and receive and even the individual keystrokes they make. The technology also logs a history of where users are located geographically while performing these tasks.
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If they do not do what you tell them, strike them- says SFPD while kettling OccupySF

SPEWS11 Lisbon girlsbasketball | Sun Journal

SPEWS11 Lisbon girlsbasketball | Sun Journal

Pastor becomes ordained elder | Sun Journal

Pastor becomes ordained elder | Sun Journal

Sugg Middle School honor roll | Sun Journal

Sugg Middle School honor roll | Sun Journal

Cree Indians were historical society topic | Sun Journal

Cree Indians were historical society topic | Sun Journal

Police Try to Dissuade Elderly Woman From Defending Herself Against Home Invasion

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
December 8, 2011

If Donna Hopper, a 66 year old Redding, California, woman had listened to police during a 911 call, she may have been killed by an intruder.
During a 911 call, a police operator told Hopper not to shoot the intruder breaking into her home. She was told to put down the gun and wait for police.
Hopper instead shot and killed the man with a recently purchased .38 handgun.
The incident is another example demonstrating that police are unable to protect citizens
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Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive

Wednesday - 12/7/2011, 12:34am  ET

Bill Lefurgy, digital initiatives program manager, Library of Congress

By Michael O'Connell
Web Editor
Federal News Radio The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library's repository of historical documents.
"We have an agreement with Twitter where they have a bunch of servers with their historic archive of tweets, everything that was sent out and declared to be public," said Bill Lefurgy, the digital initiatives program manager at the library's national digital information infrastructure and preservation program. The archives don't contain tweets that users have protected, but everything else — billions and billions of tweets — are there.
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Could FBI's New Definition of Rape Outtlaw TSA Pat Downs?

New policy could serve as springboard for fresh legal challenge against federal agency Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The FBI’s new definition of what constitutes rape, set to be implemented next year, could ensnare TSA agents and outlaw pat downs because it defines penetration, “no matter how slight,” using any part of the body as a rape offense.

“The FBI’s definition of “rape” is about to get a long-awaited update, for the first time since 1929,” reports the New York Daily News.
The new definition, approved by the the FBI’s UCR subcommittee Advisory Policy Board back in October and set to be officially adopted by the FBI in 2012, states rape is, “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
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Census survey shows snapshot of life in Maine towns | Sun Journal

By Lindsay Tice, Staff Writer

Published on Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:09 am | Last updated on Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:12 pm 1 Comment

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If you live in Rangeley, good news: You probably spend only about 15 minutes commuting to work, mostly because you work right in town. And once you get there, you earn a lot.
Life isn't so rosy if you're a Rumford resident: Your commute is longer, your job pays less and that family next door is a lot more likely to be living in poverty.
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Ron Paul’s Loyal Supporters Are Getting Ready To Shock The World In Iowa

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Ron Paul’s supporters in Iowa are very loyal and very excited. And they are poised to make Paul the winner of the Iowa Caucuses next month.
This isn’t the script the media has been writing for this campaign. Instead, “Tea Party Queen” Michelle Bachman, who beat Paul by just a few score votes at the Ames Straw poll earlier this year, was supposed to win this state – and confirm that the GOP has gone bonkers.
Bachmann is polling in the low single digits now. Since Ames, Ron Paul has put in the most time in Iowa, he is running the best ads, making the sharpest criticisms of his rivals, and putting together the best organization.
In Iowa he polls behind only Newt Gingrich, the latest flavor of the week. But Gingrich commands little in the way of organization, money, or loyalty with voters.
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The Tube is Killing You: Every Hour of TV Watched Takes 22 Minutes Off Your Life by Sylvia Anderson - Anti-Aging - InsidersHealth.com

By Sylvia Anderson, IH Editor -- Published: September 05, 2011

If you need one more reason to curb your TV viewing time, here's the best one yet: latest research shows your very life could depend on it.

The study was conducted at the University of Queensland in Australia and tracked data from 11,000 Australian volunteers older than the age of 25. Results showed that for this age group, every hour of television viewed could shorten the average human lifespan by 22 minutes. According to researchers, it appears there is a direct correlation between how much time you spend in front of your flat screen and how long you'll live.

The Tube is Killing You: Every Hour of TV Watched Takes 22 Minutes Off Your Life by Sylvia Anderson - Anti-Aging - InsidersHealth.com

Boiling breast tumours kills them in 10 minutes: Doctors develop treatment using targeted electrical current By Rachel Ellis

The treatment, known as Preferential Radio-Frequency Ablation, is being pioneered by doctors in Sweden

Doctors have developed a new treatment that kills breast cancer cells by ‘cooking’ them — and it works in just minutes.
The procedure uses a targeted electrical current to heat tumours to 70-90c (160-190f).
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Aspartame has been Renamed and is Now Being Marketed as a Natural Sweetener

November 26, 2011 by POPEYE  

(HFA)   Artificial sweeteners especially aspartame has gotten a bad rap over the years, most likely due to studies showing they cause cancer. But not to worry Ajinomoto the company that makes Aspartame has changed the name to AminoSweet. It has the same toxic ingredients but a nice new sounding name. And if you or your child happens to be allergic to Aspartame, well don’t take it personally it’s just business.
Despite the evidence gained over the years showing that aspartame is a dangerous toxin, it has remained on the global market . In continues to gain approval for use in new types of food despite evidence showing that it causes neurological brain damage, cancerous tumors, and endocrine disruption, among other things.
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Hundreds 'occupy' US Congressional offices

Sit-in at the office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
© AFP Karen Bleier

AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hundreds of people from across America demonstrated in Washington Tuesday for jobs and stronger social security by converging on the offices of US lawmakers in Congress.

The action, by activists from unions and other organizations, was dubbed Take Back the Capitol and passed off peacefully.
Hundreds 'occupy' US Congressional offices

December 8: Mothers, Acting As ‘Agents,’ To Defy FDA Ban on Interstate Raw Milk Distribution

Against FDA Prohibitions, Freedom Riders Will Publicly Distribute over 100 gallons Raw Milk to Waiting Mothers 

Activist Post 

Chicago, IL—On December 8, a group of mothers and others will defy the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on “distributing” fresh milk across state lines by transporting 100 gallons of raw milk from Wisconsin to Chicago’s Independence Park and distributing it to customers waiting at the park. Rally time is 11:30am – 2:00pm.

Federal law 21 CFR § 1240.61 prohibits interstate movement and distribution of raw milk for human consumption. The FDA regulation applies to individuals, or “agents” acting on their behalf.
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Thought of the day

Thought of the Day
    Have you ever noticed how the four national media networks usually report on the same news events every night.  They also push a similar viewpoint usually the governments.
  
   Of the many thousands or more possible stories how is it possible they pick the same ones without some sort of direction.  Is our Government or some other powerful group telling the major networks what to cover? 

Are we being manipulated by the media?

New Bailout for Europe

Lisbon Maine's Ethics Panel Diversion

Lisbon's Ethics Panel Problem in 300 words or less

There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the in depth articles about Councilor Bowie’s conflict of interest and the Ethics Panel’s findings. The following few words are an attempt to boil it all down into a easily digestible summary of the relevant facts.

   1.    Councilor Bowie’s wife being an employee of Police  Department creates many perceived and/or actual conflicts of interest  one of which is documented by a previous Ethics Panel finding.    (Fact)
   2.    The Lisbon Ethics Panel is not addressing the true conflicts created by the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Bowie and the Police Department.
   3.    The  Ethics Panel is guiding the investigation to keep it away from the true conflicts. They are requiring the public to word the complaints in some unspecified form only known by the panel.  I believe (opinion) the panel knows what the problem is but doesn’t want to hear the complaint because they will have to render an uncomfortable decision that will anger the powers that be in Lisbon Government.
   4.    The Town Council and Ethics Panel are attempting to insulate the Council from ethics scrutiny. I doubt  this was ever the intent of the framers of our Ethics Panel.
   5.    The Ethics Panel refuses to investigate this obvious conflict on their own. There is nothing written in the charter that prohibits them from initiating the investigation.

The  recent finding of the Ethics Panel is really just A Red Herring used to divert attention away for the most egregious conflicts.

The only way to fix  this  “Good Old Boys Network” is to  install new ethically minded people to the council next November.

Respectfully
Joe Hill
LisbonMaine.net

A’chording to Kantele to perform free Christmas concert | Sun Journal

Published on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:12 am | Last updated on Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:12 am

A'chording to Kantele will perform Saturday, Dec. 10, at St. Matthew's Church in Lisbon. Pictured, back from left, are Lorraine Piirainen of West Paris, Lin Gordon of Freeport, Chris Frazier of Lisbon Falls, Deborah Crump of West Paris, Barbara Honkala of Bethel and Sally Riman of Harrison; front, Janet Gardner of Otisfield, Martha Wilson of Lovell, Kathy Cummings of South Paris and Irene Rochwarg of Yarmouth.

LISBON — The 10-member A’chording to Kantele will perform a Christmas concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on the Hill off Route 196.
The free concert includes coffee and desserts.


A’chording to Kantele to perform free Christmas concert | Sun Journal

BBC: Politicians Exploiting Neuroscience To Manipulate The Masses

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Ron Paul same message for decades ---- no flip floping here

Obama supporter now with Ron Paul

Homeowners can ignite drinking water from faucet

Occupy Congress Jan 17th

Occupy Congress on Jan. 17: ‘Largest Occupy protest ever’

By Elizabeth Flock

In the two weeks since the New York Police Department cleared New York’s Zuccotti Park of its camping protesters, the Occupy Wall Street movement has increasingly turned its attention to Washington. Last week, some 50 marchers arrived at McPherson Square from New York and then marched on the Capitol. Yesterday, Occupy DC targeted congressional Democrats at a campaign fundraiser. Now, protesters say they plan to Occupy Congress on Jan. 17, in the “largest Occupy protest ever!”
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Boy, 9, suspended from school for sexual harassment after calling teacher 'cute' By Daily Mail Reporter

In one North Carolina school, a student got more than just detention for having a schoolboy crush.
Nine year old Emanyea Lockett was suspended from school for two days when he told a friend that he thought his teacher was 'cute'.
'I was talking to my friend and I said Miss Taylor was cute,' Emanyea told local WSOC news.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069939/Boy-9-suspended-school-sexual-harassment-calling-teacher-cute.html#ixzz1fhNYYYJw

The Trickle Becomes a Flood? by Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers

I had many reasons for leaving the USA and moving overseas. One of the big reasons was, because of traveling outside of the USA a lot in university days, I began to realize that the story (brainwashing) about the USA being the "Greatest Country on Earth" (that we were all taught in school) wasn't exactly true.
The propaganda involving American exceptionalism and how "we are different (better)" certainly wasn't true either.
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The Real Reason for Obama's Threat to Veto the Indefinite Detention Bill (Hint: It's Not to Protect Liberty)

The Real Reason for Obama's Threat to Veto the Indefinite Detention Bill (Hint: It's Not to Protect Liberty)

Newt Gingrich: Serial Hypocrisy

Over 46 Million Americans On Foodstamps For The First Time Ever

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/05/2011 13:21 -0500


While the capital markets may be cheering that in the past month 120,000 people supposedly found jobs, even if these were largely temporary or part-time just in time for the year end shopping sprees, we wonder how they will react when learning that according to the latest update from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), some 423,000 Americans found their way to minimum way subsistence, courtesy of Food Stamp handouts from Uncle Sam.
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Radioactive water may have leaked into sea

NHK World
December 5, 2011
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says radioactive water leaked from a water treatment facility may have reached the sea through a gutter.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says slightly elevated levels of cesium were detected on Sunday in seawater around an outlet from the gutter.
Earlier in the day, workers found that at least 45 tons of water had leaked from a desalinization device at the plant. The water then apparently seeped out of the building and flowed into the gutter.
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TSA strip-searches 85 year old

Lenore Zimmerman outraged as TSA denies it strip-searched the 85-year-old Long Island grandmother

The feds on Saturday flatly denied that a 85-year-old Long Island woman was strip-searched at Kennedy Airport, sparking a fresh round of outrage from the already steaming mad granny.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/lenore-zimmerman-outraged-tsa-denies-strip-searched-85-year-old-long-island-grandmother-article-1.986437#ixzz1ffjrxXXm

Lisbon :::Help for New Beginnings | Sun Journal

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Police surround 'Occupy DC' site in Washington

Police officers scuffle with an Occupy DC protester
© AFP Jewel Samad

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Police swarmed into an anti-Wall Street encampment in Washington on foot and horseback Sunday and arrested around two dozen protesters near a large wooden structure that had been erected overnight.

Officers from the US Park Police arrived at 11:30 am at McPherson Square, just two few blocks from the White House and where demonstrators have been living in tents since late September, prompting a standoff.

Police surround 'Occupy DC' site in Washington

Help Occupy Trenton Survive The Winter #OccupyWallStreet #OccupyWallStreet

Help Occupy Trenton Survive The Winter #OccupyWallStreet #OccupyWallStreet

BOMBSHELL: US Caught Meddling in Russian Elections!

Putin compares US funded NGOs to Judas the betrayer.

Image: Khodorkovsky behind bars.

Tony Cartalucci, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

What would Americans say if they found their polling stations and certain political parties entirely infiltrated by Chinese money, Chinese observers, and Chinese-backed candidates promoting China's interests in an AMERICAN election? The answer ranges from incarceration, to trials featuring charges ranging from fraud, to sedition and even treason with sentences ranging from decades to life in prison, perhaps even death, as well as possible military action for what could easily be considered an act of war.
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White Wash The Lisbon Ethics Panel Decision

The Ethics Panel rendered a decision pertaining to Councilor Bowie and a possible conflict of interest.  This decision was based on the assumption the Town Council and those involved with the County Consolidation Communication Center project were fully aware of Mrs. Bowie’s participation in the Lisbon Communication Center.  Also, the fact this project is at an exploratory and conceptual level.

Councilor Bowie should never have been placed in this position in the first place because it is in direct violation of the Ethics Panels prior decision in January 7, 2009.  If everyone on the Town Council had full knowledge pertaining to Mrs. Bowie’s duties in the communication center, why would the council appoint Councilor Bowie to participate in this project in direct violation of the 2009 ruling?  Also, if the consolidation on communication centers does not remain under the jurisdiction of the Lisbon Police Department, Mrs. Bowie’s job description would have to be redone and her salary adjusted.  This is an industry standard practice.  So it is imperative to Mrs. Bowie's salary, the communication center remains under the jurisdiction of Lisbon Police Department.

Councilor Bowie, as an appointed representative of the Town of Lisbon, has a direct impact on influencing County Commissioners and fellow Town Councilors. Their decisions will have a direct effect on Mrs. Bowie’s salary.  Yes, this project is in an exploratory and conceptual state but his actions will effect the final decision of this project.  By stating there is no conflict of interest at this time, the Ethics Panel has enabled Councilor Bowie to influence the County Commissioners decision on the Consolidation of Communication Centers.  It is their decision which will determine Mrs. Bowie’s future compensation.

Councilor Bowie should have been replaced as the representative of the Town of Lisbon on this project once Mrs. Bowie was hired as the Administrative Assistant because her daily duties involve the Lisbon Communication Center and constitutes a direct conflict of interest to the County Consolidation Communication Center project.

The Ethics Panel findings are rendered on the assumption both the County audience and the Town Council has full knowledge of Mrs. Bowie’s involvement with the Lisbon Communications Center and the fact the Consolidation Communication Center project is in an exploratory and conceptual state.  First, we all know what “assume” does; it makes an ass out of u and me.  Second, because this project is in an exploratory and conceptual state does not means Councilor Bowie’s impact will not have a dramatic impact on his wife’s salary in the future.  Waiting to lock the barn door, after the horse has run away, is too late; so is waiting until the County Commissioners make their final decision which will be influenced by Councilor Bowie, too late.

Larry Fillmore
Concerned Citizen

Associated Press » Children of welfare incur debts of parents

SAN FRANCISCO — In 2008, when Jamie Hartley was 16 years old, her family was overpaid a total of $766 in welfare benefits.

But now Riverside County is demanding that Hartley repay the debt and it intends to "intercept" her next state income tax refund to get the money.

California welfare regulations for years have allowed, and even required, counties to go after minors for the debts of their parents, state officials told the Associated Press.
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FOIA Documents Show FBI Illegally Collecting Intelligence Under Guise of “Community Outreach” - BlackListedNews.com

Source: ACLU

FOIA Documents Show FBI Illegally Collecting Intelligence Under Guise of “Community Outreach”
NEW YORK – The FBI has been illegally using its community outreach programs to secretly collect and store information about activities protected by the First Amendment for intelligence purposes, according to FBI documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union.
“The trust that community outreach efforts aim to create is undermined when the FBI exploits these programs to gather intelligence on the very members of the religious and community organizations agents are meeting with,” said Michael German, ACLU senior policy counsel and a former FBI agent. “The FBI should be honest with community organizations about what information is being collected during meetings and purge any improperly collected information.”

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Iran shoots down a US drone aircraft over eastern Iran.

Iran's military says it has shot down a US reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran, Reuters news agency reports, citing state television.

­"Iran's military has shot down an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran," an unnamed source has reportedly told Iran's Arabic-language television network.  


According to Press TV reports, Iranian authorities managed to seize the unmanned aircraft upon being downed, which they claim received "minimum damage." 
 
The drone, reportedly an RQ-170 sentinel, "is a low observable unmanned aircraft system which the United States Air Force uses to "directly support combatant commander needs for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to locate targets."
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Lisbon Maine's Ethics

                     
      Lisbons Ethics Panel’s Duty

Does Lisbon Maine’s Ethics Panel have a hidden policy of ignoring blatant ethics violations
when they involve the Lisbon Town Council?

Is there some written regulation that bars the panel from rooting out problems.

I have searched the Town Charter for sections that apply to the panel and can find no such regulation.

What possible reason then would the panel have for ignoring the obvious violation involving
Councilor Bowie and his wife? Is there some unstated agreement between the Ethics Panel
and the Lisbon Council?

What is the purpose of any Ethics Panel if not to bring possible ethics violations to light. Do we have an Ethics Panel for appearance sake only.

These are all valid  questions that we must ask ourselves and attempt to answer.


It may be time for us to seek outside intervention to
help with this problem. Einstein said you cant solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem.


We need an Ethics Panel with teeth to oversee our governmental  actions. We don't need one that  protects the 1%  in charge from scrutiny and stands as a roadblock to correcting unethical behavior.


Joe Hill
LisbonMaine.net

Swiss Declares Downloading for Personal use OK

Swiss Government Declares Downloading for Personal Use Legal

Government research says piracy not as harmful as industry claims.

Shaylin Clark via webpromews

The government of Switzerland has issued a statement declaring that it will not take action to alter current copyright laws allowing the downloading of music and movies for personal use. The statement is the result of a lengthy study conducted by the Swiss government into the impact of so-called “piracy” on the entertainment industry.
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Genetic Weapons for pesky races

Foreclosure fraud whistleblower found dead

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

Tracy Lawrence, a 43-year-old notary who blew the whistle on the immense robo-signing scandal was found dead in her home on Monday morning after failing to appear in court.

Lawrence had plead guilty to one count of notary fraud last Monday after coming forward earlier this month and confessing to notarizing roughly 25,000 documents in a fraudulent foreclosure scheme.more here

Lisbon HS ::Harvest Festival raised funds for Project Graduation | Sun Journal

Harvest Festival raised funds for Project Graduation | Sun Journal

Huge New York march

10,000 in New York march again for jobs

by: Gabe Falsetta

December 2 2011

NEW YORK - The Central Labor Council was the main force behind a march for jobs here yesterday that filled the streets from 32nd Street and Broadway to Union Square.
Unions are under siege by corporate America. Leading the charge against them were the GOP governors of Ohio and Wisconsin. The fight back by organized labor and its allies that started in Wisconsin helped spur the successful November roll back of an Ohio law that stripped public service workers of their collective bargaining rights.
That victory, fortified by the Occupy Wall Street movement, has given labor and the majority of Americans hope that they can make changes that seemed daunting only a decade ago.
Yesterday, the public workers, transit workers, teachers, electrical workers, Teamsters and others united with the Occupy Wall Street forces to have their say.A statement by the CLC made their point: "This march is for Jobs and economic fairness is a call to action and a show of unity - we want to march down Broadway from Herald Square to Union Square and fill the street from curb to curb so government and big business get our message: Enough is Enough!"
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Llisbon's interact Clubs helps at Dempsey Challenge | Sun Journal

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Lisbon ---Inclusive Schools Week | Sun Journal

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Reports of an explosion in Iranian City

The Australian Reports Of Second Explosion In Iranian City Of Isfahan

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/02/2011 10:19 -050
While this story has not been caught by any of the major wires, The Australian's Jerusalem correspondent Sheera Frankel reports something quite disturbing: "All eyes on Israel after second Iranian blast. CLOUDS of smoke billowed above the city of Isfahan - evidence that the latest strike against Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program had hit its target." We will report more if this story is confirmed by any other news agencies because if true it means that at this point things behind the scenes are no longer happening in the shadows.
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Thought of the day

Do you believe what you see?
                               OR
Do you see what you believe?

"Rats"-----George Carlin

Share EU Dictators Block UK’s Right To Referendum

In a brazen flaunting of the EU Superstate’s anti-democratic ideology, the UK Government yesterday voted 483 to 111, blocking the people’s right to a referendum on membership of the Union. Out of the 111 that sided with democracy, 81 were rebellious Conservatives who have lost faith in the leadership of David Cameron.
The Prime Minister claimed today:
“In politics you have to confront the big issues rather than try and sweep them under the carpet.”
But of course confronting the big issues without support of half of your backbenchers and without support of the people is by definition a dictatorship, something the unelected suits in Brussels are all too familiar with
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Israel’s Grand Hypocrisy

by JONATHAN COOK
Counterpunch
As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab Spring last week. It was, he said, an “Islamic, anti-western, anti-liberal, anti-Israeli, undemocratic wave”, adding that Israel’s Arab neighbours were “moving not forwards, but backwards”.
It takes some chutzpah – or, at least, epic self-delusion – for Israel’s prime minister to be lecturing the Arab world on liberalism and democracy at this moment.
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Topless Protesters ---Ladies know how to protest in the Ukraine

If you can get past the pictures----These women have a message.
Naked ambition: Ukrainian topless protests go
global

A naked woman in a city's central square is bound to attract attention, which is
exactly what Ukraine’s Femen group is hoping for with a series of high-profile
demonstrations against the abuse of women's rights which has made the news
across Europe. And as RT found out, the Ukrainian feminists are ready to conquer
new horizons.On a chilly morning in Kiev, half-naked women in racing outfits
drink champagne and chant slogans. This is how the Femen movement
celebrated the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi. Several days prior to that,
Femen were in Rome, lending their support for the anti-Berlusconi protests.
“We had staged a lot of protests against Berlusconi and his sexual
adventures here in Kiev. And we are really happy his political career
has finished,” activist Aleksandra Shevchenko told RT.
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Defeat of Detainee Amendment

Senate passes defense bill with Defeat of Detainee Amendment

Sen. Paul Statement on Defeat of Detainee Amendment

Dec 1, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Tonight, Sen. Rand Paul prevented the passage of an amendment that would have further eroded Americans' constitutional rights. Offered to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2012 (S.1867), amendment No. 1274 would have allowed the U.S. government to detain an American citizen indefinitely, even after they had been tried and found not guilty, until Congress declares an end to the war on terror.
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Teen collects toys for Eagle Scout project | Sun Journal

Published on Friday, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:12 am | Last updated on Friday, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:12 am

Jacob Bussiere

LISBON FALLS — Jacob Bussiere, 14, a Life Scout in Boy Scout Troop 109 has begun his Eagle Scout Service Project.
Bussiere decided to give back to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital for how important they have been to him and his family. He was diagnosed with ITP when he was five years old and spent many years being treated by doctors and hospitals. Recently his five year old brother was hospitalized in serious condition at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and once again Bussiere saw firsthand just how important it is to do this project.

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Brunswick woman killed crossing road | Sun Journal

By Staff report

Published on Friday, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:12 am | Last updated on Friday, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:12 am

BOWDOINHAM — A Brunswick woman was struck and killed Thursday night by a pickup as she was crossing a road in Bowdoinham, police said.
Helen Koulouris, 58, died at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick shortly after she was taken there by ambulance, Maine State Police Trooper Jonathan Leach said.
He said Koulouris was struck by a truck driven by Lisa Green, 42, of Bowdoinham. The accident took place on Fisher Road, a short distance from Green’s home, at about 6:15 p.m.
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Thought of the day

   Have you ever noticed how the four national media networks usually report on the same news events every night.  They also push a similar viewpoint usually the governments.
  
   Of the many thousands or more possible stories how is it possible they pick the same ones without some sort of direction.  Is our Government or some other powerful group telling the major networks what to cover? 

Are we being manipulated by the media?

Montreal Police Brand Protesters

Occupy Montreal: Police “Brand” Protesters with UV Ink #OccupyWallStreet

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ccupy Montreal Protestors consider legal action against police for civil rights violations after police branded them with invisible UV ink to track them.

Occupy Wall Street protestors participating in the movement at Occupy Montreal consider legal action against the police for civil rights violations after being branded with invisible ink that allows police to identify and track them.
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Constitution Day Materials, US Constitution, Pocket Constitution Book, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights

Constitution Day Materials, US Constitution, Pocket Constitution Book, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights

1newsjunkie: BREAKING: MA Attorney General Files Suit Against B...

1newsjunkie: BREAKING: MA Attorney General Files Suit Against B...: Just breaking from Reuters... The Massachusetts attorney general has filed a lawsuit against five large U.S. banks accusing them of decept...

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The Media’s Blackout Of The National Defense
Authorization Act Is Shameful

The Media’s Blackout Of The National Defense Authorization Act Is Shameful

David Seaman
Business Insider
Thursday, December 1, 2011

The broadcast media’s ignorance and unwillingness to cover the National Defense Authorization Act, a radical piece of legislation which outrageously redefines the US homeland as a “battlefield” and makes US citizens subject to military apprehension and detainment for life without access to a trial or attorney, is unacceptable.

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