"The Civil War of Alma"
The town board of Alma is not acting in the best interests
of its citizens or the town. They appear to be an entity of and for itself. It
is said that the town supervisor has a grudge against our elected highway
superintendent. The town supervisor has accused our highway superintendent of
stealing the town's scrap monies. I myself saw this money and the receipts
turned in, counted and recorded by the town clerk along with everyone else at
that board meeting. As has been Alma's policy for more than 30 years, these
monies have been used for shared work days, to supply the areas road workers
with their basic human needs.
When did the board change this policy and why wasn't the
highway superintendent notified of this change?
In the meantime, the town supervisor put in a claim to the
insurance company and was paid for monies that are NOT missing!!! Our town supervisor
has tried everything he can think of to remove our ELECTED highway
superintendent including slander, trying to have his bond revoked, and stating
publicly that he does not recognize him as highway superintendent.
Additionally, he has made the statement that he will not approve any bill
incurred by the highway superintendent on behalf of the town. How then do we
then get our roads repaired etc.? Certainly, our highway superintendent can't
be expected to pay the estimated $139,000 to repair the three worst roads in
Alma (the worst being Alma Hill)! Now
everything is riding through the court system on the backs of Alma taxpayer's hard-earned
dollars! I understand we are way over $10,000 in litigation so far and it
climbing rapidly! It appears that our town supervisor is using the Alma town
board as a platform to satisfy his own interests such as refusing wages to an
elected official and cancelling his insurance.... instead of considering what's
best for Alma and our citizens. Stay tuned!!!!
Laura Shields - A Very Dissatisfied Alma Citizen
