Don't trust city hall

To the Editor:

Do you worry about paying the bills? Do you hope the costs of necessities and taxes won’t go any higher? Do you have the feeling that those that impose taxes on you only care about their own salvation?

We, the people, are looked upon as purse fillers to those who intend to pull the purse strings. Believe it or not, a local government associate worker made that very comment to me. Would you call such a person a taxpayer advocate?

Do you find yourself withholding purchases of certain items as you try to keep up with the rising costs of basic needs? Do you think your government does the same?

As someone who has attended the last four years of select board meetings, compared our town expenditures to other towns, and seen how attached local government associate workers become to higher level government at our expense, there is only one way out, and it is not to place your trust in city hall.

Every single one of us in this town has qualification to say, “Enough is Enough.” It is not up to those who gather and distribute the tax money we pay to decide how much we pay, it’s up to us who struggle to make these imposed fees.

If we don’t reign in government spending, here and now, within our local government, then we paralyze larger and larger portions of our community.

Dan McKay,

Dixfield To the Editor:
Do you worry about paying the bills? Do you hope the costs of necessities and taxes won’t go any higher? Do you have the feeling that those that impose taxes on you only care about their own salvation?  
We, the people, are looked upon as purse fillers to those who intend to pull the purse strings. Believe it or not, a local government associate worker made that very comment to me. Would you call such a person a taxpayer advocate?
Do you find yourself withholding purchases of certain items as you try to keep up with the rising costs of basic needs? Do you think your government does the same?
As someone who has attended the last four years of select board meetings, compared our town expenditures to other towns, and seen how attached local government associate workers become to higher level government at our expense, there is only one way out, and it is not to place your trust in city hall.
Every single one of us in this town has qualification to say, “Enough is Enough.” It is not up to those who gather and distribute the tax money we pay to decide how much we pay, it’s up to us who struggle to make these imposed fees.
If we don’t reign in government spending, here and now, within our local government, then we paralyze larger and larger portions of our community.  
Dan McKay,
Dixfield