Tell It To George is a collection of thoughts from here and away, from people who want to get their two cents worth in, without using their names.

Since when does the paid PR person from the state interpret what the Wiscasset selectmen are going to do? Oh, I forgot, this is Wiscasset, otherwise known as Dysfunction Junction.

A letter writer from Boothbay had a bunch of bad ideas in his letter to the editor last week, which I am most happy to respond to.

A walkway over Main Street (Route 1) in Wiscasset sounds good, but if you had been at the meeting last week you would have heard that it would have to be handicapped accessible, meaning a ramp to get to the walkway would start up at the top of the hill on both sides of the road. That would look way ugly in the Prettiest Village in Maine, and besides, no one would use it because they would have to walk ten times as far.

Get rid of parking on Main Street? Oh sure, that's a great idea. I know the downtown merchants will be jumping up and down with glee, because none of them want to make any money or sell anything, and this would make sure they never do.

Get rid of Red's Eats????

What are you, nuts??? This is the worst of your several bad ideas. People would rather see the bridge blown up than see Red's Eats go away.

I plan to drive at the speed limit in town. If the sign reads 25 mph, that is the speed I will drive. I would encourage everyone else to the same. What this could do is to allow all who live in town a much safer access to and from Route 1.

This would also allow the citizens to take back their town from those who only drive through as fast as they can. At least three companies' trucks have been clocked consistently exceeding the speed limit and show us no respect or courtesy should be made to slow down.

Some of those trucks have been clocked at 55 mph going by Holbrooks' Pond. For those of us with children, adhering to the speed limit shows responsibility and doing the right thing is an important lesson. Anyone can drive fast, if takes character to be courteous and responsible as in driving the speed limit.

So the gasification plant developers should accept that "no means no" huh? And would the ones yelping this have accepted that "yes means yes" if the vote went the other way?

Right, just like they accepted the people's vote on the Westport boat launch, and accept George Richardson as first selectmen.

No, they would keep at it, with their pull-toy environmental lawyers in tow, until they overturned the democratic will in the courts.

At least the developer hasn't lawyered up. He has faith that, with more true information in front of them, some Wiscasset voters can be persuaded to change their mind.

So if the opponents are so sure they are right, why would they fear more information? What don't they want Wiscasset voters to know?

Send "Tell It To George" entries clearly marked (this way, we won't use your name) for the "Tell It To George" column, by mail at P.O. Box 429, Wiscasset, ME 04578.

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Or, fax them to us at 882-4280;

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