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.

  I was disappointed that two weeks went by with no letters. I was also saddened that not even a disgruntled recipient of a holiday gift, one that was tasteless, lacked  usefulness and was probably a "do over" from a previous holiday wrote you whining and screaming.

Me, I got several gifts of questionable utility. A metal tube-like contraption that pulls weeds. Who needs it? Weeds are green and so is my lawn. And a mad bomber hat that makes me look silly.

Anyway, George, have a Happy New Year.

Are the people who are displaying the signs that read, "Great teachers make great schools" for   ...or against ...  the Wiscasset teachers union and their contract? I mean, come on....

    They tell us "Great teachers make great schools" and "Great schools" stimulate local economy, by attracting new business, and families, and students, and blah, blah, blah. Using the same T.U.L., (Teachers Union Logic), "Bad teachers make bad schools," and "bad schools" lose business and damage the local economy and drive students away… and blah, blah, blah.

    There are a record number of houses for sale in Wiscasset, and they're not being bought up by business owners who are moving into town. Student enrollment continues to decline drastically. There are even teachers   that live and work in Wiscasset , yet send their own children to other schools!  66 percent of the freshmen class is failing at least one subject and 50 percent are failing two!

There are a growing number of us who can't afford to flee the town we once loved, and are forced to pay for someone else's idea of a "great school" through outrageous property taxes.

    At least give us  some honest signs. How about "It's all about me, cause I'm spoiled, and you made me that way." It would be easier to live with. We should publicize the negotiation details, and make this contract a ballot article.

Have the Westport Selectmen put Main Road on the state's list to repair the road come spring or summer? 

It can't cost what the bypass will, to do a little repair, and might make the wait in Wiscasset a little more bearable if the final trek home is not so "bumpy."

  Who's doing all the logging off West Shore Road? Those logging trucks are doing lots of damage to West Shore Road and Post Office Road.

My tax dollars better not be used to repair the road that someone else is damaging for profit.

Although the Wiscasset Library is great, is there a chance the librarians could wear name tags? 

Everyone has a bad day, but rudeness is rudeness, and there was one very rude woman the other day. 

If there are specific rules, could they please be posted appropriately?

  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.

Or hand carry them to our office on at 47 Gardiner Road (don't mail them to Gardiner Road, because they will be sent back to you by the post office); just put them in our mailbox right next to the front door.

Or, walk right in and give them to us.

Or, send them to us by E-mail, at wiscassetnewspaper@verizon.net.

Or, fax them to us at 882-4280;

Or, if you're not good at writing, leave us a voice mail on our answering machine after hours, at 207-882-6355 (speak slowly and distinctly). Please make sure your entries a r rive by noon on Tuesday for publ i cation in Thursday's issue.