Selectboard helms a sinking ship A dangerous situation. Taking on water, and the waves are washing over the sides with increasing frequency. The Captain is absent and some of the first mates are running around looking for a bucket to bail the water. Unfortunately their bucket of choice has holes in it.  What to do about… [Read More]

Republicans should refuse check, and not owe the debt I concur with the opinion of “To My Republican Friends” (3/11/21), namely that Republicans that receive the $1400 check should return them to the Treasury. However, I would add that anyone that does so should not bear the burden of the cost: $5,750 per person ($1.9T/330M)…. [Read More]

Incompetence, Corruption, or Both? Another week has gone by and our Selectboard chair Mr. Freitas con­tinues his apparent desire to blow up this Town Administrator hiring process in any way he can, with Mr. Silvia’s blind and mute support. We have a highly qualified and experienced applicant who came out on top of the Selectboard… [Read More]

Well, this is getting old. We misquoted someone again. I guess someone else’s voice just sounds like him (see below ). This is one of the annoying limitations of remote meetings. Even in person it can be difficult to know who’s talking, unless you have a good and competent chairperson who makes sure people identify… [Read More]

Collasius Will Take Job “Very Seriously” Fairhaven voters, I would like to add my support to the previous letters for Don Collasius for the new tree warden of Fairhaven. I have known Don for many years and know he will take his job as tree warden very seriously. He certainly loves his town of Fairhaven and,… [Read More]

Another Week of Failure So it’s been another week of failure by our Selectboard partners Mr. Freitas and Mr. Silvia. We have no permanent (or qualified) Town Administrator, and Mr. Freitas can’t even get himself together enough to even schedule a meeting to discuss the next steps. Pathetic. This looks more and more like a… [Read More]

To My Republican Friends Now that the Covid Relief bill has passed the Senate I want to make sure all my Republican friends know that not a single Republican voted for this legislation. So no one who identifies themselves as a Republican or voted for these Republicans should accept the $1400 stimulus check. They also… [Read More]

Here we go…we’re getting into the final stretch of local elec­tions. Candidate state­ments start this week. And, we start with the Selectboard race…and we have a race! Lisa Plante is challenging incumbent Bob Espindola. See page 18 for their statements. The Rogers re-use discussion got off to an energetic start this week. The new proposal… [Read More]

Town Administrator Hiring Process Failure Fairhaven: Are you paying atten­tion to what’s happening nowadays? Town Administrator is a highly skilled professional position critical to the operation of any town. To be effective this role needs to be qualified, impartial and free from political influence. Hiring our next Town Administrator is arguably one of the most… [Read More]

NEW YEAR, NEW IDEA (Part 5): One of the frustrations expressed to me by many Fairhaven residents is the process by which the Board of Health allows, or doesn’t allow, public comment during public meetings. The rules are jumbled due to Covid guidelines but one thing is pretty clear, the Chairman wields consider­able power over… [Read More]