The Power of Marketing ! (From Anonymous Contributor)

Occasionally, I receive pieces written by folks who may have an opinion on an issue, but may also personal or professional reasons for not raising their objections publicly -- hence the "Anonymous Contributor" label.

Truth in Advertising?

Behold! The mighty power of marketing (and power)!

Anyone besides me noticing the all court, full time marketing blitz being conducted by town employees and others to justify the new public safety building? 

Town employees have even gone so far as to set up tents on Saturday mornings at the Wing School soccer fields to distribute glossy public safety building brochures that attempt to justify and explain the building to otherwise occupied soccer moms and dads. 

Setting aside the important question of whether a new public safety building is needed and justifiable; isn't this and related activity a political campaign for a tax increase? 

Aren't there laws governing election campaigning? Isn't this group of town employees and volunteers actually operating an unregistered Political Action Committee (a PAC)? Since when can the town and town employees conduct a political campaign funded by of all people us taxpayers? Who else but us taxpayers paid for the brochures and architectural drawings?

Where’s the ire?

Where’s the outrage? Where are our town officials? Where’s Taylor White – aka Mr. Open Meeting Law? Where are the police? Oh, that’s right – they’re all running the campaign.