Turning Leaves

Fall is on us again. I love this time of year, cool days, cooler nights. Of course this past weekend was the exception. Too hot for this time of year. Some folks even went to the beach! Winter will be on us quickly so button up your homes while you've got the chance. Oil is sky high again with no relief in sight. Hopefully the old pellet stove will keep on cranking. I've done some major insulating and upgrades this summer so I should be in pretty good shape.

Lots of grumbling around Town concerning Bangor Gas. Sounds like they wont come down the side streets for a while. Folks on Norway and Silver Roads were told to screw off, not enough houses to make it worth their efforts. From what I hear, Lower Norway had 6 homes ready to sign up and there are only 8 on that section. Still not enough for Bangor Gas. Why run the main down Webster Ave if that's the case? That doesn't sit well with me at all.

My hats off to the City for the new Public Access networks on cable. The video and audio are outstanding. HUGE improvement over the old system. I may be one of the only guys watching this thing, so I thank you. The "School Board" channel gets a little dry for sure, but the Council workshops are great. For anyone who says there isn't any transparency in Bangor, turn off Dr Phil and tune into Channel 7 for a change.

I was impressed by Chief Gastia and his team for the presentations on bath salts they gave a few weeks back. Well done, organized, and informative. This scourge needs to be dealt with quickly. Its one thing when these idiots hurt themselves, but when Joe Bangorian is being chased by a shirtless lunatic, that's another story. They story in Mondays paper concerning a 26 year old woman who had been arrested for bath salt possession a few days earlier was to funny to be true. This moron was told to report daily to BPD as a part of her bail conditions. She arrived at the PD office just before midnight, cutting it close for sure. When she was questioned and searched, it was found that she had more salts, syringes, and other drugs and paraphernalia in her purse. WTF? This shows just how stupid the bath salt addicts are. Oh, they revoked her bail and tossed the fool in the can. One less on the street, hundreds more to go. How big is the County jail anyway?

There's a bunch of folks running for the 3 Council seats up for grabs. I've read a little about them, but not enough to start forming an opinion. I do like Dave Neally and Rick Bronson for re-election. They both do a fine job, are tight with a buck, and don't believe everything they hear. So they'll get the nod from the VOB. The third slot is the toss-up for now. I'll be doing my leg work and giving my rankings sometime towards the end of the month.

That's all for now kids, keep the faith.