Should Dracut build a new Town Hall? Listen on Sun talk Live
By Shawn on Dec 7, 2006 in Articles, Lowell Sun, Municipal
By DENNIS SHAUGHNESSEY, Sun Staff Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Selectmen Chairman James O’Loughlin and former Selectman Warren Shaw faced off on SunTalk Live on Tuesday night, debating the merits of a $9 million Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion to fund a new town hall.
A town-wide vote will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
In a 55-minute discussion, moderated by Sun Editor James Campanini, Shaw and O’Loughlin came at the issue from different sides.
“Building a new town hall is the right decision,” said Shaw. “Spending money to renovate the old town hall would be a poor decision. But don’t ask the taxpayers to come up with $9 million.”
“If this doesn’t pass, my fear is that we will be looking at this five years from now saying that we should have done it when we had the chance,” O’Loughlin said. “We hammered (Town Manager Dennis Piendak) with all kinds of questions and scenarios and he was adamant that it could not be done inside the operating budget.”
For more on this story click on www.lowellsun.com. To hear the discussion in its entirety, go to www.lowellsun.com and click on the SunTalk Live logo on the Web site’s home page.
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Shawn | Dec 7, 2006 | Reply
This show is part of the Lowell Sun’s new audio program, Sun Talk Live.
I didn’t get a chance to listen in this week, but probably will when I can in the future.
Having the audio clips available is pretty good too.. there will be times that I clip out sections that are important to Dracut.
For now, I encourage you to go to the Lowell Sun website and listen to the entire program. Its a good discussion, and fair to both sides of the issue.