If either or both of those statements are truths, then the whole affair seems ill-conceived and wrong. Whether the Town Council could have sold the building or not, they should have presented the idea to its taxpayers — whom the Town Council works for — for their input and approval.

I would bet that the majority of taxpayers would have preferred the school be sold to the highest bidder, if they agreed to sell it at all.

I don’t like the arrogance of the Council’s handling of this. Despite the public displeasure over this, the Council is forging ahead with its plans. A Council that listens to its taxpayers would’ve decided that maybe more analysis should be applied to this problem and options explored before charging down a path that the taxpayers aren’t clearly on board with.

Of all of this, I’m most ashamed of our Town Council in that it has failed to understand that they work for me and the other taxpayers. We put them in office and we pay their salaries. In turn, they have an obligation to do what’s in the best interests of those that put them in office. From what I can tell, they clearly have not.