The Bar Harbor Town Charter requires that Town Councilors be fair, impartial, and responsive to the citizens of Bar Harbor.
Val Peacock's tenure is defined by favoritism, cronyism, and self serving unresponsiveness. Peacock's role in the irregular hiring, tenure, 'resignation' and platinum parachute of disgraced former Town Manager Kevin Sutherland should disqualify her from being on the Town Council. Particularly regarding her 'joined at the hip with Sutherland' role in what a Federal judge has termed the Council's 'boosterism for the cruise ship industry - at the expense of Bar Harbor residents, and of a sustainable balance of economic and environmental concerns. Specifically her actions in obstructing the Citizens Initiative to return to more balanced cruise ship tourism.
If the income cannot be increased how about work on cutting payroll and expenses.
The Bar Harbor Town Charter requires that Town Councilors be fair, impartial, and responsive to the citizens of Bar Harbor.
Val Peacock's tenure is defined by favoritism, cronyism, and self serving unresponsiveness. Peacock's role in the irregular hiring, tenure, 'resignation' and platinum parachute of disgraced former Town Manager Kevin Sutherland should disqualify her from being on the Town Council. Particularly regarding her 'joined at the hip with Sutherland' role in what a Federal judge has termed the Council's 'boosterism for the cruise ship industry - at the expense of Bar Harbor residents, and of a sustainable balance of economic and environmental concerns. Specifically her actions in obstructing the Citizens Initiative to return to more balanced cruise ship tourism.