Saving the town tax dollars, giving back to the community and using his professional experience to better the Town of Bourne are just a few of the reasons James L.
The deadline for entering any races in the May’s Annual Town Election has come and gone, and a busy voting season has taken shape with races for selectman, school committee,
Former Bourne Select Board member James L. Potter has taken the current board to task for what he perceives to be a lack of transparency. Mr. Potter’s criticism stems from
Bourne Town Counsel Robert S. Troy has advised town officials that recently elected selectwoman Mary Jane Mastrangelo cannot serve on the Bourne Wastewater Facility Design and Building Committee as the designee of the Bourne Capital Outlay Committee. She can, however, serve as the designee of the Bourne Board of Sewer Commissioners, despite a provision in the Bourne Town Charter prohibiting selectmen/sewer commissioners from serving on other town boards and committees.
Mr. Troy offered his opinion on the matter in an email response to several questions posed by the Bourne Board of Selectmen. Board members asked if the capital committee has the authority to designate someone who has resigned from the committee as the groupâs representative to the wastewater building committee.