Chuck Ellis sits down with Lisbon Town Councilor Charlie Turgeon for a practical discussion on local budgeting and turning around fiscal mismanagement in Maine towns.
They cover how COVID stimulus led to recurring expenses without recurring revenue, Lisbon’s 27% tax increase and the fight to keep the municipal rate flat, long-range planning and capital improvement plans, why residential growth alone doesn’t pay for itself, unfunded mandates from Augusta, and why citizens should serve on local boards.
