Town Council Meeting

The Town Council Meeting will be held tonight at the Council Chambers and will be streamed live over this site, www.downtownmaine.tv/dexter, the Town website, and TheDailyMe.com. Feel free to watch if you can't make it in person.

Taking the plunge

I wanted everyone to know that I finally took the plunge and bought my own domain name in order to have complete control of my own website. I actually hope to turn it into a money maker with adds and a few other things. It will take a few days before it is up and running but when it is, the site is www.downtownmaine.tv/dexter. Be sure to check it out. I hope you will enjoy it.

The goal behind this new site is to provide a common place for businesses, churches, and other groups of interested parties to post information for others to easily find. If you would like to become a contributor please email me dgiles2@yahoo.com.

Elections are finally over

First of all, let me congratulate the winners of the Dexter Town Council race, Roger Brawn and David Clukey, and also thank those who took the time to vote for me or the candidate of their choice. This being my first race for office, I can only use it as a learning experience that I can build upon in the future. For those who do not know the actual results, here they are.

• Roger Brawn - 810 votes or 24%
  
• David Clukey - 792 votes or 23%
  
• David Giles - 649 votes or 19%
  
• Peter Haskell - 634 votes or 19%
  
• Ella Munday - 526 votes or 15%
  

Just in case anyone was wondering; yes I do plan on staying involved in the local community and hope to push for changes that will help Dexter and the local economy. I have said it many times before, and I will continue to say it; Dexter is a great place with many untapped resources. There is absolutely no reason why unemployment, welfare, and high school drop out rates should be as high as they are. But the only way those numbers will change is for the residents of Dexter to demand change. I do believe that the sheer amount of people running for office and the number of people who voted demonstrates that people are tired of the same old approach to local government and are demanding that those in office live up to their oath and obligations. Once again, congratulations to Roger and David.

For those who enjoy the live casting of different events, I hope to create a more "consistent" schedule. I am also thinking of using it as a way of having residents express their concern about local and state concerns. This would be similar to newspapers that ask people a particular question and put your picture and response in the the opinion page. Let me know what you think by writing a comment.