I am outraged by the current effort to recall a Regional School Unit 21 board member.

I am grateful to a group of citizens (dubbed The Upstanders) working to fight this costly, unjust and damaging recall. They are asking the hard questions, and ensuring that a flawed system is implemented with as much transparency and integrity as possible.

Merton Brown, our town clerk, has been burdened beyond reason because a disgruntled minority isn’t willing to wait until the next election in June (just two short months following the recall election) to have their voices heard. This action disenfranchises voters. Why bother to vote at all? This recall is an organized attempt to overthrow the democratic voting process.

There are real problems with the current charter language and approach, which allow anyone with an ax to grind to initiate a recall with an affidavit – regardless of the validity, accuracy or truth of the assertions it contains.

Recall organizer Norm Archer recently wrote that his motivation is new board leadership. How does recalling one non-leadership board member fewer than three months before his term is up provide new leadership, anyway?

I thank those who remain united about the unjust nature of this recall. This recall may be legally available in the charter’s current problematic language, but it should clearly be reserved for criminal or deviant behavior.

I thank The Upstanders for their unwillingness to ignore an injustice.

Kennebunkers, please join me in voting “no” on the recall.

Lisa Eaton
Kennebunk

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