I am writing this letter to inform Sagadahoc County’s citizens about your upcoming election this November to change your county’s operations. This November, you will be asked to change the county treasurer from serving the people of your county to serving at the pleasure of the county commissioners. I urge you to reject this change in your operations.

As county treasurer of Waldo County, I know how important it is that the treasurer’s office should be kept independent from pressures and influence of county commissioners. I’ve testified before the Legislature that as elected officers we should report to the Commissioners exactly what we think on any subject, not what we think they want to hear, Now we are responsible to you, the people. With this change, the county treasurer will be responsible only to their employers, the county commissioners.

Your county treasurer, Jane Scease, is not only very well qualified, but is working only for the people of Sagadahoc County. She’s up for re-election this November and she deserves another four years. In Knox County, their county treasurer was dismissed after 12 years of service as an elected position when they changed their charter, only because of her politics. Do not devalue your right to vote for these officers only because your county commissioners want to concentrate their power. Vote down this change!

David A. Parkman
President, Maine
County Treasurer’s
Association