Today's edition of the Falmouth Enterprise is reporting that the selectmen's vote on March 31 may not have been enough to put the $18.8 million high school override on the May 20 ballot.
According to the article, four of the five selectmen must vote to put the question on the ballot. As we previously reported, three of the selectmen (Murphy, Murphy & Mustafa) voted in favor of the move, one (Bumpus) voted no, and one (Flynn) abstained.
The timing of this news is troubling, since many town meeting representatives - myself included - voted in favor of the article on the assumption that it would be on the May 20 ballot. Moreover, Precinct 8 representative Michael Freeman specifically asked about the ramifications of voting for or against the override just before discussion began on Article 29. Mr. Freeman received no definitive answer to his question.
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