So the tag-along doormats constituting the Sterling Finance Committee and Capital Budget Committee had another joint meeting on 15 January 2026 during which the Sterling D.P.W. Garage Mahal/Truck Palace Boondoggle was discussed in its apparent repackaged form. You can watch/listen to the discussion beginning at 1:08:20– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxMbKu0NHew&list=PL2jc5fA2LZPpKEbAAJqpkKjVZxl3DvK_w&index=2
You see, the Sterling D.P.W. Board Pricks believe that Sterling taxpayers/voters will bite for a 28,000 square foot Garage Mahal/Truck Palace, modeled on the Town of Norwood (population 31,611 as compared with Sterling’s 8000)– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood,_Massachusetts — Garage Mahal/Truck Palace instead of the $33 Million/37,000 square foot version that was shellacked by Sterling voters at the 13 November 2025 Special Town Meeting, 373 to 183.
For Finance Committee member Mark Gauthier’s edification, 37,000 minus 9000 equals 28,000, not 27,000.
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS OF NORWOOD’S GLEAMING D.P.W. GARAGE MAHAL/TRUCK PALACE:
https://www.norwoodma.gov/departments/public_works/index.php
GEE, WHAT A COINCIDENCE! The Town of Norwood’s gleaming D.P.W. Garage Mahal/Truck Palace was designed by none other than Weston & Sampson, the same commission-hungry parasitical engineering firm working on the Sterling D.P.W. Garage Mahal/Truck Palace plans.
GEE, how come Weston & Sampson didn’t cite the nearby Town of Berlin D.P.W. $4.1 Million, 13,000-14,000 square foot facility completed in 2018 as a model???
SEE:
ANSWER: Because the Town of Berlin didn’t retain the Weston & Sampson commission-hungry parasites and, as a result, got a wonderful new D.P.W facility for a fair price.
The comparison makes it clear that Sterling’s out-of-control D.P.W. pricks, and Weston & Sampson, want to build a Garage Mahal/Truck Palace as a monument to themselves at Sterling property taxpayer expense.
DESPITE BEING SHELLACKED AT THE 13 NOVEMBER 2025 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, STERLING’S OUT-OF-CONTROL D.P.W. PRICKS STILL WANT TO PARK ALL THEIR TRUCKS IN A HEATED GARAGE INSTEAD OF UNDER A CARPORT-EQUIVALENT ‘POLE BARN’
Despite the clear message Sterling voters sent the arrogant, out-of-control Sterling D.P.W. pricks on 13 November 2025, those pricks still insist on parking their trucks in a heated garage despite the fact that constructing a ‘pole barn’ to shelter those trucks would save Sterling property taxpayers untold $Millions.
Here is what a ‘pole barn’ kit looks like:
The Sterling D.P.W.’s trucks, front-end loaders, etc., are designed and manufactured to be parked outdoors.
WESTON & SAMPSON, THE COMMISSION-HUNGRY PARASITES, ARE NOW IN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN PURPORTEDLY PRICING NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS/UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING STERLING D.P.W. FACILITY
As revealed during the 15 January 2026 Joint Finance Committee-CBC meeting, Weston & Sampson, those commission-hungry parasites, will purportedly price needed improvements/upgrades to Sterling’s existing D.P.W. facility for Sterling voters’ consideration. WHAT A JOKE. Weston & Sampson is now in a blatant conflict of interest on that score. It will deliberately INFLATE the list and costs of needed upgrades because it REALLY wants to be paid a commission on A BRAND NEW FACILITY OF ITS DESIGN.
AS ALSO REVEALED DURING THAT 15 JANUARY 2026 MEETING, DUE TO THE TOWN OF STERLING’S DISASTROUS FISCAL CONDITION AND POTENTIAL PROPOSITION 2 ½ PROPERTY TAX OVERRIDE THE D.P.W. IS NOW BACKING AWAY FROM A MAY 2026 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING VOTE ON ITS REPACKAGED GARAGE MAHAL/TRUCK PALACE AND WILL PROBABLY REQUEST ANOTHER SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. READ BETWEEN THE LINES.
It looks like the Sterling D.P.W. pricks want to wage a continued war on Sterling taxpayers/voters. I hereby assure them that the war is reciprocal.
Stay tuned.
J.G.
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