On 18 December 2025 the absolutely clueless, delusional Sterling Finance Committee met and discussed the 15 December 2025 Sterling D.P.W. Facilities Committee’s so-called ‘Charette’ ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charette )—the 2 hour and 15 minute discussion during which commission-hungry Weston & Sampson Engineering parasites presented various plans for a somewhat less expensive Sterling D.P.W. ‘Garage Mahal’ after their absolutely outrageous $33 Million, 37,000 square foot ‘Garage Mahal’ proposal was shellacked by Sterling Special Town Meeting voters on 13 November 2025, 373 to 183. You can watch and listen to that Finance Committee clownfest here between 1:09:41 and about 1:21:00—

Representatives of Vertex, the commission-hungry parasites selected to be project managers for the Sterling D.P.W. ‘Garage Mahal,’ were also present at the “Charette.”

Mark Gauthier, Finance Committee cipher-liaison to the Sterling D.P.W./D.P.W. Facilities Committee, was also present.

That ‘Charette’ was not filmed or recorded and no ‘minutes’ of it were made or kept so there is nothing of it for Sterling taxpayers to review. Yeah, another Sterling Town Government exercise in hiding the ball.

It is interesting to note that a Vertex parasite, Steve Therrien (sp?), present at the ‘Charette,’ appears to have been the only rational and realistic being present. After witnessing the 13 November 2025 Special Town Meeting ‘Garage Mahal’ shellacking he opined that the new Sterling D.P.W. facility must be MUCH SMALLER. He’s ABSOLUTELY correct.

Other than Therrien, apparently everyone else present at the ‘Charette’ was delusional, thinking that Sterling voters/taxpayers may vote for a $25 Million ‘Garage Mahal Lite.’ THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY WRONG.

The Finance Committee’s Gauthier reported that the Weston & Sampson commission-hungry parasites were focused on reducing ‘office space’ costs because the office spaces had the highest per-square-foot costs. WELL, THAT’S A START, ASSHOLES, BUT THE STERLING D.P.W. DOESN’T NEED 20,000 SQUARE FEET –JUST UNDER HALF AN ACRE– OF ‘TUBE RADIANT HEATED’ GARAGE SPACE TO KEEP ITS PAMPERED VEHICLES OUT OF THE WEATHER. THOSE VEHICLES ARE MADE TO BE PARKED OUTDOORS, JUST LIKE ALL THE OIL COMPANY DELIVERY TRUCKS AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TRUCKS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE REGION.

Gauthier also let slip that at the ‘Charette’ he mentioned that an unnamed Finance Committee member thought that Sterling taxpayers/voters would swallow a $16 Million ‘Garage Mahal Lite’. I’D LIKE TO KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THAT MISGUIDED FINANCE COMMITTEE ASSHOLE ATTEMPTING TO SUBVERT THE INTERESTS OF STERLING’S TAXPAYERS.

NO, STERLING TAXPAYERS WILL NOT VOTE FOR A $16 MILLION ‘GARAGE MAHAL LITE’ EITHER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE TOWN OF BERLIN GOT A NEW 13,000 TO 14,000 SQUARE FOOT D.P.W. FACILITY FOR $4.1 MILLION IN 2018. APPARENTLY THE TOWN OF BERLIN ACCOMPLISHED THAT FEAT WITHOUT WESTON & SAMPSON OR VERTEX COMMISSION-HUNGRY PARASITES BEING IN THE PICTURE. QUELLE SURPRISE!

When you watch the 18 December 2025 Sterling Finance Committee meeting you can see that Gauthier is a go-along blob exhibiting all the signs of what’s called “Regulatory Capture.” “Regulatory Capture” happens when a government regulatory body is captured by an entity that it is supposed to regulate.

The following is from the Sterling Finance Committee’s webpage:

Sterling Finance Committee Guiding Principles

1. Minimize year over year tax levy changes.
2. Treat all departments, committees and individuals consistently and respectfully.
3. As a guideline, maintain the Capital Fund at a level equal to the total annual capital asset depreciation or greater.
4. As a guideline, items considered for the Capital Fund should have a useful life of greater than 5 years and a cost of $25K or more.
5. As a guideline, items considered for bonding should have a useful life greater than 10 years and a cost of $100K or more.
6. Maintain a 3-year planning horizon.
7. Focus on the fiscal aspects of all Town issues and remain neutral to the “politics” of issues.
8. Maintain a strong fiscal discipline and continue to emphasize the importance of healthy reserves.
9. Make decisions that will serve to maintain and increase the taxpayers’ and voters’ trust and respect, paving the way for confidence in future Finance Committee decisions.

(Vision and Mission Statement Adopted December 1, 2022)

When it comes to the proposed new D.P.W. Facility it is clear that Gauthier, and the entire Finance Committee for that matter, has/have disregarded Finance Committee ‘Guiding Principles’ numbered 7 through 9, especially 9. He and they obviously don’t give a rat’s ass about the taxpayer outrage exhibited at the 13 November 2025 Special Town Meeting.

Since the EXORBITANT UTTER ASSHOLES constituting Sterling Town Government don’t have the mental acuity to spell out what the Sterling D.P.W. NEEDS in a new facility, I will:

a. Two (2) repair bays with truck lifts;

b.  A truck wash bay;

c.  Waiting room for visitors/taxpayers;

d.  Kitchenette for D.P.W. employees;

e.  Break room for D.P.W. employees;

f.  Conference room;

g.  Office space;

h.  Bathrooms;

i.  Oil-fired furnace with ducts to heat all spaces.

NOTE TO THE STERLING D.P.W.:  YOU CAN PARK YOUR F#CKING VEHICLES  OUTDOORS UNDER OPEN-SIDED ROOFED CARPORTS/TRUCKPORTS JUST LIKE THE ASHBURNHAM AND WEST BOYLSTON POLICE DEPARTMENTS DO.

We Sterling voters/taxpayers will be happy with a new D.P.W. building like the one the Town of Berlin got for $4.1 Million in 2018.

SEE:

https://www.telegram.com/picture-gallery/news/local/the-item/2018/10/19/item-slideshow-berlin-opens-new/66264209007/

And yes, we’ll take Pezzuco Construction–https://pezzcon.com/ –in place of those commission-hungry parasites Weston & Sampson and Vertex every day of the week.

It should be noted that during the 18 December 2025 Sterling Finance Committee Meeting, Chair Joe King said that the D.P.W. Facility proposal was one “pebble on the beach” competing with other “pebbles on the beach” for funding. WELL, NOT EXACTLY, JOE:  THE D.P.W. Facility is a HUGE F#CKING BOULDER ON THE BEACH TO STERLING PROPERTY TAXPAYERS, SO GET THAT POINT THROUGH YOUR SKULL.

There will be another D.P.W. Facilities Committee meeting on 12 January 2026.

Stay tuned.

J.G.

If The Wizard of Oz were re-written today then Sterling’s Finance Committee and Capital Budget Committee members would be the new characters singing “If I Only Had A Spine.”

It is readily apparent that the Sterling Town Government payroll is seriously bloated, with consequent skyrocketing health insurance costs, and that layoffs, hiring freezes, and salary freezes should be implemented to avoid reaching Sterling’s across-the-board Proposition 2 ½ ‘Debt Ceiling.’ But the Finance Committee and the Capital Budget Committee don’t have the cojones to call for such measures. INSTEAD, their solution is to avoid what is now a NECESSARY, GENERAL 2026 Annual Town Meeting Proposition 2 ½ Override Vote–that would be defeated, thereby forcing much-needed Town Government layoffs, hiring freezes, and salary freezes–and instead SCREW Sterling property taxpayers, INCREMENTALLY, by recommending “Mini Debt Exclusions” for capital purchases/projects. “DEBT EXCLUSIONS” ARE PROPOSITION 2 ½ OVERRIDES FOR PARTICULAR PROJECTS. THEY PILE UP.

As it stands now, these Finance Committee and Capital Budget Committee utter wimps are endorsing “Mini Debt Exclusions” for a new D.P.W. dump truck and two (2) new Police Department cruisers for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting, BECAUSE THE TOWN’S CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND IS TAPPED OUT. WAY TO GO FINANCE COMMITTEE AND CAPITAL BUDGET COMMITTEE!!! THAT’S REALLY SOUND FISCAL PLANNING!!! YOU ALL KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL THE ROAD RAN OUT.

You can watch and listen to these invertebrate clowns when Sterling-Lancaster Community TV posts their 18 December 2025 Joint Meeting on its website.

SO, why do these coopted Finance Committee and Capital Budget Committee exorbitant spending enablers believe that “Mini Debt Exclusions” are the way to go???

BECAUSE, in their gullible stupidity, Sterling 2025 Annual Town Meeting Voters APPROVED the $800,000 BOGUS D.P.W. Swett Hill Road Drainage Project debt exclusion, and the D.P.W. BOGUS ‘Garage Mahal’ ‘planning’ $500,000 debt exclusion. BY THE WAY, THE D.P.W. CLOWNS TOTALLY SCREWED THE POOCH AND STERLING TAXPAYERS WITH THEIR BOGUS SWETT HILL ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT. THEY GOT NO BIDS BEFORE GETTING THE $800,000 AND THE PROJECT IS STILL HUNG UP IN CONSERVATION COMMISSION REVIEW. The D.P.W. CLOWNS ALSO TOTALLY SCREWED THE POOCH AND STERLING TAXPAYERS WITH THEIR $500,000 BOGUS ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ ‘PLANNING’ DEBT EXCLUSION SINCE STERLING VOTERS, 373 TO 183, SHOT DOWN THE PROPOSED $33 MILLION ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ AT THE 13 NOVEMBER 2025 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. Ya, Ya, Sterling D.P.W. competence and fiscal responsibility on parade!

SEE 2025 Annual Town Meeting Warrant Articles 25 and 26—

www.sterling-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/246/2025-3-26-ATM-Warrant-Draft-PDF

My next Blog post will be about Mark Gauthier, the bloviating blob Finance Committee taxpayer-sellout-invertebrate-liaison to the D.P.W./D.P.W. Facilities Committee who is a prime exemplar of ‘Stockholm Syndrome.’

Stay tuned.

J.G.

WELL FOLKS, from 4 December 2025 until tonight, 15 December 2025, I’ve been frozen out of the WordPress login and unable to get access to this Blogsite. Turns out the culprit was VPN software on my computer that somehow froze the WordPress login function even when the VPN was disconnected. The VPN was just updated to a new ‘version’ and, VOILA!, I’m back in.

So here is a quick and dirty overview of the 8 December 2025 Sterling Zoning Forum, held at the 1835 Town Hall, that I sent out to a few folks on 9 December via email:

Stephen Wallace had to write down a lot of points made by attendees at last night’s Sterling Zoning Forum. I’m thankful that quite a few mature, sharp, long-term Sterling residents showed up to make their valid points and concerns known.

1.  People absolutely DO NOT WANT THE PLANNING BOARD TO CONTROL MULTI-FAMILY AND SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS. THE PLANNING BOARD, RIGHTLY, IS VIEWED WITH DISTRUST AS A COLLECTION OF PRO-DEVELOPMENT HACKS. THE PEOPLE WANT SUCH DEVELOPMENTS TO BE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL PERMIT OVERSIGHT AND RULINGS BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (ZBA).

 2.  SO, Wallace/Planning Board backed off and it was pretty much agreed that Multi-Family Developments will remain separate and distinct and subject to Special Permit rulings by the ZBA as always.

 3.  ALSO, the people want Senior Housing developments to be subject to their own dedicated, NEW Zoning By-Law provisions, to be built in their own dedicated developments. Given practical difficulties with ‘Over-Age-55’ developments experienced by Littleton and other towns, Wallace/Planning Board will draft new proposed Zoning By-Laws governing dedicated Senior Housing with required smaller housing units. Town Counsel said that the number of bedrooms cannot be limited legally BUT THAT IT IS LEGAL TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF EACH SUCH HOUSING UNIT IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. 

4.  As indicated, Wallace/Planning Board also backed off on Senior Housing so it looks like such developments will be separate and distinct and SUBJECT TO ZBA SPECIAL PERMIT RULINGS.

 5.  Wallace essentially acknowledged that he blew the drafting of the ‘Compact Development Overlay District’ for 181 acres near the Sterling Airport. He/Planning Board will draft new proposed Zoning By-Laws for that area limiting the sizes (square footage) of the so-called ‘affordable’ homes/housing units that can be built there.

 6.  The arrogance of the Select Board, Planning Board, and Wallace were on display. They insist on sticking with their new proposed “Inclusionary Zoning” By-Law even though it is probably unconstitutional under the 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sheetz vs. County of Eldorado. A developer, just last week, filed a lawsuit challenging the Cambridge, MA, “Inclusionary Zoning” ordinance citing the Sheetz decision. SEE https://pioneerlegal.org/pioneer-new-england-legal-foundation-files-lawsuit-challenging-cambridge-inclusionary-zoning-ordinance/  So these clowns are putting Sterling at risk of a lawsuit.

 Stay tuned.

J.G.

SO, the Sterling Town Government virtue-signaling DEI Commies—I’M LOOKING AT YOU, KIRSTEN NEWMAN— in conjunction with their hired out-of-town blow-in payroll patriot tool ‘Town Planner’—I’M LOOKING AT YOU, STEPHEN WALLACE—have drafted an absolutely GAG-INDUCING “Inclusionary Zoning” By-Law that, henceforth, would force developers in Sterling to incorporate into their developments housing units–15%– for low-income folks. It’s a puke-worthy cookie-cutter product taken from other municipalities in this dysfunctional Commie Commonwealth–in the best Lemming Libtard virtue-signaling tradition. Here it is (try not to toss your cookies while reading it)—

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5788/Sterling-IZ-zoning-bylaw—draft?bidId=

EXCEPT THAT THERE IS ONE REALLY BIG PROBLEM WITH IT—MOST LIKELY IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AS A VIOLATION OF PROTECTED PROPERTY RIGHTS, IN VIEW OF THE 2024 U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN SHEETZ vs. COUNTY OF ELDORADO—

Here is an article explaining the Scheetz decision implications for Massachusetts so-called “Inclusionary Zoning” provisions (that don’t work except in Libtard fantasyland anyway)—

https://natlawreview.com/article/supreme-courts-sheetz-decision-casts-doubt-validity-massachusetts-inclusionary

AND WOULDN’T YA’ KNOW, A DEVELOPER JUST CHALLENGED COMMIE CAMBRIDGE’S “INCLUSIONARY ZONING” ORDINANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT, CITING THE SCHEETZ DECISION—

YEP, LEAVE IT TO THE STERLING MUNICIPAL BUILDING’S BLOVIATING, POSTURING, VIRTUE-SIGNALING INCOMPETENTS TO PUT FORTH THIS LEGALLY SUSPECT PIECE OF SH*T.

See you at the 8 December 2025 Sterling ‘Zoning Changes Forum.’

J.G.

Sterling’s out-of-town blow-in payroll patriot ‘Town Planner,’ together with the Sterling Planning Board Chaired by self-serving, self-dealing developer weasel Carl Corrinne, among other proposed zoning changes to be discussed during the Sterling 8 December 2025 ‘Zoning Forum,’ propose a “Compact Development Overlay District” comprised of two parcels, totaling 181 acres, near the Sterling Airport. Both are owned by “Fields at Greenmeadow, LLC” of Westford, Massachusetts. The purported rationale for that proposed “Compact Development Overlay District” is the supposed need of cheaper housing for “young families just starting out and for senior citizens looking to downsize and stay in town.” Under that proposal minimum lot sizes would be reduced to 30,000 square feet; minimum street frontage for a buildable lot would be reduced to 60 feet; and front, rear, and side yard setbacks would be reduced to 20 feet. Those parcels are now zoned “Rural Residential and Farming.” HOWEVER, “[a]ll of the uses permitted in the underlying zoning district (Rural-Residence) would still be allowed in [this] overlay district with the addition of multi-family development as a By-Right use” (emphasis original and added).

NOTE THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT SUCH AS LIMITING THE UNITS TO ONE OR TWO BEDROOMS OR LIMITING THE SQUARE-FOOT-SIZE OF ANY HOMES THAT COULD BE BUILT IN THAT “OVERLAY DISTRICT.”

THAT MEANS THAT DEVELOPERS COULD HAVE A FIELD DAY CRAMMING IN 100% ‘McMANSIONS’ ON 30,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS WITH 60 FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE INSTEAD OF ON 2 ACRE LOTS WITH 225 FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE NOW REQUIRED IN ‘RURAL RESIDENTIAL AND FARMING’-ZONED AREAS OF TOWN.

SEE:

§ 301-2.5Table of Dimensional Controls.

§ 301-2.5.1. 

Single-family and nonresidential buildings.

[Amended 6-14-2021 ATM by Art. 32, approved 12-10-2021]

THIS IS PURE PRO-DEVELOPER BULLSHIT.

IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBT THAT STERLING IS NOW RUN BY DECEPTIVE, DISHONEST, AND/OR SELF-DEALING MORONS, THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD ELIMINATE ANY SUCH DOUBT.

Here is the proposal:

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5783/Compact-Development–District—Draft-3?bidId=

Here is the proposed ‘Overlay District’ map:

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5784/CDD-overlay-map?bidId=

See you at the 8 December 2025 Zoning Forum—

J.G.

Have you been wondering about the actors intent on overrunning Sterling with new housing developments?

Well, look no further than the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission. The Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, headquartered in Leominster, is CHOCK FULL OF ASSLICKS WHO SUPPORTED SO-CALLED ‘MBTA MULTI-FAMILY HIGH DENSITY ZONING DISTRICTS’ EVEN IN PLACES SUCH AS STERLING WAAAAY OUTSIDE THE ½ MILE LIMIT FROM MBTA FACILITIES SET FORTH IN MASS.GEN.LAWS CH. 40A, SECTION 3A, AND FURTHER AFFIRMED ON PAGES 5, 11, AND 12 IN THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT’S 8 JANUARY 2025 RULING IN ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. TOWN OF MILTON, FOR SUCH ‘MBTA ZONING DISTRICTS.’

AND WHO, YOU MAY ASK, ARE THE TWO PRO-‘MBTA ZONING DISTRICTS’ ASSLICKS REPRESENTING STERLING ON THE MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION???

ANSWER: NONE OTHER THAN STERLING SELECT BOARD CHAIR KIRSTEN NEWMAN AND HER HUSBAND, ERIC NEWMAN, WHO SITS ON THE STERLING PLANNING BOARD CHAIRED BY SELF-SERVING, SELF-DEALING DEVELOPER WEASEL CARL CORRINNE.

I’M SHOCKED, SHOCKED!!!

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THEM LISTED:

SO, IT SHOULD COME AS ABSOLUTELY NO SURPRISE WHATSOEVER THAT OUT-OF-TOWN BLOW-IN STEPHEN WALLACE, APPOINTED BY THE STERLING SELECT BOARD AS PURPORTED ‘STERLING TOWN PLANNER,’ IS UP THE COLLECTIVE ASSES OF THE MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ASSLICKS IN THEIR MULTI-PAGE PLAN TO OVERRUN OUR TOWN OF STERLING WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

HERE’S THAT PLAN:

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5794/Sterling-2025-HPP-Update—1st-Draft?bidId=

IT IS NOW ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE STERLING SELECT BOARD, THE STERLING PLANNING BOARD, AND BLOVIATING NITWIT ‘PAYROLL PATRIOT’ STEPHEN WALLACE ARE INTENT ON WRECKING STERLING’S SEMI-RURAL CHARACTER, THE VERY CHARACTER THAT ATTRACTED MOST OF US TO THIS TOWN.

ARE THEY STUPID, ARROGANT, DESTRUCTIVE, ROBOTIC ASSLICKS?

ANSWER: HELL YES!

In coming days I’ll be commenting on at least some of the various destructive proposed zoning changes to be discussed at the Town of Sterling 8 December 2025 ‘Zoning Forum’—

Here are the multiple proposed zoning changes:

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/718/Zoning-Proposals-for-2026-Annual-Town-Me

SEE YOU AT THE 8 DECEMBER 2025 ‘ZONING FORUM.’

J.G.

Paul Brodmerkle is the co-owner of land off Metropolitan Road, Sterling, very near Wachusett Reservoir, the drinking water supply for 3 million people in eastern Massachusetts, upon which he proposes to build a fire hazard Solar Farm and Lithium-Ion Battery Backup Bank. He is also the manager of South Meadow Solar LCC, the proponent. He is also the Massachusetts Registered Professional Engineer who just happened to sign and seal the plans for that fire hazard that were filed with the Town of Sterling. As such, he is in a total self-serving, self-dealing conflict of interest in violation of 250 CMR 5.02(4).

250 CMR 5.00 et seq. sets forth standards for registered engineers and land surveyors in Massachusetts. Here are key provisions:

5.02: Professional Conduct. Each Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor has an ethical duty to the public, the profession, and his or her clients. In order to protect the health, property, and welfare of the public and to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and practice in the professions of engineering and land surveying, the following Rules of Professional Conduct and all other applicable provisions of 250 CMR shall be binding on every Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor. Failure to comply with 250 CMR, including the rules of professional responsibility in 250 CMR 5.02(1) through (5), or M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 61 to 65E and §§ 81D to 81T may constitute grounds for disciplinary action against the Registrant.

(1) Responsibility. A Registrant shall hold paramount the health, property and welfare of the public in the performance of the Registrant’s professional duties.

(a) If the professional judgment of any Registrant is overruled under circumstances where the health, property or welfare of the public may be endangered, that Registrant shall notify the Registrant’s employer, client or such other authority as may be appropriate.

(b) A Registrant shall provide professional services that are truthful, based upon independent professional judgment, founded upon adequate knowledge of the issues, and based upon competence in the subject matter.

(c)   A Registrant shall approve, sign or seal only those Instruments of Service that conform to 250 CMR and generally accepted engineering and land surveying standards.

(d) A Registrant shall not reveal facts, data or information obtained in a professional capacity, without the prior consent of the Registrant’s employer except as authorized or required by law or regulation.

(e)   A Registrant shall not permit the use of the Registrant’s name or firm name nor associate in business ventures with any person or firm which the Registrant may have reason to believe is engaging in fraudulent or dishonest business or professional practices.

(f)   A Registrant shall provide the Board with any information and assistance the Board may deem necessary for the investigation/prosecution of complaints filed with the Board… (emphasis added).

(4)  Conflicts of Interest. A Registrant shall act professionally for each employer or client as a faithful agent and shall avoid conflicts of interest, or the appearance of conflicts of interests.

(a) A Registrant shall make full prior disclosures to the Registrant’s employers or clients of potential conflicts of interest or other circumstances which could influence or appear to influence the Registrant’s judgment or the quality of their services. The Registrant bears responsibility for maintaining documentation of compliance with this requirement.

(b) A Registrant shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party for concurrent services on the same project unless the circumstances are fully disclosed in writing to all interested parties.

(c) A Registrant shall not solicit or accept compensation, financial or otherwise, directly or indirectly, from contractors, vendors or other parties in connection with work for employers or clients for which the Registrant is responsible (emphasis added).

If this project were built and the lithium-ion battery storage banks burned, toxic heavy metals particles would pollute the Wachusett Reservoir.

SEE:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-29/heavy-metals-found-in-monterey-estuary-after-moss-landing-lithium-battery-fire

https://ctif.org/news/solar-farm-lithium-ion-battery-fire-took-four-days-extinguish

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-farm-battery-fire-upstate-new-york-possible-toxic-smoke-shelter-in-place-lyme-jefferson-county/

https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/after-three-fires-and-a-solar-plant-toxic-fumes-scare-new-york-launches-safety-probe-into-battery-energy-storage/2-1-1493418?zephr_sso_ott=N6SZMf

Moreover, if adjacent Cadmium-Telluride solar panels burned then highly toxic cadmium particles would also be released.

SEE: https://www.nrel.gov/pv/cadmium-telluride-solar-cells

SO, PAUL BRODMERKLE IS A WALKING CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST SCUMBAG POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FOR 3 MILLION EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS.

WHO MISSED SPOTTING BRODMERKLE’S SEAL AND SIGNATURE ON THE PLANS HE FILED WITH THE TOWN OF STERLING???

a). Our vaunted out-of-town blow-in Town Planner;

b). The ENTIRE Planning Board;

c). Our vaunted out-of-town blow-in Town Administrator;

d). The ENTIRE Select Board; and

e). The ENTIRE Finance Committee.

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, AT THE 13 NOVEMBER 2025 STERLING SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLE 4, PERMITTING THE STERLING SELECT BOARD MORONS TO GRANT THIS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROJECT A PROPERTY TAX DODGE, PASSED.

SIX (6) MORONS ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ENDORSED THAT PROPERT TAX DODGE FOR THIS PROPOSED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SITE.

YA,YA, YOUR ‘TOWN GOVERNMENT,’ SUCH AS IT IS, AT WORK AGAIN!!!

I have reported Mr. Brodmerkle to the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and filed with it a formal Application for Complaint against Brodmerkle.

Stay tuned!

J.G.

CONGRATULATIONS INTELLIGENT AND SANE STERLING TAXPAYERS, YOU SAVED YOURSELVES A BUNDLE OVER 30 YEARS BY VOTING DOWN THE STERLING D.P.W. GARAGE MAHAL BOONDOGGLE, AN ABOMINATION AND OUTRIGHT INSULT AT $33 MILLION FOR 37,000 SQUARE FEET, OR $892 PER SQUARE FOOT.

This shameful episode demonstrated for all that the Sterling D.P.W. Superintendent, the D.P.W. Board, the Finance Committee, and the Select Board won’t hesitate to screw Sterling property taxpayers to the max unless stopped by US, the taxpayers. They are lazy, stupid, posing, posturing, dishonest, self-promoting, self-important, propagandizing, unrestrained tax-and-spend incompetents.

FISCAL RESTRAINT IS UP TO US AND THAT MEANS CONTINUING VERY LARGE TAXPAYER TURNOUTS AT ALL FUTURE TOWN MEETINGS.

J.G.