Tonight’s Post is by guest columnist Chris Cullins.

First of all, I want to thank Cindy for letting me post as a guest on her blog while she recovers from illness.

I also want to thank Cheshire Town Council member Tim White for finally getting the message on just how out of balance our town is, especially with the so called “policy” on town employee gas use.

I for one, do not believe for one second that the town ever had a gas use policy for its employees and the town owned vehicles until Town Council member Tim White had the guts to ask this question.

Look at the video Mr. White has of him asking about the policy. It is also on Ms. Kleist’s website. Look very closely at the Town Manager’s reaction. Look at his face. To me, it is obvious there was never a policy on employee gas use.

If there was, a policy, why didn’t the Town Manager state the policy right then and there? Why did he say he would e-mail the policy to Mr. White? Why didn’t a member of the Town Council tell Ms. Kleist when she spoke recently at the March 11th Town Council meeting on that very subject in order to support Mr. White, that the town already had a gas policy?

It seems to me that Mr. White is finally getting the picture with the “do whatever and say whatever we want” police department.

Mr. White realizes that Cindy will back up anyone she feels is legitimately questioning governmental operations.

Are people starting to come to their senses about the Cheshire Police Department? Hopefully. People expressing concerns has nothing to do with a grudge or grievance. It has to do with things in government being right or wrong.

Asking for an approximate $300,000 increase in the budget for any department, especially the Police in this town who do minor police work to say the least, and at a time when job losses are at an all time high in this state and in this nation is outrageous to say the least.

What Mr. White and Ms. Kleist did not mention in the police budget was not only the audacity of either the Town Manager or the Chief to put in for a $14,000 salary increase but the request to replace two office chairs because of broken parts at a cost of $250 apiece for a total of $500! This borders on insanity!!

As Ms. Kleist stated before, nothing but the best!! Luckily, someone in Town Goverment had a moment of sanity and nixed the chair replacement idea. Another question is:

What happened to the money in their gift account that we never see a spreadsheet on regarding how the money is spent until Ms. Kleist asks for it, then they make her wait several days when all that is needed is to press “print” on the computer. How is it spent?

The balance can’t be too high if they need to ask the taxpayers to pay for two $250 office chairs. Didn’t Elim Park just give the Cheshire Police over $100,000 and now a few months later they have to ask the taxpayers to buy two expensive chairs for them to sit in? Why don’t they use the gift account? It makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

Myself and the Underground Nation have been supporting Ms. Kleist and others like her in other communities for years.

Finally, people are coming around and questioning the golden children of this town. The grief and the heartache they have caused many people in this town is now coming back to haunt. State and Federal grants to the Town of Cheshire?

Soon to be a thing of the past.

Our Victory is “Glorious.”