This post is going out to the 2000+ citizens that signed the Milton Coalition’s petitions against cluster housing and the CSO.

In a recent post on social media, Council Member Bill Lusk asserted that citizens that oppose his views are “lurking critics, detractors, non-performers, and naysayers.”  He goes on to say that “they would rather hide behind their keyboards, contribute nothing except divisiveness, and nurse their empty egos, while others bend over and pick up trash along our roads.”

Apparently, not only do we not volunteer on behalf of the community, we also are critics of those who do volunteer.  And we are also unpatriotic.  Mr. Lusk compares us to American colonists who did support the War for Independence and Americans who badly treated returning Vietnam veterans.  Mr. Lusk clearly has a wild imagination.

In signing a petition opposing Mr. Lusk’s developer-promoted ideas on community septic, cluster housing, and high density housing, we petition signers are apparently pretty horrible people.

Initially, Mr. Lusk tried to dismiss the signers of Milton Coalition petitions.  He claimed that most of the signatures came from people that lived outside Milton or were forged (i.e., that many signatures were anonymous).  However, we unequivocally exposed Mr. Lusk’s lies–for example, only 1 person anonymously signed the petition that was submitted into the Milton City Council record.  So now Mr. Lusk has shifted his strategy to attacking citizens that oppose his positions.   This is despicable.  And it will not work.

Clearly, Mr. Lusk has become unhinged.  Mr. Lusk is frustrated that he has not been able to get cluster housing approved for un-sewered areas of Milton.  He is frustrated that he is not able to deliver the goods to the Special Interests he represents.  He realizes that he has lost the confidence and trust of citizens, so has taken to lashing out blindly at anyone that opposes him.  Mr. Lusk (and Mr. Kunz) has even attacked private citizens from the Council dais.  This is in direct violation of the City’s own rules and guidelines (Letter to Boards and Commissions dated February 12, 2016 with subject line:  Citizen Interaction).

Citizens of Milton, Mr. Lusk is up for re-election in 2017.  We need to show Mr. Lusk that we are serious about clean, competent, and citizen-centric government.  We should not tolerate a politician that shows such blatant disdain and disrespect for so many of Milton’s citizens.  Mr. Lusk clearly has to go.

Citizens, as always, thank you for your commitment to Milton.  You are making a difference.