Vote Aubertine out for breaking pledge

 Vote Aubertine out for breaking pledge

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011


Voters in the town of Lyme should make the election of Alan Jones as supervisor a priority. Mr. Jones is a public-spirited individual who has demonstrated his commitment to the community by serving in a number of ways. He has, among his many accomplishments, served as a member of the Lyme Central School Board and as chairman of the Lyme Free Library Board of Directors during a period of expansion of the library’s services and facilities. I first met and worked with Mr. Jones during my own term on the library’s board of directors.

The election of Mr. Jones as Lyme supervisor has assumed a particular urgency as the incumbent supervisor, Scott Aubertine, has reneged on a promise he made to the people of Lyme. He had promised to support the results of a survey regarding industrial wind development in the town of Lyme. Now that the results of the survey have been tabulated and the results show that approximately two-thirds of the people are opposed to industrial wind turbines in the town of Lyme, Mr. Aubertine has publicly declared he will not support the majority opinion. He has declared that he will instead support his friends who have signed contracts with BP to host turbines on their land.

While Mr. Aubertine as a private citizen is entitled to hold whatever view he wishes about industrial wind turbines, he has disqualified himself in my view. His public declaration that he will not support the majority view in Lyme should have been accompanied by his letter of resignation as supervisor and member of the town board. Mr. Aubertine’s failure to recognize his own ethical lapse in this matter should be cause for the public to reject his candidacy for the position.

Vote for Mr. Jones with his demonstrated concern for all the residents of Lyme in order to restore legitimacy and trust to the town board.


Albert H. Bowers III

Chaumont