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funds and low-interest loans for the Town’s water system-tie is the undisputed champ.
Going back almost eight yearsat a time when the naysayers around Town (who could turn on their faucets and get water) were saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”-Mayor Morehouse set as a goal the replacement of the 1930’s water distribution system for the Town to stop the loss from leaks of about 100,000 gallons a month of the water produced for the Town. Today, as the new system comes on line, those losses have increase to about 300,000 gallons per month.
When he was not racking up frequent flier miles attending to family obligations after his wife’s decision to move away from Washington (and he did not) or to keeping his own development business solvent in the face of the recessionary pressures of the economy, Dean was spending countless hours in the planning, development, funding and construction of the new water distribution system for the Town and its first ever water treatment facility.
Working with Town Treasurer and Water Authoriety Chairman Brad Fisher, Dean relentlessly twisted arms in the legislative halls and executive agencies of Richmond and the other Washington, and, against all odds for one of the smallest incorporated towns in the Commonwealth to receive government funding for a municipal project, he made the new water system a reality. I once asked the Mayor if it bothered him that no one made any big deal over his accomplishment or thanked him for all his work on the new water system. His response was typical of the man. “Why should they thank me for doing the job I was elected to do?”
The Town is now faced with the very real need to plan for a public sewer system. If we have a whisker of a hope in funding even the study of a Town system, much less finding the money to plan and build it without serious financial hardship to Town residents, I believe our best hope lies with Dean Morehouse. He has proved his mettle and delivered for the town. That’s good enough to get my support and my vote. I urge the re-election of Dean Morehouse to a third term as Mayor of the Town of Washington. He’s got another job to do for the town.
RAY GOOCH
Washington
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