POLICE BUDGET DISSED AGAIN BY MONMOUTH VOTERS

Kennebec Journal, Monmouth - Despite attracting nearly 800 people to the voting booth, voters for the fourth time since June rejected a proposed police budget. This time by the widest margin yet. "I'm pleased with the turnout," said Town Manager Curtis Lunt. "We'll make sense of this and go forward." While previous budget proposals have failed by just a handful of votes, residents on Tuesday rejected the $256,000 budget proposal by a 426 to 351 margin. Those who voted no were asked if they disliked the budget because it would spend too much, too little or if their decision was based personnel issues within the police department. While 108 voters said they wanted to spend more to fund the department, 155 said they wanted to spend less and 202 said they have concerns about personelle. "It's certainly more decisive on its face," Lunt said. "We'll have to look at the poll results and see where to go next."