Dave,  I would like to give you my reasoning behind the law.  This may or may not change your mind on the conservative issue.  First I think this law we are proposing is easier to follow and less intrusive.  Second with rights come responsibility and with that I think it is not at all responsible for people to use the beach as a toilet for their pets and then tell you and me all set it’s your turn.  To me that’s wrong.  So the live and let live is all fine and dandy but I don’t think that’s the case here.  Sharing means leaving it useful for the next person and right now there are a lot of people that feel the beach is not useful afterwards.

I wouldn’t necessarily label this guy as a conservative, maybe a fiscal one if he supports lowering taxes and lowering spending. But I tend to think of a conservative of someone who has a live let live type of personality, stay out of my business and I’ll stay out of yours type you know? Someone who wants less government restrictions rather than more, which is why with all the restrictions he wants on dog walking I just don’t see as a conservative viewpoint. Which by the way is an amazing waste of time with so many more pressing issues facing us today. I just have a hard time believing it, it seems a little more self serving. When we are trying to get this city/country up and going again do you really want our elected representatives top priority to be a which hunt for puppy poo on the beach? I would rather my tax dollars be spent elsewhere, but to each their own I guess right?

Gary Crosby is a real conservative, we need him now more then ever, instead of the socialist we currently have.  He has my vote, just let the man speak his mind without harassing him with endless questions. Rush is right and so is Gary. When it comes to cutting taxes, and keeping the school board liberals out of our pockets, Mr. Crosby is the man for me.

Dittohead: I sure hope you are going to sign up as Gary’s campaign manager!

I wish you all would leave Gary Crosby alone, especially you Paul B.
Gary is the exact kind of leader we need if we are going to stop heading down the road to socialism.  Obama and the liberals want you to pay more taxes to prop up there socialist agenda.  Cut taxes, and stop spending money on fancy over built schools and free people to do what they need to do to make the life they want based on there own efforts. This is what Gary stands for and as the great man says.

“Liberalism, socialism, and utopianism are a dead end, just look at the former Soviet Union. If you like their system, maybe you should move there.”..Rush Limbaugh.

Gary is the only one I can think of out on the front lines, taking the heat, to make our town a better place, he is the real American, maybe Paul you should take a look at a few history books before our entire country is run by comrades and union bosses.

Gary your response to Josephine does not answer the question I posed to you and that is “why did you choose to remain anonymous”.  The answer you posted is just a rehash of the legal reasons that allowed you to do so.  I wanted to know what motivated you, a person who insists that people who post on this sight always identify themselves by name in your pursuit of I guess Crosby style “transparency”, yet when you choose to influence an election result in a most public way, ie. flyers and signs, you choose to hide your identity. Sure you had the right to, now lets hear the reasons. On question two you claim that on this site you identified the school board member who you said attacked you but can not find your words and instead suggest that we dig through the always poorly recorded public record to get some sense of what you are talking about.  Why not just answer the question now as you have not aswered it to date.  Question three concerning the flyer. You now admit that you did not answer in earlier posts although stating that you did, and are now willing to have it posted if requested by the editor of this site.  This is actually your first answer to any of my questions, you do have the flyer and are willing to have it posted. Question four same as number one still waiting to hear a real answer.  Question five you will be posting the names and the examples of what you describe as a people who have ganged up on you and attacked you for us to read on your website. Again a question claimed to be answered in the past but actually ignored by you.  In summary you publically announced that you had answered all of these questions in earlier posts but it is now clear that that was untrue.  You had actually answered none of them hoping that the public would just take your word for it and not take the time to look back at the record.  If this is how you behave as a candidate for public office how will you react to tough questions asked of you should you be elected to city council?  I get the sense that the pattern would continue and we would not be well served by someone not willing to explain his own position, past actions, and words.  It has been a struggle just to get the type of response from you today I am glad you tried to make an effort but it still falls way short. Paul B.

Paul here is a reply.

Citizens have asked Gary to explain positions he has already taken, things he has said publically, and actions he has taken in regard to public policy in South Portland.  He only answers to questions he wants to and ignores the rest.  Once again here are some simple questions.  1.  Why did you choose to be anonymous when inserting a flier into the Sentry? { Look below} Previous post
2. You have stated that a school board member attacked you concerning the same flier.  What is this public officials name, what did he say, and why do you think an apology was owed you? ( I can’t find the post but I replyed look back at old council meetings from that time and you will find his name.}
3. Do you still have a copy of the flyer you anonymously placed and if so would you be willing to post it on this site so that we can judge for ourselves what you said? { you have Linda contact me and if she wants to post it I will send it to her.  4. When you placed signs around town in order to defeat the high school renovation project why did you choose not to put your name on them? ( Same as #1 }
5.  Who is it that is calling you names and could you give us some examples?  I think all of these are reasonable questions to ask of someone who’s goal is to play an important role in South Portland public policy. ( Check out savewillardbeach.com and I will post them soon.)  Thank you Paul

Here you go paul
“Josephine This wouldn’t be Joseph by another name would it? None the less I will answer the question because I think it’s a legit one to ask someone that is running for office. I was fully in favor of the TABOR type laws both times they were brought up to the public and would support it again. As far as Carol Palesky, I never met her and I don’t even know what she looks like. What ever her issues were it had nothing to do with the TABOR law. As anybody knows we need some sort of taxes to run a society as it will not run on its own. That being said it does not mean that the government needs to tap up dry just because it can. As with all things in life there needs to be balance. I have never said there should be no taxes just less taxes and a control on spending so it doesn’t get out of control. My signs and fliers were not marked with any names and they did not need to be. It was private money that paid for it and I will repeat myself for those that don’t get it that it was well within my rights to do it and I will never apologize or feel bad for doing it. Josephine check out the laws of our state as the school board member should have done before he went on his rant. I never heard an apology from him. What I do with my money is my choice as long as it is legal. Once you start spending public money it should always be transparent. You and I may not agree on much but when we are both taxed and that money is taken from us we should know how it is spent.”

Here are quotes from Gary Crosby in his letter to the editor published in the March 2nd Portland Press Herald.  I know you are only allowed 250 words but wow this guy has some fecal focus. “put dog poop down” “where dogs defecate”  “have pooped and peed” “to pee and poop on”  Where is Gary when asked by the citizen’s of South Portland to answer a few questions about his past activities in regard to his candidacy for city council?  Apparently out counting dog piles.

Look at the whole Gary Crosby quote: Crosby anticipates the new rules will simply create more tension, which he believes will mean good news for Save Willard Beach at the polls.

“Had I scripted it, I couldn’t have asked for anything better,” he said of the new rules.

Crosby said Save Willard Beach will consider political advertising in advance of the referendum
(Maybe they will even sign them this time.)

There are many of us out there who even think the encounter itself was scripted.  We anticipate “incidents” often involving the same complaining homeowners.  Watch for the names of the people involved—I imagine there will be a pattern. Thank goodness for FOI.

I don’t even have a dog and there’s one man there who acts like he owns the beach, scowling at all go by, making it a very unpleasant experience. One time I even saw him with a large scythe and I am sure to keep my children 10 feet away from HIM.  Talk about imagery and public relations.  Welcome to Willard Beach!

As for implicitly and gleefully applauding violence on the beach, be it a verbal argument between two individuals or a physical assault on a dog, Mr. Crosby has shown us his true colors.

I will not need to ask him any further questions

Joseph- I saw those comments and I am appalled that Gary Crosby is really looking forward to more neighbor vs. neighbor behavior. It’s a terrible thing to say about the city and it’s residents and makes us all look like a bunch of hicks who beat animals and fight each other and have a good old time doing it. And to sound like such a victim. Please, it’s really getting old. If you can’t stand the heat… like dog owners aren’t criticized at every bump in the road and have even been called “bullies” by city councilors! The truth is it’s people who don’t agree with Gary who are called “They” and “they” are bashing him.
And for comic relief, this is something else -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJzWYiXFtg