On June 25, I attended a selectmen’s meeting for the first time since retiring to Mexico in 2003.

I have learned that other towns, and the state government, made cuts in their budgets and in employees. The town of Mexico did not.

When the town manager was asked by a member of the budget committee if freezing wages had been considered, the town manager responded by asking why should he consider freezing wages.

He showed no sympathy for residents during these difficult times. He wouldn’t help cut the high budget given to selectmen. People will suffer.

The town’s police chief was not present to answer what he would do to cuts costs in his department.

I worked for a federal agency for more than 28 years. During the difficult times in the 1970s, wages were frozen for three years; frozen for two years in the 1980s.

How is the town of Mexico so much better off than neighboring towns that made cuts?

Banker Turner, Mexico