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Paul Coulombe has been giving a lot of money to the Boothbay Peninsula to advance what he wants the Peninsula to become - a place where uniform flowers march in manicured armies around brand new buildings with nothing old in sight and asphalt, asphalt everywhere.

The Boothbay Register duly reports Mr. Coulombe’s generosity but details about how the donations are processed are scarce.

I looked into the Town Report and could not identify the contribution that Mr. Coulombe made to Clifford Park at the end of 2021 and so I wrote to the Town accountant and asked him to explain it to me but as yet it is too soon to expect a reply.

I wondered what the general law might be about private donations to public governments. Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS of the Maine Statute Titled Municipalities and Counties begins with contributions to public educational systems.

2.  Funding municipal education foundations.  A municipality may accept endowment fu…