It’s Time for Real Leadership in Falmouth

Mayor Hazen Should Resign

There are ideas that could reshape Falmouth. But let’s be honest, a few things have to change before anything meaningful can even start.

This article has two motivations. The first is a bold new idea for Falmouth’s future. But to get there, we need to address something else first.

By her own admission, Mayor Sabrina Hazen is unable or unwilling to perform the duties of her office. She’s actively trying to hire a city manager for a town that covers 1.3 square miles and barely pushes 2,600 people on its most bloated day.

Give her this. She never asked for the job. It was handed to her. And it is a thankless role. Everyone criticizes you, and you only make twelve thousand dollars a year. But if you’re already looking for a soft replacement, it’s time to step aside.

Let The Falmouth Whisper be the first to officially call for her resignation.

A Soft Chair Is Not the Same as a Mayor

Can Falmouth afford to wait for a mayor who actually wants the job?
Can we afford the price tag of a city manager to do her work, just to keep up appearances?

And let’s not forget. The last runaway mayor, Luke Price, burned through the surplus and funneled it into an overfed police budget. If he hadn’t, we might’ve had enough to hire a competent city manager from a place of strength, not desperation.

Here’s an Idea

Mayor Hazen steps down.
The council reinstates the actual elected mayor.

The one who built a surplus.
The one who had a plan.
The one who got steamrolled by a council too busy throwing stones to build anything real.

How many of you forgot we had a fire chief step down, join the council just to vote for impeachment, and then step down again soon after?

That wasn’t civic duty. That was sabotage.

Whether or not Sebastian returns, this much is clear. The current setup is broken.

Why Stay, If You Won’t Lead?

If the mayor is actively shopping for someone to take over her duties while still collecting the check, then the right question isn’t “Why now?”
It’s “Why stay?”

This town doesn’t just need a new mayor.
It needs a new way to choose mayors.

Set real qualifications.
Make it a full time role.
Pay accordingly, but only if results follow.

This position can’t be a warm body in a chair while the real work is outsourced.
Stop paying twelve thousand dollars for part time drift and another potential fifty thousand or more for a full time babysitter.

Falmouth needs someone who can function as both mayor and city manager.
Someone who lobbies for change, balances budgets, and has the guts to push against stagnation.
Someone who earns the salary and the trust.

And if they deliver? Then give them a raise.

But this town is done paying people just to coast.

This Goes Deeper Than One Mayor

But don’t think this is just about the mayor.

The council impeached Sebastian.
The council appointed Luke Price, who turned his back on the town during a flood.
The council appointed Sabrina Hazen, who wants to hire someone she can watch do her job.

Should the council really be trusted to appoint anyone?

You need a council that will stand beside a mayor in actual governance.
Not one led by old grudges, insider whispers, and yes, “agendas.”

We know how some of the local power brokers love that word.
We remember the statement.

“We must defeat Sebastian’s agenda.”

Let’s talk about that agenda.

One of transparency.
Budgets that balanced.
Real development.

And in the process of trying to “defeat” it, this town wasted time, energy, and somewhere between twenty thousand and forty thousand dollars in taxpayer resources, all to kill progress because the wrong person suggested it.

That’s not public service.
That’s theater.
And we’re paying for the tickets.

Falmouth Needs a Real Leader

Falmouth doesn’t need another passive mayor.
It doesn’t need another power puppet for backroom players.

It needs a leader, with vision, courage, and no strings attached.

Mayor Hazen, the decision is yours.
The precedent is set. Other mayors have stepped down when the job became too much.

The difference is, you don’t have to run from this.
You can own it.
You can do the right thing.
You can step aside and give this town a shot at something better.

Because at this point, Falmouth doesn’t just deserve better.
It needs it.

Whisper One Out