Year: 2017
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Jul- 2017 -2 July
Donna Cook: Be Wary of Candidates Who Won’t Answer Questions, but Will Insult
Last week Charter Review Commission (CRC) candidate, Andrea Souza, tried to explain her rationale for saying the Budget Committee (BC)…
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May- 2017 -14 May
When Taxes “Only” Go Up, but Property Values “Only” Go Down
After the Tiverton Budget Committee put forward its recommendation for a 0.5% increase in local taxes, which was significantly less…
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Apr- 2017 -30 April
TTA Denounces Actions of School Officials
On Friday afternoon, a Facebook page known to be allied with members of the Tiverton School Committee reported that the…
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6 AprilOriginal Reports
School Department Builds Surplus, May Campaign for More
As I write this on Wednesday evening, the Tiverton School Committee has just announced a special meeting on Saturday morning…
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Mar- 2017 -15 MarchOriginal Reports
Tiverton Homeowners Paying 2044 Taxes with 1990 Income
A while back, while discussing the annual decision of voters to pass budgets that increase Tiverton’s tax levy by less…
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Feb- 2017 -28 FebruaryOriginal Reports
Remembering the Library’s Promise of a “Slight” Increase
Tiverton residents should go back and read the headlines of some of the articles that the library put on its…
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22 FebruaryOriginal Reports
How the School Department Turned Temporary Stimulus into a Permanent Surplus
Being busy in spring 2011, I didn’t pay much attention when the Tiverton schools’ business administrator explained that the state…
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14 February
Weak Leadership Has Made Tiverton a Mark for Abuse
Stories like the one appearing on last Tuesday’s Newport Daily News front page, by Marcia Pobzeznik, are becoming way too familiar for Tiverton.…
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6 FebruaryOriginal Reports
School Enrollment Down, Budgets and Surpluses Up
Although some as-yet unturned rock might reveal the exception that proves the rule, it is safe to say that nobody…
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Jan- 2017 -31 JanuaryOriginal Reports
Taxpayers as an Excuse for Town to Gamble on Stocks
Question: What happens if Tiverton doesn’t make enough money from its pension fund investments? Having written a whole lot about government…
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