Year: 2019

A Case of Stolen Valor

The last thing I wanted to do this Christmas season was to write a letter to the editor like this…

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Tiverton on Track, Episode 6: Town Government Goes Over the Leger

This episode conducted by Justin Katz of the TTA and featuring Robert Coulter as well as Town Councilors Donna Cook…

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Getting Tiverton on Track When the Public’s Shut Out

Nothing illustrates the two factions in Tiverton politics better than the Town Council’s policy for public participation. When members of…

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Tiverton on Track, Episode 5: Voices Heard and Unheard

This episode conducted by Justin Katz of the TTA and featuring Town Councilors Donna Cook and Nancy Driggs. Track 1:…

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Solar Deceit Needs Sunlight

On March 12, 2018, the Town Council unanimously approved and adopted Article XXIV Solar Photovoltaic System Development Ordinance. On November…

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Tiverton on Track, Episode 4: The Shmonsequences of a Power Grab

This episode conducted by Justin Katz of the TTA and featuring Town Councilors Donna Cook and Nancy Driggs, with special…

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Getting Tiverton on Track

Realizing how increasingly difficult it's becoming to get actual information to people above the noise of the rumor mill and…

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Buchanan’s Dishonest Coup

A recent news article described Tiverton resident Tom Buchanan as an “organizer” of the campaign that led to a divisive…

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Confessions of an Anti-Recaller

I have a confession to make. I have agonized for some time about supporting the counter recall. As many of…

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Is Scheduled Landfill Public Hearing a Ploy for Political Cover?

At the July 29, 2019, town council workshop, Pare Engineering discussed three post-landfill closure options: a transfer station, a recycling…

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