Commentary
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Town Administrator Matthew Wojcik and Public Debate
After a bruising decade of massive tax increases and heated arguments, many Tiverton residents were hopeful that a new town…
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Tiverton 1st and the Tiverton Democrats Use Divisive, Dismissive Rhetoric About Election
Back in November, I responded to a letter to the editor from Tiverton Democratic Town Committee (TDTC) chief Mike Burk in…
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Tiverton Politicians Are Wrong or Lying on Bond Rating
The majority of Tiverton residents pay little to no attention to the town’s rating on the bonds that it sells…
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Nancy Driggs: Facts Are Facts. Let’s Keep Them Straight.
Louise Durfee, newly appointed Budget Committee member, while in the process of suggesting to the Town Treasurer the possibility of…
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The 0% Budget’s Effect on Tiverton’s Bond Rating
There is only a sliver of truth to Tiverton officials’ comments about the town’s recent credit rating from Standard &…
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Divisiveness and Misreading
Some anonymous poster on the Tiverton 1st–related Facebook page, Tiverton Fact or Fiction, was intrigued to discover that I had…
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Burk Should Check His Facts and Be Honest About His Opponents
Watch what they do, not what they say. Mike Burk, chairman of the Tiverton Democratic Town Committee and unsuccessful Town…
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Explaining Issues Versus Falsehoods and Rhetoric
One of the challenges of serving your community by getting involved in civic debate is that it’s so much easier…
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Assertions Are Cheap; FakeCheck and Tiverton 1st Are Misers
In keeping with our suggestions about ways in which readers can determine how much credibility to assign to political writers, the…
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UPDATED: Who’s Saying What About the Data?
As if their intention is to provide us with helpful examples for our arguments, the folks at FakeCheck have a…
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