Commentary
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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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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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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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Discrimination Against Students Who Aren’t in the System
Thursday afternoon, January 26, representatives of various organizations and private schools will gather at the Rhode Island State House to…
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Jeffrey Caron: For Voters Concerned About Tiverton’s Taxes
With 18 candidates running for seven Town Council seats and nine candidates running for six Budget Committee seats, I created…
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Durfee Should Budget for the Living
A recent letter by Budget Committee Member Louise Durfee deserves response on two points. First, Ms. Durfee’s attempt to spin…
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Tiverton 1st Set Out to Teach Taxpayers a Lesson
If the Town Council follows through with the Budget Committee’s threat to end trash pickup in Tiverton (or charge extra…
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Driggs and Cook: Response to Reckless Comments from Activist Budget Committee Member
We are responding to Tiverton Budget Committee Secretary, Deb Scanlon Janick’s dangerously reckless statements, made in her recent letter to…
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Nancy Driggs: Apologies Are Due to Tiverton Budget #2 Voters
Following the FTR vote the Budget Committee re-convened on June 9, 2016 to carry out its remand responsibility to “determine…
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Town Council Should Reject Budget Committee’s Vindictive Scheme to Kill Trash Pickup
The Tiverton Budget Committee has no authority to eliminate residential trash pickup, but in order to make a political statement with…
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