Original Reports
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Fiscal Year 2019 -2.9% (Reduction) Elector Petition
Rationale If voters choose this elector petition at the financial town referendum (FTR) on May 19, taxpayers will see a…
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School Surpluses in a Political Scene with No Memory
Watching government and politics in Tiverton — probably like every smallish town — can be frustrating. At the state level…
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Council’s Illegal Off-Budget Spending Needs to Be Corrected, Not Expanded
One point of contention in the political wrangling over Tiverton's future gambling revenue is whether the Town Council can set…
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Yes, Tiverton’s Property Taxes Are High
Given the effectiveness that the Tiverton Taxpayers Association has had simply by informing residents about comparative tax rates in Tiverton…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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