Original Reports
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Taxpayers Get No Discount from Pension Investments
Question: Is Tiverton’s police pension doing OK? Reading through the plans that Rhode Island cities and towns have put together…
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No Need for Budget Committee’s Reckless Vengeance of Ending Trash Pickup
By far the most controversial move in the recent history of Tiverton budgeting was the Budget Committee’s decision to reduce…
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The Teacher Contract’s Quiet $1.7 Million in Raises
Q. How much will the new three-year contract for teachers cost Tiverton taxpayers? After about 30 minutes of plucking line…
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The 0.0% and 0.9% Elector Petitions Did Not Lower Moody’s Bond Rating
Question: Did the 0.0% and 0.9% elector petitions reduce Tiverton’s bond rating from Moody’s Investor Services? Here we go again…
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Tax Savings for the Tiverton Glen (Tiverton Crossroads) Project
Question: What sort of tax break will the the Tiverton Glen development get? Tiverton residents who oppose the mixed-use development proposed…
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The Backwards Way to a Tax Rate
Question: How does Tiverton’s tax rate compare with the towns around it? An early surprise for people as they begin…
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deMedeiros Campaign Finance Reports
Question: Why is Denise deMedeiros listed as “inactive” on the state’s campaign finance Web site? One has to wonder how…
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Where to Vote
Question: For the upcoming election, where do I go to vote? Sometimes it seems as if the hardest part of fulfilling one’s…
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Using Town Property Finder with Payroll Data
Not a few people thought it a sign of a new world of lost privacy when Tiverton joined the other cities and…
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