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The town has already collected $4 million of a possible $13 million in extra money hidden from the budget process.
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Supporters of Higher Taxes Use Lies and Misleading Statements
With the help of Tiverton 1st co-coordinator, Brian Medeiros, elected officials and others who support higher taxes in Tiverton have been promoting a 30-minute public access TV panel, mainly to bash Budget #2, the 0.9% budget that I submitted for a private-ballot vote at this Saturday’s financial town referendum. As it happens, the Tiverton Taxpayers Association had sent a letter to me and to the Budget Committee, inviting us to discuss the differences between the budgets on a similar show, but nobody from the Budget Committee ever responded. Apparently, they prefer being able to badmouth people who aren’t in the room. Not surprisingly, the video is full statements that are false, misleading, or even outright lies. Here are ten of them. 1. Town Council President Denise deMedeiros. “The petitioner… hasn’t really been involved in the last year. He hasn’t gone to any meetings. He hasn’t talked to department heads.” Click here if video does not appear below. There are three accusations, here, all of which are false. 1) I have been involved. I’ve done extensive research on various issues important to the town, some of them extremely technical and requiring a great deal of information and research involving the town. Indeed, …
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