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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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Original Reports
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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News
Strategy for Addressing the 0.9% Budget #2 Remand to the Budget Committee
Now that their petition has won at the 2016 financial town referendum (FTR), the supporters of the 0.9% Budget #2…
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News
A 0.9% Increase for Fiscal Year 2017
Tiverton’s taxes are still way too high, with a rate that is 38% higher than the average for every surrounding…
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Original Reports
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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Original Reports
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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Three Things to Know About Full-Day Kindergarten in Tiverton
As the General Assembly moves to finalize a budget for the state and the Tiverton School Committee runs out of…
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Commentary
A Kindergarten Correction I’m Thrilled to Make
At last night’s meeting of the Tiverton School Committee, during a discussion of the possibility of resurrecting all-day kindergarten for…
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News
How Summer Recreation Fell Apart
The issue of summer recreation fees in Tiverton is a good example of what it means not to put the…
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Commentary
Recreation Fees and the Financial Town Referendum
Even before voters approved the 0.9% budget by a large margin at this year’s financial town referendum (FTR) on May…
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