budget
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Original Reports
Budget #2 to Match Portsmouth Tax Rate; Almost Back to Calm and Normal
Milestone: The projected tax rate for Budget #2 at Tiverton Financial Town Referendum (FTR) is $15.96 per $1,000 of house…
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News
State Increases Revenue Estimate for Twin River-Tiverton and Sports Gambling Enters the Picture
Another $60,000 in gambling revenue now estimated for Tiverton; sports betting may add hundreds of thousands more. Twin River Gambling…
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Original Reports
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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Original Reports
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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Commentary
Building and Zoning When the Town Council Doesn’t Act on Broad Agreement
The Budget Committee meetings in the early months of 2017 for current fiscal year were not exactly harmonious, but one…
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News
Fiore to Greener Pastures Across the Bay
Anybody who noticed that Tiverton Schools' Director of Finance and Administration Douglas Fiore missed the School Committee's meetings throughout October…
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Original Reports
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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Commentary
Edwards V Puts Democracy in the Cross Hairs
Tiverton's red-hot taxes didn't stop increasing much faster than inflation because of climate change. Empowering residents to vote for their…
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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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