Year: 2018
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Oct- 2018 -29 OctoberTiverton Truth Flash
Tiverton’s Debt Is Not Like a High-Interest Credit Card Balance
Among the many promises for new gambling revenue being made by people who want control of that money is that…
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27 OctoberTiverton Truth Flash
Town Government Changed the Rules to Block the Tiverton Republican Town Committee Forum from the Library
It's been a remarkably quiet election season in Tiverton, especially given the importance of the election, the number of candidates,…
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26 OctoberTiverton Truth Flash
Voter Participation Rates Don’t Make the FTR “Rule by a Few”
One argument that we've heard since elector petitions began winning the vote at the annual financial town referendums (FTRs) is…
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24 OctoberTiverton Truth Flash
Charter Change #11 Would Undermine the FTR’s Key Feature: Elector Petitions
Yesterday's Daily Tiverton Truth Flash explained how ballot question #11, if it passes, would grab power away from the Budget…
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23 OctoberTiverton Truth Flash
Ballot Question #11 Will Gut Both the Budget Committee and the Financial Town Referendum (FTR)
Watching the Town Council come up with the charter language that would change the way the financial town referendum (FTR)…
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22 OctoberTiverton Truth Flash
Ballot Question #10 Does Not Ensure Wise Use of Casino Money
Supporters of question #10 on Tiverton's ballot this November 6 are claiming that it will do all sorts of wonderful…
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Jul- 2018 -22 JulyCommentary
With Charter Commission Blockade, Town Council Wants Total Control
Much has happened since Marcia Pobzeznik wrote in the June 25 Newport Daily News that the Tiverton Town Council's "made quick work"…
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Jun- 2018 -26 JuneNews
Tiverton Litigation… Where Our Money’s Going
The town's litigation budget was one point of contention during this year's financial town referendum (FTR) campaign. At the financial…
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9 JuneNews
Sports Betting: And There’s Another $100,000
Anybody keeping score will have noticed that all of the supposedly reckless assumptions that Budget #2 made about revenue from…
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5 June