Justin Katz
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School Department Builds Surplus, May Campaign for More
As I write this on Wednesday evening, the Tiverton School Committee has just announced a special meeting on Saturday morning…
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Tiverton Homeowners Paying 2044 Taxes with 1990 Income
A while back, while discussing the annual decision of voters to pass budgets that increase Tiverton’s tax levy by less…
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Remembering the Library’s Promise of a “Slight” Increase
Tiverton residents should go back and read the headlines of some of the articles that the library put on its…
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How the School Department Turned Temporary Stimulus into a Permanent Surplus
Being busy in spring 2011, I didn’t pay much attention when the Tiverton schools’ business administrator explained that the state…
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Weak Leadership Has Made Tiverton a Mark for Abuse
Stories like the one appearing on last Tuesday’s Newport Daily News front page, by Marcia Pobzeznik, are becoming way too familiar for Tiverton.…
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School Enrollment Down, Budgets and Surpluses Up
Although some as-yet unturned rock might reveal the exception that proves the rule, it is safe to say that nobody…
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Taxpayers as an Excuse for Town to Gamble on Stocks
Question: What happens if Tiverton doesn’t make enough money from its pension fund investments? Having written a whole lot about government…
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Discrimination Against Students Who Aren’t in the System
Thursday afternoon, January 26, representatives of various organizations and private schools will gather at the Rhode Island State House to…
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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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Durfee Should Budget for the Living
A recent letter by Budget Committee Member Louise Durfee deserves response on two points. First, Ms. Durfee’s attempt to spin…
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