financial town referendum
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Tiverton 1st Set Out to Teach Taxpayers a Lesson
If the Town Council follows through with the Budget Committee’s threat to end trash pickup in Tiverton (or charge extra…
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Driggs and Cook: Response to Reckless Comments from Activist Budget Committee Member
We are responding to Tiverton Budget Committee Secretary, Deb Scanlon Janick’s dangerously reckless statements, made in her recent letter to…
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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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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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Information on This Week’s FTR
Early Voting at Town Hall Thursday, May 19, and Friday, May 20, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Financial Town Referendum…
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School Department’s False Blame of the FTR
They can never just present their requests without layering in some political spin, can they? There it is, on slide…
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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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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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Vote Totals That Change Tiverton
The grumblings have begun, belittling the significance of the 1,535 Tiverton residents who voted for Budget #2. Here’s Tiverton 1st coordinator…
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Budget #2 Wins
The vote total: Budget #2: 1,535 Budget #1: 1,066 The people want tax relief and infrastructure improvements. The people want…
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