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Our View
Council “Interference” Depends on Who Is in Control
When the TTA majority held the Town Council, the opposition insisted they couldn't interfere with boards and commissions; now that…
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News
Open Meetings Act Complaint Concerning Intimidation over Fire Chief Raise
When a vote on a mid-year raise for Tiverton's new fire chief didn't go their way Patricia Hilton and Denise…
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Our View
Sunshine for Tiverton Days Means No Back Room Games
When council leadership, Hilton and deMedeiros, meddle in local activities, they prevent the Town Council from working as it should.
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Tiverton on Track
Tiverton on Track, Episode 8: Budget Season Sunrise
This episode conducted by Justin Katz of the TTA and featuring Town Councilors Nancy Driggs and Donna Cook. Track 1:…
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Our View
ProgressRI’s Dishonest Scare Tactics Hid TTA Council’s Big Success
A couple of months ago, I wrote a letter to the editor objecting to the violent, oppressive imagery on a…
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Our View
A Case of Stolen Valor
The last thing I wanted to do this Christmas season was to write a letter to the editor like this…
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Our View
Getting Tiverton on Track When the Public’s Shut Out
Nothing illustrates the two factions in Tiverton politics better than the Town Council’s policy for public participation. When members of…
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Our View
Solar Deceit Needs Sunlight
On March 12, 2018, the Town Council unanimously approved and adopted Article XXIV Solar Photovoltaic System Development Ordinance. On November…
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Our View
Is Scheduled Landfill Public Hearing a Ploy for Political Cover?
At the July 29, 2019, town council workshop, Pare Engineering discussed three post-landfill closure options: a transfer station, a recycling…
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Our View
Town Planner Canaries in Tiverton’s Political Coal Mine
It was a difficult decision. Despite my skepticism about government planning, I was being asked as a Town Council member…
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