For the Library Bond, The Town obligation is only $2.9 of the $7 million. The bond will be repaid from two sources: $4.1 from the State Library Construction Reimbursement program and $2.9 from the Town, over 20 years. The Town obligation will be $228,000 a year, which is 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. That means $10 for a home worth $100,000, $20 for a home worth $200,000, etc. This includes interest on the bond. TheTown will issues bonds only after the State signs the contract binding them for the $4.1 million. The remainer of the $11.6 million project to build the Library / Community Center has come from grants and private donations.

With the pension mess the town of Tiverton can not afford a new super library at this time. The band played on as the Titanic sunk below the waves!!!!!

Joe, keep telling the same lie and eventually someone might believe it.

Remember, when this started the TCC was trying to hold the town coucil to the 4.5 budget cap and if not then to follow the law and vote as council to exceed the budget because the law required a vote by the council and the ftm, the response to that was a fake budget sent upstate and accusations of someone leaking a copy of the false budge, and the council refused to vote saying the final ruling body was the FTM. That and THAT alone re sulted in an 11% increase in one year, because of things like this the ENTIRE council was voted out, now these same people are saying the FTR is no good and keep the FTM if you would like to see a few more years of double digit increases then by all means stick with the FTM,why do you thing they didn't do that vote, you don't think they kinda knew the 11% was coming because they knew the had enough votes, just slapped everyone who wasn't on teir side with that tax increase, After losing the election last yeardidunotice that the school did an amazing job to get in under their budget, the only reason for that was because the FTM was stacked to the town side by feed up people, and now the folks who gave you 22% increases in 3 years want to retain a system that takes away the entire town right to vote, the only reason tha curb and tdtc want the old system in place is because they know, that no one wants to spend all day at the FTM and if it stays in place and posters onhere get the current council members out then this town is back to same old

Rug Doctor: The only question is whether you know this is nonsense, or you actually believe your own garbage. You're spouting the same delusional fantasy that TCC has been pushing since it started. You accuse people of lying, but can't show one thing I said that is untrue. The one provable lie in the program was Mr. Caron sinking in desperation to regurgitating the same lie Rob Coulter has spewed before about the 2008 Charter process to distract from his ethical questions. For the record, the Open Meeting violation was against the Council over a clerical error on an agenda. Period. But you don't really care about FACTS & reality, do you? You can stay in the TCC echo chamber & tell yourself that black is white & up is down & create conspiracy theories to explain why your view keeps losing. Keep supporting suing the town when you lose, & try to give 2 politicians the ability to overrule the people. Keep trying to distract from a scam FTR plan by lying about the past & attacking those working for REAL change & a better town. The bottom line is that even if your delusions about Chris & I were true, it doesn't change one bit that you can't & won't answer the question: why are you so afraid of letting the people decide? Why is it good to let 2 Councilors override the voters? You TCC folks never do.

Thankfully this council put this on the Ballot for the people to decide instead of the good old boys with a back room deal. Tell your friends to tell a friend ,vote Nov 8th. The spin masters can't change peoples minds with lies and deception. The people will be heard .
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I recommend that everyone watch a replay of the FTR forum last night. Both sides made their positions very clear. Brian and Chris want you to vote against the FTR if you want to maintain the same authority that you currently have to choose the budget and levy. Jeff and Nancy want you to vote for the the FTR if you want the "full protection of the tax cap" while ceding authority to decide whether to exceed the tax cap to the town council. I don't think anyone from either side would disagree with this simplification--am I right? We should forget the personal attacks, vendettas, old news and debate this issue, because this is what we'll be deciding in November.

Brian, you had your chance to make "REAL change" - you didn't get it done in the DECADES you were involved. Let people who care so much that they are getting it done, and who have innovative ideas, help get Tiverton back to the way Tivertonians like it!!! Let's pull together, Tiverton, and vote to have your own private vote, like the USA was designed to have!
T-Dad, yes many disagree with your 2 sentence interpretation - Tivertonians can see through your over-simplifying this! 27% tax increase in 4 years, $10-20 million unfunded liability, $30 million school bond debt - oh, thank you Brian, Louise, Don, Laura! What you've accomplished is why we want something that can help citizens keep things more fiscally responsible

no authority is ceeded to the town council, so we definely don't agree on that, the 2 man veto is just a myth, like the boogieman and the tiverton yeti> Vote yeas on 1 and 2

and i still don't understand why brian think the the FTM lets THE people decide sems to me the special people, all 2% of them geting what they want only helps them, not anyone else in town, YES ON #2