The FTM works well for the Over the Cap Gang. They will twist the facts, to maintain this flawed process ,to retain control over the budget. All of the Tax increase over the years went right into labors pocket.
Over the years Tiverton has amassed a huge unfunded pension and benefit liability. A $47 Million dollars unfunded liability . That means we the tax payers have to pay over three and a half million dollars next years to support the broken system.
Tiverton has approximately $37 million in outstanding Bond debt. The Debt service and interest payment for 2011 $3,649,355
Tivertons schools are in need of millions in repairs with the sewer treatment plant and heating system at the High School on their last legs.We will be asked to float a bond to make these repairs soon.
Tivertons Roads and drain systems are in need of about $40 Million Dollars of repair and replacement.
There are dozens of problems on our rec fields and open space areas that need attention.
We hope the land fill will not cost more than PAYT program will cover . This town is in a world of hurt.
The FTR will change this by putting the vote in the people who pay the bills hands.

Jay "Hot Dog King" Lambert, the facts that Mr.Cotta address in his letter the editor are irrefutable. Stop your complaining about dates and address the issues that are brought up in Mr. Cotta's letter.

I would agree with Mr Lambert, IF Mr. Cotta's letter was the only time he was hearing the concerns about the FTR. Instead Mr Lambert knew about these concerns all along and decided to dispose of these concerns as being addressed already.

It wasn't even Mr. Cotta's job to vet these issues. It was Mr. Lamberts. One could ask how come he wasn't doing his job and why didn't he pick up on the issues Mr. Cotta raises?

Tom, hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

The "Hot Dog King" is still trying to find out which account has the Fall River Tuition's. He is also probably too busy still working with Davey and Robbie on their investigation.

It has always astonished me the facility at which the local demoskunks can lie and mislead in pursuit of their goals. Let's see: make up some lies, bend the facts, submit a misleading letter at the last minute--carefully calculated so that there can be no rebuttal (we saw this in 2010 when the Tiverton Tax Assessor did the same thing regarding the potential tax increase the school committee was proposing). usual tactics: they lie, they mislead, they bend the truth as a matter of strategy: it stinks, and they stink: don't fall for it.
Mr Cotta has a long history of these sorts of things. You only need to go back to the stolen 2008 FTM: as head of the Budget Committee he called an "emergency" meeting of the Budget Committee for 20 min prior to the second FTM in order to synchronize his lies with those of the Town Council, and coordinate the theft of the meeting from the taxpayers: I think we got a ...14 percent? tax raise from that one. He also has repeatedly made contemptuous comments about the taxpayers ("they're always complaining about something"). He's a voting member of the Tiverton governing board.
Bottom line: could the FTR be any worse than an FTM process which has doubled your taxes in nine years and forced them up 23 percent in the past three years alone?
Send mr cotta and the rest of these democrap noisemakers a clear msg that you don't like their lying, cheating tactics, and vote yes for the FTR.
A thoroughly disgusted Fred Floon.

Mr Lambert: Please explain why neither the FTR Cmte nor the Town Council even bothered to run the FTR plan by the state? Five members of this Town Council chose to place this FTR amendment on the ballot without ever checking with the state agency charged with overseeing budgets & tax-levies. And when it's discovered that there may be serious legal problems resulting from the FTR, the Council President's reaction is to shoot the messenger? So much for accountability. The fact is that Mr Cotta's correspondence with OMF has been public knowledge for weeks. This Council that has held over a dozen special meetings to address it's pet political projects, & spent months & thousands of taxpayer dollars on a politically-motivated "tax ordinance" that they never even voted on, somehow couldn't bring itself to meet about possible legal problems with a plan they put before voters?

If i didn't do my job, forcing someone else to take it over, the last thing I would do is criticize is the way he did it. Chris Cotta carried Jay Lambert's water, but he just didn't get there fast enough with it? Give me a break. And accusing a concerned citizen of being "sleazy" is no way to demonstrate leadership.

and once again i thank all who stuck to the issue, no hot dog king, no question already answered, mr cotta got his answer, told to see town lawyer was he not? DID HE? Mr Rearik got his answer, told to handle money same as always, WAS HE NOT? yes we need desperately to leave the town in control of these fine folks old and tired even asks who you gonna give you vote up to, see he knows better than you ALL about this town and whats best for it and you THATS WHY THE FAKE NAME, if seven BOZO's show up tomorrow at the polls with a signs that says SAVE THE CLOWNS then just vote to keep going on the same path. I m believe i will vote the clowns out of control VOTE YES ON #2 oh and #1

Jim L, you must be having a tough day today.

nay i'm havin a good day, but it's hard for just me to correct the hidden name bloggers on here that just rerun the same false posting on here, i will give priase to Mr Nelson and Jay Lambert Mr Coulter Mr KAtz and other who have appeared here in person, with their own true names to correct fasle statements made on here, most of them work and are trying to help run this town, i got the time and the desire to rebut all the headbaggers on here so folks don't think because no one stated the fairy tales on here are not true folks might believe them. I'm hopeing for a real good day wensday or maybe tuesday night, be wonderful to see this town continue to move forward

Thank you Jay for representing all the taypayers. I will restrain myself from venting my contempt for sleazy back room politicians and not say anything about Cotta.

Jane, I mean Nancy, I guess you haven't gotten over your 2010 loss to Rep Edwards.

Jane: You're in rare, delusional, anonymous form today. Really, that's all you've got to say? Why bother? Every reality-deficient rant only hurts your cause, as does every attack on people actually trying to help everyone in town, not just themselves. Whichever TCC diehard yoy are, hiding behind an anonymous screen name, your desperation is embarassing. Debate the issues, or spare us all your conspiracy theories & personal attacks. To keep accusing others of hate-mongering when you post such nasty, deranged things is pathetic. Anyone can check my past posts & yours to decide who's been debating issues, and who's just airing pettiness.

Brian , if it has a big red nose, big red hair, big floppy shoes gets uot of a car with 25 unknowns against the the FTR and has a flower that squirts lies, then it.s a clown, ie see you mr cotta and your unknown friends

What's the matter, Hot Dog King? Things not going your way? Maybe you should start returning constituent phone calls and worry less about your TCC buddies.

You are right! We are much worse off with jay lambert than we were with with sleepy hannibal, green teeth, and "how can i steal this meeting and raise taxes another 10 percent" durfee. Yup, you hit this one right one the head. Thanks for your deep insights into the local political situation.

Mr Floon: I'm sure these public servants with more years of service to Tiverton than you can count are all very disappointed to not receive the much-desired "Fred Floon Seal of Approval". Before gracing us with any more of your brand of "insight", think on the words of Mark Twain:"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt".

Sleeping at town council meetings, stealing meetings so that taxes can be raised and the money given to friends in the local teacher's union, and driving up taxes 27 percent in the past three years does not count as public service, except in the alt.universe of rhode island. No one wants to buy here (taxes too high) and no one can escape tiverton (taxes too high, value of home in the dumper due to 10 years of demoskunk mismanagement). Now, perhaps if we were somehow able to remove the source of the local bloodsuckers' (plural possessive) power, the FTM, we could get back on the right track. HOLD IT!!! That's what we are going to do today! I almost forgot. Worst fears realized, something that looeeze, dandy don and hannibal fought against for years: a free and fair vote on the way forward and the repair of our beloved town...and to quote that brilliant thinker, fred floon, esquire: "you won't be able to steal this one."