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Opinion

Letter: Taxpayers Have Control Over Their Bills, and the Schools Have Options

Tiverton resident Justin Katz writes a letter to the editor.

Government, Opinion

Pay As You Throw (Families Out of Tiverton)

A failure to raise taxes has not been the cause of the landfill dilemma, and increasing the cost of living in Tiverton should not be the solution.

Opinion, Schools

Transparency With No Action Won't Help Students

The unprecedented information available to Tiverton residents should prod them to demand better schools.

Opinion

Bottling Economic Potential Energy

The tax reform strategies of RI's state and local politicians is counterproductive.

Opinion

Freedom to Teach as the Students Require

Local communities should be free to differ on matters of education and religion without the ACLU's having a national veto.

Attached is the job description and advertisement for a new interim treasurer.

Opinion

Observations of a Thwarted Candidate for Interim Town Treasurer

It may have taken an application for employment to sharpen my interest, but observing Tiverton's hiring process was worth the experience in its own right.

Opinion

The Growing Payment For Non-Work

With the introduction of "other post-employment benefits" to accounting standards, RI towns have a better (if more frightening) view of their looming responsibilities.

Opinion

Students May Drift With Reform Pressure Off

The reform movement has blinked in Rhode Island, and it isn't good news for students.

Opinion

Acknowledging a Broad 'Democratic Process'

It does not serve political discourse to unjustly claim to be the champion of Democracy.

Opinion

Budgeting With Blinders

Local governments cannot fulfill their duty to design reasonable budgets without taking previous tax increases into consideration.

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