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Letter: Something Evil Blows Through Tiverton Leading to May 15

Tiverton resident Gloria Crist writes a letter to the editor.

To the Editor: Indeed it is an ill wind that blows though Tiverton from now through May 15 - and much of the dust storm started Tuesday night at the Tiverton Town Meeting. The informational meeting was by design an opportunity for taxpayers and community members to further understand the two budgets to be voted on in the towns first FTR on May 15. To be clear, there will be no explanation of what you will see come May 15. Just the bottom line - and one petitioner in particular is hoping Tiverton taxpayers are foolish enough to only consider the bottom line and not the hidden consequences - and even greater risks. However, as the meeting began and crowds gathered, it was clear what the meeting was really hoping to provide, at least for one …

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Dan D

11:36 am on Wednesday, May 9, 2012

this should be similar to dual-citizenship. If you hold a dual citizenship with, say, France and the US, you have to choose which one you want to vote in, you cannot vote in both.   more ›

Letter to the Editor

Letter: I Believe Tiverton Taxpayers Show Their Commitment to Public Education

Dave Nelson, Tiverton Town Councilor and president of Tiverton Citizens for Change, writes a letter to the editor.

To the Editor: I want to thank all the members of the Budget Committee, the School Committee, my colleagues on the Town Council, the Town Administrator, and all Tiverton’s volunteers and employees for their service to our community. I do understand the commitment it takes to serve our town and to support the principles for what you believe in. As a young officer in the Marine Corps l took an oath to defend those principles with my life, so l hope you know that l too take public service very seriously.   Under the charter, petitioners are not required to personally present their petitions at the Financial Town Hearing (FTH), and consequently l am not obligated to make a presentation. I believe otherwise and appear at the FTH in the interest…

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Former Tiverton Councilors' Case Against Current Official Goes to Trial

Former Tiverton Town Councilors Joanne Arruda and Louise Durfee's defamation case against current Councilor Dave Nelson goes to trial after the State Supreme Court recently rejected Nelson's appeal.

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The Way Of The Diplomat And The Way Of The Accountant

The controversy over the School Department's claim to extra local money has two aspects: The numbers and the noise.

One might be tempted to characterize the distinction as the diplomats against the accountants, but that would wrongly imply that both approaches could lead to something like a reasonable and democratic resolution. The controversy over the third of a million dollars in Tiverton property taxes that the school department spent in excess of its local appropriation has two components: a dispute about cooperation, on the one hand, and an investigation of revenue, on the other. It's the subjective versus the objective, and frankly, the subjective is a distraction - perhaps a strategic distraction - from a fully informed public debate on the merits. The starkest delineation of this dynamic came during a special meeting of the Town Council, last …

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