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Fort Barton Elementary School Accused Of Influencing Election

Monday, November 26, 2012

Tiverton Town Clerk Dismisses Complaint Against Fort Barton Secretary

The Tiverton Town Clerk dismissed a complaint leveled against a Fort Barton Elementary School secretary for having political paraphernalia on her desk.

After investigating claims that a Fort Barton School secretary was displaying political paraphernalia, the Tiverton Town Clerk dismissed the complaint last week. The complaint, levied by Hilton Street resident Donna Cook alleged that on Oct. 25, a Fort Barton Elementary School employee had three Tiverton 1st pins on a desk. "I was not happy to see a town school building being used to distribute campaign material from a [political action committee]," said Cook in her formal complaint. "There should be no campaign activity in our schools. The school department is in violation of the Tiverton Town Charter." Citing Sec. 1218 of the town charter that states no town employee shall attempt to influence the outcome of an election, Cook requested a…

Jim L

12:39 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Lets ALL devote everything to stopping the TOLLS the state is trying to sandbag us, Elections are over, time to stop something harmful to all of us   more ›

Monday, November 5, 2012

Ft. Barton Elementary Employee Accused Of Influencing Voting in 2012 Election

A resident levied a complaint against a school employee after seeing pins purporting a local political organization on a desk in the building.

  The Tiverton Town Clerk launched an investigation last week into a single claim that one of its elementary school secretaries displayed political pins on a desk in the building. Tiverton town employees and officers, including those in the school department, are expressly prohibited from influencing the outcome of voting contests through the distribution or publication of election materials, according to Sec. 1218 of the Tiverton Town Charter. This section was added during the last charter update in 2011. Hilton Road resident Donna Cook submitted a formal complaint to the clerk's office on Monday, Oct. 29 at 10:16 a.m. stating that she saw three Tiverton 1st pins displayed on the desk of a Fort Barton Elementary School secretary - what …

Just Another Taxpayer

9:39 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012

This type of TCC behavior was one of the reasons for why they got their clocks cleaned in yesterday's election.   more ›

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