Some people accused us of wanting to spend too much!Īdditionally, the first draft of a long-term plan presented as part of the council’s budget proposal showed a path toward stable growth and controlled tax increases. The budget the council proposed would have increased spending by 5.4%, and the Budget Committee brought it up to 5.9%. To the extent that TTA members have suggested plans for the library, the emphasis has been on expanding its activities as a library.ĭo we want “normal town services” to “give way to de minimus taxes”? No. In fact, the budget the Town Council proposed increased funding to the library. Actually, we want the school district to improve to such an extent that Little Compton no longer feels compelled to bus its students from one end of Tiverton to the other in order to utilize Portsmouth High School.ĭoes TTA want to turn “our new library into city offices”? No. Our campaigns are entirely funded by people here in our community, supporting the work of dedicated residents.ĭoes the TTA “favor shutting the high school”? No. Newman’s mind.ĭoes the Tiverton Taxpayers Association (TTA) win elections with “outside money”? No. Hopefully, he has merely been misinformed, and the following responses will ease Mr. In a letter appearing in this week’s Sakonnet Times, Tiverton resident Will Newman joins those who apparently believe that politics is about making false accusations to generate hatred against their neighbors.
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