On Tuesday, your vote will determine what we, as a community, want our town to be. I urge you, in the strongest possible language, to make time on Tuesday to vote against the proposed replacement for the Financial Town Meeting, the FTR.
If you think that anything would be better than the Financial Town Meeting, think again. The proposed FTR is a hugely complicated process that few (anyone?) can understand. It is not a straightforward, time-tested process; it is an experiment that no other city or town uses – a risky experiment that introduces many more problems than it solves.
It is up to you. Read the editorial and letters in the Sakonnet Times and Newport Daily News. Search “CURB Tiverton” online. I am confident that when you realize all the potential pitfalls you will agree with me that now is the time to vote No.
One last thought prompted by the latest news that our local “taxpayer” group just reported a pot of $8,000 to spend on persuading you to support their FTR. If you’re tired of the barrage of campaigning for Tuesday’s election, just think of the exponential increase in electioneering for the unlimited number of budgets that the FTR allows on a ballot. Multiply the letters, cards, signs and nastiness for Tuesday’s one ballot question by 5, 10, 50 or more and you get a sense of the FTR’s madness.
Make time to vote on Tuesday. Pass the message on to just five of your friends and together we can put a stop to this chaotic, divisive mess.
Vote NO to the FTR proposal ~ REJECT QUESTION #2
Laura Epke
Tiverton, RI
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