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Posted in FTM, Letters to the editor, Unions on Apr 7th, 2010
Madeline and Jim O’Dell name names regarding the political group that brought the town to perpetual tax increases:
We also find it very odd that while all this criticizing and bashing is going on, no one is offering up any solutions. Also of interest is the fact that when Mr. Medeiros was asked — [...]
Posted in Budget Committee, Spending, Unions on Mar 28th, 2010
For some Sunday homework, take up Town Administrator Jim Goncalo’s draft budget, released on January 21 (PDF), particularly with an eye toward claims that salaries are not going up. We all know, of course, that contracts are just shy of commandments when it comes to budgeting, but it’s worth taking a look at the [...]
Posted in School Committee, Tiverton, Unions on Mar 23rd, 2010
The School Committee jumped right into budget discussions, inasmuch as I was only a few minutes late, and they were well into it. As one might expect, the upshot of the discussion is that the Budget Committee’s proposed budget would result in “draconian” cuts.
Astonishingly — and I really mean that adverb; it’s [...]
Posted in School Committee, Spending, Unions on Mar 20th, 2010
You may have heard that the Rhode Island Superior Court has found in favor of the East Providence School Committee with regard to its unilateral imposition of budget-saving terms on the teachers’ union. Three consequences of the ruling have particular relevance for Tiverton:
Justice Silverstein emphasized that Rhode Island law forbids teacher contracts from extending [...]
Posted in Budget Committee, FTM, School Committee, Tiverton, Unions on Mar 13th, 2010
It took me a day to work through my unexpectedly negative reaction to news that the Budget Committee had effectively proposed level funding of the school department next year. (With decreases in state aid likely, the leveled municipal funding probably represents a substantial cut.) What finally brought my emotional sense into focus was [...]
Posted in School Committee, Unions on Mar 7th, 2010
From the Newport Daily News:
The School Committee and the National Education Association-Tiverton had a mediation session Thursday and set dates for three more this month, but any details of what transpires will be kept under wraps until the two sides come to a contract agreement with the 191-member union or reach an impasse.
“We agreed that [...]
Posted in Letters to the editor, Spending, Taxes, Tiverton, Unions on Feb 28th, 2010
I would like to respond to Deb Pallash’s Letter to the Editor to the Newport Daily News titled “Fight with unions cannot interfere with education” by thanking her for her efforts to help improve Tiverton’s schools. Of particular interest was Ms. Pallash’s statement “Long-term changes can never be achieved through force, bullying or disrespect″. We [...]
Posted in Letters to the editor, School Committee, Spending, Unions on Feb 28th, 2010
As one of the Tiverton residents at the January 26 school committee meeting who presented “a ‘bust the union’ political strategy,” according to Deborah Pallasch’s recent letter to you, I feel obliged to provide some context for your readers. I don’t agree that looking to the school district’s — and town’s — largest line item [...]
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