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Posted in FTM, Town Council, Videos on May 1st, 2010
At the end of last Monday’s Town Council meeting, members of TCC took the opportunity of the agenda item “Financial Town Meeting” to raise the matter of Town Administrator Jim Goncalo’s package of false documents, sent to the state with the intention of getting an uncertified waiver for the council and School Committee’s preferred combined [...]
Posted in FTM, Town Council, Videos on May 1st, 2010
Posted in Town Council, Town Treasurer, Videos on May 1st, 2010
My video record of last Monday’s Town Council meeting doesn’t match live viewing when it comes to discerning the delight that Councilor Louise Durfee clearly derives from grilling Town Treasurer Phil DiMattia, but the point comes across. At this point, it’s beginning to seem like a monthly event.
Toward the end of the exchange, DiMattia [...]
Posted in FTM, TCC Events, Tiverton, Videos on Apr 22nd, 2010
Yesterday evening, Budget Committee Chairman Jeff Caron, Budget Committee member Tom Parker, and I appeared on the Richard Urban Show to talk taxes and Tiverton politics.
Posted in School Committee, Tiverton, Videos on Apr 21st, 2010
Yesterday, I was able to interview Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Deborah Gist. Complete video of the conversation is up on Anchor Rising, but here’s the clip in which I raise local issues from Tiverton:
Posted in FTM, Spending, Town Council, Videos on Apr 10th, 2010
Posted in FTM, Taxes, Tiverton, Town Council, Videos on Apr 2nd, 2010
So you can watch the drama for yourself:
Posted in FTM, School Committee, State Aid, Taxes, Videos on Mar 26th, 2010
Herewith video corresponding with my liveblog of Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting.
This video corresponds with my liveblog from the Town Council meeting on Monday night.
Posted in FTM, School Committee, Tiverton, Videos on Mar 5th, 2010
It takes a little bit of time, but it’s an edifying experience to review the first School Committee meeting after last year’s FTM and then watch the video from the committee’s recent hearing about closing the high school. A theme emerged last year, solidified in this instruction from guidance counselor and unionist Lynn Nicholas:
You [...]
Posted in Taxes, Tiverton, Town Council, Videos on Mar 2nd, 2010
Tiverton’s “pay as you throw” trash pickup program, whereby residents will pay the town for the bags that they use for garbage disposal, is not yet in effect, but in January, the Town Council voted to have the solicitor put together the necessary legal language. Here’s the video. (For video of an earlier [...]
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