I received an e-mail from TC Vice President Laura Flanagan, see below. I could use a break on my property taxes and support a zero increase this year if it's at all possible.
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Do you want to pay more in property tax to protect the “status quo” and continue “business as usual”?
ANSWER: (please provide your thoughts with as much, or as little, detail as you are comfortable with)
Okay, so here’s the scoop. The Town Council is fairly close to closing in on a budget for 09-10 that calls for a ZERO tax increase for property owners! As you can imagine, achieving this result was very difficult and the UNIONS are lobbying hard against this proposal spreading gross exaggerations of the impact on “our children”. I have personally met with the Superintendent of Schools and I believe the schools can be level funded with minimal impact to children’s programs. There will be changes that create efficiency, and some sacrifice. We have already made proposals to reduce the Town budget by over 10%. We are only asking 3% from the schools.
I can assure you that our sons and daughters will not be jobless, homeless or unable to compete in our world in the future because the 2009 Town Council asked the school to reduce it’s budget by 3%! 3% of a $64 Million budget in the midst of the worst recession we have seen since the Great Depression is not an unreasonable reduction request.
SPREAD THE WORD.
Two points here.
1) As taxpayers, you have a VOICE. It’s time that the Town Council and School Committee heard directly from the voters who elected them! We have had ENOUGH of high taxes with no end in sight!
2) If ordinary taxpayers remain silent, the only voices being heard are those with a special interest….. and taxes WILL GO UP.
What can you do to support a ZERO tax increase this year?
1) Answer the question above and send this e-mail to at least 10 people you know in Coventry concerned about their tax bill. Please ask them to share their thoughts on this matter and send it along to 10 people they know, repeating the same process.
2) In your request, ensure that a cc: is sent to me at megsmile38@gmail.com
MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND ATTEND THE FINANCIAL TOWN MEETING ON JUNE 9TH TO BE HELD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AND TELL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU WILL NOT BEAR ANOTHER TAX INCREASE! COVENTRY NEEDS TO MOVE IN A NEW DIRECTION.
Laura A. Flanagan
Vice President
Coventry Town Council
District 2
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."- Margaret Mead
16 Knotty Oak Lane
Coventry, RI 02816
megsmile38@gmail.com
(401) 378-3566
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