“I myself am not able to afford to live in this town,” [Theresa] McGrath said. She said her agenda was to cut taxes. “I don’t want to move. I’m going to have to move,” she said.
Maybe I’m crazy, but if West Hartford Taxpayer co-prez Theresa McGrath is moving, why is she setting our community’s agenda? [...]
The town council plans to hold a public comment hearing on how to revise the budget starting at 7:30 p.m. The council itself will vote on Wednesday night.
“Residents are welcome to come and offer their views,” Mayor Scott Slifka told the Courant. “We want to make sure people know about it and that it will [...]
This email & an addendum came in to me today. They seem worth sharing:
I doubt there is anyone left who is unaware of this, but we are going
to referendum on Tuesday to support or send back the town budget.
Whatever your opinion, you should make it to the polls, so that we
really know what the majority [...]
The referendum we’re voting on next week will tell us exactly nothing about what this town wants in its budget for the coming fiscal year.
The question it asks — “Are you in favor of the budget ordinance as adopted on April 24, 2007?” - would get a NO from almost everybody. The anti-tax fanatics will [...]
Let’s try this scenario on: What if the Board of Ed simply refused to make any more cuts in its budget (after removing any spending that’s not going to hurt in the classroom)? Couldn’t it just tell the council that it’s sliced away all that it can in good conscience and plead for more money? [...]
The June meeting of the West Hartford Taxpayers Association is going to be held on June 22 at Therese McGrath’s place on Richmond Road.
Called the “MDC (Many Dedicated Citizens) Bash and BBQ” the group is touting the event as “a celebration to thank each and every taxpayer for all of their hard work to help [...]
The wasteful referendum the West Hartford Taxpayers Association foisted on us is now scheduled for June 12. We’re left with no alternative except to vote for the budget then, even if we have to hold our noses. After all, town officials would only cut more if the budget gets voted down — even if many [...]
Today’s story in The Hartford Courant quotes David Sklarz, the school superintendent, as saying last night that he faces “the most difficult reductions that I’ve had to present” in searching for ways to pare $1.8 million from the next education budget.
Now I could understand why this year posed problems if we were in the middle of [...]
The West Hartford Taxpayers Association has, as promised, gathered the necessary signatures to force a referendum on the proposed budget. There’s something to be said for having the public get the last word. But will voters have any idea what they’re voting on? That’s the rub.
Realtor Amy Bergqist’s wonderful “In the Neighborhood” blog takes aim at the referendum sought by the West Hartford Taxpayers Association. In her post on the issue, Bergquist writes, “While I understand the concern that property taxes will rise by approximately 6.6% for all West Hartford homeowners, I don’t believe cutting the budget is the way to go. [...]
