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Gold Coast Financial: Money As A Means Of Service
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BY JEFF WHITE
"A lot of people say `we're committed to service,'" says Eileen Fish, si...
Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999
Publication: Ant
Author: MARION
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Florence Griswold Museum Special Exhibit Offers Behind The Scenes Look A...
Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999
Publication: Bee
Author: MARION
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OBITS (Loecher; Dressler; Riley; Renew)
James G. Loec...
Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999
Publication: Ant
Author: MARION
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NICOLE NIELSON POCKET WATCH SELLS FOR $93,000 AT YORK TOWN T...
Date: Fri 01-Oct-1999
Publication: Ant
Author: SHIRLE
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Icollector To Serve As Exclusive Online Source For ...
Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999
Publication: Bee
Author: STEVEB
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The Recurring Local Theme: What's In It For Newtown?
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Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999
Publication: Bee
Author: JAN
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Celebrating Health And Public Safety
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BY JAN HOWARD...
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P&Z Rejects Curtis Proposal For Industrial Subdivision
BY ANDREW GOROSKO
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has rejected a 10-lot Berkshire Roa...
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Head O'Meadow Parents Build New Playground
(with cuts)
BY JEFF WHITE
In the end, the parents got it done.
Through the long hours of last weekend, the...
Date: Fri 03-Sep-1999
Publication: Ant
Author: SHIRLE
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ESTATE ENTRUSTS HUG MAXFIELD PARRISH MURAL TO SMALL NEW ENGL...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).