We encourage all citizens to Vote No on the $1.36 million tax increase. Remember to Vote on Saturday, June 14th at the Old High School/New Middle School!
This week the Selectmen and the Advisory Board voted to support a $1.36 million override, which would mean an additional tax increase of about $190 to the average Bridgewater taxpayer. We say additional because the tax bill for next year is already slated to go up more than 2 1/2 percent due to debt overrides […]
The override election results are in, and, once again, Bridgewater’s voters called for fiscal responsibility, accountability and sound management for our Town. Hopefully, our leaders will finally listen.
Yes: 3,303
No: 3,553
Total: 6,856
Thank you to all the voters who turned out to vote in today’s election.
Sure, most families in Bridgewater can afford to have their taxes increase by over $500 next year. The supporters of the previous override vote have stated that they can even afford more than that. However, there are many that can’t afford an over 13% increase to their tax bill. The tightening mortgage market has pretty […]
If the supporters of Saturday’s override really have facts, reason and logic on their side, why does everything that comes from them seem to be a threat? Some of the more recent fliers targeted at the elderly tell them that a no vote would mean no more Meals on Wheels and that ambulances wouldn’t be there […]
I saw many signs prior to the Special Town Meeting vote on July 30th with the “Save Town Services” motto urging a No vote when it came to giving an extra $1.5 million to the School Committee. And now, the same motto adorns signs urging a Yes vote on the override. If we go forward […]
Bridgewater was highlighted in a column that appeared in the April 26th edition of the Boston Globe for being one of the most generous towns in the Commonwealth when it comes to health insurance premiums for its employees. We strongly believe in the premise of this column written by Economics Professor David Tuerck and entitled, […]
In a typical year you vote on the Town’s budget at the Annual Town Meeting, and it’s then set for the upcoming Fiscal Year. However, this year has been anything but typical. The B-R Regional School District with the support of just over 7% of the voters of Bridgewater was able to force an additional […]
Last night’s vote to hand over $1.5 million to the Bridgewater Raynham Regional School District will have some definite repercussions throughout the Town. First off, there will be a Special Town Meeting to decide from which Town Departments the $1.5 million will come. As part of that meeting, there will also be a vote on […]
The Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility are meeting Monday night at the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center. The meeting will begin at 7pm. We will be discussing the upcoming Special Town Meeting.
You would think that the decision rendered by voters in the recent override election would be respected by the members of an elected body. However, the Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee made the decision at its June 20th meeting to ignore the voters and require the towns to approve an over 9% increase in the school budget. Now Bridgewater has […]