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!
Over 50% of Bridgewater turned out to vote today and defeated the override. The Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility thank all of those who turned out to vote. Now it’s time to come together as a town and put forth real, long-term solutions to fiscal issues.
Total Vote: 7397
No: 3893
Yes: 3504
The override election is tomorrow, June 16th, at the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School. It’s critical to remember that this upcoming election is as important as it’s been contentious. This vote will set the course for our town for years to come. We highly encourage all members of our community to review all the facts and […]
We would like to thank Joseph Gillis for submitting answers to questions we listed in a previous post on this site. Please note that he is not speaking for the School Committee in these answers.
Mr. Gillis has publicly announced his support for the override. We appreciate the time he has taken to respond to our […]
We’ve noted a correction to the It’s a Matter of Trust post from June 11th. Based on comments made by School Committee members at the June 6th override meeting, we stated that bonds were going to be issued on the new high school. Since then, they’ve corrected those comments and we will correct ours here. […]
The supporters of the $2.9 million tax increase for Bridgewater taxpayers keep changing their facts to try and mislead voters and confuse the issue. One of the only things they’ve been consistent about is that they desperately need our money. Everything else keeps changing. Here are a couple of examples:
First, they say that there will […]
Throughout this campaign the opposition has relied on scare tactics and exaggerations to try to make their case for a tax increase. Now, they’ve moved on to vandalism and theft.
This is just one of the many signs that have been vandalized or simply stolen from property owners who are just expressing their view. Don’t let […]
The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School Committee issued a rare announcement last night that the whole town can be happy about. According to the facts at www.josephgillisjr.com, the district and the teachers’ union have reached a 3-year agreement that will save the district a considerable amount of money. Our opinion has always been that if the School […]
Selectman Kravitz said it perfectly last Wednesday when he said that the vote on the upcoming override is a matter of trust. Above all, that is why we should be vote no on June 16th.
At the override meeting on on June 6th, Selectman Flynn stated that there was no debt exclusion tax increase coming forward […]
We’ve all heard the scare tactics about how the town isn’t going to be able to provide core services and our children will suffer. However, at the forum last Wednesday, School Committee member Dr. Kern went so far as to say that our children will get sick if the override fails. What will he promise […]
Our elected officials on the B-R Regional School Committee have predicted some dire consequences if the override does not pass. They say they desperately need our money because the schools are so poor and underfunded. If that’s true, then why are we paying our teachers so much? The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District pays their teachers more […]