Rutland rejects cleanup financing
From today’s Telegram & Gazette:
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Voters reject funding; elect Becker, Briggs
RUTLAND — Voters decisively rejected down all three money questions and re-elected incumbents in the town’s annual election yesterday.Question 1, which sought a Proposition 2-1/2 override in the amount of $130,000 to fund the position of town administrator, failed 868-202.
Question 2, which sought an override in the amount of $525,000 in order to level-fund the municipal government services, also failed, 807-257.
Questions 3, which sought to exclude $2 million in debt for the ice storm cleanup costs from the levy limit also failed, 562-502.
Lots of voter resistance to funding cleanup efforts north and west of Worcester. That just can’t bode well. I have a friend who lives in Pepperell and on one Saturday this spring they had 297 burning permits in use on a single day — that was about 13 per square mile. I wonder what next spring’s open burning season will be like if these cleanup problems persist.
Categories: Disturbances, Ice Storm
