Auchincloss: Mayor Fuller is going to ask the voters to raise taxes
In his newsletter to constituents, Councilor Jake Auchincloss said what many people have been thinking since Mayor Fuller delivered her Long-Range Financial Forecast & Five-Year Financial Plan and the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan last week. Every year, the...
School Committee member blasts NewCal, calls for tax hike
There’s a lot to unpack in this Facebook comment from School Committee member Matthew Miller but is he really saying that without an override Newton School kids will soon be dying?
Attorney tells TAB override briefings ‘probably’ violated of Open Meeting Law
An off-the-cuff rambling by former School Committee member Geoff Epstein on Village 14, may have exposed a violation of the state’s Open Meeting Law, Emily Costello of the Newton TAB reports. Epstein divulged the meetings in a comment on Village 14 and was the...Not exactly the New York Times…
Question 1 results, city wide (Move map with mouse or enlarge/shrink with tool on left)NEWTON OVERRIDES: Watch results and comment here!
Thanks to our friends at NewTV you can watch live coverage of the election results right here starting at 7:30 p.m.NewTV to provide live overrides results program right here on Village 14
NewTV will provide live results of Newton’s special overrides election on March 12th starting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Panelists will include Ron Lipof, Matthew Hills and Joshua Norman plus Newton News’ host Jenn Adams. You can watch the program right here...
Crystal ball time: Post your overrides predictions here
OK folks, this thread is not about what you want to have happen on Tuesday. This thread is about what you predict will happen on Tuesday. Post your predictions here for the final results for each of the three ballot referendum questions, with percent of vote for each...
Closing days override poll
The election is on Tuesday, so its time for a end-of-campaign, totally unscientific, poll about how you plan to vote. [polldaddy poll=”6945500″]Pinocchio vs. Stromboli Heck vs Hills on Newton’s overrides
This isn’t as colorful as Pinocchio vs. Stromboli, but it’s more informative. Here’s activist Bill Heck and Newton School Committee member Matthew Hills debating the merits of the March 12 overrides from Tom Sheff’s program Veracity on NewTV...OPEN THREAD: Newton’s overrides?
Newton voters head to the polls one week from today to consider three Proposition 2 1/2 debt override ballot questions. How will you vote and why? Thanks to Ted Hess-Mahan for finding this video.The uncertainty of Questions 2 and 3
As I’ve written before, I’m surprised that the anti-override campaign Moving Newton Forward hasn’t focused like a laser on the uncertainty surrounding the two debt exclusion ballot questions earmarked to renovate or rebuild Angier and Cabot Schools....