Letters to the Editor
Letter: Newton Officials Should 'Live Within Their Means'
A letter from the co-chairmen of Moving Newton Forward, a local group opposed to Mayor Setti Warren's $11.4 million override proposal.
Spirited citizens, calling themselves Moving Newton Forward, want to preserve an essential element of our City’s most common good---your household income. What are you saving for? A car? A honeymoon? Tuition? Retirement? Mayor Setti Warren is betting that you will sacrifice more of your personal savings to fund his government’s growth by saying yes to his three override proposals in March. Moving Newton Forward urges you to vote no on each on March 12. Instead, let’s respectfully ask our Mayor and Alderman to do what households do---choose expenses wisely. Live within their means. Vote no on each override proposal because: We can contain our local spending. Join us at the first citywide meeting of Moving Newton Forward on Wednesday night, …
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Concerned Citizen
12:56 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Not yet sure how to vote and many questions As resident who owns property, and a business owner who pays rent, I see that I might be hit twice, my taxes will go up and my rent will go, therefore I will have less discretionary spending to spend at businesses in Newton. I am concerned that Newton has lost two businesses because other communities have given them a tax break, and Newton is looking to… more ›