A Third Budget Win in Tiverton

By Justin Katz | July 2, 2016

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452737211257{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]2016 marked the third year in a row that a budget for the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, submitted by Justin won a majority of the vote at the financial town referendum (FTR), despite the presence of a third budget — 1,224 versus 885 and 101.  The 0.9% Budget…

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Public Testimony

By Justin Katz | February 4, 2016

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1454887988493{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] P3 PayGo Testimony, House Finance 2/4/16 [/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/O14NY4mD1zA”][vc_accordion active_tab=”0″ collapsible=”yes”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Transcript”][vc_column_text]Good evening. My name is Justin Katz.  I’m the research director for the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity. The amazing thing about infrastructure, and this whole issue, is that we’ve got roads that…

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Bringing All-Day Kindergarten to Tiverton Schools

By Justin Katz | June 25, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452649397567{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]After the 0.9% budget petition that Justin submitted for Tiverton’s 2016 fiscal year won with a substantial majority, the School Committee canceled plans to introduce all-day kindergarten to the school district for the first time because the budget reduced its requested increase.  Justin worked with one local affected…

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Another Reasonable Budget in Tiverton

By Justin Katz | May 16, 2015

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1452737211257{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the second year in a row, a budget for the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island, submitted by Justin won the vote at the financial town referendum (FTR) — 1,535 versus 1,066.  The elector petition set expenditures for the town and schools at $48,476,958, resulting in an…

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Tiverton Taxpayer Association Newsletter

By Justin Katz | February 1, 2015

[vc_row hide_row=”ct_tt_hide_content_timeline”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”220″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453770805247{background-color: #ffffff !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]In early 2015, the Tiverton Taxpayer Association released and disseminated its first newsletter, with significant content and graphics design from Justin, including a crossword puzzle with clues from local politics. Click to read the newsletter.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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