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Baer Tierkel says...

Personally, I am in favor of the plan because:

- It is a *plan* and that’s something this town has not had in a long time;

- It sets appropriate spending caps, that still require belt-tightening;

- It gives our town financial predictability for the next 3 years (let’s let our school administrators be able to focus on the schools for a bit, rather than the annual fiscal firedrill);

- It focuses on economic development (including immediately hiring an Economic Development Director)

- Honestly, our state and federal taxes have been cut and our property taxes are capped at 2.5% increases while the cost of the town’s services are going up 4-6%. Our schools and town services are just getting killed by this formula. (go and recalculate your 2006 state taxes at the old 5.85% rate and see the difference from what you paid)