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Spring has sprung in Southern New England… unfortunately so have taxes, so I haven’t had much update time.

We went to Disney in February. Here’s a photo from Epcot:

And one from Animal Kingdom:

Apparently Eli has adopted a new photographic smile.

We also finally got down to “remodeling” our bedroom closet - which consisted of removing the blockage between our bedroom and the bathroom closet.

Maybe I should have mentioned that the “blockage” was an original closet wall.

We made it back to Groton CT this month, to a private tract of land that will soon be a housing development. Time is short, so we wheeled it hard.

Got some air with an ‘83 CJ -

Finally have good shots of an obstacle - here’s what the trail looks like from the direction I was driving:

Entering the first rock:

Halfway there:

Over one and on to the next:

Listen for the “crunch” at the end.

RE: The recent defeat of the 19.8 million dollar bond proposed by the Coventry Town Council

Dear Rep. Gorham,

As a voter I was fairly active against the bond. We spread the word via email, blogs, and across community. I have a 2 family mill house on a postage stamp of land and feel that my 3k a year should be enough to ensure my son learns the basics. Particularly in district 3 many home owners are facing significant expenses for the sewer project ($13,200 for my two family without connection expenses). I run a small business, my wife is a full time teacher, and we simply have no room left in the budget.

I voted no, and will continue to vote no. With a faltering economy, a failing town pension plan, and a school superintendent who is insults the intelligence of the constituents, taking on more town dept is sheer idiocy. Building maintenance and expansion needs to be built into the operating expenses, not piled on the back of the taxpayer.

Thank you for your service -

Math seems to be a difficult thing to come by. Now granted I haven’t actually gone to town hall, or even picked up the phone for that matter. But in an age of instant information delivered neatly to my fingertips, I genuinely believe I shouldn’t have to.

I’m finding more and more information about the bond referendum, and it’s increasingly annoying.

Our fine local police department is indeed in a shoebox. But the Kent County Times, again, is interviewing the recepients of the funds instead of the payees of the taxes. Unfortunately the article has quickly gone off line. When a news source is clearly not objective, it is still credible? Where’s the back side of the story - and who can build a municipal building for a police station with 4 million? A neighboring similarly sized community is planning to spend $8m on theirs. If new construction in Coventry is at a 50% discount I’m building the garage of my dreams!

I’ve been looking into this via the web and email. So far I’ve accounted for roughly $13 million for the school and police. That leaves 6.8 million left to move town hall across the street, fix up the high school field, move the senior center, and provide housing aid. Where’s my housing aid? I’m footing the bill.