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“Coventry Town Council has selected Wednesday, January 23, 2008 for a voter referendum on a bond not to exceed $19.8 million designed to improve facilities, equipment and services related to school safety and operation, Town Hall and municipal services, the senior citizens’ center, the public library, police headquarters, public works, and town recreation facilities and the athletic complex at Coventry High School.”

That my friends is a mouthful. What does it mean? IDK (that’s text message speak for “I don’t know - for all you non technical readers out there - see, you’re learning something).

What it does mean is that yet another bill is being passed under the carpet with no public interaction. It is however, your taxes they’ll be raising to pay for the bonds. I’m all for my son’s elementary school to be fire safe and leak free. But finding out about ONE referendum in a flyer sent home from our local elementary school.

I’m hoping to get a big fat juicy email from my local Coventry Republican party detailing a course of action to send this one packing and get the town council to put up a volley of referendums to let me (remember me, the taxpayer?) decide on which public work I can live with or without based on how much blood I’m already being drawn for in taxes.

Coventry Town Council - shame on you for packing another one so chock full of money and items that your hapless constituents will vote for anything. Coventry Citizens - shame on us if we’re dumb enough to pass it.

Demand items we can give a thumbs up or down to, and how much is allocated for what project - of it all gets tossed.