As an abutting neighbor of the Granite State, an owner of rental properties in NH (who would be stupid enough to be a residential LL in MA), and a thoroughly kindred spirit of the “ole Yankee farmers” of NH, I ask you to come to the aid of your brothers in kind south of your border.
The taxpayers of Dunstable and Groton are on the verge of getting a Louisville Slugger shoved into their anterior orifice sans lubricant. We are facing a HUGE prop 2 1/2 override bill precipitated by our regional school district’s outrageous budget request.
It is my opinion that the administration of the school district is a puppet and tool of the teachers’ union, as well as being inveterate woke lefties to the core. It is my understanding from several “public discussion forums” held by our town administrators, which, by the way, are correlated with similar “public discussion forums” being held in our partner town of Groton, that the school district’s administrators refuse to cooperate with any detailed investigation of the facts. They apparently have erected a granite wall against such audacious behavior by the serfs who toil in their fields to pay their rent burden. At best, we are to be allocated a small plot for our potato patch.
A town meeting is scheduled in BOTH towns for 3/26/24. How convenient is that? A mere coincidence, I am sure. The main article to be voted on is the question of placing the override on the concurrent 4/2/24 town elections. I am guessing the purpose of that coordination is so that the rebels in neither town will be able to use a NO OVERRIDE verdict by the other town’s electorate to influence the second town’s voters. The town administrators of both towns have worked closely hand in hand to put forth this agenda.
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My daughter Erica and I have worked diligently to assemble a significant amount of data from the MA DOR and Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) websites, which, in our opinion, completely repudiates the need for additional funds. These facts have been assembled into spreadsheets with attendant notes, and a PowerPoint presentation was made by Erica to the Dunstable Select Board (talk about an arrogant name) on Tuesday, 2/20/24. A number of other taxpayers were present, the majority of whom supported our efforts.
Back in 2017, our town investigated the possibility of secession from the Groton-Dunstable Regional School District (GDRSD), but the matter was eventually dropped. The possibility of such a break up was mentioned earlier this year by our Town Administrator. I raised the question again at this meeting. Naturally we heard a lot of excuses why the matter isn’t being diligently pursued.
Immediately after the meeting, my daughter posted the PowerPoint presentation on both the Dunstable Facebook site and the Groton Facebook site. The video of the meeting is available on Dunstable’s website. Additionally, we are both working with as many Dunstable and Groton like-minded taxpayers as we can find. We need many, many more. I am sure both town administrations, as well as the entire school administration in conjunction with its union members, will be exerting great effort to have a record turnout for their team. I ask your help in doing the same for our side. If you need ready access to more of our data, just email me, and I will send you additional charts and spreadsheets for your review.
I don’t know how many followers this publication has in the border towns, but we need every hand on deck to beat this thing back. The school district has made it clear they “need” similar increases in their budgets for the next 4 -5 years.
On May 22, 1775, the patriots of your state joined ranks with those in our state to fight our common oppressor. We need your help again, about two months earlier this time. Any assistance you can lend us in getting out the vote will be greatly appreciated and returned in kind, as your need may dictate.
