Friday, January 4, 2013
The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Stoneham resident and former Board of Selectman R. Paul Rotondi.
[Editor's note: The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Stoneham resident and former Board of Selectman R. Paul Rotondi.] The Beacon Hill Gang (BHG) is coming to confiscate Stoneham taxpayers’ wallets. One if by the community preservation surcharge, two if by making the trash fee permanent and three if by eliminating the 2 ½ percent limit on yearly operating budget increases. Stoneham’s real estate tax revenue is forecasted to increase dramatically over the next few years as a result of the completion of four major developments. The BHG’s goal is clear, to use this money to feed the never ending appetite of the local government bureaucracy, rather than to use it to provide taxpayer relief. Their strategy is to go beyond …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The following is a Letter to the Editor submitted by former Stoneham Board of Selectman R. Paul Rotondi.
[Editor's note: The following is a Letter to the Editor submitted by former Stoneham Board of Selectman R. Paul Rotondi.] Grab tight hold of your wallet taxpayers of Stoneham. The shell game is being played by School Committee members Shelly MacNeill and David Maurer to do away with the Budget Agreement (Rev 6) accepted by a majority of the Selectmen, School Committee and Finance board in March of 2011. The reasons cited by them and some other elected and appointed officials, at the recent Tri-Board meeting, clearly indicates that they do not understand the Agreement or the Town’s fiscal restraints that drive it: 1. It was only a two-year Agreement. This is not true. The Agreement was voted on and approved as a four-year Agreement to be…
Friday, March 30, 2012
R. Paul Rotondi, chairperson of the Board of Selectmen, is asking voters to return him to the board on April 3.
[Editor's note: The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Stoneham resident R. Paul Rotondi.] Dear Editor, On April 3, the voters will be going to the polls to vote for Selectmen and there has never been a clearer choice. Do we continue to move forward, or do we move back to the tax-and-spend policies of the past? Do we continue to make decisions based on what is best for Stoneham, or do we go back to decisions based on special interests? Do we go forward with experienced leadership? This election is about qualifications, experience and leadership. With both a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration and 38 years as a manager in the private sector I have the required qualifications. With over 30 years of …
Paul Rotondi
9:00 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Jed: I would like to thank you for proving the talk about the existence of the uniformed voter is not a Myth. First, the Budget Agreement wasn’t mine; it was approved by the Board of Selectman unanimously and by a majority of the Finance Board and School Committee. Second, it doesn’t tie the hands of the departments; departments have complete authority to spend their money as they see. It merely … more ›