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Yesterday, the 11th of May, the day of the town vote, this website received over 1,500 unique hits. For a town the size of Marlborough this is incredible traffic. I will continue to provide timely Marlborough related info via these pages. If you have factual information you’d like out there, feel free to email...
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As requested at the Special Meeting last night, the comments written on town voting slips were as follows: Written comments that the budget was Too High: 41 of the people voting NO 6 of the people voting YES Written comments that the BOE budget was Too Low: 13 of the people voting NO 2...
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In a 188 to 171 vote, the Marlborough Town Budget was defeated. Apparently two political factions joined forces to defeat the budget for opposite reasons. Be careful what you wish for, sometimes you get it. The spend more crowd urged a No vote, in order to have the opportunity to vote on an increased...
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Few points that need clarification. 1) AHM provides programs that Marlborough School District and the Town of Marlborough decide to buy or not to buy. The Marlborough School district (BOE) does not and has not procured the services of the juvenile diversion program run by AHM.  In other words, the juvenile diversion program was...
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Is The Marlborough Budget Process Flawed? If so how? Multiple opportunities have been given for the public to speak and the public has spoken. The final recommended budget number has moved around as the BOF listened to the public. I have sat in on BOF meetings where everyone who wanted to speak was allowed...
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There are those would ask you not to buy into the “fear” and consequently bravely vote no on May 11th. Rather than voting on vague emotion coupled with vague threats of educational disaster.  Here are the facts. The originally proposed budget would have increased spending by 6.5%.  Coupled with the decrease in revenue from...
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Monday night (4/27/09) the Marlborough Board of Finance approved a budget for town vote. The final number represents a 3.58% tax  increase over last year’s budget or a .9% increase in the mill rate. Breakdown as follows: Regional Board of Ed (RHAM)                   $7,134,068                     2.52% Local Board of Ed                                 $6,976,117                    -2.15% Town Operations (BOS)                         $4,466,103                    ...
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More Money Marlborough’s BOE continues to push taxpayers for more money in an overall budget that increases taxes by 3.58%. Responding to cries by parents publicly encouraged by the MBOE to remain “scared and pissed off” that a $350K cut would cause teacher lay-offs and increased class size, the BOF reduced its cut to...
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As promised I have loosened the comment policy. Anon comments are now allowed, it has been clear that some particularly on the “hold the line on spending” side are intimidated by a vocal minority.    To get a fuller sense of the story and all sides I am allowing anon comments. However, be aware I...
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Last night (4/8), the BOF responded to public comments expressing a desire not to lay off teachers or increase class size by adopting a compromise budget cut to the MBOE’s budget. In order to avoid teacher lay offs and any increase in class size, the BOF voted by a 5 to 1 margin to...
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