The needlessly long and toxic debate over the rededication of the ice rink is sowing anger, discontent and distrust in the Town’s leadership when they can least afford it. The solution to the rink problem? Skip it!
My Advice On The Rink? Skip It!
Category: budget
BEA: Belmont’s School Committee Is Marketing, Not Bargaining
The Belmont Education Association says that Belmont’s School Committee is locked in to a “starvation budget” for the Town’s schools and refuses to look at creative funding solutions to address the problem.
Vote For Change: My Picks For The April 2nd Town Election
For the first time in years, voters have the opportunity to enact big changes to Belmont’s leadership. It’s not an opportunity we should pass up. Change is on the ballot, Belmont. Let’s make it happen! Here are my picks for the April 2nd 2024 Town Election.
Belmont: 3 Reasons To Vote Yes On Question 1
On April 2nd, residents will be asked to approve Question 1, which raises our property tax levy to fund critical Town- and school operations. Check out the top 3 reasons that I am going to vote YES.
This We Agree On: Vote Epstein To Prevent Crippling Cuts To Belmont’s Schools
Closing an elementary school? Laying off 120 teachers? Those are the choices we’d face if a Select Board candidate makes good on his promise to cut $10 million from the Schools’ budget. Don’t let that happen.
Show up Wednesday AM to support Solar at Middle-High School:
Hey Blogging Belmont readers. Just an update that the Belmont Middle- High School Building Committee will convene on Wednesday morning (tomorrow) February 16 at 8:00 AM. The link to the full agenda is here. The link to the Zoom meeting…
A Change Election (Change To What: TBD)
Change was the theme of the April 6 town election. But change to what? With the failure of Question 1, Belmont has few good options.
Belmont Parents: Don’t Build a Monument to Anger. Join Me In Voting Yes.
As parents of Belmont students, we have every right to be angry and disappointed in the performance of our schools this year. But as a dark winter turns to Spring, let’s look to the future and invest in it, not build a monument to our anger. Vote YES on Question 1.
Presentation on Belmont’s Budget Blues (And How To Fix Them): Tune In Wednesday 7PM
Tune in Wednesday at 7PM for a presentation on Belmont’s budget challenges and how we can address them.
Belmont “Never Tax-ers” Put 7-12 School, Community Path in their Sights. Attend Select Board Zoom Meeting Monday.
A group of anti-tax residents plans to ask the Select Board to halt work on the 7-12 School and abandon the Community Path project. Concerned Belmontonians should tune in to the Select Board Zoom meeting Monday evening at 7:00 PM to support those projects.