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We currently pay
23.5 cents per gallon
Mass. Gasoline Tax
and 18.4 cents per gallon Federal tax
TOTAL GAS TAX:
41.9 cents/gallon

GAS PRICES LOCALLY:
CLICK HERE FOR PRICES NEAR GEORGETOWN
(prices vary by up to a 30 cent range!!)

ARCHIVED PAGE: 2011 Town Election Results

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Election Results: Spring 2011

OVERRIDE # 1: $1.2 million override for the schools:
Precint 1: 710YES, 592 NO
Precint 2: 633 YES, 581NO
SCHOOL Override PASSES: 1,343 to 1173
(passes by 170 votes)
(Interesting sidenote: there were 30 blanks! That's right, 30 folks showed up who didn't bother voting on this!)

ARCHIVED PAGE: 2011 Town Election Results

Override #2: Maintenance Override
Precint 1: 381YES, 696 NO
Precint 2: 345 YES, 659 NO
Maint. Override FAILS

SELECTBOARD

Gary Fowler
419 North St.
Precint 1: 558
Precint 2: 575
Total: 1,133
WINNER

Charles L. Dickson
304 Central St.
Precint 1: 318
Precint 2: 362
Total: 630

Richard L.Williams
33 Pillsbury Ln.
Precint 1: 540
Precint 2: 442
Total: 982

Stuart M.Egenberg
2 Brownfield Ln.
Precint 1: 639
Precint 2: 543
Total: 1,182
WINNER

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Nasrene
Nasrene Phaneuf
2 Birch Tree Dr.
Precint 1: 579
Precint 2: 537
Total: 1,116

Robert
Robert C. Hoover
16 Chestnut St
Precint 1: 578
Precint 2: 570
Total: 1,148
WINNER

Linares
Barbara Linares
110 West St
Precint 1: 753
Precint 2: 633
Total: 1,386
WINNER

ASSESSOR

Arthur MacDonald
205 Jewett St.
Precint 1: 787
Precint 2: 283
Total: 1,070
WINNER

Rich
Christopher C. Rich
292 Andover St.
Precint 1: 669
Precint 2: 310
Total: 979

Other Info of Note

Archives
CLICK HERE>>> for Candidate Forum Videos, 2011

Super's Contract: $174,300 Earnings
For the Upcoming Year

Just so you know, here are excerpts from Carol Jacob's Contract signed last year. Apparently, not full information was provided at town meeting:

The supt's salary is clear in her contract (newly signed):
July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011: $157,300.00
July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012: $162,300.00
(that's a $5,000 increase for those lacking in math/truth skills)
July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013: $168,000.00.
(again, that's another $5,700 increase in compensation)

Now, for the real fun stuff:
The school committee also granted a bonus on top of the $162,300, in which the supt. will receive $1,000 per month, to be deposited into an annuity (bonus money).
That brings Carol Jacobs' compensation for next year to $174,300.
And, we're told when she retires, you'll be on the hook for at least $144,000 per year to her,
for perhaps 20-30 years. (Let's hope she makes it until at least 90.)

Special Posting to GeorgetownToday.org requested by
Tamara Schofield, pro-override supporter (who, while very nice, got it all wrong...see editor's note below, and video):

" I have been stewing about this since Monday's Town Meeting and so here it is. Gary Fowler did exactly what he set out to do on Monday night: Confuse and scare as many Georgetown residents as possible with his crafty semantics on how much of an increase the average TAX PAYER will incur with the passage of this override. Taxes WILL NOT increase by $100 a week. Taxes will increase by an AVERAGE of $300 OVER THE YEAR. This amounts to less than $6 a week extra one might pay.

I, along with most of the override supporters, appreciate and empathize with residents on a fixed income. We are all adjusting our household budgets to remain above water these past years. However, I do not accept the "this override is too expensive" line as a reason to not support our schools and town. The tag line "overrides overburden us" is laughable. There has not been an override passed in this town for 20 years - Georgetown is not overburdened with much of anything except folks who would like us to remain in the dark ages while or town crumbles down around us and they can feel good about being as thrifty as possible. You get what you pay for Georgetown. Get out and support your community!"

Editor's note: Obviously some confusion. Selectman Fowler, as he did in a discussion with the Supt. at a recent Selectman's meeting, once again tried to explain that if the overrides pass, you, the average tax-payer will be paying (by the fincom's numbers) an average of $100 per week ($5,200 per year). Video clip is below.

Video Transcript: "This will raise your taxses, on an average family's home, in town, to over $100 per week."

Do you want to know what EVERY town employee earned in 2010? Click Here <<<<
Do you want to know who the top 40 Wage Earners in the school system were in 2010? GROSS EARNING inclusive of PRE-TAX expenditures, as provided by the TOWN TREASURER Click Here<<<
Looking for a copy of the Supt's contract? Including the new, bonus =, $1,000 per month special payment to a "annuity" that was included into the contract signed in June 2010? Click here <<<<
Looking for a copy of the teacher's contract? And wondering why coaches who make $5K were given a $500 increase, check out page 38. Click here<<<<
Do you want to know who the top 40 Wage Earners were, and their increases. Click Here <<<<<
(Earnings reported by Town Treasurer, includes any stipends, housing allowances, overtime, details, coaching, etc...in other words, total $$$ PRE-TAX Gross earnings)
Do you want to know what EVERY town employee earned in 2009? Click Here<<<
Looking for the enrollment numbers, provided by Carol Jacobs to the Mass. School Building Group? Click here<<<

Sign of the Times:
Georgetown Lumber Closed, 4-30-2011

"I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil,
and I believe that in the end good will triumph. ~ Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

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