Let's go boys get to it. Steal as much as you can from me. I smell an out of state move very soon, just months away. All three kids are college educated and they and their families have moved out of state with no regrets and I see the light and the light is friendly.

freeze the taxes on one voting bloc to raise the taxes on another. sorry, aint buying it.

And who pays for this? Oh yeah, everyone else. Thanks to Lou for the continuous reaffirmations of why we should vote for Glen Shibley.

Great idea, just like the Towns tax freeze. They get the senior citizens to vote for whatever increase they want and then everyone but them pays for it.

Look at these two ass monkeys!!

WHY NOT A TAX FREEZE FOR SENIORS? THEY (CENTRAL COVENTRY FIRE DISTRICT)TOOK AWAY THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE SENIORS HAD BEFORE ON TAXES.THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES.TRY LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME,IT'S NOT EASY .......

oh here we go again. what a great idea. What about people who are not over 65? Some of them are on a fixed income too. We have some seniors who live in Coventry that are sitting quite comfortably, leaving for the winter and going to their second home or some who planned properly and have no motgages. The freeze was meant to keep older people without children in there homes because educating children is a major cost to our Town budget. I agree give these people their exemptions but freezing...it just shifts the burden to others who might not be as well off as the elder. Look at some of the other communities that use to freeze taxes and ask yourself why they dont do it anymore???

jean, i think you will find that most coventry residents also live on fixed incomes in that there are no pay raises going on anywhere. what about the families that have kids going into higher education and now their expenses will shoot over their income. the better thing to do is to control spending in this town. we are all hurting as this is the worst recession since the great depression. a great example is the proposed bond issue for the schools coming up. there is provision for very important things in there like a roof for the CHS. but then they throw in 1mil. for a new running track. is the track really needed right this second? no. and now they risk the entire bond issue. better management is the answer and we wont be having these conversations IMO.

Jean, if you want to see change at the CCFD, gather all your friends, go to the meetings, vote the bums out. Trust me, this is the last thing they want... community involvement.

I see the point of keeping seniors in their homes when they have no children in the schools hence a municipal tax freeze; But the seniors probably utilize the services of the FD just like the rest of us if not more..... and at the rate we are goingthe FD tax will double AGAIN in 5 years!

ABO anyone but obama..ABR anyone but raptakis

RICHARD ...Yes seniors probably do use the FD more than others,but they also get their money through our medicare ,blue chip ,etc who they bill for services...Then we all receive another bill from the FD..We have to have other insurance ,plus medicare to help us survive and WE the seniors pay for every month..Yes some seniors are lucky and are well off,but they worked for it for many years ..more power to them !!!!!

I think there should be some sort of standards based freeze if there is any at all. Just being a "senior" should not be the sole standard. If a retired $80,000 senior qualifies the same as a $25,000 senior it would really be wrong. Now if it was the fixed $25,000 income that triggers the freeze then by all means give the freeze to ALL residents w/ a $25,000 fixed income. I just don't see there being one single qualifier for the freeze. I don't have answers for this and I'm not a politician nor did I play one on TV.

Leave RI....Maybe you should be a politician,you make more sense than anyone .I have to agree with you ,even through I'm a senior trying to make ends meet...thank you

It's not the FF that should be singled out ,their the guys that respond ,its the people running the budget that should be under the gun ,the elected official's were not on top of the budget i.E (Tax collector ,accountant,and former chief)!

Sorry Leave ri your correct