Looks like some other people in town are talking about CPA.
I will say that back in 2002, it didn’t get defeated by that much. I had heard that it lost by like 2-1. Clearly not so.
Personally I think that waiting for the economy to be better is sort of like a dog chasing it’s tail. It will make the pill easier to swallow, but there’s is no guarantee that the economy won’t turn down in the year between the time CPA is passed and the time when the first tax surcharge comes in.
Still, if it makes people feel better then so be it.
Themocracy
People need to know that CPA is a savings in the bank with a match of 75% from the state government.
Where else can someone get that rate of return?
Currently that match is 30% or so. There is pending legislation that would fix it at 75%.
Even so – if someone knows a place where I can get a 30% return on my investment – do tell.
Bridgewater just completed a girls softball field complex with CPA monies, Barnstable is starting a 3 million dollar Town hall renovation with CPA monies. It is time, as a Town, to take a serious look at CPA.
There has been talk of a change to CPA that would allow spending on existing recreational facilities. As it is now, you can only spend money to create new facilities or maintain ones that were created with CPA money.
That change could give a modest injection of cash to our beleagured Parks Dept and do some wonderful things with Pratt Farm, the Morgan and Parks properties, Weston Memorial Forest, and others.
Can we use CPA money to bus some downtown shitbums to Brockton?
I don't like the language of the last one.