Truer words were never spoken.
In each of the following 3 cases, it was NOT our elected or appointed officials, but petitioners who proposed and later worked to bring better financial management to Wayland:
• Article 6, calling for a review of the school and town budgets, internal controls and "best practices" financial management
• Article 8, calling for a restatement of the FY11 school budget which was voted for the previous year but remained unfunded.
• Article 3, calling for $4 million in tax relief when residents reviewed Wayland's Free Cash reserve and learned it had grown to $10,300,000.
The combined savings to the town from each of these efforts amounts to millions of dollars. Not surprisingly, in each case, our town officials eventually jumped on the bandwagon and tried to take credit for that which was forced upon them by "The People". We expect leaders, not followers.
FY11 Budget Restatement
The Abrahams Group has completed their restatement of the FY11 budget.
You can find it here.
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In case you mised it, here's why the Special Town Meeting vote went the way it did, and why our average tax bill will go down by $1000, thanks to the dedicated work of 4 residents and the supporters of Article 3: |
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| Growth in Free Cash FY06 - FY12 |
Comparing our Peer Towns' Free Cash |
Comparing Articles 2 and 3 |
Click each chart to see larger |
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