Comments by Deborah Butler, TMM Precinct 7
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| Eurie A. Stamps, Sr. |
Listening to the plans for discretionary construction projects, as they are described to the Board of Selectmen and various committees, gives me an uncomfortable feeling like we’re arranging chairs on the Titanic! While I’m not advocating austerity budgeting I wonder if the Estate of Eurie A.
Stamps, Sr. v. Town of Framingham case in Federal Court could leave the
Town reeling to the likes of which we haven’t seen since the $1M SMOC
settlement. Attached (below) is Judge Saylor’s summary judgment
memorandum and order affirming two of the ten counts in the original
complaint that causes me this angst. I’ve yet to hear a word from the
CFO or Town Manager about the wisdom of curbing
multi-million
dollar projects such as Loring Arena and the Athenaeum until the Stamps
case is resolved and the financial implications, if any, are known.
Given the $1.6M gap in the school budget and a pending tax override vote
can we really afford to continue down this path?
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