Fire District Accused Of Violating Open Meetings, Campaign Finance Laws
Three EG residents say the EGFD commissioners were wrong to send out postcards at taxpayer expense that gave reasons why the Fire District should remain independent.
Three East Greenwich residents – all members of the EG Republican Town Committee – have filed a complaints with the state Attorney General and the state Board of Elections claiming the EG Fire District commissioners acted unlawfully when they voted to spend up to $2,000 on a mailing to residents listing five reasions why the EGFD should not merge with the town. The postcard was mailed to residents in advance of the election Nov. 6 that featured a ballot question asking voters if they thought the EGFD should be merged with the Town of East Greenwich. Currently, they are two separate governmental entities. The Town Council had voted to place that question on the ballot. The postcard (a copy is attached, right) listed five reasons "why the …
sue
11:43 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thanks for the update. I did receive my postcard and was curious how they were able to spend our money on this. I've been an EG resident for 25 years. The past 20 years I have been in the same house - my property taxes have doubled. In the same time frame- my fire taxes have tripled. (btw - residential fires have gone down nationally) So please explain this? This is an issue of the "Fox guarding … more ›