A Long Time

In Coming

To the Editor:

The first section of the news article “Budget Rejection May Force Borrowing” in last week’s Bee infuriates me. It talks about the possibility of having to borrow money and how hard it will be to secure an upgrade to the municipal bond rating through Moody’s Investment Service if the fourth referendum budget fails on June 5. If our leaders in Newtown politics had a clue (most, not all) then they wouldn’t present overreaching budget proposals for the citizens of Newtown to vote for year after year. This year’s budget problems and numerous referendum failures were a long time in coming, and it doesn’t surprise me in the least that this is happening now.

Thankfully, John Kortze is starting to understand this point, as outlined by the last few sentences of the news article, where he said, “While there is definitely a faction of taxpayers saying No as a protest vote over the town offices and general dissatisfaction about other things going on, we believe the majority of No voters are simply tired of paying the larger increases we’ve seen over a number of past budgets. People just want a lower level of spending.” I’m definitely tired of those yearly large increases in taxes.

Christopher Karpenko

6 Hattertown Road, Newtown                                           June 1, 2007