I could tell you ....

I could tell you ways in which the Town of Middleboro could save money, improve efficiency and smooth the transfer of information using technology, but you wouldn't believe me.

Most is self-evident.

Just watch.

But please refer, yet again to the DOR Report. OMG!

Didn't they observe that other towns post commonly used forms on their web sites?
What would that save?

In simple terms ---
A friend recently travelled to the Assessors' Office to request a form to put a Homestead on her property rather than travel to Plymouth. The form wasn't available in Middleboro, so she went to Carver, where it was available.

If that form had been available on the Middleboro Web Site, it would have reduced traffic to the Assessors' Office.

Dog licenses are maintained on manual file cards.

Doesn't that mean that the list of unlicensed dogs is manually extracted?
Why aren't they in the computer?
(The Town Clerk is appointed by the BOS.)


If you want copies from the Assessors' Office, a Town employee must make the copy for you. If you go to the Registry of Deeds, copy machines accept change and you can make your own copies for a greater price than Middleboro charges.

How many telephone calls could be eliminated if information was posted on the Town's Web Site? How many pedestrian visits could be eliminated?

And hand-written receipts in the Town Clerk's Office? Isn't that self-evident? How many years ago was a cash register discussed?

Can't you just hear 'Been that way for 100 years, Maude!' ?

There's more. Comments?