Not in Middleboro!

Middleboro Selectmen successfully delayed mailing real estate tax bills more than two months by their failure to act.

First there was the grab bag Special Town Meeting that spent most of the piggy bank on November 5, 2007, knowing the ladder truck had been taken out of service on September 15 and a leaking school roof can't be postponed much longer. And then there's the water rate increase the retiring Town Manager called to their attention months earlier.

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Maybe they were so convinced they would loose the 9/29 Recall Election, they ignored their responsibilities.

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Big Leagues, Mr. Spartaro? Or Abbott and Costello?

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Other towns are moving forward. Guess you hadn't noticed, Mr. Spartaro.

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In case you missed it, CCT is reporting a GRASSROOTS initiative in Yarmouth.

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Is that what is required to force Middleboro Selectmen to act on anything?

Yarmouth Town Hall Goes Solar this week SolarWrights installs town's first renewable energy system
An Orleans renewable energy company reported today that the installation of a new renewable energy system consisting of 60 photovoltaic modules on the roof of Yarmouth Town Hall will be completed this week. The project is being done by Liz Argo, project manager and Massachusetts state director of SolarWrights, Inc., a Bristol, Rhode Island-based renewable energy provider with offices in Orleans.
The environmental benefits are equivalent to planting three acres of trees. The final commissioning of the photovoltaic electricity system will be done by the end of the month making the Town of Yarmouth a leader in taking the important first steps into the renewable energy age.
Grassroots made the town green. The effort was first conceived by Peter White of Yarmouth. He led a grassroots movement which placed an article on last May's Town Meeting ballot. Yarmouth voters affirmed their desire to "go green" by voting overwhelmingly to appropriate $50,000 towards the installation of photovoltaic modules on the roof of their Town Hall. The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) matched the Town's funds with an additional $50,000 through the MTC's Small Renewables Initiative grant. By October the Town had released its Request for Proposals and the Town's first renewable energy system was on its way to becoming a reality."This 10.5kW photovoltaic system is an important first step in reducing the Town's reliance on fossil fuels," according to Argo. "This grid-tied PV electrical system will offset around 13,000kWH (kilowatthours) of electricity every year from the Town's electrical bills. With current prices of 20 cents per kilowatthour that will equal $2,600 the taxpayers will save on the price of electricity every year. As electric prices go up, the savings will be far more significant. Additional revenue will be realized by the Town's sale of their Renewable Energy Credits or RECs", added Argo.To some residents the real success story of the Yarmouth Town Hall lies in the environmental benefits the renewable energy system will offer. Along with reducing the production off Nitrous Oxides and Sulfur Dioxide, the 10.5kW PV installation will eliminate 20,620 lbs of Carbon Dioxide from entering our atmosphere every year. These environmental benefits are equivalent to planting three acres of trees. CCT