2009 Unexpected State Funding Cut Override

An operational override permanently increases the tax base and must be paid each and every year until everyone in town has died or moved away. Given the existence of Proposition 2 1/2, the tax increase is automagically indexed by 2 1/2 percent each year in Framingham.
A debt-exclusion override or capital override basically means the town will borrow money and pay it off through the proceeds of a tax increase that may last 20 years or more depending on the amount borrowed and the payment schedule. Payments may persist until your death and beyond if you are already a senior citizen.

The Totally Unexpected State Funding Cut Override of 2009

Framingham's Ministry of Finance chooses to be wildly optimistic on future state funding. Unfortunately, state revenues increase only 4.35% per year on the average .
If Framingham's wild-eyed liberal Ministry of Finance expects a 20% increase in Chapter 70 funding as they do in their long term financial projection, they will ultimately be disappointed.
Proponents of this override will tell you that failure to pass this override will result in the following actions:

our children will become retarded
a plague of locusts, tsunamis and hellfire will all come to Framingham

We are now enmeshed in the second year of an uber recession (The Lesser Depression). While most reasonable and intelligent people have been finding ways to cut costs, the town of Framingham's Ministry of Finance is still working on new ways to actually maximize spending:

Our temporary school superintendent Eugene Thayer gets paid more than the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick ($145,000/year) and more than Ben Bernanke ($191,000/year) of the Federal Reserve.

Giving out free and subsidized full day kindergarten . This consitutes income redistribution.

Schools choice. Any child can go to any Framingham school of their choice. This basically maximizes our school transporation costs.

Framingham has spent a lot of monies changing all of its street signs with the town logo on it. It also added Dead End signs on the appropriate streets. Is that worth it?

Each year, Framingham spends an inordinate amount of money to put up and take down Christmas decorations. Promoting Christianity is not a town function. a twoi
Why are we building a garage (capital budget) to hold school buses that we operate but do not own.

The Totally Unexpected State Funding Cut Override of 2009
Framingham's Ministry of Finance chooses to be wildly optimistic on future state funding. Unfortunately, state revenues increase only 4.35% per year on the average . If Framingham's wild-eyed liberal Ministry of Finance expects a 20% increase in Chapter 70 funding as they do in their long term financial projection, they will ultimately be disappointed. Proponents of this override will tell you that failure to pass this override will result in the following actions: our children will become retarded a plague of locusts, tsunamis and hellfire will all come to Framingham We are now enmeshed in the second year of an uber recession (The Lesser Depression). While most reasonable and intelligent people have been finding ways to cut costs, the town of Framingham's Ministry of Finance is still working on new ways to actually maximize spending: Our temporary school superintendent Eugene Thayer gets paid more than the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick ($145,000/year) and more than Ben Bernanke ($191,000/year) of the Federal Reserve. Giving out free and subsidized full day kindergarten . This consitutes income redistribution. Schools choice. Any child can go to any Framingham school of their choice. This basically maximizes our school transporation costs. Framingham has spent a lot of monies changing all of its street signs with the town logo on it. It also added Dead End signs on the appropriate streets. Is that worth it? Each year, Framingham spends an inordinate amount of money to put up and take down Christmas decorations. Promoting Christianity is not a town function. a twoi Why are we building a garage (capital budget) to hold school buses that we operate but do not own.

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