DISQUS

I used to count sheep while falling asleep. Now I count overides, until I wake up in a cold sweat looking for a "For Sale" sign. My top ten reasons why I never want to hear the word override in this town again unless I'm telling someone where to stick one:

1) The $1,000,000 buydown of the Maclean project for open space. Does anyone really walk the grounds of a psychiatric hospital to enjoy the open space?

2) The R&D building at Macleans that still isn't built and therefore no tax revenue.

3) The $25,000 dog and pony show a few years ago that the selectmen put on while hiring the acting police chief for the permanent position.

4)The outlandish finishes at town hall. That must have been one big quarry to find that much granite!

5) The overpriced purchase of the 2 family property on Concord Ave that went from income producing real estate for the former owner to a party house for trespassers overnight. Then we tear it down for another $$. And people are crying about not enough affordable housing.

6) The O'Neill property debacle.

7) The Murry Sandler site debacle.

8) The dabacle concerning the route 2 median land for the proposed soccer field to be built and maintained by the Belmont Hill School at no cost to the taxpayer.

9) The school choice fiasco. What did that really cost ?

10) The ammunition the School Comittee has given the Teachers Union for their next contract. Call it a promotion instead of a raise if that makes you feel better. The genie is out of the bottle and look out below!

11) #BONUS# Building a fire station from blue prints of a fire station in the South Bronx is a little over the top!

I could go on forever but I need to get some sleep. I'm working my second job on Sundays. When your property taxes go up 300% in ten years that's what I have to do.

Nice Blog, though with a small mistake - Both SemiFinals are at 8 PM (British Local Time). So no doctor's note needed