Town of Braintree

It is not simple,but it is more clearnow than ever before. Thank you Dan Clifford.

The BOA is your enemy residents. That was clearly shown by Mr. Clifford, who spoke on behave of the residents at Monday nights Tax Classification open meeting at Town Hall. He showed the BOA has over the past 4 years chose business over the residents each and every time. When the BOA could have recommended shifting to 159% in 2001 they didn't. When they could have recommended shifting to 175% in 2002 and again 2003 they didn't. This year the bums (Young, Moran, and Cusack)could have recommended 197% and didn't. Instead they recommended increasing residents taxes 11% and decrease business by 6%. It is the Board of Assessors who have recommended sticking it to the residents while giving business and commercial property owners reductions. Thanks to Vincent Joyce and Dan Clifford who have been advocating for the residents, the BOS has now taking cahrge of setting the rates, instead of what once was rubber stamping the recommmendation of the BOA. The BOA members are no friends of the resident's. Thankfully, over the past couple years the BOS has overruled the BOA's recommendations and assisted residents in helping to return the tax burden to a fair and more balanced split. Charlie Kokoros really sheparded it this year. He is keeping his promises to help the residents.


By Active TMM

Vote the bums out

The job of Assessor is quite an obscure job; I'll say your average citizen doesn't quite understand the full scope of the job and this is why we have the same old faces in there.

These three Assessors are not resident friendly. I saw the BOS meeting at home on cable where Assessor Young said that the BOA are really unique and that they really have no constituency.

WHAT ? No constituency ?
And he really believes that.

For this reason, he should be voted out of office along with the other two.

It's an obscure job so I don't really think there will be any groundswell of citizen interest in the job. I think the job pays $3500; Check it out.

I think any citizen with a background in general business finances, accounting or real estate is quite fully qualified to run for this job and could do a good job; certainly there would be ample opportunity to get the on the job training; Your constituency would allow for that.

I hope Dan Clifford runs again for the job and hopefully a few more citizens to run against the others when their terms are up.

By ASSessors