Robert Coulter and Justin Katz The result of the recall election says more about our opposition and the times we’re living in than about us or our supporters. A small group of activists were willing to lie relentlessly in order to get enough people who opposed us to sign the recall petition and then vote,...Read More

Robert Coulter, President, Tiverton Town Council Having been elected four times in Tiverton over the last decade, I’m now in the odd position of writing as a target in an odd recall process where just 405 voters can vote me out despite over 2,000 voters voting me in just last year. In all this, Mr....Read More

Joel Bishop, Tiverton Tiverton is a beautiful town with wonderful residents. People here get to know their neighbors and lend a hand when help is needed. I’ve only lived here for 5 years, but have seen people stop to help stranded motorists more than once. I have also come to realize that Tiverton has a...Read More

Robert Gaw, Tiverton I would like to put personality differences aside and discuss the facts of the past 16 years in Tiverton. It was a dream of mine as a child to live in this beautiful town, even though I have seen some horrendous politics in the town during my 31 years here. I look...Read More

Laura Rom, Tiverton In the 2017 special election for Tiverton Charter Review Commission (CRC) there were 24 candidates running for 9 available seats. 9 of those candidates were endorsed by the TTA, and subsequently, all 9 were duly elected by the voters of Tiverton. The sitting town council dismissed the 12 months of intensive work...Read More

Nancy Driggs, Tiverton Town Council McLaughlin’s allegation that this town council is not representing the will of the voters is a tall tale divorced from reality. There were 18 candidates who ran for the Town Council in November 2018 and the “will of the people” elected as the majority Tiverton Taxpayers Association (TTA)-endorsed candidates: Donna...Read More

Justin Katz, Tiverton Town Council Vice President You’ve heard the saying, “politics makes strange bedfellows”? That sure is proving true in Tiverton. During the 2000s, James McInnis tried again and again to sell his land between Souza Rd. and Rt. 24 for a variety of developments. Again and again, the town government did not let...Read More

Donna Cook, Town Council Member. During the last Tiverton campaign season, I talked to many people in town. I discovered that some are either not registered to vote or, if they are, simply have dropped out of the process and don’t vote. The answer is always similar: “I don’t believe my vote counts” and “it...Read More

Justin Katz, Vice President, Tiverton Town Council It’s hard to believe that people would just lie.  And when people spread lies about you, it can be like a trap.  You can’t prove that a conversation never happened, and you definitely can’t prove that you’re not going to do something you haven’t done, yet. That’s the...Read More

For years, Tiverton residents have been sensitive to the tone of town politics, and now one faction wants to bring that hostility to the next level by turning in signatures to force a recall election against Town Council President Robert Coulter and Vice President Justin Katz.  Recalls should not be used as election do-overs; they...Read More