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

Robert Coulter, Tiverton Town Council President When it comes to board appointments in Tiverton, longstanding Town Council policy is clear.  Whenever there are more applicants than open seats, two things apply.  First, the applicants must be interviewed by the council.  Second, the council does not vote until the meeting after all interviews are done.  This...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

Richard Rom, Tiverton Recall elections are for recalling sham artists, people who somehow hoodwinked voters into thinking they were great citizens and would steer their town into great prosperity. However, the Tiverton recall election is exactly the opposite. Four million dollars is driving the Tiverton recall election. A gentleman named Bill McLaughlin (who started the...Read More

Mark Constance, Tiverton Here are ten good reasons to make the choice to not vote in William McLaughlin’s sham recall election: 1. The recall election is a terrible new political low and will discourage participation. If it succeeds it will also be a new political weapon that could become a regular occurrence. Don’t encourage that....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

Laura Rom, Tiverton Republican Town Committee This letter is to correct misinformation regarding hijacking and destruction of the Tiverton Republican Town Committee (TRTC), mostly stated by William McLaughlin and endorsed by a vocal group that is on a quest to recall two TRTC endorsed and duly elected members of the Town Council. In May of...Read More

Terence Garvey, Tiverton Just when you think you could not be more disgusted with politics, a total farce like the Tiverton Town Council recall rears its ugly head. What I’ve had difficulty understanding is how seeming adversaries can collaborate in perpetrating a historic sham on the voters of Tiverton — until now. The following is...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