WHY DON'T THEY DISCUSS COMBINING THE THREE TOWNS INTO ONE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND REDUCE THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING OUR THREE TOWNS????WE DON'T NEED THREE POLICE CHIEFS, MANAGERS,FIRE CHIEFS,AND COULCILS, ETC. LETS GOVERN OUR TOWNS MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER PART TIME GOVERNMENT WORKERS IN OUR TOWN HALLS.

Probably because most people don't think it will save us any money. Combining the Bristol and Warren schools didn't save anything.

How do you reconcile the volunteer depts in Bristol and Warren with the Paid fire department in Barrington? Paid won't go back to volunteer. Bristol and Warren will end up paid which will cost us more money.

Just a couple things on your plan Mr. Patterson. Towns have their own charters and like the constitution, they are not the easyest thig to change. The State has no right to mae a town change a charter, anymore than the fed has the right to interfer with state rights. That was the reason the towns had to vote on the schools being combined, which was with a caveate of saving money with the State helping out. None of the materialized in a meaningfull way and the taxpayers in both towns hae suffered for it.

This plan of compining towns will never happen, Newport, middletown and Portsmouth have been kicking it around for decades. Like here the people have individual love for their towns, and prefer to keep them that way. Smaller government, efficiently run with a deligent look for fraud waste and abuse is the better plan in my opinion.

Oh and no offence, but caps are considered shouting when used in a blog or forum. If a person has trouble reading they can merely change the "font size" under internet options in their browser. ;-}

You know it's all about politics,,,there is no love to keep political hacks in jobs with benefits and pensions. The state is in a losing battle with absolute power by one party,and until we stop this it will only end in bankrupcy. We need County Government to lessen the deficit problem. Our towns and cities can servive if we have the will and courage to make it happen. We need to stop "politics as usual" in this state.

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