Falmouth Selectman (and Barnstable County Commissioner) Mary Pat Flynn has failed to sign a "Taxpayer Protection Pledge." The pledge provides a measure of good faith by elected public officials and political candidates to the taxpayers of their respective local geographical areas and to all people within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Furthermore, it clearly indicates that they shall oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes during their tenure in office. This is what Mary Pat Flynn has failed to promise to the people of Falmouth and Cape Cod!!!

I like having the fire and police services as well as having trash pickup, streets cleaned, kids educated, and all the other services that the town of Falmouth provides and I don't mind paying an increase in taxes when necessary to continue these and other services. Anybody that would sign a pledge like this does not understand their responsibilities. Remember the president that said "read my lips no new taxes"

@Menahunt, yes, he was NOT RE-ELECTED!! ^_^ I do remember the person and phrase that you mention at the end of your comment...AND...I also specifically recall that he was NOT re-elected after he "betrayed his promise" to the voters and taxpayers of this country not to raise taxes...that in turn helped Bill Clinton to win in a landslide later on...Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention, it is appreciated!! ^_^

How can you raise taxes when so many people are out of work? House prices are tumbling. School enrollment is down, how about closing a school or two. Maybe check into all the workers comp cases that have kept so many of our public service workers out. I would gladly sign the pledge.

How about a comprehensive and complete audit of all town departments. Anyone with a head for business knows you can go it and cut 10% of fraud, waste and abuse. Before we burden the hard working families of Falmouth ( ahem...this does not apply to the Annoy Falmouth Group that meets on Saturdays at Bank of America )....let's take a good look at the finances of Falmouth. In a down economy, the last thing you do is raise prices/ taxes.

Don't complain, we voted to shut off the wind turbines. My property taxes went up even though the value of my house declined. Sure, I'm angry, but I accept it because we supported our neighbors and shut the wind turbines down. Shutting down the wind turbines costs Falmouth a lot of money.

We voted to shut down the wind turbines does not equal a prop 21/2 overide. I'm not complaining I just can't afford higher taxes. Cut each department by 10% and investigate the workers comp fraud in this town.

We are told that if we don't buy land , property taxes will go up. Well, we keep buying more and more land...andddddddd the taxes go up. The more land you take off the tax rolls, the more the rest of us will be expected to play. The High School project was a fiasco , but then again that 's being unkind to real fiascos. Keep tightning the fiscal belt. Live within your means. It s what the rest of us are doing !

...there is NO LEGITIMATE REASON why Selectmen Mary Pat Flynn should be allowed to raise property taxes via a Prop. 2 1/2 Override!!! FIGHT IT!!!

select chairwoman flynn does not have to sign a taxpayer protecton pledge if she does not want to!

The Falmouth voters don't need to vote her back in if we don't want to!

^_^

...and now the taxpayers of Falmouth have to foot her legal bill as well to defend against a federal lawsuit by the ACLU for variouis civil rights violations that she has committed!!! ...OMG!!

She probably thought the override scam would cover this up by averting attention away
from her legal problems.

...mmmm....yeah, possibly!

Way to personal! Just so you will know the ACLU Lawsuit is against the:
TOWN OF FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS; and
AHMED MUSTAFA; CAREY MURPHY; MARY PAT FLYNN; KEVIN MURPHY; and BRENT PUTNAM, individually and in
their official capacities as members of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Falmouth.

I guess they will all be looking for a tax hike.

@Menauhant...well, in that case with so many defendants, the legal expenses for the Falmouth taxpayers will be even worse, however, Mary Pat Flynn is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Selectmen and hence is the main person responsible for any and all decisions and actions regarding the Town...so NO, not "way to personal" at all, just offical business...^_^

For all we know Menauhant might be Chairwoman Flynn. Doesn't have nerve to use real name.