Proposed Municipal Income Tax

Spoke in favor of the proposed municipal income tax as a necessary measure for town funding while noting benefits for retirees and renters contributing for the first time.

Demanded the immediate withdrawal of the municipal income tax ballot measure and cancellation of the Shakertown Road project, threatening a citizen charter amendment petition.

Raised analytical questions regarding the financial modeling, remote-work demographics, and revenue contingencies of the proposed income tax.

Stated that he calculated his taxes and found the income tax would cost him more than property tax savings, warning that businesses might relocate.

Opposed the income tax on the November ballot, saying it would cost his family about $3,000 a year and that voters have rejected it five times since 1984.