This was a fantastic series of articles. I asked a simple question and got many different perspectives in the answers received. I hope readers found it educational to hear what some of our current and former leaders had to say about Acton's property taxes.
As I thought about the question and how I would answer it, I've come up with a new idea for how we can analyze information when trying to answer questions like this. That will be done below. But before I delve into this, let me first thank our responders.
We asked four current and former leaders for their response, as well as two of Acton Forum's editors. We heard back from current Board of Selectmen Chair Janet Adachi, and former member Peter Ashton. We did not receive responses from Finance Committee Chair Pat Clifford or Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee Chair Maria Neyland. We also got responses from Acton Forum editors Clint Seward and Charlie Kadlec....
