In Part one, we examined the causes and magnitudes of the school assessment increase. See "Assessment shift is the issue" at http://www.actonforum.com/blogs/allenn/assessment-shift-issue).
Now, we are going to look at the public statements made by several town leaders who claim not to be surprised by this shift. In other words, what our leaders are trying to say is that Town Meeting was not misinformed last June, we all expected this shift in favor of Boxborough, and nothing unusual is happening. Perhaps none of these leaders attended last June's Town Meeting?
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