municipal services
Pay as you go?
Posted September 24th, 2009 by yawu
Massachusetts residents are engaged in a conversation 
about what kinds
of services they expect of their government and how they would chose to
pay for it.
In Tyngsboro, town officials are dousing the steetlights on all but the busiest thoroughfares in an effort to save money. Residents are being offered the option of an adopt-a-streetlight program whereby they could pay to keep their favorite lights on.
The Hingham School Committee is considering implementing fee-based all-day kindergarten. In Belmont, a Harvard Business School professor is offering to poll residents on what services they're willing to pay for.
