Valley Breeze photo By Bill Murphy
BoBBy Proctor, of Attleboro, Mass., grabs some air as he warms up for the first Urban Assault Race
last Sunday. The race was held at the former Paramount Cards mill property in Pawtucket, being converted
into an urban bike racing center by Chris Nichols. See more on page 20.
By EtHAN SHorEy
Breeze online News editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
PAWTUCKET – The City
Council last week blasted
Mayor Donald Grebien's
administration for its handling
of an effort to collect late
tax bills from some 15,000
accounts, saying the process
needs to be changed for the
future.
Council members criticized
the fact that a letter from the
city was sent out to more than
4,000 of the
wrong people.
They also didn't
like the timing
of the letter, the
wording of the
letter, or the
response of the
administration
after residents
who received delinquent notic-
es started arriving at City Hall.
Grebien is apologizing on
behalf of the city to the tax-
payers who received wrongful
By EtHAN SHorEy
Breeze online News editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
PAWTUCKET – Now that
the race for Pawtucket School
Committee is over and the
seven seats have been decided,
The Breeze asked the winners
to talk about specific initiatives
they want to push in their first
months on the job.
We also asked the seven
Democrats – Erin Dube,
Michael Araujo, Kimberly
Grant, Joanne Bonollo, Joseph
Knight, Gerard Charbonneau
and Katherine McQuade –
what they want Pawtucket
schools to be best known for.
The following are their sum-
marized answers to both ques-
tions:
Erin Dube
• On goals: Before mov-
ing forward with other "more
ambitious agendas," the first
step for Dube will be "to make
sure that the community is
welcome and encouraged to
participate in the committee
meeting process.
"There are simple, concrete
steps that can be taken on day
one to ensure that the public
sees that past practice will not
continue to govern with this
new committee, by reviewing
policy and making sure that
an accurate and current policy
manual is published and avail-
Council rips
Grebien on faulty
tax bill process
School Committee winners offer goals for term ahead
Mayor mails out letter
of apology, says it's being fixed
See tAX BILLS, page 8
See coMMIttEE, page 4
Catch some air
GrEBIEN
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