READER ROUNDUP: 'Time To Get Budget Under Control'

North Kingstown: "Separate budgets, people. Why should a profligate school dept's inability to control its budget cost the town? Woonsocket School Dept--$2.5M deficit. East Providence--$7M. Central Falls--need I go on? Time to get our school budgets under control!" — Mike, commenting on NK Town Council Will Be Asked to Pay for School Roof

Coventry: "The state needs to find ways to lower taxes and get spending under control, not find new ways to tax the middle income people or increase the taxes we pay already. They need to be looking for more efficient ways to spend the money they have already." — Rogered, commenting on Poll: Should The State Change How Cars Are Valued?

Cranston: "I'm not all that surprised, but certainly dismayed, by the thuggish, moblike response to citizens like Ahlquist and Grenga, who not only are entitled to express their opinions without being shouted down (if not threatened with physical harm), but who pretty clearly turned out to be on the right side of our laws." — Ross Stapleton-Gray, commenting on Emotional Crowd Demands Committee Appeal Banner Ruling

East Greenwich: "Although I felt put-off at first by the decision to not include on the panel parents of families that would be immediately be affected by the changes, I understand that it is important that the decisions be based on objective data about what would work best for students in general over time, rather than too heavily influenced by how families on the board feel they would be affected in the short-term." — Laura Giusti, commenting on Grade Configuration Forum Long On Questions, Short on Answers

Johnston: "These bills are about unconstitutional government censorship, and miss the boat on anti-piracy policy almost entirely. I hope Senator Whitehouse is merely misguided --piracy IS a problem, after all. But these bills are Big Government's way to take away more of our rights, not actually solve the problem they pretend to address." — Gail Eastwood-Stokes, commenting on Poll: What Do You Think of PIPA and SOPA?

Narragansett: "Congrats Liam! I know this family from church and his mom is a preschool teacher at my daughters school. They are a such a nice family and have instilled in Liam wonderful values." — Nicole Zelinak, commenting on Po-Chedley Recognizes the Importance of Community Service

South Kingstown: "This is all speculation - the article starts with "After more than a decade of planning..." I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for anything to actually happen." — Dave100AP, commenting on Residents Have Questions on Route 138 Reconstruction

Woonsocket: "Woonsocket. Ed Dept. or Mayor or City Council...whatever... it seems to me that even as all this is happening that there hasn't been truly a leader taking charge to get this city back from where it is and actually becoming that horrible "A City on the Moive" line that someone thought would be cute. If you don't expand the tax base in this wonderfully located, full of potential and beauty city, you will never get out of this mess." — Phillip, commenting on City's Bond Rating Downgraded