To the editor:

Responding to a personal attack masquerading as a poem by Susan Scanlon, whose sister, Deborah Janick, is a member of the Tiverton Budget Committee …

Hi, Susan! Your poem in these pages

thanked me for the referendum results.

As when your sister, Deb Janick, rages,

your real goal seems to be sharp insults.

Could it be your sister didn’t tell you,

when she wrapped up work with the budget board,

ending trash was what she wanted to do?

So many non-trash options were ignored!

On June 7, here’s what Deb had to say,

writing on Tiverton 1st's Facebook page:

“The residents of Tiverton will pay

the price for voting for Budget 2.” Rage!

Now it’s the Town Council’s turn to decide

on the administrator’s Option E,

which moves cash around to keep trash alive,

or a sneaked-in tax or fee, then blame me.

So, my dear Susan, you are most welcome.

My goal, as always, is one of service.

Now our neighbors can see from the outcome

what sort of people we have in office.

Justin Katz

Tiverton