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...Watertown officials said the property would have generated $4.8 million per year in tax revenue if Harvard had not purchased it, and said the University’s payment should at least equal that amount...
...Watertown Town Council criticized the offer and adopted a resolution on Tuesday for a home rule petition to try to force Harvard to pay full property taxes. The petition would have to receive the approval of the Mass. state legislature...
...this is a play, it would be called ‘An American Tragedy in Watertown,’” Driscoll said. “There’s nothing theatrical about less firefighters, fewer teachers, and having a large senior citizen population subsidize Harvard...
...Watertown residents used the fear of lost school revenues as a major rallying point, as a group of elementary school children lined the street holding a string of signs that combined to read, “If Harvard Lived Here, We’d Be Broke...
...after the rally, Wrinn reiterated his belief that Watertown officials and residents were sensationalizing Harvard’s purchase...