Dear Chair Abramson and Members of the Provincetown Select Board,

Thank you for your recent letter regarding water supply planning and the Walsh Property. We are disappointed that, despite numerous requests for an in-person meeting from our Select Board, you have chosen to approach the joint stewardship of our water supply via a nine-page letter. Furthermore, numerous assertions contained therein are founded upon incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated information. Rather than engage in a lengthy point-by-point rebuttal, we continue to believe a more productive approach is to focus on ensuring that both boards, and the public, are working from the same set of facts.

For a decade, Truro has pointed to its low debt ratio as a sign of fiscal discipline. But a closer look at how the Town has actually funded its infrastructure tells a more complicated story — one of deferred projects, historic borrowing windows missed, and a growing reliance on unpredictable year-end surpluses. Now, with over $40 million in approved but unissued debt on the horizon, the bill is coming due.