Category Archives: Debt/Spending
Budget Season at Sanborn
On November 15, the Sanborn Regional School District Budget Committee joined the School Board to hear plans and spending proposal details from the Administrative leaders of the Elementary and Middle Schools as well as from the Athletic and Technology Departments. … Continue reading
Pembroke’s Budget Shortfall
Pembroke has a budget shortfall of $977,000.00. It is making the news. People find it hard to understand – especially Pembroke taxpayers. Here is a very simple glimpse into what may be the problem. Pembroke has a Budget Committee. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, CNHT, Debt/Spending, Education
Tagged Budget, CNHT, Ed Naile, Pembroke, Shortfall
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Timberlane Budget Committee Tells Metzler to Cut Spending
In an astonishing turn of events, the Timberlane Budget Committee voted tonight to instruct Dr. Metzler to cut $5.5 million from the next budget draft. The superintendent has been instructed to return with a $69.6 million draft II budget. The first … Continue reading
SAU 55: Timberlane is the poster child for fiscal irresponsibility
In yet more demonstration of a completely tone deaf school district management “team,” Timberlane’s draft one budget is asking for a $3.4 million INCREASE. We’re looking at the staggering ask of $75.1 million, up $3.347 million in one year. (Enrollment … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Donna Green, SAU 55, Timberlane
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No Longer Secret: Berlin Biomass Plant $52.3M Cost To Consumers
Eversource customers paid $52.3 million more than necessary between November of 2013 and last April due to a controversial contract between the utility and the biomass-burning Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin. | Keep Reading at InDepthNH
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Energy
Tagged Berlin, Biomass, Eversource
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Keene Bitcoin Vending Machine Becomes Cryptocurrency Vending Machine, Adds DASH!
Recent drama behind the scenes with Bitcoin has resulted in the world’s most popular and oldest cryptocurrency, that sadly can’t scale to increased demand, and as a result, has escalating, ridiculous fees. | Keep Reading at Free Keene
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Free Keene
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I see flying pigs – I actually agree with Jeanne Shaheen on something!
I am still shaking my head over this piece in the Union Leader – Jeanne Shaheen agrees with me??? Emphasis mine, reformatted: A sweet idea: Shaheen attacks sugar subsidies | Read More at GraniteGrok
Posted in Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Jeanne Shaheen, Skip Murphy, Subsidy, Sugar
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Regionalization in Belknap County – a bad idea
A while ago, we heard that the Belknap County Sheriff’s office was begging additional monies from the towns that it was serving for dispatch services. TOWNS PROTEST BELKNAP COUNTY IDEA TO ASSESS FEES FOR DISPATCH SERVICE As Belknap County considers assessing … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Belknap County, Police, Services
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How Small School Budget Increases Result in Large Town Tax Increases
My first year on the Timberlane School District Budget Committee was one of utter befuddlement. The budcom passed a budget with a seemingly modest increase of 1.98%. To my subsequent surprise and horror, Sandown’s school taxes went up 9.5%. How … Continue reading
In 10 N.H. Cities, Voters Send Mixed Signals on Keno
Rochester appears to be the community most divided over whether to allow Keno within city limits – the game passed there by a mere one vote, according to results from the local clerk’s office as of late Tuesday night. Otherwise, … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 