Category Archives: taxes
Your Town Government – Are You Paying Attention?
The presidential election is over but people are still too busy fretting and fighting over it to notice anything else it seems. CNHT heard little about town meeting outcomes this year. Where is everyone? A man who once came to … Continue reading
Posted in CNHT, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, taxes
Tagged Property Taxes, Town Government
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Manchester Overrides Tax Cap Again
Tempers flared, recriminations reverberated, spinsters spun, playgrounds were threatened and vetoes flew and were overridden as Manchester’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen settled the city’s spending plan for the coming fiscal year a mere two hours before the budget proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Girard At Large, taxes
Tagged Contracts, Firefighters, Manchester, News Read, Rich Girard, Tax Cap
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Dominating the Political Bandwidth In New Hampshire.
Here are a few links to my most recent contributions to New Hampshire’s leading Conservative Blog site. STATE SENATOR ANDY SANBORN ANNOUNCES RUN FOR CONGRESS Volinsky’s Rules … Triggered Professor Quits Over Campus Carry Law Laconia Prepared to sell Land … Continue reading
How taxes rise while enrollment drops in N.H. school districts
No one in this article blames unrealistic union contracts, salaries, benefits, administrative costs, …and whose fault are they? “The state’s process for funding public education puts school systems and property owners in adversarial roles,” Mark MacLean, the superintendent for SAU … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, taxes
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SNAP! – Cook County Exempts Food Stamps From Soda Tax
Cook County in Illinois, home to Chicago, has decided that its soda tax will not apply to food stamps. Purchases made with food stamps cannot have state and local taxes tacked onto them, according to federal law. Cook County tried … Continue reading
Timberlane Taxes to Skyrocket
Timberlane School District residents will be asked to pay 8.9% more in taxes this November. As usual, Sandown and Danville will be slammed hardest. Also, as usual, the news was disguised. The administration reported at the June 1 school board … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, taxes
Tagged Property Taxes, Sandown, Timberlane
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Did Democrats Finally Ruin Connecticut?
The government can do nothing without first taking property from someone else. How much government should do cannot be separated from the problem of how much government must take. Who gets to decide what and “how much” is at the … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Democrats, Economy/Economics, Jobs/Unemployment, taxes
Tagged Aetna, CT, Dannel Malloy
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Keene City Council approves $61.4 million budget
Keene’s 2017-18 budget has been set, and with it a projected increase of 27 cents per $1,000 property valuation to the city’s portion of the tax rate. The City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to approve the $61,379,413 budget, which … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Local NH Politics, taxes
Tagged Budget, Keene, Property Taxes
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Some of Accused Tax Cheat Thomas Katsiantonis’ Donations to NH Democrats
While he was giving his business an unofficial and unapproved tax break, he was also donating cash to local Democrat candidate campaigns. Most if not all of them oppose cutting any New Hampshire taxes including those for small business owners … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, GraniteGrok, Hypocrats, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, taxes
Tagged Donations, taxes, Thomas Katsiantonis
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Court Sides With NH Towns Over Utilities in Tax Dispute
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled against two utilities seeking to reduce their property taxes in dozens of towns across the state. Eversource and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative sought tax abatements from a total … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Property Rights, taxes
Tagged Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Property tax
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The New Media Militia 