Tag Archives: Budget Committee
Selectmen, Budget Committee Propose 12% Increase in Taxes…
The selectmen and Budget Committee have proposed budgets this year that would increase the “amount of taxes to be raised” by approximately 12% on the local part of our tax bill (not including state and county taxes), compared to last … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, taxes
Tagged Board of Selectman, Budget Committee, Tuftonboro, Tuftonboro.net
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Tales from the BudComm, sorta sideways, – Government Worker Pension plan
This snippet from the UL caught my eye as we on the BudComm saw (and heard) that retirement costs are skyrocketing from almost every department head lamenting its impact on their budgets, especially as the State broke its “promise” to help local … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Pensions
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Tales from the BudComm – Fred, please remember you were part of the problem you are bellyaching about
OK, Fred Butler has another LtE in the local paper and, of course, he is off-point. Not only off-point in the way that our own inimitable commenter Timothy (factual but of no real relevance in his own special Progressive way) … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Fred Butler, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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Tales from the BudComm: Upon Fred Butler (Gilford) beclowning himself again
his past Tuesday night, my hamlet had its Public Session where the Budget Committee presented both its budgets (Municipal, School District) to the townfolk to explain the numbers and to take questions or listen to concerns. Fred Butler approached the … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Fred Butler, Gilford
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Tales from the BudComm – “Do you see what I see?”
“… the massive flurry of subcommittee meetings and report writing has calmed down and one can actually start to sit down and meditate, cogitate, and try to do something more than a surface cursory level analysis. Like “how come it … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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Timberlane Budget Committee Hands Superintendent Flat Line Budget
In a turn of events last night that gives one cause for hope in local elected officials, the Timberlane Budget Committee voted no increase in the 18-19 budget . The vote was a remarkable 8-1-1. Mr. O’Neil opposed and school … Continue reading
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