Town Meeting Troublemakers

by Ed Naile Lee New Hampshire is a small town next to Durham and it is loaded with college and other public employees, and who, if they are like most liberals, enjoy getting their own way with other peoples property and money. Democracy just snuck up on them. Lee...

Town Meeting Wrap-Up 2011 (updated)

We will be adding to this post as the results come in… Amherst Town of Amherst Website Andover Article Barrington Barrington will KEEP SB2 Barrington Taxpayers Unofficial Results Bedford Don Graff and Bill Foote – School Board Boscawen Article Dunbarton...

Of Liberals and Paper Ballots

by Ed Naile Of note on the Senate Bill #2 front this past Town Meeting Day, March 8, 2011. In the town of Barrington, noted for some knock-down drag-outs, there was an effort to rescind SB2, which the town has used for some time. I am always warned that the rescinding...

A Frugal Tradition

by Ed Naile If New Hampshire had had an income tax when the tax and spend Democrats took over and raised spending 17.5% in one year. They would have doubled down on spending had they the available cash. No question about it. And here we are, the lowly cities and towns...

Amherst Voters Score

Another big year for the Amherst Citizens Association voter guide – 82% success on the ballot with one article in a tie vote. We would assume a recount on that one (this is an article for a lease-purchase of a fire truck. We opposed it) But the big item for the...

Of Goats and Town Meetings

by Ed Naile I have four pygmy goats, Moxie, Snyder, Gordon, and Clyde. They are perfect practice for understanding New Hampshire’s traditional Town Meetings. They live in two adjoined stalls in the winter – 20’ x 10’. That is their little town, Barnville, with a...