Tent Tax Party (HB 1445)

by Steve MacDonald What do you get when you mix 124 Donkeys and one RINO? A list of NH House reps on the wrong side of a bill to repeal another stupid tax. The House voted to ax the tent tax, (HB 1445) and repeal the 9% ‘rooms and meals’ tax for people who...

Low Hanging Fruit

by Steve MacDonald Last week the New Hampshire House voted against a bill to let taxpayers adopt charter provisions establishing limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes. The actual short text reads as follows: “This bill authorizes cities and towns to...

Voters to Rally Statehouse for Many Bills March 10

Many important bills will reach the House and Senate for a vote on March 10, 2010. HB 1580 – (SUPPORT) Establishes that parents have a natural, fundamental right to determine and direct the education of their children. The bill also exempts children who are...

House Defeats Tax Cap Bill (HB 1522)

Taxpayers in Wolfboro took note that the House voted 202-148 to defeat House Bill 1522, which merely would have clarified the right of citizens to enact a tax cap in their municipality if they wished to do so. Now I don’t know about you, but that is a real slap...

Local Spending Caps (SB 488)

SB 488 would allow towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions to adopt a spending cap. A hearing by the Senate Public and Municipal Affairs Committee will take place on March 4, 2010 at 9:45 AM in Room 103 of the LOB. Please contact the Committee and...

Lawmakers Ready to Ax Business Tax

Nashua Telegraph Lawmakers ready to ax business tax CONCORD – The state’s controversial new tax on owners and investors in limited liability companies could disappear by its one-year anniversary. Gov. John Lynch and top leaders in the state Legislature have privately...