40 Strafford County layoffs confirmed; budget to be unveiled today
January 5, 2009 Fosters DOVER — County commissioners this morning will unveil a budget featuring only a 2.85 percent tax increase from last year, but it doesn’t come without a cost — 40 full-time county employees were laid off Friday, County Commission Chair...Environmentalist admits reason for global warming hoax
January 2, 2009 Investor’s Business Daily Green Comes Clean Propaganda: The global warming alarmist in chief has unveiled the environmentalists’ real objective. And no, protecting the planet is not their top concern. In a letter addressed to...Businesses fear possible tax hikes in ’09 legislative session
January 2, 2009 NH Business Review David Juvet, senior vice president of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, best summed up the stance of many business groups awaiting the start of the 2009 legislative session: “First, do no harm.” While the...These plans for tax hikes are just hot air
December 30, 2008 Union Leader With a budget crisis of extraordinary proportions, there’s a strong whiff of taxes in the air. If we’re not careful, we’ll find ourselves downwind of the latest taxing rage: flatulence. For some reason, the ill wind of...Controversial saltwater fishermen registry delayed a year
December 30, 2008 Boston Globe Saltwater fishermen will have to get a license to fish starting in 2010. When the federal government announced last spring that recreational fishing in saltwater would require a license by 2009, Northeast fishermen vehemently protested....VISITORS