Fairness in Education Funding (HB 340)

HB 340 is a bill that would allow abatements from the education property tax for each resident taxpayer’s child who is not enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school. The bill also allows a municipality to elect to grant an additional abatement from the...

How Many Slush Funds Do The Amherst Selectmen Have?

How Many Slush Funds Do The Amherst Selectmen Have? by Ed Naile, Chairman Who cares for now. We found one with $360,000.00 in it. That will do for now. Greedy environmentalistas have a problem on their hands in Amherst! Amherst adopted RSA 79-A:25- a few years ago to...

Roll Back Taxes and Fees (HB 645)

HB 645 is an act eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2007 through 2010. What a shame this does not include the tax on interest and dividends as imposed in 1999, bascially an income tax that hits hardest those living on...

Supporting A Corrupt Business

Supporting A Corrupt Business by Steve MacDonald Would you stand up in a public hearing and defend an organization implicated in aiding illegal activity, sexual abuse, statutory rape and sex trafficking?  What kind of people would?  How about democrats, union members,...

Transparency Bill (HB 331)

HB 331 is a bill relative to posting agency expenditures on the state transparency website, which will essentially put the state’s checkbook online. A public hearing for this bill will be at 10:30 AM on Thursday February 10, 2011 in the Legislative Office...