Repeal RGGI (HB 519)

HB 519 is a bill that would repeal the regional greenhouse gas initiative (RGGI). A hearing before the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee is coming up on Thursday 2/10/2011 at 10:00 AM in Representative’s Hall. Please contact the Committee to let...

Restore Property Rights (HB 352)

Since the passage of SB 406, a ban on Involuntary Lot Merging, a new bill has been filed, HB 352, which will allow owners to request to have their property returned to its ‘pre merged’ state. Please see this HB 352 Remedy Paper on the topic. The first...

Bear Paw in the News Again

Article Eleven, Placing Conservation Easements on Town Forests “Article Eleven asks voters to convey conservation easements to one or more qualified organizations to monitor seven town-owned forests. Forest use would be restricted to open space purposes...

Bedford School Deliberative Session February 8

The Bedford School Board Deliberative Session is this Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Bedford High School. It will be a very important meeting. Key points that come directly from the tax and spend crowd (BTQE) indicate that they will be opposing cuts and...

Take the Blue Pill, Again?

by Steve MacDonald The Democrats latest rallying cry is that we can’t cut the state budget if it means downshifting costs on the towns. But they didn’t seem to care too much about all the downshifting when they were doing it. But that is what you get when...

Governor Signs HB 77 Into Law

When citizens submit a petition for a warrant article they sign on to something very specific. When that specificity is removed or changed as to the subject of the petition, their signatures are no longer valid. This law eliminates that prospect. Warrants articles...