Special Tax Financing Districts Proposed in Salem

From the Eagle Tribune: SALEM — Selectmen may consider revamping the tax structure for three areas in town, hoping it will help finance road projects and other needed infrastructure improvements. Selectman Michael Lyons told fellow board members Monday that he wants...

Tax Cap Petition Filed at City Hall Somersworth

From Seacoast Online… SOMERSWORTH — The tax cap petition was turned into to City Hall Tuesday. On behalf of the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition, resident Tim Logsdon — a former Somersworth School Board member — began circulating the petition in May for a tax...

Town Employees May Not Use Credit Cards for Personal Use

WINDHAM — A proposed change to town policy would prohibit employees from using municipal credit cards for personal purchases. The proposal came in response to three recommendations the town auditor made to the selectmen Monday night. Certified public accountant...

Windsor: Running Out of Ideas and Time

by Ed Naile All the blubbering resignations, blame, and heroic tales of self-sacrifice spread before the residents of Windsor, NH who showed up at the Town hall to hear Select Board Chair Tom Carlson abruptly resign really amount to business as usual. In the...

‘Nonmeetings’ bad for good government

July 30, 2008 Nashua Telegraph Let’s open today’s editorial with a brief history quiz: Q: Who made the following statement: “People don’t trust what they can’t see and don’t understand. Sunshine is a good thing. Open government is a...

Becoming A ‘No’ Voter

by Ed Naile You hear whispers of them at budget meetings, find references about them in testimony about Senate Bill 2, town managers talk about them in hushed tones, this time of year all the tax and spenders are worrying about… the “NO” voters. How can we get...