Tax Tabs Divide Windsor

WINDSOR – The smallest New Hampshire town south of the White Mountains is being divided by a battle over taxes – who pays them, when they pay them and where the money goes. About a year ago, a group of concerned citizens formed the Windsor Coalition of Taxpayers...

Outside Influences Seeking Income Tax for NH

This LTE was sent to every newspaper in the state around town meeting time and eventually was printed up in only around four. Efforts to discredit the Pledge and Pledge-takers did not work however, as record numbers of candidates have promised to do what they can to...

Litchfield treasurer arrested

March 11, 2008 Nashua Telegraph LITCHFIELD – State investigators arrested Litchfield’s elected treasurer Monday on charges that he fleeced the town out of more than $5,000. Horace W. Seymour III, 49, of 13 Mike Lane, turned himself in to officials from the state...

Three Things to Watch for at Town Meetings

by Jane Aitken (Originally published at NH Insider) Once again it is that time of year when NH residents will attend town meetings, school meetings, and deliberative sessions to decide how their tax dollars will be spent. They will make decisions about the education...

Governor Lynch: He’s no Craig Benson

January 27, 2008 Union Leader Gov. John Lynch will not rule out raising taxes this year. Why not? Citing a hole in the state budget he says will be as large as $50 million, Lynch has twice warned legislators he won’t support any new spending or new state jobs....

Abatement: Deering

by Ed Naile Ten days ago I represented myself, unless that is a debatable point as well, in Hillsborough Superior Court in Manchester, NH in a Motion to Dismiss my appeal of a property tax abatement request denial for 2006. It gets weirder. The corrupt town I live in,...