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“Our taxes don’t go to public schools, our money doesn’t pay for the roads here; we do not truly consider ourselves Grafton County-ites. When people ask where you go to school, you say Dartmouth. You never say you’re from Hanover, but some far-off place you call “home.” And by voting for one of our carpet-bagging compatriots, we’ve done Grafton a great disservice.” ~ Zachary Gottlieb, Dartmouth College Newspaper on the election of a non-resident to the office of Grafton County Treasurer
Monadnock Taxpayers Victorious at Deliberative Session
Taxpaying public soundly defeats the adding of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the budget Karen Cota, a former school board member from Roxbury tried to amend the proposed budget so that it was higher than the default budget by a few hundred thousand dollars....
Legislator Seeks to Bypass Vote on HB 367 and HB 368
Update: One of our NH legislators is seeking to bypass the recent defeat of HB 367 and HB 368, two bills that would have put further government controls over NH home schooled children, by going directly to the school board. NH Rep. Emma Rous is trying to get the DOE...
Voters Must Do Their Duty!
We at CNHT cannot hammer away enough on the importance of attending your town and school deliberative sessions and subsequent March 9 ballot votes on warrant articles this spring, and every spring. In NH, it is here, locally, that counts the most when it comes to...
RFID (HB 478)
This article at Aim Global discusses the bill that would restrict the use of RFID devices in NH. RFID: For the Public Good Bert Moore, Editor Once again, privacy is in the news with New Hampshire's House passing House Bill 478 limiting RFID [very similar to bills that...
NH Lobbyists Rolling in Gambling Cash (SB 489)
Senate Bill 489 is the number for Senator Lou D’Allesandro’s latest effort to bring slots to New Hampshire. Unlike the House where all bills had to be out a month ago, Senate bills follow a more leisurely path, and the new gambling bill has just been unveiled....
Soft Drink Tax (HB 1679)
On February 4,2010 the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a an executive session on HB 1679 in Room 202 of the LOB at 10:00 AM. This bill establishes a soft drinks tax. Revenues from the tax shall be deposited in a fund dedicated to obesity prevention and...