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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
Milton 16 – Update
September 8, 2008 If you have been following the strange case of the Milton 16 you know that the residents of Utah Way were about to have the only access point to their homes chained off. This was a result of a railroad company disputing the ownership of this and...
NH Deficit May Be Closer to $500 MILLION!
September 4, 2008 NH Center for Public Policy Studies Brief Description It will come as no surprise to those experienced with the state budget that New Hampshire is facing a potential budget deficit in the next – 2010 and 2011 – biennium. In the 1990’s, the state’s...
N.H. on verge of hiking cigarette tax 25 cents
September 3, 2008 Seacoast Online CONCORD — New Hampshire is on the verge of raising its cigarette tax 25 cents a pack. Last spring, grocers pleaded with lawmakers not to raise the tax to help deal with a budget gap. They said they could bring in the same revenues if...
NH Deficit Estimated at $300 Million
August 28, 2008 On the evening of August 27 a non-partisan informational seminar was hosted by the Josiah Barlett Center, a NH think-tank that crunches the numbers of state government. The center's Charles Arlinghaus gave a two hour presentation to prospective...
What is ‘sustainability’?
August 23, 2008 WorldNet Daily The tyranny of 'Smart Growth' America's founders believed: The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God … anarchy and tyranny commence. (John Adams, "A Defence of the Constitution of the...
N.H. has lowest birthrate in nation
August 22, 2008 Boston Globe WASHINGTON - The stork apparently has trouble landing in New England. New Hampshire has the lowest, Vermont the second-lowest, Rhode Island the third-lowest, Massachusetts the seventh-lowest, and Maine the eighth-lowest birth rates in the...