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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
Lake Wearebegone
by Ed Naile Zoning takes a shot at a home that is not above average in the Town of Weare NH. Weare adopted zoning in 1988, thereabouts, with the seminal issue of "grandfathered" being found in 3.4.1. which makes all pre-existing uses of buildings and parcels exempt...
Drive By Voting
by Ed Naile Channel 9 News is doing a piece on non-residents from surrounding states that register their cars in NH for the tax and insurance benefits. Are they sure they want to do this? Several years ago Maine issued over 300 citations to Mainers who registered cars...
What’s a Pretty View Worth? A Tax Hit
A revolt brews in New Hampshire over property-tax levies for some residents who have scenic views. ORFORD, N.H. – David Bischoff lights a gas lantern in his tiny cabin and gazes out the window. Two forested peaks rise beyond a snow-strewn field of hay. It's a view...
Assessors Don’t Raise Your Taxes
Gary Roberge defends the view tax: The challenge to pay property taxes continues to decimate the working class in New Hampshire. Incomes have not kept pace with the relentless increase in local and state budgets. By not voting to eliminate or curtail non-essential...
State Board Denies ‘View Tax’ Exists
by Ed Naile The Assessing Standards Board yesterday defended the practice of factoring a property's view into its assessment but disputed the existence of a so-called view tax. The board, which is attached to the Department of Revenue Administration, is responsible...
Gary Roberge, Father of the ‘View Tax’
In an interview on NH Public Radio with Gary Roberge of Avitar Associates, the firm that does much of the assessing of property in NH in order to determine their taxes, one could hear the reason Gary Roberge of Avitar gave for having recently stepped down from the...