Election of Student Raises Questions

November 13, 2008 Sievers’10 wins race for county treasurer Dartmouth College junior Vanessa Sievers’ surprise defeat of Grafton County Treasurer Carol Elliott in last week’s election — thanks to the college vote in Hanover and Plymouth, N.H....

Taxing Times Web Edition October 2008

This is the web version of our Taxing Times Election Edition of October 2008. Please download it for your own server, do not cross link please. Paper copies are still available by emailing the webmaster. Taxing Times October 2008

Rochester Concerned Taxpayers Speak

Good news indeed! After over a decade of banging away at the local liberals, we have a huge victory with the passage of the tax & spending cap. With 70% of the votes cast for the cap, Rochester’s voters sent the message loud and clear to the City Council,...

Financial Missteps Alleged at Superintendent’s Hearing

From the Union Leader NORTHWOOD – About 100 residents of Northwood, Nottingham and Strafford crowded into the Northwood Elementary School gym last night for a hearing on the termination of Judith McGann as superintendent of SAU 44. McGann is appealing the Joint School...

Fired School Superintendent Gets Appeal Hearing

WMUR reports: NORTHWOOD, N.H. — Dozens turned out Tuesday night for a Northwood school board meeting, as the former school superintendent was allowed to have an appeal hearing. Judy McGann went before the school board that fired her to appeal the board’s...

Will tax and spend reputation prevail?

November 9, 2008 Seacoast Online CONCORD, N.H. – Voters have given New Hampshire Democrats the chance to prove they aren’t the “taxers and spenders” Republicans claim them to be, but avoiding the label will be very painful. That’s because...