{"id":7388,"date":"2018-01-24T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2018-01-24T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T01:40:00","slug":"newton-kingston-taxpayers-accomplishments-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/2018\/01\/24\/newton-kingston-taxpayers-accomplishments-for-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton-Kingston Taxpayers Accomplishments for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017: ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our own NKTA president, James Baker, was elected for the Newton School
\nBoard seat.<\/p>\n

NKTA supported Tammy Mahoney who was elected to the at-large School Board
\nseat. <\/p>\n

NKTA supported Mary Cyr was elected to a seat on the Budget Committee and NKTA supported Jim Doggett was re-elected, unopposed, to his seat on the Budget Committee. <\/p>\n

With the strength of NKTA supported candidates, the chairmanship of the School board changed hands 2017. We also now have a new school administration that is more open and willing to listen to voters.<\/p>\n

VOTER EDUCATION <\/strong><\/p>\n

5 education videos on the town budget processes (see below) were created and run on the Newton Town Cable station. (note: Kingston cable station is not yet operational so we have not yet been able to run in Kingston)<\/p>\n

These are posted on You Tube (You tube channel is NK Taxpayers) <\/p>\n

\t* Sanborn School District
\n \t* School District Budgeting Process
\n \t* Property Tax Setting
\n \t* Default Budget
\n \t* Deliberative Session<\/p>\n

2 NKTA Mailers went to all town addresses for both Kingston and Newton. <\/p>\n

Commissioner of Ed, Frank Edelblut, met with NKTA members on his perspectives on education in NH.<\/p>\n

Many studies and analysis get posted to our website. <\/p>\n

COMMUNITY EVENTS <\/strong><\/p>\n

NKTA participated in the following activities: <\/p>\n

Kingston Days
\nNewton Olde Home Day
\nKingston Trunk or Treat
\nNewton Trunk or Treat <\/p>\n

SCHOLARSHIP FUND <\/strong><\/p>\n

NKTA created a scholarship fund, that was funded by separate donations and fundraising. The first $500 scholarship was awarded last year and 2018 Scholarship award is already fully funded. <\/p>\n

Please help us to continue to have a positive impact in our communities by becoming a member of the NKTA. <\/p>\n

Membership dues can be submitted to our PO address, or through Paypal <\/p>\n

Make checks payable to:
\nNEWTON-KINGSTON TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
\nP.O. Box 40, Newton, N.H. 03858 <\/p>\n

Or you can access paypal through our website:
\nhttp:\/\/nkta.vpweb.com\/contact-and-membership <\/a><\/p>\n

Our dues are how we fund the voter education mailings that we distribute to all voters in Newton and Kingston. <\/p>\n

This consumes 100% of our annual dues revenues. Fortunately, through many additional donations, we were able to fund 2 mailings in 2017. <\/p>\n

We plan to do the same in 2018, but we cannot do so without additional member support.<\/p>\n

Thank you
\nJamie Fitzpatrick
\nTreasurer – NKTA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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