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Long Island Baba · 08-23-2007, 04:07 PM

All taxes are is an allocation of spending. Sure, we can argue about view tax and waterfront allocations till the cows come home, but bottom line is that spending is out of control. Perhaps the waterfront folks will unite and get a different allocation method in the next several years...then the rest of us are really in bad shape.
We can gripe about it on the forum or we can do something about it in our respective towns. I don't know about you guys, but the more I read the local papers lately all I see is regular townfolk coming out of the woodwork and questionning spending and local government action.
Meredith had something creative yesterday in the news re: a spending cap. I guess some other towns have this too from what I've read on these posts. I also know that Wolfeboro, Moultonboro and Gilford have citizen groups that are shining the flashlight around town and on spending, "secret" meetings, and the like. It looks like Sanbornton and Meredith are right on their heels. Get involved with your local folks and change what's going on. That's the problem. Town Meetings have minimal attendance, same with School.

Let's get out of our comfort zones and question things. That's what makes NH a great place. We can't have the Lakes Region turning into another southern NH mess. It certainly appears that way with the development going on. We don't NEED all this infrastructure. A few WANT it and the special interests vote them in. How about having the town live on a fixed budget for a few years and see what happens? Notice that this donor town/education funding thing isnt going away. Some towns are in for a nice little request from Concord in the very near future.

The more I see the more disgusted I get. This small charm thing gets pretty nasty when politics comes into play.

08-23-2007, 04:07 PM	#42
Long Island Baba Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 78 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Spending is out of control! All taxes are is an allocation of spending. Sure, we can argue about view tax and waterfront allocations till the cows come home, but bottom line is that spending is out of control. Perhaps the waterfront folks will unite and get a different allocation method in the next several years...then the rest of us are really in bad shape. We can gripe about it on the forum or we can do something about it in our respective towns. I don't know about you guys, but the more I read the local papers lately all I see is regular townfolk coming out of the woodwork and questionning spending and local government action. Meredith had something creative yesterday in the news re: a spending cap. I guess some other towns have this too from what I've read on these posts. I also know that Wolfeboro, Moultonboro and Gilford have citizen groups that are shining the flashlight around town and on spending, "secret" meetings, and the like. It looks like Sanbornton and Meredith are right on their heels. Get involved with your local folks and change what's going on. That's the problem. Town Meetings have minimal attendance, same with School. Let's get out of our comfort zones and question things. That's what makes NH a great place. We can't have the Lakes Region turning into another southern NH mess. It certainly appears that way with the development going on. We don't NEED all this infrastructure. A few WANT it and the special interests vote them in. How about having the town live on a fixed budget for a few years and see what happens? Notice that this donor town/education funding thing isnt going away. Some towns are in for a nice little request from Concord in the very near future. The more I see the more disgusted I get. This small charm thing gets pretty nasty when politics comes into play.