[greeleyhill]

It's nice to have such a large roster of planning board members but how many of these folks actually attend meetings regularly and how many of these folks are actually unbiased on the issue and really in touch with the actual issues - is there an attendance record we could take a look at? This "team" is deciding the long term economic benefit of the city? If so - they are very short sighted and ignorant of the facts surrounding the issue. I have yet to see any DATA supporting that housing stock is being bought up by "absentee" owners (which implies owners who don't care about their property and are only in it for the buck...which is BS) and that is what is driving up home prices. OMG - take a look around you - do you live in a bubble? That's a joke and these board members are making decisions based on what - their gut feeling. Please share the data - someone. Short term rentals into the state are bringing millions of dollars to the economy. We are a tourism state - liek it or not. Shutting it down is detrimental to the local economy - if you disagree with that then you need to come out from under the rock you live under. It's no wonder Laconia is headed into the downward spiral of despair that it is. So disappointing...