HUB status in Moultonborough

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Based on bonding, probably increase the tax rate by 50 cents to $1...
that would still place Moultonborough in the bottom half of tax rates for the State.

I think the average tax rate is somewhere around $20/$21.

Not suggesting that the HUB is a reasonable expenditure; just that the low tax rate would still be a valid statement.

$1 isn't a huge sum, of course, but it would be something like a 14% increase on its own.

My biggest concern is that I just don't see it being useful to enough people. There are only two or three very small gyms in the area and what courts we have nearby are never busy.

I just don't see a need for meeting space and pools in such a small, seasonal town.

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[tis]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

$1 isn't a huge sum, of course, but it would be something like a 14% increase on its own.

My biggest concern is that I just don't see it being useful to enough people. There are only two or three very small gyms in the area and what courts we have nearby are never busy.

I just don't see a need for meeting space and pools in such a small, seasonal town.

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And when these towns want to push the passage of something, they always say it will only cost .05 a thousand or .10 a thousand. But you take 400 thousand or for lake front a million and add a lot of other pet projects that only add a nickel or a dime or a dollar per thousand and it adds up.

[longislander]

NH tax rates
See "total rate".

https://www.revenue.nh.gov/mun-prop/...-tax-rates.pdf

[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by tis

And when these towns want to push the passage of something, they always say it will only cost .05 a thousand or .10 a thousand. But you take 400 thousand or for lake front a million and add a lot of other pet projects that only add a nickel or a dime or a dollar per thousand and it adds up.

To FS's point, how many of the voting residents have million dollar lake homes?

The appeal from either side needs to be toward the voting center. They will be the ones that actually make such a decision.
In any of the voting districts, those are the people that actually set the policy and spending for the future.

So the $400K home owner that votes, may not want to spend $200 to $400 per year for something they feel they will never use.

Its all about appealing to the voters.

[ITD]

The problem with stuff like this is once that door is opened the flood gates are loosed. Give them an inch....

[John Mercier]

These things are inevitable as you move to a bedroom community.

[Descant]

Posted earlier in this thread was that the NH average cost per public school student is $18000 and that Moultonborough spends $30,000. If those numbers are correct, then Moultonborough voters are not at all afraid of being big spenders. You just have to whine a little and say "It's for the children" and you get your votes.