Town Government

by Ed Naile
Wonder what is going on in the notorious town of Windsor?
Remember that pilonidal municipal cyst created by surveyor mistakes when New Hampshire was created back in the 1700’s – they are still one big mistake after another.
At this year’s Town Meeting the Selectmen had an acolyte read a prepared statement changing the rules [...]

People are encouraged to attend a “Meet the Candidates Night”, on Sunday Feb 21st at 6:30 PM at the Lion’s Club in Moultonborough NH.
Some subjects to consider:
Milfoil is an invasive plant that grows in water affecting its quality. We must not let this affect our economy negatively with regard to tourism, jobs, restaurants, or small [...]

by Moultonborough Speaks
In 2008, a town appointed Recreation Strategic Planning Team (RSPT) came up with a plan to build a $10M recreation complex. At town meeting in March 2008, $375K to fund engineering and phasing for the construction was voted down by nearly a two to one margin.
The Master Plan for the town of [...]

WCAX
New Hampshire State Police officers are investigating what are being called accounting discrepancies of building and code enforcement fees by town employees in Alton.
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Please see this PDF file for Goffstown’s open positions for town offices.

Town and School - 2010 Filing Period - January 20-January 29, 2010
All candidates shall file at the Bedford Town Office Building
Positions open:
School
One School Board Member (three-year term)
School District Treasurer (three-year term)
School District Clerk (three-year term)
School Moderator (three year term)
Town
Two Town Council positions (three year term)
Town Moderator (two year term)
One Supervisor of the Checklist (six [...]

FILING PERIOD BEGINS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010 AND ENDS FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2010 FROM 3:00 UNTIL 5:00 PM FOR FILING FOR OFFICE ONLY. NO OTHER BUSINESS WILL BE TRANSACTED DURING THAT TIME.
SELECTMAN – THREE YEAR TERM - VOTE FOR TWO
KENNETH BERTHIAUME - TERM ENDS 2010
GUSTAVE (GUS) RUTH - TERM ENDS 2010
MODERATOR TWO YEAR TERM [...]

December 17, 2009
by Ed Naile
The Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers has waited a long time for this. Check out some recent Google headlines:
Local Government Center turns over documents to NH
WCAX - ‎16 hours ago‎
AP - December 16, 2009 5:05 PM ET CONCORD, NH (AP) - The Local Government Center has turned over documents that New [...]

December 17, 2009
by Ed Naile
Keep track of your cell phone, count his emails, look for steam marks on your sealed bids, check regularly for secret employment contracts - Sh..ty Manager Paul Beecher finally landed new gig!
And the winner is…South Hadley Massachusetts!!!
We will be having a contest much as the ice-out raffles they hold on frozen [...]

December 2, 2009
by Ed Naile
They read the same papers, shop at the same stores, have many of the same friends, and some are even related.
So why did the Antrim Selectmen and various town administrators think they were going to be able to get away with hiding a deficit and unpaid municipal debt in 2009 equal [...]

by Ed Naile, Chair
I went to Antrim’s Selectman Meeting last night, November 23. Antrim is the town of 2,600 making news for finally admitting it has a huge deficit going back at least to 2006. Between the deficit and money owed for 2009 the total is almost the same as an entire year’s budget, around [...]

September 25, 2009
Union Leader
BARNSTEAD – Heidi Murphy, 47, of Center Barnstead, has been indicted on eight counts of theft for allegedly stealing property tax payments.
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August 7, 2009
Union Leader
WINDSOR – State police carted off boxes of records from Windsor Town Hall yesterday morning at the request of the Attorney General’s Office.
Jane Young, chief of the Criminal Bureau, said the troopers were executing a search warrant obtained by the Attorney General’s Office to collect evidence in an ongoing investigation into accounting [...]

About a year ago, residents who live on Ohio Street in Milton came to CNHT with a unique problem over which they eventually prevailed thanks to the research and assistance of the Coalition of NH Taxpayers.
They found themselves in a dispute with town government over whether their road was the town’s responsibility for plowing and [...]

July 29, 2009
by Ed Naile
Well it appears the Windsor NH Selectmen and what is left of the Tax Collector’s Office have been audited into the proverbial corner – a nasty little corner ending in two cliffs.
The attempt to have a local gal (consultant) “audit” one year of the town books after citizens, with a little [...]