| Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews  08-20-2008, 02:07 PM | 
	
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				 Sunday Lunch 
 Try T Bones Their Weekend Brunch is both reasonable and very nice.:)
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	| Forum: General Discussion  01-12-2008, 06:05 PM | 
	
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				 Just the facts jack 
 One more plus for changing residence to FL is the fact that I could get a homestead exemption on my property taxes.  As many now have pointed out,an income tax in NH would drive many high earners to...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  01-10-2008, 11:54 PM | 
	
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				 Its not the taxes, its the spending 
 Great discussion of property taxes and income taxes, so let me add my 3 cents.
 
 Most, in some towns arround the lake, 80 percent of the real estate is owned by seasonal residents who would not pay...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  12-26-2007, 02:18 PM | 
	
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				 SB 2 and Gilford 
 I am a long time Gilfrod resident >25 years, and support the SB2 method of managing spending by plebisite.  Before SB 2, the town meetings were dominated by special interest groups (supporters of...
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	| Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews  12-17-2007, 07:46 PM | 
	
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				 Willows reincarnated 
 Surprise the Willows crew has just opened in the 1875 tavern fromerly run by Johanne Oliver in Tilton.  We had a sunday brunch and it was identical to the one from the place in Weirs, including the...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  11-27-2007, 10:59 AM | 
	
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				 Just a few sticks on the tax bonfire. 
 I have had a house in Gilford for over 25 years.  When I first moved here, it was from NY state and it was like getting a 20% raise, with not paying sales tax or income tax.  Today we are faced with...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  11-06-2007, 04:09 PM | 
	
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				 Ames Farm 
 I would have really like to see the town buy or make some arrangements with the Ames family, similar to the ones made with other farm owners in GIlford.  The farm would be the last major piece of...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  11-02-2007, 04:51 AM | 
	
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				 NHIS Being Sold 
 Let there be no doubt the sale of NHIS is all about taking away one of the races.  The new 1.5 mile cookie cutter tracks have seating capacity much larger (20/30%) than NHIS.  My back of the envelope...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  09-19-2007, 07:29 AM | 
	
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				 Press One 
 Not at the Miami Airport, where all announcments are first made in the Majority Language then English.
 
 We should not allow any other language or signs or whatever in anything but english.  My...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  09-08-2007, 04:06 AM | 
	
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				 A theory on taxes 
 One of the reasons we need to be villigant about taxes (state) in NH is that our system of state legislators who work little time and are hardly paid.  Just imagine if there was a huge pool of money,...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  08-30-2007, 02:19 PM | 
	
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				 School funding and preformance 
 There have been numerous research projects which have studied the relationship between spending per pupil and student performance.  They all agree, spending more does not result in highter levels of...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  08-27-2007, 08:29 AM | 
	
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				 It was a dining car attached to a resturant 
 Back in 79/80 I remember that there was a resturant in this area, that had a dining car attached. The resturant (it may have been called the Station) either closed or burned down, I am not sure.
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	| Forum: General Discussion  08-27-2007, 08:22 AM | 
	
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				 Taxes Paid to another state 
 One of the great mysteries that will unfold if NH passes an Income Tax is the tax credit for taxes paid to another state.  There appear to be several alternatives in play.
 
 1- On your NH income tax...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  08-20-2007, 09:58 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: General Discussion  07-26-2007, 05:31 PM | 
	
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				 Prices and Bargans 
 From what I see in my area, Gilford, Lake front or near accesss properties are stagnent.  However a very important detail is that most, if not almost all of these properties are second homes.  As...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  07-12-2007, 01:57 PM | 
	
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				 Paying for the infrastructure 
 It is difficult for towns to cover the costs of infrastructure: school buildings, municipal water, sewerage systems et al using property taxes.  Some of the areas that I have property in have...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  07-10-2007, 09:13 AM | 
	
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				 Income Tax 
 I agree with FLA, why dont we duck the political issue :eek: and let the State Supreme Court do the dirty deed ++++++++++++++++++ install a state income tax to support the adequate eduction gambit. I...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  07-07-2007, 09:29 AM | 
	
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				 Taxes go down? 
 I noticed this the last time property values declined in the region, the assessors were very (3 years) slow in dropping the assessments whereas they are quick (each year) to up the assessments if a...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  07-06-2007, 08:55 AM | 
	
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				 Wine'ing Butcher 
 Another Kudos for the small shop in Gilford.  We have ordered custom cuts (Roasts) for holiday meals and they were superb. They are very careful to provide not only the highest quality meat, but also...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  06-23-2007, 05:49 PM | 
	
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				 Free Lunch 
 My wife redeems cans a couple of times a year when she visits my daughter in Marina Bay.  Her story is once you fight off the street people at the redemption manchines to get your nickel, she gets...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  06-23-2007, 09:24 AM | 
	
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				 Road side trash pick up 
 There must be some sort of program in Gilford, as several times a year, I see two elderly women picking up trash in blue bags along route 11.  The bags are then picked up by either the state or...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  06-18-2007, 11:44 AM | 
	
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				 Circle/Roundabout whatever it is. 
 Interesting dialogue as I am in Middletown WI this week, and low and behold I came upon an identical (to the Meridith) structure.  But the big difference is that the size of the circle is 1.5-2X the...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  06-12-2007, 10:55 AM | 
	
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				 Cycles, the lake, und Zoll 
 I have lived on/near the lake for 25+ years, and yes there was one cycle where real estate values dropped -- early 90's when selling prices were 20% lower than prices in the late 80's.  But we should...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  06-01-2007, 02:26 PM | 
	
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				 Moose hunting 
 Two years ago I had a yearling standing in my driveway in Gilford, his mama done run him off.  The places I have seen Moose around the lake are on Rt 25 in the swampy fields between Moultonborough...
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	| Forum: General Discussion  05-29-2007, 09:22 AM | 
	
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				 How sweet Rt 1 used to be 
 I can only grin when I think of my many trips to work down Rt 1 in Mass, rotary after rotary.  Don't look left or right, don't make eye contact, possesion is 9/10 ths of the law, jump in let them...
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