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Originally Posted by lawn psycho
I think this is a good example of not relying on sales and income taxes in NH.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articl...NION-912270313
Portsmouth actually has 5 city councilors who are holding the line with spending and actually looking to CUT spending. Imagine that!
I also agree that hefty pensions after only 20 years need to go. I know a retired police officer who worked a ton of overtime his last 5 years of working and his pension is based on his gross earnings for those last five years, not base salary. This is a lakes regions PD. Now he works traffic control details at contruction sites and gets to "rent" the police car for something like $20/day from his department so he can make $40/hr. I can't fault him for using the system, but this is the kind of stuff that needs to stop.
The reality is this is occuring in many towns and cities in NH so it's not just a Portsmouth problem.... |
I agree. Local real estate taxes are exploding and nothing is being done to force the tough choices on local governments that are being forced on the private sector. Case in point. Tuftonboro NH. My property taxes surged 13% this year. What do we get from local government in the way of services? Basically nothing. My local association pays to pave and maintain its roads, including plowing. We pay a private company to supply our water and there is no town sewerage and there is no trash pick-up. Yes, the town supplies police and fire protection and education but that is the extent of the "services". I read in the paper last week that the town manager couldn't bring himself to support having town employees pay even a $1.00 a year of their own health insurance. This is beyond frustrating!