[upthesaukee]

Mr. Bahre is the largest taxpayer in the town of Alton, so the town has much for which to be thankful. He is also being instrumental in bring about already mentioned Hannaford with pharmacy and the Meridith bank. (Sidebar: Site work has started over the last week or so, with the access road to be about half way from the circle to Gemini Century 21.

The Clay point property is somewhere between gawdy and a marvel, depending on how I am feeling on any given day. I am noticing the property is greening in considerably and while I don't think it will ever "screen" the property from the lake, it is making it perhaps a little less obtrusive.

Another sidebar: the article in the citizen about the Laconia Airport mentioned that the rental car place at the airport rented something like 145 cars on Race weekend. At $40 to $80 or more per vehicle per day, that's just for the vehicles, and then there was gas bought, and there was food and lodging, and there was the State Liquor Store, and there was...

As with a lot of the conversations about McMansions, with these properties, besides the obvious tax benefit, there are a lot of entertaining, and corresponding spending of money. And any business people in the area have an appreciation for what they spend.

So, thanks Mr. Bahre for all you do in the area, and I guess I can look the other way once in a while.

Oh yeah, and about everytime someone brings up trying to find property for a new town beach, someone else will bring up "Well, you had your chance with Camp Alton and blew it".