Just, take a look at the Center Harbor town offices/police/fire/library as an example of public service buildings that do not break the property tax payer's back.
I hardly think that's a fair comparison considering the size of the town (both population-wise and square mileage-wise) that has to be serviced by said buildings. Isn't there only about a dollar per thousand difference between Meredith and Center Harbor's 2007 tax rates, anyway? You're certainly getting more for your money in Meredith - Center Harbor's 'community center' has been waiting for a dose of lightning or a bulldozer on a rampage for years now. The vast majority of it's residents and those of M'Boro and Sandwich that go by it on a daily basis eagerly await the same
