Reining in local spending

lawn psycho · 12-27-2009, 08:21 AM

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....

12-27-2009, 08:21 AM	#1
lawn psycho Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: On the move... Posts: 987 Thanks: 113 Thanked 248 Times in 133 Posts	Reining in local spending 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....