Gambling in the lakes region?

[Woodsy]

FLL...

Your kidding right? Your "reasonable right to vote" is not being served??? How so? The town schedules an annual town meeting... (its called an annual town meeting because its held every year at approximately ther same time, posted in the newspapers etc, so EVERY taxpaying resident should be well aware of where & when the meeting is to take place). The residents of the town show up, discuss and vote on all sorts of appropriations. This discussion of opinions takes time, so the annual budget town meetings tend to run long! Especially if there are lots of differing opinions on how to properly appropriate the towns money!

You as a NH citizen and a Meredith resident have the RIGHT to vote! There is no gray area here. "The Few" spending the money of "The Many"? Perhaps if "The Many" cared they would have been there to vote! The "Out Of State" homeowners can voice thier opinion at a town meeting.... even if they cannot legally vote! If someone chooses not participate in the process (for whatever reason, the vote was too late at night, etc etc) it is not an excuse and essentially removes thier opinion/vote from consideration.

Participation is the key... if you didnt want to spend the money on all of these big $$ appropriations, then you should have been more involved in the process.

Woodsy

[LakeSnake]

If you build it they will come.

Then what is left of what NH used to be, will be soon deminished even more.

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by LakeSnake

If you build it they will come.

Then what is left of what NH used to be, will be soon deminished even more.

Actually, they may not- the casino industry is in disarray rght now. Quite frankly, I think the worst way to balance a budget is off the backs of those that can least afford it. I have done quite a few projects at Foxwoods, I am there early AM usually. The vehicles in the parking lot at that time are generally held together with duct tape and bailing wire.

Between those silly scratch tickets and numbers games, I think NH has enough state sponsored gambling.

[M/V_Bear_II]

Originally Posted by Woodsy

Participation is the key... if you didnt want to spend the money on all of these big $$ appropriations, then you should have been more involved in the process.

As long as you're there, there's no rule that says you have to pay attention to the debate. Go and take a nap until vote time. If you're a light enough sleeper, the commotion of voting procedures should awaken you. If you snore, though, you may be asked to leave because you'd be disrupting the proceedings. Plus, the moderator might get jealous

I will say, however, that it is ridiculous that second-home taxpayers are not allowed to vote on how the town expends their taxes (though it's mighty big of the town to allow them to come and protest). Some "second home" owners spend nearly 6 months of every year in Meredith, and have no say over the services they receive. My grandparents actually spend more time in Meredith than anyplace else (because they travel often during the winter, though MA remains the primary residence) and have for nearly 20 years (they've been property owners for nearly 40, but are more recently retired). They don't seem to mind not being able to vote (at least, they don't carp on it), but I think it's a flaw in the system.