Regional Planning

EMail Doodlings – SB11 Part 2

May 17, 2013

During an email conversation, I was emailed the NH Association of Regional Planning Commissions broad legislative support document – what the local RPCs want the towns and NH Legislature to do.  Again, I looked at what SB11 was supposed to do, compared that to what SB11 will allow planners to do, and looked at the [ Read more ]

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When It Rains it Pours

May 7, 2013

As an after-thought to my post on SB 11 yesterday–which has stirred up some interest around the Grokosphere and well beyond–I went looking for some details about the environmentalist/regionalist motivations with regard to water and sewer.   It is a huge subject many parts of which we’ve touched on at the Grok already; you might say the socialist/central [ Read more ]

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SB-11 Everyone Votes Yea So Far…But Should We Say Nay?

May 6, 2013

A reader brought this to my attention.  SB-11.  It would allow for enhanced water districts via neighboring towns or municipalities to form intermunicipal water or sewer districts above and beyond (in addition to) existing ones, for the purpose of shared interests with regard to these utility services. A few problems that come to my attention immediately.   First, there is [ Read more ]

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Guest Post by NH State Rep. Jane Cormier – “ICLEI is ICKY!”

February 17, 2013

ICLEI is ICKY! Okay, if you haven’t heard anything about the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) also known as Agenda 21, then you may have been living in a cave. ICLEI is a United Nations sponsored organization (that should tell us something right there) which helps promote “sustainability, climate protection, and clean energy [ Read more ]

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