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Tales from the BudComm – The “two bites at the apple” edition

Last night, again, was the public hearing for the Town and School District; my previous post covered the discussion of getting the Budget Committee to endorse siphoning off peoples’ tax monies to “charities” that live off government tax monies (else they’d go belly up). This was is about the School Board trying to have their …

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Tales from the BudComm – about that $100,000?

For you folks out there on BudComms how many of the departments, Municipal or School District, have revolving funds? Yeah, a bit wonkier than my normal Tales from the Budcomm (TftBC) posts but this is important.  What’s a revolving fund and why am I writing about it?

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Tales from the BudComm – Progressives hating on NH’s history of volunteerism

It must be nice to think that other peoples monies is yours to spend. I don’t. The budget season has just left the starting gate for this year and this past Thursday was the first “get stuff done” (as opposed to organizational stuff).  Thus, time for budget sub-committees to start bringing the results of their …

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Tales from the BudComm: where either the Selectmen or the Town Administrator aren’t hep with a Free Marketplace

“Actually, the town has MADE it their issue.“ Tonite was the organizational meeting for the Budget Committee – and the last year of my last term per my promise to TMEW (The Most Esteemed Wife).  Pretty much a time to quickly review the minutes of the last meeting, vote for Chair and Vice-Chair, and sign …

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