by Christopher Maidment
Unlike most other towns, Peterborough doesn’t hold their annual town meeting until May. That means that we are currently in the thick of local politicking season, and things are starting to heat up!
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Another NH Democrat Violates DoD Rules
Another New Hampshire Democrat running for public office, this time for Governor, has violated Department of Defense Rules. Bill Kennedy, one of three Democrats running in the party primary for New Hampshire Governor, is in clear violation of DoD directive NUMBER 1344.10
An entire page of his campaign web site includes details of his military service (for which we thank him), with pictures, in uniform. There is no required disclaimer.
This put’s Mr. Kennedy in the company of Democrat William Connery, who was also in violation of the same rule. Connery eventually removed the image from his Facebook Campaign page.
It’s A NH Democrat Bill Kennedy Kind Of Morning…This Time It’s About Tax Burden
Bill is probably a great guy, and I’m sure he never meant to violate Department of Defense regulations by posting images of himself in uniform on a campaign web site. But that’s not the only thing that caught my eye while I was there. Bill is also guilty of lying by omission.
You see, while claiming to be something of a centrist, he still suffers from the same illness as the majority of Democrats in New Hampshire when it comes to talking about taxes and tax burden. On the same page in which he violated DoD regulation 1344.10, he also engaged in partisan hackery when he says…
“NH is ranked 2nd or 4th worst (depending on whose statistics you use) for property tax burden.”
By using the word tax BURDEN, we are meant to presume a horrible thing but every tax is part of that burden. If we are going to have an honest discussion about tax burden, shouldn’t we talk about total tax burden? And why, despite Bill’s sound bite-which is accurate by the way– New Hampshire still has one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the nation?