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Nashua Performing Arts Center

Mr. Mayor, Return our Stolen Property

by Laurie Ortolano

We had property stolen from us in Nashua. It was a property we paid for with our tax dollars, which belonged to us. It was public property, where the money going in and out of it was to be accountable to citizens.  We purchased the property in 2018 for just over $2 million. The Mayor … Read more

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Nashua’s Performing Arts Center and the New Market Tax Credit Scheme

by Laurie Ortolano

New Hampshire’s Mascoma Bank is the hub for distributing the Federal Government’s New Market Tax Credit money, designed to provide investor tax credits for projects developed in low-income neighborhoods that improve the economic conditions of those living in hardship. Typical project developments include food, health, and education businesses. Mascoma Bank allocated NMTC funding for Nashua’s … Read more

An Artsy Donchess Dodge

by Laura Colquhoun

Mayor Donchess has no interest in providing fact-based answers to citizens. He is all too comfortable misrepresenting information to the public, particularly when questioned. In the first Mayoral Debate last year against Mike Soucy, when questioned about the $7,108,850 Loan the City gave to NPAC Corp., a private corporation, the Mayor stated that no loan … Read more

Taxpayers Left in the Dark on Performing Arts Funds

by Laurie Ortolano

The urgency for transparency in using Nashua taxpayers’ hard-earned money is not just important; it’s paramount. As a state that prides itself on transparency, New Hampshire citizens should demand openness and accountability, particularly for publicly funded discretionary projects.

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Money down the toilet

Night Cap: No One is Looking Out for the Nashua Taxpayers

by Laura Colquhoun

On November 5, 2020, Mr. Cummings, Administrator Director for the City of Nashua, signed a contract with the Consultant Services Commercial LLC in reference to the Performing Arts Center construction.

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Nashua Performing Arts Center – Cost overruns?

by Laura Colquhoun

Nashua residents did not realize how they were going to be taken to the cleaners on this Performing Arts Center. Aldermen Dowd stated in 2017 that he did not care how much it cost but that he wanted the PAC no matter what.  Well, this administration has really given it to the Nashua taxpayers. First, … Read more

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