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CLINE: Chance To Cap Property Tax Growth Comes in November

This week, two separate justices rejected a last-ditch effort to keep a school district spending cap question off this November’s ballot.  Those dual orders clear the way for New Hampshire voters to decide this fall whether to cap the rate of growth of their local school district budgets, as well as the size of school … Read more

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COLQUHOUN: Ready for Another Big Increase in Property Taxes?

Nashua residents should be paying close attention as the city heads toward what could become an 8% property‑tax increase in 2027. Despite public assurances from Mayor Donchess that departments were instructed to hold budget growth to 3%, many divisions have submitted increases far beyond that limit, and the Board of Aldermen appears content to approve … Read more

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PODCAST FLASHBACK: So, about Those Property Taxes…

The Independents have the week off, so we’re jumping in the not do wayback machine to revisit a past episode of GrokTALK! on property taxes. A movement is rising to ban them, which is great, but what do we replace them with (and sadly, it can’t be nothing)? Originally publised on Oct 27, 2025 Speakers’ … Read more

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MACDONALD: Want a Refund On Your School Property Taxes?

New Hampshire’s public schools have problems. No matter how much money we pour into them, the results get worse. Money, therefore, mathematically, economically, academically, and scientifically, is not the answer. Money, practically speaking, leads to worse outcomes. This fact aligns two problems in a common solution. Schools are the reason why property taxes are so … Read more

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The Independents: How NH Property Taxes Really Work

Stop Panicking About Your Assessment This week on The Independents, with Caral Gericke, Property taxes in New Hampshire spark more panic than an unexpected October snowstorm—but most of it stems from misunderstanding how assessments actually work. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, … Read more

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GROKTALK!: Funding Schools with Property Taxes Is Unconstitutional

This week, Tom Murray from the Government Integrity Project joins me to explain why we are in a constitutional crisis in New Hampshire and what School Funding has to do with it. Note: Resolved a sketchy audio issue in the first two minutes. Sound is excellent after that. Speakers’ opinions are their own and may … Read more

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GrokTALK!: So, About Those Property Taxes…

This week on GrokTALK! It’s property taxes. A movement is rising to ban them, which is great, but what do we replace them with (and sadly, it can’t be nothing)? Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. Got Something to Say, … Read more

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UNDERWOOD: Schools – What Could be Fairer than This?

Andru Volinsky is asking people to think about what is fair in the context of raising money to pay for schools. Here’s the answer I gave him. We can think about that by considering the following story. One day, Pat and Chris came to do some shopping at Mr. Volinsky’s Grocery Store.  Each of them … Read more

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SMITH: Daniel Richard’s Remonstrance and Julius Soti’s CACR

SO, as to avoid rewriting a previous article, I will refer you to this link in case you haven’t already read it.  A few others and I RSVPed to Daniel Richard and met him in Concord to sign the paperwork he prepared for his school funding-related remonstrance.  Tom Murray, Nurse Terese, Dan Melvin, Deb Roux, Doris, and … Read more

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RICHARD: Remonstrance to Repeal NH’s Unconstitutional Education Property Tax

Please join me tomorrow when we (concerned citizens and taxpayers) file this Remonstrance with the General Court (the legislature) to restore parental choice in education, and repeal the unconstitutional property tax forced upon us by government to fund their indoctrination centers called public schools! Please PM me for time and location! https://x.com/DRichardNH https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053269301465 To the … Read more

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Is Pre-K Driving Up Property Taxes and Harming Kids?

It’s been asked a lot lately with budgetary challenges running up against a lack of tax capacity, and the backdrop of DOGE findings of government waste at the federal level, “Do our elected representatives ever go back and evaluate the programs they pass to see if they are working as promised?” Not really, no. And … Read more

Property Tax – A Tax on Money One MIGHT Receive

I’m sure you’ve all thought about property tax, especially when it comes time to pay them. But have you ever considered how they work? Aside from the fact that NH schools are funded by them – and you’d think that property taxes were the only funding, but they’re not. The Concord school system receives approximately … Read more

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A Pathetic Mea Culpa

On September 24, 2024, the Board of Alderman meeting opened a conversation regarding the new “surprise” assessments received by property owners that weekend. The Mayor explained that properties throughout the City had increased but had no hard data to support his numbers. Congratulating homeowners on their average 20% increases in their assessed values to highlight … Read more

Another Nashua Sandbagging

This past Saturday, property owners were taken aback by the unexpected arrival of letters announcing new 2024 statistical citywide assessments. The suddenness of this news, even catching our elected Alderman off guard, sparked a wave of surprise and concern that reverberated across social media for two days, with nearly 1000 posts. Why is this so … Read more

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Your House is My ATM

An interesting thing happened in Croydon on Saturday. At a special school district meeting, 377 people decided that the voters who attended the annual meeting in March hadn’t offered enough charity ($800,000) to parents of school-aged children, so they gathered to extort more (an extra $900,000) through the threat of force (give us the money, or we’ll take your house).

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New Hampshire Property Tax is the Highest in the Nation

New Hampshire property tax is highest in the nation. NH ranks 50th out of 50 states in terms of property tax burden. That is as measured in per $1,000 of personal income by ALEC’s Rich State Poor State2019. That, as they say, is an opportunity to improve.  As J. C. Watts, Jr wrote, “Death and … Read more

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