Property Taxes Archives

If Andru Volinsky wants to Cut Property Taxes, He Should Become a School Superintendent

by Ed Naile / 17 August 2020 17 August 2020

Andru Volinsky, a candidate for governor of New Hampshire, has a problem understanding how property taxes are paid in the Granite State. He has lived here long enough to know that property taxes are paid at the local level and we have had, for several hundred years, Town Meetings where annual budgets are voted on …

If Andru Volinsky wants to Cut Property Taxes, He Should Become a School Superintendent Read More »

Concord Monitor staff member doesn’t understand why Property Taxes keep rising. DumbA$$

by Skip / 7 August 2020 7 August 2020

What a maroon – but hey, he works for Pravda on the Merrimack so you almost can swear right this instant on what his world view is on this issue. He’s got the normal Progressive “chip on his shoulder” about taxation and it’s always that somebody else has to pay for me.”

Nashua Assessors office - Image Credit Nashua Telegraph

Nashua: A City without Leadership

by Laurie Ortolano / 24 July 2020 24 July 2020

Most residents do not understand how much money it is costing us when the City of Nashua retains assessors who do not care about the quality of their work. The result is literally tens of thousands of our tax dollars being erroneously and irresponsibly given away.

Shouldn’t we Get a Tax Refund for Schools Being Closed?

by Tim Carter / 23 July 2020 23 July 2020

Have you reached out to your town tax collector in the past month for a partial refund of your real estate taxes? Actually, have you ever looked at your itemized real estate tax bill to see how much of it goes to funding your local schools? It’s a huge portion of your taxes, trust me.

So Selfish Socialist Andru Volinsky believes Gov. Sununu is responsible for high Property Taxes?

by Skip / 25 June 2020 25 June 2020

I guess you could call this “No-Fault Civics”. You would think that someone who is seeking the highest elected office in NH would understand the idea that local Property Taxes are the result of spending at the local levels that are confirmed NOT by any Governor but by the local taxpayers.

Are Public School Teachers Giving Up on a Normal School Year for 2020-2021 (And is that Bad?)

by Steve MacDonald / 27 May 2020 27 May 2020

File this under people send me stuff. A teacher who shall remain anonymous (no relation to me in case you are curious) shared some observations from several teachers’ groups with which they are a member. Summary: people are ALREADY giving up on a typical school year next year.

Nashua Public Health: ‘Yes’ to masks. ‘No’ to ice cream.

by Beth Scaer / 18 May 2020 18 May 2020

Mayor Jim Donchess and some Nashua aldermen have expressed a desire to mandate the wearing of masks in Nashua businesses, on penalty of a fine, to slow the spread of COVID-19.

NHBR Bemoans NH’s High Property Taxes but Ignores What That Means for Total Tax Burden

by Steve MacDonald / 27 February 2020 27 February 2020

When the New Hampshire media reports on our state’s reliance on property taxes you always hear how they are “some of the highest in the nation.” It’s true. Why don’t these same media outlets note, in the same breath, that this might be why our total tax burden is one of the lowest in the …

NHBR Bemoans NH’s High Property Taxes but Ignores What That Means for Total Tax Burden Read More »

City of Nashua Mishandled Abatements

by Laurie Ortolano / 28 January 2020 28 January 2020

After the KRT Appraisal assessment update in 2018, almost 400 abatements were filed with the City.The City was unable to handle the workload, so they hired KRT Appraisal to review 52 of the residential abatement requests.

Tales from the BudComm – the (Last-1) post

by Skip / 17 January 2020 17 January 2020

Last night was the Public Hearing for both the Town and the School District; about 100 people showed up with the majority of them being employees of both + elected officials from both. Thus, other than a few self-interested members of the public, most were self-interested from a special interest group perspective. Pretty much everything …

Tales from the BudComm – the (Last-1) post Read More »