Common Sense For New Hampshire

As Belmar’s mosquito population celebrates the passing of Mike Marino, I would just like to offer my condolences to his family and friends.  His obit is here. Mike was a great guy, a great asset to Belmar and a lot of fun at the council meetings.  I will miss him. 

So our mayor was spotlighted in a story in yesterday’s Press as the flip side of Christie’s hardball stance with the unions.  Since Matt wants us all to “work together as a community” it will be interesting to see who ends up paying the coming 22% percent increase in pension payments and the 11% increase in the […]

You may recall that the main point I pounded on in last fall’s election and at the debate was that Trenton was Belmar’s biggest problem.  The harm being done to Belmar residents by Trenton’s taxes and mandates are far greater than anything our municipal government has or even could do to us.  I even opined for a Coast Star article thusly: […]

I’ve given up waiting for any of our council members to put their money where their mouths are and install solar panels on their own homes.  Although they feel switching to solar is important enough to force you and I to subsidize anyone in Belmar who wants to do it, they don’t think it’s important enough […]

And for federal workers it’s even lower. See the actual numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics here.