Common Sense For New Hampshire

Wednesday evening the SID withdrew it’s proposed $176,000 budget, thus avoiding an embarrassing rejection by the council.  Apparently even the Democrats couldn’t go along with a 30% increase over last year’s $135,000 budget.  I thought it was kind of crappy to drag all those interested people to the meeting, many of them having prepared to speak, and then cop out of having a hearing and a vote.

I wish they would just drop the whole thing already.  It was a bad idea from the start and it’s done nothing to improve the business climate in town.  Maybe they can save face by saying that due to the hurricane the town’s businesses need to direct their financial resources elsewhere.  It certainly would be the truth.

The issue of declaring the entire town in need of rehabilitation was answered to my satisfaction although several residents remained highly suspicious.  The mayor explained that in order to get 5 year tax abatements on improvements for folks who want to improve their houses while repairing the storm damage, they had to use this law to get the idea past our state overlords (my term, not his.)  Actually, I believe it is not so much this town, but it’s government that is in need of rehabilitation.

Anyway Matt stated unequivocally that this has nothing to do with eminent domain or anything like that.  I wish the sate would just butt out of our affairs so we wouldn’t have to do things like this.

And the $4 million bond to repair our non-profit marina will be paid mostly by our sugar-daddies at FEMA.  So yipee!  Spend away!