New Hampshire’s New Report Card

by Hon. Paul Mirski The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just released its 2009 “Rich States Poor States” report ranking the economic potential of all the states. New Hampshire, flying high in 2007, has received a flunking grade. In just two short...

We are being set up for an income tax

April 23, 2009 Union Leader Article by Ted Gatsas “Let’s look at the trial balloons. Currently, the state has an interest and dividends tax of 5 percent. The House has added to that a 5 percent tax on capital gains, an 8 percent death tax and a 10 percent...

Gatsas: Budget is trial balloon for back door income tax

by NH Senator Ted Gatsas Fosters Trial balloons for an income tax: Budget woes and our economic edge “Let’s examine the trial balloons. Currently the State of New Hampshire has an interest and dividends tax of 5 percent; the House has added to that a 5...

Tax and Spenders Resort to Name-Calling

For Immediate Release April 21, 2009 Media Contact: Mike Biundo, Chairman mbiundo@yourmeridian.com (603) 540-2572 NH State Democratic Chair and DNC Vice Chair Ray Buckley calls Tea Party attendees “unhinged mob that had lost their minds”. NHAC Chairman Michael Biundo...

State budget hearing draws a crowd in Laconia

April 15, 2009 Laconia Citizen “The session began with Jeff Pattison, the Legislative Budget Assistant who is also a Laconia resident, giving the crowd a capsulized view of the proposed $2.8 billion, two-year budget with a rundown of proposed cuts and tax...

Vanessa Sievers – Montana or NH resident?

Apparently people in Grafton County are not happy with their new, no-show, money-losing County Treasurer, 20-year old Vanessa Sievers. According to OpenSecrets.org a document dated 8/13/2008, Sievers contributed $216.00 to DNC Services Corp. citing her LEGAL address...