Linda Garrish Thomas: Tax and Spending Caps are Anti-Community

From the Union Leader… Tax caps are bad for building healthy communities. They are shortsighted attempts to stifle government spending regardless of purpose. They set arbitrary limits on community spending without addressing community need. Without a doubt, a...

Tax Cap Suit Looms as Vote Delayed Until 2009

from the Union Leader… MANCHESTER – The New Hampshire Advantage Coalition is taking the city to court over last week’s vote to keep a proposed spending cap off the November ballot. A petition filed yesterday afternoon in Hillsborough County Superior Court...

Another Crack at Tax Cap

from the Union Leader… MANCHESTER – In the wake of a vote by Manchester aldermen to deny a proposed tax-cap amendment a place on the November general-election ballot, cap supporters say they will seek an injunction in Hillsborough County North Superior Court...

Board Says No to Tax Cap Vote

From the Union Leader… Manchester – The proposed city tax cap amendment will not be on the November ballot after a stalemate at City Hall ended at midnight and eliminated that possibility. “It’s disappointing the largest city in the state, this body...

Tax Cap Backers (NHAC) Prepare Legal Action

From the Concord Monitor… If the Concord City Council does not reverse its decision to keep a proposed tax cap off the November ballot, the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition will file an injunction Friday, group leaders said yesterday. “We feel (the...

Manchester’s Taxpayers Have Been Betrayed

Keith Murphy in the Union Leader… Manchester’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen took a page out of the Politburo’s book Tuesday night in an outrageous and blatant example of abuse of power so audacious and breathtaking it left the audience gasping. In so...