Feb 22, 2019 | COMMUTER RAIL, LEGISLATION, UPDATES
A study to see the viability of bringing commuter rail from Boston to Concord passed the NH Senate along partisan lines (14-10). Reasons to oppose this taxpayer boondoggle: – Many train systems are deeply in debt because they do not have the ridership they...
Feb 15, 2019 | APARTMENTS, UPDATES
Once again, developers proposing a massive high-density apartment complex in the middle of Bedford and their minions continue whining before town boards and in the newspapers about “workforce housing” (WFH). This we suspect, is a ploy to garner sympathy...
Feb 15, 2019 | LEGISLATION, UPDATES
Very often things that are done at the state level affect your town governance. We will be posting regular updates on how your Bedford Reps are voting… Here is a list of those Representatives from District 7 Bedford and floterial District 41 – Amherst/Bedford:...
Feb 14, 2019 | TOWN MEETING MARCH 12-2019, UPDATES
We had a good chuckle over this. This article left the “tax and spend” crowd are wondering if we wrote it… may no mistake, we could very well have! But, we’re not saying. “Taxes are best controlled locally. The taxpayers of Bedford need...
Feb 13, 2019 | TOWN MEETING MARCH 12-2019, UPDATES
In an open letter to Bedford, New Hampshire’s 2019 Town Council candidates David L. Gilbert, William Carter, Denise Ricciardi, and Bryan Lord, resident Kevin Gagne asks: Dear Candidates, In August 2018 I spoke critically of the proposed Bow Lane development...
Feb 10, 2019 | APARTMENTS, UPDATES
“The LIHTC is inefficient and bureaucratic. It breeds corruption in local governments and crowds out market-based housing. But by chanting “low income” and “affordable housing,” special-interest groups have distracted attention from the large LIHTC subsidies...
