Ricciardi agreed, saying she supports local control for communities rather than more mandates from the state.
Read more – Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
]]>“Setting aside the PFAS situation, Magazine Street doesn’t use their wells. Our wells were contaminated years ago — I’ve lived in my house since 1997 — because of the salt from the salt shed and it doesn’t go away,” Ricciardi said.
“If you go forward with this project and you don’t use public water and you put wells, you’ve just wasted an awful lot of money and nobody is going to buy a house with a contaminated well,” Ricciardi said.
Read more… UNION LEADER
]]>The idea, titled the “3-3 Tax Savings Plan,” would institute a 3% income tax for all residents and a $3 tax per $1,000 of equalized property value for all homeowners.
]]>This means that your $800,000 home in a single family zone can be next door to a Yurt. Or a shed. Or a duplex.
]]>Rep. Len Turcotte, who has been fighting to preserve local control, was not allowed to give a floor speech in the House on this bill.
Rep Turcotte reports “There are three new building structures being proposed to be at first permitted, later mandated, onto every residential lot in our state. Tiny homes, Tiny Homes on Wheels (also know as trailers or mobile homes) and Yurts. YURTS!”
We only have to look at what has happened to several RSAs regarding zoning over the past couple of years as special interest groups and the few anti-zoning zealots “unbundle zoning regulations” on their way to their promised land of no zoning at all in NH. We had parking requirements for projects reduced three times. We had ever-expanding ADU mandates that started with the word “may” and are now “shall by right” while expanding quantities on residential lots. And lastly, an amendment to this current legislation, that contained “shall”, was reverted to “may”.
Write to the Senate Commerce Committee to vote ITL: Daniel.Innis@gc.nh.gov, Denise.Ricciardi@gc.nh.gov, Keith.Murphy@gc.nh.gov, Donovan.Fenton@gc.nh.gov, Tara.Reardon@gc.nh.gov, Regina.Birdsell@gc.nh.gov, aaron.jones@gc.nh.gov
]]>To the Editor:
Now that many towns have had their March meetings, I am seeing posts from shocked taxpayers who wonder how anyone could have voted away their right to live in a single-family zoned neighborhood?
Well, that is interesting because we in Bedford along with 18 or so other towns have been warning you about this for the past 3 years.
Those items on your ballot were merely your town letting you know they will comply with state laws, laws which allow developers to be ‘in business’ with the state, sometimes getting 9 years of tax-free status for ugly apartment buildings, thus shifting the burden to you, the owner of the single family home.
Some misguided Republicans have continued to file bills that allow apartment buildings and ADUs on land that never should support them, under the guise of ‘property rights’, meanwhile stealing the right of 70% of you to live in the neighborhood where you thought you’d have single family status forever.
This push for ‘equality’ has roots in UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda which posits that no person should be relegated to housing based on their economic status. Translation: the home you saved and worked for all your life, situated in a neighborhood of similar homes, should not be off limits to the ‘poor’.
We tried to warn you for the past 3 years. Enjoy your higher taxes and the robbing of your property rights.
]]>We are generally happy with the results but here are a few thoughts.
We don’t understand why zoning is even on the ballot when the STATE has MANDATED certain conditions with which ALL towns in NH MUST comply. Basically, even after we fought these bills in Concord with all our might, the state legislature has taken away your ability to vote on your own zoning rules, which should be unique to each town or city rather than the one-size-fits-all approach. What is the remedy for this situation? When questioning candidates running for a position as State Representative in 2026, no matter their party affiliation, ask them if they will pledge to help REPEAL these damaging laws, and that if not, you WILL NOT VOTE FOR THEM.
We felt the school budget was out of touch so we are happy it failed. Our founder is a retired school teacher who spent 35 years in the public system and understands how these excesses happen. In Bedford, our High School buys and uses a program from the United Nations whose educational goals have more to do with political goals than academic goals. This program could and should be eliminated.
We are pleased that by 3-1 residents felt GAMBLING was inappropriate for Bedford and voted YES to PROHIBIT. Likewise we are happy that now, two families with homes built in 2018 located in the historic district have found relief. This will not affect the homes that are actually ‘historic’ properties.
As always you can find the updated contact lists for local, state and federal officials on our CONTACTS PAGE. Please do not hesitate to use them!
And thank you for helping us keep Bedford the absolute nicest place to live in New Hampshire!
]]>he House voted 185 to 166 to repeal the Housing Champions program, which awarded $5 million in grants in over the last two years to 11 towns and cities in exchange for removing barriers to housing development. The Senate must also vote to repeal the program, and the governor must sign the bill, for it to become official.
State Rep. Joe Alexander, R-Goffstown, who helped create the program, Thursday urged House members to vote to repeal it.
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