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(posted some time ago, but worth the time - promoted by Mike)
New Hampshire collected a total of $2,519,714,000 in property taxes in 2004 (source)
New Hampshire residents earned $47.56 billion in personal income in 2004 (source)
New Hampshire stores collected $20.83 billion in retail sales in 2002, including $2.08 billion in rooms and meals, leaving $18.72 billion in untaxed retail sales. (source)
(BTW - My view tax snark should be taken in this context...the property tax has problems. Apparently nine of them.... - promoted by Mike)
(I tried this format once before and didn't get much interest. The format may be bad; my topic may have been bad; my commentary may have been bad. I'll try the format once more. The idea is: I'll throw a bunch of disconnected thoughts on a topic against the wall and we figure out what sticks.)
The filing period for Democrats wishing to run for New Hampshire
Democratic Party offices opens Monday, December 11 and remains open
until 5 p.m. on January 15, 2007.
Any registered New Hampshire Democrat is eligible to run for Party office and must file their intention to seek office by mail,facsimile, or in person at Democratic State Committee Headquarters: 2 1/2 Beacon Street, Concord, NH 03301.
Officers are elected by the NH Democratic Party State Committee. The committee will gather Saturday, March 24, 2007 to elect the party
chair, first and second vice chairs, secretary, treasurer, and legal counsel. The meeting will be at the Institute of Politics at St.Anselm College, St. Anselm Drive in Manchester at 10:30 a.m.
(I had no idea you could get this online; fascinating stuff, and worth a deep comb-through. Thanks, Elwood. - promoted by Dean)
The Office of Legislative Services has recently posted a list of the draft bills that our citizen legislators have filed with them: here.
It's an interesting list. Everything from eliminating the straight ticket, to defining an adequate education, to encouraging stone walls, to an income tax, to requiring picture ID to vote, to "sexual harassment policies for certain transcriptionist schools," to "prohibiting the Carroll county attorney from engaging in the private practice of criminal law."
The dustup over Channel 2's "Beat the Press" story that got important facts wrong about various bloggers and sites (covered here among many other places) got me thinking about the relationship of blogs and traditional news media: newspapers, magazines, radio, TV news.
Like many -- I think most -- of the folks I've interacted with in the political blogosphere, I'm addicted to traditional media as well. I buy a Keene Sentinel and a Boston Globe every day. Thanks to this site, I now also check the Union Leader most days, giving them eyeballs and ad revenue. (more)
