Thank you, Rindge voters
Town Warrant Article 15 – “Protect The Taxpayer.”
I would like to thank the 1041 Rindge voters who voted “YES” on this article (486 voted “NO”); so it “passed.” After these overwhelming results, our message has been sent to Concord by our Town Administrator.
But what happens next? We have asked the New Hampshire legislature to protect local taxpayers by ensuring adequate state revenues for essential services and avoiding policies that shift costs onto local property taxpayers. Our property taxes are high because the state cut its own revenue and shifted the bill to towns, not because local spending exploded.
In recent years, reductions in key state revenue sources have forced towns and counties to raise property taxes to sustain our public schools, healthcare, county nursing homes, public safety, and local infrastructure. These shifts place heavier burdens on working families, strain municipal budgets, limit flexibility, and undermine long-term community prosperity. A state budget that prevents downshifting and restores municipal revenue sharing would ease pressure on property taxpayers and strengthen communities across New Hampshire.
I urge each and every one of you to reach out and contact our state representatives and tell them that you voted for action and not complacency. I am not an expert, but things to reconsider: their elimination of the Interest and Dividends Tax and the cutting of both the Business Profits Taxes and Business Enterprise Taxes over the last 10 years that have cost the state over a billion dollars in lost revenue (New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute). Just to name a few. …