Candidate Fred Pitman explains why he and Manny Krasner are the candidates to elect to represent Farmington as State Representatives on November 5.
Remember to vote on November 5th and vote for the people who will work to serve you.
Like in previous years, I am running for State Representative in order to help us by working to lower Farmington's high property taxes. The solution is simple, but none of our previous state representatives have put in any effort to help us or Farmington. It's time to elect a solid representative who will work to help us all. I ask for your vote on November 5. I will work for you.
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The New Hampshire Constitution says: Education is a State
Responsibility. The State is "Responsible for giving each child an adequate education." It also says: "Taxes statewide must be uniform and equal."
So,
the State should be paying for 100% of public education. They could do
if with a statewide property tax that is equal for everyone. That would
reduce our school property tax to $8.00 per thousand.
Here’s how it would work:
Currently Farmington spends just about the State average per pupil
$20,000 plus. The school portion of our property tax is $13.22 per
thousand.
If there were a uniform and equal State property tax
to pay for education Farmington tax payers would see a substantial drop
in their education property tax.
The amount spent in NH on education for the 2022 school year was about $3.8 billion.
The total assessed property that could be taxed for schools in the state was almost
$312 billion. The equalized value calculated by DRA was just about $298.5 billion.
Whether you use the total value or the equalized value for your
calculations, the statewide property tax would be just under or just
over $8.00 per thousand so the education portion of our tax bill would
drop by about 40%.
Once the money is raised the State
distributes it to the school districts on a per pupil basis. There would
have to be a fund reserved for special education and probably some
other tweaks, but this would even the playing field throughout the
state. Farmington would get a fair shake instead of the fuzzy end of the
lollipop.
The Democratic Primary Election is on September 10. This vote will be important for us.
Our property taxes are too high in Farmington and New Hampshire, in general. The current Legislature is funding private schools over public schools. It's time for a change. Farmington needs a representative that will work to reduce the burden of our high local property taxers. Send Manny to Concord. He'll work to find solutions to the problems in Concord, and lower our taxes.
If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to contact Manny and let him know. He's ready to listen.
Please remember to vote on November 8. Voting is at the Recreation Center/Old Town Hall. Polls are open from 8:00 AM until 7:00 PM.
Last session, the NH State Legislature gave 10 million dollars away to investors who lost money in a fraudulent investment scheme. Our Legislature does not live up to responsibilities to fund education. Manny knows the problem is in Concord. We need better representation. And we need to fund our priorities, not the priorities of the wealthy and corporations. The It's time for a change. Send Manny to Concord. He'll work to fix the problem and lower our taxes.
If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to contact Manny and let him know. He's ready to listen.
Please remember to vote on November 8. Voting is at the Recreation Center/Old Town Hall. Polls are open from 8:00 AM until 7:00 PM.
Candidate Fred Pitman explains why he and Manny Krasner are the candidates to elect to represent Farmington as State Representatives on Nove...
