I take it that Vermont doesn't have a set maximum that taxes can go up per year????. That just seems hard to believe.

Don't you mean Sherburne got its charter from New Hampshire? The town of Killington has only been in existence for a few years.
Actually, I may be remembering the former name of Killington incorrectly. The town has effectively purged any mention of its former self and memory is such a fragile thing.

Yeah, Killington should look elsewhere for tax relief.

In Keene, NH, $2,200 a year barely covers the tax on a single-wide trailer. Families of modest means (and homes) typical pay $4-6,000 per year.

Five figures is certainly not unheard of, and one recently contructed house generates over $30k a year in town revenue. We're not even a resort town...

That's one of the main reasons I didn't move back to New York state when I retired from the Air Force. I currently pay $1400/year for property taxes in Colorado Springs. A similar home/property in the Albany NY area would have run $7000/year (plus school taxes).

LJD - you're comparing apples and oranges - unlike VT, NH has no income tax and no sales tax- you have to look at the entire package.

Plus, NH is far less silly. See: "bring the troops home" referenda.

(Former NHerian.)

Yeah, Vt is plenty silly... Thank God for the CT river.

However, the property tax in NH is a real burden.

I don't support income tax, but the combination doesn't even come close in comparison. Add up sales, income, and property tax, and it's still less than our property tax. I guess it depends on the town you live in.

So do you penalize some one for making money, or for wanting a nice home? I say neither. Of course, our state legislators have yet to find a workable solution tothis quandary.

I don't mind a small sales tax because it's a choice. Problem is, imposing one will not reduce our property tax burden at all.

I like the way that "spend less money" is never a "workable" solution.

as whacky as much of the politics in my native state of California are wont to be, I thank God (and Howard Jarvis) for Proposition 13.

It's the only reason my parents still have their home.

well, Jay, my taxes here in New Hampshire have doubled this year alone so vermont is not alone in the problems they are dealing with when in comes to taxes. Massachusetts isn't much better, if anything, they're worse. Maybe they want to become part of New Hampshire too??

Cindy

Sooner or later N.H. will figure out that they shouldn’t install Democrats to the governor’s office. N.H. has the highest meals tax in the nation? See Water Peterson (D) 1969-73. (At least his “temporary” 3% income tax didn’t go through) N.H. has the highest electrical rates in the known universe? See Hugh Gallen (D) 1979-1982. Seabrook nuke construction-works-in-progress was his scam. Your property tax went up 400% since 1997? See Jeanne Shaheen (D) 1997-2003, Clinton lackey, NEA toady, Claremont decision, imposition of state property tax, 250% increase of N.H. budget in 6 years. I can hardly wait to see what kind of damage John Lynch will manage.

Gov. Breck, you are remembering the former name correctly but not the history. In fact the original name of the town was Killington and the mountain where the ski area is built was Mt. Pisqah. The mountain was renamed to Killington Peak after the town in the late 1700s. In 1800 the Vermont State Legislature changed the name of the town to Sherburne most likely after Colonel Benjamin Sherburn who had promised to build some mills for the town.

So actually, by changing our name back to Killington we are remembering far more of our past then most people will ever know.

-Chris (Killington Resident)