Concord's Big Government Ideals: We Control! We Don't Get Controlled!

Phooey to Self Government and the will of the people. Or says says City Solicitor of Concord, New Hampshire, Paul Cavanaugh. Or better described as, thou shalt not impose limitations upon thy governments rampant spending. A proposed measure, 34a would place a cap on spending that does not exceed inflation. It even allows for an override in times of necessity, by a 2/3 majority vote by the council.

Sounds reasonable enough. Apparently not. At least not to Cavanaugh. As found in the ALG newsletter, Cavanaugh has filed to have its "Constitutionality" tested in court. He says, “The question I have is a fundamental legal one as to whether or not it is, in fact, constitutional.” Cavanaugh rambles further by saying, Whether it gets removed from the ballot or not is a secondary issue, Mr. Cavanaugh assures residents of Concord. He just wants to make sure it’s legal: “No one has raised the issue in court… We'd like to raise it and get an answer.”

Talk about pure-bred Bull$#!T...

Cavanaugh is scared crapless that overt excess in government spending is beginning to be challenged. And it's already begun to happen. Not only in his own general vicinity, as was recently passed in Rochester, New Hampshire. But also in locales like Colorado. Taxpayers are starting to mount a nationwide rebellion, over being saddled with mounting government debt. The mandatory spending and financial obligations have begun to take their toll. They've reached their "We've had enough, and we're not gonna take it anymore!" limit.

Good on them.

Cavanaughs only reason for filing this brief is to try and have it removed from the ballots. And have a court order ensuring that government spending is never again challenged. Of course, you know every labor union imaginable, will be in favor of this measure being removed. Which would continue to guarantee them future minimum expenditures.

In all, it's summed up very well in the last portion of the ALG newsletter; Residents of Concord, and citizens of New Hampshire need to beware. What is really at stake is their right to in their city charters to limit the growth of taxes and spending. Indeed, their very right to limit the powers of their government via referendum—the right of self-government.

There's more on the actual court portion of this mess, to be found HERE!