New Hampshire Advantage Coalition

For Immediate Release
October 2, 2008

David Scannell
(603) 836.0930
 
Statement from New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley Regarding the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition's Defeat in Hillsborough County Superior Court Today
 
New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley released the following statement today regarding the Hillsborough County Superior Court ruling placing the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition's tax cap question on the November 2009 ballot.

For Immediate Release
September 26, 2008

David Scannell
(603) 836-0930
 
STATE DEMS RENEW CALL FOR SECRETIVE COALITION WITH GOP TIES TO REVEAL ITS FUNDERS AND INTERESTS OF WASHINGTON-BASED INCORPORATORS
 

(Manchester) - New Hampshire Democrats renewed their calls for GOP leaders to urge the secretive New Hampshire Advantage Coalition to reveal the sources of its funding on the day arguments were being held in Hillsborough County Superior Court to determine whether a NHAC-promoted tax cap question would be placed on the November ballot in Manchester.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 18, 2008Contact: Alexis Chininis(603)669-1050FRANK GUINTA USES TAXPAYER FUNDED WEBSITE FOR HIS OWN POLITICAL ADVANTAGEChris Pappas calls Mayor's actions shamefulManchester - Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta has been very vocal in his support of the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition and has used little discretion as to the medium by which to deliver his message, posting on the taxpayer funded Manchester City Government website in the weeks since the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to postpone the referendum on the tax and spending cap proposed by the NH Advantage Coalition in order to give voters more time to consider the serious implications such a cap would have on city services such as public safety and education, as well as to consider the legality of the cap. 

For Immediate Release:
September 15, 2008

 

Concord and Manchester Taxpayer’s get their day in Court

 

Manchester, NH – In the wake of an obvious political move to ignore the will of taxpayers in Concord and Manchester, NHAC and a group of local taxpayers in both communities filed an injunction to get their respective spending/tax caps on the November 2008 ballot. Those hearings have now been scheduled and  the dates of those hearings are as follows:

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, September 08, 2008

CONTACT   :

Mike Biundo

(603) 540-2572

mbiundo@yourmeridian.com

 

 

 

Manchester Residents and The New Hampshire Advantage Coalition File Injunction against Alderman and City

Gang of Eight Alderman Violate RSA 49

 

Manchester, NH – The Manchester spending cap petition which was lawfully and signed by 4036 Manchester voters, was narrowly rejected multiple times for placement on the November ballot by a "Gang of Eight" aldermen led by Mike Lopez. The series of 8-6 votes by the Alderman on Friday evening shows a clear pattern of ignoring the laws of New Hampshire for their own political purposes. The "Gang of Eight" called the placement of the measure on the November ballot "too soon," and claimed "too many questions remain about it."  These Aldermen in question are Mike Lopez, Bill Shea, Betsi DeVries, George Smith, Russ Ouellette, Mark Roy, Jim Roy and Dan O'Neil. Their actions have left no other recourse other than to file an injunction.

Manchester, NH – The Manchester spending cap petition, which was lawfully collected by volunteer voters in Manchester, was narrowly rejected for placement on the November ballot by a "Gang of Eight" aldermen led by Mike Lopez. The "Gang of Eight" called the placement of the measure on the November ballot "too soon," and claimed "too many questions remain about it."  These alderman were Aldermen Mike Lopez, Bill Shea, Betsi DeVries, George Smith, Russ Ouellette, Mark Roy, Jim Roy and Dan O'Neil. The taxpayers may have lost on this night but a rematch is scheduled for this Friday at 4:00 pm.
 
"What we witnessed last night was nothing short of an affirmation of why we need a spending cap here in Manchester. The board had four months to get answers to their "questions." Four months to make their case to the voters of Manchester on why we shouldn't have a spending cap. Instead the "Gang of Eight" spent four months trying to figure out how to keep it off the November ballot." said Mike Biundo, Chairman of NHAC.

For Immediate Release
August 6, 2008
Katie List
(603) 644.4720
 

 

"NH ADVANTAGE" APPEARS TO HAVE VIOLATED NH ELECTION LAW
Petition to NH Attorney General Cites Seven Apparent Election & Tax Law Violations By Group and its Leaders, Rep. Candidates Mike Biundo and Tammy Simmons

(Manchester) The political group known as "New Hampshire Advantage Coalition" has apparently violated NH election law and may have violated nonprofit tax law by failing to file its required financial disclosures, failing to put disclaimers on its election materials, and by using its nonprofit status to promote the candidacy of its two leaders, Mike Biundo and Tammy Simmons, according to a complaint filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General by former NH Democratic Party Chair Kathy Sullivan.