A Narrow Victory for the New Hampshire Economic Recovery Coalition

That was a close one. Forces in Maine tried to remove our neighbors from the New Hampshire Economic Recovery Coalition by lowering Maine's income tax.

A law that would have lowered the state's income tax but imposed sales taxes on a variety of services is on hold now that opponents have collected enough signatures to place a repeal of the law on the June 2010 ballot.

Maine's secretary of state announced Nov. 9 that sufficient signatures had been collected.

The bill to revamp the state's tax system was approved by the Maine Legislature in June and signed by the governor.

Following last week's rejection of the Spending Cap, Maine is clearly doing its part to help the Granite State. But hold off on the celebratory parades in Portsmouth and North Conway. Maine voters have a chance to reinstate the lower income tax rate next year.

Leaders of a people's veto effort to overturn Maine's newly enacted tax law changes plan to turn in petitions seeking a referendum to state election o

The Portsmouth Herald runs an AP story on efforts to rescind new taxes in Maine.

Leaders of a people's veto effort to overturn Maine's newly enacted tax law changes plan to turn in petitions seeking a referendum to state election officials on Friday.

The Republican-led campaign called Still Fed Up With Taxes needs to turn in more than 55,000 certified voters' signatures in order to force a June 2010 referendum.

We would certainly miss Maine as a valued member of the New Hampshire Economic Recovery Coalition if this effort succeeds in reducing taxes over the border.