Taxpayers for Quality Education

03/09/2024

Glad you received it and always happy to support engaged community members like Bill Granfield for Bedford Town Council!

I look forward to continuing my legacy of public service.

I will be forever grateful for your vote on March 12.

03/03/2024

2024 Recommendations and Endorsements are Live!
✅ School Board: KaraLaMarcheNH & Melinda Bator
✅ Town Council: Incumbents Phil Greazzo for Town Council and Michael Strand; William Granfield
✅ YES on the South River Road Police & Fire Complex
✅ YES on Town Operating Budget & School Operating Budget
✅ YES on Article 2: Put the Budget on the Ballot

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03/09/2022

Amazing turnout yesterday for the Town Election! Congratulations to everyone who won their races, thank you to those who threw their hat in the ring, and thank you for supporting Bedford Schools and Amendment 3!

03/08/2022

When you go to vote today (7 AM-7 PM at Bedford HS), Vote YES on 3. Here are some simple reasons:
✅ Every other medical provider in town, regardless of for-profit status, has paid their taxes.
✅ D-H paid their taxes on their Bedford property until 2020, when they applied for non-profit status and sued the town when it was denied.
✅ D-H will proceed with the Kilton Rd. project regardless of whether Amendment 3 passes.
✅ A YES vote means Bedford will continue to collect taxes on this valuable land in our town's tax engine.

03/06/2022

Even Dartmouth-Hitchcock acknowledges that if Amendment 3 passes they will be paying taxes - and that’s all this is about.

Craig Beck, chief operating officer of Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Southern Region/Community Group Practice said that should the amendment carry, “We will seek a waiver from the Planning Board and pay our fair share of taxes. We’re not pulling our application for this project.”
(NH Business Review, February 28, 2022)

That’s why we MUST pass Amendment 3. Voting YES is the the only way we can ensure Bedford gets the tax revenue for our town and schools - and keeps the burden off of you, our fellow property owners.

03/05/2022

Just in case you happen to receive a mailer from Dartmouth-Hitchcock today... if you're keeping score, this is the fourth one they have sent out.
✅ If Amendment 3 passes, you will still have access to healthcare. D-H will just apply for a waiver from the Planning Board - meaning the Town of Bedford will still receive our tax revenue.
✅ Amendment 3 is, most certainly, about taxes. If the door opens for healthcare providers to avoid town property taxes, Bedford becomes fertile ground for others to do the same and fleece our town.
✅ Amendment 3 protects our town and allows the Planning Board to grant waivers on a case by case basis.
✅ Amendment 3 was brought forth by over 100 Bedford residents and is supported by nearly 50 Bedford doctors.

03/04/2022

DID YOU KNOW: Amendment 3 was brought forward by over 100 Bedford residents, the most for any zoning amendment in the Town’s history.

Nearly 50 doctors — Bedford residents — signed on
as supporters of Amendment 3.

Amendment 3 will protect Bedford’s tax base in the Performance Zone, the area of Town set aside for maximum economic development and tax revenues over three decades ago.

03/04/2022

THINK ABOUT THIS: If Dartmouth-Hitchcock is “more than willing to pay its fair share (of taxes)" why are they suing the Town of Bedford
to avoid paying taxes?

Protect our town’s tax base and the salaries of our town employees.

03/02/2022

Bedford's not alone. The concept of suing a town to avoid paying property taxes is not new to Dartmouth-Hitchcock. They have now sued Nashua (twice), Newport, Lebanon, and Bedford. This tactic is designed to increase their profitability, lessen your quality of life, and increase your taxes. Vote YES on 3 on Tuesday, March 8.

03/02/2022

Here's the truth.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock has sent out many mailers attempting to scare Bedford residents into thinking that if Amendment 3 passes, it will limit your medical choice.

That’s simply not true.

D-H executive Craig Beck acknowledges that if Amendment 3 passes, “we will seek a waiver from the Planning Board and pay our fair share of taxes. We’re not pulling our application for this project.”

A YES vote on Amendment 3 will ensure that Bedford gets our fair share of taxes - and our quality of life remains strong.

02/28/2022

VOTE YES ON 3! D-H skipped a few steps in the process - and moved right ahead to suing the Town of Bedford to avoid paying their taxes. Ensure that they abide by the same guidelines as every other medical provider in town . Vote YES on 3 on Tuesday, March 8.

02/27/2022

Like many of you, we received the very slanted mailer from Dartmouth-Hitchcock yesterday. We found that there were a number of inaccuracies in the mailer, so we have addressed those on our site. The most egregious one is the notion that D-H "as a good corporate citizen has always paid its taxes."

There's one problem: Dartmouth-Hitchcock is suing the town of Bedford to use their nonprofit status to avoid paying taxes.

Please share, and encourage others to vote YES on 3.

https://bedfordyeson3.com/the-myths/