By Andrew Cline
On Sept. 1, 2015, Manchester’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a contract with the city’s teachers union that included a pay raise. Three aldermen with immediate family members employed as city teachers voted for the contract, in direct violation of the city charter’s conflict of interest provision. (1)
Just five years earlier, taxpayers would have been able to challenge such an illegal vote at the state Supreme Court. For 147 years, New Hampshire taxpayers had the right to petition the court for opinions on the legality of alleged unlawful government expenditures.
READ MORE of this exceptionally well written article by Mr. Cline, chairman of the NH Board of Education: Why a constitutional amendment is needed to restore taxpayer standing to challenge illegal spending
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https://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/09/18467/new-hampshire-gets-d-grade-2015-state-integrity-investigation