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CONTACT:

Elizabeth McKinstry, Vice President
Free State Project, Inc.
Phone: (517) 437-4341
Email: emckinstry@freestateproject.org
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Free State Project Vice President Speaking in Spokane

March 24, 2003 – Elizabeth McKinstry, Vice President of the Free State Project, will be speaking in a forum hosted by The College Republicans at Gonzaga University on Friday, April 4. Other speakers include author Dr. James Payne, and Dr. John Beck, Gonzaga School of Economics.

The Free State Project is an effort to identify the best state for advocates of strictly limited government to move to and live in, and to obtain commitments from those willing to move. There are ten states being considered by the Project - Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Maine - and once 5,000 commitments have been obtained, the state will be chosen by a membership vote. The Free State Project currently counts over 3,000 members committed to moving.

"The Free State Project is the result of the long-standing American traditions of individual liberty and limited government," says FSP Vice-President Elizabeth McKinstry. "Whichever state we choose, we hope to integrate fully into existing communities and work alongside longtime residents to hold politicians accountable, and to make government smaller and more responsive to citizens' concerns."

Elizabeth McKinstry has been Vice-President of the Free State Project since its incorporation, and lives in Hillsdale, Michigan. She has spoken on behalf of the FSP numerous times.

The event will be held in the Mock Court Room at the Gonzaga School of Law, at 7pm. For more details on the event, contact Paul Schaefer at pschafer@gonzaga.edu.

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Original article:	www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp ?date=033103&ID=s1328485
Date:	03/31/03
Title:	Election front on the move
Author:	Jim Camden
Publication:	Spokesman-Review

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SPOKANE

Election front on the move

Public Periscope • 03/31/03

A meeting this Friday at Gonzaga University is a candidate for a Periscope strange bedfellows award. The "Free State Project" discussion is being sponsored by the GU College Republicans and will feature one speaker who's been a regular Libertarian Party candidate in Washington and another who's been active in the Constitution Party in Idaho. … The Free State Project is a plan by the "less government is better government" forces to move thousands of voters to a small state and essentially take over. They are looking for about 20,000 citizens willing to move to a sparsely populated state, register and get active in politics, and sway elections. … They would back candidates – or become candidates – dedicated to paring back government.

This idea was hatched a few years ago by the Libertarian Party, and one of its prime proponents, Elizabeth McKinstry, is on the agenda for the 7 p.m. session in the GU Law School's Moot Court room. Also on the program is Rob Chase, who has run in Spokane – enthusiastically but unsuccessfully – for the state Senate and the U.S. House. … They'll be joined by Bill Denman, who has run for Bonner County commissioner across the border in Idaho and is active in the Constitution Party, which is one of the landing spots for folks who think the GOP tilts too far left.

Proponents of the Free State Project can do the math, and they know that to have any impact with 20,000 voters, they need a state with a fairly small population base. … Washington, with nearly 6 million people, isn't one of their target states, but Idaho, with about 1.3 million, is. Of course, if state Sens. Bob Morton, R-Orient, and Bob McCaslin, R-Spokane Valley, could ever get Eastern Washington split off into a 51st state, we'd probably move to the top of the project's list. … The show goes on the road to North Idaho College, where it plays in the Student Union, at 6 p.m. Friday.

• Public Periscope is published on Mondays and is compiled by Jim Camden from staff reports. You can contact him by mail c/o The Spokesman-Review, PO Box 2160, Spokane, 99210; e-mail at jimc@spokesman.com; phone at (509) 459-5461; and fax at (509) 459-5482.

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Activist of the Month – Septemeber, 2004

Please join me in congratulating Dan McGuire, Jacqueline Passey, Eric Hartford, Bob Lowe, Emily Sandblade, and Ethan Pooley. These fine activists have been named September Activist of the Month for their outreach efforts at the Seattle Hempfest. Their endeavor informed many hundreds of liberty lovers about the Free State Project. Thank you all for your initiative and hard work. You are stellar examples for the rest of us.

Following is Dan McGuire's Hempfest account:

Hempfest Recap

It was a lot of work, but we handed out close to 1000 flyers at the Seattle Hempfest last weekend. Many thanks to those porcupines who came to help: Eric Hartford, Bob Lowe, Jacqueline Passey and Emily Sandblade. A number of LP members were also there handing out our literature (and theirs), notably Don, Ruth and Scott. Finally, very special thanks to Ethan Pooley who put some late nights working on our signs and banner. The banner, with its bright orange background of fall leaves, really stood out and got us noticed.

This was an interesting experience for me, as I had never worked a crowd like that before. Especially for live-and-let-live types like us, it feels awkward to make that first step and impose on someone who didn't seek contact. However, politics is something that can't be done in a vacuum. We need other people, not just for our membership, but to believe in the principles of liberty and to vote and act accordingly.

Hempfest provided an opportunity to meet a LOT of people. There were many times when the flow in front of our booth was so heavy that by the time I had handed out a flyer and separated the next one from the top of the stack, ten people had gone by. We learned how to get flyers into people's hands. You need eye contact, a smile and to extend the flyer towards them at right moment. Scott and Eric had success using a leading statement, like "Are you in favor of legalization?", but I just liked a simple, "How are you?"

It's nice having a variety of literature to hand out. Besides our own tri-fold and two-sided full page drug legalization flyer, we also had some business cards, stickers (popular with high schoolers), the smallest political quiz, a clever bright green marijuana-related handout that Jacqueline made and a variety of other LP literature. Bright colors are good and small sizes are good. They cost less to produce and people are more likely to accept them.

There were a few special moments. Like the time someone refused to take a flyer, then four steps later turned around and said, "Oh are you libertarians? I'll take one."

Activist of the Month

Various Data for New Hampshire Towns

Compiled by Jason Sorens • 4/5/05

Column	Meaning	Source
Town	Name of city, town, or township
County	Name of county
Pop.	Population	2000 Census
Rural	% of population that is rural
Farm	% of population that lives on farms
Inc.	Median household income
Asst.	% of households that accept public assistance income
S.Vac.	% of housing units that are vacant for seasonal occupancy
O.Vac.	% of housing units that are vacant for other reasons
Rent	Median contract rent
Value	Median value of owner-occupied housing
Taxes	Median annual real estate taxes
Benson	% of the vote for Craig Benson in 2004 election	NH Sec. of State
.	"." indicates "not applicable," due to zero population or zero housing units

Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Barrington town	Strafford	7475	100	0.54	50630	2.31	9.98	2.45	583	136400	2842	47.15
Dover city	Strafford	26884	7.38	0	43873	3.17	0.81	2.13	561	132800	2822	41.5
Durham town	Strafford	12664	16.32	0	51697	1.56	0.55	0.86	521	191200	5546	30.26
Farmington town	Strafford	5774	100	0.85	40971	5.53	4.02	4.15	471	88400	1884	55.17
Lee town	Strafford	4145	99.59	0.55	57993	0.34	3.59	0.85	694	169300	4415	36.03
Madbury town	Strafford	1509	86.55	2.52	57981	1.31	0.37	1.29	613	169600	4268	41.75
Middleton town	Strafford	1441	100	2.22	43942	1.33	25.04	1.98	438	95800	1648	54.66
Milton town	Strafford	3910	66.01	0.28	44194	5.07	17.25	2.53	500	99600	2293	53.07
New Durham town	Strafford	2219	100	0.9	52270	2.73	35.86	1.68	600	117700	2606	57.2
Rochester city	Strafford	28461	20.54	0.31	40596	5.48	0.9	2.5	510	99400	2451	51.41
Rollinsford town	Strafford	2648	8.31	0	48588	1.25	0.57	1.98	536	132000	2529	46.84
Somersworth city	Strafford	11477	2.63	0.17	42739	6.08	0.19	3	556	105500	2781	44.1
Strafford town	Strafford	3626	100	2.81	59044	1.48	15.79	2.3	495	135100	2834	48.97
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Atkinson town	Rockingham	6178	0	0	69729	1.42	3.09	1.6	488	197900	2899	59.68
Auburn town	Rockingham	4682	69.12	1.82	70774	0.51	0	2.59	532	145600	2683	61.19
Brentwood town	Rockingham	3197	99.59	0	68971	2.98	0.33	0.65	504	182900	3676	53.51
Candia town	Rockingham	3911	99.44	0	61389	1.18	0	1.81	614	141000	2957	59.64
Chester town	Rockingham	3792	98.97	1.37	68571	1.4	0.8	1.84	548	170900	3415	63.5
Danville town	Rockingham	4023	56.75	0.75	57287	0.99	1.15	2.3	589	160900	3149	58.35
Deerfield town	Rockingham	3678	100	0.9	61367	2.12	7.04	5.83	619	144900	3139	54.53
Derry town	Rockingham	34021	14.08	0	54634	1.39	1.04	2.16	649	134900	3645	53.85
East Kingston town	Rockingham	1784	92.83	1.57	65197	1.92	1.39	1.54	731	185800	3882	56.12
Epping town	Rockingham	5476	60.66	0.18	50739	1.66	4.51	3.07	527	132600	2725	50.97
Exeter town	Rockingham	14058	17.26	0	49618	1.93	1.28	2.15	651	170000	4027	41.87
Fremont town	Rockingham	3510	91.45	0.2	62171	1.45	0	3	639	156000	2792	57.79
Greenland town	Rockingham	3205	34.04	0	62172	0.66	1.45	1.85	732	213000	2778	43.11
Hampstead town	Rockingham	8297	8.38	0	68533	0.62	4.91	2.17	545	190600	3625	58.68
Hampton town	Rockingham	14937	4.44	0	54419	2.04	27.19	3.66	650	190400	3469	46.01
Hampton Falls town	Rockingham	1880	86.22	1.54	76348	1.69	1.23	2.19	721	266300	4336	57.98
Kensington town	Rockingham	1887	100	1.54	67344	0.61	0.75	1.49	713	201900	3236	50.12
Kingston town	Rockingham	5862	53.45	0.19	61522	0.84	3.58	2.74	584	156600	3036	55.21
Londonderry town	Rockingham	23236	14.49	0	70501	1.58	0.17	1.06	737	158700	3924	57.45
New Castle town	Rockingham	1009	0	0	83708	0	6.52	3.05	1375	566600	5467	42.91
Newfields town	Rockingham	1551	62.15	0	71375	0	0.38	2.63	596	196500	3533	48.65
Newington town	Rockingham	778	89.85	1.03	59464	0	0.99	2.3	671	256800	2510	46.58
Newmarket town	Rockingham	8027	29.72	0	46058	2.46	0.95	1.3	634	141300	3325	38.77
Newton town	Rockingham	4289	40.31	0	60972	1.19	1.74	0.45	597	150700	3279	50.91
North Hampton town	Rockingham	4259	57.81	0.7	66696	1.2	3.59	2.64	646	211300	3257	47.54
Northwood town	Rockingham	3640	100	0	50675	2.49	25.67	3.62	505	114500	2613	49.42
Nottingham town	Rockingham	3701	100	1.51	62423	1.05	15.95	0.44	539	141600	3070	50.55
Plaistow town	Rockingham	7747	5.52	0	61707	0.84	0.89	1.02	729	158100	2939	57.36
Portsmouth city	Rockingham	20785	0.89	0	45195	3.39	0.37	2.66	661	168600	3392	31.43
Raymond town	Rockingham	9674	52.82	0.4	48829	2.59	4.39	1.46	591	116200	2538	55.8
Rye town	Rockingham	5182	44.56	0	63152	0.28	13.91	3.82	803	311100	3879	46.57
Salem town	Rockingham	28112	0.74	0	58090	0.93	2.69	1.58	652	168900	2986	56.14
Sandown town	Rockingham	5143	39.59	0	67581	0.89	2.48	2.19	663	144100	3572	58.62
Seabrook town	Rockingham	7934	1.34	0	42874	1.11	13.13	2.63	629	181900	2285	50.93
South Hampton town	Rockingham	850	98.94	4	63750	2	1.94	0.32	950	210300	3362	48.04
Stratham town	Rockingham	6355	57.32	0.88	76726	0.35	0.8	1.94	808	207200	3635	46.7
Windham town	Rockingham	10709	31.38	0	94794	1.12	7.99	0.67	712	230100	3856	60.99
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Allenstown town	Merrimack	4843	39.07	0	41958	3.21	0	3.06	516	97900	2481	52.71
Andover town	Merrimack	2109	100	0.66	47093	2.83	16.76	3.95	479	105500	1745	45.69
Boscawen town	Merrimack	3672	65.03	0	42524	4.56	0	2.7	486	101100	2387	44.78
Bow town	Merrimack	7138	60.52	0.28	79329	0.31	1.12	0	541	169400	3420	38.66
Bradford town	Merrimack	1454	100	1.99	49018	1.26	23.88	2.76	517	110600	2619	41.09
Canterbury town	Merrimack	1979	99.9	3.44	58026	1.33	9.79	0.84	540	132900	2947	42.87
Chichester town	Merrimack	2236	100	0.49	56741	1.21	1.18	1.88	520	120000	2829	34.75
Concord city	Merrimack	40687	15.11	0.28	42447	3.45	0.53	3.03	577	112300	3378	42.63
Danbury town	Merrimack	1071	100	1.68	38313	3.91	20.97	6.04	507	85300	1774	29.08
Dunbarton town	Merrimack	2226	100	1.53	65081	0.61	3.96	1.17	563	148300	2715	51.43
Epsom town	Merrimack	4021	100	0.4	50685	3.77	5.46	0.88	520	115400	2322	50.23
Franklin city	Merrimack	8405	17.5	0.58	34613	7.2	6.45	3.26	441	82900	2362	46.75
Henniker town	Merrimack	4433	100	0	50288	1.26	3.04	2.56	514	113300	3507	44.15
Hill town	Merrimack	992	100	1.51	48333	2.84	11.47	0.92	592	88500	1417	37.31
Hooksett town	Merrimack	11721	31.83	0.15	61491	1.28	0.37	3.34	574	135700	2863	54.7
Hopkinton town	Merrimack	5399	100	1	59583	1.58	3.12	2.58	529	146400	3582	56.66
Loudon town	Merrimack	4481	100	1.07	55185	0.93	3.62	0.71	521	114800	2231	28.87
Newbury town	Merrimack	1705	100	0	58026	0.29	44.78	2.36	647	143200	2300	45.62
New London town	Merrimack	4116	100	0.83	61520	1.89	20.43	4.08	501	215500	3314	50.28
Northfield town	Merrimack	4548	60.99	0.42	44333	3.23	2.24	2.02	519	93100	2272	46.37
Pembroke town	Merrimack	6897	33.87	0	49494	2.29	0.84	1.83	492	112500	3301	47.18
Pittsfield town	Merrimack	3931	100	0	38833	5.35	0.89	3.63	465	92900	2605	42.44
Salisbury town	Merrimack	1137	100	0.44	55000	1.61	13.42	1.95	613	101500	2124	49.45
Sutton town	Merrimack	1541	100	0.45	50924	2.12	21.12	3.88	604	122100	2514	43.77
Warner town	Merrimack	2760	100	0.14	44142	2.65	12.46	2.2	502	112700	2780	42.68
Webster town	Merrimack	1579	100	1.27	54052	2.54	11.31	2.23	496	108200	2361	39.99
Wilmot town	Merrimack	1144	100	3.23	49605	1.76	10.38	3.02	467	141300	2752	41.23
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Amherst town	Hillsborough	10769	42.92	0	89384	1.2	2.05	2.27	858	207800	4670	41.56
Antrim town	Hillsborough	2449	100	1.06	45677	4.43	17.59	2.07	425	96100	2532	46.35
Bedford town	Hillsborough	18274	16.12	0	84392	0.72	0.69	1.66	1015	218300	3558	62.61
Bennington town	Hillsborough	1401	100	0.93	46150	3.11	8.19	4.88	517	95600	2726	52.23
Brookline town	Hillsborough	4181	100	0	77075	2.08	2.24	0.72	931	171900	4194	56.24
Deering town	Hillsborough	1875	98.99	0.21	48750	2.43	20.69	2.89	483	104800	2307	52.4
Francestown town	Hillsborough	1480	100	1.22	64259	0.92	13.41	2.44	684	133500	3514	49.61
Goffstown town	Hillsborough	16929	36.29	0.46	55833	1.65	1.79	0.91	523	124900	3226	56.52
Greenfield town	Hillsborough	1657	100	1.15	48833	0.36	9.22	2.81	568	119400	2770	49.16
Greenville town	Hillsborough	2224	100	0.36	39545	4.81	0	4.25	494	88800	2785	45.16
Hancock town	Hillsborough	1739	100	1.78	55000	1.01	11.79	1.47	544	154900	3568	37.29
Hillsborough town	Hillsborough	4931	37.36	0	44500	2.92	13.39	3.92	506	92100	1972	49.53
Hollis town	Hillsborough	7015	85.84	0	92847	1.11	1.04	1	663	264400	5727	53.06
Hudson town	Hillsborough	22928	7.68	0	64169	2.26	0.44	1.16	687	150300	2992	55.92
Litchfield town	Hillsborough	7360	40.33	0.23	73302	0.38	0.21	1.13	606	154800	3727	59.23
Lyndeborough town	Hillsborough	1585	100	1.39	59688	1.06	2.04	2.56	600	132700	2824	53.68
Manchester city	Hillsborough	107006	0.57	0	40774	5.38	0.53	3.06	569	114300	3031	51.09
Mason town	Hillsborough	1147	100	3.57	60433	1.83	1.32	3.52	463	136700	2746	49.64
Merrimack town	Hillsborough	25119	6.77	0	68817	1.31	0.71	0.7	766	143300	3194	54.36
Milford town	Hillsborough	13535	26.58	0.32	52343	1.73	0.24	1.92	637	134400	3345	53.56
Mont Vernon town	Hillsborough	2034	100	2.41	71250	0.87	0.97	2.78	655	173700	4111	52.08
Nashua city	Hillsborough	86605	0.8	0	51969	3.59	0.62	1.56	673	137500	3249	48.08
New Boston town	Hillsborough	4138	100	1.67	66020	0.83	0.75	1.16	676	146400	3342	57.55
New Ipswich town	Hillsborough	4289	100	0.65	53939	2.61	5.18	1.66	500	121900	2411	65.94
Pelham town	Hillsborough	10914	44.25	0	68608	1.63	1.47	2.11	696	172700	3138	57.68
Peterborough town	Hillsborough	5883	42.43	0	47381	0.98	2.55	3.95	611	129400	3426	35.57
Sharon town	Hillsborough	343	100	2.62	66250	2.13	10	6.25	700	158900	3109	34.91
Temple town	Hillsborough	1314	100	3.42	56500	2.05	3.23	1.08	630	124800	3478	46.78
Weare town	Hillsborough	7776	100	0.19	59924	2.62	5.69	1.73	545	123800	3243	57.42
Wilton town	Hillsborough	3743	100	0.4	54276	3	0	2.83	554	130900	2615	49.64
Windsor town	Hillsborough	198	100	0	45750	13.73	52.03	0	400	85000	1417	52.71
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Alexandria town	Grafton	1329	100	0.6	42667	2.79	33.72	1.92	447	86600	1658	55.66
Ashland town	Grafton	1955	100	1.18	33345	3.9	21.06	4.7	446	85100	2457	57.37
Bath town	Grafton	879	100	10.69	43088	2.63	15.68	5.91	400	80300	1579	56.78
Benton town	Grafton	307	100	1.63	34167	9.57	35.37	1.36	358	73900	535	63.64
Bethlehem town	Grafton	2199	100	0.55	35547	3.11	19.82	9.49	435	85900	2442	43.8
Bridgewater town	Grafton	975	100	1.54	50662	1.69	50.59	0.83	475	134700	1609	58.73
Bristol town	Grafton	3032	100	0.92	38032	6.75	37.06	4.1	426	93000	1809	56.14
Campton town	Grafton	2719	96.03	0.11	39213	2.29	32.86	3.01	500	101800	2391	50.59
Canaan town	Grafton	3319	100	1.27	43220	2.34	15.74	3.72	420	97900	2298	45.8
Dorchester town	Grafton	365	100	4.66	40833	5.07	35.93	6.49	350	84600	1422	58.15
Easton town	Grafton	250	100	0.8	49167	0	28.41	7.39	400	136200	2389	38.83
Ellsworth town	Grafton	63	100	0	33750	7.41	64.38	1.37	525	133300	2333	60
Enfield town	Grafton	4618	63.95	0	47990	0.76	14.21	2.53	574	112600	2514	44.95
Franconia town	Grafton	922	100	0	40114	2.5	43.13	3.02	461	140900	2684	41.53
Grafton town	Grafton	1133	100	1.32	38654	1.55	29.19	5.78	390	81300	1701	52.62
Groton town	Grafton	417	100	5.76	37083	4.6	51.18	1.76	338	82100	1411	62.79
Hanover town	Grafton	10850	23.78	0	72470	0.14	4.15	1.1	772	262200	5674	25.12
Haverhill town	Grafton	4416	100	0	36853	3.49	11.31	6.98	378	83400	1893	57.99
Hebron town	Grafton	497	100	0	47639	0	55.51	2.85	493	175000	2088	59.66
Holderness town	Grafton	1930	90.36	0.57	47895	1.29	34.02	2.4	498	148400	2456	47.92
Landaff town	Grafton	398	100	3.02	41964	6.83	15.32	15.32	425	85000	1190	50.21
Lebanon city	Grafton	12568	13.24	0	42185	4.05	1.28	2.35	557	123100	3205	38.98
Lincoln town	Grafton	1273	100	0.39	28523	3.6	72.77	2.06	348	95000	1324	58.33
Lisbon town	Grafton	1587	100	0.69	37993	2.52	7.57	5.91	421	73900	2098	56.49
Littleton town	Grafton	5845	32.64	0.38	35887	3.26	4.41	4.04	391	95100	1893	53.54
Livermore town	Grafton	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lyman town	Grafton	480	100	4.58	46607	3.41	19.12	5.15	363	97000	2302	59.61
Lyme town	Grafton	1668	100	2.28	57250	0.75	6	3.47	625	168300	3446	30.56
Monroe town	Grafton	766	100	6.53	42411	0	4.99	2.64	444	98700	1416	60.62
Orange town	Grafton	304	100	1.32	41250	1.67	17.14	0	0	105900	1833	40.76
Orford town	Grafton	1089	100	5.42	46250	1.27	11.67	4.49	473	108800	2676	46.53
Piermont town	Grafton	699	100	4.86	38611	2.46	21.3	4.01	492	97900	2123	47.17
Plymouth town	Grafton	5892	37.61	0.88	35618	3.85	8.21	3.52	428	92300	2751	38.61
Rumney town	Grafton	1504	100	1.6	38125	3.33	30.87	3.53	425	91200	1880	58.32
Sugar Hill town	Grafton	565	100	3.36	49219	0	22.28	8.08	492	156300	2646	42.6
Thornton town	Grafton	1843	100	0	38380	4.33	46	2.96	514	106600	2339	61.94
Warren town	Grafton	874	100	0.34	34432	7.99	26.05	3.41	369	74200	1394	51.2
Waterville Valley town	Grafton	258	100	0	40417	1.68	88.01	1.26	763	362500	5192	49.46
Wentworth town	Grafton	810	100	2.35	44219	6.43	24.31	4.82	450	97100	1581	58
Woodstock town	Grafton	1145	100	0	35556	2.71	56.61	4.22	406	93900	1683	54.58
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	50	50	.	.	.	.
Beans grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Beans purchase	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Berlin city	Coos	10331	13.23	0	29647	7.93	1.17	9.7	346	59100	1923	35.14
Cambridge township	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	100	0	.	.	.	.
Carroll town	Coos	670	100	0	39286	2.8	59.7	4.38	432	91800	1793	53.6
Chandlers purchase	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Clarksville town	Coos	301	100	1.99	40179	2.33	61.19	2.55	475	77700	1654	63.45
Colebrook town	Coos	2331	100	2.49	32244	6.93	11.15	9.64	345	76000	1634	54.38
Columbia town	Coos	740	100	1.62	36964	8.74	28.22	6.09	244	81700	1212	60.29
Crawfords purchase	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cutts grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dalton town	Coos	950	100	0.84	35625	5.93	19.42	8.08	428	72400	1494	57.92
Dixs grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	100	0	.	.	.	.
Dixville township	Coos	46	100	0	.	.	100	0	.	.	.	46.15
Dummer town	Coos	345	100	1.45	32750	4.93	48	3.67	294	79700	942	55.32
Errol town	Coos	314	100	2.87	35625	7.52	57.91	7.79	350	90700	1102	60.1
Ervings location	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gorham town	Coos	2900	16.45	0	32250	4.18	3.98	8.83	372	79200	2116	37.79
Greens grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
Hadleys purchase	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jefferson town	Coos	1002	100	2.69	41089	4.12	23.92	5.89	368	89700	1850	60.5
Kilkenny township	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lancaster town	Coos	3280	100	1.16	40305	4.21	5.53	8.79	375	73800	1958	53.22
Low and Burbanks grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Martins location	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Milan town	Coos	1319	100	0.45	40966	2.61	25.03	4.77	413	81500	1870	42.41
Millsfield township	Coos	19	100	0	59375	0	83.78	5.41	0	75000	500	93.33
Northumberland town	Coos	2438	100	0.7	31570	5.09	4.77	6.29	353	64500	1283	52.06
Odell township	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	100	0	.	.	.	.
Pinkhams grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	100	0	.	.	.	5.56
Pittsburg town	Coos	872	100	1.72	38516	3.13	64.23	4.98	356	81700	1322	66.73
Randolph town	Coos	336	100	4.46	50139	0	38.93	3.69	450	140000	1938	34.59
Sargents purchase	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Second College grant	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	0	100	.	.	.	.
Shelburne town	Coos	378	100	1.85	44375	1.3	15.74	4.06	340	110900	1710	39.64
Stark town	Coos	530	100	1.32	37946	6.64	50.92	4.13	400	71100	1451	51.88
Stewartstown town	Coos	1012	100	3.95	30700	3.53	44.87	6.32	279	63300	1136	59.91
Stratford town	Coos	933	100	0.96	28594	12.72	13.63	9.79	294	59000	1171	47
Success township	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	100	0	.	.	.	.
Thompson and Meserves purchase	Coos	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wentworth location	Coos	49	100	0	37500	0	82.35	1.47	425	82500	270	61.54
Whitefield town	Coos	2015	100	0.1	34583	5.28	21.42	8.12	358	78900	1930	54.16
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Alstead town	Cheshire	1964	100	1.12	43191	2.64	13.47	4.32	510	87900	2295	42.1
Chesterfield town	Cheshire	3542	100	0.34	51351	1.02	13.85	2.45	545	129700	2856	43.42
Dublin town	Cheshire	1476	100	0	52150	1.25	13.41	4.96	600	151900	3530	40.98
Fitzwilliam town	Cheshire	2141	100	0.19	48125	1.18	19.93	2.23	527	98800	2346	46.03
Gilsum town	Cheshire	746	100	0.54	43359	2.64	1.55	5.88	603	89100	2457	45.2
Harrisville town	Cheshire	1075	100	2.14	48625	1.11	31.52	4.15	591	124600	2470	31.17
Hinsdale town	Cheshire	4082	100	0	36124	3.58	2.51	2.86	443	92500	2067	40.88
Jaffrey town	Cheshire	5476	45.89	0.37	45033	3.55	6.97	2.89	478	103900	2785	47.61
Keene city	Cheshire	22563	13.3	0.16	37033	3.94	0.45	3.21	554	103800	3419	32.17
Marlborough town	Cheshire	2014	43.3	0.5	44904	1.63	4.48	3.02	541	90200	2695	34.4
Marlow town	Cheshire	727	100	2.2	45000	1.4	24.55	2.58	513	88100	2518	33.78
Nelson town	Cheshire	615	100	3.09	41250	0	31.44	5.94	470	106600	2566	33.89
Richmond town	Cheshire	1077	100	0.74	49141	1.08	8.56	3.7	500	113200	2531	47.47
Rindge town	Cheshire	5451	97.58	0	50494	0.92	17.44	1.93	581	114400	2563	53.08
Roxbury town	Cheshire	233	82.83	3	49375	2.17	0	1.1	825	103800	2261	34.48
Stoddard town	Cheshire	928	100	0.54	37639	0.5	55.38	2.02	563	115900	1509	49.92
Sullivan town	Cheshire	769	100	0	51058	2.89	3.06	3.4	525	91700	2451	45.15
Surry town	Cheshire	704	100	1.42	56964	3.57	3.31	4.3	783	122800	2290	45.43
Swanzey town	Cheshire	6800	91.03	0.97	44819	4.21	3.02	2.38	488	107000	2751	43.67
Troy town	Cheshire	1957	100	0.41	41875	4.5	2.19	3.21	480	89600	2631	43.36
Walpole town	Cheshire	3594	85.78	1.25	44673	1.74	3.89	2.51	466	118400	2194	44.71
Westmoreland town	Cheshire	1747	100	4.64	55875	1.9	3.72	3.07	563	128500	2657	34.6
Winchester town	Cheshire	4144	100	0.65	37364	5.49	7.12	3.45	476	84300	2337	41.9
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Albany town	Carroll	609	100	0	36635	4.42	42.16	9.57	479	85700	1569	47.27
Bartlett town	Carroll	2736	100	0.48	39107	3.09	63.02	3.21	491	113300	1215	51.77
Brookfield town	Carroll	605	100	2.15	52132	3.35	13.52	2.14	445	120600	2026	59.46
Chatham town	Carroll	260	100	0	37188	0	43.37	14.46	428	110900	1250	56.76
Conway town	Carroll	8604	100	0.1	35873	2.94	31.31	6.04	440	104400	2028	51.19
Eaton town	Carroll	333	100	1.5	46429	1.33	27.7	4.69	521	107900	2000	39.63
Effingham town	Carroll	1273	100	0	36000	5.08	34.89	3.16	461	93800	1691	57.7
Freedom town	Carroll	1303	100	1.53	40188	1.15	54.91	2.28	430	134300	1655	53.44
Hale's location	Carroll	61	100	0	32188	0	42.62	6.56	0	352500	1411	80.37
Hart's Location town	Carroll	33	100	0	41250	0	77.78	0	0	168800	900	64.52
Jackson town	Carroll	805	100	0.62	49583	0.55	48.87	10.05	458	195800	1955	43.74
Madison town	Carroll	2026	100	0	43523	2.95	47.93	3.16	511	108000	1801	53.94
Moultonborough town	Carroll	4484	100	0.38	45050	2.44	56.07	2.28	516	158000	1906	64.48
Ossipee town	Carroll	4211	100	0.43	34709	5.8	34.54	4.49	404	95700	1825	61.74
Sandwich town	Carroll	1286	100	2.72	47292	1.75	38.03	3.52	463	140900	2006	46.62
Tamworth town	Carroll	2555	100	1.25	35200	5.32	31.37	3.1	409	98200	1797	51.33
Tuftonboro town	Carroll	2148	100	1.72	45729	3.67	52.2	1.93	528	158000	1797	65.62
Wakefield town	Carroll	4251	100	0.64	42500	2.44	48.08	1.35	445	106600	1469	61.7
Wolfeboro town	Carroll	6083	100	0.97	44013	2.8	31	3.05	490	149800	2287	61.02
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Alton town	Belknap	4502	98.33	0.31	43451	3.55	45.68	2.5	515	127700	1946	63.97
Barnstead town	Belknap	3886	100	1.67	47449	2.88	27.58	1.1	588	93800	2573	48.62
Belmont town	Belknap	6716	92.73	0.21	47717	2.04	11.56	3.6	526	96300	2545	54.52
Center Harbor town	Belknap	1017	100	1.18	51806	1.89	33.13	3.5	502	150000	2292	58.61
Gilford town	Belknap	6803	41.82	0	48658	1.44	33.14	2.71	633	134800	2646	58.12
Gilmanton town	Belknap	3060	100	3.37	50542	0.43	34.31	2.65	614	111500	2707	51.56
Laconia city	Belknap	16411	5.01	0.08	37796	4.44	17.63	3.76	507	96700	2201	53.73
Meredith town	Belknap	5943	100	0.52	42758	2.13	39.39	2.22	455	136500	2301	58.38
New Hampton town	Belknap	1929	100	0.83	47583	4.13	20.13	2.88	516	107800	2000	56.02
Sanbornton town	Belknap	2581	98.99	1.43	48458	2.39	26.56	2.13	560	122200	2297	50.98
Tilton town	Belknap	3477	32.84	0.69	41977	4.01	11.83	4.78	479	95900	2000	48.22
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson
Acworth town	Sullivan	840	100	8.57	37386	1.54	33.01	5.05	558	92700	2050	39.85
Charlestown town	Sullivan	4749	43.78	0.34	38024	2.88	2.85	4.26	402	81500	2546	44.13
Claremont city	Sullivan	13151	30.74	0.65	34949	7.62	1	5.4	437	79800	2547	42.72
Cornish town	Sullivan	1661	100	3.61	53393	0.93	5.88	1.58	525	104400	2639	41.84
Croydon town	Sullivan	685	100	6.57	49688	3.44	17	5.76	490	106500	1760	59.65
Goshen town	Sullivan	755	100	0.79	42625	1.69	24.87	3.33	528	92300	2430	53.48
Grantham town	Sullivan	2173	100	0.83	63239	0.43	36.1	2.96	892	159200	2618	46.94
Langdon town	Sullivan	582	100	1.37	42083	1.72	9.4	1.88	506	96300	2122	45.51
Lempster town	Sullivan	971	100	2.27	40458	2.29	29.46	3.47	408	83300	2047	51.73
Newport town	Sullivan	6269	50.07	0.24	37442	7.52	2.66	3.42	503	80900	1979	50.09
Plainfield town	Sullivan	2241	100	2.32	57083	1.64	1.82	1.94	619	113800	2958	37.61
Springfield town	Sullivan	915	100	0	44659	2.05	26.12	2.8	545	118100	2466	54.06
Sunapee town	Sullivan	3055	98.76	0.56	49353	1.32	36.91	2.71	536	136100	2361	52.92
Unity town	Sullivan	1530	100	2.35	41594	1.4	13.64	1.52	607	88100	1870	52.8
Washington town	Sullivan	881	100	0.68	43125	1.42	56.06	4	500	110500	2236	56.13
Town	County	Pop.	Rural	Farm	Inc.	Asst.	S.Vac.	O.Vac.	Rent	Value	Taxes	Benson

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NH Visit

by Karl Beisel

• 5/15/04

I've lived in the Washington, DC area for 17 years, and I'm not much of a traveler. In growing up and living in a city that lives and breathes government, I've become accustomed to its culture. So whenever I travel outside the DC metro area, I find myself refreshed at the differences in attitudes I experience.

No other place I've visited embodies the difference more than New Hampshire. My third visit to the state in a year landed me in Manchester for a long weekend in April. While there, I had the opportunity to meet several fellow Porcupines over lunch (thanks to Cal and Karen Pratt for organizing it!). It was quite rewarding to meet some of the people who I will be working with in the future, on real projects that will one day enhance the liberty for all residents of the state.

Manchester is a neat city. It's much smaller than DC (the DC metro area contains five times as many people as the entire state of New Hampshire). Yet, it still retains a distinct urban feel that I prefer. Among the many contrasts: the famous Yankee industrial ethic is quite noticeable. Houses are well kept throughout the city, and most of the buildings are dedicated to useful production, not government work. It's nice to see actual factories instead of office buildings full of useless bureaucrats. Yeah, this is new to me. I get a real sense of relief just being in New Hampshire.

The most striking thing I noticed about New Hampshire is this – the people are so darn friendly! I've always heard that New Englanders were supposed to be aloof, or even mean. That's certainly not true in New Hampshire, even in its largest city. People smile easily there, and I frequently received friendly hellos from shop clerks and pedestrians in the neighborhood. Even the attractive woman who nearly ran me over with her SUV while I attempted to cross a crosswalk flashed a friendly smile my way.

Oh, and that's the other thing. For all of us single guys, no worries – the women of New Hampshire are not only warm and friendly, they're great-looking too!

Ah, New Hampshire... what a difference.

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