Cook on Concord

A brave new list

To the editor: We love top 10 lists. After hearing the news earlier this month, I thought we need to start a new list: The best real estate developers in New Hampshire. My recommendation for number one? The Gregg brothers.…

Shoveling it, indeed

To the editor: Right now, even by bus: • It is inconvenient to travel between Nashua and Boston • It is impossible from Manchester anymore • It is inconvenient to take a bus from the middle of nowhere (new “terminals”…

Lots of benefits from rail

To the editor: Thank you very much for writing about passenger rail. New Hampshire might want to ask Canadian governments and Canadian businesses if they would be willing to help fund and run passenger rail between Canada and Boston. Many…

Another solution to high business taxes

To the editor: Jim Roche, president of the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire made a very impassioned plea that he does not want business taxes raised to satisfy the states estimated $100 million budget shortfall (“Lawmakers: do no harm,” Jan. 16-29…

‘Stimulus’ testimony misreported

To the editor: I was quoted in an NHBR.com article (“N.H. businesses to House: We need stimulus”) concerning my testimony at a Ways & Means Committee meeting. The reporting, in respect to my testimony, made substantial errors of fact that…