MADISON — Selectmen said Tuesday they will try again to crack down on problematic short-term rentals.
Voters in March passed the planning board’s Article 6, which said a dwelling unit can’t be used for transients and which town officials said effectively banned STRs. The planning board had also intended to get an article on the warrant to legalize and regulate STRs but it was waylaid by a posting error.
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Madison, lay off peoples property and stop trying to justify a position for a family friend at a whopping 100k.
Didn’t they try to do this before and (to quote leading Select Board STR opponent Josh Sackford) “got their butts handed to them”?
So now he thinks they should try it again and there will be a different outcome?
This from the guy who now claims he has no dog in this fight. I call BS. This has been his only fight for over a year. And who does he hire as the board’s attorney as soon as he takes over the chairman’s position on the select board? An attorney formerly representing the NH Municipal Association…a political group with the same agenda as he.
And what kind of leadership skills does he think he portrays when he walks out of a meeting because other board members have a different opinion than him?
Frankly, he should have recused himself after he publicly stated a year ago that he has a neighbor with a STR that he doesn’t like. He has a clear conflict of interest and agenda.
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