Motion to Continue, Motion to Conceal: Hampton’s War on Redress - Run the Clock and Tax Again
- NH Muckraker

- Dec 19, 2025
- 2 min read
The Plaintiffs have been stonewalled since November 2024, denied any meaningful redress for mathematically disproportional and unconstitutional property tax assessments that violate both the New Hampshire Constitution and the U.S. Constitution. Despite invoking their explicit right to redress under Article 32 of the NH Bill of Rights, town officials responded not with solutions, but with arrogance—ignoring citizens at public meetings, dismissing grievances, and parroting statutes as if legislation overrides constitutional law.
The Hampton Board of Selectmen, acting as assessors, refused to engage substantively, mocked concerned taxpayers, and failed their sworn Oaths of Office. Their conduct forced Plaintiffs to escalate matters—formally notifying Kelly Ayotte, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, legislative leadership, and the Department of Revenue by certified mail. Not one official responded. This total silence represents yet another blatant violation of the constitutional right to redress grievances.
Now, after months of obstruction, the Town has the audacity to seek further delay, attempting to postpone judicial review while barreling ahead toward the 2026 town meeting, where new appropriations and taxes would again be imposed using assessments already proven unequal and unlawful. This is not administrative inconvenience—it is deliberate avoidance of accountability.
The Plaintiffs’ demand is simple and justified: justice before more damage is done. Another town meeting without resolution is intolerable. The Court has
already extended grace by scheduling a hearing for January 8, 2026, and the Town’s attempt to derail it is an insult to constitutional governance and due process.
The Plaintiffs therefore urge the Court to deny the Motion to Continue, hear the case as scheduled, and end this cycle of contemptuous delay. Justice delayed here is justice denied—by design.


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