Greg Knytych, the freshman Laconia City Councilor from Ward 1 has just announced his intention to run for the New Hampshire Sena

For Immediate Release----###Greg Knytych, the freshman Laconia City Councilor from Ward 1 has just announced his intention to run for the New Hampshire Senate in District 4. There are too many expenses being passed down to the property taxpayers through the counties and that has to stop. Knytych feels that Spending must be controlled in Concord while protecting the traditional New Hampshire values and way of life. Knytych thinks the idea is simple, we can't have over 17% budget increases and looming deficits and Legislators thinking that we just need to raise taxes or create new taxes to pay for this. We have a Spending-Tax-Cap in Laconia and this serves to put a light on a dark problem. This problem cannot and will not be fixed until we have people who will fight to protect the taxpayers and citizens of this fine state from the excessive spending and lack of fiscal restraint we have seen. There are two ways to deal with budget shortfalls, first is to cut expenses and second is to increase revenue. With a the budget crisis we currently find ourselves in Knytych says he hasn't seen any real cuts in the excessive spending but there are plans to increase taxes. Not to mention the plan to borrow our way out of trouble by using bonds to pay for the General Fund obligations. If we can't pay the bills now how can we afford the financing costs associated? What will the extra financing costs do to future budgets?We need strong conservative leadership to get our fiscal house in order. Then we can focus on the real problems we have in this state, creating an environment that promotes free-trade, economic growth and affordable health care.Greg Knytych will be planning some campaign events to help get the word out. As these events are scheduled they will be posted on his website "The Blogging Councilor" (www.laconia-nh.us). Knytych says that thus far the reaction to this news has been very positive. Knytych can be reached via e-mail at greg@knytych.net or via phone at 455-0114