Start by getting rid of these survey's. Keep the pot stores out of Portsmouth. Reduce the amount of tattoo and chinese restaurants. Get rid of the dump. Put more $ to Sandy Point beaches. Repair the roads. Repair the schools.

Get rid of all the rich snobs that live in Sandy point.

In addition out East side's suggestions...
- Clean up litter
- Fix the sidewalks.

Sorry...
In addition TO East side's suggestions....

Porsmouth was a great place to grow up in the 1960's When Mr Sherman was the town clerk, Mr Hill was the building inspector, Mr Wilkey was fire chief, taxes were low when this was a small town before all the development came. There is no going back now, its a lost cause and its all about money and how much more can they get from the taxpayers every year. We are paying at least 4 retired police chiefs and I forget how many fire chiefs. More money-more money!

The future in Portsmouth is higher taxes every year. A lot of tax dollars are wasted on surveys,attorney fees,studies etc. I'm not living in the past. But would like it if taxes would stay affordable or maybe even go down a little for maybe just a few years...What I was saying is that the people that ran the town long ago were more for the people AKA taxpayers...now it is has gotten out of control. A lot of people who were born and raised here for generations are getting squeezed out.

Continue to help businesses start up and prosper. Good jobs create opportunity and help keep families together. Seems every year we see the kids graduate and they have to leave the area to find work. Working together to shed the NIMBY. attitude and anti business climate the area has should be priority.
The State Legislature over the years has caused a lot of the problem. High taxes and over the top regulations have chased businesses out of the state. We need to push our Rep's harder to remedy the problem..

Create a retail area on West Main Road to generate more taxes for the town and reduce property taxes for home owners. Cut pensions for retired town workers and make future town workers retire with social security, like the rest of us.

How about a Walmart in the Sandy point area?

Mike, those future town workers will most likely not have the "Social Security" that we now enjoy...But, I guess that is O K for them to pay for you and I right ?

I don't get it! What makes Portsmouth so special that everyone here thinks they are above box stores?

East side the people who support a larger commercial tax base need to be more vocal. Support your EDC with the numbers needed to change the ordinance. The area around the compactor where rt. 24 meets West main rd. would be a perfect area for more retail. It has the traffic to support it.

Joe - this is what the EDC should be doing. they have the committee and voices. however, this committee is made up of folks that have businesses in our community not in the area you suggest. Therefore, there is a conflict of interest. In order for the EDC to be effective, this committee needs to be recreated.

Joe please keep your mental midgetry restricted to the pages where you live. We know about all about you here in Portsmouth and would like you to keep your comments away from our town. It seems that we have enough rif raf without you drifting across the river to pollute our town.

It simple. Change out the establishment that has been running Portsmouth for the past decade or so, and get some responsible, smart people who know how to think for the people. Raising taxes only means one thing? There is unecessary spending going on. Million dollar sports complexes at the high school and a God awful eye sore that is a wind turbine are just some of the top shelf items that get wasted with tax payers money. Renegotiate contracts with the town retirement packages. You can imagine that Portsmouth was once a rural farming community. With the amount of development in the town over the past two plus decades, you would figure that there would be plenty of tax dollars available? Keep it simple stupid (K.I.S.S.)!!

I appreciate the constructive comments made by some on this blog item, but I don't consider it constructive to make personal attacks against individuals who have something to say. One of the real issues that we have in Portsmouth is a lack of civility in our discussions - its OK to disagree on substance but please refrain from attacking people simply because you may disagree with them.
Thanks

East side a petition signed by citizens requesting an expansion of the commercial tax base would be a good start. If enough people show an interest the council will take notice. It all starts with an effort of one person who is determined to change the way business is done. Driving to Fall River to shop doesn't help RI. or the town .

go away joe sousa

Tear down the windmill. It is a horrible eyesore.

How about installing sidewalks where there are none? Such as much of West Main Road? We also need sidewalks on sections of East Main Road...and Boyd's Lane up to Bristol Ferry Rd., and Anthony Rd.. It would also be good for the town to invest more in keeping up our public property. Has anyone been to Island Park beach lately? All the money put into fixing up the sidewalks, and adding those nice street lamps and benches, and it's FILTHY! There's seagull guano and sand all over the sidewalks; can't we clean the sidewalks and beach? And please don't take this as a knock on our fine town workers; it's a matter of the council allocating the funds and resources to get it done. Portsmouth can use some improvement, but overall it's a great place to live, and we should thank God for being fortunate enough to reside in one of our state's best towns.