Education: Bachelor of arts, Yale. Occupation: Retired Political or civic experience highlights: President, Seacoast Media Group 1997-2017 – informing the public while running a successful business. Past board chair of Prescott Park Arts Festival, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Portsmouth Chamber Collaborative; Portsmouth Listens. What is the biggest problem Portsmouth is facing and how you would solve it? Rents …
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Herald Q&A 2023
Are you working with any consultants, groups, or a slate of candidates? If yes, please disclose who you’re working with. None, but because a new law bars candidates from obtaining the electronic voter file for Portsmouth, I had to get help from the state Democratic Committee to get this. I use it to select homes …
We did it!
Thanks to everyone who held signs, tallied results, sent letters, posted on social media and VOTED! I’m honored to be a city councilor-elect. What an exciting night.
Herald Q&A
Here are my answers to the Portsmouth Herald candidate questionnaire: https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20191015/city-council-candidate-john-tabor
Candidate questionnaire
Here’s my response to PortsmouthNH questions on the issues: https://www.portsmouthnh.com/candidate-survey-john-tabor/
Columns on the issues
City budget – Seacoast Sunday February 25, 2018. (How I would look at city budgets if a councilor…) Portsmouth city budget this year will go down as “the year of the big ask.” Already at $109 million in spending, the 2018-2019 budget will easily weigh in at $113 million, with police and fire asking for …
Columns on the issues 2
McIntyre – Binnie proposal – Seacoast Sunday, August 11, 2019 Bill Binney’s alternative plan for the McIntyre building poses a real alternative – and the key lies in the capital structure. The Redgate Kane proposal takes the 2.1 acre site and adds quite a bit of new buidings. The largest income stream comes from luxury …