17 May 2007 - Granite Grok

May 17, 2007

CALLING OUT MIKE WHALLEY

UPDATE:  (Sorry Ed, but I could not resist!!!  See below the line….  -Skip)  I understand that Mike Whalley called me out  in front of the Finance committee today for this post on his grotesque constitutional amendment.  Well, I have this to say to Mike Whalley — let’s debate your grotesque constitutional amendment in front of …

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LONG LIVE THE COURT!

Time for a civics lesson for both the Concord Monitor and the Union Leader.  First, check out this gem from the Monitor today:  "The Senate should embrace the task force’s definition [of an adequate education] and send the adequacy definition on to Gov. Lynch and then to the Supreme Court. The court should then say, …

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Tax-free NH. Well, not really…

    If you got it, they’ll tax it… . The following press release was issued yesterday afternoon by the NH House Republican Office. Can you imagine if this was the GOP that had decided to tax milk? I’ll bet the Dems and their comrades in the statewide newsmedia would have had a cow… NH Democrats Continue to …

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About those healthcare “costs”– Part 2. The Empire Strikes Back

    . Last week I posted a piece about Hillary Clinton visiting Laconia and having a private meeting with the leaders of the local health-care monopoly. I wrote: As they lament rising costs that hurt "little people", do you suppose anyone will ask why the LRGHealthcare CEO’s salary rose nearly $134,000 in the span of …

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Democratic Laundry List

    . Our friend Terry submitted the following in response to a letter from the Chair of our local county Democratic Party that appeared in several area newspapers: Recently the Democrat’s Belknap County Party Chair invited volunteers to help them in their cause. She neglected to mention the qualifying platform required to further their …

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