23 January 2015 - Granite Grok

January 23, 2015

Tomorrow on GrokTALK! January 24th, 2015

Greg Kline  Blogger and podcaster from RedMaryland.com on that Martin O’Malley Character Rep. Victoria Sullivan  on HB 332 …  AN ACT relative to school district policy regarding objectionable course material. Guy Comtois is back with the Weekly Legislative Update. Jorge Mesa-Tejada  gives us an Education update. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – and all the other fun …

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School Board Tyranny Part II

We continue our discussion about holding elected boards accountable with Ken Eyring and Tom Murray. In Part II we dig deeper into the background on Cenergistic, and the events at the meeting that promoted the board to call the police on a taxpayer who objected to a vote on a no-bid contract without any public …

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Another Republican calls it quits.

Thomas Crown, a former director at Red State, makes it clear why.  I counsel you to go read the whole thing (reformatted and emphasis mine): The Republican Party was founded on the principle that all human beings are possessed of inherent dignity. In some manner or another, for one hundred and fifty years and more, …

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SB116 – hearing next Thursday

Sharon Carson (r), Chair of Judiciary 271-1403 sharon.carson@leg.state.nh .us Susan Duncan, Senior Legislative Aide … 271-3076 susan.duncan@leg.state.nh. us Sam Cataldo (r) 271-4063 sam.cataldo@leg.state.nh.u s Gary Daniels (r) 271-2609 Gary.Daniels@leg.state.nh. us   David Pierce (d) 271-3067 david.pierce@leg.state.nh. us Bette Lasky (d) 271-3091 bette.lasky@leg.state.nh.u s (H/T: Packing NH)

“I don’t want anybody being day care poor” – is there ANYTHING that Progressives believe people can be without?

“I don’t want anybody being day care poor” Is there ANYTHING that Progressives believe, at this point,  people should do for themselves?  I think not and certainly my taxes, more and more, reflect that.  Certainly, our national debt says that.  As Steve’s favorite (ok, one of them) phrase goes “Is it EVER enough”?  Sadly, no.  …

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“You don’t need that” – a mark of someone that hates your freedom

“They’ve riddled it with giveaways the super-rich don’t need, denying a break to middle-class families who do.  ‘Let’s close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top one per cent to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth,’ the president demanded.  ‘We can use that money to help more families pay for childcare …

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