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Absence of Shame: Belknap State Rep Harry Bean & Laconia City Councilor Henry Lipman

by Norm Silber / 29 March 2023 29 March 2023

After many months of apparently keeping a fairly low profile, Laconia City Councilor Henry Lipman has recently fielded a letter to the editor in the Laconia Daily Sun (also known as Pravda by The Lake) commending and endorsing the incompetent and inept management by Belknap Delegation Chair State Rep Harry Bean of the Belknap County …

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Data Point – National Debt and Biden’s Budget Proposal

by Skip / 28 March 2023 27 March 2023

As of March 8 of this year, which is the latest date currently reported by the U.S. Treasury, the total federal debt was $31.459 trillion. In his budget—which proposes increasing the debt to $50.712 trillion over the next ten years—Biden emphasizes his commitment to fiscal responsibility. (H/T: CNSNews)

Like a Boomerang, The Exasperation Keeps Coming Back – Federal Govt Debt Ceiling Games

by Skip / 24 March 2023 24 March 2023

This is a freakingly great concept! If you can’t spend for everything, try PRIORITIZING the spending.

Breaking: So NOW Belknap Delegation Chair Harry Bean Calls For Another Meeting – but Fairly Authoritarian & Rigid Rules, Wouldn’t You Agree?

by Skip / 21 March 2023 21 March 2023

Update: another little birdie has said “Harry didn’t write that email – he doesn’t write that well. Somebody ghostwrote it for him” and has suspicions.”. Either way, the above title still stands as his signature is on it. And he was just a bad boy in another way, too!

If You Live In Belknap County (NH), You are Looking At A 35% Rise In Your County Taxes. Blame Belknap Delegation Chair Harry Bean!

by Skip / 20 March 2023 20 March 2023

You need to contact Belknap County Delegation Chair Harry Bean: Email: froggytouttaint@aol.com Phone: (603) 455-2993. He’s responsible for this. In NH, the various Counties, all County budgets start with the Commissioners. Here in Belknap, I’m betting that they didn’t just throw the kitchen sink into their budget, they put your street’s entire collection of kitchen …

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Biden Budget is Not About the Money

by Ray Cardello / 13 March 2023 12 March 2023

Joe Biden is late in proposing his budget for 2023, but that may be because it took a lot of time to add so many more ways to control our lives. Although the budget is a staggering $6.8 Trillion, the real story is how Biden and Democrats feel they need to be more involved in …

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Belknap County Delegation Chair Harry Bean Proves That the Peter Principle Is Alive and Well

by Skip / 8 March 2023 8 March 2023

Background: Well, Monday night was supposed to be THE night that the Belknap County Delegation (made up of all the NH State Representatives from Belknap County) to finalize the Belknap County budget for the next year. The “Biz” items on the Agenda: Approve Budget Review Committee Minutes of February 15, 2023 Presentation of Review Committee’s …

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So Kids, What Did We Learn From Tuesday’s House Session (02/14/23)?

by Judy Aron / 15 February 2023 16 February 2023

We learned that attendance is everything this term. You can’t win if you don’t have the numbers. All eyes are on the whip! We learned that the Speaker of the House voted more today than he did in total in the past 2 years! There’s probably a Speaker vote record being made!

Just When You Think It Can’t Get Worse, It Does

by Pollyanna / 9 January 2023 26 March 2023

I had to check three times, as I didn’t believe the scores could go any lower. Drumroll, please. I guess a new 9 million dollar school and 7 or 8 (lost count) tax cap overrides in ten years for the school budget does not improve education.

Maggie “The Budget Hawk” Hassan

by John Burtis / 7 August 2022 8 August 2022

Maggie “The Budget Hawk” Hassan’s latest ad explains that she is busily reducing the prices of oil and gasoline that are plaguing us. She is portraying herself as having “fiscal responsibility” in another one and being praised as a budget hawk.