Jim O'Connell

Response To Manchester Board of School Committee Member Jim O’Connell

Hey, Jimbo (This guy.) – you lying, bloated, reality-detached bag of gas – you received my genuine concerns, presented “rationally,” in March when I filed my complaint to HR and provided it to the entire Board of School Committee. You replied, saying that you would review everything, and then never replied again.

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Manchester Charter Question: A Backdoor to School Board Taxing Authority

The question asking Manchester voters to amend the city charter seems simple enough.  It reads as follows: SHALL THE CITY OF MANCHESTER APPROVE THE THE CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT SUMMARIZED BELOW CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE SECTION 8.03 PERIODIC REVIEW (a)  Not less than once every ten (10) years the board of mayor and aldermen shall cause the … Read more

Manchester School District

Principals Trash Manchester School Superintendent, or Did They?

On September 10, 2020, Teamsters Local 633 attorney William R. Cahill, Jr. submitted a “correspondence” from the Association of Manchester Principals (AMP) to Manchester school Superintendent Dr. John Goldhardt.  While the letter largely addressed a laundry list of complaints regarding the district’s plan to return to school amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, along with several reasons … Read more

New Media Rising…

Regular readers may or may not know that Skip and I have another blog, GilfordGrok, where we cover issues relating to our home town, Gilford, NH. Both of us also happen to serve on the town’s Budget Committee (GBC) that passes final judgement on town and school spending proposals the voters ultimately vote upon. . … Read more