Skip, Author at Granite Grok

Gunstock Area Commissioners – here’s your Right To Know demand for Friday’s non-public meeting after seeing Notice of yet another Emergency Meeting today

July 31, 2022 Skip

So I was tipped off yesterday that there was going to be another Emergency Meeting for the GAC early this afternoon and one agenda item caught my attention (emphasized below): Posted 7/30/2022 NOTICE Emergency Public Meeting of the GUNSTOCK AREA COMMISSION Sunday, July 31, 2022, at 1:30 p.m., Eastern Time at the Gunstock Mountain Resort. … Read more

Insufferable Resignation Watch Day Two…

July 31, 2022July 30, 2022 Skip

Heh! For years, I said that a large part of what I write about is based on what “they” said. In this case, the Insufferable GAC Twins – extremist Commissioners Doug Lambert and Jade Wood who made it REAL clear that they were bound and determined to resign yesterday at 5 pm (“Extremists Doug Lambert … Read more

SDGANH 2022 Summer Newsletter

July 30, 2022 Skip

Summer 2022 Newsletter Giving voters a voice by empowering elected school district officials to reclaim control over budgets and curriculum. Announcing SDGA’s New President: Eric Pauer Eric Pauer, formerly SDGA Vice President was elected President at the SDGA Annual General Meeting on July 9th. Eric brings a strong background in organizational leadership, and we look forward … Read more

Jan 6 Select Committee CSPAN YouTube screenshot

Off they Go

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Skip

Local media, such as the Daily Sun, continue to print letters and articles portraying Conservatives and groups like Proud Boys and Free Staters as enemies of Democracy. Maybe so, if we are talking about the “democracy” of BLM/Antifa, Marxist Progressives, and the like.

Breaking: Strang to Remain on Gunstock Area Commission

July 30, 2022 Skip

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2022 Contact: Josh McElveen EMail: josh@mcelveenstrategies.com Strang to Remain on Gunstock Area Commission Cites need for three Commissioners to End Resort Shutdown Gilford NH – After several days of internal turmoil that led to the resignation of a pair of Gunstock Area Commissioners, David Strang MD, has decided to remain … Read more

Extremists Doug Lambert and Jade Wood: Their Clintonian-Style “Wag The Dog” Political Stunt Failed. Spectacularly

August 3, 2022July 30, 2022 Skip

(Upon hearing from the copyright holder to the image that was here, we have removed it from this post and our library. During yesterday’s GAC meeting, both Wood and Lambert kept up the attempt to whip the attendees into a mob-like mentality right from the get-go. Both made the case that unless both Peter Ness … Read more

Friday Open Thread: Gunstock-the Local Example of Peyton Place Mixed with Bad Governance by Saul Alinsky Tactics

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Skip

Yup, hardly time to grab a breath – Obama’s “Dense Pack” strategy has returned (i.e., the bad guys swamping the good guys with everything for FUD purposes: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt at a mind dizzying pace) when it comes to Gunstock. But that pace also strains the bad side and they start making mistakes from … Read more

Gunstock Area Commissioner Doug Lambert – Just Look at the Bulging Veins in His Neck. His Ends Completely Justifies His Means.

July 30, 2022July 29, 2022 Skip

(Upon hearing from the copyright holder to the image that was here, we have removed it from this post and our library.) So who am I to be that speedbump on his road?? Look at his demeanor after 1) the first Public Meeting, 2) the non-public meeting (very long), and then 3) the second short … Read more

Pay to Play in New Hampshire Politics?

July 29, 2022 Skip

“We are a for-profit entity that has a donation line item in our budget and we donate to different things to promote Gunstock and promote the area and promote skiing in general,” he said. “We generate our own revenue and this donation does not affect Belknap County residents because we don’t take Belknap County money.” … Read more

GrokGauntlets – Well, Yet Another Establishment Candidate Blew Us Off: Matt Mowers

July 29, 2022 Skip

“You claim to be going to DC to fight the Swamp; yet you boast about all of the DC-based politicians that have endorsed you. If you are depending on us to be impressed by all those names, how are we supposed to believe that you’d be fighting them? I’m sitting here in my living room … Read more

Extremists? You Bet – Looks Like Gunstock SR. Mgt (And Commish Gary Kiedaisch) Had a Really Good Reason Why They All Quit en Masse Last Week!

July 30, 2022July 28, 2022 Skip

And it wasn’t because the Gunstock Area Commissioners, their bosses, rearranged the Belknap County Complex meeting room such that the Sr. Management was put into the front row of the Public’s seating area instead of having tables of their own like the GAC. As the result of an RSA 91:A demand, I now have the same … Read more

Extremist? Tom Day Demonstrates the Problem with Gunstock and His Political Donation to Sununu with Gov’t Money

July 28, 2022 Skip

With this check to the Sununu campaign, were you hoping that no one was going to remember that up until Jan 20, 2020, you were Chris Sununu’s Waterville Valley General Manager? Quid pro quo? Cui bono, Mr. Day?

How Many Election Laws Were Broken by Gunstock Mountain’s Tom Day for Sending $500 of Gunstock Funds to Sununu’s Campaign?

July 28, 2022 Skip

AND then Gov. Sununu’s campaign Manager Paul Collins for accepting it?

The news broke last night Statewide – but I actually “nuanced” the story yesterday morning on Life with Liz radio show. Here is the check that I spoke about:

Gunstock-You want EXTREMISTS?? Let Me Present “Citizens for Belknap”‘s NH State Senate Wannabe Tim Lang – and Arrogant Overreach

July 28, 2022July 27, 2022 Skip

Remember (and I’ll keep doing so) Tim Lang is the State Rep that was Sununu’s buddy during the long pandemic of deciding who among we NH residents were essential – and who wasn’t.

Gary Kiedaisch - Gunstock Area Commission

Gunstock-You want EXTREMISTS?? Let Me Present “Citizens for Belknap”‘s and former GAC Commissioner Gary Kiedaisch

July 28, 2022July 27, 2022 Skip

Alternative Title: Kibosh for Kiedaisch Obligatory: the picture at the definition of “Arrogant” has Gary Kiedaisch next to it. Why? Sorry, but just SAYING that you are “retracting” your “I Quit” that you uttered last week (video here). However, he has a history of thinking that just because he says something, everyone HAS to believe … Read more

Stupid Media – Accept Our Apologies For Being Wrong When It Doesn’t Matter

July 27, 2022 Skip

“This is the inter-elections decompression season, when the liberal media admits their past lies, now, when it doesn’t matter, in order to ‘prove’ their credibility for future lies, when it does matter.”

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Big Money, Big Lies

July 26, 2022 Skip

“Save Gunstock and Enough is Enough” signs are flooding county roads. These things are not cheap, ask anyone who has run even for low-level elected offices. Big money is being spent and Letters to the Editor in the Daily Sun calling for “reasonable and responsible” leadership are printed in supporting this push to replace current … Read more

The Reason Why NH State Rep Brodie Deshaies (R-Wolfeboro) Supports Unions (Think Right-To-Work): Bought and Paid For!

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Skip

I keep saying “I get stuff” and “people send me even more stuff”. It seems that several such folks believe that Republicans should let Brodie Deshaies drop like a rock. There was another attempt, here in NH, to pass Right To Work legislation. Here are the Union payments to his campaign fund for this year’s … Read more

Data Point – Here’s What Govt Has Done to the Purchasing Power of Your Dollar in Just 22 Years

July 25, 2022 Skip

It’s called Inflation. The Federal Bank is supposed to “control” and has had a target “range” of about 2% per year. So, has your INCOME gone up 60% over this same about of time? Doubtful. Mine certainly has not. It’s the way that Govt impoverishes us all. (H/T: Bayou Renaissance Man)

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An Act of Desperation? A Sign That They Know Something’s Coming That the Rest of Us Don’t?

July 25, 2022July 24, 2022 Skip

You don’t move from having the chutzpah of demanding that the entire Gunstock Area Commissioners resign en masse or demanding that the Belknap Delegation (made up of the NH State House Reps in Belknap County) remove them all to just two. Thanks to Stephen Hepburn, a Progressive transplant from Scotland, for bringing it to my … Read more