Skip, Author at Granite Grok

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.”

CoB 1 Irish Setter Lane Reasonable not RADICAL

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

Gunstock SR. Mgt’s “PR Disaster Artificially Made for Financial Gain”- A Quick Summary of the Political Upheaval

July 25, 2022July 24, 2022 Skip

I had a three-way email discussion with Steve and another person very well conversant with NH Politics, and that person floated over a Presser that the Gunstock Area Commissioners sent out after Wednesday night’s GAC meeting (for which I’ve already posted the video here at the ‘Grok).

Palate Cleanser – Just Because I Can

July 24, 2022 Skip

Sometimes run into something like this, I just have to get it out of my system: Hopefully, now, this will become that “song I can’t get out of my head” for the rest of the evening… (H/T: Sad and Useless)

Gunstock Mountain Resort Doing the “Saul Alinsky Two-Step – Or Is That the Brian Beihl Bugaloo?

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 Skip

As I have said in the past, people send me stuff. And given the stir that NH Governor Chris Sununu made by shooting his mouth off concerning three NH State Reps in Belknap County that are rated among the highest in fidelity to the NH GOP Platform (via the NH House Republican Alliance, which monitors … Read more

Manchester School District Is Right on This Point but Is Deliberately Hiding the Truth on the Converse of It.

July 23, 2022 Skip

I just keep tabbing interesting stories all the time but never seem to catch up on writing about them. NH Journal had this about the MSD and why it feels that it can brazenly lie to parents about their child’s transgender status (for which they are being sued). Reformatted, emphasis mine: Citizens may have a … Read more

Data Point: Gun Production Has Tripled Since 2000

July 23, 2022 Skip

So much for the gun control-istas, eh? They are just SO disappointed that most of us are listening to their message that we should just let Government “protect” us: (H/T: Statista)