Many of the stories, commentary, and questioning from the Executive Council on March 9, 2022, concerning whether Bedford attorney Brian Shaughnessy should serve as a New Hampshire Circuit Court judge have focused on the wrong issue.
Robert Fojo
Sean Monroe: A Fresh Voice for Positive Change in Bedford Public Schools
I am writing to endorse Sean Monroe for the Bedford School Board. Over the last two years, parents have begun to wake up and realize they have lost control over how or under what circumstances their children are being educated in the Bedford public school system. The education of their children is being administered by … Read more
Reversal on Mask Mandates Reinforces Lack of Authority for Broad Health Measures by School Districts
Governor Chris Sununu’s announcement yesterday that New Hampshire is no longer recommending that face masks be worn in indoor public spaces, including schools, calls into question his office’s credibility and leadership. Specifically, the state’s sudden reversal on face masks concedes that school districts never had the authority to require masks in the first place, and … Read more
Ending Mask Mandates: 8 Things to Know About Surety Bonds and School Districts
As school districts consider whether to keep or drop mask mandates a grassroots effort is pushing the idea of using surety bonds to end them. This strategy recommends that concerned parents can assert a claim against the surety bond that insures school district officials. They demand the officials rescind their school district mask mandate or … Read more
As Court Decisions Ending Mask and Vaccine Mandates Pile Up, New Hampshire Ignores the Trend
While courts in other states continue to expose what is wrong – legally – with mask and vaccine mandates in schools and other environments, many New Hampshire school districts still insist on masking our children. Those policies have not gone uncontested, but people tend to invoke or emphasize their Constitutional rights and those arguments are … Read more