Steve MacDonald

Mike Manatos has “bundled more than $40,000 in lobbyist contributions for [Hillary] Clinton’s campaign. He and brother Andy … have donated tens of thousands to Democratic politicians, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics.

Manatos & Manatos oversee the handling of VTB Group issues in Washington, D.C. which includes the VTB Bank.

The Russian government is the majority shareholder of the VTB Group, controlling 60.9 percent of voting shares. The group received a $2.6 billion bailout from the Russian government in 2014-15, the registration notes.

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If you didn’t know, Tim Allen is a Republican. He uses his show on ABC, Last Man Standing, as a regular platform for picking on liberals and defending the Right. And every now and again he reminds people what it’s like being a Republican in the entertainment industry.

[su_quote cite=”Tim Allen”]In November, Allen told Fox News host Megyn Kelly: “What I find odd in Hollywood is that they didn’t like Trump because he was a bully. But if you had any inkling that you were for Trump, you got bullied for doing that. And it gets a bit hypocritical for me.”[/su_quote]

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This year’s March Madness is coming to a close without the fawning media coverage of Barack Obama’s brackets. But the theme of brackets reminds me that back in October of 2010 Mary Jane Wellner and Marjorie Smith of the Committee to elect House Democrats tried to fundraise on some brackets of their own. They called it the Extreme 16.

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Tomorrow voters in Windham, New Hampshire will go to the polls, and one of the more important decisions they have to make is whether to allow their School Board to go forward or backward.

Recent elections have moved the Windham school board away from its unaccountable past. Daniel Popovici-Muller, Tom Murray, and Ken Eyring have created a more open and transparent body that is more interested in what parents and taxpayers have to say. They are interested in accountability as well as proper accounting, spending controls, and responsible leadership. But that is unpopular with past board members, individuals who would rather defer to lobbyists than parents.

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As Windham voters go to the polls I thought we should remind them what the school district and school board were like before Ken Eyring and Tom Murray got elected. The decreasing transparency, $600,000.00 no-bid contracts, and limiting public comment or input on issues affecting parents and taxpayers, plus a whole lot more. Ken has worked hard to repair all that damage, along with Tom and Daniel Popovici-Muller, to restore integrity and responsibility to the board. Ken is up for reelection today.

Windham School Board Tyranny Part I
Listen to “School Board Tyranny Part I” on Spreaker.

Part II on the jump

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When I heard that the University of Delaware was the home of the new Biden Institute my first thoughts were plagiarism and hair plugs. Spelling and communications (Malarky!)? Creepy groping? Nope! The Biden Institute will explore, according to Biden, “a whole range of things that have no ideology attached to them.”

How does a guy pretend to be Obama’s Vice President for eight years and still think that Democrats believe anything is non-ideological?

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The big news that’s not news at all is that MSNBC and Rachel Madcow reported that in 2005 Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes on $150 (152.7) Million in income. That’s 24% of his income lost to Uncle Sam.

Big whoop.

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The School Nutrition Association (SNA) which represents 54,000 school cafeteria professionals see the Trump Presidency as an opportunity to roll back some of the overreaches of the Obama years.

[su_quote]SNA supports maintaining robust federal nutrition standards to ensure all students receive nutritious, well-balanced meals at school. However, some overly prescriptive rules have resulted in unintended consequences, including reduced student lunch participation, higher costs and food waste.[/su_quote]

Federal meddling in the form of S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, has been more like the healthy food goes in the trashcan and kids are still hungry Act.

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(NH Political Buzz.org)

To make a long story short (at least for the moment), former Bedford New Hampshire Town Manager Steve Daly entered into an agreement with Crown Castle Towers to lease public property for the placement of a cell tower. Daly never had permission from the Town Council. The zoning board refused to approve the deal. Crown sued the town. A resident filed a civil suit. Daly resigned “for personal reasons.” Crown eventually halted their suit.

The tower was slated for 77 Chubbuck Road, at the town’s transfer station. Petitions were signed opposing it. The locals don’t want it there. Citizens are concerned about the proximity to the Riddle Brook Elementary School. And now that the lawsuit is over more than a few residents probably think the story ended there. It did not.

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