Op-Ed

By NH House Rep. Josh Moore

We all felt the pain of the families who lost their loved ones in that horrific event in Parkland, FL on Valentine’s Day. I think we can all agree that we never wanted that to happen and we want to do all we can to make sure it never happens again.

Many solutions have been suggested and discussed. Some have been talked about before while others seem relatively new; such as arming teachers or hiring our nation’s veterans to protect our children.

Gun control, mental health, and law enforcement have all been hot topics for the last two weeks. But Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is the only one I have heard talk about (that taboo topic) family values.

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By NH State Rep. John Burt

Thursday 2-22-2018 was a great day at the NH State House.

One year ago today Constitutional Carry was signed by Governor Chris Sununu. That is me hugging the Governor. 

If Gramma is late on her property taxes her interest reduction bill just passed the House. The committee vote to kill the bill was 23 to ZERO. Kevin J. Scully, David Bates, Dan Eaton and I overturned the committee and passed the bill.

By Les Elder

If anyone knows who had these signs made, they can be placed on private property, and I know people that want them.

But per RSA 664:14 and 664:17 all political advertisements must include identification and signature of the person posting the sign on public property or a State or Town Right of Way. If this information is missing the signs will be removed by the Milton Public Works Department in accordance with State Law.

One could argue that the signs are not political, but an expression of free speech.!

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Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Individual Transported by Ambulance from Manchester Planned Parenthood

New Hampshire Right to Life was informed today of an individual who was taken away by ambulance from the Planned Parenthood facility in Manchester on Wednesday, February 21st around 12:30 pm. According to eyewitnesses, this person was carried out on a gurney with a sheet covering his or her face. New Hampshire Right to Life has obtained video evidence of the person being placed in the ambulance. According to the Manchester Fire Activity Log, the call is listed as “Unknown Status.” Planned Parenthood was performing surgical abortions when this incident occurred.

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By NH State Rep. Norm Silber

For about 40 years before becoming a permanent resident of Gilford, I lived and practiced law in the Miami area, so I have some significant familiarity with Florida law.

The recent Parkland school shooting has produced a lot of discussion about how and why it happened and how a similar event in the future could be prevented.  However, much of the discussion and calls for “action” have missed many important facts, distinct from the emotions of the moment.

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By Norman Silber

In the Virginia Tech massacre, one of the professors who was killed trying to protect his students while holding a door closed was a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces.  Had he been armed, is there any doubt that he could have ended the massacre right then and there?

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By Steve’s In-Box

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By Norm Silber

As a member of the New Hampshire House of Representative and Chair of the Town of Gilford Budget Committee, I am sometimes asked for justification or criticized for my position and votes on various issues before the NH House, the Belknap County Delegation, and the Gilford Budget Committee. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I could hardly have said it any better than it was said in 1960.

“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size.

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By Kevin Craig

I am dismayed that the entire Coös County delegation, both Democrat, and Republican, voted for an income tax on all non-public employees, via House Bill 628, the “Family Medical Leave Insurance” bill. The only exceptions were Robert Theberge, who voted nay, Bing Judd, who didn’t vote, and Edith Tucker, who was excused.

Supporters deny that it is an income tax, but it literally requires that employers collect and remit a percentage of employees’ wages: that is the very definition of an income tax.

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By Ed Mosca

On paper, the GOP controls every branch of State government in New Hampshire except the judiciary. But the reality is that in the aggregate the State has moved leftward despite nominal GOP control of the political branches.

I discussed how Governor Sununu has moved the State leftward in this post, but there is plenty of blame (or if you like the idea of New Hampshire moving leftward – credit) to go around.

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PRESS RELEASE

February 8, 2018, 11 pm  Sandown, NH
GREEN RESIGNS FROM TIMBERLANE BOARD OVER DOBSON NO TRESPASS

For immediate release:

The following is Donna Green’s statement following her resignation from the Timberlane Regional School Board on Thursday night, Feb. 8. after a meeting in which the board failed to rescind the no trespass order against Maxann Dobson, Timberlane school board candidate from Plaistow.

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By Jim Kofalt

New Hampshire law states that “political advertising” must be signed. In other words, if you are distributing materials that advocate for the success or defeat of a candidate or a particular measure, you need to state clearly and legibly who paid for it.

In early January, an unsigned flyer showed up in some mailboxes around our district making the specious claim that New Hampshire’s current school choice bill (SB193) “drains $3600.00 per pupil from the State education budget.”

Ironically, the headline on the flyer was “Say NO to Property Tax Increase.”

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By Len Turcotte (Adapted from a letter to the chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on HB628)

I met with Richard Lavers (Department of Employment Security) briefly on Wednesday of this week to discuss the spreadsheets he handed out at the Commerce Committee hearing on January 16th (I am currently awaiting further updates). My questions were focused on the assumptions/estimates he utilized in creating the spreadsheets. As you will recall from Lavers’ testimony, my testimony, and multiple statements contained in the two handouts by the Carsey Institute’s Smith, and Institute for Women’s Policy Research Jeffery Hayes, there exists ZERO data regarding “opt-out, opt-in” FMLI programs since no State has ever attempted them.

My questions for Mr. Lavers:

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New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus Comments
on House Commerce Committee Recommending
Defeat of Paid Medical Leave Bill HB 628

Concord – The New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus (NHHFC) today commended the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee for recommending HB 628 as Inexpedient to Legislate. The bill would have created a 0.5% tax on income, paid by the employer, to fund paid family and medical leave, unless the employee opted out of the program and tax upon being hired.

“President Reagan sagely pointed out that ‘If you can find it in the yellow pages, government shouldn’t be doing it.” While the Internet is making phone books obsolete, the wisdom remains – government should not be interfering where the private sector has a competitive, robust market. The House Commerce Committee acted prudently regarding HB 628.” stated Rep. Jeanine Notter, R-Merrimack

“The Insurance Department made clear that HB 628 would destroy the insurance market,

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By Tom Murray – Windham School Board Member

On Tuesday, January 30th the Windham School Members (WSB) Rob Breton, Keleigh McAllister, Dennis Senibaldi, and Daniel Popovici-Muller all voted to impose Obama’s radical Transgender “Bathroom and Locker Room” policies on our students and district employees in Windham.

Now mandated by Policy JBAB, boys who “identify as girls” must be treated as girls, and girls who “identify as boys” must be treated as boys – or else there will be consequences!

There are multiple reasons for my concern with this unconstitutional overreach by the WSB. I’ll cover just a few.

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By Len Turcotte

There is a bill currently making its way through the legislative process in our state that should be of great concern to NH’s fiscally responsible and liberty-minded citizens.

HB628 (Family Medical Leave Insurance) would implement a bureaucratic social scheme above and beyond the federal program that already exists. There are four main points to consider as we discuss:

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By Chip Spangler

Currently, HB 628 sits in the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs committee. This bill claims to be a government-run Family and Medical Leave insurance bill, but it is actually an income tax bill.

The bill places a 0.5% tax on income for those who do not opt-out. The opt-out provision is deceptive at best, and fraudulent at worst. Those who want to opt-in do absolutely nothing; those who want to avoid the tax must obtain the services of a notary in order to do so.

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By Harry Doutt.

This is a Tale of Two Mosques. The Islamic Society of New Hampshire (ISoNH) located in Manchester, NH. and Dar al Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church, VA.

The attached eight-minute video is courtesy of former FBI Agent John Guandolo. In it, he paints a picture of the Dar al Hijrah Mosque in Fall Church, VA.

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