EAST DERRY, N.H.—RebuildNH is celebrating a meaningful victory today as the Legislature passed a strong budget containing meaningful emergency powers reforms as well as a promise from the governor to deliver the rest of our critical constitutional requests using bills retained in House committees.
Op-Ed
The Elephant in the Room
Possibly you have heard the “good news.” With the budget held hostage, your Freedom Caucus Representatives have reached a backroom deal with the Governor over State of Emergency (SoE) reform.
Long-Awaited Public Charter School Grant Competition Announced
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Education is excited to announce the start of the 2020-2021 federal charter school grant competition, which provides competitive grant funds to start new public chartered schools, as well as replicate and expand existing high-quality public chartered schools.
Giving Voters a Voice by Empowering Elected School District Officials to Reclaim Control over Budgets and Curriculum.
SDGA members should be aware of two extraordinary conflicts that made news in June, both involving school boards and Critical Race Theory instruction.
Rebuild NH: Publicly Announced Agreement Acceptable Regarding Emergency Powers Reforms
Call your state senator and ask them to keep the promises they’ve made; thank those representatives in the Freedom Caucus who stood firm to demand these changes.
Tuesday June 15 SAU16 School Board Meeting Was Not A Knockout Punch, But it Was Still A TKO
Yes, I know it was frustrating because it wasn’t as decisive a victory as the Monday, June 14 meeting, but take heart: it was still a TKO. The board limited who was “allowed” to speak, how long they could speak and managed to get a few genuflecting minions up at the mic.
The Sky Is Falling, You Must Hate Babies and We Will Side with the Democrats If You Don’t Give Us What We Want!
…and a bear and tiger and lion too… Oh my! – There’s a lot of sound and fury right now in NH GOP politics over the budget (HB2) but the facts are really pretty simple and how and why we are here is really pretty sinister. So grab a coffee and let’s unpack some of this … Read more
If the Budget Fails, We Lose Everything. If It Passes, We Will Have Achieved a Great Deal.
On Thursday, members of the New Hampshire House will vote up or down on House Bill 2, the budget rider bill that contains provisions enacting school choice, restrictions on public funding of critical race theory in New Hampshire schools, a ban on late-term abortions, and meaningful tax cuts.
Op-Ed: While There Is Plenty in This Budget to Like…
New Hampshire’s 2021 Budget should be defeated. While there is plenty in this budget to like (and no danger the Governor can afford to let any of those good things disappear) the budget that’s eventually signed should end the neutering of both the Governor’s Emergency Powers legislation and the Divisive Concepts legislation.
Thank You for Ruining My Kids’ Education. Now You Will Answer for It.
Good evening, As I discuss with my son his socialist, feckless, “everyone gets a trophy” grading system that YOU ignored the petition of over 300 students and parents to change; and as I now KNOW that many of you signed into effect a transgender policy whereby teachers can call MY kids doorknobs, he, she, they, it, etc. without ANY parental knowledge;
Politicized Doctors Office Just Lost This “Patient”
My daughter had a doctor’s appointment today. we go to the hospital in [redacted] (La La Land). Every single doctor and member of the staff was wearing a rainbow mask on their face.
SAU 16 Administration and School Boards in Action
Back-to-back SAU 16 Joint Board and Co-operative school Board meetings are in the can. What was accomplished? At the Joint Board meeting June 14, 2021, the cafeteria was where parents, grandparents and citizens assembled to voice their concerns.
NH Liberty Alliance – Liberty Dinner
The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance cordially invites you to its 2021 Liberty Dinner. At this event, we will unveil this year’s Liberty Rating, announce the Legislator of the year, and announce the Activist of the year.
Who Is a Terrorist? Is It You, Me, Our Neighbor?
Where is Paul Revere when you need him? Who is a terrorist? Is it you, me, our neighbor? The people must be on the watch for who they call “a terrorist” because one day, it could be you, me, or our neighbor. You think not! Wait and see.
Girard Denounces Defund the Police Rallies Targeting Manchester
MANCHESTER, NH June 17, 2021—”The story written by John DiStaso in his NH Primary Source column is disturbing to say the least. That the NH Youth Movement, whatever that is, has “targeted” Manchester as a place that needs to defund police is as disturbing as it is dangerous.
Superintendent Ryan Must Be Removed From Office.
If you attended either school board meeting in Exeter Monday or Tuesday, this would be crystal clear. It is US vs THEM. No, I’m not talking Republican vs Democrat or even conservative vs liberal.
Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back – Senate Rolls Over for Sununu, Expands Governor’s Emergency Powers
In a joint House-Senate committee today, the Senate openly carried out the governor’s bidding by adding language to the budget that would make his emergency powers fundamentally stronger than they have been over the past 15 months while including only nominal checks from the Legislature that functionally will not work to limit the governor’s power.
Wednesday Overnight Thread – Adults Take Over Monday Night’s SAU16 School Board Meeting Edition
In case you missed it, the adults in the room took over Monday night’s SAU16 school board meeting at Exeter High School. Below is a link to the video. Warning: it’s about 3 hours long. However, if you are a regular Granite Grok reader, this is the Wagyu beef and Russian caviar of school board meetings, so take your time and digest it slowly.
The Next New Hampshire Election
In 2020, New Hampshire residents allegedly reelected Democrat Senators Shaheen and Hassan, and New Hampshire’s Second District Congressional Representative Anne Kuster.
So, We Should Trust Harri Hursti?
Dear Editor, My word, this Windham audit is nonsense. (1) If there are copyright protections on the decompiled EPROMs, then that says that NH should not be using the machines because the correct operation of the machine cannot be easily and publicly verified. So, we should trust Harri?