If you have not yet done so, please register to attend tonight’s free online training. Your CRT Toolkit: How to Fight Racist Ideology in Our Schools.
School District is Using Your Tax Dollars to Turn Students into Racists
SAU 16 spent part of a $20,000.00 grant to purchase books to assign middle school students. The book is called, This Book is Anti-Racist.
A Budget That Will Transform New Hampshire for the Better
Ten years ago, the New Hampshire legislature passed a transformative budget that set the state up for an economic boom that has benefited tens of thousands of residents.
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.
Property Rights: US Supreme Court Punches Unions and California in the Face
If there’s a wrong way to run a state, California has figured it out. It is a train wreck of a progressive laboratory. And while Dems on the right coast idolize these failures and package them as progress, they are anything but.
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.
Hump Day Overnight Thread – “(Almost) Everyone Suddenly Loves the Budget” Edition
I am privy to many details about many things that I am more often than not prohibited from sharing (by request). You get to guess because I’m never going to reveal a confidence deliberately. But I’m not above teasing. And this will be teasing.
Is This the Fate of Patriotism in America?
In just a few days, we’ll be celebrating Independence Day, traditionally a day of boundless pride in America. But something’s changed in recent years.
Girard Backs State Budget Deal
MANCHESTER, NH–JUNE 23, 2021–“Like many, I have watched with great interest the progress of the state budget and HB2, the ‘trailer bill.’ As I heard from many people about their concerns, I have sought to learn about its various provisions.
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.
A Response to My Post on Robert Azzi’s screed in the Union Leader
This is from Robert Malaby, commenting on the post, “Is the Nackey Loeb School Ruing the Day It Gave Robert Azzi its First Amendment Award?” “What a repulsive piece from Mr. Azzi. Too many items to take issue with in a random internet comment, but two I feel compelled to address.”
Sorry, but a Lot of Nashua Mayor Donchess’s Financial Laments Are Due to His Administration’s Actions
He complains that the State is requiring $4+ million in “new” pension plan payments. What, he hasn’t known what’s going on? Did he take his eyes off the Bigger Pictures?
Yeah, They Did this to the TEA Party Movement – And We Cleaned Their Clocks Then, Too
Yeah, They Did this to the TEA Party Movement. Been there, done that (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Palate Cleanser – Slo mo shotgun shells
So what else should I be doing at 4am but looking at this stuff? (H/T: Every Day No Days off)
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.
Alderwoman Trish Klee’s and Aldermen Lopez’s Government Expansion
Ward 3 Alderwoman Trish Klee is up to something. She has been on an initiative to expand the seats on several Nashua Boards. She has led the charge and presented the resolution for the charter change to increase the number of police commissioners from three to five and allow the Mayor and Aldermen President to nominate the seats (R-21-143, June 7, 2021 BOA meeting).
Windham Incident is Now #FoldGate … Could Be #SununuGate?
Windham may have been the only town that really went to bat for Election integrity and got national attention, but we learned a few things. The Windham Incident was not the only New Hampshire oddity in the November Election.
NH Budget – A Time for Singles & Doubles; Discerning Immediate vs Long Term Existential Threats
Summary: GraniteGrok is asking that our ‘Grok friends in the Legislature, including the Freedom Caucus, to vote yes for the budget. And no, I’ve not lost my mind. I do expect, however, that this will tick a number of folks off.
Quick Thought: No, Speaker of the House Sherm Packard! You’re WRONG!
This from House Speaker Sherm Packard. ‘We Need More Republicans:’ GOP House Leaders Working to Build Budget Majority.” No, you need the RIGHT Republicans – those that are Constitutionally literate and hold to those values?
Watch as This 9-Year Old Takes Her School and Her School Board to the Woodshed
You know it’s getting good when kids are stepping up for public comment at meetings and quoting the school boards’ own policies to throw them under the hopey-changey bus.