Reminder: HB103 will be heard tomorrow at 10am in the Legislative Office Building

AN ACT limiting the capabilities of wireless communication devices in motor vehicles.  This bill requires the email and texting capabilities of a wireless communication device to be disabled if the device is moving more than 5 miles per hour. The restriction shall not take effect unless 2 New England states adopt similar legislation

Effectively, anyone in a moving car will have the ability to use a cell phone stripped from them.  In actuality, it probably would mean EVERY one would be stripped of a cell phone because why would an international cell phone manufacturer want to make a “one-off” for dinky NH (sales wise)?  They’d just write us off.  Yet, Rep Belanger thought this was such a SPLENDID idea – obviously not thinking of the ramifications of his bill.  I said that Steve and I had blogged this stuff before – the data is now being “hidden” under other “distracted driving” stats so we can’t argue against it but Belanger certainly can’t argue FOR it either on “just the numbers”.

‘Cept I found this nugget just now with some numbers (reformatted, emphasis mine):

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I just don’t understand why, though…

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, reiterated Tuesday that he believes the GOP has a track record of failure when the party nominates a presidential candidate from the “mushy middle.”

“There are a lot of folks in Washington who argue that the way Republicans should win is that they should nominate a candidate from the mushy middle,” Mr. Cruz said on “Fox and Friends.” “Someone who is right in the middle, who’s near the Democrats so there’s not much distinction. … We’ve tried that.”

“Every single time we do that, whether it’s Gerald Ford, whether it’s Bob Dole, whether it’s John McCain, whether it’s Mitt Romney, the result over and over is we lose,” he continued. “I very much agree with Ronald Reagan who said the way Republicans win is we paint in bold colors, not pale pastels — pale pastels is a path to losing.”

“Look at the great issues of the day, look at the great challenges, whether it is bringing back jobs and growth and economic opportunity, whether it’s defending our constitutional liberties or whether it is restoring America’s leadership in the world, and I think Republicans are [going to] nominate someone who will stand up and lead, who will give bold voice and action to the values that built this country,” Mr. Cruz said.

(H/T: Washington Times)  I am quite sure that

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From the Daily Mail:

The Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam has said Muslim immigrants who do not appreciate the way of life in Western civilisations can ‘f*** off’.

Ahmed Aboutaleb, who arrived in the Netherlands aged 15, spoke out in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris last week.

Appearing on live television just hours after the shootings, Mayor Aboutaleb said Muslims who ‘do not like freedom can pack your bags and leave’.

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Democrat Rep Bill Baber (D- Hyperbole) has an editorial at Fosters.com in which he gives us his thoughts on Roll Call votes, transparency, and the legislative process.  Bill begins by asking, “Is the public well informed on the work of the legislature?”  This is the wind up.

If you mean are average voters well informed?  No.  They are not well informed, mostly by choice, and more so in recent months thanks to a decline in press presence at the State house.  But neither interest level nor depth of press coverage (nor cost–real or imagined) has any bearing on the need or desire for transparency in government.

Government is pure force and nothing else.  Anyone who cedes such power through the electoral process not only has the right but should expect to be able to gaze through the looking glass at their convenience and know who and what has been done in their name.

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Democrats want you to believe that their mindless pursuit of a minimum wage hike has something to do with helping low wage workers.

Democrat Jackie Cilley is this year’s Democrat Golden Calf, proposing an hourly minimum wage hike in New Hampshire above fourteen-dollars-per hour.  But think it through.

Who is most likely to be hit hardest by increasing the cost of doing business and who do we know will actually benefit?

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WSB TRANSPARENCY

When I ran for the Windham School Board (WSB), I promised transparency. Sometimes, that puts me in an uncomfortable situation when I disagree with fellow Board Members. Such is the case now, as I provide my insights regarding what I feel was a rushed 3-1-1 decision (Rekart/Joanis/Senibaldi – yes, Eyring – no, Breton – abstain) to sign a no-bid, $577K contract with Cenergistic, a “behavior-based” energy conservation company during the 1/6/15 WSB meeting.

The allure to sign the contract was Cenergistic’s estimate that the Windham School District (WSD) would save $1.8M over 10 years with “no equipment changes required” if the district followed their customized energy conservation program.

I was skeptical. As a School Board Member who has attended many of the Citizen’s Facilities Committee (CFC) meetings over the past 7 months, I knew from speaking with Tom Murray (Windham Contractor), Jerry Rufo (Facilities Manager for IBM), and Rich Amari (Construction Management), that the proposed plans for addressing our space needs incorporate many energy saving measures (for all our schools) that align with PSNH programs.

So prior to the meeting, I reached out to PSNH and spoke directly with

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Has Mom’s Demand More Massacres issued a statement regarding the ill effects of their policies on journalists, Police Officers, and the public in Paris?  You’d think, given the effect of their desired policy prescriptions that they’d have something to say about the dead bodies left in their wake.

Nope.  Nothing.  Not even a fruit-basket to the French consulate.

Instead, Mom’s Demand More Massacres continues to fight to disarm whomever they can, wherever they can, despite the destruction they create.

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Yesterday this author was contacted about disturbing things that appear to be happening in Windham. The Windham School Board seems to be out of control and has resorted to calling the police on the public when they dare speak out of turn. Apparently the Windham School Board wants taxpayers and parents to simply sit down and shut up when they disagree with outrageous and useless spending.

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