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A New England fiscal policy organization is pushing back against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amanda Janoo’s contention that free-market forces threaten Vermont’s ability to maintain dairy processing and other production capacity. The Fiscal Alliance Foundation said the recent closure or announced closure of four Vermont dairy processing facilities should instead prompt lawmakers to examine the state’s … Read more
NH hasn’t passed an Article V Convention Application because I keep killing them, and I’ll do it again. You may have heard various groups calling for a “Convention of States”, as they call it. They claim that if we pass a “Convention of States Application”, we’d be able to pass a variety of constitutional amendments … Read more
On August 14, the New Hampshire Attorney General filed an appeal to the state Supreme Court that could change how the state funds public education. In the appeal, the AG’s Office argued that the court’s Claremont school funding decisions were so legally flawed that they should be overturned. In a series of decisions starting in 1993, the … Read more
A Christian biblical counselor in Vermont recently sent VDC a commentary warning that Proposition 4, the proposed “Equality of Rights” amendment headed to voters in November, could threaten his ability to counsel people according to his religious beliefs — and, he fears, ultimately force him to shut down his work. A Christian biblical counselor is … Read more
A few days ago, Ms. Melanie Levesque was Mr. Marchand’s guest on his podcast, presumably because of her candidacy as Councilor Wheeler’s opponent. I tuned in because The Art of War tells us to know your enemy, and any member of the enemy camp (the Dems) is our shared enemy. It was 53 minutes of … Read more
The flock situation has certainly gotten out of hand in both directions. The deployment and abuse, as well as the reaction to both. But it can’t be all that surprising. Most of this activity occurs at the municipal level, and 70% of voters are inclined to let 25-30% decide everything. Guess why your taxes suck, … Read more
Our state motto — Live Free or Die — says just about everything you need to know about New Hampshire. The Granite State has never been one to wait around for someone else to give it permission. In 1772, New Hampshire men stood up in the Pine Tree Riot against British officials enforcing the Crown’s … Read more
Back in the end of March, I took part in a panel discussion on election integrity that included Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas. At that event, she said unequivocally, and I quote: “Most definitively, no. We do not have people who are registered to vote in this state who are non-citizens.” Most definitively, no. … Read more
Candidate for Merrimack County Sheriff If you feel elections don’t change the fundamental problem with government – that there is no accountability – you aren’t alone. As a state representative (2022-24), I saw firsthand how state law was blatantly ignored and real oversight prevented by the bureaucratic establishment. Yet, there is an effective way to … Read more
Unfinished certification, no parts list, and a Secretary of State who programs, verifies, audits, and clerks the review The New Hampshire Ballot Law Commission meets Thursday, September 17, at 1:00 p.m. at the State Archives Building, 9 Ratification Way, Concord. The public should be there. The Commission approves the machines that count our paper ballots. … Read more
Reminder: Content by candidates or about candidates is not an endorsement by Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, other authors, or advertisers. I first heard about Jason Gerhard when I lived in Australia in 2007. He was persuaded of the illegality of Amendment 16 regarding Federal income tax, and went to federal prison for it. … Read more
Most people are familiar with those ads for ambulance chasers, like attorneys James Sokolove, Dane Schulman, and Barry Feinstein, in which the small print usually says “affiliates in NH & other states outside Mass.” Attorney Bolton, though not an ambulance chaser, is best known as Nashua’s “corporation counsel” and the bane of the L-Team’s existence. … Read more
The November election results are still over two months away, but VPR (I refused to use the ridiculous name Vermont Public, which sounds like a restroom, so maybe it fits after all) is reporting Democrats have already settled on who will be Speaker of the House come January.: Lori Houghton (D-Essex Junction). Well, isn’t that … Read more
This week the House met for my last time, to consider the Governor’s vetoes. August is unusually early for a veto session, but we did get about 320 representatives attending. There were 21 House bills we needed to vote on, plus as many Senate bills as they overrode, starting with nine vetoed. Every vote was … Read more
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, on Wednesday, August 26, joined 24 other state attorneys general in suing the U.S. Postal Service over new rules governing the delivery of mail-in ballots, arguing the changes unlawfully interfere with states’ authority to administer elections. The lawsuit follows an Aug. 21 USPS rule requiring states to register voters eligible … Read more
This week, on The New England Take, Constitution Party of New Hampshire’s Edmond Laplante files to run for US Senate; he explains how difficult that process is and why he is running. Also, The Diary of a CEO has a fascinating talk with Triggernometry’s Konstantin Kisin, taking the mask off leftist climate panic. Learn more … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, some local parents score a First Amendment win at the First Circuit Court of Appeals. I talk about how our prediction came true, and why it even had to go that far. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Ep 250 Links: Authors’ and … Read more
The NHGOP dropped a press release on how the NHDems got screwed by their party (FITN), and their consolation prize was Pete Buttigieg. And yes, he may have been the worst transportation secretary in modern history, but let’s add some perspective, right after this. CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Scott Maltzie released … Read more
I’m not going to pester Attorney Lehmann and the acting Senate clerk with an RTK request for all people with admin access to the FB page known as “NH Senate Republicans,” nor will I discourage anyone else from doing so if they so desire. For the sake of this article, when I say “NH Senate … Read more
Another month gets us closer to the end of another = year, and that means another fourth Wednesday and my spot on WFEA with Jeff Chidester’s Morning Update. This week the conversation orbits around a pair of stories involving men who pretend they are women, the media response or lack of it, the culture, excuses, … Read more