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Learn More About Chartered Public Schools in NH

October 15, 2019 Norm Silber

On Thursday, November 7, 2019 School Choice for NH will host a presentation entitled “Best Practices in Chartered Public Schools,” a discussion with NH DOE Commissioner Frank Edelblut and author Dr. Cara Stillings Candal, at the Nackey Loeb School in Manchester, NH This will be a great opportunity to Join School Choice for NH and … Read more

Tournaments for the “Fallen 7” MicroInterviews – Part2: NH Governor Chris Sununu

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Skip

The Guv also showed up this past Saturday – as all politicians are wont to do, he made the rounds, had pictures taken with him, and then met up with NH State Rep Harry Bean (Gilford/Meredith) for a quick tutorial on arm wresting. Harry is a multi-year World Champion and your’s truly would NEVER step … Read more

Tournaments for the “Fallen 7” MicroInterviews – Part 1: NH State Rep Harry Bean and VFW Laconia Chaplain, Hillary Seeger

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Skip

Late putting this up but my time hasn’t been under my control for almost a month now, so apologies! This past Saturday, NH State Rep Harry Bean organized four of the local social clubs to fundraise some monies for the Fallen 7 + 1; those members of the Jarhead Motorcycle Club that were killed plus the one survivor.

Help Starting a Charter School

October 8, 2019 Norm Silber

If the thought of being able to send your child or children to a public charter school appeals to you, but you have no idea of where to begin, may I suggest that the founding group of parents (yes- we need at least 10 parents to make this work) try to establish a working relationship … Read more

The Lakes Region Charter School Project

October 4, 2019 Norm Silber

Are you satisfied with the public schools in the Lakes Region? Are you satisfied with the way our public schools are being run into the ground by our elected school board members, members of the staff at the SAUs, and the teacher unions? Are you satisfied with Political Correctness run amok in our public schools … Read more

What to do: Gilford School Board Stonewalls a Right-to-Know Demand

October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 Skip

Just because you’ve thrown 28 pages at someone and called them “responsive” doesn’t mean you have answered an RSA 91-A demand. Which is what GSD Superintendent Kirk Beitler did.

Transgender Puberty-Blocking Drug has Killed Over 6300 Kids so Far

August 11, 2022October 1, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Left-wingers make excuses and glorify cultural pressure to embrace gender dysphoria and transgenderism. But the most common drug used to block puberty to advance it chemically has already killed thousands of children.

a statement of need, a definition of the problem, and who they are solving it for

Laconia Does Not Need an Intrusive Regulatory System for Short Term Rentals

September 25, 2019 Percy Blakeney

Let’s be clear. The Laconia City council does not need to impose a regulatory system for short term rentals. Not any more than it needs to impose an income tax or to control interstate commerce.

Judeo-Christian Values vs. Islamic Terrorism and Jihad

September 21, 2019 Norm Silber

In 2006, an award-winning 56-minute video documentary entitled “The Making of a Martyr”, was released. It is a film made by Canadian directors Brooke Goldstein and Alistair Leyland.

VETO Day in the NH Legislature – NH Senate’s turn

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 Skip

UPDATE and BUMPED:

(14) Vetoes Sustained: SB10, SB1, SB2, SB18, SB20, SB67, SB68, SB72, SB196, SB205, SB218, SB271, SB275, SB307

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(3) Vetoes Overridden: SB74, SB88, SB100, SB148

VETO Day in the NH Legislature – GraniteGrok is virtually there. Here?

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Skip

UPDATE and BUMPED:

Vetoes Sustained (22): HB105, HB106, HB109, HB183, HB198, HB211, HB292, HB293, HB326, HB349, HB365, HB409, HB446, HB504, HB514, HB564, HB582, HB587, HB611, HB645, HB664, HB706
Vetoes Overridden (1): HB364

Your Tax Money Supporting Censorship in Exeter, Henniker, and Keene

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Norm Silber

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Transparency about the workings of an organization prevents corruption. Speaking of corruption, inasmuch as the portion of your property tax bill going to the public schools is the single largest portion of that bill, did you ever wonder what they are doing with all your money? While their mission is … Read more

A discussion at dinner about Belknap County (Government)?

September 16, 2019September 13, 2019 Norm Silber

Several nights ago, I was having dinner with a Gilford friend at Johnson’s Seafood & Steak in New Durham. The food was excellent, as always, and the conversation ultimately turned to Belknap County government, which produced indigestion for both of us. My friend wanted to know exactly what essential governmental functions are performed by Belknap … Read more

Whither the FBI?

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Norm Silber

When I was a kid, the FBI was considered the best law enforcement agency in the World. Not just in our country–in the World!

We were treated to movies and TV shows about the FBI’s battles against criminals and communists. It would have been hard to think of another organization with as stellar a reputation.

The Pipedream of Senate Leadership by a Freshman Senator

September 11, 2019 Norm Silber

A week or so ago at a rainy day gathering in Salem, New Hampshire, it was quite instructive to listen to the speeches of two declared candidates for the Republican nomination for US Senate, seeking to unseat Senator Jeanne Shaheen; as well as a non-speech by a then-undeclared candidate for the same office (who has … Read more

Gilford School Board: when a Transgender policy has violations but no penalties? Use an RSA 91:A Demand

September 10, 2019 Skip

The entire policy is here. Yes, this is going to be a thing for a while – yet another attempt of mandating another left leaning policy in which we Normals are supposed to tolerate, accept, affirm, and believe in what is a mental disorder (last I knew, sexual dysphoria is still in the book as … Read more

Can the Gilford School Board (SAU73) get any more tone deaf over their new Transgender policy?

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Skip

So, one of the complaints that was issued by a parent at the last School Board Meeting was that this new transgender policy was just SPRUNG on parents; noticed during the last week of August when many could have been out of town and little time to get the word out.

Gilford School Board – Public Comment session(s) testimonies – Part 3

September 9, 2019 Skip

And the last of the video clips from the latest Gilford School Board: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: During this whole meeting I kept thinking one thing: Does the School Board even know that Gilford sports coaches have approached me on this topic? Do they know that the Normal public sees this as being … Read more

Turn in your guns the government will take care of you

Response to Congressman Pappas and Robert Miller’s anti-gun screed

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 Op-Ed

Here we go again. Another round of people displaying their ignorance about firearms while promoting restrictions on them. Robert Miller believes that mass shootings are uniquely American. Please research Norway, Australia, Kenya (2013 & 2015), and France. And, if you’ll allow arson as a valid form of mass murder, check out Kyoto and our own … Read more

Gilford School Board – Public Comment session(s) testimonies – Part 2

September 8, 2019 Skip

There is a reason why we are starting to roll out MicroGroks. The Gilford Steamer (the weekly that covers Gilford) is ignoring the transgender policy, rammed through by the School Board BEFORE the authorizing legislation (SB263) has taken force.