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Race Relations … Debate Night for the VP’s

October 8, 2020

If you did not watch debate night for the VP’s this time you missed something on race relations. The debate was a better articulation of the Harris Bien position than Joe was able to present. The interaction was more professional than the first Presidential debate. There did seem to be a clear winner. I may … Read more

Nashua Forces Businesses to Be Mask Police While Mayor Doesn’t Enforce Masks in City Hall

October 8, 2020 Beth Scaer

The Nashua Board of Aldermen voted to pass an updated mask ordinance. “By a 13-2 vote, the Nashua Board of Aldermen approved an amendment to the city’s COVID-19 mask policy that says retail businesses must post “Face Covering Required” signs at their entrances and deny service to anyone who is not wearing a mask.”

Monument to General John Stark and his men

Open Letter: To the Mayor of Nashua, and to NH’s Police

October 7, 2020 Op-Ed

Dear Mayor Donchess:

A functional definition of Fascism is to use the government’s coercive power to force businesses to bend to government diktats. Thus, de facto control of those businesses passes to the government even if, on paper, the legal owners retain title.

Nashua Mask Mandate Works So Well They’ve Had an Infection Spike

October 6, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The City of Nashua has required masks indoors for months (except for the ‘crats in Town Hall, or so I hear). Not one of the surrounding communities has a mask mandate. So, it might surprise some that today Nashua has gone code red from a COVID19 infection spike.

Treason in New Hampshire Public Notice of Trespass on My Constitutionally Protected Rights

October 5, 2020 Op-Ed

The leadership of the state government of New Hampshire has failed the good people of this State. The Governor, the Attorney General, The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and many local municipalities have all violated the laws of the land.

Citizens Turn Out in Force to Demand Nashua Schools Reopen

October 5, 2020 Op-Ed

Community Calls for Action as 80 Percent of NH Schools Return to Some Form of In-School Learning While Nashua Still Waits for Concrete Plan.

NH Attorney General Gives the Nod to Electioneering with Public Funds

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Doris Hohensee

October 2, 2020

Nicholas A. Chong Yen
Assistant Attorney General
Election Law Unit

Dear Attorney Chong Yen,

Thank you for your investigation of the Nashua Teachers Union’s actions in response to my complaint submitted on October 30, 2019. I’m writing to you in response to your letter dated September 28, 2020, where you concluded that there was no NTU electioneering in Nashua.

Nashua Parent Voice to March on District Offices

October 2, 2020 Op-Ed

When: 9:00am Monday, October 5, 2020
Where: 141 Ledge Street, Nashua, NH 03060

Why: In a letter dated September 18, 2020, the Superintendent of the Nashua Public School District delayed in-person learning until January 2021, except for a small population of IEP students, Kindergarten, and Grade 1.

Does Nashua Need Another Lawyer to Handle Public Document Requests?

October 1, 2020 Op-Ed

Mayor Jim Donchess vented at a recent Nashua Board of Aldermen meeting to justify the new legal manager positions to process Right-to-Know requests. He came down hard on myself and another citizen who are simply requesting public documents to understand what is happening in our city government.

The New Litmus Test for Liberty: Individual Rights Persist in Spite of a State of Emergency

September 30, 2020 Op-Ed

Individual rights are to Popular Sovereignty, as State’s rights are to Federalism; integral and unalienable! Our Federal form of government, a dual sovereignty style of governance, balances States’ rights and National authority in an institutional model that reflects the primordial political relationship between the minority (i.e. individual rights) and the majority (i.e. popular sovereignty).

Do You Feel Lucky?

September 29, 2020September 28, 2020 Doris Hohensee

On more than one occasion, Governor Sununu has said that life in the state might not fully return to normal until there is a vaccine. What does this mean? Not everyone wants an experimental Covid vaccine. Does Sununu intend to vaccinate everyone — without their consent forcibly?

The Nashua Board of Aldermen Strikes Again

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Burt Janz

The mayor of Nashua, James Donchess, recently tested positive for Covid-19. This is the same mayor who implemented Nashua’s mandatory mask ordinance and has taken other extreme measures in the City.

Another Attack on a Trump Supporter’s Sign and Home – This Time in New Hampshire

September 26, 2020September 26, 2020 Op-Ed

Last Sunday around midnight, I was awakened by a noise I’ve never heard before. My husband checked it out and explained to me that it was the sound of paintball rounds piercing through the large Trump sign in front of our house and hitting our front door.

Character, Candidates, and Senator Dan Feltes

September 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

That Dan Feltes has been a lawyer and legislator with little executive or managerial experience is relevant to his candidacy for Governor of New Hampshire. But there are other considerations regarding higher office aspirations—like character.

The Hypocrisy of Your Reps Who Chose to Kneel for the Anthem

February 6, 2022September 22, 2020 Beth Scaer

At the September 16 House session for Veto Day, six Democrat state representatives kneeled during the national anthem, according to the NH GOP.

House Resolution: Remove NETFLIX Film, “Cuties,” – Ask DOJ to Investigate Potentially Illegal Content

September 22, 2020 Op-Ed

After a number of constituents asked me to act on the recently released NETFLIX film, “Cuties,” I introduced a House Resolution calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the film.

Nashua Alderman Vote Tomorrow to Force Businesses to Be the Mask Police

September 21, 2020 Beth Scaer

On September 10, the majority on the Nashua Aldermanic Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee voted in favor of an updated mask ordinance that would force Nashua businesses to be the mask police, with a penalty of up to $1,000 for non-compliance.

Democrats for Life: Dems Should Reject Abortion Extremism

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Beth Scaer

Democrats For Life Of America today sent a strong message to the Joe Biden campaign and Democratic Party through a full page ad in the New York Times, challenging the party’s extreme drift on abortion.

In Emergency Order #69, Sununu Packs the Public Health Ethics Committee

September 19, 2020 Doris Hohensee

Governor Sununu signed yet another emergency order, maintaining his pace of three orders per week. Emergency Order #69 allows the State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (SDMAC) to pack the Public Health Ethics Committee with his appointees.

Drug-Addicted Mothers Deserve Better than Abortion

September 18, 2020 Beth Scaer

Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump visited the unit at Concord Hospital for babies born suffering from drug withdrawal. The program keeps the mothers and newborns together and they provide alternate therapies for the babies as well as medical treatment. They also provide care for the mothers’ substance abuse.