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Nashua taxpayers deserve full transparency, accuracy, and candor from their elected officials. Recent developments, however, raise serious concerns about how Mayor Jim Donchess and the Board of Aldermen are managing the City’s finances, and how residents are being informed about those decisions. The FY2026 budget initially presented to residents totaled $474,895,381. Yet the City now … Read more
ICYMI – BROWN: Housing Debate, PT 1 – “Local Control” Is Best Control TL;DR; Home affordability in New Hampshire remains a key challenge. State lawmakers have recently passed legislation to address the problem. The new laws presume that “regulatory overreach” by town boards is the main cause of our regional housing shortages. But the problem … Read more
In 2023, while I was Alderman Dowd’s opponent, I received an invitation from the League of Women Voters (LWV) to attend a Wards 1, 2, and 6 candidate forum at the library, which is in trashy Ward 4 and not even near Ward 2. Despite their name, one should ask them whether they even know what … Read more
Re: 91-A Regarding James McLaughlin The memo from Gordon MacDonald that you provided me from April 2018 regarding the Laurie List is misrepresentative for the following reasons: AG Gordon MacDonald’s office didn’t follow the protocol itself. AG Gordon MacDonald publicly argued to keep the Laurie List private in August 2018 when he knew that James … Read more
Local zoning decisions provide the most efficient method of resolving property disputes and implementing voter-approved Master Plans. Our New Hampshire state statutes explicitly affirm that “Planning, zoning and related regulations have been and should continue to be the responsibility of municipal government.” (RSA 672:1) Town land-use ordinances have recently come under attack, however, and … Read more
Vote came after board confronted with MPD’s refusal to share information with ICE TL;DR: MANCHESTER, NH August 10, 2026– Following a presentation made by former at-Large school board member, at-Large alderman and mayoral candidate Rich Girard, at the August 4 meeting of the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA), the aldermen voted 11 to 2 with one abstention to support … Read more
Nashua taxpayers invest substantial resources in municipal salaries and in the software systems intended to ensure transparent, accessible government. Residents should be able to rely on the city’s website as a complete, accurate, and trustworthy source of information. Unfortunately, that is not the reality. Through a Right‑to‑Know request, I obtained the Land Influence Factors Report, … Read more
In 2017, 49% of Americans said a four-year college degree was worth the cost, according to NBC News polling. Last year, it was down to 33%. This week, the University of New Hampshire responded to those cost concerns by unveiling a pair of three-year online bachelor’s degrees available through the College of Professional Studies. These … Read more
Republicans can take two NH House of Representatives seats in Concord this November. However, it will require strong support from Republicans and Independents in Sullivan County District 8, which includes Acworth, Claremont, Croydon, Goshen, Langdon, Lempster, Springfield, Sunapee, and Washington. Sullivan County candidates Catherine Peschke and Sebastian Zyzdorf are two fresh faces teaming up to … Read more
The Democrats’ moderate party dress is ripped and torn to shreds. Always an affectation, their increasingly radicalized base has smeared the lipstick on the Marxist pig and shredded all pretense. The DSA is the Democrat Party; it’s just a matter of time before the next primary election and having enough numbers to rape and ravage … Read more
In 2015, the year New Hampshire legislators began a series of business tax cuts, revenues from the state’s two primary business taxes were a combined $561.7 million. In the decade since, business tax revenues grew $3 billion in nominal dollars, or $2.5 billion in real dollars. From 2016-2025, the state collected $2.5 billion in new … Read more
Nashua taxpayers deserve public accountability, not silence, and the situation at 181 East Hollis Street makes that painfully clear. City records show: For a 12,000‑square‑foot commercial building, this level of inaction is unprecedented, and it raises serious questions about oversight, consistency, and fairness. I asked the Board of Aldermen, Mayor Donchess, Mr. Cummings and Ms. … Read more
Democrats always tell you or show you what they fear, and by fear, I mean the things that represent the biggest threat to big, inefficient tax-and-spend governments. If it looks like the thing could undermine their progressive Democrat-Socialist agenda, it becomes a target. Donald Trump and MAGA have, for more than ten years, been a … Read more
Dear Meg Hagaman, Since you are running for the position of County Attorney for Merrimack and since a Supreme Court Associate Justice (Anna Barbara Hantz-Marconi), the Supreme Court Chief Justice (Gordon MacDonald) and his attorney (Jane Young) are under scrutiny, i have a question that needs answering before you continue further with your campaign. It … Read more
Governor Margaret Wood Hassan signed New Hampshire’s hands-free device law in 2015. We told them it wouldn’t do what they claimed and might just make matters worse. After all, the research showed that people who got distracted still would, and people less inclined would be more often, as they tried to avoid detection. The law … Read more
August 19 is a busy day on the calendar. It’s Veto Day, and both chambers convene at 10 am. Also at 10 am, the executive council meets at Cranmore for Kenney’s turn to host in their roadshow series. Later that day (5-6pm) is the 23rd anniversary Nashua Goes Back to School event at Holman Stadium. … Read more
If you missed, skipped, or dismissed Ian Underwood’s Rethinking Education, you should be making time to watch it. In today’s Morning Update, I share the first of several excerpts that should change how you think about education. So much so that we encourage you to watch it and then share it with policymakers and legislators. … Read more
Nashua residents deserve a city government that is transparent, accountable, and respectful of the people it serves. Over the past several years, however, the City of Nashua’s financial administration has moved in the opposite direction, away from openness and toward practices that make it harder for residents to understand how their tax dollars are being … Read more
Inexperience and Human Interest in the Newsroom TL/DR I have always been an advocate of local journalism and signal boosting journalists and outlets that are doing good work. This is especially the case for outlets reporting on my community, because I am a Granite Stater that wants to spread accurate, important reporting to my audience … Read more
Reminder: Content by candidates or about candidates is not an endorsement by Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. My Biggest Takeaways From Scott Brown’s Debate Performance After watching the debate, there were a few things that really stood out to me about Scott Brown. Whether someone agrees with every single position he … Read more