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The Decline & Fall of The Union Leader- a morality tale as to why print media is dying or is already dead

December 6, 2019 Norm Silber

I used to subscribe to The Union Leader for delivery to my home in Gilford 6 days a week. But not anymore. For two major reasons. First, starting with occasional failures to deliver the paper a couple of years ago, their very frequent failure to deliver their product to my mailbox on a regular basis, … Read more

Waste-to-energy is the solution to the trash problem

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Doug

Regarding the recycling center in Gilford, this whole project has been a boondoggle of the highest degree. As the entire recycling industry crashes and burns, Gilford dives in headfirst … to an EMPTY pool. Once again, government is a day late and a dollar short in providing a “solution” to a “problem” that doesn’t exist, … Read more

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! – NH City Wants to add $125.5 Million in New Public Debt

December 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We’re not confident the local media is going to alert taxpayers of this public hearing, so we’re going to do it for them. Monday, Dec. 16th at 7 PM, the city of Nashua will hold a hearing to authorize bond sales to the tune of 125.5 million dollars.

State Sen Chandley raised just $5 in district

State Sen. Chandley Raised Only $5 In District

December 5, 2019

Campaign Finance Reports! Yay! (Sarcasm, sort of.) There is usually a lot of material that comes out of campaign finance reports for State races, which we’ve written about before. Yesterday’s filings show that one NH Senator, Shannon Chandley, raised only $5 in district. Five bucks. Related: SoS Website – Search Filed Reports That doesn’t include … Read more

Christians Stand with Israel. Amazon stands with discredited Southern Poverty Law Center.

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Op-Ed

The AmazonSmile Program Now Prevents Customer Donations to a Pro-Israel Organization, Proclaiming Justice to The Nations (PJTN), a Tennessee-based non-profit evangelical Christian organization committed towards standing with Israel and fighting antisemitism, has been removed from the AmazonSmile program, which enables Amazon customers to donate a percentage of their purchase to their favorite charity. PJTN President … Read more

Property Taxes – We must live within our means, and that means making hard choices.

December 5, 2019 Norm Silber

If you are a Gilford property owner, you have just received your property tax bill. Happy? Sad? Angry? Did you notice that, while the total tax rate dropped by less than 7%, the portion of the total tax rate represented by the school tax rate increased (as it usually does) from the prior year?

Hate Thanksgiving: what else would you expect from two generations being taught to hate America?

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Skip

It is almost a week after Thanksgiving but these kinds of notions and mindsets didn’t arise from nothingness. If they weren’t handed down by their parents (rather doubtful, especially at a “Christian” college, methinks), it’s by our educational system that has taught this self-loathing of one’s own country.

Democrats Propose a NH Sales Tax – For the Children!

December 4, 2019

Governor Sununu was forced to veto a slew of bills in 2019 that would have increased or created taxes. In 2020, he’ll likely be made to do it again. Two democrats propose a NH Sales Tax of 4.3% in addition to all the other new taxes and tax increases that will inevitably reach the Governor’s … Read more

Minimum Wage for Prisoners

December 3, 2019

Legislative Service Requests (LSRs) are turning into bills now, with numbers, titles, and text. They’re coming in fast now, with hundreds already assigned numbers and committees for legislative work in January. One such bill would enable a new minimum wage for prisoners, at a cost of over $9 million annually to the taxpayer. ‘Prison pay’ … Read more

The Electoral College Defense Act

December 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

As states across the Country push to enact the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which will award the White House to the winner of the National Popular Vote (if/when the Compact hits 270 electoral votes,) some New Hampshire Representatives have introduced the Electoral College Defense Act. Andrew Prout (R-Hudson) has introduced a bill to stop … Read more

Gpsh Darn Capitalism! Copper Door saves the day

Gosh Darn Capitalism!

December 2, 2019

The Red Arrow Diner in Milford abruptly closed its doors, leaving some employees without a job only a few weeks before the Christmas holiday (or Chanukah for those who practice Judaism.) And, gosh darn capitalism came to the rescue again! In this case, the Copper Door saves the day. New Hampshire has an unemployment rate … Read more

Throw the Bums Out!

December 2, 2019 Norm Silber

Our selectmen and county commissioners, among all other government officials, are fiduciaries and have fiduciary duties to us, the voters and taxpayers. If they fail to honor their fiduciary duties to us, they must and should be removed from office. In other words, throw the bums out! Sometimes easy to do with typical 2-year terms, … Read more

Should NH Repeal Vehicle Inspections?

January 29, 2020December 2, 2019

Vehicle safety inspections don’t accomplish what they’re supposed to, and 36 states don’t have periodic safety inspections for passenger vehicles according to Wikipedia. A bill introduced this year in New Hampshire would similarly do away with our annual safety inspections. So, should NH repeal vehicle inspections? House Bill 1114, sponsored by Rep. Conley (Prime), Straf. … Read more

It’s All About The Children (But Not Always)…

August 30, 2021December 2, 2019 Ken Eyring

Not in Windham NH. You’ve heard it many times. The emotional argument, “It’s for the children.” Sometimes that may be true, but too many times it’s not. Too many times, influential people (those politically connected) – are driven by personal motivation. And because of their connections, they get to impose their will by using those … Read more

The Myth of Voter Suppression

December 2, 2019 Norm Silber

Do Republicans win elections by preventing minorities—blacks, Latinos, and others—from voting? For those on the left and their allies in the major media, the answer is yes; even more than that, it’s an article of faith. The left says yes, but the data says NO. Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributor … Read more

Triggered Nashua Dems Accuse Us of Stalking, Slander, and Faking Photographs

December 1, 2019 Steve MacDonald

There is a discussion among Liberal elite apologists in Nashua. They have decided that a photo we received of an illegally parked vehicle was photoshopped. It’s an interesting thread that also accuses us of stalking and slander.

Transgender policy erases girls’ gains in athletics

November 29, 2019 Op-Ed

To the residents of Gilford & Gilmanton, If you are not already aware, our School Board is on the brink of adopting a new transgender nondiscrimination policy based on the passage of SB 263. Now, on the surface, this sounds like a good idea, right? I don’t imagine many people would tolerate a transgendered student … Read more

B.b.b.b.b.but those stories on transgender women don’t mention this part at all!

November 29, 2019 Skip

For all of the trans sports stories that are here above the high school level, you never hear about the bathroom / locker room issue (except for that one of NH based Planet Fitness that threw out the Normal woman who complained about the man who said he identified with being a woman – but … Read more

Nashua Democrats, Free Speech, Proper Attribution, and Tyranny

November 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Nashua Democrat Jan Schmidt is the co-sponsor of a proposed bill that would define (presumably) a point where interacting with a public official online becomes cyberstalking or bullying. Jan is no friend of free speech, but she thinks she is and to make the case she borrows someone else’s.

Gilford: Money, Monopoly, and Mandatory – what a Mess for Trash and Recycling

November 29, 2019 Op-Ed

BY RICK NOTKIN

MY ERROR! I failed to swap the actual writer’s name for mine – that has been corrected and I apologize to those that thought I wrote this when it was Rick Notkin. My humblest apologies. It has been corrected and bumped

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Let’s see if I understand the situation in Gilford. The town is dissatisfied with the arrangement with Laconia for disposal of trash, so they decided to build a combined trash/recycling center at the recycling site.