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Jeff ‘Awaiting Trial for Domestic Abuse’ Woodburn Deletes Serious Questions about North Country

June 5, 2026November 1, 2018 Kimberly Morin

Jeff Woodburn is currently awaiting trial on charges that he abused his girlfriend over a period of time. Of course, Woodburn is innocent until proven guilty (he’s a Democrat, if he were a Republican, the Democrats would have demanded he resign, immediately). Today, a Granite Stater asked Woodburn what he has done to actually make … Read more

NH Democrats Force Victim of Domestic Abuse Out of ‘Office’ While Her Democrat Abuser Stays

June 5, 2026October 30, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Last week the alleged victim of Democrat State Sen. Jeff Woodburn (Woodburn is charged by the New Hampshire Attorney Generals Office with nine counts of domestic abuse), was driven from her post as the Coos County Democratic Committee chair “after her lawyer maintained she was given the choice of backing Woodburn’s election or resigning her post.” Support … Read more

Is Your Local School Board Breaking the Law?

October 24, 2024October 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Ann Marie Banfield, writing last week, pointed out that some school boards around the state pay membership dues to the New Hampshire School Board Association (NHSBA) which then lobbies the legislature. State law prohibits the School Board from using any taxpayer dollars (so no money from the school budget) to pay those “dues.” It is … Read more

Steve Negron Unveils Veterans and Military Families for New Hampshire Coalition

October 24, 2024October 4, 2018 Op-Ed

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4, 2018 Contact: Roger Wilkins press@teamnegron.com, 603-864-8633 Steve Negron Unveils Veterans and Military Families for New Hampshire Coalition Nashua, NH – Steve Negron, a U.S. Air Force veteran and small business owner, unveiled his Veterans and Military Families for New Hampshire Coalition with over 130 United States members. Previously … Read more

Guest Post: The Debate on 3D Printed Guns

March 8, 2022September 19, 2018 Op-Ed

If you’ve been paying any attention to the news at all in recent weeks, you’ve no doubt heard about the controversial subject of 3D printed guns. 3D printed guns are indeed exactly what they sound like: a gun that can be downloaded and assembled using a 3D printer and the right materials.

Democrat Coos County Vice Chair Resigns over Woodburn Scandal

June 5, 2026September 12, 2018 Steve MacDonald

If you don’t remember the name Ted Bosen, he’s the guy in some of the north country Democrat email threads I shared (here) who was offended by the way “The Party” treated an alleged victim of domestic abuse. That and the Democrat establishment wagon circling around State Sen. Jeff Woodburn, arrested on 9 counts of domestic abuse, … Read more

“North Country Democrats” Choose Politics Over People on Woodburn Assault

June 5, 2026August 24, 2018 Steve MacDonald

We’ve talked about Jeff Woodburn’s domestic assault charges. We have covered the differing responses from the Democrat Party and the faithful. The Public responses.

Behind the scenes, at least up in the North County, the victim is not viewed kindly. Politics, it appears, comes before people and these individuals are not waiting to blame the victim of Jeff Woodburn’s alleged assault if Democrats lose a State Senate Seat.

Margaret Drye – Dedicated to Our Community

June 17, 2023August 11, 2018 Op-Ed

For almost four decades, I have been responding to Plainfield and Cornish homes and roads as an EMT with Cornish Rescue. As a result, I have seen the opioid epidemic up close, and I have also seen the many medical, physical, and financial challenges our senior citizens face.

There’s a reason why NH ranks much higher than Maine

July 16, 2024August 2, 2018 Skip

Reformatted, emphasis mine:

“…The compilation data is stunning.

In many of the selected reports, Maine lagged far behind New Hampshire for competitiveness for new industry, tax burden, cost of doing business, workforce education, infrastructure, regulatory environment and labor supply. New Hampshire came in, nationally, as the 15th best state in terms of business climate and taxation — the best in New England, by a long shot. Maine’s average score designated our state the 34th best for business climate, trailing every other New England state except Connecticut.

But the rub becomes apparent when one studies the data.

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Maine’s Embrace of Broad Based Taxes vs. New Hampshire NOT Doing That.

July 16, 2024May 22, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Our good friend Michael Graham, writing at NH Journal, has an article titled “Study: Maine Vs. N.H. Shows “More Government Means More Poverty.”

The annual Family Prosperity Index is out and, while New Hampshire didn’t make the Top 10 (it’s ranked #16), the study’s authors did use the Granite State to make their case for more economic liberty vs. reliance on government. They used the case study of New Hampshire and its neighbor, Maine (FPI ranking: #39).

The result of Maine’s dancing with the tax devil in the “blue” moon light? More government, a shrinking private sector, and one of the highest dependency cultures in the nation.

HB 628: Coos County Reps Vote to Tax Your Income.

June 5, 2026February 11, 2018 Op-Ed

By Kevin Craig

I am dismayed that the entire Coös County delegation, both Democrat, and Republican, voted for an income tax on all non-public employees, via House Bill 628, the “Family Medical Leave Insurance” bill. The only exceptions were Robert Theberge, who voted nay, Bing Judd, who didn’t vote, and Edith Tucker, who was excused.

Supporters deny that it is an income tax, but it literally requires that employers collect and remit a percentage of employees’ wages: that is the very definition of an income tax.

Non-Immigrant granted H-1B Visa to”work” as a Progressive political activist in NH

December 28, 2024July 12, 2017 Steve MacDonald

Congratulations to Viola Katusiime, Granite State Organizing Project’s (GSOP) Family, and Economic Security Organizer. She’s been waiting a year, and her H-1B visa was finally approved.

I’m no expert on non-immigration or H-1B visa’s, but I can read and agitating to advance mostly left-wing priorities, even with the best of intentions, does not appear to me to be one of the qualifying factors.

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(17)(H). It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. …

Don’t Like NH’s Property Taxes? Then Move to Maine

July 16, 2024July 20, 2016 Steve MacDonald

Source: WalletHub This is an Interactive map!

Skip took some time to fisk a letter to the Concord Monitor in which someone named John Andrews complains about the high property taxes in New Hampshire. He notes that across the border in Maine, he’d be paying a lot less in property taxes.

Skip does a great job exposing the fallacies upon which Andrews makes his case, and rightly points out that Maine has lots of other taxes that John never mentions. But he doesn’t have space to show how vast the chasm of the overall tax burden is between Maine and New Hampshire.

It’s Yuge.

Coos County Republican Committee refuses Scott Brown PAC Donation

June 5, 2026May 17, 2014 Steve MacDonald

Press Relese

At the monthly meeting held on 15 May 2014, the Coos County Republican Committee became the first committee in the state to refuse to accept a donation by the Scott Brown PAC. Mr Brown, who is running for the US Senate in the primary against 3 other contenders, has donated a large sum of money through his PAC to each county committee. In the course of the meeting on Thursday, every member of the committee present was given the opportunity to discuss their views on the matter, after which a vote was taken.

Chairman Eric Catman stated ” While we understand the donation came with no strings attached, our committee must maintain total impartiality until after the primary. This impartiality must not only be maintained, but be SEEN to be maintained, and accepting this donation would have compromised that. We felt our integrity as a committee could have been called into question and so while we thank Mr Brown and his PAC for their efforts, we must respectfully decline.”

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The Republican Party and Civil Rights in America – The Untold Story

November 14, 2020October 13, 2013 Op-Ed

There is no question that the Kansas-Nebraska Act which dissolved the Missouri Compromise was the catalyst for the creation of the Republican Party. But its foundation firmly lays in the opposition of the single most reprehensible act in US history, slavery.

Breaking! Coos County Republican Committee Approves ‘No Confidence’ Resolution

June 5, 2026April 11, 2013 Steve MacDonald

This just in: For Immediate Release: Contact – Eric Catman Email – eric.catman@gmail.com 603-348-1140 Coos County Republican Committee Approves ‘No Confidence’ Resolution This evening, the Coos County Republican Committee has approved, by a unanimous vote, a resolution expressing no confidence in New Hampshire Republican State Committee Chairman Jennifer Horn. The statement approved by the committee … Read more

Phyllis Woods On Andrew Hemingway

April 30, 2026January 24, 2013 Phyllis Woods

January 24, 2013 Dear Committee Members, It was at the request of a trusted former colleague in the House that I first traveled to meet with Andrew Hemingway, a young, unknown upstart that was thinking of becoming involved in the politics. After spending an hour listening to and questioning this energetic, bright, conservative activist, I … Read more

Coos County Republican Ineligible For State Committee so….

June 5, 2026January 7, 2013 Steve MacDonald

Back on December 17th, 2012 we reported here that Republican County Commissioner Tom Brady could not serve on the state committee because he publicly endorsed NH Senate District 1 candidate Jeff Woodburn. Former foes unite. Republican County Commissoner (sic) Tom Brady backs Woodburn for Senate. Since our tough race 8 years ago, Tom and I … Read more

Tom Brady (Not that one) Can’t Be On The NH-GOP State Committee

June 5, 2026December 17, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Actually, the other Tom Brady can’t be an NH-GOP voting Committee member either but let us not get distracted.

NH-GOP Bylaws, Article 1, section 4A:

A. Any registered Republican who, at the same time joins or allows his or her name to be used in support of a political committee or a defined group of individuals, that in title or effect is intended to be understood by the public to be a committee or group comprised in whole or in part of members of the Republican Party endorsing a candidate for elected office from another political party, when there is a candidate nominated by the Republican Party for that office, shall be disqualified during the then present and the next biennium from holding an office of the State Committee or any County or City Committee, from being a member of the Executive Committee and from being a member of the State Committee.

So why can’t Republican County Commissioner Tom Brady be a voting member of the Republican State Committee?

Coos County Democrats…

June 5, 2026August 23, 2012 Steve MacDonald

…might want to update their web site. The elected candidates page lists their US Senators as Jeanne Shaheen and Judd Gregg. That’s a bit out of date, unless you just want to wait until we kick Shaheen out of office and you can change them both at the same time. Just trying to be helpful.