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CONCORD, N.H. – Today, Governor Sununu signed HB 1607, legislation aimed at fixing New Hampshire’s broken safe haven law to save babies from fatal abandonment or abuse. The most important provision of this bill is the “exclusionary rule,” which incentivizes criminal parents to surrender their babies. Under this rule, any evidence obtained from a Safe … Read more
We have been covering Dan Richard’s efforts to get the State of NH to do the only thing it is supposed to do. Simply this, which the NE Patriots’ football team made famous: DO YOUR JOB! It’s simple—real simple. Yet, it has taken years of hard work on the part of this one brave and … Read more
I decided to follow up on Steve’s post (NH AG Orders Hampton Town Clerk to Resign After Multiple Election Law Violations) to see if Hampton Town Clerk Shirly Doheny had followed the NH State Attorney General’s Office demand to resign. So I called. Now you get to figure out which it is – A “no”, … Read more
What, dear readers, are the first thoughts that come to your mind when you hear the words “country club?” Rich old white men playing golf? Antisemitism? Anti-anything that is a departure from the Good Old Boys network? Though several Rs in the Senate do indeed play golf, let me be clear that I’m not implying … Read more
New Hampshire Electioneering Law (RSA 659:44-a) prohibits public employees from using government property to engage in voters or votes. The only thing more difficult than getting public employees, typically teacher’s union members, from doing it is convincing the AG office to prosecute. Miracles, however (it seems), can happen. After losing a School Board race by … Read more
Whether you want to call it “The Patriarchy” or the “Old Boys Club,” historically, incompetent men have been protected by The System at the expense of better alternatives. Instead of feeding the false narrative of DEI propagated by both sides–white men will never work again! airplanes will fall from the skies!–how about you start to … Read more
I saw that Grokster Ann Marie is demanding easy answers to hard questions, but the Superintendent, Tom Abrose, is giving her a hard time. And yes, I’ve been reading and giving her some advice, and I noticed that every Subdivision of the State (e.g., towns, school boards, state agencies, commissions…on and on) has decided that … Read more
For all the prattle about Reagan’s 11th Commandment and despite months of seemingly endless exhortations not to attack Republicans in this election cycle, when it comes down to it, State Senate Republicans are more interested in entrenched power. Emily Phillips is challenging Senator Gannon in a primary, and the Republican State Senate PAC appears willing … Read more
A news story ran recently about the Hampton Town Clerk being forced to resign after the AG’s office determined she mishandled election ballots, breaking the law. Town officials were quoted acknowledging the woman who identified the mishandling and the wrongdoing positively and vowed to take action to restore their citizens’ trust in fair and free … Read more
Multiple civil rights groups from California to Illinois have just joined six New Hampshire state reps in an attempt to protect their citizens from what some call Massachusetts’ misapplication of gun laws. These challenges to the state’s firearms licensing scheme stem in part from the prosecution of two motorists, Dean Donnell and Philip Marquis, who … Read more
I have been independently investigating the Pease Development Authority – Division of Ports and Harbors [PDA-DPH] regarding decisions and process issues that I believe are unfair and discriminatory and appear to violate New Hampshire state law. This matter was brought to my attention by a Rye Harbor fisherman who had concerns that the one business … Read more
The Republicans, having passed HB1002, not only made it more expensive for investigators trying to find malfeasance within the Government, but they also hobbled people like me in a different way. Or, actually, not. Never mind. Rewind. Fagettiaboutit. Consider this just a post that describes what Republicans attempted to do (stick a political shiv into … Read more
Now that HB 1607, the Baby Safe Haven Bill, has been signed into law, we need New Hampshire Christians and all those dedicated to safeguarding young lives to engage in this important child protection issue. Since the passage of 1607, parents can now surrender infants up to 61 days old to any designated safe haven … Read more
If you are a rank-and-file Democrat in the Vermont House of Representatives – a soldier in the Supermajority – you are told by Party leadership how to vote. The majority leader will, in fact, hold up a paper sign, Yes or No, informing you how to cast your ballot on key issues. And you better … Read more
The first Education Options (EdOpt) expo is just over a week away, on Saturday Aug 10, from 10:30am to 12:30pm at the Richards Free Library in Newport. There will be a number of tables where you can have one-on-one conversations with experts about different options for educating your children. Statewide resources will include: Regional resources … Read more
Our Secretary of State announced New Hampshire’s first Civic and Voter Education Coordinator in a news release in June. The article reads, “Secretary Scanlan created the position of Civic and Voter Education Coordinator to increase voter engagement efforts within the state.” It would be easy for Granite Staters to read this article, agree with the sentiment … Read more
New Hampshire Right to Life (NHRTL) issues the below comments responding to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England’s (PPNNE) press release & conference seeking a taxpayer bailout [0]. Jason Hennessey, President of NH Right to Life, said: “Extreme organizations that push to legalize aborting healthy 7, 8, and 9-month children don’t deserve to be bailed … Read more
Since becoming a Foster Parent back in May of 2023 (we were also “Kinship Caregivers” for the Grandson back in 2015), we’ve been through a bunch of stuff. Our last previous Foster Child was a handful and had a history of breaking things. When school began for her, we went to DCYF with that information … Read more
When Agency of Natural Resources secretary Julie Moore testified to the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee back in January 2023 that the cost of the Clean Heat Standard program would be $2 billion over the first five years, 2026-2030, — an amount that she said would result in an additional 70¢ per gallon for home heating … Read more
I may be the only 70-year-old guy in America who has never taken an illegal drug. I remember when Bill Clinton proudly proclaimed he had never inhaled a joint, and I thought big deal, Bill, I have never even held one. I am not bragging or trying to put myself on a pedestal for never … Read more