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I just looked at an event flyer for the 2025 Greater Nashua Public Health Week Kickoff Event on Monday 4/7. When Grokster Beth Scaer showed it to me, her caption said, “It’s the third year in a row that they have moved the kickoff inside after I attended the kickoff on the city hall plaza … Read more
This week, the House met in session, with 47 bills on the regular calendar and 31 (including two from my committee) on the consent calendar. First, we had memorial remarks for a former member from Hollis. Then we approved the consent calendar, after HB 631 was removed. The sponsor attempted to withdraw HB 431, establishing … Read more
This week we talk about the new makeup of the legislature, public safety issues, the Democrat majority ignoring what’s important, the abuse of welfare housing arrangements (and warehousing people), plus a lot more. Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or … Read more
In 1993 the NH Supreme Court discovered a “hidden-in-plain-sight” constitutional “duty” of our State “legislators” to “cherish,” i.e, fund, an “adequate” education in “public schools.” Historically public schools were locally funded. Despite two ongoing lawsuits disputing the amount of State funding necessary for this obligation, legislators now propose to expand taxpayer obligations to fund both … Read more
I did a quick search for ‘Tesla’ at some local handmaiden media outlets and the results were less than encouraging (though, entirely expected). Democrats are committing violent acts, arson, and defacing private property but no one around these parts seems to want to cover that. WMUR has one article, but it does not ask any … Read more
Suppose someone said: I live in this state, but that state offers more generous welfare benefits. So I should be able to live here, but collect benefits from there. Or suppose someone said: I live in this county, but that county has a better nursing home, so I’d like my elderly mother to be cared … Read more
Part of a complete audit of how the Federal Government spends the fruits of your labors includes programs at the USDA that the Handmaiden media are breathlessly reporting as canceled. Everyone from Politico to CNN to NHPR (now GraniteGrok) is printing stories about local food banks and pantries tightening their belts. Okay, so The ‘Grok … Read more
In Trump’s first term, the Democrats enjoyed the majority position in the House of Representatives. This advantage made holding up Donald Trump’s initiatives very straightforward. They did not have to sue him in court to slow him down. They just made up reasons to Impeach the 45th President and have him spin his wheels defending … Read more
This week, the latest on the Clean Heat Standard, Education funding…more Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok on Rumble and YouTube and check for Replays of Granite State Live, GrokTALK! and Right Side Up, or follow these links to their podcast pages. Our Current Local Podcast Lineup
Many of you saw a petition warrant article on the agenda at your recent town meetings. The idea was to get towns to vote to send the petition to the legislature and the governor. It’s kind of a silly idea — if you’re going to tell your representative something, you should do that as an … Read more
It has been nearly two weeks since “Town Elections” in New Hampshire, that Tuesday in March when a majority of local elections occur in the Granite State. One in particular that we mentioned was the Timberline Regional School District (TRSD), famous on our pages for its former Superintendent Earl Metzler and contributor Donna Green, who … Read more
On March 20, a slew of Senate Commerce bills regarding Housing were fought valiantly by Bedford Senator Denise Ricciardi. She managed to kill SB55 but of the ones that passed, all did not get universal approval. Example: SB84 – passed 13-10 (opposed by Republican Senators Ricciardi, Rochefort, Birdsell, Lang, Gray, Ward, Abbas, Gannon, Avard, and … Read more
We learned it was “Parental Rights Day” in House chambers this week. It was a long day filled with drama and notable activity as we went through the pile of 49 bills in front of us. In attendance were roughly 206 Republicans and 161 Democrats in the House, so the vote results were pretty predictable … Read more
Remember that nut job with a disdain for carpenters that Senator Denise unseated in 2020? If you don’t, that’s ok because I’ll remind you now and she has a local opportunity to advance her struggle to stay relevant. It’s Jeanne Dietsch of Peterborough, founder of Granite State Matters, and there are a few details of … Read more
New Hampshire’s Family Court System is regarded as one of the last places on earth you’d want to find yourself. In response to cries for help from the tyrannical nonsense it emits, legislators tried to abolish them. The bill was retained in committee. They can work on it and bring it back for review and … Read more
…And NO ONE IS LOOKING INTO WHY The New England Take is kicking off a new series, “The Cost of Education.” Everyone focuses on the per-pupil cost and what the New Hampshire Statehouse is looking at, but not why rural towns pay twice as much as cities, why cities like Portsmouth are saying they are … Read more
Property taxes are a problem. Towns and cities use imaginary value to charge taxes for profits you have not nor may ever realize, and the drunken sailors then spend it all and come back for more. Sometimes, they pretend to cut taxes by lowering the rates per thousand (on assessed value). Still, when calculated against … Read more
The Democrats are now the Party of Haters and Destructors. There is nothing they stand for other than being anti-Trump. They have no policies or legislation to counter the MAGA initiative. Their stand is the opposite of whatever Trump and the Republicans push for the American people. The Trump haters do not understand a politician … Read more
Manch Talk 03/19/25 TIt’s Sunshine Week, so the focus is on open government. What’s happening with the Right-to-Know Ombudman’s Office? Why did the Union Leader have to sue for information about a 2022 riot at the Sununu Youth Center? And what’s up with the latest JFK release? Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ‘Grok … Read more
It’s been asked a lot lately with budgetary challenges running up against a lack of tax capacity, and the backdrop of DOGE findings of government waste at the federal level, “Do our elected representatives ever go back and evaluate the programs they pass to see if they are working as promised?” Not really, no. And … Read more