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The religious flavor of this article’s title was intentional because of the religious credentials listed on Rep. Pearson’s home page. I’m talking about the father (Mark) rather than the son (Steve), though Ezekiel 18:20 says the father doesn’t share the guilt with the son. With that said, the apple still doesn’t fall far from the … Read more
K. Jake Langlais is the Superintendent of the Lewiston Public Schools. Langlais sent a letter to the district population alerting them to what, based on his own words, appears to be a non-problem. Langlais says, “We want to be clear – to our knowledge, the families of our school community have gone through various immigration … Read more
If you missed last night’s Granite State Live, you should check it out. Great show. Keith, Terese, and guest Leah Cushman covered the NH DCYF and Famly Court hijinks, New Hampshire’s decades-long failure to protect its children, and the systemic (ongoing) cover-up of this failure. But that is not why I have gathered you here … Read more
Okay, we have established that the Clean Heat Standard is an unnecessarily costly, unnecessarily complicated, ruthlessly regressive, unworkable word salad of legal confusion. But, hey, at least, so bleated its supporters incessantly for three plus years, it wasn’t/isn’t a tax, fee, surcharge on home heating fuel, right? So, what’s are the options for moving forward … Read more
Urgent Action Alert: NH House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Hearings on January 30th The New Hampshire House is back in session and the real fight begins There is a lot to tell you in this email alert: First, the bill that we warned you about several weeks ago is now House Bill 159 Rep. Roy and … Read more
If you missed the live show, we open the show on the state’s dysfunctional DCYFand Family Court and what you can do to help NH Kids. w/Special guest Leah Cushman. Later, it’s town deliberatives, budgets, warrant articles, and how to effectively participate in town government. w/Special guest Claudine Burnham We open the show on the … Read more
Last fall, we reported on the shenanigans of Lisa and Joshua Urovitch. The Massachusetts residents got caught voting from a rental property address in Concord, New Hampshire. While they owned the property, they were not living in it, they just pretended to futz with New Hampshire Elections in 2022 and 2020. New Hampshire’s keystone cops … Read more
For my Vermont readers, I wish to invite you to attend a unique opportunity to gather and celebrate Vermont’s conservative political gains in the 2024 state elections. We live in times when many quite openly support a one-party political domination both in Vermont and nationally. I’m a big fan of hearing at least two sides … Read more
There is no connection between money and academic outcomes unless you mean that kids can learn more for a lot less – there is a lot of evidence for that. But the Ed god behemoth demands to be fed, and those who benefit politically from this arrangement insist the answer is more. Always more. They … Read more
This week, my committee continued hearings on our bills. My HB 216 would end the arbitrary limit of one year’s time on workers comp that can apply towards one’s pension service. No opposition, and the pensions system’s cost estimate was extremely conservative: 10% of all members to gain 6 months additional service credit! Since one … Read more
It seems that the State has decided that they need to move mental and medical clinics into your child’s school. Why even parent your children? It appears as if the State, in conjunction with school officials, will happily take over your job. There is no need to take your child to see their doctor during … Read more
This week on Right Side Up, Mike and Nathan discuss two of the most expensive progressive things in the modern era; education and climate. When you’re done here 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 … Read more
The courts have said don’t do it. Do not block “constituents” on social media – if you use that platform for politics. The lesson is to separate the two, but not everyone is able. In some cases, especially for the Marxist-Leaning lot, they could no sooner separate politics from discourse than bones from their flesh. … Read more
Apx 10:22 EDT we experienced a 3.9 Magnitude earthquake centered in the ocean off the coast of York Harbor, Maine. USGS reports It shook us a bit and the dog barked. I have a friend who lives in York Harbor. They said their entire condo shook. I quick search produced no Tsunami risk at this … Read more
The State New Hampshire and its towns and cities provide the opportunity to obtain a publicly funded education to every school-age child, regardless of income. And no one complains that this unfairly benefits higher-income households. To illustrate the point, the median household income in Hopkinton is $130,216. That’s 55% higher than in Concord ($83,701) and … Read more
Labor unions negotiate benefits on behalf of all employees of a collective bargaining unit, not just their own members, unions say. Since non-members receive the benefits, they should be compelled to pay the union for negotiating them. Because right-to-work laws forbid non-union employees from being compelled as a condition of employment to pay any portion … Read more
Upcoming Hearings – Mark Your CalendarsShow Up and Testify Tuesday, January 28 – House Children and Family Law CommitteeRoom 206-208, Legislative Office Building, 33 N State St., Concord, NH⚠️1:30PM – HB553-FN – relative to the definition of abuse and neglect and conditions triggering a rebuttable presumption of harm in abuse and neglect cases❌ Oppose ❌It is highly … Read more
From the Women’s Defense League The hearing for this gun control bill is on January 30th at noon in the Legislative Office Building, rooms 202-204. Once again, the out-of-state gun control lobby is pushing another draconian gun control bill in one of the SAFEST STATES in the country – House Bill 352 – An act prohibiting the possession of … Read more
Although many people resist acknowledging this, we use a kind of Marxism to fund our schools: The Accidental Marxist The Accidental Marxist, Part 2 That is, by taxing each property owner in a school district a flat rate on the assessed value of his property, we take more from people who have more. So that’s … Read more
One of the many problems with universal EFAs is that they take money from people who don’t have it, to give to people who don’t need it. Let’s ask a straightforward question: Under what conditions should we give tax money to, or spend tax money on, people who can afford to get along without it? … Read more