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Letter to the Times

This is in response to the article about Croydon’s budget battle, which appeared on the front page of the New York Times a couple of weeks ago. I don’t think they’ll be printing it, though.  So I thought I’d reproduce it here.

Brodie Deshaies with 4 wheeler

So, NH State Rep Brodie Deshaies (R-Wolfboro)? Why Aren’t You Telling the Entire Truth during Your Re-Election Stumping?

Presenting yourself as something you’re not isn’t exactly being transparent, or so it seems to me.  There do seem to be a bunch of Republican-sponsored or favored bills.  I think that the word “schoolie” (one who supports Government schools only because they support Government monopolies) applies in your case. It would be “interesting” to see … Read more

SDGA Ballistic Fundraiser

By the School District Governance Association of NH (EventBrite link!) Friendly and fun shooting competition fundraiser to support the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire whose mission is to: “…help school board and budget committee members discover their powers. We hold seminars throughout the year with relevant topics, create model policies, craft and follow … Read more

I guess opponents of HB 620 never read the NH Constitution from the get-go?

[Art.] 28. [Taxes, by Whom Levied.] No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duty, shall be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature, or authority derived from that body. And it looks like those in the Legislature have decided that the State … Read more