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This: Actually I beat Boston-Jimbo to the punch: But the point is this: There is no way that Ray Buckley is going to let a straight, white male -never mind a straight white male who supports an income tax- be his Party’s nominee in 2020. While Buckley may come across as a deranged, drunken misogynist …
Recently, Executive Councilor Andu Volinsky suggested that gubernatorial vetoes should be subject to Executive Council approval. Fortunately, there is one thing that stands between Councilor Volinsky and vetoes: The Constitution of the State of New Hampshire. This isn’t the first time Councilor Volinsky has tried to end run the Constitution. Most of you may not …
Andru Volinsky – trying to outdo Grimm’s fairy tales? Read More »
Despite a complete disconnect between funding and results, Democrats want more money for New Hampshire schools. Bigger budgets have produced no return on investment. None. But as I’ve noted previously, Democrats don’t care about learning. Public Schools are a vehicle for redistributing wealth to a favored constituency.
And yes, I put NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut into a prickly position on this but hey, GraniteGrok is NH’s leading and most influential political blogsite – of COURSE this was going to come up. Andru Volinsky – no interview about education should take place without a mention that Andru Alinsky Volinsky was responsible …
GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 5 Read More »
Our representatives in Concord are currently discussing how much money school districts require, where that money should come from, and how it should be collected. But three simple graphs are sufficient to demonstrate decisively that money is not the issue. The first graph shows that since 1970, tripling school spending (in inflation-adjusted dollars) has had …
This is a long post so IF you don’t have the time, scroll down to “SECOND START” and read from there. You’ll get a good analysis of how Andru Volinsky’s march towards a complete State of NH takeover of educational funding will affect you. First, a short snippet about the LA teachers strike to set …
I was in the audience last night at Richards School in Newport for Andru Volinksy’s dog and pony show on school funding in New Hampshire. I got the chance to ask a question, which was, roughly: Is there any interpretation that the Supreme Court could come up with, that is so outlandish, so contrary to …
