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Time for Me to Get Back to Holding Government Responsible Again …

We used to use the phrase “Bring Big Flashlights” when we first started, but like many things, there were lots of “Shiny Objects” that captured my attention over the years. And after my latest DCYF-induced hiatus of several months, I am starting to rev back up again.

What Is Congress Doing on the Budget?

When Congress comes back from recess, it will talk about money.  DC is going to take up funding the federal government before the October 1st deadline.  Let’s be clear: there is no spending fight that’s going to happen.  Both sides want as much spending as they think will play well on the campaign trail.

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NH Budget Posts $538.9 Million Surplus

Lost amid all the political and economic news this month was an important bit of data that’s particularly noteworthy as the 2024 governor’s race gets underway. (Yes, already.)

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TheUniParty UniParties … There Is No Republican Party In New Hampshire

A bipartisan budget! We passed a bipartisan budget! And we speak about it in the language of the Communists … oh! so, so sorry! I mean “our friends” the Democrats. Check out the tweet from Senator “Jeb.” The word “spending” is so missing … there is no longer such a thing as “spending” in New …

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CNHT: URGENT: Action Needed on Budget Bill

We’ve emailed you before about problems with the Housing Appeals Board (HAB), a state-level, 3-person panel of appointed, industry ‘professionals’ who are now allowed to override your town vote by defying the decisions of any of your town boards (planning, zoning, conservation, school, etc.).

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The 2023 Belknap County Budget – It Wasn’t Just About the Money

The 2023 Belknap County Budget would make for a most interesting case study for students enrolled in a graduate school program and course in public administration. At the same time, examining the process—and especially the decisions made around the processes and procedures adopted by the Delegation’s Budget Committee, cries out to me for corrections and …

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The NHGOP Rewards Failure … It’s All About “Losing Gracefully”

The budget passed by the nominally GOP New Hampshire House represented a CAPITULATION to the Communists (nominally Democrats). Among the lowlights … cutting back on school choice, while pumping even more money into funding DEI and CRT (the public education bureaucracy); continuing Obamacare Medicaid expansion; and massively increasing spending, according to Rep. J.R. Hoell by …

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Absence of Shame: Belknap State Rep Harry Bean & Laconia City Councilor Henry Lipman

After many months of apparently keeping a fairly low profile, Laconia City Councilor Henry Lipman has recently fielded a letter to the editor in the Laconia Daily Sun (also known as Pravda by The Lake) commending and endorsing the incompetent and inept management by Belknap Delegation Chair State Rep Harry Bean of the Belknap County …

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