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SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It – Parts 7 & 8

by Skip / 23 February 2019 23 February 2019

The School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”) held a seminar this past Saturday on some best practices in how to make your School District more transparent in all of its procedures. This morning long session was a self-directed panel discussion consisting of Rich Girard from the Manchester School District, Tom Murray formerly of the …

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Quick Shot: NH Democrats Dress in Traditional Klan-Colors to Protest Pro-Choice Governor

by Steve MacDonald / 15 February 2019 8 March 2024

Governor Sununu gave his budget address yesterday. A number of New Hampshire Democrats dressed in the parties traditional klan color to protest their pro-choice governor. You read that right. Women in New Hampshire copied Democrat’s Klan-color “protest” from Trump’s State of the Union.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu’s Budget Address

by Op-Ed / 14 February 2019 14 February 2019

Thank you — Good morning. Happy Valentines day. Mr. Speaker, Madame President, honorable members of the house, senate, and Executive Council and commissioners and department heads who have joined us today. My fellow citizens — Welcome. I would like to start by thanking the many Commissioners and state agencies we worked with throughout the past …

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Tales from the BudComm – the LSR is now a Bill!

by Skip / 2 February 2019 2 February 2019

For someone that has written about the legislative process for years, it is a much different viewpoint when you involve yourself directly in the sausage factory. No, I haven’t become a “factory worker” (a legislator) but a constituent that saw a flaw in the State Statutes (or “RSAs”) and decided “why NOT me” in proposing …

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“Who serves whom? Do the Townsfolk Serve their Employees?”

by Skip / 16 January 2019 16 January 2019

As I wrote here: “who serves whom? Do the townfolk serve their employees?” Let that set the table for this. It’s not quite a Tale from the BudComm but it has financial ramifications. If it passes. There will be a petition warrant on my hamlet’s ballot which would move the Second Session (the actual voting) …

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70% Of All Arrests in Durham, NH in 2018 Were UNH Students

by Steve MacDonald / 9 January 2019 10 January 2019

Here’s a neat little factoid. According to the Union Leader, “of the people taken into custody (In Durham NH), 675 of the 968 identifiable parties arrested by police in 2018 were enrolled in classes at the university.” That’s almost 70% of all arrests? Have the budget boosters who pimp the fiscal benefits of taxpayer bailouts to …

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Josiah Bartlett: The State of the State is Hot!
Grok: We Need Your Help to Keep It That Way

by Steve MacDonald / 5 January 2019 5 January 2019

New Hampshire Democrats come into power with a unique opportunity. The New Hampshire economy is screaming. The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, quoting the State’s annual report, notes that, “In 2018, New Hampshire was no.1 for economic opportunity (US News and World Report); child well-being (Annie E. Carsey Foundation), and, for the fourth year in …

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NH Democrat Susan Almy – Repeal Tax Cuts, Give Fiscal Committee Power To Tax at Will

by Steve MacDonald / 24 December 2018 24 December 2018

Longtime New Hampshire Democrat Susan Almy is doing her part to raise taxes. She’s introduced a legislative proposal to raise taxes on job creators. But she’s also got a bill in the pipeline that would appear to give the Legislative Fiscal Committee taxing powers independent of the Legislature. NHBR is reporting that, Almy’s second bill would …

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Shutdown Is Game On as Trump Rejects Funding Bill Over Border Security Concerns

by Steve MacDonald / 20 December 2018 20 December 2018

The morning news was replete with tales of a government shutdown averted. The Senate approved a short-term solution to keep some of the government open until February 8th. And no border wall funding. Sighs of relief from some, outrage from others. All spoken too soon. President Trump won’t sign it. He wants action on securing the border now. …

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Oregon Gov’s Kate Brown’s Budget Message – Time to Get the Hell Out Of the Beaver State

by Steve MacDonald / 8 December 2018 9 December 2018

Governor Kate Brown’s proposed Oregon State budget looks like a progressive dream. She’s spending like a drunken sailor. Raising taxes and fees. She’s got a four million dollar line item for legal costs to fight with president Trump. Half of that money would go into an “Oregon Defense Fund” and pay for ongoing and forthcoming …

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