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Phony Fiscal Conservatism

July 19, 2024 Ed Mosca

New Hampshire, on a per-pupil basis, is one of the biggest spenders on public education in the nation. The THIRD BIGGEST in fact. That, of course, does NOT fit the NHGOP’s fiscally-conservative, socially-agnostic narrative. So what’s a bitter-clinger to do? Attack the choo-choo train!!! And here is the mighty Sun-King doing just that. The real … Read more

Night Cap: Biden Spending Off the Rails?

January 9, 2024 John Klar

The White House announced earlier this month multi-billion dollar spending on a high-speed rail system for the nation. But President Joe Biden has already participated in a project with this exact promise – without delivering results. Indeed, some of the Barack Obama-Biden rail projects have been abandoned; most have run over projected costs.

Damn Right We Should Build A Choo Choo To Beantown

March 1, 2023February 28, 2023 Ed Mosca

If we can spend billions on padding the pockets of the military-industrial complex and the kleptocrat Zelensky … yes, I am talking about the war in Ukraine, which should be called the Deep State’s War of Aggression Against Russia, given its true genesis was the Obama-regime’s 2014 coup which installed a Western-puppet-government in Kyiv. If … Read more

New Hampshire Convention of States Resolution DEFEATED

February 28, 2023 Op-Ed

We were disappointed to see that 156 Republicans voted like SHEEP (YES) on HCR1, a call for a Constitutional Convention to AMEND the US Constitution. When confronted, many spouted the very talking points we have heard from the COS lobbyists.

Railroad rails commuter rail original Photo by Gonzalo Facello on Unsplash

A NH Commuter Rail Question: Should Paul Revere have taken the T to Lexington (or Nashua)?

February 14, 2023February 12, 2023 Op-Ed

When considering commuter rail in New Hampshire, here’s a thought experiment that offers a great place to start. Should the Massachusetts Bay Colony have built commuter rail in Revolutionary-era Boston?

ICYMI – NH Executive Council Puts a Stake in the Heart of Another Blood-Sucking Commuter Rail Project

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Steve MacDonald

I’ve been badmouthing proposed commuter rail projects for New Hampshire for fifteen years. There’s no benefit. It will never make money, meaning it will cost all of us (equity) to have something few will use. But they keep trying.

For-Profit Passenger Rail Fail: Boston Surface Railroad Declared Bankruptcy, Ousted from Headquarters

October 3, 2022 Steve MacDonald

In 2017, Nashua eagerly embraced an opportunity to build a rail stop for the newly formed Boston Surface Railroad. It was a planned for-profit passenger rail service with a dirty public money secret we exposed back in 2017.

Did Dems Rain on Their Own Commuter Rail Parade

March 30, 2022 Steve MacDonald

There’s a bill working its way through the New Hampshire legislature that prohibits funding commuter rail in any form with taxes on GraniteState residents. Pass or fail, there’s another Boogey-they-them thing (see, I didn’t say man) that might derail it. Something they insisted on for months.

Boondoggle Derailed?

March 24, 2022 Steve MacDonald

One of the biggest issues with commuter rail is that everyone in the state, most of whom will never use or have use of it, will have to pay for it forever. So, y’all should be excited about this bill.

So Kids, What Did We Learn From Thursday’s House Session (03/17/22)?

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Judy Aron

We learned that it is possible to play the National Anthem on bagpipes. This was how our St. Patrick’s Day House session began. What did they say about the bagpipe player after performing the National Anthem?

Amtrak Wish-List Includes Rail into NH No One Will Use

February 18, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Commuter Rail should not be a priority in New Hampshire for more reasons than I can count, but I’ve counted them for the past 12 years, with some success. Now, it looks like Amtrak has imagined a spur from Masskachusetts to Concord. Why? Seriously, why?

Destroying the NH Advantage – Commuter Rail

September 7, 2021 Op-Ed

Commuter rail is another piece of the ‘urbanization’ puzzle that originated with the United Nations’ global goals, a.k.a. Agenda 21 (now called Agenda 2030) to get us out of our cars, in an effort to reduce ‘global warming’ or ‘climate change.’

Another Government Boondoggle- Big Surprise.

December 23, 2020 Norm Silber

It has recently been announced that the governor and Executive Council authorized the New Hampshire Bureau of Rails and Transit to enter into a $5,448,607 contract with a company in Manchester to undertake the development and engineering phases of the long-discredited project to bring commuter rail service to the Capitol Corridor between Lowell, Mass., and … Read more

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Virus Socialism Could Wipe-Out San Francisco’s Public Transportation System

March 30, 2022July 3, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Keeping people home is supposed to hurt Donald Trump, but the current casualties appear to be out-of-state-college-student voting in New Hampshire and San Francisco’s city-wide public bus system. Without an infusion of cash from somewhere, most of the lines they shut down for COVID19 will not come back.

Mass Transit – Is Forcing you Into Public Petri-Dishes Another Democrat Idea the Pandemic Should ‘Kill’

March 30, 2022March 22, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Democrats are obsessed with wasting money on public transportation. Commuter rail is the most recent (new/old) cure for what they claim ails you—no, not saving the planet: the freedom and individual empowerment of being able to control your own life and path on your schedule.

Ask Gov. Sununu to Veto the Latest Rail Boondoggle (603) 271-2121.

June 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Written as a deliberate violation of the State Constitution SB241 wants to break the law to fund transportation infrastructure we don’t need that will forever suck resources from more pressing priorities. Those would be any other priority you can imagine.

You Can Stop the NH Democrat Expansion of the MBTA Money Pit into New Hampshire

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The MBTA is an unmitigated disaster. It’s a mess. A money pit. And while it serves, as best as it can, a sprawling metropolis around a major US city (Boston), it’s not anything we’d want in New Hampshire. But that’s what our choo-choo fetishists are after. At any cost.

Sign the Petition: Say No to Commuter Rail in New Hampshire

May 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Legislature has a bill to waste tax dollars on yet another capitol corridor rail study. A petition has been created to send the message that any commuter rail project in New Hampshire will cost every taxpayer millions in perpetuity to serve an insignificant sliver of the population.

Stop the Presses Democrat Majority State Senate Supports Wasting Money On Commuter Rail

February 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Public transportation is an expression of the state’s right to define how you get from A to B. Not just how but when and where. The modern commuter rail fantasy fits this profile. It is a long-standing dream of the Left. To throw your money down a hole for government controlled ride-sharing. Whether you can use it, want to, or not.

Nashua’s Rail Solution Creates More Traffic Not Less

May 28, 2019February 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The New Hampshire commuter rail boondoggle (or just ‘rail’) has a long history on these pages. There is very little about it we have not explored. Traffic fits that profile. Before you can ride a train, you need to get to it. That’s a problem for Nashua but they are forging ahead anyway. Start with a 5.2 Million dollar hit.