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BANFIELD: NH’s Growing School Budgets-Where Is the Money Going?

October 6, 2026October 6, 2026 Ann Marie Banfield

Article Summary: New Hampshire taxpayers are repeatedly told that local school budgets must continue to increase because the cost of educating children keeps rising. But there is another question taxpayers should be asking: How much of that growing school budget is actually reaching the classroom—and how much is being spent on an expanding layer of … Read more

Cancelled Flight by BryanAlexander is licensed under CC BY 2.0 OpenVerse 40537812442_13c90e59a3_b

How to Know if You’re Entitled to Compensation After a Cancelled Flight

January 12, 2022 Guest Contributor

Flight cancellations often result in inconveniences for passengers and as a result, the EU 261 regulation was passed in 2004 to protect passengers’ rights. If you have ever had to deal with cancelled flights, especially at die minutes, you must know how frustrating it is. But then, how do you know if you are entitled … Read more

Notable Quote – Keep Your Nose Out Of My Wallet

July 14, 2021 Skip

What I am paid, and what jobs I am will to do for that pay and under what circumstances, is none of your business. What others are paid, and what others are willing to do for what pay and under what circumstances is their business and no one else’s. As equal moral agents they are entitled … Read more

Leftist Accountability and Control May Not Actually Exist

September 3, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Let’s look at Leftist accountability and control. They want to regulate and control our lives. But how well do they do at keeping control of the purse strings?

Nashua School District Staff Should Not be a Protected Class

March 30, 2020 Op-Ed

On Friday, March 13th the Nashua Board of Education voted to provide full compensation to all district personnel for five days from March 16th to 23rd while shutting down the schools. There was no discussion of the cost to taxpayers as these funds were already in this year’s budget.

More Scared Shurtleff

September 26, 2018January 14, 2013

Though I suspect this young lady is not.

Wisconsin Protesters

September 26, 2018March 3, 2011 Don

To the Editor:

Many of the people protesting on Saturday don’t even understand what they are doing. They talk about “Worker’s Rights” (which I support). But they have been duped into protesting for public sector “Union rights”, the right of unions to conspire with politicians against the interests of the American people.

President Franklin Roosevelt said it was wrong to unionize government workers because they are supposed to serve the public. He was right. The public sector was unionized about 50 years ago. Unionization has led to union leaders and politicians creating an increasing number of safe, easy and often low value, well paid unionized employees whose union dues are funneled back to the politicians. It is a vicious cycle. Politicians are supposed to represent the people, but they ignore the good of the people to reward their union supporters. This is corruption pure and simple.