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Education: Some Rules for Changing the Rules

The following is an open letter to Frank Edelblut, Commissioner of Education, and Drew Cline, Chairman of the Board of Education, regarding a document that is making the rounds offering the public a chance to comment on proposed changes to the Ed Rules that govern public schools in New Hampshire. Dear Commissioner Edelblut and Chairman … Read more

And Another Example Of Why The NHGOP Is LOSING

by Ed Mosca

When the ~~Communists~~ Democrats get power, they use it. When the Republicans get power, they DON’T (except for things that matter to the GOP-ruling class: business tax cuts, multi-family-housing, etc.) .

So Why Didn’t The NH Board of Education Get This Done, Too?

by Skip

In this Dillon’s Rule State, the Board of Education has FAR more power than the Commissioner (Frank Edelblut) in that all SAUs (School Administrative Units; think School Districts) must either cite NH State Statutes for the basis of their policies or State BoEd regulations/policies.

NH Budget Posts $538.9 Million Surplus

by Op-Ed

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.)

2024 Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Event: 2023-02-22 – Panel Discussion with Vivek and Drew Cline

by Skip

So, adding onto my post of yesterday of the Vivek event of this past Wednesday, here is the meat of the evening. Instead of just getting up and speaking as he did two weeks ago (yes, Bob, thanks for the calendar correction!) at the St. A’s Institute of Politics venue, this was a “panel” of Vivek and Drew Cline.

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)?

by 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?

J Bartlett: Over-Regulating Small Businesses, Cigar Bar Edition

by Op-Ed

One of the consequences of regulating business by statute is that statutes are categorized, and therefore businesses have to be categorized too. The rigid legal classifications for businesses can lead to some restrictions that make sense only to lawyers, legislators, and scientists who catalogue animal and plant species.

Josiah Bartlett: Amid Enrollment Decline, NH School Spending Has Risen Sharply

by Skip

A review of public school spending, staffing, and enrollment numbers going back to the 1994-95 school year might surprise a lot of Granite Staters who have heard for decades that New Hampshire public schools have been underfunded.

Time For A Voter Fraud History Lesson, NH

by Ed Naile

As we see an actual arrest and extradition of an out-of-state voter by the NH Attorney General’s Office it pays to look back at some old, but very relevant articles from the CNHT website. The facts are simple.

Without a Mask Mandate, N.H.’s COVID-19 Cases Fell Sharply this Summer

by Op-Ed

For months, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Dan Feltes and Andru Volinsky have criticized Gov. Chris Sununu for not issuing an emergency order mandating that people wear face masks.

After Brutal 2020, Tax Hikes Could Loom for N.H. Businesses in 2021

by Op-Ed

The House on Thursday rejected a Republican proposal to prevent significant business tax increases that are likely to hit on January 1. Unless legislators act between now and the end of the year, New Hampshire businesses that survive 2020 should prepare to begin paying higher tax rates in 2021.

VIDEO: Remote Learning Conversation with Commissioner Edelblut

by Christopher Maidment

Last night Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire hosted a discussion with Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut and SBOE Chair Drew Cline. The conversation focused on Remote Learning in New Hampshire because of COVID, state policy changes that needed to be made to make it possible, why NH was able to leap into Remote Learning … Read more

New Hampshire Democrats Attack Republicans for Opposing Corporate Welfare

by Steve MacDonald

Democrats have gotten another stick up their backsides. I have no idea how they found the room, but they did. And from an unusual, at least rhetorically speaking, source. They are upset that Republicans will not support an out-of-state corporate welfare scheme.

No, not a newspaper – us instead!

by Skip

Drew Cline got the “organization” right – just got the “newspaper” bit wrong. Oh, and add this, too: “Cameras at the State House”. See the bottom of this post for both as this is a bit long. The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy just send out another email missive and while I agree with … Read more

The New Hampshire Democrat’s Budget Includes a Retroactive Tax Hike

by Steve MacDonald

This won’t surprise too many people, but Democrats are lying about their budget. The party line is that they froze business taxes and removed future tax cuts. Not true. The Democrat Budget raises taxes for 2019.

Five facts about the minimum wage

by Op-Ed

By the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy The odds that legislators will vote to raise New Hampshire’s minimum wage this year are significantly better than the odds that sitting through next year’s Super Bowl halftime show will be more entertaining than going to the kitchen for more nachos. Why? Ideas like this, as expressed … Read more

NH GOP: School Choice and educational opportunity

by Op-Ed

By the NH GOP Reservations (free): SchoolChoiceNHGOP.eventbrite.com

Sununu May Veto Net Metering Expansion and Fuel Diversity Bill

by Steve MacDonald

veto There’s a rumor goin’ round that Gov Sununu is planning to veto two pieces of legislation. The first, SB446, would drive up electric rates by forcing companies like EverSource to buy more green energy at retail rates (instead of wholesale) for qualified “green energy” from anyone who generates it in the State.

The second, SB365, would also drive up rates by mandating that power companies purchase MORE Biomass “green” energy.

Environmental virtue-signaling costs you more. It costs businesses more. It costs jobs, growth, you get the picture.

The NH Legislature’s Latest Protection Racket

by Steve MacDonald

You’ve seen movies where a couple of Goodfellas in suits show up at a business and the proprietor, looking uncomfortable, hands them a bag of cash. New Hampshire has this too. Some nicely dressed guys (and girls) are using the state legislature to force a business to extract protection money from you. (Again.)

This time around it’s your electric rates (Again?). The Senate passed changes that would turn electricity providers into enforcers for a protection racket that takes money from you to line other people’s pockets.

Some thoughts on the Pindell / Cline / Douglas criticisms of the Honor Your Oath Rally – Part 1

by Skip

I’m not even sure that James Pindell, Chuck Douglas, and Drew Cline were even at the same rally I was from reading their criticism (one at the WMUR site, two Union Leader Op-Eds) – or even bothered to watched the videos that were up at several sites. Each of them decided to tear the folks apart that stood up for their beliefs without seeing what was, to me, the obvious. In fact, I’m not even sure they even saw the obvious reason why 600 folks turned out to participate, volunteers doing the grunt work necessary to put on such an event, and the dozen or so speakers up at the podium. Yes, when you put yourself out in public, this is what happens – others will take pot shots at you, at the rally, or the issue for a variety of reasons: their sense of “professionalism”, their overarching specialized knowledge has been “violated”, their standing within their own specialized communities “demands” they take a stand, or they decided to reject the perceived issue out of hand as “being without merit”. None of them seem to have caught the intense sense of importance of the actual subject to the speakers and the attendees.

Or, to put it simply, wielding a hatchet just because they have an audience to impress or a thinly veiled purpose that may be getting set for the future. Or both.

Honor Your Oath. It wasn’t about journalists worried about column inches, punctuation, and delicately chosen words and sentence structure; it is about keeping a promise. It wasn’t about case law, or legal briefs, or court battles (even if from a former Supreme Court Justice); it is about a man and the importance of his word. It was not about bright lights, teleprompters, self-absorption, politics, or even the crowd; it is about judging a man and his bond. It wasn’t about guns or self-defense or “Stand Your Ground” (although that’s all these three seemingly heard), it wasn’t about Right or Left; it is about answering the question “Do we trust this person when their actions do not match that Oath”?