We learned that one of the most outstanding renditions of the national anthem was sung by the Seacoast Men of Harmony and that the Scottish Arts Center entertained us for Tartan Day with bagpipes and fiddle music. It was superb.
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Education funding
Another Day … Another Assault On Democracy In New Hampshire… And Yet More Denial By The NHGOP
by Ed Mosca
In terms of judicial activism, New York’s infamous Judge Engoron has got nothing on New Hampshire’s Judge Ruoff. Engoron has abused his position as a judge in order to destroy one man … Donald Trump. Ruoff has abused his position as a judge in order to destroy democracy in New Hampshire.
Valley News Pimps Progressive Education Tax Propaganda
The headline is “property taxpayers bear the brunt of costs.” The subject is education funding, which, if you are paying any attention, is a dramedy akin to The Money Pit but with no beautiful anything at the end of the “movie.”
Night Cap: Dear “Tough Conservative” Kelly Ayotte … So, How Are You Going To Pay
by Ed Mosca
Context: After a “judge” in the New Hampshire trial, courts attacked our democracy (yes, bitter-clingers, this was an actual attack on democracy) by
Democracy Dies In New Hampshire, With A Shrug
by Ed Mosca
So there was an actual “attack on our democracy” this week. Some “judge” decided to exercise the power of the purse, which is a power of the political branches NOT of the judiciary. The State Constitution gives the legislature the power to decide how much to spend and how to spend it. The executive has … Read more
NHGOP Elites/Establishment Are Normalizing Autocracy
by Ed Mosca
“Conservative media” in New Hampshire … Mikey Graham’s NH-NeverTrump Journal, Jack Heath’s radio show, Drew Cline’s radio show, etc., etc. … are primarily shills for the NHGOP elites (which they are a part of) and the NHGOP Establishment (of which they are also a part).
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Finds “Right To An Adequate National Defense” … Biden To Send Troops To Ukraine
by Ed Mosca
In a unanimous decision earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the general welfare clause … Article 1, Section 8 … of the constitution guarantees an adequate national defense. The Supreme Court added that, while “in the first instance it is up to Congress to define the parameters of an adequate national defense, the … Read more
The ConVal Education Funding Trial … What The NHGOP Should Do, But Won’t, Because The NHGOP Is Controlled Opposition
by Ed Mosca
This is the third in a series of posts on the ConVal education-funding trial. For your ease of reference, the first was THE CONVAL EDUCATION FUNDING LAWSUIT … ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHNNY-WOKE TELLS THE COURT: THE STATE IS ONLY A LITTLE BIT PREGNANT and the second, HEY PATHETIC NHGOP … CONVAL IS AN ACTUAL ATTACK ON OUR … Read more
Hey Pathetic NHGOP … ConVal Is An Actual Attack On Our Democracy … And You Are AWOL
by Ed Mosca
So, dear NHGOP, let me pose the following question to you: HOW MUCH DOES AN “ADEQUATE” TEACHER COST? And now, dear NHGOP, a follow-up question: IS DETERMINING THE COST OF AN “ADEQUATE” TEACHER A LEGAL QUESTION OR A POLITICAL QUESTION?
The ConVal Education Funding Lawsuit … Attorney General Johnny-Woke Tells The Court: The State Is Only A Little Bit Pregnant
by Ed Mosca
According to Attorney General Johnny-Woke, courts can AND SHOULD determine whether “the State” is “fully funding” an “adequate education,” as long as they don’t try to determine how much it costs to “fully fund” an “adequate education.” I kid you not … from New Hampshire Business Review: Attorney General Formella’s team is not seeking to … Read more
New Hampshire Funds Public Education The Same Way DC Funds The War in Ukraine
by Ed Mosca
So I put up this facetious post pointing out the hypocrisy of the self-proclaimed “fiscal conservatives” in the NHGOP who are railing (pun intended) about commuter rail to Boston … while ignoring all the waste, fraud and corruption in funding public education and the blank check to the Ukraine … Damn Right We Should Build … Read more
Don Vixote Rides Again
Several years ago, Andru Volinsky and John Tobin did a little road show, in which they went around the state pushing for increased state funding for schools in New Hampshire.
If Public Schools Are Better They Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Competition
by Skip
SHOT: Kansas Teacher Unions hate curriculum transparency for Parents (e.g., prevent Parents from being able to access ALL of the materials we use to teach their kids).
Who’s Afraid of Education Freedom?
by Op-Ed
Change is coming to our outdated education system. So far this year, more than a dozen states have enacted policies that empower families to choose their child’s learning environment using the public funds set aside for their child. The “Live Free or Die” state could be next—so long as special interests don’t get their way.
The ConVal Education Funding Decision … or How Chris Sununu Wasted Three Supreme Court Nominations
by Ed Mosca
Here is the most important (and remarkable) part of the decision that was issued on March 23rd, but I have not had the time to comment on it until now.
The (Arguably) Most Important Question in the Gubernatorial Race That Everyone is Ignoring
by Ed Mosca
Do you remember the ConVal education funding lawsuit? From my post back in June of last year: So last week, a single Superior Court Judge decided he was the State’s Education-Czar and implicitly ordered -while, of course, claiming he was doing no such thing- the State to -at a minimum- triple spending on public education … Read more
NHPR Reporting That Sununu Caves on #SocialistBudget
by Ed Mosca
This: HERE is a link to the Governor’s proposal. The bottom line: So Sununu is negotiating against himself. No concession or movement by the DemocRATS to his compromise proposal, so he is further compromising. Somebody get Chris a copy of The Art of the Deal. Quickly.
Say Hello to the Claremont Income Tax … and Thank You to our Wonderful Attorney General
by Ed Mosca
So last week, a single Superior Court Judge decided he was the State’s Education-Czar and implicitly ordered -while, of course, claiming he was doing no such thing- the State to -at a minimum- triple spending on public education … which would require a massive expansion in spending by State government (at least an additional $1.6 … Read more
Opportunity is Knocking. Will Chris Sununu Answer the Door?
by Ed Mosca
So ConVal School District has sued over education funding. A copy of the lawsuit can be found in this New Hampshire Public Radio article. Essentially, ConVal urges the State Supreme Court to reprise its ongoing role as State Supreme School Board and order that the State has to use ConVal’s formula to determine the “cost … Read more
Fixing schools: Is money really the issue?
A phrase we heard a lot the other night at Andru Volinsky’s traveling show was ‘fix it’, as in: ‘Some states have fixed it’, ‘The legislature doesn’t have the political will to fix it’, and so on.
Which raises the question: Does something actually need to be fixed?
This needs to be asked, because whenever there is a conversation about reducing spending on government schools, we hear this argument: ‘New Hampshire’s schools are among the best in the nation’, the implication being that this is a result of our willingness to spend so much on them (about $15,300 per pupil, well above the national average of $11,800).
That doesn’t sound like something that needs to be fixed, does it?