Granite State Futures – Granite Grok

“Lefties: Always Ready to Dance on Children’s Graves”

“Dems are already blaming the deaths of Oklahoma children on Republicans, just as they did in Connecticut in December. It seems that there is nothing they like more than dead children to push their agenda.”

Are You Sure You Are Not Just a “Drug Mule” for the RPC’s Agenda?

by Steve MacDonald

Supports of SB11, and perhaps even the folks who are lining up to claim the bill will probably do no harm, should understand that the coincidences between what SB 11 says it wants to allow (and what it cannot clearly prohibit) and that which the Regional Planning Boards seek to implement after or through appropriate legislative action…are … Read more

Temporarily…

by Susan Olsen

Well, not actually ‘without leave’, but absent from GG…am working on two pieces – “Granite State Futures” and IRS 990 tax-exempt returns…and heading to the Merrimack County Republican Committee meeting tonight carrying a letter of “no confidence’ from my local committee. The three are not necessarily connected.

Granite State Futures…At Concord High School?

by Steve MacDonald

The Granite State Futures Calendar is a great resource for finding out where these fools are planning to show up next. Take this for example. I’m not sure what they are doing, but it’s from 3-4 pm at Concord High School, in the Civics class. Sounds like after school. What exactly is this? Concord High … Read more

Regional Planning Commission Meeting Tomorrow – Milford

by Steve MacDonald

Our apologies for the very short notice. Last week, on the heels of a GSF rejection victory in Rochester, Dover shot down their Scenic Byway program, and the standing-room-only crowd made a HUGE difference. The Nashua Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) is holding their Executive Committee and regular Commission meetings, this Wednesday night, September 19th, in … Read more

A Model for the Rest of New Hampshire

by Tom

Tonight, the Rochester City Council voted against joining The Granite State Futures program, which is New Hampshire’s implementation of Barack Obama’s Sustainable Communities Initiative.

A few weeks ago, about 50 people (from Rochester and many surrounding communities) showed up at a City Council workshop to voice their opinion against this program, which includes an approximate $30,000 planning grant. It wasn’t until tonight’s vote that someone showed up to speak in favor of the program – Regional HUD representative (and Republican), Greg Carson, who was ill during the night of the workshop.

At least 70 people showed up tonight for the vote.

In these economic times, grant money like this is tempting for cities and towns that are likely in financial straits. But Rochester has accepted Federal grant money in the past and got burned; they apparently heard the warnings from the public, and gave sufficient weight to prior experience.