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The Democrat Party has talked about lifting Americans out of poverty for over a half-century. Democrat bills have mostly been social safety net programs. They do not attain the results they promise. Democrats are good at promises, bad at results, and follow through.
HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing – AFFH. Sounds innocuous, doesn’t it? In this time of Black Lives Matter, it sounds like “civil rightism,” doesn’t it? Er, nopers.
There’s no better place to begin a discussion of the new legisaltive year than a bill designed to shift power away from locals to the “experts” in the State Capitol. HB104-2019 would create a Housing appeals board. Put simply, the purpose of this body is to override local zoning rules that prevent developers from building …
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Rick Manning from American’s for Limited Government explains the situation in Dubuque and Chicago,with HUD. If your community took HUD money, you are Dubuque, and the nearest major city is your Chicago, and if HUD pulls this trigger, you may not be able to do a damn thing about it.
Ah yes, the Sequestration that Obama’s White House came up with as a ploy during the debt ceiling / budget continuance back a bit now that was never supposed see the light of day – but it got voted in. Well, when the Piper’s Bill came due, Obama decided that he was going make it …
SB11 – the bill ostensibly written to allow Exeter and Stratham to cooperate on a water system. However, as we have written here on the ‘Grok, we have seen a lot of problems with the bill as it is too broadly written. With the Feds and the NH regional planning commissions pushing the Federal “Sustainable …
Or for another take, this subtitle: NHListens – the “Run Away!” edition! Gosh, and last week was JUST.SO.MUCH.FUN! So this week was supposed to be the next one in the North Country series of “listening” sessions. Get out of work on time (and an unexpected “happening”)? Yup – Check! Good weather? Snow? Rain? Fire? Raining …
We keep hearing from those that are in favor of Granite State Future (the NH version of the Federal Government’s “Sustainable Communities Initiative” pushed by the EPA, HUD, and DOT that aims to Federalize our local homegrown zoning regs so “we can live better) that is is merely advisory. Just hints, directions, guidance – take …
Granite State Future – Not really just “Advisory only” Read More »
Both the ‘Grok and GovernmentOversite went to the same event last week: a “listening” session conducted by NHListens (an offsoot of the Carsey Institute at UNH, where “Carsey” is the uber-Progressive TV producer, Marsey Carsey). Here is the video that ‘Grok friend Ed over at put together over at GovernmentOversite (a mashup of some of …
GovernmentOversite: NHListens / Granite State Future – another viewpoint Read More »
And we start right in with Part 8: continuing on the economy was a lady that asked the question “what is the next thing?” as if an entire State’s economy could be planned to succeed. An older gentleman answered but I could not hear what he said,but true to form, The Enforcer went right after …
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