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We’d like to thank everyone who made the trip and took the time to come to our most recent GrokMeet. Great turnout. Excellent conversation. And we tried something different. A Grok Panel. All the authors who made the event took the “stage” at Murphy’s Taproom and fielded questions from our readers.
Mayor Craig sits atop the Board of School Committee. By all accounts, her office, the Mayors office, is heavy-handed in that role. The as-yet-unconfirmed rumor is that this interference is behind the abrupt departure of Superintendent Bolgen Vargas. It is also in play when it comes to partisan politics, student privacy, and the law.
As the largest city in the state, Manchester has an idea about its own importance when it comes to politics. Democrats, in particular, are obsessed with it. And since the current mayor is a Democrat (Joyce Craig), they are readying themselves to smear whoever dares stand up to challenge her. Craig is coy about a second … Read more
When I asked a few weeks back “who leaked the email“ I was referring to the email from Rich Girard to Rachel Phelan. We know who leaked the letter from her lawyer. That was David Scannell. But what about the email. The one that set up the political theater during a public session where they … Read more
Manchester Democrat David Scannell should step down. He is so blinded by partisan vitriol, that he is not competent to sit on a public board. The proof is in his own admission. He deliberately released a letter from a lawyer to the press. Why? Because the lawyer sent it to all the members of the school board, not just David Scannell.
In the wake of David Scannell’s admission that he violated a student’s privacy (and probably several laws), we should consider how we arrived at this act of lawlessness. It began when someone leaked an email Mr. Girard’s sent to a voter/constituent. From all the statements and reporting I can find, Rich Girard only sent the email … Read more
There is a cost for electing liberal political hacks to a school board, or committee, and a shining example of “hacknoxiousness” is sitting on the Manchester School Committee Board right now. Enter one – Ward 2 Committeeman David Scannell. Does this “ward” title mean mental ward? It looks like the standard, “Let’s Get Committeeman Rich … Read more
Manchester Democrat David Scannell has admitted to leaking a letter from a lawyer to the Manchester Board of School Committee about a student. Scannell is claiming the public had a right to know. But legal communications are typically exempt, and he knows that. That’s not the only hole in his story. His claim is riddled with them.
In late October someone spray-painted swastikas “in and around” Wagner Memorial Park. About a block from the Temple Adath Yeshurun. They were discovered the day of the Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. The initial reaction by ‘some people’ is to declare it the work white supremacists. In recent years this refrain has been followed by ‘Trump.’ Every individual … Read more
Local New Hampshire media recently reported on a letter from a lawyer representing a student to Manchester School Board member Rich Girard. That confidential document was leaked to the press in violation of New Hampshire Right to Know law. The list of people who had access is short enough that Mayor Joyce Craig should be able … Read more
The Left likes to tell you who scares them. One of the signs or symptoms of this condition is hyperbolic imaginings. Organized into a systematic hit. Like those on display from Manchester Democrats directed at Board of School Committee member Rich Girard. It’s not just THAT they are accusing him of inappropriate communications with a … Read more
Joshua Query is a Democrat candidate running in Manchester’s 9th Ward for state representative. But who is Joshua Query? His actual last name is or was Fletcher but he won’t respond to questions about why he changed it or if he legally changed it. It’s a valid question from voters. It’s interesting Query suddenly wants … Read more
Finally, the Manchester School Committee’s “secret” meeting about secret dealings regarding spending on a program, not supervised or approved by the Committee, hit the public.
Once again it took a pry bar for Manchester taxpayers to see where funding for another program, which looks suspiciously like the special interest of a single employee of the school, comes from.
The “pry bar” in this respect was a group of dedicated elected officials on the school committee who cling to the public’s right to know.
By Josh Moore
Back on March 18th, President Donald Trump made his first appearance in New Hampshire since the night before the 2016 election. The President was accompanied by his wife, Melania and Attorney General, Jeff Sessions and Thousands of voters packed the SNHU arena in Manchester.
President Trump spoke before this large crowd of supporters on how he plans to solve the opioid crisis with which New Hampshire has been known to struggle. But the President’s focus was not just on New Hampshire, as he laid out a plan he proposed for the entire nation.
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Hooksett, NH – The Honorable Jane Cormier, has announced her run for the Executive Council District 4. “The Executive Council provides many important responsibilities to the citizens of New Hampshire, including the oversight and approval of approximately $5.2 billion dollars of the annual expenditures that are appropriated by the legislature”, said Cormier, who served in the NH House from 2012 – 2014.
Ed Naile got his hands on a copy of the Manchester, New Hampshire voter checklist. He joins me to explore some familiar names he discovered that are still in there. More ways to listen here.
Steve Bannon’s complete remarks from the 603 Alliance/Initiative 18 Fundraiser on November 9th, 2017. (Introduced by Corey Lewandowski). Complete video available at GraniteGrok.com. Learn more about the 603 Alliance at 603Alliance.org.
Rich Girard is running for a seat on the Manchester School Board. We talk about transparency and right to know, partnering with parents, respecting the people who pay the bills, and campaigning in the age of social media.
We continue with School Board candidate Rich Girard on budgets, spending, direct to indirect labor costs, and how most of the tax-dollars in a given school budget are spent on the adults and not on the children.
ICYMI – Part two of our interview with Rich Girard, who is running for the Manchester Board of School committee. We talk about how good education policy only comes from ensuring that parents and school boards are not just involved but informed so they can be educated participants in the process.