Rosemarie Rung

Left-Wing Loon of the Week: Rosemarie Rung (D-Merrimack)

This will be my first in a weekly column of shining the light on the many, many left-wing loons we have in the Granite State. Unfortunately, many of them also ended up in the New Hampshire Legislature and the ones who are the biggest loons also have the biggest mouths. Since they feel it necessary … Read more

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State Rep Wendy Thomas – A Total Fraud

This from earlier this week: I though to myself when I saw this tweet that Thomas’ tweets before the election said nothing about “smashing the patriarchy,” but rather were all about safe-water. So I searched her timeline. Which confirmed my recollection. A sampling: Indeed, after the election Thomas attributed her victory to running as a … Read more

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Why Does Merrimack Need $20,000.00 Per Student Per Year?

The proposed budget for the Merrimack School system is 77.6 million dollars. That’s the entire cost to run the district for one year. An endeavor that exists, at least in theory, with one purpose. Educate children. But not very many of them. Which begs the question? Why so much for so little?

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98% of NH Democrats Vote to Protect Warrant-less Searches

Fish and Game officers in New Hampshire are free to perform a wide range of warrant-less searches. Almost nothing you own is protected from a search if they invoke probable cause. That means “because they feel like it.” House Bill 282 sought to limit that abuse. But 98% of elected NH House Democrats are comfortable with … Read more

How Did Merrimack NH House Reps Vote this Past Week?

The Town of Merrimack has something it has never had in all the years I have lived here. More than one Democrat in the New Hampshire House.  We may have two at one time. But with eights seats to fill, for the first time I can recall, Merrimack sent four Democrats to Concord. It might … Read more

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John Washburn is running for the NH House in Hillsborough County District 21. John took a few minutes to talk to me about Judicial reform and other state and local issues.  

About Merrimack’s Town Tax Rate

Town of Merrimack NHMore than a few folks in Merrimack probably had heart attacks when they saw the front page article “Council OKs 23.5 million budget” in the Merrimack Telegraph Journal.  In the second paragraph, right below the front page fold, it claimed this new budget would mean a  $5.25 increase per $1000.00 of assessed value.

That would be an increase of approximately $1,312.00 per year for a home valued at $250,000.00 and a new town rate of $10.50/1000 –the sorts of numbers typically reserved  as the low end of a school budget that still can’t manage to teach math adequately.

Those are torch and pitchfork numbers.

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EPIC Early Turnout in Merrimack New Hampshire

Moving to one polling location cannot begin to account for the massive voter turnout in Merrimack this morning.  Huge parking areas and no place to park–unless you want to walk a mile.   A line outside the school several hundred feet long–that’s before the line inside and then the line to check in and then … Read more

Brenda and John Grady – Toeing the Liberal Lie in Merrimack

I wasn’t going to expend any effort on these two, Democrats,  more moderate on their face than most I am told by some, but Democrats none the less.  But today (Sunday), they dropped off a page of printed nonsense at my home which requires some attention.

There are four bullet points on their missive to which they claim to object.  Downshifting costs to local government, the cost of college education (the reduction of State University funding), Gridlock (Washington and Concord), not listening to constituents instead of talking to them.

The Grady’s are making the case (without ever mentioning that they are Democrats) that they deserve your votes so they may right these so-called wrongs.  But by refusing to admit to their own pedigree or its history they–intentionally or not–participate in a deception that does the people of Merrimack a great disservice.

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And So It Begins…

We already lost power at my house. Not surprising. Anyone want to start guessing how long it will take to get it back? Update from Skip:  1/2 hour ago, PSNH reported about 10,100 customers out.  Just now, 20,100.  Guess what just arrived!

Is My School Board Ready To Run On The NHSBA Agenda?

Irritating the Bureaucracy makes me smile.  Irritating the lobbying arm of the bureaucracy that disguises itself as something else is even better.  And that is what my friend Gary Krupp has done on his maiden voyage into the Blogosphere.  (Welcome to the deep end of the pool.)

Gary gives us an update on the local effort at damage control by the pro-lobbyist faction in town; the New Hampshire School Board Association (NHSBA) was invited to perform for the school board, which like some corpulent monarch was adequately amused to continue offering them indulgences…it is not, after all, their money.

The School Board lapped it up. They threw a few softballs Mr. Comstock’s way, and then discussed the process for submitting resolutions of their own for the upcoming NHSBA delegate assembly.

Thank you sire, thank you…

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