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Doris Hohensee: A Rebuttal to Your Request That I Resign

May 12, 2019 Op-Ed

by Doris Hohensee Board President Heather Raymond conducted an illegal meeting asking for my resignation from the Nashua Board of Education. She admits that she spoke privately with the majority of members on the Board to obtain their vote, violating the Right to Know law. Raymond proceeded to abuse her authority by sending out an … Read more

In Her Mad Rush to Judgement Did Nashua BOE President Heather Raymond Break the Law?

May 11, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Nashua Board of Education President Heather Raymond has admitted to holding an unofficial and unposted meeting and conversing secretly with board members before issuing a public letter calling for BOE member Doris Hohensee to resign.

Priorities? for Nashua? How’s that work?

April 22, 2019 Skip

CHASER: Walking Hazards: Funding an issue for city sidewalks in disrepair As they age, many of the sidewalks around Nashua are falling into disrepair. While city officials are aware of the issue, the problem persists due to a lack of available funding…“The city is responsible for the sidewalks. We realize that there are a lot … Read more

Nashua Overwhelms School System – Taxpayers Should Ask: Who Didn’t See This Coming?

February 28, 2019February 27, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Nashua, New Hampshire fancies itself a “Welcoming City.” That’s a semi-Orwellian phrase for deliberately taking in more refugees than you can handle. The Gate City now has kids in the school system who speak as many as 50 different languages and not English. Getting here from there was easy. Getting anywhere else from here will be awkward and expensive.

Nashua Democrat Rep. Deb Stevens Insults Constituent on Mental Health Issue

August 31, 2023February 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A constituent of Democrat New Hampshire House Rep Deb Stevens sent her an email. She asked that she oppose HB481—a bill to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis. The constituent pointed out her concern about the connection between marijuana and schizophrenia. Rep. Stevens was not very kind in her reply.

Nashua’s Rail Solution Creates More Traffic Not Less

May 28, 2019February 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The New Hampshire commuter rail boondoggle (or just ‘rail’) has a long history on these pages. There is very little about it we have not explored. Traffic fits that profile. Before you can ride a train, you need to get to it. That’s a problem for Nashua but they are forging ahead anyway. Start with a 5.2 Million dollar hit.

Did Nashua’s Drag Queen Teen Time Have People Planted in the Audience to Ask “Questions?”

February 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Nashua Pubic Library (that’s not a typo) recently expanded its horizons by giving children a chance to meet, listen to, and question a professional Drag Queen. The Conservative Tribune has a story about another Drag Queen Storytime event planned in Philadelphia with some interesting revelations.

Monique TooSoon Drag Queen Nashua Library

A Report From “Drag Queen Teen Time” at the Nashua Public Library

January 26, 2019 Op-Ed

by Stephen Scaer NASHUA – “There’s no limit. Anyone can be a drag queen,” Robert Champion, in his persona of Monique Toosoon, told an overflow audience of 130, including toddlers and teenagers, who packed the city library this evening to hear his Drag Queen Teen Time presentation Saturday. “It’s been very entertaining for me,” he … Read more

The Latest Chapter in Nashua “Privately Funded” Rail Fantasy

October 1, 2022January 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The subheading to the Union Leader article reads “In 2017, the city took steps to explore bringing privately-funded passenger rail service to Nashua.” What follows is reporting about the release of a 30-page report. An impossible dream that was unmasked on Granitegrok in 2017 when Nashua first embraced it.

Steve Negron to Kick Off 31-Stop GOTV Victory Tour in Nashua Monday

October 27, 2018 Op-Ed

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2018 Contact: Roger Wilkins press@teamnegron.com, 603-864-8633 Steve Negron to Kick Off 31-Stop GOTV Victory Tour in Nashua Monday Nashua, NH – Steve Negron, the Republican nominee for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, will kick off his 31-Stop GOTV Victory Tour with a series of diner stops around Nashua on Monday, … Read more

Nashua’s Property Revaluation Lowers Tax Rate But Not Taxes

September 27, 2018September 15, 2018 Op-Ed

Nashua Mayor Donchess is quick to point out that the city had to do its recent property revaluation. It’s state law. And that’s true.

He was not ‘unhappy’ to report that as a result, the tax rate will go down. But that’s not good news because the dance is between the tax base and the budget. Juggling numbers don’t change the actual problem. Yes, some folks will see their tax bill decline slightly but most will see it rise. Not because of a forced revaluation but because no effort is made to cut spending.

In 2014 Rick Dowd was a Republican for Democrat Peggy Gilmour

September 26, 2018August 15, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Few knew just how big a fan of Peggy Gilmour, Rick Dowd Really Is

Peggy Gilmour is a progressive Democrat. She’s very progressive. She worships at all the progressive totems. Speaks the language of the left. She likes more taxes, more regulation, and less local control.

In 2014 Nashua Alderman Rick Dowd endorsed Democrat Peggy Gilmour. Dowd was a Republican for Peggy. He supported her instead of an actual Republican, Kevin Avard.

And now Rick is pretending to be both a Republican and Peggy Gilmour.

Nashua Mayor Asks For 4 Million From Surplus None of it For Commuter Rail

September 26, 2018August 14, 2018 Steve MacDonald

I guess there are bigger priorities in Nashua than “Choo Choo.” Capital equipment. Playgrounds. Sidewalks. A few ‘plants’ to spiffy up the joint. Work on a community center. Repurposing technology and updating an online dashboard so residents can access information from about city projects and initiatives. Like choo choo?

Nashua has four million dollars (leftover) and not a penny of it earmarked for another rail study.

They did earmark some to remove invasive species. No, not out-of-state Massachusetts voters living in Dem. Rep. Cindy Rosenwald’s house; plants by the river, or something.

Nashua Didn’t See its “Housing Crisis” Cuz it Was Hiding Behind “The Rail Study”

September 26, 2018July 17, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Capistrano has the swallows, and Nashua, New Hampshire has the rail study. Every legislative ‘season’ the transportation doyens staff up the winery so they can wail like banshees about rail-study money. We need 4-million dollars for another rail study. It’s always four million.

Since the same people will “study” rail with the same preconceived outcomes as every previous study (report, recommendation, guideline, etc) I’d be happy to save them a small fortune and provide reams of analysis on the subject if they send me a new unpackaged thumb drive and pay the cost of labor to populate it.

Event: Pro-Life Rally Outside “Press Conference Promoting Abortion”

September 26, 2018July 1, 2018 Op-Ed

EVENT Steve Marchand, candidate for governor of New Hampshire, is holding a “Protecting Legal Abortion” press conference on Tuesday morning, July 3 at Nashua City Hall. Please join us at we rally for Life and against the culture of death in the plaza in front of Nashua City Hall, 229 Main Street from 10:30 to … Read more

Special Election – Nashua New Hampshire Ward 4

September 26, 2018January 3, 2013 Steve MacDonald

Nashua Ward 4 (Hills 31) will hold a special election for an open New Hampshire House seat on February 19th. This is the seat vacated by Stacie Laughton after she resigned the seat when information about a past felony conviction surfaced. Laughton had expressed a desire to run again but has since dropped out, eliminating … Read more

Un-Breaking News: Laughton Un-Resigns….Decides to Serve in NH House

September 26, 2018November 28, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Stacie Laughton has now changed her mind again, and decided that she will accept the House seat won on November 6th, according to an updated article at unionleader.com Earlier this morning we reported that Laughton was planning to step down. Now she is stepping back up. Although it is not final. Laughton is seeking guidance … Read more

Professional Redistributionist Arrested in Nashua

September 26, 2018December 31, 2011 Steve MacDonald

Anthony Villegas Photo Courtesy Nashua Police

Theft by “unauthorized taking” is a class B Felony in New Hampshire. If you’ve got a prior record of redistributing property without “authorization” you’ll probably go to jail for an even longer time. And that is what will most likely happen to redistributionist Anthony Villegas, 55, of 26 Scripture S. He was out with O.P.P, other peoples….property, lacking the politicians protection of a legislative writ or state statute.

Yes, the defining difference between what Mr. Villegas is being charged with and what the Democrat party does with government, or what the #Occupy movement would like them to do with government, is that Anthony did not have the power of the general court to justify his taking.

There is one other difference of course.