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People ask me to point them to things, and sometimes I can. When I can’t, I try to find what they need, but that doesn’t always work; as we approach November 3rd, two recent finds deserve your attention. Use them, share them, amplify the message and the resource. First, not enough people know they can … Read more
If the Left is against it, you will probably benefit somehow from keeping it or having it. It’s that simple. Dems defend illegal robbers, murderers, and child rapists, people who broke multiple laws. Arresting, jailing, and then deporting them is better for everyone, but they don’t want them deported – and will even help them … Read more
The Dems and teachers’ unions are pulling out all the stops to oppose a property tax cap in your town, which is odd, given how much they complain about high property taxes. Multiple instances of electioneering and illegal campaigning have been identified in their quest to oppose Question #2, and the Left couldn’t care less. … Read more
The Really Ugly Side of the “Second Home” Tax The recent poll by Vermont Public showed – sadly, but not surprisingly – that a majority of Vermonters (57 percent) support taxing owners of second homes more heavily in our state. This has been a topic of conversation under the Golden Dome for at least the … Read more
Surveys and polls are great, not because they’re low-hanging fruit, but because (despite the punditry class, blogosphere, and podcastistan leaning on them to make a point), they tend to be wrong. Not just wrong as in results – political polls are close enough for government work- I mean wrong as in the questions themselves. That’s … Read more
With the passage into law of House Bill 1300, voters this fall will have the opportunity to cap their local school district budget increases and administration spending. How would this work? Josiah Bartlett Center President Andrew Cline wrote in NH Journal in May about the strange fact that Massachusetts has a statewide property tax cap, but New … Read more
By State Representatives Mike Moffett, Jose Cambrils, and Alvin See A political “flyer” circulated in Canterbury criticized that community’s three State Representatives (us) for voting against HB651 earlier this year. A response is required. Sponsored by Rep. Dave Luneau (D-Hopkinton), a long-time proponent of higher state spending, HB651 would almost double the state’s education adequacy payments … Read more
If college should be free, then colleges should offer education for the low, low price of zero dollars. If health care is a right, then doctors and nurses should work for nothing. But you can’t do that? How will they pay for the stuff they need to do the work, even if it’s free? My … Read more
Following on my earlier post, Dems-n-Energy, I bring you another fake concern of the left that could be addressed, at least in part and almost immediately, if the Dems tried this one easy thing. In Dems-n-energy, it was the price of energy. Here, we’re talking education costs, which are the single greatest driver of high … Read more
Are property taxes too high? The overwhelming majority of taxpayers apparently don’t think so. If taxes were too high, wouldn’t voters demand tax cuts and/or replace big-spending officials? Property taxes are almost entirely driven by local spending, which local politicians propose and voters approve. I’m familiar with Meredith and the InterLakes School District, … Read more
Don’t look now, but repeal of Act 181, the 2024 Act 250 expansion bill enacted over Gov. Phil Scott’s veto in 2024, isn’t the only ongoing citizen rebellion. Repeal of Act 181’s Tier Two and Tier Three is scheduled to go to the House floor tomorrow. The House changes to bill S.325 would eliminate the road … Read more
State legislators are proclaiming that one-size-fits-all education isn’t suitable for all children. That’s pretty ironic, given that the state systematically adopted a series of uniform mandates on curriculum frameworks, competency grading, behavior modification, and even restorative justice discipline to create a one-size-fits-all adequate education. Now, legislators are trying to somehow “save” our children by letting … Read more
At the January 28 Senate Finance Committee meeting, Sen. Martine Laroque Gulick (D-Chittenden Central) pushed back against the idea that Vermont’s property taxes are too high. “I would love to do a deeper dive when we say the Vermonters can’t afford their property taxes. I’d like to learn more about that,” Gulick, a Burlington resident and … Read more
New Hampshire House Democrats reacted to the leaked “segregated schools” chat the way modern politics trains people to react: treat a sloppy phrase as a full confession of racial intent, denounce it as a moral abomination, and then declare the conversation over. Democratic leader Alexis Simpson called segregation “a living scar,” “built through violence,” and … Read more
To All Interested Officers, Agencies, Courts, and Officials of the State of New Hampshire: Attached is a formal Notice documenting a confirmed constitutional text error in Part II, Article 83 of the New Hampshire Constitution, with material legal and structural implications. Respectfully submitted, Tom Murray, Co-founder Government Integrity Project The document above was just emailed … Read more
If all the property in your town or city is being appraised this year, it’s a revaluation year. If it happened in 2025, pay attention. If you’re in Nashua, keep in mind how flaky city hall has regularly proven itself to be. The law says every 5 years, but 2024 was only two years after … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, a Democrat in Vermont says what every Democrat wants you to believe because the truth is bad…for Democrats. Links: Follow ‘Grok on X – Get ‘Grok on Rumble – Follow ‘Grok on Facebook – YouTube – Signal – Telegram Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those of … Read more
In 1968, our state constitution was radically amended. Voters were not fully informed of the consequences of the proposed changes. The voters’ guide said the amendment would “remove obsolete sectarian references.” There were exactly four sectarian terms (evangelical, Deity, protestant, and Christians), yet 140 words were removed from Art. 6 P.1 of the NH Constitution … Read more
The committee tasked under Act 73 with coming up with a menu of consolidated school district maps for the legislature to consider in 2026… just didn’t do it. It was their whole job under the law, and after six months of hearings and consultants and cashing those taxpayer-funded per-diem checks and blowing through their $170,000 … Read more
RINO-Russ Barry, who prefers to be referred to as State Rep Ross Berry, wants you to believe that property taxes in New Hampshire are out of control because of “local control” of public school budgets: First, there is no real “local control” of public education in New Hampshire. From an NHPR article: State law RSA 193-E:3-b … Read more