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MANCHESTER, NH September 13, 2019– The Manchester Board of School Committee’s Special Committee on Negotiations and the Manchester Education Association’s Negotiations Committee met for nearly three hours on September 11, 2019.
The Democrats in Manchester will be excited. Rich Girard has announced that he will not be running for re-election to the Board of School Committee.
The Coalition of NH Taxpayers held their Annual Picnic this past Saturday. Following our normal pattern, we videoed the events for the day. And of course (with the exception of Victoria Sullivan earlier this morning), we’ll proceed in chronological order. So, here is the intro ceremonies and remarks: And that was followed by Rich Girard …
CNHT Annual Picnic: the Intro Ceremonies and Rich Girard Read More »
Former talk show host and current Manchester School Board member Rich Girard… Sidebar: RICH! RUN FOR RE-ELECTION!!! Now back to your regularly scheduled MicroInterview … was at CNHT’s Annual Picnic this past Saturday and was willing to talk with after he had addressed the assembled crowd inside. It’s always good to talk with Rich!
Manchester Democrat David Scannell is resigning. Readers will recognize the name. Scannell is at the center of an orchestrated political hit against a fellow board of school committee member Rich Girard.
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.
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 …
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The “I didn’t know” defense? “There isn’t a member of this board that does not know that when a legal action is threatened against the board it is a confidential matter,” said Girard. “And the leaking of that letter divulged the very information I was accused of divulging.” A motion to have school district attorneys investigate …
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 …
Manchester Democrat(s) Using a Student for a Political Smear is the Scandal 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 …
