MicroGroks
It is our teachers and public education, writ large, that have failed the country; by not teaching Civics and History correctly or adequately. For not turning the barbarians-in-training into knowledgeable and invested Citizens. Instead, they have turned YOUR children against this nation and its history.
Progressives (and those with something to hide) have got to “Progress.” In this case, Zandra Rice-Hawkins, City Councilor in Concord, and the Exec. Director of the out-of-state-funded Granite State Progress (who seeks to “fundamentally transform” New Hampshire) decided that Laws are for the little people.
Well, I’m not letting the speed of return responses from my Right To Know requests get the better of me yet although I AM pleased that they aren’t being slow rolled. To recap, what I asked for: Revenues to date for this fiscal year (GL account line item for the last budget process: 01-3404-917) Fees …
In response to getting her email back, I had this: From: Skip <Skip@granitegrok.com> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 11:07 AM To: Danielle Lafond <dlafond@gilfordnh.org> Subject: Re: 91-A Right to Know Hi Danielle, Please, call me Skip and not Mr. Murphy. That makes me feel older than when I look at the ongoing color change of …
I had previously issued a number of Right To Know demands of Gilford’s Budget Committee, Selectmen, Town Clerk/Tax Collector, and School Board. Surprisingly, I have heard from all of them and all within the five business day requirement. Nice. First one up is the one I sent to the BudComm Chair as I hadn’t seen …
So, on full display for EVERYONE, is the now general attitude by Government officials – in this case, an employee – towards Citizens. In this case, a very HAUGHTY ‘tude by Superintendent David Ryan of SAU16 in response to Ann Marie’s Right to Know demand via RSA 91-a: NH RSA 91-A requires public organizations to …
So, Grokster Ann Marie put in a lengthy RSA 91-A Right to Know demand to SAU 16’s Superintendent, David Ryan concerning the use of Social Emotional Learning and/or social media spying software. Here are the non-response responses (thus far) -Skip:
I keep wondering why our little hamlet keeps getting larger then I think same-day registrations. So, I just delivered yet another RSA 91-A RTK to my Town Clerk/Town Tax Collector:
Everyone knows that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives, at least temporarily. This includes how we, the public, participate in local politics. With the pandemic-induced changes to how local politics works, I am a little concerned about the health of public participation during these unusual times.
NH State Rep Jan Schmidt was the sole sponsor for two House bills to restrict access to public records, HB 1170, ‘Adding a definition of “reasonably described” to the right-to-know law’, and HB 1307, ‘Relative to the cost of production of records under the right-to-know law’.
