Joyce Craig

Taxes, Mayor Joyce Craig, and Silence in Manchester

Having recently received my tax bill in Manchester, I noticed something.  The tax increase, projected by both Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and the Board of Aldermen at .49%, was actually nearly triple that amount at 1.4%.  In and of itself, a 1.4% tax increase isn’t earth-shattering.

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Voters don't need to know

Voters Don’t Need to Know … Court Packing?

Voters don’t need to know. That’s the Biden administration position. We’ll tell you what is important. And we’ll tell you what you need to know about what is important. This conversation is over… But the Supreme Court… Joe Biden vehemently opposed packing the Supreme Court earlier in his career. At that point he was calling … Read more

Cornerstone on conscience rights

Why transparency in Concord is critical now!

I needed to drop you a quick note to alert you to the crisis the impending New Hampshire legislature could create for Christians. Right now, our majority leaders in Concord are using the confusion of the COVID crisis to trample on all due process in their advancement of new bills.

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The Principles of Taxation

The Principles of Taxation

What are the principles of taxation we should follow? It’s our system we should have a voice, right? Come let us reason together. An appropriate tax system is one raising revenue only the core functions of government require. The fundamental principles of our neutral and effective tax system are: Simplicity: The tax code should be … Read more

Paging Senator Feltes

Paging Senator Feltes! Better Call Your Office!

Whoops! Senator Dan Feltes’ campaign has been running ads with blatant lies…. and NHPR caught him in the act! NHPR: Feltes Says He’s Not Taking ‘Corporate Contributions,’ But Records Show Otherwise Senator Dan Feltes, a gubernatorial hopeful, has been running ads railing against PAC and LLC donations. The trouble is, he’s been taking them himself … Read more

State Sen Chandley raised just $5 in district

State Sen. Chandley Raised Only $5 In District

Campaign Finance Reports! Yay! (Sarcasm, sort of.) There is usually a lot of material that comes out of campaign finance reports for State races, which we’ve written about before. Yesterday’s filings show that one NH Senator, Shannon Chandley, raised only $5 in district. Five bucks. Related: SoS Website – Search Filed Reports That doesn’t include … Read more

Money

Nashua: Public officials are required to perform due diligence before they commit public funds.

As a professional project manager, I know what a Feasibility Study is supposed to accomplish. Look at defining requirements, research them, make recommendations, evaluate risk, and provide contingencies. Along the way, you look at costs, human resources, vendors, insurance, liabilities. Essentially, you uncover all the rocks and make sure you have done your due diligence. … Read more

Congressman Chris Pappas, What Have You Done?

Most of us back home have come to see the federal government as dysfunctional. More than a few of us have used the word abusive in talking about the government? Congress is utterly unable to balance the budget. In fact, we have not actually had a budget for 23 years. And Chris Pappas is part of that failure.

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