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SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It – Parts 3 & 4

by Skip / 22 February 2019 22 February 2019

The School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGANH”) held a seminar this past Saturday on some best practices in how to make your School District more transparent in all of its procedures. This morning long session was a self-directed panel discussion consisting of Rich Girard from the Manchester School District, Tom Murray formerly of the …

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SDGANH: Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It

by Skip / 21 February 2019 22 February 2019

The School District Governance Association of NH (SDGANH) held a seminar this past Saturday on best practices to make your School District more transparent in its procedures. The morning long session was a self-directed panel discussion. It consisted of Rich Girard from the Manchester School District, Tom Murray formerly of the Windham School Board, and …

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Achieving Transparency: How the Best Districts Do It

by Op-Ed / 11 February 2019 11 February 2019

A panel of current and former school board and budget committee members will talk about their transparency successes. There will be plenty of time to take questions from the audience. This event is designed to benefit elected school district officials, but the public is also welcome, subject to space availability. Register here via email. Achieving Transparency: …

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Daddy, What are taxes for?

by Percy Blakeney / 4 February 2019 4 February 2019

Function: The proper function of taxation is to raise money for core functions of government. It is not the function of taxes to direct the behavior of citizens. Closing the budget gaps created by overspending too is a misuse of taxation. This is true regardless of the size or level of government. Taxation always imposes …

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Executive Council District 4: “I don’t need to do anything to win because I’m Ted Gatsas!” – Part 2

by Skip / 4 September 2018 26 September 2018

“HAVE A QUESTION FOR TED OR AN IDEA FOR THE CITY OF MANCHESTER?“ Previous post on Ted Gatsas insularity here. I say that because it turns out that I haven’t been the only one trying to reach out to their campaign to arrange a debate between him and Jane Cormier. Same result – no answers …

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So Grant Bosse is advocating the same for the NH GOP as Obama actually did for immigration?

by Skip / 21 May 2018 26 September 2018

Grant is the Editorial Editor for the UL and with his latest missive, he’s both right – and horribly wrong. First for the good part (reformatted, emphasis mine; his editorial after the jump): Where’s the big tent? NH Republicans hurting themselves As a Republican’s Republican for the sake of the Republican Party (he leans more …

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GrokTALK! – Do You Want Parents Engaged or Not?

In part two of our interview with Ann Marie Banfield we continue the discussion on parental rights, education transparency, and the duality of education experts that claim they want parents engaged but then embrace policies and curriculum that keep them disengaged.

Eastwooding The New Hampshire State Senate On Roll Call Votes

by Steve MacDonald / 4 June 2013 26 September 2018

If party designations connote principles, and party pledges imply performance, and we extend that assumption to the relationship between electoral action and legislative response, then it should not be beyond the pale to expect the elected to provide proof of individual effort toward securing the principles and pledges upon which their election to office was …

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Blue Hampshire Hits Reset Button on Democrat Cynthia Chase?

by Steve MacDonald / 8 January 2013 26 September 2018

ALG’s Daily Grind at Net Right Daily is reporting the rantings of New Hampshire Democrat Cynthia Chase…with a Tweest! OK, it’s actually an update. The blog post from Rep. Cynthia Chase has been pulled down. In fact the whole website, BlueHampshire.com was completely reset today just as light was being shed on the questionable blog …

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Ding dong……..sorta.

by Susan Olsen / 29 December 2012 26 September 2018

H/T Daily Caller