Monthly Archives: July 2017
What’s your lifestyle worth?
Remember the song by Loverboy, Working for the Weekend? It was about working all week so that you could have free time on the weekend to find romance, to enjoy yourself. The idea is that you do your duty and get … Continue reading
Superintendent Metzler and an Obstruction to the Policy Committee
Rich tackled Timberlane Regional School District Superintendent Earl Metzler’s accusations that Donna Green is spreading misinformation on social media. He then read from Donna’s blog post and made comparisons between Timberlane and the Manchester School District. | More… | Girard At Large
Posted in Donna Green, Education, Girard At Large
Tagged Earl Metzler, Rich Girard, SAU 55, Timberlane
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Team removing body of dead hiker from New Jersey
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is in the process of removing the body of a New Jersey hiker who was reported missing several weeks ago. The body of 63-year-old Gregory Auriemma, of Brick, New Jersey, was found Thursday … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, New Hampshire News
Tagged Deceased, Gregory Auriemma, Hiker, New Jersey
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Veterans hospital under investigation in Manchester adds interim leaders
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s only veterans hospital has appointed two more interim leaders as whistleblower doctors continue to call for a third-party investigation into substandard treatment and conditions. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin removed hospital Director Danielle Ocker … Continue reading
So the Democrats have decided to go the way of Papa John’s?
“…no, the Democrats aren’t going into the pizza business. But can Papa Johns’s go after them for “re-purposing” their corporate tagline: Better Ingredients, Better Pizza”? I remember when that came out – after a slump in their business, they went … Continue reading
Ridley Report: Govt. says govt. exacerbated invasive species problem
Spring 2017: Patrolling the NH state house complex, I never know which kind of government worker I’m about to run into…or which kind of question I’ll have to come up with on the fly. I’m outside a meeting of the … Continue reading
Donna Green Invokes Education Administrative Rule 204:01
There are laws, and then there are administrative rules with the force of law. Some feel that administrative rules, which are by their nature established by bureaucrats, have no moral authority because they are not voted on by elected representatives. … Continue reading
Posted in Donna Green, Education
Tagged Administrative rules, Timberlane Regional School District
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Man contracts flesh-eating bacteria while hiking in New Hampshire
NORWELL, Mass. (WHDH) — It started as a hiking trip in New Hampshire, but ended with a South Florida man being on the verge of death. Wayne Atkins, 32, of Miami, has been hospitalized since Father’s Day weekend after doctors … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, New Hampshire News
Tagged Flesh Eating Bacteria, Hiking, Miami, New Hampshire, Wayne Atkins
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Postal Service broke law in pushing time off for workers to campaign for Clinton
The U.S. Postal Service engaged in widespread violations of federal law by pressuring managers to approve letter carriers’ taking time off last fall to campaign for Hillary Clinton and other union-backed Democrats, investigators said Wednesday. High-level postal officials had for … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Campaigning, Hatch Act, Hillary, Postal Service, USPS
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The New Media Militia 
‘Disparaging comments’ outlawed at Illinois college
Students at Carl Sandburg College could now be subject to “disciplinary proceedings” for the use of “offensive language” or “hate speech.” According to the Illinois community college’s Student Code of Conduct, administrators “may initiate disciplinary proceedings against” a student who “is … Continue reading →