Category Archives: Budgets
Fake News
he Laconia Daily Sun reported on the county budget meeting. If one takes the time to read the source documents they will find that the Sun seriously lacks credibility, their spin on the facts could provide material for The Onion. |Keep Reading at … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Media Bias
Tagged Budget, County, Fake News, Laconia Daily Sun, Lakes Region, Porcupines
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Dangerous Delay
The Belknap County delegation met on Monday Jan. 22 to work on the county budget for 2018. The county operates on a calendar year, so beginning on January 1, the county has no appropriations. While the county has long practiced a policy … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Local NH Politics
Tagged Belknap County, Budget, Spending
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Jeanne Shaheen lies to make political points
The outright lie is that of SCHIP which Democrats demanded be in the spending bill that would keep the Feds open. She LIES when she intimates that her political enemies have refused to fund it; the Republicans added it to … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Democrats, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged DACA, Jeanne Shaheen, SCHIP, Schumer shutdown
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Pence says troops should not have to worry about shutdown
Vice President Mike Pence is making his fourth visit to Israel, returning to a region he’s visited “a million times” in his heart. An evangelical Christian with strong ties to the Holy Land, Pence this time comes packing two key … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, National News
Tagged Mike Pence, Military, Shutdown
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Tales from the BudComm: Upon Fred Butler (Gilford) beclowning himself again
his past Tuesday night, my hamlet had its Public Session where the Budget Committee presented both its budgets (Municipal, School District) to the townfolk to explain the numbers and to take questions or listen to concerns. Fred Butler approached the … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Fred Butler, Gilford
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Still a boondoggle: Sununu flip-flops on commuter rail
As an executive councilor, Chris Sununu called the Capitol Corridor project a boondoggle, and voted against a $4 million “study” that would pay for initial design work and financial planning for extending commuter rail from Nashua to Concord. As governor, … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Transportation
Tagged Boondoggle, Capital Corridor, Chris Sununu, Commuter Rail
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Keene State College Enrollment Problem Solved?
Keene State College has been running deficits. Budget cuts are an annual feature as enrollment declines. But the State University System is coming to the rescue. | Keep Reading at GraniteGrok.com
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, GraniteGrok
Tagged Budget, Enrollment, Granite Guarantee, Keene State, UNH
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Tales from the BudComm – that single word is exploitable.
There are a number of issues with this word, contract, and how it plays into not only the Default Budget (which, in SB2 governed towns, it is the budget that gets put into place if the PROPOSED budget is shot … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok
Tagged Budget, Contracts, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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Tales from the BudComm – differing standards
Well, the last night of the (Gilford) Budget Season was last Thursday nite. A long nite – from 6:30pm and I didn’t get home until after midnight. Did we get all of the surface analysis done and talked to all … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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The Timberlane Teachers’ Union Cares
School Board members arrived at their seats on Dec. 21 to find a letter from the Timberlane Teachers Association on top of their agenda material. To my knowledge, this has not been previously published. I obtained it a few days … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education, Unions
Tagged Arthur Green, SAU 55, Teacher's Union
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The New Media Militia 