Category Archives: Debt/Spending
Tales from the BudComm – Fred, please remember you were part of the problem you are bellyaching about
OK, Fred Butler has another LtE in the local paper and, of course, he is off-point. Not only off-point in the way that our own inimitable commenter Timothy (factual but of no real relevance in his own special Progressive way) … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Fred Butler, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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NH Medicaid Expansion – I wonder if State Senator Jeb Bradley is finally going to apologize to us all?
Even if he doesn’t, there’s a whole bunch of us that can and will taunt him with “See, told ya so!” as the Baby Daddy of Medicaid Expansion here in NH is finally meeting up with fiscal reality as the Sugar … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, GraniteGrok, Health Care, Republicans, taxes
Tagged Bradley Care, Medicaid Expansion
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NH bill would change work requirements for food stamps, welfare
Lawmakers last year enacted new provisions requiring able-bodied Medicaid participants to work between 20 to 30 hours per week, depending on how long they’d been covered. The state is seeking a federal waiver to allow that change, but in the … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Jobs/Unemployment, Legislation
Tagged Food Stamps, Medicaid, Work Requirement
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SAU 55 Prepares to take Board of Education to Supreme Court
In the upside-down world of unlimited taxpayer dollars for legal battles that is Timberlane and SAU 55, there is a new development. Yesterday, SAU 55’s attorney announced to the New Hampshire Department of Justice that SAU 55 intends to pursue … Continue reading
Smuttynose Brewery to be Auctioned Off
Interested in purchasing a well-known New Hampshire brewery? You’ll need a quarter million dollars to just get a seat at the upcoming Smuttynose auction. An information packet for potential bidders released Thursday describes the sale as an “opportunity to buy an ongoing … Continue reading
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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New Hampshire considers limits on sex reassignment surgery
CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire House lawmakers are considering two bills on the topic of gender reassignment surgery. One bill would prohibit gender reassignment surgery for anyone under age 18. The other would prohibit Medicaid from paying for sex reassignment surgery, … Continue reading
HHS announces pro-life moves amid March for Life
The Trump administration on Friday rescinded an Obama-era crackdown on states that tried to defund Planned Parenthood and said it will require health care providers to follow conscience-protection laws as a condition of federal funding. | Keep Reading at the … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Debt/Spending, National News
Tagged Abortion, Funding, HHS, March for Life
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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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The New Media Militia 