Category Archives: Debt/Spending
NH commission to weigh turnpike privatization bid
A consortium of firms has proposed privatizing the three legs of the NH Turnpike System and developing and operating service plazas and rest areas with dining, fuel and retail concessions along the three highways. | Keep Reading at NHBR
Posted in Debt/Spending, New Hampshire News
Tagged Highway, Privatization, Transportation
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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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The Unhidden Front Door to State Overreach: School Vouchers
The public hearing for SB 193, which entangles public, private, and homeschooling by expanding State funding, was yesterday. SB 193 titles itself “Education Freedom Savings Accounts” and if that’s what it was I would support it. | Keep Reading at Free … Continue reading
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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Josiah Bartlett: SB 193’s Expected Impact on NH School Districts
If the Education Savings Account (ESA) program proposed in Senate Bill 193 becomes law, school district operating budgets can be expected to decline on average by a mere 0.14 percent in the program’s first year, leaving districts with 99.86 percent … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Education
Tagged ESA, ESA's, SB193, School Districts
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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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Goffstown School Board to return $9.1m surplus to town
GOFFSTOWN — Millions of dollars wrongly kept on the school district’s books won’t be used to help fund any proposed warrant articles, school board members decided. | Keep Reading at New Hampshire.com
Until the people who claim to want “money out of politics” …
Until the people who claim to want “money out of politics” stop being the same people who want as much money as possible to run through the hands of Washington politicians and bureaucrats, it is a safe bet they are … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Debt/Spending, Democrats
Tagged Campaign Finance Reform, Money, politics
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The New Media Militia 