Category Archives: Debt/Spending
No Rigor in Timberlane’s Per Pupil Cost
The official Cost per Pupil report from the Department of Education is now out. (DOE web site. Thanks to an alert resident who located the document even though it has not been linked from the usual DOE summary page.) Timberlane’s Cost … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, taxes
Tagged Cost per pupil, Timberlane
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How Will NH Democrats React to this News: November Revenue Doubles State Surplus
I’m curious how the Democrat Drama Queens (and I mean that with the utmost respect) will take the latest fiscal news for the Great State of New Hampshire? Revenues from November have doubled the state’s surplus, according to the New Hampshire … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, taxes
Tagged Budget, Surplus, Tax cuts
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Timberlane Budget Committee Hands Superintendent Flat Line Budget
In a turn of events last night that gives one cause for hope in local elected officials, the Timberlane Budget Committee voted no increase in the 18-19 budget . The vote was a remarkable 8-1-1. Mr. O’Neil opposed and school … Continue reading
NH Ranked 47th Because it Didn’t Spend Tobacco Settlement Cash The Way They Want?
GraniteGrok has a long history of battling the anti-smoking data monkeys. Their numbers often make no sense or contradict the real-world evidence or just common sense. Their focus appears to be almost entirely on investing in their prevention programs based … Continue reading
Full-day kindergarten will be on Milford ballot
MILFORD – The school board voted unanimously Monday night to put full-day kindergarten on a warrant article for the March elections. The board’s vote came after a slide presentation by teachers and administrators that showed teachers under intense pressure to … Continue reading
Hey, Gov. Chris Sununu – how’bout just buying each one a boat?
This is absolutely NUTS – is this REALLY a good use of taxpayer monies even as NH Executive Councilor Russell Prescott (R) led the march to raise highway toll charges by up to 50%??? What say you, Gov. Chris Sununu? … Continue reading
Claremont superintendent floats draconian cuts after clash with school board
CLAREMONT — The Claremont School Board discussed $1.2 million in proposed cuts at its meeting Wednesday. Board members had sparred with SAU 6 Superintendent Middleton McGoodwin at the Nov. 15 meeting at which McGoodwin presented the proposed 2018-19 budget with … Continue reading
“Is America’s Middle Class Really Stagnating?”
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Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics
Tagged Economics, Middle Class, Stagnation
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Timberlane Superintendent Argues Against Proposed Budget Cuts
You will never hear these facts anywhere but here: Timberlane’s student enrollment has declined by 24% in ten years (1100 students), but our staffing has decreased by just 3%. Timberlane’s cost to its towns has gone up 36% in those … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green
Tagged Donna Green, SAU 55, Timberlane Regional School District
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The New Media Militia 