Category Archives: Local NH Politics
Someone Finally Found A Reason To Drop New Hampshire’s First Primary Status
What would it take for either party to finally step up and challenge New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary status? We’ve finally found out. Turns out that all they needed to do was pass a voter ID law and … Continue reading
NH MOSQUE PREACHES JIHAD, POLICE CHIEF CRIES “ISLAMOPHOBIA”
The New Hampshire Union Leader broke the story several weeks ago, not by reporting on the investigation of the mosque, or even what was being claimed about it, but on the reaction from the mosque leaders and local law enforcement officials, both … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Religion
Tagged Chief Nick Willard, Jihad, Manchester, Mosque, Union Leader
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Girard at Large: On Air News Read for September 15, 2017
Former Hooksett School Board member John Lyscars has filed a Right to Know request with the Manchester School District’s Human Resources Director Pamela Hogan asking for information on board members who take taxpayer provided health and dental benefits. As the … Continue reading
Posted in Girard At Large, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged News Read, Rich Girard
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No New Performing Arts Center In Nashua
NASHUA — Despite pleas from dozens of city residents eager to have a new downtown performing arts center, aldermen on Tuesday rejected a proposal to spend $15.5 million to convert the former Alec’s Shoes building into an arts venue. The … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Budgets, Debt/Spending, Local NH Politics
Tagged Bond, Nashua, Performing Arts
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Manning: ‘President Donald Trump is the most limited government president since Ronald Reagan’
Sept. 12, 2017, Fairfax, Va.–Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement disputing long-time Republican consultant Alex Conant’s assertion that President Donald Trump “is not a limited government conservative”: “Long-time presidential campaign consultant Alex Conant is wrong … Continue reading
“Cops and robbers” Themed Frat Party Shut Down
An organized group of students shut down a “cops and robbers”-themed fraternity event at the University of Virginia Friday night because it made “a joke of mass incarceration.” Attendees at the function wore costumes depicting police officers and inmates, and … Continue reading
Durham Delays Decision to Bail on “Columbus Day”
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Town councilors in New Hampshire are holding off on a new resolution to create a new town holiday honoring European explorers and Native Americans on the same day as Columbus Day. Durham’s town council was considering … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Local NH Politics
Tagged Columbus Day, Durham, Indigenous People's Day
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Incumbents Line Up To Run Again In Concord
CONCORD, NH — Filings for Concord’s municipal races began on Sept. 8, 2017, and run through next Monday and, if the current crop of candidates is any indication, it is going to be another sleepy election in the city in November. At the … Continue reading
Judge to Hear Arguments to Dismiss Voter Law Challenge
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge is going to hear arguments against an effort to stop a new voter law from taking effect. Lawyers representing the state say lawsuits from the New Hampshire Democratic Party and the League of Women … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics
Tagged Democrat Party, Lawsuit, League of Women Voters, SB 3, Voter Fraud
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Right To Know – when Government turns on the Citizens that own it
When the [Belknap County] Delegation voted in secret, the 91-A demand was given, and the Delegation refused. It eventually went to court where Doug and Tom, pro se (acting as their own lawyers), were victorious and proved that the “Peoples’ … Continue reading
Posted in Girard At Large, Local NH Politics, Right to Know Law
Tagged Belknap County, government, Right to Know, Skip Murphy, Transparency
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The New Media Militia 