Category Archives: Local NH Politics
Contentious Commas, at Length
Of all the heated topics that arose at this year’s Town Meeting, the one that entertained me most was the question of commas — a perennial subject of discussion among editors, grammarians, and language enthusiasts through the ages. Max amended … Continue reading
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Not All Children Learn the Same Way
Kendall shares his story that not all children learn the same way and explains why families need educational opportunity so they can choose personalized education options that are right for their children. Share this video with your friends if you … Continue reading
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County Government can’t recess their obligation to follow the Right To Know Law
When the Belknap County’s Delegation could not achieve a quorum, it recessed the assembly to another date and time to avoid the noticing requirements of RSA 91-A and RSA 24:9-c and 24:9–d which is a violation of RSA 91-A:2 II. | Keep … Continue reading
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Alton Residents Dump Lakes Region Planning Commission
t Alton’s 2018 town meeting, there was a petitioned warrant article (#59) on the ballot which asked to raise the money to pay for the yearly membership in the Lakes Region Planning Commission. It FAILED. |Keep Reading at CNHT
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Keene School Deliberative Session. Lowest attendance on record
After a sparsely attended deliberative session Saturday, two petition warrant articles will go onto the Keene School District’s ballot with significant amendments. A range of other proposals, including a collective bargaining agreement for principals and supervisors and appropriations for building … Continue reading
‘Mistakes Are Made’
I’m about ready to propose a new law urging all elected officials to dispense with the phrases “mistakes are made” and “mistakes were made.” At the 2PM meeting Friday at the Town Office, to discuss the current mess over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Library, Loan, Mistakes are made, Tuftonboro
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How Windham’s Transgender Policy Violates Your Rights
Skip Murphy explains how the Windham School Board’s new transgender bathroom policy includes language that could infringe on first amendment rights by compelling speech with threats of disciplinary action and how he is trying to pry more details from the … Continue reading
Posted in Constitution, Culture, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Coerced Speech, Compelled Speech, School Board, Skip Murphy, Windham
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Selectmen Fail to Hold Public Hearing; Library Warrant Article Null and Void
“We have problems,” Chairman Gordon Hunt told his fellow library trustees this morning. “The selectmen didn’t hold a public hearing.” The library-addition warrant article is invalid and will not be legally binding if voted on at Town Meeting because the … Continue reading
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Tagged Library, Max Ledoux, Tuftonboro, Warrant Article
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Windham School Board – That Transgender Bathroom policy really isn’t official? Part 4
The machinations of the Windham School Board concerning their Transgender Policy JBAB, for whatever reason, still bugs the heck out me. I really think that a lot of it is summed up in this part of the policy which does … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Bathroom, JBAB, Policy, School Board, Transgender, Windham
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Approximately $142,000 Missing From Library Capital Donations Fund
The library-addition warrant article that will be presented at Town Meeting next week would “authorize the withdrawal of Four Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($416,000.00) from the existing Library Capital Reserve Fund and Four Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($410,000.00) from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Library Fund, Max Ledoux, Tuftonboro.net
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The New Media Militia 