Category Archives: Local NH Politics
Windham High School’s National Walk-Out Day Agenda
Stephen M. Sierpina, the Principal of Windham High School, sent out a letter outlining the school’s plans for Wednesday, March 14th. That’s supposed to be a nation-wide school walkout day to inspire Congress to pass stricter gun laws. Dumb. | Keep … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Local NH Politics, Second Amendment
Tagged High School, Stephen Sierpina, Walk Out, Windham
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Library Warrant Article in Violation of State Law
The current placement of the first two warrant articles to be voted on at Town Meeting is incorrect and not allowed by law, Town Moderator Dan Barnard confirmed to me yesterday. These are the warrant articles in question, in the … Continue reading
Donna Green: Is this Normal?
When you raise issues about Timberlane’s financials to the TRSD auditor, you get stony silence, even as a board member. When you question a second time, you get threats from our SAU. I’ll leave you to decide if this is … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Local NH Politics
Tagged Audit, Budget, Timberlane, Timberlane Regional School District
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Merrimack To Vote On Putting Public Water Utility In Town’s Control
Merrimack residents will vote this month on giving the town control of their water utility. It comes after two years of struggle with contamination in local wells, likely stemming from local plastics-maker Saint Gobain. | More at NHPR
Posted in Environment, Local NH Politics
Tagged Merrimack, MVD, Pollution, Saint-Gobain, Water
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Free Market At Work: Store in Derry, NH Won’t Serve Republicans…
I love it when liberals embrace the power and risk of private business ownership. The Used Apple Store posted to its Facebook page on Monday that the company will refuse services to those affiliated with the Republican party. How can they tell … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Economy/Economics, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged Derry, New Hampshire, Republicans, The USed Apple Store
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Anti-selectmen signs disputed before town elections
GILMANTON, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire town building inspector has asked property owners to take down signs suggesting selectmen don’t support the police, saying the messages appear to violate an ordinance against political signs. | More at AP News
Official Budget Committee,Understanding the Process!
I think that we all agree the operating budget is probably a municipality and a school district’s most important work product. A budget that is approved by the legislative body, is the legal document that gives our governing body officials … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Local NH Politics
Tagged Bruce Trivellini, budgets, Henniker
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The Kurk Decision
The Kurk decision is an important win for people concerned about fiscal sanity and public accountability. We’ve all seen town and school budget officials playing games with default budgets by artificially inflating the number. That makes their proposed budgets look … Continue reading
Lakes Region Porcupines: March Jury Outreach
We will be handing out juror rights flyers to potential jurors in March and April. Dates for the March 2018 jury pool; March 19, April 2, and April 16. We will start at 8:30 and likely cross the street for a coffee at 9:00. … Continue reading
Metzler is Subject to the Will of the Timberlane Board, but Neither He nor the Board Knows It.
Recently I was perusing the Education Administrative Rules and discovered a gem. Contrary to Superintendent Metzler’s many declarations to the contrary, he is indeed subject to the will of the Timberlane school board. Education Administrative Rule 302.01 says this: |Keep … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 