Category Archives: Local NH Politics

by Steve MacDonald  The Foster’s (It’s Australian for Beeyah!) Daily Democrat, gave GraniteGrok some ink this morning regarding James O’Keefe’s “appearance” at a Rye Republican GOP event yesterday…(That’s Rye NH, not the grass or the spirits, though perhaps the humor.) … Continue reading →

by Steve MacDonald All across the the Granite State Democrats have gathered in their secret underground lairs.  The unthinkable has happened.  Tobacco revenues were up last month.   (Audible Gasp!).  That’s right.  Revenues beat estimates. This is, of course, a double … Continue reading →

New Hampshire Public Employee Gaia managed to read, consume, and then comment at the Concord Monitor’s web site some 1200 times in just three years, more often than not during office hours. (Just to clarify this last point, a super … Continue reading →

by Steve MacDonald Piggy-backing off of Tim’s post on Mark Steyn’s recent article, I think the polygamy thing (which Tim does not mention) is worth visiting–repeatedly of course–just to remind everyone of the kind of campaign this has been and … Continue reading →

by Steve MacDonald  There is Free Press and then there is Free Speech.  And then there is The Concord Monitor.  The Concord Monitor would like you to believe that it is a defender of both Free Press and Free Speech.   … Continue reading →

  by Steve MacDonald In the 2006 Elections Democrats took control of the New Hampshire House for the first time in 95 years (giving them complete control of State government for what would end up being four years).  What happened … Continue reading →

Follow the link to see the Dover NH Granite State Patriots Liberty PAC Tea Party. http://granitegrok.com/blog/2012/04/gslpac-tea-party-event-live-streaming

Skip just posted a nice letter at GraniteGrok from the Londonderry Superintendent of schools, in which the Super appears to lobby the state Senate in opposition to NH HB1607.  This bill establishes an education tax credit for businesses or groups … Continue reading →

(Re-post with title) by Steve MacDonald  One of the major themes of the New Hampshire Democrats is that the current New Hampshire Republican majority is not focusing enough on the budget and the economy, and spending too much time on … Continue reading →

by Steve MacDonald  One of the major themes of the New Hampshire Democrats is that the current New Hampshire Republican majority is not focusing enough on the budget and the economy, and spending too much time on other issues.   But … Continue reading →