Rich talked about the still raging controversy surrounding the aldermen who breached Manchester’s Charter in voting for contracts in which they had conflicts of interest. He pointed out that spending was driven so high that the tax cap had to be overridden and shared his opinion that the issue should be referred to the Office of Public Integrity for an investigation. | Segment Page
| Girard at Large
In a recent report the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) hems and haws its way through potential fiscal decline couched in “mights and maybes” and then (Surprise!) we get “substantially more” in paragraph four.
While the preliminary accrual revenues for SFY 2017 show no growth over SFY 2016’s preliminary accrual numbers, the figures do show substantially more revenue than was planned under the SFYs 2016-2017 State Budget. | More…
Haruo Nakajima, the Japanese actor who was the first person to put on the Godzilla suit and bring the iconic monster to life, has died. He was 88.
Nakajima died Monday of pneumonia, his daughter and the Japanese movie studio Toho confirmed to multiple news outlets. Nakajima played Godzilla in the 1954 original and 11 subsequent films, donning the suit that he said weighed about 220 pounds and wreaking havoc on model cities and rival monsters. | More…
| NHPR
Outdoor recreation in New Hampshire annually generates $8.7 billion in consumer spending and $528 million in state and local tax revenue, says a report from the Boulder, Colo.-based Outdoor Industry Association.
According to the report, 69 percent of New Hampshire residents participate in outdoor recreation each year, and are more likely to participate in day hiking and kayaking than the average American. | More…
| NHBR
So there’s a poll out putting John “everyman™” Kasich ahead of President Trump among “likely” Republican primary voters which translates to, likely to not be on Vacation in the first week of August, willing to pick up the phone for a number they don’t recognize and then complete a political poll.
Translation of the translation: This is narrative-mill rubbish. |More…
MANCHESTER — City police have unveiled their latest tool to discourage residents from giving money to panhandlers — sandwich-board sidewalk signs asking people to give to local charities instead.
The signs, similar to those installed on poles at more than a dozen locations across Manchester last month, say: “Your generosity could lead to a fatality.” People are encouraged to consider making a donation instead to social service agencies such as New Horizons for New Hampshire, Child and Family Services, and Families in Transition; the addresses and phone numbers for each are listed. *|More…
How many ringers will the Dems plant with pre-planned questions to push the party narratives?
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is holding a pair of town hall meetings this week.
The first will be at Laconia Middle School on Tuesday. And on Wednesday, Shea-Porter will be at the McConnell Center in Dover. Both events are open to the public and get underway at 6 p.m.
Shea-Porter plans to discuss her work in Congress, and take questions from the audience.
| NHPR
“…one BIG reason why Trump and Steve Bannon are HATED by Democrats / Progressive Authoritarians – they’ve made one of their Administration anchors to corral in and eliminate what the Federal Govt has wrought – 98,099 final rules – with their “propose 1, cut 2” rule for new regs (and right now, that 2 for 1 is running at a 16 to 1 run rate). And here is Steve Bannon talking about it. | More…
1. WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS No, we’re not. We’re a nation of citizens. This country was built on legal immigration, and the ones who made it through learned the language and assimilated. Many didn’t get in. Today’s scenario is 15 million illegals ridiculing those who played by the rules. Legal immigrants wait 15 years to get green cards and many bring a ton of jobs with them. The Statue of Liberty doesn’t say “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and all their relatives.” Learn the difference between legal and illegal.Oh, and don’t give me that old “They’re doing jobs Americans won’t do” line. They’re doing jobs Americans won’t do – for that price. In Canada, there are no Mexicans and the landscaping still gets done. They use teenagers.
2. THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON SLAVERY | More…
| American Digest
H/T Susan Olsen
Secretary of State William M. Gardner and Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced that State Senator Betty Laskey, Democrat from Nashua, and State Rep. Neal Kurk, Republican from Weare, have dismissed the bogus lawsuit they brought to block Secretary of State Bill Gardner’s release of publicly available voter information.
Gardner filed pleadings opposing the plaintiffs’ lawsuit, yesterday arguing that the State’s right-to know law, required release of the marked voter checklists maintained in the State Archives. The plaintiffs’ dismissal conceded that was correct. In a letter to MacDonald, which we’ve uploaded with this news read at Girard at Large dot com, Gardner wrote he will provide the President’s Commission on Election Integrity, of which he is a member, electronic copies of marked voter checklists for each municipality archived in his office as required by state law. | More….
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