How taxes rise while enrollment drops in N.H. school districts

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

No one in this article blames unrealistic union contracts, salaries, benefits, administrative costs, …and whose fault are they?

“The state’s process for funding public education puts school systems and property owners in adversarial roles,” Mark MacLean, the superintendent for SAU 46, wrote in a November letter. “The lack of control property owners feel with increasing tax bills at times compels folks to look scornfully at their local education system. As a result, the public perception of the value of education is eroding.” | More…

*| Concord Monitor

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STATE SENATOR ANDY SANBORN ANNOUNCES RUN FOR CONGRESS

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

BEDFORD, NH – State Senator Andy Sanborn (R – Bedford), Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, announced Tuesday that he will run for United States Congress in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District. His announcement video can be seen here. | More…

| GraniteGrok

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Manchester police stun Northfield man after chase involving stolen truck

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

MANCHESTER – A Northfield man accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen truck and then attempting to flee on foot had to be subdued with a stun gun, police said Monday.

Eric Sleeper, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of receiving stolen property, disobeying a police officer, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest/detention and simple assault on a police officer, police said in a release. More..

*| Union Leader

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The Somnambulism Defense: The Sleepwalking Murderer of Pembroke

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Doubtless many people are murdered in their sleep. But its not often the would-be murderer is asleep, too, suffering from somnambulism. But that was the case in 1833 in Pembroke, N.H., or at least that’s what everyone believed.

It was January of 1833 when 18-year-old Abraham Prescott, a farm hand living with Sally and Chauncey Cochran, entered their bedroom and bashed them both over the head with an ax. | More…

| New England Historical Society

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Volinsky’s Rules …

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

After some “light reading,” I believe I have uncovered Executive Councilor Andru Volinsly’s Rules for governing New Hampshire. I could call them Volinsky’s Rules for Radicals, which is more clever, but this list is standard Democrat party fare, and more priorities than anything else. The only thing radical about them is the application of tribalism, and mob politics to get there from here about which another “linsky” wrote a famous (or is that infamous) book.| More…

| GraniteGrok

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Rowley man, accused of flashing neighbors, is moving to New Hampshire

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

A Perley Avenue man accused of repeatedly flashing his neighbors from his own property is moving, according to his attorney.

Michael McConaghy, 68, was in Newburyport District Court on Thursday and admitted that a judge could find him guilty of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct charges. Should McConaghy stay out of trouble with the law for nine months and pay $250 in fines, the charges against him would be dismissed.  …

During McConaghy’s appearance before Doyle, his attorney, Lawrence Christopher, informed the court that he is moving to New Hampshire.  | More…

*|Newburyport News

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NH GOP chair rips Democratic state rep/alderman facing charges

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

NH GOP Chair Jeanie Forrester released a statement Friday saying at the very least Democratic candidates in the city should ask Thomas Katsiantonis, 44, of Manchester, who is also an alderman, to refrain from participating in matters that affect taxpayers.

“In light of this new revelation about his unpaid taxes to the city, state senate hopeful and city Alderman Kevin Cavanuagh and Mayoral candidate Joyce Craig should immediately call for his resignation, or, at the very least, call on Katsiantonis to cease all participation in matters that pertain to the finances of the city affecting the taxpayers,” Forrester wrote. | More…

| NH1

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Union Greed in the Queen City

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Rich starts off the discussion with the new negotiations for the Firefighters contract in Manchester. He discussed all of the different benefits that come along with being a firefighter in the Queen City, including the Cost of Living Adjustment and a new hazard pay. | More…

| Girard at Large

(Listen to hear Rich mention The New Media Militia)

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SNAP! – Cook County Exempts Food Stamps From Soda Tax

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Cook County in Illinois, home to Chicago, has decided that its soda tax will not apply to food stamps.

Purchases made with food stamps cannot have state and local taxes tacked onto them, according to federal law. Cook County tried to bypass that law, but none of the options officials used took off. So this means that the 827,000 people in Cook County who have food stamps will not have to pay the tax. | More…

| Legal Insurrection

 

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Triggered Professor Quits Over Campus Carry Law

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

 A Professor at a Kansas College is leaving her post because a law permitting people to carry firearms on campus is taking effect.

A Wichita State University professor is resigning over a Kansas campus open-carry law that is set to take effect this summer.

“Clear, open, critical discussion cannot take place in an environment of threat and fear,” Deborah Ballard-Reisch wrote in a letter to University President John Bardo. “Guns on campus will make it that much more difficult for them to feel safe,” she wrote. | More…

| GraniteGrok

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