Granted, there are few examples of people being convicted of these laws, and they may prove to be hard to enforce, but are they unnecessary? Are they contrary to the public good or just to public opinion? And what are the consequences of leaving the law on the books for extreme cases? | Read More at nhmagazine.com
Should Outdated Laws Stay or Should They Go?
Posted in Legislation, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News
Tagged Laws, NH Magazine
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Local NH Tax Rate on the Rise
I don’t know about you, but for me $30 per thousand is a psychological breaking point. Sandown’s property tax rate this year is $30.78. We’ve outstripped even the notorious town of Danville which has a comparably attractive $28.25 per thousand this year. | Keep Reading at timberlaneandsandown
Cornerstone: Education Choice Bill Advances on Bipartisan Vote
New Hampshire families just got a vote of confidence, as the House Education Committee narrowly recommended “ought to pass as amended” on SB 193. This important school-choice measure will go to the full House in January. | Read More at NHCornerstone.org
Recent Committee Votes Foreshadow Upcoming Legislative Session Activity
New Hampshire’s part-time legislature is entering the homestretch of committee votes prior to the start of the 2018 legislative session. As lawmakers prepare to decide which issues and bills they will take up for debate next year, NH Journal looks back on several recent, but important, committee votes and what they mean going forward. | Keep Reading at NH Journal
ACLU, NAACP Urge UNH to Pick a New President with ‘Record of Fostering Diversity’
Local chapters of the ACLU and the NAACP are asking the University of New Hampshire to emphasize issues of racial diversity and equity in the search for the university’s next president.
In an open letter to the presidential search committee, Devon Chaffee of the New Hampshire ACLU and Rogers Johnson of the Seacoast NAACP say the hiring of a new UNH president is the single greatest way to redirect the university. | Keep Reading at NHPR
Moving Educational Freedom Forward
In a split decision, the House Education Committee passed an amended version of the Education Savings Account bill, SB 193. The 10 to 9 Ought to Pass as Amended (OTP/A) decision saw Democrats and Republicans on both sides of the vote; Rep. Barbara Shaw (Manchester) was a swing Democrat and Republican Reps. Bob Elliott (Salem) and Jim Grenier (Lempster) voted against the bill. | Keep Reading at School Choice for NH
Posted in Education, Legislation, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged ESA's, SB 193, School Choice
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Concord Gets its Day in Northern Pass Court on Thursday
A panel of Concord officials will testify as a group on Thursday at the state Site Evaluation Committee’s hearings on the Northern Pass Transmission Project. Members of the panel have pre-filed testimony and will be cross-examined by the committee, other intervening parties and Northern Pass attorneys. Concord testimony is expected to begin at approximately 10 a.m. and will run for several hours. | Read More at InDepth NH
Posted in Energy, Environment, Local NH Politics
Tagged Concord, Northern Pass, Testimony
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Stocking the Toolbox: Get Ready for Next Legislative Session
I recently enjoyed the hospitality of Seacoast pro-lifers who asked me to join Rep. Kurt Wuelper to give a presentation about communicating with legislators. We covered social media, phone calls, letters, and the oldest social medium of all: one-on-one conversation.
Lots to unpack on that topic, for sure – and it was great to meet people ready to put into practice what they were hearing. |Keep Reading at Leaven for the Loaf
Posted in Abortion, Culture, Legislation
Tagged Ellen Kolb, Kurt Wuelper, Life, Right to Life
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Sexual Misconduct at Phillips Exeter Takes Center Stage Again After Latest Report
According to a new report from The New York Times, police sought to arrest two deans at Phillips Exeter Academy, an elite private boarding school, for failing “to report the alleged sexual assault of a student to the authorities.” But police were overruled by prosecutors. |Keep Reading at NH Journal
Posted in Crime, Culture, New Hampshire News
Tagged Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Sexeter Academy, Sexual Assault
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The difference between Libertarians and Statist/Progressive Totalitarians
I’ve copied the full Letter (by Jilletta Jarvis) after the jump if you are so inclined (go ahead, you know you want to!). What was surprising was not its content but with the vehemence those commenters I would place in the Statist / Democrat / Progressive / Socialist / Communitarian side of the aisle with which they ripped into her for absolutely no reason and no evidence with which to back up their vitriol. | More at GraniteGrok.com
Posted in Girard At Large, New Hampshire News
Tagged Jilletta Jarvis, Libertarians, Socialists, Statists
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The New Media Militia 