Tag Archives: Spending
What Does “Overspending” Mean?
At Monday’s board of selectmen’s meeting, Gordon Hunt, a member of the budget committee, and the selectmen called into question something that Chris Sawyer wrote in the Granite State News. Chris, who is running for budget committee, stated in response … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, taxes
Tagged Max Ledoux, Spending, Tuftonboro, Tuftonboro.net
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Donna Green: My Certified Letter to TRSD Auditor
During tonight’s school board meeting, Chairman Boyle pretended he knew nothing of my complaint to the Timberlane auditors. In fact, every board member knew of my letter to the auditor. They just chose to do nothing about it and shame on … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Budget, School Board, Spending, Timberlane Regional School District
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Dangerous Delay
The Belknap County delegation met on Monday Jan. 22 to work on the county budget for 2018. The county operates on a calendar year, so beginning on January 1, the county has no appropriations. While the county has long practiced a policy … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Local NH Politics
Tagged Belknap County, Budget, Spending
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NH Ranked 47th Because it Didn’t Spend Tobacco Settlement Cash The Way They Want?
GraniteGrok has a long history of battling the anti-smoking data monkeys. Their numbers often make no sense or contradict the real-world evidence or just common sense. Their focus appears to be almost entirely on investing in their prevention programs based … Continue reading
Learning, Teaching, Funding, and Education
In New Hampshire, most public school funding originates in the pocketbook of local taxpayers and most of us hope we elect a local school board that watches out not only for the students but also the taxpayer. It doesn’t always … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, Jobs/Unemployment
Tagged Dave Testerman, Education, Spending
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Donna Green: Seattle’s Pointless Legal Battle with Public Money
The very first right of the public to be infringed in floundering administrations is the public’s right to know what their government is doing. Unlike rational individuals spending their own money, public entities will take up hopeless legal battles in … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, taxes
Tagged Earl Metzler, SAU 55, Seattle, Spending, taxes
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A Question We Should All Ask Our School Board or School Budget Committee
The Question: what is your ratio of direct to indirect labor (both ways: head count and fully burdened costs). When I was on my hamlet’s Budget Committee, I had to ask that for a few years and then, given the … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Skip Murphy, Spending
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NH House Freedom Caucus Exposes Jasper-Budget
Say what you want about the NH House Freedom Caucus, but it is undeniable that they are doing the work that the #fakenews #nhpolitics press should be doing. More particularly, House Speaker Shawn Jasper and his minions are proposing a … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Ed Mosca Blog, Legislation
Tagged NH House, Shawn Jasper, Spending
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NH House Rejects Bloated Budget
Democrats and conservative representatives banded together to overwhelmingly defeat the $11.9 billion budget proposal put forward by Republican House leaders. It failed in a 224–134 vote, dealing a blow to Speaker Shawn Jasper that reveals lingering fractures within the GOP. The budget proposal would … Continue reading
New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus Examines 10.5% Budget Hike
There is a group of NH House members, the NH House Freedom Caucus, who have seen the proposed 10.5% increase in General Fund spending for the next biennium and they are preparing to limit that spending by standing together to … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 