NH Local Government Center Worker Arrested

From the Boston Globe… CONCORD, N.H.—A worker at the New Hampshire Local Government Center, which administers benefit plans for public employees, has been charged with four computer-related crimes. Ruthanne Bradley 46, of Concord, who was arrested Friday, is...

Manchester’s Taxpayers Have Been Betrayed

Keith Murphy in the Union Leader… Manchester’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen took a page out of the Politburo’s book Tuesday night in an outrageous and blatant example of abuse of power so audacious and breathtaking it left the audience gasping. In so...

Councilors Postpone Tax Cap Vote

From the Concord Monitor… Concord city councilors voted last night not to place a proposed tax cap on the November ballot. Instead, councilors decided to postpone action on the matter until officials in the attorney general’s office, the secretary of...

Protecting Taxpayers: Elections Are Not Enough

From the Union Leader… We are told — always by proponents of big government — that government can restrain its own spending; all voters need to do is elect the right people. History shows otherwise. Exhibit A: The Republican Revolution of 1994. In...

Let the People Vote!

From the Union Leader… MANCHESTER – The battle over a proposed city spending cap heated up yesterday, as proponents planned to take aldermen to court to force the question onto the Nov. 4 ballot. An overwhelming majority of people responding to a UnionLeader.com...

Democrat Legislator Had ‘Life of Crime’

From the Boston Globe… Franklin, N.H. – A New Hampshire legislator in jail for violating an order in a forgery conviction has a criminal record in several states that goes back two decades, according to court records. James Ryan, 50, of Franklin is in jail...