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“Our taxes don’t go to public schools, our money doesn’t pay for the roads here; we do not truly consider ourselves Grafton County-ites. When people ask where you go to school, you say Dartmouth. You never say you’re from Hanover, but some far-off place you call “home.” And by voting for one of our carpet-bagging compatriots, we’ve done Grafton a great disservice.” ~ Zachary Gottlieb, Dartmouth College Newspaper on the election of a non-resident to the office of Grafton County Treasurer
NH is Not Alone Regarding HCR 6
Seems that now we are up to 24 states who feel the need to declare their rights by explicit restatements of what has always been in place, but not necessarily enforced, as detailed by the 10th Amendment. 23 other States Claiming Sovereignty are AZ, AL, AK, AR, CA, CO,...
Right to Know Circumvention (HB 379)
HB 379 would enable city aldermen and/or mayor to have secret, closed-door sessions with the School Board, Police and Fire commissioners, library trustees, and so on down the line. This bill was proposed at the behest of the City of Nashua. Bill text: HB 379 This bill...
Student Elected to Local Office – How’s That Working?
If there is any danger to allowing out-of-state college students to vote, a bigger one is allowing them to run for local offices about which they have no knowledge or interest. One such incidence of this happened last November when Vanessa Sievers, a resident from Big...
State Spending Cap Bill (HB 369)
HB 369 would have limited state spending increases to the rate of inflation. Given our huge budget deficit that followed a 17.5% increase in State Spending it would seem this bill would have been timely. Read the text of HB 369, establishing a spending cap on state...
Restore Local Control to Education (CACR 8)
UPDATE - This bill is coming up for a Roll Call Vote on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. CACR 8 [Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 8] would reestablish the recognition of local control of education in the New Hampshire Constitution. Bill text: CACR 8 This...
Bill Would Create State Owned Casino (HB 461)
UPDATE This bill will be discussed in Executive Session of the House Local and Regulated Revenues on Thursday, February 19, 2009, at 10:00 AM in the LOB room 303. HB 461 would create a state-owned casino. Bill text: HB 461 This bill will be heard on February 10, 2009...