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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
Universal Preschool Hasn’t Delivered Results
San Francisco Chronicle Early education advocates want you to believe that the case for universal preschool is so airtight that raising any questions about it is an act of heresy. But there is a strong and growing body of literature showing that preschool produces...
Serious Questions About Job-Placement Schools
NCLC Report: Serious Questions Need Answering to Back Up Job-Placement and Graduation Claims of Proprietary Schools Self-Reporting, Flawed Formulas for Gauging Results Cast Doubt on Current Data Dreams and Financial Futures of Schools’ Vulnerable Student Populations...
Hodes and Porter Not Looking Out for Taxpayers
by Ed Naile As luck would have it, being involved with local taxpayer issues gives one a unique perspective of people who run for office in this small state. Case in point: Ashland, the year 2000, where the Town Manager, Rosie McNamara, misappropriated at least,...
Voter Fraud Overlooked but Suppression is a Felony
October 13, 2008 Voter Suppression Made Felony in NH Voter suppression — purposefully preventing a specific group of people from voting — is now a class B felony in New Hampshire, after a bill proposed by state Rep. David Pierce, D-Grafton, became law this spring. The...
Kindergarten Suit Filed in Hudson
October 11, 2008 Hudson-Litchfield News Hudson School Board has voted to file suit in New Hampshire’s Supreme Court because they believe that legislation passed and signed into law by Governor John Lynch is unconstitutional. “It’s not that we are against...
Company Saves Smokers From Tax Increase
From the Union Leader (partial article) SMOKEY SNAFU: The tobacco tax wasn't supposed to be this messy. It was supposed to go up a quarter this year and raise between $18 million and $23 million. But then lawmakers tried a clever way of keeping grocers happy. The...