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...Atkinson Moderator Votes Away a Citizen’s Rights
The NH Right to Know Law (RSA 91-A) is clear: Attendees have the explicit RIGHT to audiotape, videotape, or photograph ANY public meeting, including the attendees and officials, without exception. The MERE ACT of exercising this “right to record” CANNOT be...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...VISITORS