The Manchester paper has done its best to campaign for the old guard in Bedford on its front page with an article by Susan Clark.<\/p>\n
The headline is: Free Staters make mark in Bedford.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n And then it goes on to selectively isolate the two Free State members who are running for local office as though they are not really taxpaying residents of Bedford.<\/p>\n The Bedford Bullies must be scared to death they could lose power.<\/p>\n Funny, I don\u2019t ever remember a headline in the Manchester paper that screamed: Tax And Spenders Make Mark On Bedford.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Many of the long time power elites in Bedford are tax and spenders, Bill Greiner, Paul Brock, and MIke Scanlon would be some of stars of that article.<\/p>\n Remember back when Mr. Brock was on the Bedford School Board and the pro-new school flier that circulated said the $67 million dollar school, sold as a $50 million dollar school, would only cost \u201cthree dimes\u201d on your tax rate?<\/p>\n I do.<\/p>\n Remember when Mike Scanlon tried, as a State Rep., to flip one word in a statute about water commissions to give it the opposite meaning so a five person water commission, for instance, could, with a simple majority vote, bond millions of dollars and seize people\u2019s private water sources for public use.<\/p>\n I do.<\/p>\n And then we have former New Yorker, Jim Scanlon, a longtime thorn in Bedford\u2019s side \u2013 inside. He is never without some sort of position in town.<\/p>\n With all his knowledge of town affairs it seems he doesn\u2019t know to avoid losing his temper at an election?<\/p>\n http:\/\/bedford-nh.patch.com\/groups\/kathy-benucks-blog\/p\/bp–ag-investigation-opened-into-actions-of-councilor97129ab57f<\/a><\/p>\n and:<\/p>\n