NH Senate Republicans have released the following list of legislative priorities for the upcoming session. All quotes are attributable to Sen. Peter Bragdon. (Study guide: try to find any mention of spending cuts):
Economic Development and Job Creation
Reduce taxes for the smallest of companies, as well as those who hire new [...]
Manchester Mayor-elect Ted Gatsas has talked to aldermen and school board members about making some changes that might generate better cooperation between the boards. He wants to invite school board members to aldermanic meetings and vice versa. He also wants to change the school board’s fiscal committee from five members [...]
Good Rich Lowry column on media attempts to link Hasan to PTSD.
FairPoint can’t even get its phone books right. Old Verizon ones are more accurate. Sheesh.
Concord has $40,000 to spend on subsidizing storefront facades on Main Street.
Stephen Stark: Obama peaked on Election Day
In this New York Times story on Muslims serving in the U.S. military, The Times presents Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for throwing himself on a grenade to save his team members in 2006, as a Muslim. The Times quotes a Muslim Army [...]
More teens were picked up in Nashua for vandalizing property with spray paint and permanent markers. It’s a problem in Nashua and Manchester, but also in small towns. What to do?
I don’t like the idea of jailing kids whose only crime is graffiti vandalism. There must be better alternatives [...]
Billy Flynn is president of his prison chapter of the NAACP. Now I’ve seen everything.
[...]NH Senate Republicans actually sent out a press release today announcing that the Senate GOP is on Twitter and Facebook:
Concord, NH – Today, New Hampshire Senate Republicans launched new social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
“New social media are important communication tools to keep people informed of our actions [...]
From the Manchester mayor’s office this afternoon:
The State of New Hampshire Liquor Commission – Bureau of Alcohol Enforcement announced that an emergency hearing has been scheduled regarding Three Cousins Pizza and Lounge. The hearing will determine whether to revoke the restaurant’s liquor license. The hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. [...]
This Washington Post story sums it up nicely.
[...]Mike Castaldo, who is challenging Frank Guinta and Bob Bestani for the GOP nomination for Congress in the 1st District, has a fun take on the campaign fundraiser. For $10, you can “sponsor a day on the campaign trail AND eat unlimited wings. How great is that?”
The [...]
Per our Sunday editorial on Keep Manchester Moving, I have seen it alleged that the chairman of KMM, Josiette White, claimed to be a Concord resident last year when she opposed that city’s spending cap. As far as I could find, that is not true. The allegation stems from [...]
