NH Children’s Crusade
In the present N H legislative turmoil to get an education budget passed, Andru Volinsky has sunk to a new low and manipulating children to further his goals.
Read MoreClaremont Lawyers to Feed at Public Trough
The activist New Hampshire state supreme court has done it again. It has added insult to injury and ordered that the lawyersí fees in the controversial Claremont school finance case will be paid by the state.
Read MoreUp the Creek without a Paddle
New Hampshire forced by state supreme court to find school funding formula.
Read MoreMr. Crandall goes to Vermont
Why did Tom Crandall make the effort to get in his car at 4 a.m. yesterday to drive to Montpe lier for an Act 60 meeting, and then turn around and drive home all in the same day?
Read MoreSongs to Revolt By (in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont)
I got a notice this week from Jeff Pascoe over in Vermont that the Act 60 website has added an “Act 60 Song.” Act 60 is the new school funding law with a state property tax that Vermont finds revolting, just as Maine did over 20 years ago. A good revolt needs a song. Remember Yankee Doodle? Well, in Maine in 1976 we produced a song during our state property tax battle too. We had it recorded at Noel Paul Stookey’s studio in Blue Hill (Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary), and he provided the music mix. In fact, we had written two songs, because we produced a two-sided, 45 rpm record with a dust jacket that explained what all the fuss was about. Those words, written by a talented wordsmith in the cause, stir my blood still. Here’s an excerpt, and I...
Read MoreState Property Tax Revolt Shakes Foundations of Government
Vermont’s revolt got the attention of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Read MoreIs New Hampshire (and Vermont) Being Sold Down the River by Clinton?
Asking President Clinton for federal American Heritage Rivers designation for any of its rivers doesn’t make sense.
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