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SPECIAL ALERT! (courtesy of RLCNH)
Contact the Senate to oppose the attempt to gag political speech!
Tomorrow (Wednesday, June 9) the Senate is considering a Committee Amendment to HB 1704 that would make it harder for political organizations such as the RLCNH to criticize elected state senators and state representatives.
The Senate Amendment, which the RLCNH is calling [...]

So true....

Homeschool Freedom Hearing Friday May 4, 2012
These homeschool freedom bills still need your help. The Senate Education Committee has scheduled an executive session and is expected to take action on HB 545 and HB 1571 this Friday, May 4, 2012.. These bills would greatly improve the regulatory environment for homeschoolers in New Hampshire.
HB 545 changes [...]

Walt Carlson writes in to the Concord Monitor in response to my Earth Day column, Mother Nature Needs More Markets, and very effectively refutes a number of

Today marks the beginning of the Annual "May is for Motorcycle Awareness". Please help us spread the word and help us by posting a new motorcycle awareness message to our page and yours EVERY DAY THIS MONTH! Can we do it? I think we can!

On the Paul Westcott Show, Grant Bosse reviews the three lawsuits filed against the NH House redistricting plan, and concludes that while Manchester doesn’t have much of a case, a group of Democrats could get the entire map redrawn. Listen to the NH Watchdog Podcast.

The Union Leader editorializes about recent high profile federal boondoggles, and notes our work tracking stimulus spending in New Hampshire.

Ed Naile, Chairman of CNHT, appeared with Rep Gary S. Hopper on his show ‘Rock, Paper, Hand Grenades’.

This week, Phillips Exeter Academy announced that it would stop selling bottled water on campus in an effort to reduce solid waste. Several colleges have banned bottled water on campus, and environmental activists claim the product creates needless trash. But more than half of Americans drink bottled water, so they must find it useful.

SB 266 will allow NH residents to opt out of the requirement to have the power company replace their analog meters with WiFi-enabled ’smart meters’ which can send information back to the power company on customers’ energy use habits and other information via their appliances. The temperature in their homes can also be controlled by [...]

Did you know that Nashua is an ICLEI city?
Did you know that ICLEI is a “Local Governments for sustainable development” program, in the model of UN Agenda21?
“ICLEI is an international association of local governments as well as national and regional local government organizations who have made a commitment to sustainable development.”
http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=about
ICLEI and Agenda21 both aim [...]

FYI - we will be sending an important update to all of our members that have an email address with us. If you are a member and haven't received an update in the past month or two - please send an email to us NOW and let us know so we can add you in! DON"T MISS THIS!

Just a reminder to all of you out there.... We have our 4th Annual Spring Fling on Satudray! It will be an ol'fashioned Ham & Bean Suppa which will be served from 6-8 p.m. $10/donation to a great cause! There will be raffles and a 50/50 drawing. Band starts at 7:00. Come on out and have some fun and support the organization that SUPPORTS YOU!

House Votes To Return $333K To Federal Government
CONCORD, N.H. — The Republican-dominated House has voted to return $333,000 of a $1 million federal government award to New Hampshire for planning a state health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act.
The House voted 218-79 Thursday to send back the money so the state would not be [...]

Sorry I haven’t been keeping up on the blog; but, still recovering from open heart surgery.

Monday brought 3 motorcycle accidents - 1 of which was a fatality. Please be careful out there, ride carefully! It's a terrible way to start our riding season!!

by Ed Naile, Chairman
This flap about the flag and the pledge and public school seems a bit drawn out over nothing.
Why are we herding kids into government schools in the first place?
Government schools are not mentioned in the US or NH Constitutions.
If government employees in the government schools can not make you stand for the [...]

The Local Government Center has done a good job of putting together an article and pamphlet that explains your property taxes in New Hampshire.
The article is here..
Download the PDF, as it is worth a look.