SCGOP News Update

A brief roundup of news and events for Sullivan County NH Republicans Local โ€” Claremont & Sullivan County Claremont schools map out plan to cut $5M deficit. Interim BA Matt Angell says the district will lean on remaining loan funds and state aid cycles to get cash flow through spring; projected cash balance could dip… Continue reading SCGOP News Update

The Dumbest Meme Ever

There are very few memes that are as dumb and insulting as this one.  It works because people conflate Antifa with being antifascist and therefore being pro-democracy, albeit while having a very hazy notion of what the term democracy means.  An old friend, whom I have known for more than half a century, posted this… Continue reading The Dumbest Meme Ever

Keep the Spine: Fund NH Schools with Property Taxโ€”not Sales or Income Taxes.

The following is the opinion of the author and should not be construed as the policy of the Sullivan County GOP or any elected representatives. Parents owe their children an education before anyone owes Concord another revenue stream. The obligation runs from family to child, with the community as a secondary obligee because it lives… Continue reading Keep the Spine: Fund NH Schools with Property Taxโ€”not Sales or Income Taxes.

Transparency First, Then Reform

Claremontโ€™s fix starts with sunlight, not another check I was born long ago and far away in the East Tremont neighborhood of The Bronx, which, in the early-to-mid 1950s was a dense, modestly priced, prewar landscape of five- and six-story walk-ups organized around a lively Tremont Avenue retail spine; bakeries, kosher butchers, candy stores, and… Continue reading Transparency First, Then Reform