The Manchester Free Press

Monday • October 26 • 2026

Vol.XVIII • No.XLIV

Manchester, N.H.

OPINION: November Ballot Question 2 – Property Tax Cap (HB 1300)

Granite Grok - 2 hours 1 min ago

A statewide Tax Cap Question is on the November 3rd election ballot in the wards and towns of New Hampshire.  You may not have heard about it amid all the electioneering on the airwaves!  It is Question #2 (HB 1300). Two reputable, independent, tax-friendly NH organizations are providing information to help voters fully understand this ... Read more

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MACDONALD: The Land of 10,000 Fraudsters

Granite Grok - 9 hours 1 min ago

What’s up with Minnesota? The land of 10,000 lakes should be re (nick) named the land of 10,000 fraudsters, though it’s likely more. And we may have the ICE-Out folks to thank for it. If they’d just let ICE root out the criminals, no one would have known or even paid attention. Absent all that ... Read more

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CARDELLO: Garbage In, Garbage Out: How Bad Polls Steer the Election

Granite Grok - 11 hours 1 min ago

Political polls have become less accurate over the last 20 years, and I question whether they should be part of the process or stopped altogether. A few factors contribute to the decline in accuracy and credibility. Years ago, when most people still had a landline, polling was somewhat easier than today’s guessing game. Someone could ... Read more

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MACDONALD: If You Pay Property Taxes, Here Are Two Websites You Need To Check Out

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 21:00 +0000

People ask me to point them to things, and sometimes I can. When I can’t, I try to find what they need, but that doesn’t always work; as we approach November 3rd, two recent finds deserve your attention. Use them, share them, amplify the message and the resource. First, not enough people know they can ... Read more

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OPINION: Jane Doe for Governor

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 18:00 +0000

In 2010, Kelly Ayotte said all the right things and won the Republican US Senate Primary and the General Election. Once elected, Senator Ayotte discarded her campaign promises and positioned herself firmly on whichever side of the bread the butter was on. Most notably, she immediately joined Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham as the ... Read more

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The Granite Discourse: Melissa Blasek

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 16:00 +0000

In this installment of The Granite Discourse, the guest is Melissa Blasek. She is a former NH state representative, director of Rebuild NH, and host of her own podcast, The Liberty Lobbyist, available on all podcast platforms. Watch on the ‘Grok Rumble Channel if the Embedded Video does not load. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are ... Read more

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SMITH: Ink Link Nonsense And The Ward 8 Alderman

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 14:00 +0000

“I fear that the county I love is becoming the country I left” are words Lily Tang Williams made famous two election cycles ago in a YouTube video.  They resonate with me not just because of my support for her, but also because I moved to Nashua as a young adult after 18 years of ... Read more

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MACDONALD: So ‘Women’ Are Anti-Trans

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 11:00 +0000

I’m not sure why this piece of…work, Marcy Kelley, is still wasting taxpayer money in Bow. She’s responsible for the town’s damn near global systemic embarrassment, an unnecessary lawsuit that will cost the insurance company a hefty sum, and she’s still saying incredibly stupid things in defense of a culturally Marxist social construct. And it’s ... Read more

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OPINION: Ossipee Lost a Community Building. Its Audit Found a Budget-Law Violation

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 02:00 +0000

For years, my son and I volunteered to help build community in Ossipee. We believed a public park and its Main Street building could bring generations together. On November 20, 2025, they demolished that building. The loss cannot be undone. The public still deserves to know how its decisions, donations, property, and money are protected. ... Read more

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BEST: How Misogyny Thrives in Concord, New Hampshire

Granite Grok - Sun, 2026-10-25 00:00 +0000

If you have watched any of the City Council meetings for Concord, New Hampshire, in recent months, you’ll be left gasping at the level of misogyny. At the most recent City Council meeting, Mayor Byron Champlin shut down female councilor Stacey Brown. She kept her cool and made her point, sounding reasoned, logical, and methodical. ... Read more

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MACDONALD: How About a Little Electioneering, Scarecrow?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 21:00 +0000

If the Left is against it, you will probably benefit somehow from keeping it or having it. It’s that simple. Dems defend illegal robbers, murderers, and child rapists, people who broke multiple laws. Arresting, jailing, and then deporting them is better for everyone, but they don’t want them deported – and will even help them ... Read more

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ROPER: Ballots Have Been Mailed Out! But To And For Whom?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 18:00 +0000

Vermonters are sharing stories of receiving ballots for the dead and gone. During COVID, Vermont started mailing absentee ballots to every voter on the statewide checklist (exceptions for those formally challenged) for general elections automatically and without request. The problem with this (well, one of the many problems) – as has been pointed out repeatedly ... Read more

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The Independents: Breakfast Didn’t Get Twice as Good

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 16:00 +0000

This week on The Independents, Carla Gericke follows the squeeze—from inflation eating your purchasing power to political outrage consuming your attention. On the menu: LPNH’s suspension from X, Governor Kelly Ayotte’s intervention, and the line between private platform rules and government pressure. Plus: Polymarket’s election predictions, the case for a property tax cap, and why ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

CARDELLO: Why is the Florida Dream a Democratic Nightmare

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 14:00 +0000

Politics and governing should never be confused. One is how a particular Party manages a city or state; the other is how the other Party distorts success and uses lies and deception to instill fear in supporters to win votes. Politics has always been a rough game, but it has evolved into a blood sport ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Help Your Property Tax Bill Out on Nov. 3rd.

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 11:00 +0000

The Dems and teachers’ unions are pulling out all the stops to oppose a property tax cap in your town, which is odd, given how much they complain about high property taxes. Multiple instances of electioneering and illegal campaigning have been identified in their quest to oppose Question #2, and the Left couldn’t care less. ... Read more

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MURRAY: Electioneering in Windham

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 02:00 +0000

Sent: Friday, October 23, 2026 4:39 PMTo: michael.s.garrity@doj.nh.govCc: Sean.R.Locke@doj.nh.gov; Patricia.L.Benner@doj.nh.govSubject: COMPLAINT/FW: Shannan McKenna has posted in your timeline To the Attorney General’s Election Law Unit: I am writing to file a complaint and ask the Election Law Unit to review whether the Windham School District’s distribution of a flyer about the school funding tax cap ... Read more

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Categories: Blogs, New Hampshire

The New England Take: Political Lies And NH Public Ed Funding Question 2

Granite Grok - Sat, 2026-10-24 00:00 +0000

This week, on the New England Take, Vivek Ramaswamy hid that he paid for a political ad, and so did the NEA-New Hampshire. Also, Question 2 in New Hampshire is important for the future of education and Granite State families. Check out NH School Facts: https://nhschoolfacts.com/ Follow on X: https://x.com/nhschoolfacts Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are ... Read more

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MACDONALD: Cinde Not-So-Warm-ington

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-10-23 21:00 +0000

One of the concerns expressed by Democrats in their fake “affordability” narrative is the cost of electricity and energy. After years of deliberate policy that made electricity in New Hampshire among the most expensive in the nation, the theory goes something like this. You are too stupid or won’t recall. Progressive energy priorities are designed ... Read more

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KLAR: Big Food Is Spreading Disinformation About the MAHA Movement

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-10-23 18:00 +0000

An explosive article in The Guardian found that Big Food-funded social media influencers are being paid to discredit MAHA and persuade Americans to keep eating processed food. The industrial food system that has inflicted chronic disease on Americans has never been interested in providing healthy foods for its customers. Not surprisingly, it is doubling down ... Read more

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Friday Meme Thing

Granite Grok - Fri, 2026-10-23 16:00 +0000

Reminder: Memes are memes and are neither vetted nor “fact-checked,” nor to be considered “research,” or taken seriously, nor do they (necessarily) represent the opinion of Grok Media, LLC, GraniteGrok.com, its sponsors, readers, authors, or advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Read more

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