The Manchester Free Press

Thursday • March 27 • 2025

Vol.XVII • No.XIII

Manchester, N.H.

How Schools and the State Wastes Your Money

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 22:00 +0000
Dear Commissioner, Legislators, Executive Councilors, and State Board of Education Members:  We are seeing school budgets rising while enrollment declines. Changing the model in public schools to the Community School (CDC’s) model will certainly add to those escalating costs. Turning our schools into mental health facilities has brought a whole new set of problems, and next ... Read more

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Cornerstone Legislative Update

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 20:00 +0000
???? Act now: contact your representatives and ask them to oppose HB 254. Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held an executive session on HB 254, relative to options for end of life care, a dangerous bill that would legalize physician-assisted suicide for those facing an illness which a physician has determined would likely be terminal within 6 months. The Judiciary Committee voted OTP (Ought ... Read more

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Janet Mills is Maine’s King Louis XIV

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 18:00 +0000
Maine Gov. Janet Mills emerged from seclusion on Monday to address corporate media reporters for the first time since she and her Chief of Staff Jeremy Kennedy put on a petulant and embarrassing display in Washington, DC. Of her now-infamous tantrum in front of President Donald Trump, Mills compared the Commander-in-Chief to French “Sun” King ... Read more

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AI, mRNA, Cancer Vaccines, and “Stargate”

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 16:00 +0000
Yes, I know that is actually Grok drawing an assembled DNA strand and a “Stargate.” I tried and tried, but Grok just could not understand what mRNA structure looks like, and does not know the difference between DNA and mRNA. Which tells you something about “Artificial Intelligence.” The image below is closer to the structure ... Read more

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Bill Hearings for Week of March 10, 2025

N.H. Liberty Alliance - Sun, 2025-03-09 14:48 +0000
  • These are the most liberty-critical hearings for the week
  • Click on the bill number to read the bill.
  • Click on the committee name to email the committee your thoughts.

Of the 15 hearings in the House, we are recommending support of 7 and opposition of 0 with 2 being of interest.
Of the 12 hearings in the Senate, we are recommending support of 0 and opposition of 1 with 0 being of interest.

Position Bill Title Committee Day Time Room State Analysis
Oppose SB265 repealing the provision related to religious use of land and structures. Judiciary Tue 3/11 1:15 PM SH Room 100 This bill repeals the statute that prohibits certain zoning ordinances and site plan reviews related to the use of land and structures for religious purposes.
Support HB695 relative to school districts and medically-related grants. Education Policy and Administration Wed 3/12 1:00 PM LOB Room 205-207 This bill directs the department of education to require school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting schools from seeking grants for medical products or services or accepting grant-provided medical products or services, or funds therefor, unless the citizens of the municipality vote in favor of such action.
Support HB768 allowing public schools to contract with any approved private school. Education Policy and Administration Wed 3/12 1:45 PM LOB Room 205-207 This bill allows public schools to enter into contracts with any approved private school, including religious schools.
Support HB446 relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools. Education Policy and Administration Wed 3/12 2:15 PM LOB Room 205-207 This bill requires school districts to email parents copies of non-academic surveys in public schools.
Of Interest HB1 making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027. Finance Wed 3/12 2:00 PM SH Room Reps Hall No analysis needed.
Of Interest HB2 relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures. Finance Wed 3/12 2:00 PM SH Room Reps Hall This bill: 1. Makes various changes to the standards and the administration of bail. 2. Adds new definitions to the endangered species conservation act. 3. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules and review procedures such that actions of state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act. 4. Establishes an environmental scientist position within the department of environmental services to ensure that state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act. 5. Requires that rules established by the executive director of the fish and game department establish an administrative fee that the executive director may collect from payments made to the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund. 6. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules regarding when mitigation payments to the threatened and end
Support HB621 allowing the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies. Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Wed 3/12 10:30 AM LOB Room 202-204 This bill allows the birth mother to opt out of sharing certain information from the birth worksheet with state agencies. The bill also directs the department of health and human services and the division of vital records to update the memorandum of understanding regarding information sharing to reflect this practice.
Support HB664 relative to childhood immunization requirements. Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Wed 3/12 1:00 PM LOB Room 202-204 This bill provides that childhood immunization requirements shall not require a vaccine that has not been tested with an inert placebo in clinical trials.
Support HB679 relative to immunization requirements. Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Wed 3/12 1:30 PM LOB Room 202-204 This bill provides that no childhood immunization requirement shall require a vaccine that has not been shown in clinical trials to prevent transmission of any disease.
Support HB584 relative to public health, safety, and state sovereignty. Judiciary Wed 3/12 9:30 AM LOB Room 206-208 This bill: I. Provides that the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum shall have no jurisdiction in New Hampshire. II. Removes a reference to medical schools recognized by the World Health Organization and replaces it with a reference to the World Directory of Medical Schools. III. Creates a cause of action against counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts, school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public entities who create and enforce policies based on the claims of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.

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Chaos in the Stratham Classroom

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 14:00 +0000
I’ve been warning you about the chaos in the classroom for a while now. There are a few reasons for the chaos, but it looks like Stratham taxpayers may be on the hook for more of their tax dollars in order to manage it. There are a few reasons for the “chaotic classroom.” Some of ... Read more

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Why Don’t Pedophiles Just ‘Identify’ As Librarians?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 12:00 +0000
At least one estimate suggests that there are 158,464,880 unique books in the world. At least one million are available online. How many of these are banned or censored by your public school library? I’m using the groomer’s definition. A book can be accessible in print or electronically, delivered to a device or your door within minutes ... Read more

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Drivers Are Skipping Large Insurance Deposits—Here’s How They Do It

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 11:23 +0000
Car insurance is a necessity, but the upfront cost can feel like a financial burden. Many drivers are now looking for ways to get covered without having to put down a hefty deposit. If you’ve ever wondered how to skip the large initial payment and still get reliable coverage, you’re not alone. The good news? ... Read more

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Critical Gun Confiscation Bill VOTE

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 10:00 +0000
From the Women’s Defense League On Thursday, March 13th, the entire New Hampshire House of Representatives will be voting on House Bill 159 – the gun confiscation bill we’ve been raising the alarm about for the past several weeks. The bill was passed out of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee thanks to Democrats and only three Republicans. An ... Read more

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Russian Puppetry – From Wilson to Obama to Biden

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 03:00 +0000
Long before Donald Trump entered the political scene (and was repeatedly and wrongly accused of being “Putin’s Puppet”), 100 years before, actually, forces in the United States, including Wall Street financiers and both Republicans and Democrats, had been involved in aiding and abetting the communists in Russia.  Leon Trotsky lived in exile in New York ... Read more

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Drivers Are Skipping Large Insurance Deposits—Here’s How They Do It

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 01:39 +0000
Car insurance is a necessity, but the upfront cost can feel like a financial burden. Many drivers are now looking for ways to get covered without having to put down a hefty deposit. If you’ve ever wondered how to skip the large initial payment and still get reliable coverage, you’re not alone. The good news? ... Read more

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Is SAU21 Superintendent Meredith Nedeau Attempting to Electioneer – Again?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 01:30 +0000
Or at least allow it under her nose? Questions upon questions abound. 659:44-a Electioneering by Public Employees. I. No public employee, as defined in RSA 273-A:1, IX,shall electioneer while in the performance of his or her official duties.II. No public employee shall use government property or equipment, including, but not limited to, telephones, facsimile machines, ... Read more

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The Constitution Is The Solution

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 01:00 +0000
The erosion of biblical Judao/Christian ethics and the philosophy of “hate God, family and country” has waged an ever-increasing war for the past century on the philosophy of Americanism: “governments are instituted among men to secure the God-given rights of “we the people”—life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This challenge to the world of ... Read more

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NONPARTISAN?

Granite Grok - Sun, 2025-03-09 01:00 +0000
How can these POLITICAL groups call themselves NONPARTISAN? Because that’s the game!!! Anna Brown, Executive Director of Citizens Count and the UNH Franklin Pierce Rudman Center, helps us breakdown what a “nonpartisan” organization is, how to understand their intent, and when should we care what’s happening in Concord? Please like, follow, or subscribe to The ... Read more

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Dems Losing 51-36 – In What Game Is That Good

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-08 23:00 +0000
Very few industries rely on polling data as much as politics. That includes the 24/7 campaign machine, for, after all, politicians’ primary job is to run for and be reelected to office. Nothing written or spoken is released before it is poll-tested. Even the big-dollar donors do not write checks with lots of zeros to ... Read more

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How Compromised is the NH Senate?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-08 21:00 +0000
The news of 2025’s perennial attempt to abolish the “sticker tax,” aka HB649 (ending annual passenger vehicles inspections), is good so far.  The House has voted in favor despite the failure of the House Transportation Committee to produce a proper recommendation. The committee did not recommend either pass or fail, which has happened to other ... Read more

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New Hampshire Takes a Step Toward Health Care Competition

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-08 19:00 +0000
The New Hampshire House voted this week to make health care more accessible. The Lower chamber of the state legislature passed HB223, which would exempt certain facilities from restriction in existing state law. In the Granite State, a “medical facility” within 15 miles of a critical care hospital needs the permission of that hospital to ... Read more

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Champions of Justice or Criminal Accomplices?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-08 17:00 +0000
The Democrat Party has undergone some dramatic changes in recent years, changes that can best be described as bizarre, maybe even un-American. One of the earliest signs of trouble appeared in 2020, after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer. Democrats went berserk, launching an all-out effort to defund police departments across ... Read more

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Should NH Continue To Require Annual Vehicle Inspections?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-08 15:00 +0000
The Union Leader has a survey (no paywall) asking your thoughts about ending annual passenger vehicle inspections. (Just for the heck of it, I’ll do an X poll here.) From reading comments on Grok feeds across social media, I know there is mixed support for it, but mostly for it, and the UL results as ... Read more

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So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (3/6/25)?

Granite Grok - Sat, 2025-03-08 13:00 +0000
We learned it was quite a long day as we dealt with 42 bills and approved HR17, the budget unrestricted revenue estimates from the Ways and Means committee. In attendance were roughly 207 Republicans and 165 Democrats in the House. Given that roster of House bills I’ll be reporting on some interesting bills as well ... Read more

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