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Opinion

Vote against H.R.1/S.1

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Fortunately for Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and other Washington Democrat officeholders, there is no criminal “Truth in Labelling” Law that applies to legislation ... or they would be in jail. The “For the People Act” title is a total misrepresentation; it would destroy our ...

Increasing cases

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COVID is increasing in New Hampshire’s college towns. For example, Durham recently reported 164 active COVID cases, 155 of them students (Fosters, 3/25/2021). Students live, shop and work in their communities, alongside the adult population, many remaining for summer jobs. COVID spreads ...

Be part of N.H.’s civic spring

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Democracy is not a spectator sport and its time many more Granite Staters engage to get our democracy functioning better. All residents should binge watch Civics Slam! with David Alcox, brought to you by the New Hampshire Institute for Civics Education (search Civics Slam at ...

Are special interests running things?

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We’ve seen many similar bills that attempt to ‘urbanize’ rural towns in New Hampshire by favoring high-density construction over single-family homes. These bills should be sent to the trash bin. At HB 341’s hearing, two out-of-state lobbyists were allowed to testify in favor; one ...

Who rules?

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Who holds the reins of government? Are we the people well-read and self-determining to understand what our elected representatives of this democratic republic are doing? NO, most people do not even know the names of their “representatives” nor do they know what’s really going on, and ...

Remember when?

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Remember when Nashua was a small city of less than 40,000? Remember when your mom and my mom and your sisters and my sisters could walk down sidewalks on Main Street on Christmas Eve, and knew 80% of all the people they met, and ... do so after dark while feeling absolutely safe and happy in ...