The year is 2014. Grafton has decided that it can’t afford to pay for quality schools based on what it has budgeted. The community bands together to pass a tax override to give schools more than they would have received under proposition 2.5. The year is 2016 . The town government has done absolutely nothing […]
Alexandra’s words, and looking in my own mirror.
Back in November of 2014, I was invited by a former high school classmate of mine at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire, to come back to speak to some students at that same school, where she is now a teacher. The class that she taught had something to do with the law and […]
Requiem for Decency: Goodbye George H.W. Bush
There was a moment during the 1992 Presidential campaign when then-President George H.W. Bush was asked during a public appearance a pointed question by a young man in the audience, and the President asked the young man, “How old are you?” Twenty-five, he replied. “It shows,” said the President. In my formative years, that sort […]
I’m a NO on Override 2019
I’m not voting for an override if one is proposed in 2019. Just so we’re all clear. Has an override been proposed? Not formally, no. Has it been discussed amongst people in a position to push for one? Sure it has. And I’m out. Not because we won’t need one. I know enough about our […]
No, we did NOT increase your tax rate 4.72%*insert eyeroll emoji here*
Ordinarily, I stay out of the media criticism business. Being a journalist is a hard, thankless job, and lord knows the President of the United States does a good enough job on his own of villifying the Denizens of the Desktop without my help. But Jesus Henry Christ, when I woke up this morning to […]
Where Did The Money Go: The honest, boring truth.
Two words after hearing from the School Committee that they’re projecting cutting 65 educational positions if the Town Administrator’s five year budget projections become reality: déjà vu. After five years of trying to get the town to embrace the best practices adopted by other communities dealing with structural deficits, I still cannot get the Board […]
*sigh*…
The following are my decidedly uninspiring thoughts after tonight’s joint Board of Selectmen/Finance Committee/School Cmmittee meeting: No one likes the I-told-you-so guy. But since when do I care what people think? I told you so. I told you we’d be facing deficits in FY20, and that a magical $1,000,000 in new growth for FY 20 […]
