We in NH, have been being subjected to horrible laws being put forth in the NH legislature and signed by the RW governor. This is all being made more complex by elected radical libertarians who in essence believe there should be NO laws. They went so far as to promulgate a Constitutional amendment bill to secede from the Union this leg…
We in NH, have been being subjected to horrible laws being put forth in the NH legislature and signed by the RW governor. This is all being made more complex by elected radical libertarians who in essence believe there should be NO laws. They went so far as to promulgate a Constitutional amendment bill to secede from the Union this legislative session. Fortunately, it was massively voted down by a 323 NO to 13 yes.
That's what the Free State Project is. There have been multiple members elected to the NH legislature in the past several years and they caucus w/Republicans of course, who are in the majority at present. One thing they've been working on is defunding public education by the establishment of school vouchers in order to divert the monies to private and religious schools and home schoolers then cutting the public education even more. The governor and Commissioner of education are behind this (and gee- one of his employees worked for DeVos!) Part of the problem is that NH gets a good chunk of public school funding from property taxes. As a result, property taxes will go up, especially in poor towns.
We Mainers face the threat of the same problems should the upcoming governor's race be won by our national embarrassment, Paul LePage. LePage, who evidently cannot get enough public recognition and Republican praise to satisfy his ego in private life, has moved back to Maine to torment us with yet another campaign to win the governorship for a third (non-consecutive) term. He's now parroting the Repub/libertarian line about education and diverting public funds to charter schools and religious academies (letting our public schools rot, apparently). Makes me want to scream!
Thanks for that. One thing I don't have to look up now- people across the country are asking me about it because I live next door. The media (including some from groups who are fighting FOR democracy) got the news out about the bill, but didn't bother saying that it was roundly voted down. The only thing I got was that it was defeated, but not by how much. And that matters. People who live in NH should not be lumped in with the NH governor.
We in NH, have been being subjected to horrible laws being put forth in the NH legislature and signed by the RW governor. This is all being made more complex by elected radical libertarians who in essence believe there should be NO laws. They went so far as to promulgate a Constitutional amendment bill to secede from the Union this legislative session. Fortunately, it was massively voted down by a 323 NO to 13 yes.
Good lord, “radical libertarians.” Another enemy of sanity…
That's what the Free State Project is. There have been multiple members elected to the NH legislature in the past several years and they caucus w/Republicans of course, who are in the majority at present. One thing they've been working on is defunding public education by the establishment of school vouchers in order to divert the monies to private and religious schools and home schoolers then cutting the public education even more. The governor and Commissioner of education are behind this (and gee- one of his employees worked for DeVos!) Part of the problem is that NH gets a good chunk of public school funding from property taxes. As a result, property taxes will go up, especially in poor towns.
We Mainers face the threat of the same problems should the upcoming governor's race be won by our national embarrassment, Paul LePage. LePage, who evidently cannot get enough public recognition and Republican praise to satisfy his ego in private life, has moved back to Maine to torment us with yet another campaign to win the governorship for a third (non-consecutive) term. He's now parroting the Repub/libertarian line about education and diverting public funds to charter schools and religious academies (letting our public schools rot, apparently). Makes me want to scream!
Ack. And to think I was recently considering moving there. Rethinking.
Thanks for that. One thing I don't have to look up now- people across the country are asking me about it because I live next door. The media (including some from groups who are fighting FOR democracy) got the news out about the bill, but didn't bother saying that it was roundly voted down. The only thing I got was that it was defeated, but not by how much. And that matters. People who live in NH should not be lumped in with the NH governor.