We’ve already referenced Republican candidates for office from four other counties, now we move along to those in Grafton County. 

District 1:
-Littleton, Joseph Barton
-Littleton, Calvin Beaulier, member of Liberty Alliance, is against the same issues as fellow Republicans; stricter gun laws, capital gains tax, increasing minimum wage, no state run stores for the sale of legal pot, but he’s for private sales and school vouchers.
-Littleton, Darrell Louis
-Sugar Hill, Samuel Mealey

District 2:
-Bethlehem, Eddie Qi

District 3:
-Woodstock, Bonnie Ham, surprisingly, she is against school vouchers, not surprisingly she is also against conditional affidavit ballots for new voters and raising the minimum wage. 
-Lincoln, Paul Schirduan, supports and is against the same issues.

District 4:
-Thornton, Stephen Babin, supports school vouchers but is undecided on where he stands concerning a woman’s reproductive health rights. Is against taking action on climate change and conditional affidavit ballots for new voters.

District 5:
-Haverhill, Rick Ladd, incumbent and Liberty Alliance member, is against any legalizing pot, stricter gun laws, climate change action and increasing the minimum wage, however all in for school vouchers.
-Haverhill, Greg Mathieson, lists himself as a Capitol Hill Correspondent; author; farmer; photographer; TV network producer. Is president of Mathieson and Associates, Inc.
-Haverhill, Marie Bjelobrk, is for and against the same issues.

District 6:
-Wentworth, Linda Franz

District 7:
-Campton, Jon Gablinske, supports school vouchers, local immigration enforcement and surprisingly increasing funding for child care providers. Against similar issues as others.

District 8:
-Ashland, Timothy Sweetsir, is against stricter gun laws but supports local immigration enforcement.

District 9:
-Canaan, Kevin Howard

District 10:
-Bristol, John Sellers, incumbent and member of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), supports and is against similar issues.

District 11:
-Grafton, Lex Berezhny, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, supports and is against similar issues.

District 18:
-Orange, Donald McFarlane, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against similar issues.

New Hampshire Primary is Tuesday, Sept. 10th. If you haven’t voted by absentee yet, be sure to take the time to vote in person and do your part to preserve our democracy!

“Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
Larry Sabato, political scientist

Did you know in New Hampshire, according to nhhungersolutions there are more than 66,000 households with children who do not have enough food! 

Did you know NH has the lowest participation in the following Federal Nutrition Programs:
-School meals (free and reduced price) ranked 47th in School      Breakfast Participation
-SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) ranked 39th
-SUN Meals (Summer Nutrition Program for kids) ranked 35th
-WIC Women Infants & Children Nutrition Program, serves 54% a little over half who are eligible 

As recently as June of this year, 46% of NH children and 45% of adults lived in households who reported not having enough food.  Additionally, 32% of older adults in NH reported not having enough food (97,751 adults ages 65+). Nearly 250,000 people are eligible for the SNAP program, but only 77,000 or 31% are currently enrolled. 

Let’s focus on school lunches . . .

National School Lunch Program ○ Federally funded meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions 
○ Provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or no-cost lunches to kids each school day  
School Breakfast Program ○ Federally funded meal program, same as above 
○ Provides healthy breakfasts to kids before the school day begins
○ In NH, students who qualify for free or reduced price school lunch receive breakfast for free
Qualifications ○ Kids in homes with incomes up to 130% of the Federal Poverty Level qualify for free school lunches 
○ Kids in homes with incomes from 130% to 185% of the Federal Poverty Level qualify for reduced price school lunches 
○ In NH, kids in households with incomes up to 185% of the Federal Poverty Level qualify for free school breakfast

HB 1212 was proposed legislation meant to raise the eligibility for free and reduced-price school lunches to 250% of the federal poverty level. Sponsored by a plethora of Democrat Representatives who are bothered by the thought of any child going hungry during the school day because their low-income family can’t afford enough food, this bill was defeated by one vote.

If families qualify, the Medicaid program can also be used to automatically certify kids for free or reduced-price lunches. HB 601 was proposed legislation that would have made all school children who are eligible for Medicaid to automatically become eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Only three Republican legislators voted in support but the bill was defeated by one vote. 

After much work to create a children’s summer food assistance program, SB 499 was signed into law last month by outgoing Gov. Sununu. This is a federally assisted meal program providing free, nutritious meals and snacks for kids in low-income homes through the summer months.

NH can do so much better on all issues ranging from school lunches for low-income families to addressing high property taxes to combatting extreme weather and climate change. Curious as to how your legislator votes on some of these important issues? Click here, then go out and vote accordingly!

Way back in the 1990s, the school districts of Allenstown, Claremont, Franklin, Lisbon Regional and Pittsfield sued the State of New Hampshire for better education funding. Seven years later, the ruling went in favor of the Plaintiffs; the State of NH has a duty to pay for the cost of a constitutionally adequate education for every K-12 student and the taxes that the State uses to pay for this education must have an equal rate throughout the state.

So, what’s an “adequate” education in a NH public school?

English/Language Arts & Reading 
Mathematics 
Science 
Social studies 
Arts education 
World languages 
Health and wellness education 
Physical education 
Engineering and Technologies 
Personal Finance Literacy
Computer science

Let’s use the Allenstown public school as an example:

Allenstown has 511 students (per 2022-23 school year). According to the state, an adequate education for those students should cost $2,418,121 or $4,980 per student in 2022-23. The Allenstown School District budget for 2022-23 was $12,243,949 or $24,197 per student. Uh-oh, what needs to be cut?

All busing (including special education busing) 
All supplies, copy machines, liability insurance, plumbing and heating repairs
All educational materials (including new textbooks) 
All art, music, and PE equipment 
All Chromebook technology and software contracts 
All payments on the school building bond (resulting in default) 
All food services 
Maintaining the grounds (including plowing) 
SAU 53 costs (including superintendent & staff), fees for audits and attorney
All English Language Learner support 
All special education contracted services 
All special education appraisal services 
All special education out-of-district placements 
All co-curricular clubs, sports, field trips, and student assemblies 
All summer programs
Two secretaries and one of two nurses must go
Three of 4 custodians must go 
All school board stipends and fees 
Both guidance counselors and both street crossing guards must go 
Technology support personnel must go 
Assistant principal must go 
Two of 17 special education paraprofessionals (and reduce special education coordinator to half-time) must go 
No more special education speech/language pathologist 
All substitute salaries must go 
Reading specialist, special education secretary, library media specialist and speech language pathologist must go 
Reduce library aid to half-time
Art, music, physical education, behavior and one of 7 special education teachers must go

There are 501 public schools in NH in 314 school districts. This is just one town in a four town school district.  

Got children and grandchildren in public schools? Want them to receive a “constitutionally adequate” education? Vote accordingly.
Voting scorecards - Open Democracy Action

Cheshire County, District 2:
-Keene, Nathan Carbone
District 4:
-Keene, Thomas Savastano, supports school vouchers and decreasing business taxes 
District 5:
-Walpole, William Sommer
District 6:
-Chesterfield, Sean Graves
District 9:
-Alstead, Richard Nalevenko, member of Liberty Alliance, is against stricter gun laws, increasing minimum wage, taxing capital gains, supports decreasing the business tax and school vouchers
District 10:
-Swanzey, Sly Karansinski, against climate change action and anything to do with pot
-Swanzey, Dan Leclair, this guy is against pretty much everything except for legalizing pot, he’s all in
District 11:
-Winchester, Zachary Nutting, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, another one who is against expanding net metering opportunities, encouraging local zoning changes for housing, climate change action, stricter gun laws, loves those school vouchers though . . .
District 12:
-Troy, Dick Thackston, incumbent, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) member, against just about everything and votes that way, can’t decide whether to increase funding for child care providers, but is a fan of school vouchers
District 13:
-Dublin, Don Primrose, supports abortion before 24 weeks
 and school vouchers, undecided about increasing minimum wage and climate change action
District 14:
-Rindge, John Hunt, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, he’s against just about everything and votes that way, in support of school vouchers and legalizing pot
District 15:
-Keene, Jerry Sickels, endorsed by the anti-government group “We the People,” is against a lot of the same issues
-Walpole, John W. Winter, former field director for the Don Bolduc (remember him?) Senate campaign, no legalizing pot but supports increasing minimum wage, no stricter gun laws but supports school vouchers
District 17:
-Winchester, Jennifer Rhodes, incumbent, against anything that would benefit her constituents and votes that way, however, supports legalizing pot for state run sales and school vouchers
District 18:
-Rindge, James Qualey, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, is against and supports the same issues, votes that way
-Dublin, Rita Mattson, against all things pot, stricter gun laws, raising minimum wage, climate change action but all in for school vouchers

Coos County, District 1:
-Northumberland, Sean Durkin, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, against climate change, increasing minimum wage and stricter gun laws, a school voucher guy 
-Northumberland, James Tierney, Jr. incumbent, mostly against or undecided on same issues, except for school vouchers, all in
District 2:
-Milan, Arnold Davis, incumbent, against abortion, climate change action, expanding net metering and increasing minimum wage, another school voucher guy
District 3:
-Colebrook, Mike Ouelett, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, is against and supports same issues
District 4:
-Whitefield, Seth King, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, same as the others
District 5:
-Berlin, Peter Morency
-Berlin, Brian Valerino
District 6:
-Gorham, Michael Murphy, incumbent, same as the others
District 7:
-Berlin, Lori Korzen, endorsed by anti-government group, “We the People,” supports school vouchers and conditional affidavit ballots for new voters

Knowledge is power, especially in the voting booth! Next time, Grafton County.

Due to the large amount of Republican candidates in the upcoming primary, two counties at a time will be focused on. Here we go . . . 

Belknap County - District 1:
-Center Harbor, Tom Ploszaj, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) member, votes the same as other members, surprisingly he supports legalizing the growth, private sales of and state run sales of pot
District 2:
-Meredith, Matt Coker, incumbent, votes the same on issues
-Meredith, Matthew Lunney
-Meredith, Edward Twaddell III
District 3:
-Tilton, Juliet Harvey-Bolia, incumbent, member of Liberty Alliance and YAL, votes the same on issues
District 4:
-Belmont, Travis Toner, website has a “Don’t tread on me” flag which has become a symbol for conservative and libertarian groups. Website is eye-opening . . .
District 5:
-Laconia, Stephen Bogert, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Laconia, Mike Bordes, incumbent, votes the same on issues
-Laconia, Dawn Johnson, Liberty Alliance member
-Laconia, Richard Littlefield, Liberty Alliance member, supports school vouchers, abortion before 24 weeks, conditional affidavits for new voters, local immigration enforcement
-Laconia, Sheri Minor
District 6:
-Gilford, Harry Bean, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, against everything and votes that way
-Gilford, Richard Beaudoin, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, he is against school vouchers and supports protection for interstate travel for gender, abortion (huh?)
-Gilford, Russell Dumais, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Gilmanton, David Nagel, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Gilford, Glen Aldrich, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against the same issues
-Gilford, Ronnie Abbott
District 7:
-Barnstead, Barbara Comtois, incumbent and YAL member, is against everything and votes that way
-Alton, Paul Terry, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, co-founder and director of far-right Christian Camp Constitution, was a proponent of CACR32 an amendment for NH to secede from the US, supports and is against the same issues
-Alton, Peter Varney, incumbent, supports and is against same issues
-Barnstead, Brianna Weller
District 8:
-Tilton, Douglas Trottier, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, undecided on a lot of issues but definitely against stricter gun laws
-Tilton, Lisa Freeman, against increasing minimum wage and stricter gun laws

Carroll County, District 1:
-Conway, Karen Umberger, supports school vouchers and local immigration enforcement, against increasing minimum wage and anything to do with legalizing pot
-District 3:
-Moultonborough, Karel Crawford, incumbent, is against a lot of the issues
-Moultonborough, Joseph Hamblen, supports and is against a lot of the same issues
District 4:
-Wakefield, Lino Avellani, incumbent, votes the same way
-Wakefield, Mike Belcher, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, supports and is against a lot of the same issues
District 5:
-Ossipee, Jonathan Smith, incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same way
District 6:
-Wolfeboro, Katy Peternel, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL member, votes the same
-Wolfeboro, John MacDonald, incumbent, against a lot of the issues  but actually supports climate change action
District 7:
-Tuftonboro, Glenn Cordelli, incumbent, Liberty Alliance and YAL  member, in Jan. 2023 CACR7 was proposed by 10 Republican legislators (Cordelli included) to repeal the Blaine Amendment in the NH Constitution. This bill was “relating to use of money raised by taxation for education. Providing that money raised by taxation may be applied for the use of religious educational institutions.” Blaine Amendments are found in 37 state constitutions and prohibits state legislatures from appropriating funds to religious sects or institutions, including religious schools. In March 2023, the bill did not have the required 3/5 vote to pass. (The above link is quite informative) He votes against most issues except for school vouchers and banning abortion. 
District 8:
-Freedom, Michael Costable Jr., incumbent, Liberty Alliance member, votes the same on issues
-Moultonborough, Richard Brown, incumbent, YAL member, votes the same on issues
-Freedom, Brian Taylor, against climate change action and increased funding for child care workers.

There is nothing quite like an informed, educated voter. Next time, Cheshire and Coos Counties.

As promised, here are the candidates for State Senate.

District 1:
-Littleton, David Rochefort, a Liberty Alliance member, supports school vouchers and (surprisingly) abortion before 24 weeks, against increasing minimum wage and stricter gun laws, incumbent
District 2:
-Sanbornton, Tim Lang, another Liberty Alliance member who is against abortion, decreasing the capital gains tax and action on climate change, supports school vouchers, incumbent
District 3:
-Freedom, Mark McConkey, another Liberty Alliance member, undecided about legalizing growing pot, but is against and supports the same issues as other LA members
District 4:
-Dover, Shawn Mickelonis, surprisingly he supports climate change action and legalizing growing pot but not for private sale
District 5:
-Hanover, John McIntyre, supports climate change action and school vouchers, against conditional affidavit ballots for new voters
District 6:
-Rochester, James Gray, votes the same, incumbent
District 7:
-Bradford, Daniel Innis, votes the same, incumbent
District 8:
-Stoddard, Ruth Ward, chairs the Senate Education Committee, is woefully uninformed as to how school vouchers actually work, incumbent
District 9:
-Bedford, Denise Ricciardi, incumbent who votes the same
District 10:
-Westmoreland, Rick Merkt, while this link would have the reader believe Merkt has lived in NH for many decades, he’s been here since 2017, his public service has been to the state of New Jersey, he’s against capital gains tax, climate change action and increasing the minimum wage, not surprisingly supports school vouchers
District 11:
-Merrimack, Tim McGough, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against the same issues
District 12:
-Nashua, Kevin Avard, endorsed by “We the People” (anti-government), incumbent and votes the same
District 13:
-Nashua, Stephen Scaer, endorsed by “We the People” (anti-government), very transphobic according to his website, supports and is against the same issues
District 14:
-Londonderry, Sharon Carson, incumbent who votes the same
District 15:
-Concord, Pamela. Ean, supports and is against the same issues
District 16:
-Manchester, Keith Murphy, Liberty Alliance member, incumbent who votes the same 
District 17:
-Loudon, Howard Pearl, Liberty Alliance member, incumbent who votes the same 
District 18:
-Manchester, Victoria Sullivan, member of the Free State Project, supports and is against the same issues
District 19:
-Hampstead, Regina Birdsell, incumbent who votes the same on issues except she’s for encouraging local zoning changes for housing development
District 20:
-Manchester, Brittany Ping, husband Matt has been a speaker at the Free State Project’s annual Porcfest also known as the Porcupine Freedom Festival, supports and is against the same issues
District 21:
-Newfields, Don Cardinale, secretary of Newfields-Newmarket Republican Town Committee
District 22:
-Salem, Daryl Abbas, incumbent Liberty Alliance member, surprisingly he supports legalizing state run shops to sell pot and encouraging local zoning changes for housing development, not surprisingly he supports school vouchers and is against abortion 
District 23:
-Sandown, Bill Gannon, incumbent who votes the same on issues
-Fremont, Emily Phillips, Young Americans for Liberty and Liberty Alliance member, voted 2024 Liberty Alliance legislator of the year, she supports conditional affidavit ballots for new voters and encouraging local zoning changes for housing development, not surprisingly she supports school vouchers
District 24:
-Stratham, Patrick Abrami, Liberty Alliance member, supports and is against the same issues

Next article(s) will focus on the candidates for the State House. 

New Hampshire’s Primary Day is fast approaching, Tuesday, Sept. 10th. The following is a list of Republican candidates for office:

Governor: Richmond, Edmond LaPlante, Undeclared, Constitutional Party of NH
-Dover, Stephen Villee, Libertarian, came to NH in 2023 with the Free State Project
-Gilmanton, Shaun Fife, Republican, “When your Constitution's foundation is resting on the Bible, you can stand tall.”

US Congress, District 1:
-Manchester, Kevin Rondeau, conservative Democrat, would like to extend the Trump (wealthy only) tax cuts
-Seabrook, Max Abramson, Republican/Libertarian, “Get government out of everything."
-Manchester, Joseph Levasseur, Republican, “The most pro-Trump candidate in the race.”
-Derry, Chris Bright, Republican, Army veteran
-Newfields, Hollie Novoletsky, Republican, Army veteran
-Manchester, Andy Martin, Republican, wants to increase oil and natural gas leases on public land
-Manchester, Walter McFarlane III, Republican
-Kingston, Russell Prescott, Republican, former State Senator and Executive Councilor

US Congress, District 2: 
-Danbury, Paul Wagner, Republican, wants to extend the Trump tax cuts and increase oil and natural gas leases on public land
-Weare, Lily Tang Williams, Republican, “We the People” member (anti-government)
-Keene, Jason Riddle, Republican, entered Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, charged with stealing a book and toy football from a Senate office
-Nashua, Jay Mercer, Republican
-Lincoln, Vikram Mansharamani, Republican, wants to increase oil and natural gas leases on public land
-Colebrook, William Harvey, Republican
-Hanover, Bill Hamlen, Republican
-Hudson, Tom Alciere, Republican, self-proclaimed "orthodox libertarian extremist", against Medicare For All
-Colebrook, Gerard Beloin, Republican, against abortions before 24 weeks
-Conway, Michael Callis, Republican, he’s for Medicare For All and against privatizing Social Security, so there’s that . . .
-Hollis, Randall Clark, Republican, champions school vouchers
-Nashua, Casey Crane, Republican, website tells you all you need to know . . .
-Stoddard, Robert D'Arcy, Republican, wants to extend the Trump tax cuts and is against a woman’s right to choose

Executive Councilor, District 1:
-Wakefield, Joseph Kenney, Republican, against capital gains tax, contracts with Planned Parenthood, abortions in first two trimesters
District 2:
-Concord, Mary Rose Deak, Republican
-Plymouth, Kim Strathdee, Republican
District 3:
-Rye, Janet Stevens, Republican
District 4:
-Loudon, Terese Bastarache, Republican, against abortion, climate change action, capital gains tax, increase minimum wage
-Manchester, Robert Burns, Republican, Trump supporter ‘nuff said
-Deerfield, John Reagan, Republican, against abortion, capital gains tax and supports school vouchers
-Manchester, John Stephen, Republican, endorsed by “Americans for Prosperity” (Koch billionaire organization), Free State Project and Liberty Alliance House Representatives
-Lee, Ryan Terrell, Republican
-Manchester, Ross Terrio, Republican, against abortion and strict gun laws, supports school vouchers
District 5:
-Milford, David Wheeler, Republican, supports school vouchers, against abortion and contracts with Planned Parenthood, stricter gun laws and increasing the minimum wage

Knowledge is power, even when one is entering the voting booth. Next article will focus on candidates for the State Senate.

New Hampshire’s Primary voting day is fast approaching . . . Tuesday, Sept. 10th. The Presidential election voting day follows less than two months later, on Tuesday, Nov. 5th.

Are you ready to vote?

Register: Register to vote at your city/town hall before the deadline. Unsure of the deadline? Contact your clerk for the date. Here in NH you can register to vote on election day at your polling place. Unsure where your polling place is? Your clerk can tell you. You will be given a voter registration form to fill out. 

What do I need to register?: You will need to fill out a registration form with your local clerk or supervisor of the checklist. A requirement is proof of citizenship, age, primary residence, and identity. A list of preferable forms of ID can be found here;  sos.nh.gov/elections/register-vote.

How to check on current registration status: Click here;  app.sos.nh.gov/voterinformation 

What if I need to vote absentee?: Go to the Secretary of State’s website and click on; https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections/absentee-ballots.

I’m at my polling place. Now what?: When you check-in, the ballot clerk will ask to see your photo ID. If you don’t have one, you will be asked to fill out an affidavit, and your photo will be taken. If you are already registered, announce your name, address, and, during a primary, your party affiliation. The ballot clerk will hand you a blank ballot. In the voting booth, vote for the candidates of your choice. Be sure to fill in the oval. Leave the booth and place your ballot in the ballot-counting device or hand it to the moderator to place in the ballot box.

What if I have a disability?: In NH every polling place must be accessible to voters with disabilities. If you are unable to mark a paper ballot by hand, you can vote using an online accessible absentee ballot. You can complete your ballot on a computer, print it out, then return it to your local clerk before the election. Contact your city/town clerk for more information. On election day, each polling place has an accessible voting system known as “one4all.” The tablet has a touchscreen and audio setting for voters with disabilities to use to generate a marked ballot. 

Interested in being a poll worker?: Contact your city/town clerk if you are able to help your local community on election day. You must be at least 17 years old.

For more information about registering and voting visit sos.nh.gov/elections/register-vote or https://www.sos.nh.gov/elections.

You can also go to Citizens Count at citizenscount.org/ to learn more about important issues, particular races and candidates. 

“There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter. It all matters.”

— Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, 2009-2017

The nefarious information just keeps coming out about this anti-democracy group of power hungry authoritarian wanna-be’s.

ProPublica recently published an article outlining the various training sessions being offered for conservative political appointees. These training videos instruct future government appointees on a variety of ways to deceive government bureaucrats. There are schemes for averting Freedom of Information Act disclosures that could potentially be embarrassing; assuring conservative policies aren’t nullified by “left-wing judges;” drastically changing how the federal government functions and operates. Their goal is to “battle against the so-called deep state government bureaucracy.”

There are 36 speakers on these videos, with 29 of them having previously worked for Trump. Some were on his 2016-17 transition team, others were in his administration and currently on his 2024 reelection campaign.

How about a few examples of what is offered in these videos:

• During the Trump administration, Betany Kozma was a deputy chief of staff at the US Agency for International Development. Kozma, who is also a conservative activist, mocks the seriousness of climate change, declaring the effort to combat it is really part of a ploy to “control people.” She claims the issue of climate change is a form of “population control.” (Wut??)  She states the administration of a conservative president “will have to eradicate climate change references from absolutely everywhere.” Kozma also refers to gender fluidity as “evil.”
• Katie Sullivan, former “acting” assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice during the Trump era, has set her sights on executive actions that created gender adviser positions throughout the federal government, implemented by the administration of Pres. Joe Biden. The goal, Biden wrote in one order, was to “advance equal rights and opportunities, regardless of gender or gender identity.” She’s all in for removing so-called “critical race theory” from public education but doesn’t say how the government would accomplish that. Sullivan wants the positions and task forces to be eliminated, remove all equity plans from all the websites, and “a complete rework of the language in internal and external policy documents and grant applications.”
• New Hampshire’s own Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, admitted to the quiet part out loud in one of the videos, “As our campaign leadership and President Trump have repeatedly stated, Agenda 47 is the only official policy agenda from our campaign.” (emphasis added) Agenda 47 and Project 2025 are quite similar in their goal of destroying democracy.
• Another video has the Heritage Foundation's David Burton, an economic policy expert, talking about the importance of a little known but influential agency called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). The Trump administration used OIRA to help roll back regulations on economic, environmental and fiscal issues. The Biden administration has since reviewed and developed new regulations such as combating housing discrimination, banning the sale of “ghost” guns and setting new renewable fuel targets.

This cannot be stressed enough, Project 2025 calls for but is not limited to, eliminating the Dept. of Education, eliminating Medicaid, reclassifying tens of thousands of career civil servants so they can easily be replaced for loyalists, give the president greater power to control the DOJ and further restricting abortion access.

This November, make your vote count towards democracy!

“Democracy isn’t something we have. It is something we do.”
                                                  Granny D

As many of you may already know, there is a wonderful local organization called Project Home that places asylum seekers with host homes all while helping to establish them and their families into the local communities, schools and jobs. Currently, the biggest need for Project Home is housing. Whether it’s for just one person or a family, temporary, affordable and safe housing is always step one in a person’s relocation journey.

Many of the asylum seekers would require close access to either jobs and/or classes for “English as a Second Language” (ESL) as normally they don’t drive or even have a car. Project Home is generally able to set up driving schedules if needed through its vast pool of volunteers. Some individuals are able to bike to wherever they need to go.

Currently, the immediate need is a single room for one person in the Keene area. This is for a quiet, well-mannered young man with tidy habits who urgently needs a studio, room, or shared apartment. He’s been offered the use of a mobile camper with full facilities, but he would need a parking space with a hook-up to water and electricity. If you know of an affordable apartment, space in a shared apartment, or an inexpensive place to park the camper please contact info@ProjectHomeNH.org. 

Ideas to help this individual were thrown around at a recent meeting to address this issue: 

• Local campgrounds, would anyone have an available camper
• Hosting an RV on personal property (would need hook-up to water and electricity)
• Property caretaker in exchange for room and board
• A live in job (child care, housekeeper) in exchange for room and board)

There is also an urgent need to find housing in the Peterborough area for a mother and her three children. Out of concern for school stability for her ten-year-old son, the focus is on Rindge, Jaffrey and Peterborough. If anyone has a lead on an apartment or contact with agents who manage a small number of units, please contact info@ProjectHomeNH.org.