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As the Legislature considers the state budget, it’s time to focus on real, lasting solutions that strengthen public education across New Hampshire.

“Doctor” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Trump’s hapless Director of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, recently announced that he would like to ban fluoride in public drinking water and ban fluoride supplements for kids from the market.

Please explain the hypocrisy demonstrated by the Trump administration where immigrants (claimed to be criminals) are deported without due process, while criminals convicted through our judicial system are pardoned?

A bill (HB 452) to deny asylum seekers the right to a driver’s license was passed by the NH House of Representatives. When it arrived in the NH Senate Transportation Committee for a hearing, Chair Ricciardi commented she had never received so many contacts from NH citizens to oppose a bill. It was clear that Senator Ricciardi, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, “gets it.” She understands that asylum seekers are here in the US with the permission of our government and are not lawless people invading our country. She recognizes asylum seekers as hard working people, who are supporting their families, and contributing to our communities.

The city manager system was introduced in 1908 to curb party corruption by managing cities like businesses – emphasizing efficiency over public input. But business models aren’t democratic. In practice, this approach stripped voters of their voice while burdening them with the salaries of unelected officials who are not required to listen to the public.

Regarding letter to the Monitor titled “No defense of actions in Gaza” (May 28), if I woke up from a coma after 600 days, I would wonder what Israel was doing in Gaza. The writer omitted a very simple fact – Hamas and the people of Gaza are holding Israeli hostages. One may find this difficult to believe but it is a fact. A very simple but important fact that the writer failed to mention.

I’m calling on lawmakers to pass a state budget that truly supports public education, lifts the burden off local property taxpayers, and stops funneling public dollars into private voucher programs.

It’s disheartening to see some lawmakers express frustration with constituents simply for speaking up. Representative Weyler recently said he’s “tired” of hearing from the public. But isn’t that the job? Our elected officials are public servants – accountable to the people they represent.

When will our Legislature stop ignoring its constituents?

In Gaza, Israel keeps 2.1 million people caged, bombing the entire population continually with huge (2,000 lbs) “bunker-buster” bombs. Gazans have no defense. No anti-aircraft guns, no fighter jets, no missile defense shield. Look around you right now and imagine bombed out buildings, schools, hospitals, roads and water systems, devastation everywhere. Lives reduced to rubble.

Anyone who knows me knows that golf has been a large part of my life. The Clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course certainly needs replacement, but I have to ask… if I can build a 5000-square-foot, high-end home in Concord for $2 million, why does it cost $6-8 million for a new golf clubhouse? In all of the articles on this issue, I have not seen a good explanation.

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump pledged to deport millions of people on the basis of immigrant criminality and/or illegal entry into the United States. Once in office, Trump authorized the start of mass deportations with great fanfare. However, deportation rates fell far short of the numbers that Trump had projected. A concerted effort to stage various photo-ops ensued.

In just over two months — from January 20 to March 27, 2025 — rogue judges issued seventeen nationwide injunctions against President Trump’s lawful actions. This level of judicial interference is not only unprecedented, it is extremely dangerous to our constitutional system. Anarchists might be pleased, but both conservative and liberal citizens should be very concerned. For example, federal district judges have blocked executive orders addressing birthright citizenship, immigration reform, federal employment, foreign aid, and military readiness. Executive actions that fall squarely within presidential authority have been frozen nationwide by unelected judges, often before a full hearing on the merits.

When a pregnant woman has a dead or dying entity in her womb, she needs an abortion to remove it to save her from an infection from the dead tissue. One being may be alive and healthy with the other dead in utero. Myriad other conditions could require this remedy to save a woman’s health or life. If a woman were not pregnant and had a festering wound, she would be by law permitted to refuse treatment for it even if it would kill her, so long as she is competent and not under the influence of drugs or other compromising circumstances. If a person is so high on a drug, belligerent,or violent they have become dangerous to anyone else, the police or another person could kill them in self-defense. If a person had a limb excised because of damage to it, he/she would never be required to carry it around on their person until it rotted away. Why are women with dangerous pregnancies refused the only sane remedy? How can any child be born without women who are free to choose to give life? How is rape a crime but forced pregnancy is not? Freedom means being able to say “no” or “yes.”

Remember when New Hampshire Republicans promoted fiscal responsibility? Those days are long gone. The Republican majority in the State House has created a budget crisis. They made the current revenue shortfall worse by repealing the Interest and Dividends tax. This modest tax (enacted back in 1923) was paid only by the wealthiest residents – those who could certainly afford it!

#47: Your first 100 days are making history. Your legacy is established. The least popular President in polling history, as recorded by several credible, respected national polls – not fake, and Fox News too!

The Mayor of Franklin is requesting input from Franklin taxpayers regarding budget priorities using taxpayer dollars. There has been a consistent and small (30+-) majority of like-minded residents at monthly City Council meetings. The priorities of these attendees appear to differ from other hard-working taxpayers voicing their discontent on social media platforms. Social media is a dead-end for complaints. An elected official cannot use that input for more than informal consensus.

Sunapee Central Elementary School has long been the town’s educational gem, and Patrick Gordon, the outgoing principal, has made that gem shine. He has led with compassion and fairness, and has never played favorites. He has helped students during tragedies and other difficulties, assisted families facing financial struggles, and guided his young charges through interpersonal conflicts with a steady hand. He has made a difference and will be missed.

Who isn’t haunted by the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the immigrant father of three who, by the government’s own admission, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s brutal terrorist prison? Not only did the administration refuse to immediately rectify its mistake, but now President Trump claims there’s nothing he (Mr. “I alone can fix it”) can do to bring this man home.

This past weekend (April 24–27), wealthy out-of-staters backed by the Texas-based Young Americans for Liberty PAC — armed with millions of dollars — gathered in Concord for a Free State/Liberty Alliance event. They weren’t here for sightseeing; They were here to push a libertarian agenda that doesn’t reflect the values of New Hampshire’s residents. (Read more at https://nhlibertyforum.com/)