“Tonight, clear and very cold. Wind chills approaching -15F. High 13F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph, chance of precipitation zero percent,†was the weather forecast I heard on the radio as I drove home from work at approximately 9 pm. I parked my car on the street directly infront of my house. Knowing that the chance of snow was zero percent, there was no chance my car would get in the way of snow removal crews as they would not be needed. (Read on …)
by Carla Howell from The Center for Small Government
Poll after poll shows that most Americans think government is too big. They want to shrink the size of government.
Our best shot at advancing small government is to run campaigns - ballot initiatives and candidates for office - that feature bold, small government proposals. Those proposals must actually shrink Big Government while appealing to the voters who want small government.
What kind of proposal serves this purpose? One that contains all ten critical ingredients: (Read on …)
Once again the NH Legislature is showing its increasingly anti-freedom bent by trying to ban the use of handheld cellphones while driving.
The following paragraph is from www.stateline.org:
“A University of Utah study released in February found that 18- to 25-year-old drivers talking on a cell phone with a headset reacted as slowly as 65- to 74-year-old drivers without cell phones. Older drivers also reacted more slowly while talking on cell phone, the report said. Wireless phone companies, on the other hand, point to research that using a cell phone is among the least common distractions for drivers. A 2003 study funded by AAA found that fiddling with radio dials, eating and drinking, talking with passengers, grooming, reading and writing were more common activities for drivers than talking on a phone.”
Allow me to put this another way. (Read on …)
The following is an email I sent to representative Burridge regarding his conduct and HB92
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Dear Representative Burridge,
I would like to take the time to write you regarding your stand on HB92, as well as your remarks to my colleague, Toby Iselin.
You claim to represent the people here in Keene. As such, you must be approachable. Your constituents must trust that they can approach you with their concerns about pending legislation. You have betrayed that trust by forwarding a constituent’s email to the local police department.
Count me in as someone who astounded at Mr. Burridge’s reply to Toby’s email. I not only covered this on WKBK this morning (shameless plug: go to wkbkam.com and select streaming audio to hear the show) but drafted my own response to him. I’ve also been trying to reach Executive Councilor Deb Pignatelli about Mr. Burridge’s conduct toward one of his constituents. Her office number is 603-888-5245 but has been out of order today, probably due to the ice storm. Below is my email response. (Read on …)
Keene Area Residents: Please contact Delmar Burridge at 603-352-5363 or 603-542-7744 and tell him you’d like him to vote for HB92 to decriminalize marijuana.
One of Keene’s representatives has introduced some very pro-Liberty legislation: the decriminalization of marijuana. There will be a hearing on Wed 1/17 at 10:30am in the Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee, Room 204, Legislative Office Building. Some of us from Free Keene will be there to testify in favor of it. Details here in the forum.
As most residents of Cheshire county know, the debate over where to site the new county jail has been going on for many years, primarily bcause of a convoluted system that pits one group against another like kids fighting to be king of the hill.
There is the county delegation charged with finding a suitable site, but the 20+ member county commission is in charge of the pursestrings-and neither group can agree on anything other than 1.they can’t agree and 2. the price tag keeps rising the longer the delay. It’s obvious (at least to me) that left alone,these folks will continue to endlessly debate and ultimately do nothing but accuse each other of being the problem. (Read on …)
Eric just posted about the minimum wage, but in an article solely about Washington DC. We need to decide on whether non-Keene related posts belong here.
On one hand, I don’t want the blog to be devoid of content, but on the other hand this blog is intended to highlight issues and solutions to government coercion - in the Keene area. I can certainly see extending the coverage to NH related issues, but I’m concerned about losing focus. Please post your comments. Should national issues be off limits unless they are tied into Keene?
