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The Free State Republican/Libertarian in charge of our state responded to the 3-3 Tax Savings Plan with a death threat against me and a denial of service attack against our website (still being investigated).
Radical NH Republicans are trying to crush public education, the foundation of our democracy. Their approach is to attack education from all sides banning books and curriculum, challenging staffing, and undermining funding.
By ANDRU VOLINSKY
Last April I was asked to give the keynote speech at the Hillsborough County (NH) Dems dinner about what we could do in response to Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders that were tearing the nation apart. I crafted my speech based on my experience as a trial lawyer in the cases where I faced off against the government. My advice was to deny Trump what he wanted if that was possible. If not, delay his actions in the hope he’ll change focus or, with time, more allies will join you. If delay is not possible, I said to make the record clear. Document what is happening for a later appeal, or in Trump’s case, a later prosecution.
I testified before the NH House last week on a bill to change how we fund special education expenses and caused a bit of controversy. Go figure!
The death penalty was abolished in 2019 in NH thanks to decades of work led by the late Rep. Renny Cushing, Barbara Keshen and many others. A few radical state Republicans want to bring it back.
There are too many examples of Democratic political leaders focused on the inflection point, trying to maintain a status quo in a time that is not normal.
Trump and Ed Secretary McMahon have decreed that social workers, nurses (including ARNPs), physician assistants, physical therapists, educators, engineers, audiologists, architects, and accountants are not professionals.
On October 17th the NH Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald, put another nail in the coffin of public education in NH.
I was working through a couple of topics for this week’s Substack post but I can’t get beyond the abject betrayal orchestrated by NH’s Senator Jeanne Shaheen with an assist by NH’s junior senator, Maggie Hassan.