Last nights town council meeting was certainly an interesting one to say the least. The issues that were discussed were funding the remaining monies for CLD in making progress for exit 4A. Also we discussed future contracts from the fire dept dealing with surrounding communities coming before the town council for their review and last about the possibilities of bringing on a police prosecutor and making that position an attorney instead of a police officer that does this work for us presently.
Like I said earlier,interesting meeting and interesting outcomes.
I will post the video when it becomes available
In the meantime, if you had a chance to see this meeting. What were your thoughts?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
65 comments:
I wish Derry would finally grow up and become a city. Then we could eliminate half of the garbage thatgoes on around here.
nothing he does stuns me anymore.... coyle does it again!!!! this time the town of derry is humilated by his antics at state and federal level.
at the previous council meeting, he said that he generally supported exit 4a but would have to recuse himself because he owned property in the area. (check it out, the video of him saying that is still linked via this blog).
this was the same meeting as the manning street vote...he wanted to "show" the public (and brian c) how to act ethically before the manning street vote.
now last night he withdraws his recusal and votes against 4a. he conveniently had his microphone off when he did so. despite what he says, voting "yes" or "no" may benefit him directly.
you might guess that i am not a coyle fan, but i previously wrote in another thread that coyle did the right thing in recusing himself. i also suggested in doing so, that he should recuse homself of the council discussion as well -with his admitted conflict of interest, if he wanted to give input, he should have to be just like me and you and give it as a member of the public.
then we have the pathetic response of Janet Fairbanks who basically justified kevins actions by saying in school yard fashion, ---- "yah, but everyone else does it too".
no Janet, no one else has ever recused themself and reversed their recusal to squash a matter before the council.
and then there's our little eager beaver all to ready with his copy of roberts rules of order. was he prepared ahead of time for this question?
and we also saw burtis and newell huddled together no doubt attempting to pair their skill sets - creative math, fiction writing and stalking.
and then it appears burtis may chicken out of running - Paul H - one of our do-nothing state reps may be dusting himself off from last years debacle. as state rep, what has he accomplished for derry? anyone, please answer!
they think we're stupid - they think we are not listening, not watching, they think we are not capable interpreting a real time view - no doubt they will try to interpret this one for us.
imagine the stephen king-like letter from burtis if buckley or chirichiello pulled that stunt?
2 questions.
The TC has already approved a bond of up to $5 million for exit 4A. Why is it that we're re-debating whether or not to give them a hundred-odd thousand to complete the EIS?
And what epiphany has Kevin Coyle had that has suddenly caused him to decide that he no longer needs to recuse himself from voting on 4A?
He has admitted in the past that he owns property that will be affected (whichever way the vote goes) and has always recused himself from voting on 4A. Has he sold the property or decided that he has too much to gain (or lose) by not voting?
At least Coyle seems to think out his positions. Fairbanks just wings it, in her eagerness to quarrel with Bulkley. Maybe she can read her friend's Roberts Rules and behave better.
Its always a fun evening when Dimock gets up and blasts the whole board. He means well but is out of touch with the issues.
BC,
I hope you can leave the 10/16 link up as well as putting up last nights meeting.
I'd like to review them side by side.
It also occured to me that the Chairman never tallied the vote on 4a.
With regards to the prosecuter position, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Yes, 9:03 cities never have politics. Great suggestion! 9:51 you too must have failed both history and civics. Pathetic.
Anon 9:52 Oh, don't be a sore loser. Do we think you are stupid?............. no, not all of you. Getting your patties in a bunch because Coyle votes against his own self interest to do what he thinks is best for the town, sorry I can't get excited about that.
Getting excited about $2 million that has turned into a $10,000 per page report, yes that's annoying. Finding out from Brent Carney that we could have been looking for the money for 4A before sinking all this money into a report, that's disappointing. Listening to the consultants trying to hold onto the money machine by pretending to know something about soliciting money from Washington, that's tiresome. Imagining that private individuals are going to contribute significant amounts of money (in effect paying additional taxes)when they don't have to... that strains my credulity.
Adding $5 million from Londonderry plus $5 million from Derry plus an imaginary $3 million from the state plus $10 million Carney said we "might" get from Washington and coming up with $30+ million (and growing daily cost of 4A) that's "creative". Finally, listening to our town administrator babble on about accident rates in Windham as if that has anything to do with 4A, well... that's priceless.
A COYLE QUOTE IN THE UNION LEADER TODAY SPEAKS WELL TO HIS ETHICAL CONFLICTS.
HE LOOKED RIGHT INTO THE EYES OF ALL DERRY CITIENS AND SAID THAT LAST NIGHTS MATTER WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS TIMES HE RECUSED HIMSELF.
LET'S SEE...THE 10/16 VOTE IN WHICH HE RECUSED HIMSELF WAS ABOUT FUNDING THE ENGINEERING STUDY.
THEN....LAST NIGHT HE WITHDREW HIS RECUSAL ON A VOTE ABOUT..... FUNDING THE SAME ENGINEERING STUDY!
DID COYLE KNOWING MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT TO THE UNION LEADER?
PS TO BRENT CARNEY: DO YOU FEEL DIRTY?
11:16 AM - We sure wouldn't want to improve anything now would we? Best not annoy the police union. Good call.
With regards to the Coyle family, once again they embarass the Town of Derry.
I beleive Coyle knew how the vote would turn out. He deliberately through a wrench into it by deciding to vote, knowing it would need to be revisited at a later date, after legal counsel analyzes his ability to vote on the matter.
Fairbanks was right there to stress her point that it could not be brought up again by the councilors who voted in the affirmative.
Their son Brent already had the page marked in his copy of Robert's Rules to support his mother's statement.
Goal 1: The motion fails and no money is spent. OR Goal 2: Coyle delays the vote to a later time, further delaying the entire project.
Could all this strategizing (more like manipulation) be a form of bogging down progress until the next elections? Did that every cross anyones minds?
anon 10:27,
Done!
And now we learn more ramifications of the trio's shananagans....todays Union Leader says that exit 4A is out of this years State Highway plan. Thank you Mr. Carney for calling around to those State and Federal poeople with your skeptisim - at a critical time in their planning, you certainly showed them we're not really interested.
Getting info from State and Federal Agencies is the job
job of the Town Administrator; otherwise we would be sending 7 different signals to State and Federal Agencies.
And it's also clear that Mr. Coyle is not the only one who spoke an untruth. Mr. Carney is apparently dead wrong when he tried to squash the reconsideration.
According to our Town Council Rules:
"Roberts Rules of Order shall be the reference adopted by this Council on all points of parliamentary practice not specifically covered by the Rules of the Town Council."
Council Rules further states:
"A motion for reconsideration of a vote shall be open for debate, but such motion shall not be considered unless made by a member voting with the majority, or
unless notice be given at the meeting at which the vote is passed, in which case the motion shall be made at the next regular meeting after and only one motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be permitted."
Brent - it says that council rules superseeds Roberts Rules and that only THE MAJORITY can move to reconsider - it mentions NOTHING about prevailing sides.
Sounds like you all need to elect a brighter bunch of political hacks. Look for some who can read Roberts Rules.
metts made the motion to reconsider
You don't recognize that 4A is now DOA? Read the papers.
Also 6:19 am - yes the entire NH DOT were hiding behind a chair at Tuesday's meeting ready to rebuild their 30 year plan for the state of NH based upon a vote by Kevin Coyle and a phone call by Brent Carney. Are you out of your mind?
Burtis should run for office. Then we can see if people like his adversarial style or not. I personally am tired of his constant criticism of the board and DEDC.
Is there any way to have our Town Administrator, Council Chair, 11 Representatives, and Senator conduct some last minute lobbying to get the Executive Council to vote down the plan and add 4A again? I am not knowledgable in the subject area. but it would seem to make sense to add the exit when they are widening the highway.
Are we too late? Is this plan modified and updated annually?
What's the next step?
I will show my ignorance here... Why does a motion fail on a 4-3 vote, where there are 4 in favor of the motion?
Is there a percentage that is needed?
D3,
Good observations. The thing going for us are the facts that the governor has publicly said he is in favor of Exit 4A. Exec Councilor Wazorick has even put a $1Million dollar line in for this project. It is up to us collectively to start to put pressure on our elected officials to demand that Derry gets its fair share projects. Especially when we have two towns contributing.
Seems we have yet another example of how out of touch our state delegation and local elected officials are. DOT spells out clearly that THERE IS NO MONEY! And this comes as a surprise to some of our councilors, who's heads are usually buried in the sand.
Have some current councilors been sold a bill of goods by some past and present town officials that have been working on 4A for years? You bet they have....Thank goodness that there are now some reasoned voices on the town council that are not simply yes men or women. They appear capable of asking the right questions of the right people during their fact finding. It is because of them we don't find ourselves pouring good money after bad.
Rather than attacking them for doing a good job why don't some of you naysayers that post here with an agenda try to learn something from them for a change?
anon 2:20,
I'm sorry, I should of explained. The Supplimental Appropriation requires a super majority to pass and not a simple majority meaning it needed 5 affirm votes from 7 councilors voting. Without a Coyle vote /4 of six would of carried. I hope this explains it a little better.
perhaps carney's pre-disposed and skeptical approach to the nh dot contributed to their thinking that we are not serious.
that's what happens when the town doesn't speak with one voice.
exit 4a has been off and on the yearly-revised plan a dozen times in the past.
All,
Lets not forget that this decision is not final on the state highway money. It goes to the Governor and Executive Council. Governor Lynch has stated many times in public of his support of 4A and Ray Worzorick has supported it as well even to the point of getting a million dollar appropraition placed for the 4 A project. Some people give up very easily around here. This attitude is part of the problems we have in Derry. For years the state and feds say they have no money- lok at what they are doing on Rte 111 in Windham, look at what they are doing for the ariport access road in Merrimack Bedford & Manchester, look at the work Manchester has been doing the last few years. If we give up than we are sure to be defeated. I'll end with a famous saying "it aint over till the fat lady sings"
Paul Hopfgarten is one of our Reps...how hard is he going to fight for funding for Derry...as hard as Brent Carney?
anon 2:34,
Mr Carney did not contact the DOT just to be clear. He mentioned that he talked to some of the feds. We all need to remember that these are recommended cuts by O'Leary. He states he'd cut more.
I was surprised by the last council meeting. It is not often that time permits me to watch it live.
I do wish my councilor Beverly Ferrante spend a little more time understanding issues before she chimes in.
To her credit, she is always at the ready to second motions made by the council majority and especially the chair. In fact, she usually does so too close to her microphone so it ends up jolting my cat out of a sound sleep.
It would feel like a wrinkle in time if she could just once surprise her constituency and vote against the council majority rather than appear to act only as a rubber stamp.
hey BC, or anyone for that matter, walmart just backed out of hillsboro. it's just a matter of time before derry is scraped as well.
tell us once again how "wrong" coyle was in refusing to be locked up by walmart?
coyle listened, saw the writing on the wall and protected our community interest.
BC- oh that's no fun. Just when we get a good lynch mob to string Carney up for queering (can I say that?) the state deal, you go pointing out that he is innocent.
anon 8:03,
Doesn't mean they will scrap their plans here.
anon 8:17,
I believe Brent is in favor of 4A ( I'll let him speak for himself)AND understands it's importantance relative to economic development he is however new to the political field and may not have all the history and progress to draw from. It happens!
Do any of you think that it is just a bit strange to have fallen in love with a highway exit?
Do you feel the same passion for a sewer line up to Ryan's Hill? That might result in as much or more development. We wouldn't need to spend $2MM studying a sewer. (or is that the point...as Deep Throat said "follow the money".)
IT'S NOT ALL STRANGE THAT BEV FERRANTE HAS GONE 2-1/2 YEARS INTO HER TERM WITH LITTLE PERSONAL FANFARE OR CONTROVERSY, AND NOW CLOSER TO ELECTION TIME, THE CAREER POLITICIANS DEMNIFY HER EVERY ACTION AND NON-ACTION. HECK, THE HACKS NOW DON'T SEEM TO CARE FOR HER VERY EXISTENCE.
WHERE WAS THE CRITICISM LAST YEAR?
OH WELL, THAT'S DESPERATE DERRY POLITICS FOR YOU.
PS: OUR DO-NOTHING STATE REPS LIKE PAUL HOPFGARTEN, HOWIE L., PHYLISS K, AND GEORGE K. ARE NOT UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN MARCH - THEY CLEARLY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
let's not forget Coyle is a developer and saw no reason to recuse himself when he voted for members on the boards that he himself presented plans to. If this is not a blantant conflict of interest nothing is.
I guess expecting ethics from a lawyer is asking a little too much...
BC,
What good will it be when Walmart opens a super center in Derry if it closes one of the existing markets and drug stores?
BC, I know we have a lot of fat cats around town but one of the markets will close ,Hanifords or Shaws and a drug store.
WALMART CAME IN, AIMES WENT BYE- BYE. How is Aimes helping our tax base now.We are paying three dollars a gallon for gas because China wants the same fuel we want.
Thank you for shopping Walmart.
Anon. 8:03,
Hillsborough: Population 5,000, 20 miles to nearest population center (Concord).
Derry: Population 34,000+ with close proximity to the largest city in the state (Manchester).
Market factors are almost identical wouldn’t you say?
Of course Hillsborough has also fought Wal-Mart for 4 years now. In all fairness they are far more of a rural community and are trying to preserve that.
We are no longer a rural community and have expressed the need for economic development. But, if the Coyle wrecking crew continues to find ways to throw a monkey wrench into the project, Wal-Mart could probably be convinced to take their $1 million in Rte. 28 road improvements a little ways up the road to Londonderry and let them benefit from reduced traffic and more modern infrastructure.
But I’m sure Brent Carney would have a big bio-tech firm waiting to step in and do the same improvements or maybe Janet Fairbanks has a nice outlet mall lined up. Oh, aren’t they already building one of those in Merrimack?
Worst case scenario is that it stays a vacant lot for another 5 years or so and Rte. continues to be horribly congested and go deeper into failure. That wouldn’t be so bad, would it?
carney says that we should have been lobbying our federal congress people a long time ago. lobbying jeb bradley and charlie bass? alot good that would've done.
suggestion: let's not put too much lobbying time into sununu either.
anon 8:03,
What coyle did is refuse a 1/2 million dollar 0% interst loan. Instead he motioned to use taxpayers money upfront for the project. If you call this "looking out for the taxpayers" then i got some swampland for sale in the everglades for a good price!
Sorry BC but I have no idea what you are talking about. Try to either stay on topic or explain what subject you may have meandered onto. By the way, a $500k 0% loan is worth maybe $20k a year to the town. Tuesday night you voted to waste another $170,000 + on a premature and perhaps useless environmental impact statement.
No, anon 7:48 Brent Carney probably doesn't have a biotech company waiting in the wings, that would take a great deal of work. However he is bright enough to note that Parkland brings in 4 times the taxes per sq foot and generates much higher paying jobs than Wal-Mart. I don’t believe he opposes Wal-Mart coming but envisions a better Derry than simply making us into Salem-North.
Also your market facts demonstrate your ignorance regarding large retail store site selection. Proximity to Manchester and Salem is probably a negative factor for Derry to many big box retailers. We can already drive a short distance to shop and we don’t have enough population to support many big boxes by ourselves. Salem pulls from Massachusetts, Manchester pulls from its entire metro area. Who will we pull from? Chester, both of its residents at once?
shame on you BC, you somehow forgot to mention in your response that had we not funded out of our coffers, walmart would have in effect been granted an open ended development option.
given the troubles walmart is having with it's superstore concept, coupled with it's failure and pullout of germany, it was best to retain control should they decide to bail, like they just did in hillsboro.
finally BC, as for your swampland, we all know there's a sucker born every minute but why do so many of them end up in public office?...your swampland?...... keep it.
BC - Given your occupation, perhaps you should use another phrase rather than "selling swampland".
BC- OK, let's be serious for a minute. I don't understand something and I respect you. (the two facts are in conflict...help me out) Can you explain why you voted for the additional EIS funding the other night?
Brent Carney had presented research (with great credibility...he is "connected" in DC) that funding searches can/should come before EIS.
So, logically, if you stop the EIS funding and look for the major construction funding, you are hedging your bets. If you continue to fund the EIS, you are exposing the town to unnecessary financial risk.
The only logical explanation I can come up with is that you believe Bulkley's old hearsay as to the necessity for an EIS more than Carney's research. (Any other explanation would be extremely unflattering to you and the others on the Council who voted your way.)
It appeared that none of you listened to Carney or recognized the implications of his findings.
Please explain.
By the way, I find your comment that Carney "is however new to the political field and may not have all the history and progress to draw from" to be condescending. Brent took the initiative to research the correct process for funding while the rest of you were still babbling about earmarks. And yes I believe he does support Exit 4A... done right. He and I disagree on that, I think it is Derry's own little "Bridge to Nowhere". However, rational people can disagree and have the greatest respect for each other.
The problem is that Brent's research is false, misguided and misplaced. Working for Ted Kennedy makes him credible in the area of fiscal responsibility?
Annon 7:35, could YOU please explain?!
anon 7:35,
Great Post. And thanks for the kind words. I voted in favor of completeing the study because i believe that if this project is going to get done now is the right time. We have talk about this for over 20 years-Councilors before us stopped the process before and the costs just keep going up. The I93 widening is the real deal and will come. We need to be ready once it does or we will have no prayer in getting 4A. I am a southern nh planning commissioner for 4 years and have seen the 2020 stats of traffic for the downtown-it is not a pretty picture. Something MUST be done to alleviate traffic ( Manning st Ext will not do much). Then the town has over 1 Mil into this project already-That would be the largest taxpayer waste i have ever seen. And last if we do not complete this-we could be sued. remember londonderry getting sued. it can happen to Derry ( multi million i may add). I meant no disrespect for Carney. I just said what i meant- He and many others do not have the full complete historical information. ( I may add myself to that last statement as well. after all 20 years in the making)Brent called somone in Washington however he did not use his ties with Senator Kennedys' office and not exactly sure who he spoke with but simply put we have Gov sheehan and now Lynch in support, Sen Gregg, Exec Ray Wazorick, Cong Jeb Bradley State Sen Letorneau and tons of local politicos behind this for quite some time- Are they all clueless as to the process? I don't think so. And your last statement says it all. We can all disagree but lets do so in a respectful manner. lets talk the issue points for all to see and make their own judgements and at the end of the Derry we can all say we have the very best in mind for Derry. Thnaks for the Post!
oops meant to say at the end of the day
not Derry
BC- You have made your case for supporting 4A. The focus of my question was process and timing not whether it should be done. (Different discussion.)
Do you follow my logic? It is as follows: Assuming that 4A should be built, lining up funding prior to completing the EIS reduces risk and is unlikely to delay the project by even 1 day. I believe there is a real risk that funding is not forthcoming. If that turns out to be the case all EIS moneys have been wasted. If I am wrong and funding becomes assured, the EIS can be completed long before the 93 expansion and 4A construction.
Do you agree that there is some risk of the federal government not funding the project? (no matter how small that possibility is?)
As to the possibility of being sued, I am not a lawyer but I would think that the $2,000,000 poured into an EIS to date shows good faith effort prior to funding committments. We did not commit (I hope) to a bottomless pit. Only a detailed review of Londonderry's legal doings would shed real light on this litigation possibility.
See, you try to have a rational discussion with BC and the likes of 7:57 inject rants without a shred of evidence. I don't even understand the "misplaced" reference. 7:57 if you are trying to rhyme with "misguided" you do it with the end of the word.
I did not suggest that Teddy was strong in fiscal responsibility, but comparing Kennedy's knowledge of how to extract money from Washington to Craig Bulkley's I know where I would go for advice.
Please come back when you have something substantial to add to the discussion.
BC- Senator Letorneau? With all due respect, what has he ever done for Derry?
Actually this question should be asked of nearly our entire legislative delegation.
Sentator Letorneau should clean his home/biz front windows, then maybe he will see how little actually gets done.
Behind closed doors these politicos all back slap one another for their "service" but they have absolutely no clout relative to the size of this community. I am afraid to say having followed them in the papers and elsewhere from time to time, it's no wonder.
On the plus side we do have some new political blood that "get's it." They will be taken seriously in Concord. How nice will it be if we have a chance to send up someone more than just another "good guy or gal" as time goes on.
WOW!!... Brian's blog sure has turned out to be a place where logic and rational thought prevails over the usual incompetent council majority and collective townie judgement.
Great blog Brian, I hope you maintain it long after you hang up your political cleats.
anon 8:28,
I will admit that there may be the possibility that we get no fed funds and in that case we have spent all of the EIS money with no gain. If we stop now- we will have conceded defeat and will have wasted all the money invested to date. So at this junction the question becomes do we risk 180K to get the chance to get fed and state $$$ or do we raise the white flag????
anon 11:43,
As a senior senator on the state's transportation committee- Senator Letorneau has some political power would you not agree? The senator has worked on our behalf for 4A and we will need him to be the most vocal he has been to date. Our reps will be important pieces to the puzzle-without them it will be an uphill battle. Maybe now is the time to call a special meeting of council and reps again!!!
Annon 11:43,
You talk of "new political who "get's it". They will be taken seriously in Concord." Care to share with us who "they" are?
I think (?) I follow this a little bit more that the average joe and I can only name 6 out of the 12. Out of the 6 names I know, I have a sense that only 1 is really working for us.
Of course the Repubs in the gang will cry about being in the minority, but they did nothing for us when they held the majority. And the Dems in the gang have turned out to be no better. Dam those folks! We're one of the largest cities or towns in the State, we deserve much more pull.
You might guess that my real and utter contempt for the town politics is dwarfed by what I think of our Concord crowd.
BC - You suggest that stopping the funding of the EIS equals defeat. You were not listening to Brent and that's why your side lost the vote. He is the swing vote here and you all ignored him. He agrees with 4A. I believe his point is that it is time to switch gears and start the fund raising before spending anymore on the EIS. From what I heard, he does not propose killing the project (although I certainly would) but rather he favors lining up the major funding so as to avoid putting more of Derry's money at risk.
You offer a false dichotomy, pour more money into the EIS or abandon the project. Either you still are not listening to Carney’s point or there is a “political” layer associated with the consulting company that is invisible to me and the general public.
I think at least some of our State Reps have been busy trying to solve state problems like educational funding. I have also read about Howie Lund's efforts to prevent hospital acquired infections that kill hundreds of NH people each year. That seems worthwhile. Our reps along with the others up there have avoided instituting a state income tax. I'll give them some credit for that. I would agree that some of our delegation are either asleep or on taxpayer funded travels and may not be a major positive force.
As for the new blood, they are very good at spending other people’s money. The good times are rolling in Concord.
BC- A special state and local government representatives meeting...yah...that's a great idea... a special meeting!! (I could swear I've heard that somewhere before?)
Wouldn't council chairman Buckley be responsible for the logistics of such a meeting?
Why had he not thought of it already?
Why is this not a regularly occuring event after all these years?
Could it be that these "reps" selectively meet to the exclusion of those they feel threatened by? Maybe in their minds they feel they are communicating, but to the public they appear just another bunch of back-slappers that had it all planned before public input.
It's time to continue to "raise the competency bar" on many of these local pol's that have proven more adept at bellying up to one.
Hey BC...wake up Buckley and run the meeting idea by him.... again.
hmmm...it has been suggested that our reps are busy solving state education funding.
didn't we lose money last year?
how many of our reps are on the education committee? we have at least 2 on the all important election law committee.
they are busy solving the state education funding problem? think again.
6:04 "solving the state education funding problem" is not in the past tense. If that was what I wanted to say I would have written "solved"; note the subtle difference.
Also it is possible to arrive at a "solution" that does not increase funding to Derry.
"solving" or "solved" - too subtle for me.
i am fairly certain we lost state education money last year - can anyone confirm that?
meanwhile, I checked on the nh state website to find out who our reps are, what committees they are on and what their email addresses are.
maybe poetically, the legislative portion of the state website is shutdown. can anyone help me on where else this info might be available?
anon 6:56, you might try the derry news assignment editors desk and find out where they are dispatching a camera. if it turns out to be a slow news day, check the local travel agency's that are running specials on junkets. finally, if all else fails, hang around the funeral parlor, pol's showing up there play's well in their playbooks.... to the brain dead. hope this helps.
ANNON 9:02,
"Also it is possible to arrive at a "solution" that does not increase funding to Derry."
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT ONE OF OUR REPS.
anon 6:56 our mostly "phantom" delegation (there are a few exceptions) and their phone numbers can be found on the town web site. unless of course these contact numbers are apparitions as well. "only the phantom knows."
or..come to think of it.. are these pols more like locust? emerging from the depths once every few years, ravaging the countryside for votes, only to return to their invisible subterranean existance in concord?
any thoughts...phantoms or locust?
No, 9:29 I'm not a rep and if you think that no solution to the NH educational funding problem works if it doesn't add more money to Derry, I hope you are not one either.
Your world has a fixed size pie and it’s all about screwing your neighbors to maximize your slice. Yours was the dominant philosophy... in the Europe of about 1200 AD. We now know that it is possible to cooperate to everyone’s benefit, the world is not a zero sum game.
WOW!!...yet another concord surprise outlined in the union leader! (surprise that is, to those of you that failed again to see the writing on the wall and were suckered by the BS spewing from the same elected official and this towns plentiful former hacks.) it appears for all to see that a money shell game has been ongoing in concord. guess who's going to pick up the tab without any of us having even the small consolation prize of being able to pick up a shell?...WE ALL ARE!!
so on top of huge grandiose plans for local infrastructure expansion, 4A contracts that lead to nowhere but CLD friendly pockets, massive school budget increases under dr. moody against the backdrop of declining enrollment, mary anderson and pinkerton deciding to spend tens of MILLIONS of community supplied money for athletic fields and a huge new freshman building, we now have a potentially massive bill coming due from the states fiscal shell game...read about it...our state reps?...with few exceptions, an UTTERLY USELESS LOT and SHAMEFULLY INEPT. no surprise there. pathetic.
I just now watched the last Council Meeting and it caused me the biggest belley laugh I ever had!
While talking about the Police Prosecutor position, KEVIN COYLE (a lawyer who just an hour before UN-recused humself) said "...a lawyer has ethical responsibilites that a police officer does not."
Hey Kevin! We're obviously concerned about the nature of the "ethical responsibilites" that you just demonstrated!
Keep the Police Officer.
Post a Comment