New Hampshire: The Real Facts

To the Editor of the Keene Sentinel:

Your hatchet job editorial on Sarah Palin (Sept. 7) produced an answer: the only letter in weeks that did not trash every conservative or independent in New Hampshire.

Do some investigative reporting on the following questions:

1. So Palin’s daughter is pregnant. How far back do you have to go in Obama’s or his wife’s genealogy to find anyone pregnant before marriage — or even having children without marriage certificates?

2. Why didn’t Barack Hussein Obama produce his birth certificate at once? Was he really born in the U.S.A? Who says we can’t use his middle name every pregnant time?

3. How many full tuitions did Obama or his wife pay for their Ivy League educations, or did we, the taxpayers, do that, too?

Perhaps frustrated by the failure of their tactics to stop the momentum of The McCain campaign, opponents of Senator John McCain have now turned to vandalism, graffiti, and theft.

Dozens of signs across Cheshire County have been defaced, destroyed, or just plain disappeared. One north side city homeowner has had 4 McCain yard signs stolen from their front yard since July. Another one Sunday night and a replacement again Monday night.

Cheshire County residents saw this behavior in 2006 and prior years. Sadly, it looks like these unlawful actions, endorsed by the County Democrats [since they know it is occurring and simply refuse to publicly ask their supporters to stop it], reflect negatively upon the county community.

Have you had enough of the evening news, local newspaper editors and reporters?

Has the condescending lecture of the network anchor gotten old? Are you sick and tired of "reporters" who couldn't tell the story straight if their lives depended on it?

I am.

I am about fed up with a news industry that fundamentally fails to do its job, and which every day strays further and further from its purpose. I'm tired of partisan lectures and propaganda dressed up like the news. I have had about all I can take of the self-important blowhards who seem to think their role is to rudely mock and shout down the people who we elect to office.

I'm just tired of their crap.

University of Massachusetts officials yesterday quashed efforts by an Amherst campus chaplain to offer two college credits to any student willing to campaign in New Hampshire this fall for Democrat Barack Obama.

Chaplain Ken Higgins told students in a Sept. 18 e-mail, “If you’re scared about the prospects for this election, you’re not alone. The most important way to make a difference in the outcome is to activate yourself. It would be just fine with McCain if Obama supporters just think about helping, then sleep in and stay home between now and Election Day.”

Dear Friends,

Over the next several weeks, we have a one-time opportunity to come together as a community and work together with the Keene Board of Education and an expert architect to learn about our options for the future of Keene's Middle School. Our choice for the middle school is one of the most important decisions we will make as a community. Whatever we choose to do will affect the community for decades to come. As Elizabeth Coppola, a board of education member and chair of the Keene Middle School Ad-hoc Commitee says, “This is a wonderful opportunity for our community to participate in a process that will allow us to make a well-informed decision about the future of Keene Middle School.”

Folks,

There are probably close to 200 local government meetings during the course of one year. It is impractical to think that citizens or family members will attend all or most of them. It is a crazy world where the amount of meetings and information overwhelms all of us. However, every once in a while there is a meeting that means more than most in terms of getting the most from your tax dollar.

Don’t miss a meeting concerning the middle school that will affect quality education and your property tax. PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND. ALSO, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO ALL OF YOUR KEENE FRIENDS.

W. James Antle III, in The American Spectator, writes in a piece titled: "Campaign Crawlers - Taxachusetts, RIP":

Massachusetts was home of the Boston Tea Party, but in recent years the commonwealth's voters have tended to docilely accept whatever level of taxation the robber barons on Beacon Hill deem appropriate. When the tax issue is put directly on the ballot, however, Bostonians momentarily regain their tax-resisting, tea-dumping spirit.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM THE KEENE CITIZENS GOVERNMENT REVIEW. BELOW YOU WILL FIND AN E-MAIL FROM SCHOOL BOARD FINANCE CHAIRPERSON LIZ COPPOLA. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH REFERENCE TO THE KEENE MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUE. PLEASE READ MS. COPPOLA’S MESSAGE AND THE SENTINEL PRESS RELEASE BELOW. EXTEND AN INVITATION TO HER EITHER THROUGH THIS KCGR E-MAIL ADDRESS OR VIA HER PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS. EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED WOULD BE: FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, ELKS LODGE, KEENE LYONS CLUB, ITALIAN CLUB, ORDER OF MOOSE LOYAL, SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER, AMERICAN LEGION POST 4, HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY OR ANY SMALL CITIZENS GROUP.

Carl A. Panza

“PLEASE GET INVOLVED… the world is run by those who show up”

And Obama dares to run for the Presidency of the United States of America?

First presidential campaign plane in history to have all American flags removed!

Shira Schoenberg of the Concord Monitor carefully reviews the excellent pro-active assessment policies of the city of Concord, NH to ensure that city tax-exempt proerties are properly "tax-exempt":

The city of Concord has been scrutinizing properties that receive tax exemptions, to ensure that all property owners getting tax breaks deserve them.

In three years, the city has collected more than $300,000 in taxes from properties previously classified as tax-exempt. Organizations whose properties have been taken off the list include New Hampshire Public Radio and St. Paul's School.

I was for it before I was against it.

Why are so many people disappointed with Molly Kelly? Her recent attempts to defend her vote to cut state education aid to the communities in Cheshire County is little more than partisan smoke and mirrors. Kelly needs to make tough choices and stand behind them. Sadly, Kelly made bad choices and tries to cover them up. The voters of Cheshire County deserve better than that.

A little humor and a lot of truth...
The One

After seeing the sign, President Bush, stops his motorcade
to say "Happy Birthday," to Ruth Harris, who was celebrating her 91st birthday, Tuesday, July 30, in Gates Mills, Ohio.

This was a great moment. President Bush is so relaxed and happy. It is amazing that he can be this happy with the MSM and the Demorats attacking him daily and blaming him for everything bad that happens.
He gave this lady a wonderful gift.

For the rest of the story, click here.

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILYhere published a great, but sad, piece on the Iraq liberation.

Iraq: What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq.

London's Sunday Times called it "the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror." A terrorist force that once numbered more than 12,000, with strongholds in the west and central regions of Iraq, has over two years been reduced to a mere 1,200 fighters, backed against the wall in the northern city of Mosul.

Associated Press stories indicate that Iraq has reached several new agreements seen as critical to easing sectarian tensions. Jennifer Horn, Republican candidate for Congress, issued the following statement:

"Recent reports indicating the Iraqi government has achieved "satisfactory" progress on 15 of 18 political benchmarks bring us one step closer to the time when a stable and self-governing Iraq is in charge of its own security. While the progress is slow and not perfect, this shows that we are in fact making progress in Iraq and that we are on the right course.

City Budget

My hat is off the City Finance Committee for actually listening to the public and acting upon the public’s request to lower the city’s portion of the property tax from 4.8% to 3.9984%. In a real sense, watching both school and city government activities is rather new to me. I am one of those guilty citizens who rarely got involved until I retired early last year. I am learning a lot of lessons along the way.

From The Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers comes: Keene’s 34 West: When Government Doesn’t Listen...

Voters in Keene have clearly instructed the city to sell property at 34 West Street. However, this property is still in the hands of the school district AND they are “giving away” the rent for $1 a year because they think they “hurt the feelings” of the surrounding towns…

They also went ahead and bought a house next to the high school with surplus funds, because they could.

Where are residents to turn when their government turns rogue and does not follow through on what it’s been told to do by the people it serves?

Eaton will also be receiving an endorsement from former Keene mayor Michael E.J. Blastos, a Democrat, who didn't announce support for either candidate in 2006.

"At that particular time, while I appreciated all that (Eaton) had done, I was not going to endorse either one because Molly has been a dear friend for many, many years," Blastos said in an interview Thursday. "I didn't want to inhibit her campaign or Tom's. This year is a different question.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Contact: Tom Eaton, 352-8887

Eaton Announces for State Senate

Thomas R. Eaton announced today that he is running for the State Senate in

District 10 which includes the City of Keene plus Chesterfield, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Hinsdale, Marlborough, Richmond, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, and Winchester.

"I want to give the voters a clear choice for the future of our state. Two years ago Molly Kelly ran on the promise of fiscal responsibility. But when she got to Concord she voted for a 17% budget increase and more than a dozen tax and fee increases. In contrast when I oversaw the previous budget in the senate we had just a 3 1/2 % increase that the Governor signed and praised as responsible.”

We have spent many man-hours reviewing the situation at the Keene Middle School; its condition, and events that led us to our current state of affairs. I requested all documents pertaining to the Keene Middle School using NH’s Right to Know Law and used them as the basis for this report. This law gives citizen’s access to all public documents upon request from a governing body.

I made the RTK request to the Keene School District, The City of Keene, & the State of NH Fire Marshall in Concord.

There are a number of issues to bring forward and I will provide just a summary of those tonight. Due to the depth of information & lengthy chain of events, a more detailed presentation will occur at a later date directly to the public.