Common Sense For New Hampshire

Belmar Business Partnership Specail (sic) Improvement District BBP/SID CY 2011 January 1 to December 31 .   CY 2011 Comments INCOME     SID Assessments $168,000.00 based upon specific formulas set by Board, S/C Sponsorship $0.00 May be obtained via programs -only expend if receive Other Income $0.00 In kind donations, ie. Rent Grants $0.00 […]

I’m sure all of you read the paper and are aware that bankruptcy is finally being seriously contemplated for states such as New Jersey, Illinois  and California.  These three, and a few others, have for years been electing irresponsible jerks to power who have run up debts that can never ever be paid.  We can not be obligated to […]

From today’s Wall Street Journal: Not long ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was calling Evergreen Solar a “symbol” of his state’s economic future. Symbolism would appear to be overrated. Evergreen announced last week that it is shutting its Massachusetts plant and will lay off 800 workers. That’s the same plant Mr. Patrick had state taxpayers […]

The brutal execution of Lakewood patrolman Christopher Matlosz is a reminder to everyone, myself included, of the dangerous nature of police work, particularly in high crime areas like Lakewood.  By pointing out that tow truck drivers have a higher rate of on the job deaths than police officers I by no means wish to minimize […]

Am I the only one who objects when acts of pure evil, such as the Sept 11 terrorist attack or yesterday’s carnage in Arizona are referred to by the media and by politicians as “tragedies”?  They are not tragedies.  They are murder.  Accidental deaths are tragic.  Fatal diseases are tragic.  I would not call murder “tragic”.  (Unless maybe you […]