Did you catch last night's School Board meeting? Here are some of the highlights:
Hiring the Interim Superintendent was supposed to save us 20%, according to SB member Nathan Lunney. But this Superintendent is making $13,000 more, working less and we have outsourced a big component of his job to consultants. Where's the savings? And if the SB decides to contract with him for another year, which they seem on track to do, then we start the new fiscal year $13,000 in the red because they are choosing not to budget accurately for this position. How is this good for our district?
Last night, the School Board chair talked about "responsible bonding" when comparing recently approved building projects in other districts. However, the numbers were presented completely without context. I think it's important to note that our town hasn't completed any significant upgrades to facilities in 27 years. Is that responsible?
I don't know how a 36% turnover compares to other districts, but it seems significant to me.
I love voting day. I love being at the polls holding signs and I love voting. I even love counting ballots at the end of the night.
I'm looking forward to casting my ballot today and I know there are many important races to consider. But I'm most looking forward to voting for Michael Cahill for State Representative.
Michael has embraced the school facility issue completely and no one has worked harder for our community on this issue. He has attended meetings here in town, advocated for us in Concord and together with his wife Atinuke, has worked tirelessly on this issue.
Thank you for your service, Michael.
Did you see the mailer sent out by Michael Sununu, attempting to discredit State Rep candidate, Ella Walichnowska? I read it and thought that I'd look into some of the content in the mailer.
I read the minutes of the Newfields Deliberative session, which told a different story than the mailer. I'm disgusted by the misinformation and I'd like to use this forum to help set the record straight.
From the minutes:
AND...
I FAIL TO SEE THE CONTROVERSY.
This is a message from Ellen:
“Firstly, I have NEVER worked for a "DC pressure-group", now, then, or any time before in my life. At the time of the meeting my ONLY job was as a BUSDRIVER.
I told everyone there that I didn't work for any group and that I lived in Newmarket. Anyone could merely look at the record of the deliberative session
to see who I was and where I lived.
Although I support Ella's candidacy, I did not "back" Ella's campaign, nor did any supposed "DC group". The only group I was involved with was a local
listserv called "nh4democracy" that had a couple of hundred members, all in NH, except one, and that was a member from Public Citizen, who was not in charge of the group but just gave advice.
Also, I noticed Mr. Sununu did not explain anywhere that the warrant article's purpose was just a resolution, not a law or anything having to do with the budget, to restore control of elections to the People, the actual citizenry. I believe he didn't mention it because it was wildly popular and passed easily in Newfields.
I believe Mr. Sununu deliberately lied, and deliberately got my name wrong, and waited until this late date so that there would be little we could do about it."
And from the Newfields Democrats:
Finally, Ella is not running for State Rep. at the behest of DC lobbyists, she is running at the behest of the Newfields Democratic Committee. We personally asked her to run, and she graciously accepted. She is running to represent us, the people of Newfields and Newmarket, and any claim to the contrary is completely fabricated."
Know the facts before you vote tomorrow!
