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February 10, 2008
Artificial Turf and Kitty Litter
The City Council work session on the 28th concerning the Capital Improvement Plan was quite enlightening. City Manager Bohenko and the various department heads should be commended for their Herculean effort. The CIP is an essential tool in bringing order to a part of the budget that invariably gets short changed (pun intended.)
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January 15, 2008
Am I Naive?
My wife and I just got the quote from Anthem Blue Cross for our medical insurance renewal. It was an otherworldly, Land of Oz experience. Our combined medical costs for the coming year will be at least 1/3 of our income. It was a breath taking read, and it brought sharply into focus two recent items in the opinion pages of this newspaper.
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January 10, 2008
Martha Clark and Carbon Credits
According to today’s paper NH’s far left are at it again. In the name of the religion of environmentalism they are screwing up the marketplace. Portsmouth’s own State Senator Martha Clark is co-sponsoring a piece of legislation that “would force Public Service of New Hampshire and the big power plants in Newington and Londonderry to reduce their carbon emissions and pay for the harm they do to the climate.” It makes you feel all warm and fuzzy – until you get to the bottom line.
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January 06, 2008
Fire in the Belly
Here I sit two days before the primary with a fire in my belly. It was a busy holiday season that kept me from my favorite hobby – commenting on things large and small. Real life can interfere with fun. Working two jobs, one of which was on the west coast inspecting flooded homes. On Christmas day when you are walking up someone’s drive and you can see the flood line is half way up their living room window and a mudslide in the rear has crushed one wall you know that “Merry Christmas” is something you won’t be saying to these folks, but you muddle through.
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