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Trust, and the bigger tax picture in Goffstown
March 2, 2006
IF MS. WINROW and others who attended, or watched on television, the school deliberative session on Feb. 6, you will know that I asked the school board specifically whether the $306,510 appropriation in Article 2 was needed to cover construction delays due to litigation associated with the Tirrell Hill site or the Glen Lake site. In response... more

 

The Great Deception
From 2005
"DURING THE DELIBERATIVE SESSION, attempts to discuss the factual details were suppressed.  Voters did not receive the proper technical information about the site, and instead were given inaccurate information such as 'there are no significant wetlands'." - Conservation Commission Report on the Glen Lake Kindergarten Site, July 13, 2005.

The above quote pretty much says it all.  The GRA believes
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Rewriting The Master Plan
From 2005
ON JUNE 30TH of this year, the Planning Board held a workshop to meet with the consultant who has been retained to assist with the rewrite of the 1997 Master Plan.  At that meeting, members of the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board and Economic Development Council all agreed ...more

Did School District Intentionally Mislead Their Own Attorney?
From 2005
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Darryl Lockwood has made public claims on numerous occasions that the school district has an opinion from their attorney stating that construction of a school on Map 5, Lot 14 does not constitute a violation of the provisions of the deed to that land.  The attorney for the school district, Mr. William C. Tucker, indeed ...more

Lockwood Makes False Public Claims - Again
From 2005

AS RECENTLY AS July's 14th's Planning Board meeting, school superintendent Darryl Lockwood continued repeating claims he had made in a letter written to the state DES, stating that the Glen Lake site had minimal wetlands.  At the time he wrote that letter, no wetlands impact studies, noise impact studies, traffic impact studies ...more

 

 


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