Editorials published by the Goffstown Residents Association are written by various members and contributing non-members of the GRA.

 

 2010
January 7, 2010 
 •
Now is the time to speak
 • Goffstown spending: Keeping it in check
 • The Solution is the Problem

December 10, 2010
 •
Make your own cuts or it will be done for you

November 19, 2010
 •
The picture is not as bleak as you make it
 • Hold our elected officials accountable
 •
A Zoo in Goffstown?

November 10, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIAL
 •
We stand by our opinion  

November 04, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIALS
 • What is the school board thinking?  
 • Follow selectmen's lead - trim your budgets  

September 9, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIALS
 •
It's Ovide: There is no better choice
 •
Union Leader endorses Ovide Lamontagne

May 14, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIALS
 •
Keith Allard and the dangers of free money
 • May is the Start of Contract Negotiations


May 7, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIAL by Ivan Beliveau
 •
Two different worlds

April 30, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIAL by Paul Augros
 • The school board's wrongful assumptions

April 16, 2010 - GUEST EDITORIAL by Paul Augros
 •
School Board tactics to watch out for

April 2, 2010
 • Congratulations to Carl Quiram
 • Government control exacts a high price


March 26, 2010
 • ObamaCare: American Socialism
 • Health care shot felt 'round the country
 • Obamacare can be repealed


March 12, 2010

 • Thank you Vivian Blondeau
 • Voter turnout should have been higher


March 8, 2010

 •
Gross and Pierce turn deaf ears to taxpayers

March 5, 2010

 •
Bill Bates needs our help

February 26, 2010

 • Why only blame Scott Gross?
 •
Article 9 is very bad for many reasons

February 19, 2010

 •
In answer to Eric Geissenhainer 
 • The real hijackers of Goffstown

February 12, 2010

 • The power of a single vote 

February 5, 2010

 •
Goffstown's Debilitating Deliberative Session
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Teacher and secretary positions may be cut

January 31, 2010

 •
Come out to the School Deliberative Session

January 29, 2010

 •
Some folks just don't get it
 • Goffstown Voters Have a Choice to Make
 • Thank you, Guy Caron

January 22, 2010

 •
Goffstown's chance to learn from Massachusetts
 • 24 percent school tax increase is outrageous
 • Massachusetts politics has arrived in Goffstown
 • The School Board's public apology
 • Spending, not revenue, is the problem
 • How YOU can lower the school budget

January 15, 2010

 •
What YOU can do about the school budget

January 8, 2010
 •
Kudos to Carl Quiram
 • Ask the School Board about their budget
 • GRA membership increases
 • School Board uses CBAs as an excuse
 • A call for teachers to give up their raises
 • Local residents fear reprisals
 
 2009
December 31, 2009
 •
Flat Taxes in Goffstown

December 24, 2009

 •
A $3.27 Increase in the Local School Tax Rate?
 • One less French Fry in the School Board's Happy Meal
 • Employee Enlightenment
 • Things No Better at MVMS
 • ‘Tis the Season...

December 4, 2009

 • In tough times, town budgets still increase over 2009 expenditures
 • School District budget to be slightly lower in 2010-2011
 • Budget increases are less than requested, but plenty to get by on
 • Math Problems in Goffstown

November 27, 2009

 •
Budget Committee must look at salaries

November 20, 2009

 •
Goffstown workers: Raises for no reason
 • Banks reluctant to lend and spend

November 13, 2009
 •
Let's party on, Goffstown!
 • Hard times? Reduce COLA!
 • Hunt wrong man for the job at MVMS
 • Health Care bill will break the budget
 • Who is stupid?

November 6, 2009
 • The Dismantling of America
 • The daunting 1,900-page health care bill

October 30, 2009
 • What is wrong with this picture?

October 23, 2009
 • The school board is at it again!
 • The Housing Situation in Goffstown
 •
A Glimmer of Hope?

October 16, 2009
 • An Apology to President Obama
 • Attend Your SAU Meetings!
 •
Fed-Sponsored Inflation affects Goffstown
 •
A Nobel Prize for disturbing U.S. peace
 •
Return to Sender?
 • Raiding JUA fund is not necessary


October 9, 2009
 • What next from our SAU Superintendent?
 •
In the Eye of the Housing Hurricane
 •
The Morally Bankrupt Nobel Prize

October 2, 2009
 • No New Spending!
 •
Their tax credit is our tax increase
 •
Are we getting our money's worth?
 • Fiscal facts about Goffstown


September 18, 2009
 • Buckley shows little policy knowledge
 • Silent majority silent no more
 • The largest employer in the US
 • Obamacare: First the spin, now the truth...

September 11, 2009
 • Employment and taxes in Goffstown
 •
FACT CHECK: Obama uses 'iffy' math on deficit pledge
 •
Is Obamacare already dead?


September 4, 2009
 • Obama speech to students smacks of Orwell's '1984'
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Stop Congress' health care grab

August 28, 2009
 •
Kennedy advice revealed much

August 21, 2009
 • 56% Turnover of Staff at MVMS
 •
Silencing the masses

 •
545 People

August 7, 2009
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Buyers beware Obama's unsavory elixir
 • Students learn 'Obama Plan' the hard way
 •
Age doesn't always breed wisdom


July 31, 2009
 • Obama spin can't sell this bottle of snake oil

July 2, 2009 
 •
The economy: It's someone else's money
 •
Obama's 'pledge': We've all been had

June 26, 2009
 •
Kevin Hodges: An Illegal Alien's best friend

June 5, 2009
 •
Welcome to the Soviet States of America

April 17, 2009
 •
Keep an eye on Gross and Fournier
 • Want tax rebellion to stick? Dump the politicians
 • Hiring Freezes and Cutbacks Needed

March 27, 2009
 •
The hypocrisy of Obama and the Democrats

March 20, 2009
  • Thank you John Caprio

March 13, 2009
  • Voter turnout worst in 5 years

March 6, 2009
 • Allard letter laced with disinformation, outright lies
 • Voters MUST pass School Articles 2 and 5
 • Choosing the right candidate
 •
So much for Obama's promise of change

January 30, 2009
 • The Importance of Supporting School Articles 2 and 5

January 30, 2009
 • Kudos to the Goffstown Budget Committee
 • Goffstown's Perfect Storm

January 23, 2009
 • For School Board, Desperate Times Call For More Dirty Tricks
 • Taxes and spending: Who has the money?

January 19, 2009
 • Two Sides to Every Story

January 15, 2009
 • Town and school officials out of touch with dire economic realities

January 11, 2009
 • An open letter to the Goffstown School Board

January 4, 2009
 • Cloutier calculations expose waste
 •
Please support school petition article
 
 2008
December 24, 2008
  • Did the $chool Board look out for your best interests?
  •
Stop $chool foxes from guarding their own henhouse 

December 22, 2008
  • Budget Committee caves in amid $chool tactics
  •
$chool budget continues to double every 10 years 
  • How the $chool Board - and government - is ruining Goffstown

October 30, 2008
  • Think very carefully before voting
  •
The 'Change' Obama Brings 
  • Spitzer and Sarbox Were Deregulation?
  • Remember Shaheen's record
  • Shea-Porter's drilling ruse
  • Kenney the right choice for Governor

October 24, 2008
  • Barack Obama frighteningly unqualified
  •
The financial specter of an Obama presidency

October 17, 2008
  • A Financial Diet Plan for Goffstown
  • Obama's tax cut just 'wealth redistribution'
  • Obama-style socialism has already failed U.S.
  • Carol Shea-Porter a Pelosi lapdog
  • Shaheen vs. consumers: A tale of corruption

October 10, 2008
  •
Obama's net spending lie
  •
Shaheen dodges straight answers  
  •
Lynch to "cut" his own overspending 

September 19, 2008 
  • Holden letter just an outright lie
  • Barack Obama - the post turtle

September 8, 2008 - GUEST EDITORIAL
  • Holden is not telling the truth, AGAIN!

September 4, 2008 - EDITORIAL
  • Pam Manney is the right choice
 
June 20, 2008 - GUEST EDITORIAL
  • Shea-Porter says 'drill!': but there's no oil

May 9, 2008
  • Mountain View Softball Fields to go Private?

April 11, 2008 - GUEST EDITORIAL, by Marie Boyle
  • No Pledge?  No Thanks.

March 28, 2008
  • Thank you and farewell, Chief French

March 20, 2008
  • Goffstown not duped on Pledge article
  • NH must keep the Pledge

March 14, 2008
  • Voter turnout worst in 4 years

February 21, 2008
  • Article 11:  Let the children play
  • Obama selling hope, little else

February 12, 2008
  • Article 11: Invest in Goffstown's Future

January 25, 2008
  • Another great job by DPW

 2007
• November 23, 2007
  
  Gross defies Board, state law

• November 16, 2007
  
  Why aren't Line Items enforced in Goffstown budgets?

• October 19, 2007
  
  Where in the world is Scott "Ghost"?

• October 12, 2007 - EDITORIAL
  
  Kudos to the Solid Waste Commission

• August 17 2007 - EDITORIAL 
  
  Why did DPW (and D'Avanza) keep selectmen in the dark?

• August 3, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
    
Have you stopped and smelled the asphalt?

• June 12, 2007 - EDITORIAL
    
School board must make the right decision on August 20th

• May 18, 2007 - GUEST EDITORIAL
     Yes, New Hampshire did vote for a liberal agenda last fall

• 
May 8, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     School Board takes first step, but more is needed

• May 4, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     School district cleverly flies under the radar

• April 20, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Town flood control and relief efforts show great results

• 
April 18, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Bartlett Elementary PTA does it right

• March 23, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Board of Selectmen off to a great start

• 
March 15, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Stunned at voter apathy, indifference

• March 15, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Time for Goffstown to move forward

• 
March 13, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     'Vote Out' campaign went too far

• 
March 12, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Voters must finish what they started in 2006

• March 6, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Thank you Barbara Griffin

• 
March 2, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     Support Article 21

• February 27, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     Integrity and preserving the public trust

• February 21, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     Goffstown's TIF Articles: A piecemeal approach to a good idea 

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February 16, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     School Board boast cuts, but admits surplus?
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February 16, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     Come on, Goffstown - get with it on recycling!

• 
February 12, 2007 - EDITORIAL
     Watch out for Article 16!

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February 9, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     TIF needs to fail

• February 6, 2007 - EDITORIAL
   Kudos, and a challenge, to the School Board

• February 2, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
   TIF districts just pick our pockets

• February 2, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     TIF is good for Goffstown

• February 2, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
    Vote NO on TIF articles

• January 9, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
    
Support the elderly tax exemption

• 
January 5, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL
     Grasmere General Store to suffer again

  2006
• Right-To-Know issue outrages community >>
• Right-to-know issue escalates >>
• 
Kudos to DPW workers, Goffstown Police
• 
Selectmen ignore outrage over right-to-know issue >>
• New 'roundabout' a typical DPW fiscal and engineering disaster
• Griffin, D'Avanza and Hunter vote against public's right-to-know >>
• 
24/7 committee should be praised
• 
Griffin needs to get a grip
• Why Outsource Our Roadwork?
• Goffstown News Editiorial on Laura MacKenzie was rude and Ignorant
• 
Duffy missed the point
• 
Goodbye, so long, farewell
• 
Voters must take back control of Goffstown

 

 


 

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