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price March 26, 2010  • ObamaCare: American Socialism  • Health care shot felt 'round the country  • Obamacare can be repealed March 12, 2010  • Thank you Vivian Blondeau  • Voter turnout should have been higher March 8, 2010  • Gross and Pierce turn deaf ears to taxpayers March 5,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  • 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'  • 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  • 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  • February 16, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL      School Board boast cuts, but admits surplus? • February 16, 2007 - MEMBER EDITORIAL      Come on, Goffstown - get with it on recycling! • February 12, 2007 - EDITORIAL      Watch out for Article 16! • 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