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March 8, 2011
 • Say what you want, "at the discretion of the chair"  New 
 • Pancoast, school board, vote to further restrict public comment  New 

March 4, 2011
 • Paul Augros is Budget Committee MVP  New 
 • Phantom school budget cuts  New 
 • Please vote on March 8th!  New 
 • Default school budget DOES protect teachers!  New 
 • Vote Sean Skinner for Budget Committee  New 
 • Vote YES on Article 14  New 
 • Goffstown's average teacher salaries  New 

February 25, 2011
 • Dillon withdraws; endorses Mary, Leah & Ben
 • 2011-12 School Budget could cost even more
 • Vote NO on Article 2 on the school ballot
 • School district pay rates ridiculous
 • High taxes for high pay?
 • Selectmen say 'Yes' then vote 'No' 
 • Please vote for Sean Skinner  New 
 • State aid to Goffstown  New 

February 18, 2011
 • Vote Collis Adams for selectman
 • Please support Wolczko, Parah and Hampton  
 • Don't complain if you don't vote
 • Vote out school board incumbents
 • School board needs to WAKE UP! 
 • MVMS teachers, staff need help from citizens
 • Silence, too, can falsify information
 • School board can override chairman 

February 11, 2011
 • School Board snubs taxpayers again
 • Vote "No" on the school budget on March 8th
 • Was school budget compromise a mistake?

January 28, 2011
 • If you have extra cash, use it
 • Living Beyond Our Means
 • Just do it!

January 14, 2011
 • The proper funding of education

January 7, 2011
 • Thanks for cutting the school budget
 • School Budget Seen from Different Viewpoints
 • Transparency is the key
 • Property Taxes Set to Double

December 10, 2010
 • Class sizes must be considered
 • Are our schools under-funded?
 • A simple explanation of our budgets
 • Jim Hunt’s “Unsatisfactory Performance” List
 • Taxes Paid by Goffstown Residents  New 
 
December 2, 2010
 • Deflecting a couple low blows

November 19, 2010
 • Tea Party revolt coming vs. School Board
 • Did Bernie Made-off Live in Goffstown?

November 19, 2010
 • Teachers deserve what they're paid

November 12, 2010
 • Please adjust budget 10% as requested 
 • Avoid reckless cuts to services  
 • School Board compounds our tax problems  
 • Goffstown Project Management Woes  
 
October 15, 2010
 • John Burt is a man you can trust
 • Tax rate must not be allowed to increase
 • Town should postpone the Road Plan
 • Support fiscally responsible candidates
 • Chile beats Goffstown
 • The QE2 is Leaving Port
 • Mortgage Fraud in NH?
 • Vote John Burt for fiscal responsibility
 • Déjà vu All Over Again

September 24, 2010
 • What’s the bottom line for our schools? 

September 9, 2010
 • Another $50 Billion We Don't Have
 • BOS Chairman Just Shrugs His Shoulders
 • Rep. Hikel reaches out to Democrats
 • A New Board Game For Sale in Goffstown

September 2, 2010
 • A Town worker not doing his job 
 • Fishing in Glen Lake  
 • Please Define Completed

August 28, 2010
 • Signs, signs, everywhere signs

August 26, 2010
 • Wealth Re-Distribution Grows in Goffstown  
 • Written evidence of harassment at MVMS
 • Found Money  

August 12, 2010
 • Evergreens Grow in Goffstown

August 6, 2010
 • Insightful or Inciteful?

July 30, 2010
 • Is There a “FIRE” in Goffstown?
 • Owning a home in Goffstown

July 16, 2010
 • Deficits and Goffstown Home Prices Go Up

July 9, 2010
 • "Big Spending" Politicians Affect Goffstown

July 2, 2010
 • Spending reductions must start NOW
 • Give voters a real choice this year
 • 10% and quotable "quotes" 

June 25, 2010
 • Auditor's Report says we're OK, but...
 • Burger King closure should send a message

June 18, 2010
 • Budget Committee sent a strong message
 • Post public hearings in the Goffstown News

June 4, 2010
 • Continued Irresponsible Decisions
 • A New Bar in Goffstown

May 21, 2010
 • Three cheers for the Budget Committee
 • Thanks, Guy, for fighting for the taxpayers
 • Staffing shortage closes MVMS library
 • There Must be an Election Coming Soon

April 30, 2010
 • My two minute wait for nothing

April 16, 2010
 • ObamaCare just isn't affordable

April 9, 2010
 • School Board keeps spending, but not on kids
 • Lay off teachers, but purchase phones?
 • Take a close, hard look at Mountain View

April 2, 2010
 • $3.40 tax rate jump spawns buyer's remorse

March 26, 2010
 • Questions for the Goffstown School Board

March 12, 2010
 • Dear Majority of the Goffstown School Board
 • A message from John A. Burt

March 8, 2010
 • Goffstown voters given bogus tax impact information

March 4, 2010
 • A message to voters from Bill Bates, candidate for Budget Committee
 • Paul Augros asks for your support for Budget Committee
 • Gross, Pierce will spend us to death - Pascucci won't
 • John Burt asks for your vote on Tuesday
 • Please vote John Dillon for Budget Committee
 • Re-Elect Ivan Beliveau to Budget Committee
 • A vote for Scott Gross is "Not Recommended"
 • Mark Warden request your "write-in" vote on March 9th
 • Please vote John Burt on March 9th
 • Please Article 23 NO, NO, NO
 • Vote YES on Article 8

February 28, 2010
 • Snowmobile Articles are in the best interests of Goffstown

February 26, 2010
 • Snowmobile Articles on Goffstown's Ballot in March
 • Bill Bates asks for your vote
 • Please consider supporting Article #19
 • More discontent at Mountain View Middle School

February 19, 2010
 • School District must make tough decisions 
 • Support Town Article 22 and School Article 6 
 • Property tax relief for Goffstown that pays!

February 12, 2010
 • What's wrong with you people in Goffstown?
 • Is it really only a small group of voters?
 • Keith Allard gives incorrect information

February 5, 2010
 • Crabby Billy is not crabby all the time
 • Reply to Pam Whitney

January 31, 2010
 • Lorry Cloutier responds to letters in GN
 • The right outcome thanks to Lorry Cloutier

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