A Message from Rep. Elect Kathy Lauer-Rago

Rep. Elect Kathy Lauer-Rago has the following going into newspapers in the upcoming week, so I thought I would post it here beforehand.

To the Residents of Franklin and Hill,
 
Thank you so much for your vote and support on November 2nd.  I will do my very best to represent Franklin and Hill with excellence.
 
I do not take this responsibility lightly and will work hard to bring common sense values back to the Statehouse as I represent you.
 
If there is any issue you wish to discuss with me please know that I am always available.  You can contact me by email at kathyrago4nh@yahoo.com, my website atwww.kathyrago4nh.webs.com or the contact information below.
 
Thank you again.  Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work!
 
Kathy Lauer-Rago
Representative - Elect
53 Maple Square
Franklin, NH
934-8223

Looking for Guest Bloggers Still and an Announcement

Hi, everyone.

I've been busy the past few weeks working as a student teacher at Franklin High School, so it's been tough for me to come over here.  So if anyone is interested in guest blogging in the interim, you are welcome to send me an e-mail with your post and I'll put it up here.

Another announcement: Kathy Lauer-Rago, who's running for State Representative, is going to be on 1350AM (www.wezs.com) from 9:30 to 10:30am this Saturday. Be sure to tune in!

Lauer-Rago's New Website

Kathy Lauer-Rago, who's running for State Representative, has a new website up:

http://www.kathyrago4nh.webs.com/


Check it out.

Addendum to Guest Blogger call

This is an addendum to the last post calling for Guest Bloggers.

For Franklin TEA Party, in particular I'm looking for someone who can blog on the Franklin School District.  Because now that I have an internship at the high school I can't blog on that aspect anymore because, to me, it's a conflict of interest.

Any interested parties? E-mail me at scooppc11@yahoo.com.

Another Call For Guest Bloggers

The next rest of the year is going to be a busy time for me -- in July I'm taking three teaching writing workshops, in August I'm putting together costumes for an anime convention that I'm taking the stepkids to in Nashua, and I'm starting my internship at Franklin High School for a 12 week stint.  Because of that, I'm putting out another call for guest bloggers for Franklin TEA Party and for ConChrist to try to get some more original content in.

Requirements:

Franklin TEA Party: a Franklin resident who can keep up with the local issues affecting Franklin, particularly when it comes to the budget and the school district.

ConChrist: someone who can write about politics on both the local and national level as well as pop culture.  If you prefer one over the other I have no problem with that.

Both blogs are right-leaning political wise.  Neither position is paid (I don't even get paid to do this) but it can look good on a resume.  If interested, let me know at scooppc11@yahoo.com.

Kathy Rago for State Representative!

Kathy Rago announced her candidacy today for the Senate seat for Franklin/Hill District 2.

From her e-mail:

Call me crazy, but I have had enough of wasteful and excessive spending in our state with no accountability.  My hope is that not only in NH, but every state in the country will elect a conservative majority that will have the guts to go in and start making the difficult decisions to cut costs.  We, the taxpayers, cannot afford to have more money squeezed out of us!  We, in NH, and probably every other state do NOT have a "revenue" problem, we have a "spending" problem.

Anytime you want to write a guest post during the campaign, Kathy, feel free to do so. :-)

If you want to write to the campaign and show your support or offer assistance, e-mail kathyrago4nh@yahoo.com.

Budget Is Getting Voted On AGAIN

City Council had voted in this budget last summer, but they have to vote on it again because they didn't advertise the budget amounts as required by law, so they have to do it again.

March 22nd, 6:30PM. Public input is encouraged.

I'm planning on being there. Make sure you are, too.

Another Note: Concord Monitor

Last night I got a call from a reporter for the Concord Monitor regarding a story they are doing on the TEA Party movement in New Hampshire. Union Leader did a similar story a few weeks ago (and I got a call from them, as well, in which they just noted that I was a "TEA Party of One"). So when they publish their story I'll post it here.

Important Upcoming Dates

1) Franklin City Elections are tomorrow. The Citizen has the details.

2) This Friday, October 9, the Franklin School Board will be holding another emergency hearing on the fate of Alice Rogers-Farris, the Franklin High School principal currently on administrative leave. People still don't know what happened, and I don't know if they are also going to make that issue non-public, but nothing is even leaking for credible rumors. I'm planning on being at this meeting because it might affect me next year, so watch this space.

Speaking of Guest Writers...

I'm always looking for guest writers to write for the Franklin TEA Party. With me being a graduate student who is a year away from graduation, it's hard for me to be everywhere at once == for example, I wasn't able to attend the meeting regarding the recycling plant, and I know I won't be able to attend Candidate's Night on September 28th.

If you're interested, let me know at scooppc11@yahoo.com.

Candidate's Night

A notice that Choose Franklin will be hosting Candidate's Night on September 28th at the Franklin Town Hall at 6:30 PM.

Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to attend because I have a class that night. If you can and would like to contribute a report to post up here on what happened, let me know.

Next City Council Meeting -- August 3, 7 PM

The next City Council meeting will be on August 3 at 7 p.m. I plan on being there, because there may be a chance that the cap might not be broken.

Bob Desroschers is getting a petition together of Franklin residents who oppose the tax cap. So far, he reportedly has 200 signatures, and he plans on presenting this at the next city council meeting. If you would like to add your name to the petition, let me know and I will tell you how to get in touch with him. (I'm reluctant to give his phone number out on the website until I've talked with him myself)

Waiting for Video And Some Other Thoughts

I am waiting for video of Mayor Ken Merrifield's appearance on 2 Joes Live out of Manchester. Once that is up, I will be posting about it.

In the meantime, this site has now been mentioned by the generous guys at Granite Grok (whose show Meet The New Press I've been on twice, and headed for a third time at the next Blogapalooza once that's scheduled). They mention this blog as another group starting up. That wasn't the original intention, but it could work that way if we have enough people interested in the city to do so. And we are also on the blogroll of the NH Tea Party Coalition. Thanks, guys!

Here is my appearance last week on Meet The New Press where we talked about the Franklin city councilor's decision to override the mayor's veto: Part 1 and Part 2.

Guest Bloggers Wanted

Live in Franklin? Want to comment on the issues surrounding what the town government is doing to us? Let me know, and you can have a post in this space! Write to me at scooppc11@yahoo.com and we can arrange to have your post up in this space!