The New Hampshire Presidential Primary is over, at least for another four years, and today we want to ask all of you for your thoughts on what went down. Was it a good day for Donald Trump or did Nikki Haley exceed expectations? How about Joe Biden, Dean Phillips and all the other candidates on both sides?
Let us know your thoughts in the form here.
On that note, we asked for your input regarding the recent request by the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen to pause work on a new Beech Street Elementary School.
Here are the reactions we received.
Bill Stergios
“If enrollment is going down then we don’t need all these new schools. It seems that the school board is on a spending spree without regard for the taxpayers. They want to demolish the JFK coliseum? This is a landmark. I had my high school graduation there in 1969. We should put money into what we teach kids. No more cursive writing? Proper pronouns? We need more common sense on the school board.”
Dennis Bourgeois
“What happened at the last BMA meeting didn’t surprise me, the politicking of certain aldermen (everyone knows who they are) reared its ugly head again. This time the people cannot blame the previous Mayor. The School Board had already voted to move forward with their plan. They then had a full blown presentation to the BMA, Now a different Board says it was done wrong. Get on with the new business BMA, God only knows there enough of it. Get over it and MOVE FORWARD, TIME A KICKING.”
Erin Stoub
“Manchester schools are long overdue for improvement, and the school board was finally able to make progress in developing a long-term plan for improvement. For the BMA to vote to stop this hard-won progress (after public session, no less) indicates they are more interested in returning to dysfunctional and distrustful governance than leading Manchester in a positive way. BMA should respect, not interfere, with BoSC decisions that have been presented, discussed, and voted upon.”