Fallout — Ballot Question 2
My Winnisquam School District’s three towns fell for the trickery of Question 2. Sanbornton, Tilton and Northfield voted, 60% or more, “Yes.”
Question 2’s wording includes a false promise: “These caps apply only to administrative operations of the SAU central office and do not affect classroom instruction, school-based services, or other municipal expenditures.” School boards decide expenditures, hands off nothing. Republicans and Free Staters in our State House were not honest with our voters, in their wording. A court sees this as a legit problem? Tuesday’s voting shows overwhelming statewide dissatisfaction with those writing the question.
Ironically, so-red Montana passed a law “to stop the corporate flow of money into political campaigns.” Montana voted “the state can deny the power of corporations, trade associations, nonprofits, and other ‘artificial persons’ to donate to political causes. Businesses chartered in other states can’t spend political money in the state.” Montana challenged the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court ruling! Fulfilling the goal of our Doris “Granny D” Haddock’s 1999-2000 walk across the U.S.!
Montana’s ballot question — honest, smart. Other states predictably will follow. (Texas? Elon Musk’s obscene election spending?) New Hampshire’s hurting property owners read only of Question 2’s cutting their taxes, effect on our schools overlooked.