http://sunacom.com/rss.xml Since July, 2008, Sunacom is the only non-commercial, non-partisan, community service, online source for local news and information for the Lake Sunapee region of New Hampshire. Towns include Bradford, Croydon, Grantham, Newbury, New London, Newport, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton, Warner and Wilmot. Sunacom is published, edited and funded by Ken Schuster as a community service. It is not supported by advertising nor political, religious, philosophical or any other group or cause. en-us Copyright 2012, Ken Schuster and respective columnists. All rights reserved. ken@sunacom.com (Ken Schuster) http://sunacom.com/rss.xml http://sunacom.com/sunlogowhite_short.gif Sun, 13 May 2012 13:09:00 EST http://sunacom.com/columnists/odell/odell_05-13-12.html "There is always some back and forth between the House and Senate in the closing days of the legislative session but I do not recall it being at this level in the past." "[Senate Bill 48]]]> will reduce regulation of traditional land line telephone companies such as Fair Point so they can compete more effectively and fairly with Comcast and other communications companies. In the end, the industry supported the bill as did consumer protection groups." "A visionary leader, John Olson, CEO of Whelen Engineering Co, Inc.,... has made possible a partnership between Whelen and the Claremont School District to introduce advanced manufacturing to high school classes through structured daily visits to Whelen." "I spent a couple of hours with Jacqui Guillette and Brian Boardman, the general manager of the 600 plus employee Whelen operation in Charlestown, reviewing the progress of the program and learning the impact of the program in its first year." http://sunacom.com/columnists/odell/odell_05-13-12.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/grantham/grantham-05-12-12.html May 12, 2012 - Lorie McClory's Grantham area news column is online now at Sunacom.com. http://sunacom.com/columnists/grantham/grantham-05-12-12.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/winter/winter-05-12-12.html In his May 12, 2012 Sunacom.com column, Representative Steve Winter writes,"What is the difference between the Governor's Council and the Executive Council?" There is no difference; they are one and the same." "The Executive Council approves the spending of a major portion of the approximately $5.2 billion that is appropriated annually by the legislature. They ensure the executive branch of state government is fiscally conservative and above reproach." "Like the governor and the two legislative bodies, the council is elected every two years. This gives the citizens of this state a “built in recall system” for replacing elected officials who do not perform as expected." http://sunacom.com/columnists/winter/winter-05-12-12.html http://sunacom.com/columnists/lozito/lozito-04-21-12.html In her Apr. 21, 2012 column on Sunacom.com, commentator Marie Lozito writes, "One of the Founding principles of the United States is the Rule of Law. This means the law must be equally applied to all parties and that it needs to be knowable and understandable to the people." "...the law generated by the bureaucracy in America is unknowable. Because of this, the Rule of Law in America has been eviscerated." "Currently we have over 1,300 distinct Federal organizations within 479 Federal agencies." "Individuals, businesses, and private and public organizations can be fined, sanctioned, forced to close, and even jailed for violating federal regulations." "The people and the people's will are not represented by the agencies and there is little accountability for the actions of these agencies." http://sunacom.com/columnists/lozito/lozito-04-21-12.html