NH DOT claims employees save money by taking home state cars

By   /  December 22, 2011  /  Ethics, News  /  No Comments

By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog

CONCORD – Of the 1.5 million miles that New Hampshire employees drove state cars for Non-Business Use last year, 1.1 million were in the Department of Transportation. The agency responsible for the Granite State’s roads and bridges has the largest number of vehicles in the state’s fleet, and by [...]

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NH DRED Commissioner defends giving Cannon GM “Company Car”

By   /  December 22, 2011  /  Ethics, News, Power Abuse  /  No Comments

By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire

CONCORD — Commissioner George Bald is satisfied that no one in his department is abusing the privilege of driving state-owned vehicles, even if he was a little sloppy in keeping track of his own mileage. The head of the Department of Resources and Economic Development defends his decision to let [...]

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NH state workers drive 1.5 million personal miles a year

By   /  December 19, 2011  /  Ethics, News  /  No Comments

By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
CONCORD – State employees drove 1.5 million miles in state vehicles for non-business use last year, according to a report presented to the Legislature by the Department of Administrative Services. Starting in Fiscal Year 2011, DAS is charged with determining how many miles each state vehicles was driven for [...]

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RGGI running $600K deficit in New Hampshire

By   /  December 14, 2011  /  Energy, News  /  No Comments

By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog

CONCORD — Plummeting demand for carbon allowances has left New Hampshire officials $600,000 short of the grants they’ve made with the state’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative revenues. The quarterly RGGI auctions are the sole source of revenues for the state’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund (GHGERF), which has pledged [...]

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Rebuffed in Iowa, Gary Johnson concentrates on New Hampshire

By   /  August 8, 2011  /  Elections, News, Politics & Elections  /  2 Comments

By Rob Nikolewski
You won’t see Gary Johnson next Thursday (Aug. 11) at the Republican candidates’ debate in Ames, Iowa which will be nationally televised on the FOX Newschannel.
Johnson’s campaign released a statement late Friday (Aug. 5) saying the longshot GOP presidential candidate and former New Mexico governor will concentrate his efforts on New [...]

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