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If developer Richard Paris wanted to get the attention of Allenstown officials, he certainly succeeded when he decided to put a chain across JillEric Road and offer it for sale.

For 15 years, this road was apparently ignored by town officials. Residents built the road themselves, allowing a second means of exiting and entering their neighborhood . a good safety move, but unusual for people to take on. It was presented to the annual Town Meeting for the town to accept it as a town road, which passed. However, the lot lines and deeds have become a murky situation, the truth apparently lost to the sands of time.

Obviously it's in the town's best interest and the residents - to get this matter settled. It's clear Paris wants to keep the road as is and get his houses built. Perhaps there's another issue here we're missing, but Allenstown officials ought to be working with Paris to iron out the wrinkles in this situation and make sure residents are not put in a hazardous situation by having their road access blocked.

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According to the Marine Corps Times, the government has set recruitment goals that are 7 percent higher than last year, but most branches of the armed services are below their current recruitment goals.

The military knows they need to make adjustments in order to increase recruitment, but they should not be allowed to take students. private information.

The military has also started distributing video games in an effort to connect with young people. These games make war seem like a lot of fun, something that can be easily controlled, and if you get killed just hit the reset button! In real life, dying or having your arm or leg blown off is nothing like a video game. It's for real, and it's permanent.

Is a few thousand dollars for college three or four years down the road worth dying for?

Don Chaput stated that the average income in Allenstown was $25,000. I challenge Mr. Chaput to support that statement with facts.

According to the state of New Hampshire Web site, citing information from the 2000 census, the median household income for a family of four in Allenstown, five years ago, was $51,600 - more than double Mr. Chaput's figure!

Many years ago I had the privilege of serving and chairing the Allenstown Budget Committee. The complaint then, as now, was too much spending on the school side of the budget.

Perhaps it would interest the Taxpayers Association in knowing that the school must be doing something right: 80 percent of Allenstown residents have at least a high school diploma and 10 percent have graduated from college. After 30 years of the same saw, why not look at the real problem and develop a real solution. As long as New Hampshire insists on funding education on the back of the local property owner, everyone loses. We all know that a dollar buys a lot more education in Rye than it does in Allenstown and we all know what must be done to make this equitable.

As long as Allenstown residents are willing to be led around by the "local control" argument, then we will be forced to pay locally what is mandated by the state and federal government. (Has anyone ever heard of state standards or the Federal No Child Left Behind Act?)

I challenge the Allenstown Taxpayers Association to level with themselves and the town. Please consider alternative funding sources (gambling, statewide taxation) and provide the children of Allenstown what they richly deserve: a chance at success!

Many people are moving to Hooksett from other states and are not familiar with the way government is run in New Hampshire small towns. So, I wish to educate residents that are not aware of the town council limitations.

There are three water departments in Hooksett, and they are run by their own commission. The town council has no jurisdiction over these water departments. They have board meetings and run their own elections. The sewer department operates the same way.

The town council has no jurisdiction over the police department and we cannot mettle in their business.

The school board is another department where we have no say. They have their own election and their own town meeting. It is not proper for the town council to overstep and get involved in these departments business.

We are very limited. If you have a problem with any of these department, I suggest you find out when the commission or board in charge meet and ask to be placed on the agenda and present your case to the board or commission.

Also, I do not acknowledge anonymous letters. If you are making a request of me and do not want to sign a letter, call and request your name not be divulged. If you send a letter and do not sign it, I believe you are coward.

I'm officer Rob Megowen, and I'm currently assigned to the Hooksett Police K-9 Unit. I've been working here for close to four years and have been a K- 9 handler for the last year. My K-9 partner is a 28- month-old German shepherd named Bob, who was imported by Connecticut K-9 Services from Slovakia.

The unit graduated from the New Hampshire State Police K-9 School in June of last year.

We are currently certified as a patrol unit able to track missing and wanted persons, locate discarded evidence, search buildings for persons, apprehend fleeing suspects and handler protection. We are currently looking into certifying in narcotic detection.

On June 3, 4 and 5, K-9 Bob and myself attended the 2005 Region 4 K-9 Trials in East Windsor, Conn. During this event, the unit competed against numerous other K-9 teams from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York.

Each team had to complete events in obedience, agility, evidence searches, suspect searches and criminal apprehension. During these hot and exhausting events, I am proud to say Hooksett came in second overall and took home trophies and medals in each event.

K-9 Bob and myself have now obtained our Patrol Dog 1 certification through the United States Police Canine Association.

I would like to thank everyone who showed all their support and the guys at the station who willingly and unselfishly took punishment from Bob to help Hooksett K-9 succeed.

Mr. Jodoin says he's in for a long term. First impressions are important clues to identity. Unfortunately, Mr. Jodoin's comments last week seemed to identify him as another socialist liberal. Since when do we need the state to help people to afford to live in Hooksett? He identifies the retired and fixed-income folks as needing tax relief, but omits those of us, (most of us), who have incomes not rising at the same outrageous rate as the spending habits of our "trustees."

We need "spending relief." Lip service and platitudes of "feeling our pain" give no relief, but instead raise the ire of folks like me. I regret not broadening my campaign to include opposition to the latest budget. As for the complete disregard for properly spending the appropriations as intended and voted upon, the other shoe will drop soon.

I encourage Mr. Jodoin to do his homework. I hope his first impression is wrongly interpreted by me. I won't be able to join in the coffee social, and am sure I won't be missed by most in attendance. I do wish him success, provided that success includes real tax relief and responsible stewardship of our money. At about $40 million for a town of 12,000 people, there is certainly some waste and fat that needs to be trimmed, not to mention some personnel changes.

Next week, I will post some questions that must be answered. After there is enough time for them to get their answers, these questions will be asked in person and ignorance will not be an excuse.

Miss Nord - get your head out of the sand - you'll see what's going on. You liberals ignore reality - I'm aware of that. However, 9/11 did happen and can happen again if we let our guard to the illegal infestation going on daily.

If you have a better idea of how to control illegals (of any color), let's hear it. If I entered your property uninvited, I'm damn sure you'd call a cop.

Read the Union Leader editorial of July 6 on page A8 . you may get better insight.

Many of us are sick and tired of all these bleeding heart excuses for ignoring the border leaks. Thousands of lives were changed forever on Sept. 11, 2001, because of this liberal, anything-goes attitude.

You can say what you want (you forgot to mention profiling), but until you come up with a better way to keep this land safe, let law enforcement enforce the law - you pay enough taxes for it!

You should be thankful that we have people like the New Ipswich and Hudson chiefs doing their jobs and stop trying to handcuff them.

Several times the judiciary has encroached upon the legislatures delegated powers. Now, evidenced by courts. creation of two nonprofit unaccountable entities, funded by the nonprofit New Hampshire BAR Association, the judiciary has usurped a power delegated by the constitution to the legislature.

This monopoly bar is operating in violation of Article 83 and requires compelled performance from its members. Encroachment such as this has prompted the legislature to respond with action to recover that which was usurped by the judiciary.

Previously, on several occasions, the recovery was acted upon by replacing the entire judiciary! All judges must be examined by the people, and any judge found covering up for the treasonous and tyrannical actions of corporate government, must be tried.

It's about time that they be brought to justice. It's time to end this; "the people .agreed. or .contracted. to destroy themselves."

The fact that government usurpation and fraud took advantage of an uninformed people doesn't justify its fraud. Our Constitution clearly states, government is to be the fiduciary of the people, and serve the people's interests - not its own.

It is time for government's "bubble" to burst and the truth prevail. The question is, how will it come about? The passage of HB541 will be the start of recovery as such bill will disassemble the unconstitutional monopoly bar and return the practice of law to the free market.