By Gary Rayno, Distant Dome
CONCORD — Lawmakers were very meticulous when they first attempted to address the first two Claremont education funding decisions. Discussions and negotiations dragged on for months with enough spreadsheets produced to clear-cut the White Mountain National Forest.
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