Guest post by NH State Rep Jane Cormier: Bah Humbug! - Granite Grok

Guest post by NH State Rep Jane Cormier: Bah Humbug!

Seems like the Lakes Region Planning Commission is distressed about all the “misinformation” being disseminated recently. During a Nov. 20 meeting, directors spouted the need to turn on their public relations machine to “…get the word out…there are efforts to divert the local planning effort for political reasons…those people write prolifically and it’s a misinformation campaign…” Not so much, really. Rather, it is an “education campaign” designed to inform our communities about the truth behind Regional Planning Commissions here in the Granite State. (The meeting can be viewed in its entirety, at www.governmentoversite.com. It’s a doozey of a meeting!)

NH RPCs are also working to come up with even more legislation/rules in Concord. They are now paying a lobbyist, Ms. Nancy Johnson, to lobby legislators on the wonderful benefits of RPCs.

Since RPCs in NH receive well over 2/3 of their funding from the Feds via HUD, DOT, and EPA, one needs to question who they actually serve? Do they serve our private property rights (which, by the way, are considered “barriers” by Granite State Future/NH RPCs!) or federal government overreach in our State? It is an important question to ask.

BTW, from the presses at Lakes Region Planning Commission: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded LRPC $200,000 over three years to conduct Phase 1 and Phase 2 Hazardous Substances Assessments in the Lakes Region…Funding is expected to commence in October with a first task being to hire a qualified environmental consultant. (More free money folks, from your friends at the EPA. Oh my.) Yes, yes, yes – Granite State Future and Regional Planning Commissions are hard at work putting “sustainable communities” into our communities – whether we like it or not!

I guess this is now Game On. I hope you stay on top of the forthcoming RPC ‘Public Relations Campaign’. It should offer some amusing information for us to debunk. I also invite you to join in by forwarding your own “Letters to the Editors” to area newspapers. If the Powers That Be are going to “rev up” the engines of propaganda, then we need to answer that propaganda in kind. Of course, my ‘friends’ and I will continue to speak the truth regarding Granite State Future. ‘Tis the season – Fa la la la la, la la la la…

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