Executive-Council

NH Executive Council Votes To Explore Boondoggle

February 7, 2013

The Executive Council, by a vote of 4-1, has approved a 3.7 million dollar feasibility study–all three Democrats and sometime Republican Ray Burton voted to approve the expense. “Expanded rail service to Nashua and beyond has the potential to boost New Hampshire’s economy and create jobs. The only way we can understand the full impact [ Read more ]

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About That Chairman of the NHGOP Works For Free Thing…

November 9, 2012

Anyone ever wonder what possible advantage there might be to keeping the job of Republican Party Chairman of New Hampshire as an unpaid position?  I’m sure there are people with a pat answer but I have a theory. Seems to me that this would guarantee that only well-connected, moderate party insiders could ever hold the [ Read more ]

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Will Planned Parenthood in NH Lose Its Pharmacist Licenses

August 8, 2012

Don’t ask why but I got this story from of all places, Think Progress… State law requires a licensed pharmacist to dispense prescriptions, but it contains an exemption for family-planning clinics if they operate under contract with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. In April, Right to Life filed a complaint with [ Read more ]

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Weakling Republicans and Activist Judges….

May 26, 2012

Last week the Executive Council held hearings on Gov. Lynch’s latest judicial-activist nomination to the NH Supreme Court. On Tuesday I posted at GraniteGrok that the 5-0 Republican majority on the Executive Council—which has the power of advice and consent to the governor’s judicial nominations—should refuse to confirm the nomination. Why? Because the nomee, Jim [ Read more ]

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“New Hampshire politics just threw a wrench into this,” Heck, I wish it was the final nail…

March 8, 2012

No, not as in this picture:            This one:   Headline:  Executive council derails rail study Railroads, at least passenger ones, are a waste of time and a waste of taxpayer money.  Face it – the rolling stock is old, the infrastructure sucks, and even in the best place in the country, [ Read more ]

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Executive Council’s Defunding of Planned Parenthood Is Sinister

August 1, 2011

“The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” ~Margaret Sanger, founder, Planned Parenthood Kate Lancor, former Moultonborough welfare director decries the Executive council’s recent vote to defund Planned Parenthood. In her Union Leader Opposite Editorial entitled, Women need the services Planned Parenthood provides, Ms. Lancor [ Read more ]

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