Julie Smith 
House Judiciary member Louise Andrus, who actively opposed HB1002 with various efforts, including addressing the whole House on 2/1/24, has sponsored HB114. It’s the political antidote to the abomination against 91A that His Excellency signed on 6/14/24. The committee hearing is at 1:30pm in the LOB next Wednesday, January 22. Since I don’t know every … Read more
Not only are they fellow Londonderry locals, but the Senate President and the Speaker are each other’s “other side of the wall” counterparts in leadership. Anyone well versed in NH civics knows that the former is an office of higher prestige than the latter. Rep Moffett even pointed out who’s next in line to become … Read more
Please humor me for a moment, close your eyes, and picture the Mr Bean meme. It’s a quartet of him standing with his hands on his hips, looking at his watch, sitting Indian style, and lying down. The caption says, “Me waiting for (insert long-awaited item here).” I’m starting with that exercise because, just like … Read more
I ran into a tweet from Wyoming Senator John Barrasso congratulating Tim Scott for being the longest-serving Black Senator in American history. I join Barrasso in congratulating him, but my immediate question was if Ms Melanie Levesque would do so also. In the past several election cycles, Melanie appeared to have enjoyed pointing out her … Read more
With Rand Paul’s birthday coming up on January 7, the day before the New Hampshire House meets next, it’s a good time to call attention to someone exactly 9 years older and perhaps the polar opposite. He’s a very nasty loudmouth rep from a purple town, and this article serves to better acquaint freshman reps, … Read more
Rand Paul was the featured guest speaker for the NRCC annual fundraiser, known as the Steak Out, on October 11. The cover charge included a copy of his new book, Deception, and attendees lined up to watch their copies get autographed in person after his keynote speech. Because I’m a slow reader and already had … Read more
New Hampshire’s attorney general recently made the news by becoming the new National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) president. I’m going to rain on his parade for the moment and point out a few things, one of them being that his predecessor in that very position got elected in NY on a “get Trump” platform. … Read more
Do you remember JW Carney, the defense attorney that looks like Comrade Andru Volinsky and is known for his list of notorious clients? When Mr Addison, killer of Officer Briggs, was recently in the news, I noticed Daryl Abbas appeared in this WMUR video sitting at his courtroom desk, presumably as a member of Addison’s … Read more
For readers who rarely or never watched Seinfeld, December 23 is an important date on the calendar because it’s Festivus. Festivus is a fictitious religious holiday. There’s a well-known episode where Mr. Costanza wields a pole and airs his grievances to his dinner guests because that’s what the tradition calls for. If Rep. Ellen Read … Read more
I’m sure many people are hoping that I will let it go, but I won’t. 88 Rs voted to obstruct access to public records last spring by supporting the RTK tax, aka HB 1002. 22 of them are no longer in office and I’m pleased to say that one of those 22 is former Judiciary … Read more
I opened this morning’s email to a group memo from former Alderman Teeboom, known locally as the author of the original cap. There’s so much to say about the cap, its history (SB 52 of 2021 and HB 1342 of 2022), and city baggage (including litigation) associated with it, but I’ll cut to the chase … Read more
I received an email from AFP this morning that announced this year’s Defender of Liberty award. Below is an excerpt from that email. “Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire is proud to announce Joe Sweeney as our 2024 winner of the Tom Thomson Defender of Liberty award! Joe has spent the last year tirelessly fighting for lower … Read more
Unless you’re a brand new Granite Stater outside of Wheeler’s district, you ought to be familiar with Ms Melanie Levesque. While she’s not the only one who voted for an income tax, she’s the one who gets the most bent out of shape when her vote is mentioned. For those who care to learn more … Read more
RINOs are often the topic of much chatter in circles among the Grok readership, and here we are, just a few weeks after an election. On 9/29/21, future Rep Kelley Potenza called the Damn Emperor a “fake Republican” when Adam Sexton interviewed her at St A’s. Why do I keep referencing that sound byte? First, … Read more
Most readers already know what I think of our lame duck Senate quietly rubber-stamping the RTK tax (HB 1002) and advancing it to the Corner Office without any in-chamber discussion or roll call, but I’m here to discuss more of the upper chamber’s subversive antics. First, let’s look at today’s article on Ruth Ward by … Read more
Are you available at 10am this Monday 11/25? If yes, please join Paula Johnson and her supporters at the archives as she challenges her recount. Paula is a local fixture that needs no introduction in Nashua, but if you’re outside the city and need a refresher on who she is, click here. There’s also non-Grok … Read more
Tomorrow is November 19. It was a big day in NH 3 years ago and for 2 reasons. One of them was because it was the day Chuck Morse voted the wrong way on that covid money as a member of the committee serving as the very last firewall opportunity to block it. That was … Read more
The first of the LSRs are in and posted on NH dot gov. There were over 200 when I first looked and about a hundred more have been added when I revisited a day later. I suggest bookmarking this link in the same way you would use a real bookmark because there are usually over … Read more
Rep Ming, aka “Melanie 2.0,” as I often call him, made a crybaby tweet today, one week after losing to my senator. What sweetens his loss all the more is that he’s excluded from BOTH sides of the wall for the next 2 years. My high school basketball coach regularly said following each loss “losers … Read more
So the post-election dust has settled and there will be 9 recounts for the House and none on the other side of the wall,