Steve MacDonald

The NH State  Supreme Court Upholds NH Education Tax Credit.  The ACLU, Bill Duncan, Maggie Hassan, Barry Lynn and others…lose.

Kids and parents who want their kids to have a shot at attending the better schools or just having more choices – Win!

Court (Lewis, J.) ruling in favor of the petitioners, eight individual New Hampshire residents and taxpayers and LRS Technology Services, LLC (LRS), on their petition for a declaratory judgment that the Education Tax Credit program (the program), see RSA ch. 77-G (Supp. 2013), violates Part II, Article 83 of the State Constitution. Defending the program are the State and the intervenors. The intervenors are three New Hampshire citizens, who wish their children to receive scholarship funds under the program, and the Network for Educational Opportunity, a non-profit organization involved with the program. The trial court ruled that the petitioners had standing under RSA 491:22, I (Supp. 2013). We do not reach the merits of the petitioners’ declaratory judgment petition because we conclude that: (1) the 2012 amendment to RSA 491:22, I, which allows taxpayers to establish standing without showing that their personal rights have been impaired or prejudiced, is unconstitutional; and (2) absent that amendment, the petitioners have no standing to bring their constitutional claim. Accordingly, we vacate and remand with instructions to dismiss the petition.

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Tom Flaherty already did the heavy lifting for this RINO Alert back in July, so I will make a few quick observations about Steve Hattamer, and leave you with Tom’s research and remarks.

Steve Mad-Hattamer is a RINO.

Steve Mad-Hattamer can’t even explain why he is running for Executive Council, let alone answer questions about the position or his goals if elected.

Steve Mad-Hattamer may be one of the least qualified  candidates  for Executive council,  ever to run for the post, based on interviews I have had with people who have met him, or heard him speak.   Thankfully, Republicans have more than one candidate to choose from in the September 9th EC District 5 primary, coming up in less than two weeks.

And here, as promised, is the bulk of  Tom’s post from July, which I have included below.

Hattamer and his wife, Elizabeth, have made a habit of donating to Democrats since 2006.

As you can see here from the FollowTheMoney.org website, Hattamer and/or his wife contributed to Democrats Sam Page (D-MO) $6400 and Michael S Katz (D-DE) $1100 (click image to enlarge).

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At the end of the original Indian Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Ark of the Covenant is packed into a nondescript crate and wheeled into the worlds largest warehouse where it could *almost never be found again.   Well, the IRS is now admitting that everything they’ve been saying about lost emails and missing or damaged drives, didn’t actually matter because, Gosh Wally, the Government does back everything up after all, but there’s no way we’ll ever be able to find what you’re looking for.

Judicial Watch phrases it this way…

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Democrats are obsessed with controlling what they define as ‘ misinformation.’  Remember AttackWatch?  How about those White House requests to spy on your neighbors?  Invitations to share the email addresses of your friends, family, or coworkers (or others) with the government from so they could address any misinformation they had been sharing…you know,  so the government could…straighten them out.  There were DCCC cheat sheets every Thanksgiving to set the record straight–and make sure you take note of who in the family disagrees with you…

Then there’s all the NSA spying, strong arming to get internet data, spying on journalists, congress, our so-called allies overseas….

Each of these has been met with varying degrees of concern  (ridicule and derision) over the Stasi like tactics being employed by the Obama administration.  But that has not stopped them.

Our Democrat President is still using his intelligence apparatus to spy on all of us, but why stop there?

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Mark “0.71” Begich is not the only Democrat in congress who underpays his female staffers while railing on the Democrat straw man (woman?) of pay inequality.

Michigan Congressman Gary Peters is running for the US Senate and wouldn’t it just figure–he pays his female staffers even less than Begich does, compared to men.

Gary Peters only pays his gals 0.67 cents for every dollar he pays the fellas.

https://twitter.com/TerriLLand/statuses/503923417746132992

Wouldn’t it be ironic if Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s leadership PAC had given money to another guy whom her party rhetoric would identify as a greedy, sexist, misogynist dirt bag?

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PENNY S. DEAN

Attorney and Counselor at Law

My name is Penny Dean; I am an attorney who regularly practices before a variety of state and federal courts and administrative agencies.I am also an NRA certified instructor (Basic Pistol, Metallic Cartridge and Shotgun Shell Reloading) as well as an NRA Range Safety Officer. I teach Hunter Education. I am a graduate of the Lethal Force Institute I-III (when Massad Ayoob was LFI Director). I have testified countless times before New Hampshire House and New Hampshire Senate committees. I present analyses of firearms-related legislation. My goal: to help the General Court’s members to understand firearms and other civil rights issues. Let’s look at the FACTS about Scott Brown’s views (and actions/votes) on guns:

FACT:    Scott Brown backs assault gun ban-state & federal

“As a state legislator in Massachusetts I supported an assault weapons ban thinking other states would follow suit. But unfortunately, they have not and innocent people are being killed. As a result, I support a federal assault weapons ban, perhaps like the legislation we have in Massachusetts.” ….. “But Brown earned the endorsement of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in November’s election…” (Politico 12/20/2012; see http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/scott-brown-backs-assault-gun-ban-85348.html or http://politi.co/1pBUgtB)

FACT:    Bloomberg Endorses Republican in Heated Massachusetts Senate Race

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The IBEW’s leadership tried to give our left wing Governor, Maggie Hassan, 25,000.00 dollars so you’d be right to ask what their interest is in a Republican candidate for the NH State Senate.  That same union officials have given Republican State Senate Candidate Michael McCarthy (Dist 12) $2500.00 dollars so far.  And they are not alone.

The Teamster bosses are investing in McCarthy, MA/NNE, the SEA (NH’s local SEIU), and the IUPAT PAC, all unions who rabidly support Democrats and the Democrat agenda, with cash, campaign troops, and other forms of in-kind contributions.  Union officials account for almost 60% of McCarthy’s donations as of Aug 20th, and that is without bothering to track individual donors who may be union members.

McCarthy has to represent something to the Union officials/Democrat agenda for them to invest so much in his campaign, and that should send up more than few red flags for Republican primary voters next Tuesday.

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