An Executive Council (EC) seems to be a strictly NH “thing.” It is part of the Executive Branch and approves all contracts that are brought forward to them. The EC also has the duty to approve any nominations for senior posts within the Executive put forward by the Governor as well as those for judgeships.
This past Wednesday they held a hearing on the nomination of Anne Edwards to the NH Superior Court. Edwards has served in the NH Attorney General’s office for quite some time.
Thus, it is their job to be part of the checks and balances that help to create one of the weakest Governor’s offices in the US – our NH Founders knew correctly what was needful to keep Power from being aggregated into one office and person.
I was not able to attend, but Chau Kelley was there with her cameras and has graciously let GraniteGrok put up the testimonies that she captured – MANY THANKS, ma’am! When I finish listening and publishing them all, I’ll have my own thoughts on this nomination but not now.
In addition to these videos, you can click here to see the existing posts that have been written about her on GraniteGrok as well.
There are 19 separate videos – too many to put into a single post. I started with Anne Edwards’ testimony and then proceeded with some of the videos that Chau sent to me in chronological order. Thus there will be a Part 2 (or more):
Anne Edwards:
Tom Murray:
Russan Chester:
Ken Eyring:
Diane Fisher:
Daniel Richard (listen closely concerning about the NH Constitution, absentee ballots, affidavits, Town Moderators, and Town Clerks):
NH Secretary of State David Scanlon:
Part 2 will follow shortly.
