I’m going to call a spade a spade. There will be no sugarcoating and no special treatment for any reps that I once liked and respected, so let’s get started. Consider me the National Transportation Safety Board examining the wreckage.
88 Republicans voted the wrong way on HB 1002, making them enemies of Nashua’s citizenry. And 51 Republicans voted to indefinitely postpone HB 1414, making them enemies of transparency for Gunstock Mountain Resort.
If you’re not up to speed on HB 1002, click here, and here, for HB 1414.
These two bills were in the House today, the first being the RTK Tax and the other being a full audit of Gunstock. It would be a lie to say that I wasn’t expecting any shenanigans at the podium in an effort to defy the Judiciary Committee’s recommendation to refer HB 1002 to interim study. An amendment was introduced, and the bill passed, much to my disgust, as about 20+ more Rs voted incorrectly than on February 1.
And I was appalled to see certain people on the list of rogue voters to banish HB 1414 to the same fate that as SB 272 (Indefinite Postponement) in the House last year. You can visit NH dot gov, pull up the docket, and click on the pie charts to see who voted what way on any bills that have roll calls on the record, which I’ll leave you to do as you wish.
However, I compiled a cross-referenced list of “double offenders” as there are 31 of them and I’ll point out again that I’m giving special treatment to nobody. The list is the list just like the truth is the truth. Don’t these reps want transparency? It is, after all, an election year, so without further delay, here is the list.
Alexander
Ankarberg
Bean
Boehm
Bogert
Bordes
Boyd
Brown
Coker
Griffin
Harley
Harvey
Healey
Hunt
Janigian
Kuttab
Lascelles
MacDonald
Mason
McGough
Nelson
O’Hara
Ouellett
Pauer
Plett
Stone
Tripp
True
Walsh
Weyler
Wolf
And lastly, regarding the Corner Office, I leave you with two suggested questions for Chuck Morse, in addition to asking him about his 11/19/21 crime against NH.
They are what he would do if HB 1002 or HB 1414 made it to his desk.
Kelly Ayotte already answered my question, saying she wasn’t a fan of HB 1002 on February 8 while stumping at Sky Meadow, but she needs to be asked what she would do with HB 1414 (or the new number of the next attempt at it) upon its arrival at her desk.
