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Most people who have been paying attention for quite some time already knew the writing was on the walls. The state Royal Family has selected Kelly Ayotte to be the darling favorite candidate for governor. It was obvious that Papa Smurf already approved her and just a matter of time before Baby Huey would make … Read more
In my previous post, I had decided to follow up on Steve’s news that the NH Attorney General’s Office had demanded that Shirley Doheny resign her position of Town Clerk due to multiple voting irregularities that she was responsible for overseeing. I decided to see if she had already followed through and resigned as of … Read more
I am endorsing John Rodgers in the Vermont Republican Primary to be Vermont’s next Lieutenant Governor. I do not generally endorse candidates in primaries, because I believe people should be encouraged to run and the Party should avoid internal conflict where possible. Indeed, Greg Thayer asked me earlier in this election cycle to endorse him … Read more
The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office is holding Election law training all over the state this month (before the September primary). I’m not certain they want peasants to attend, but if you think you qualify or can sneak into one, it might be useful to hear what it is they are teaching your ballot … Read more
There were a couple of nuggets in a couple of VT Digger stories that, taken together, are worth noting because they highlight a real problem with how things currently run under the Golden Dome – that is, with a maturity level found in your average middle school cafeteria. The first piece comes from a story about the … Read more
Well, I was hoping to get a callback from the Secretary of State’s Elections section yesterday concerning Dan Richard’s Writ of Mandamus – that didn’t happen. Upon coming home from taking the Grandson to Clarke’s Bears, I quickly opened the laptop thinking that I might have received an email. Wishful thinking. However, Dan received a … Read more
Every election cycle, we get this. People who identify as Republican announce their support for the Democrat candidate. Their stated goal is to convince people in the supposed middle that their guy or gal or whatever is a better choice. The 2024 Circus is no different. We will have alleged Republicans endorsing Democrats up and … Read more
Having failed to avoid a conviction for things he admitted to doing and failed to prevent a court from insisting she serve time for that, former State Senator Jeff Woodburn has gone back to the well. You can’t put me in jail; I’m old, he says. I got counseling. I’m a good citizen (former public servant involved … Read more
Nashua Attorneys take orders from the Mayor, but when those orders violate the constitution, state statutes, or City laws, shouldn’t the Attorneys make a hard stop and comply with the law? Not in Nashua. The Budget Review Committee (BRC) holds public meetings starting in May to review each department’s budget. In June, the Board of … Read more
The recent—and unfortunately more regular—flooding Vermont has experienced since last summer has damaged a lot of infrastructure, but the impact on our roads due to washouts is a big one—and an expensive one for the state and local municipalities. This raises a critical question of where the money is going to come from to fix … Read more
CONCORD, N.H. – Today, Governor Sununu signed HB 1607, legislation aimed at fixing New Hampshire’s broken safe haven law to save babies from fatal abandonment or abuse. The most important provision of this bill is the “exclusionary rule,” which incentivizes criminal parents to surrender their babies. Under this rule, any evidence obtained from a Safe … Read more
We have been covering Dan Richard’s efforts to get the State of NH to do the only thing it is supposed to do. Simply this, which the NE Patriots’ football team made famous: DO YOUR JOB! It’s simple—real simple. Yet, it has taken years of hard work on the part of this one brave and … Read more
I decided to follow up on Steve’s post (NH AG Orders Hampton Town Clerk to Resign After Multiple Election Law Violations) to see if Hampton Town Clerk Shirly Doheny had followed the NH State Attorney General’s Office demand to resign. So I called. Now you get to figure out which it is – A “no”, … Read more
What, dear readers, are the first thoughts that come to your mind when you hear the words “country club?” Rich old white men playing golf? Antisemitism? Anti-anything that is a departure from the Good Old Boys network? Though several Rs in the Senate do indeed play golf, let me be clear that I’m not implying … Read more
New Hampshire Electioneering Law (RSA 659:44-a) prohibits public employees from using government property to engage in voters or votes. The only thing more difficult than getting public employees, typically teacher’s union members, from doing it is convincing the AG office to prosecute. Miracles, however (it seems), can happen. After losing a School Board race by … Read more
Whether you want to call it “The Patriarchy” or the “Old Boys Club,” historically, incompetent men have been protected by The System at the expense of better alternatives. Instead of feeding the false narrative of DEI propagated by both sides–white men will never work again! airplanes will fall from the skies!–how about you start to … Read more
I saw that Grokster Ann Marie is demanding easy answers to hard questions, but the Superintendent, Tom Abrose, is giving her a hard time. And yes, I’ve been reading and giving her some advice, and I noticed that every Subdivision of the State (e.g., towns, school boards, state agencies, commissions…on and on) has decided that … Read more
For all the prattle about Reagan’s 11th Commandment and despite months of seemingly endless exhortations not to attack Republicans in this election cycle, when it comes down to it, State Senate Republicans are more interested in entrenched power. Emily Phillips is challenging Senator Gannon in a primary, and the Republican State Senate PAC appears willing … Read more
A news story ran recently about the Hampton Town Clerk being forced to resign after the AG’s office determined she mishandled election ballots, breaking the law. Town officials were quoted acknowledging the woman who identified the mishandling and the wrongdoing positively and vowed to take action to restore their citizens’ trust in fair and free … Read more
Multiple civil rights groups from California to Illinois have just joined six New Hampshire state reps in an attempt to protect their citizens from what some call Massachusetts’ misapplication of gun laws. These challenges to the state’s firearms licensing scheme stem in part from the prosecution of two motorists, Dean Donnell and Philip Marquis, who … Read more