I want to get the word out in the public square right now, fresh off the heels of that horrible HB 1002 House roll call, because time has a habit of making people forget things, and candidacy filing time is not for another four months.
Every intelligent person knows that the muzzled Baby Shamu must NOT be allowed to stay in Gary Daniels’s seat, but what are her constituents going to do about it? My preference, as an outsider, is to convince Gary that his services are desperately needed. There has to be a variety of ways to do that, and people close to him should have that conversation.
However, in the event that he opts to remain a private citizen, something people approaching 70 are known to do after a resume rich in public service, a Plan B is needed. I had a conversation with a suitable potential candidate outside of Merrimack last summer, but this person was not interested and cited some practical reasons not to be the one. There’s Milford Rep Vanessa Sheehan, a nice lady that I met at Fulchino Vineyard for a Lily Tang Williams event. There’s also Merrimack Rep Jeanine Notter, someone well-liked by her peers with lots of name recognition. One might even look to private citizens from Amherst, possibly Lynn “Just Jocelyn” Briggs or Linda Kaiser. Who NOT to promote is Bill Boyd, and here are some reasons why:
Bill has proven himself anti-RTK with his vote in favor of the “RTK records tax” yesterday, as did 2 of his local peers.
One of them was Rep Maureen Mooney, a LAWYER, mind you. And the other was Rep Healey. Rep Healey and Nashua City Clerk Healey might share the same anti-RTK DNA. Someone should file a bill to fund a “23 and Me” study on that.
Bill Boyd also voted NO on HB 1131 2 years ago. This was the school mask bill that the Damn Emperor vetoed. The House roll call occurred sometime in April 2022 because I remember confronting Bill about his rogue vote at the May 1 Merrimack GOP soiree outside the Exit 11 Mexican joint. I started the unpleasant conversation with Melissa Blasek present, and she stepped in to finish it. It was good to have her handy as another Merrimack rep to talk to him as his equal.
Shortly after Bill Boyd won his April 13, 2021, special election to fill the seat vacated by the untimely death of Speaker Hinch, he voted the wrong way on an election-related matter. See this link.
Like a rap sheet, um, I mean “resume,” his misdeeds are listed in chronological order. The last one I’ll mention took place before he was elected. Chris Buda sent up the GOP “bat signal,” kind of like what firemen would call “mutual aid,” in the late winter of 2021. He announced the upcoming Merrimack special election and out-of-town help was being sought. I signed up to lend a hand and participated in a Saturday morning dump sign wave. I met Melissa and many other at-the-time Merrimack reps.
Bill arrived and graciously greeted me and said thanks for the help. As it’s common for governors to endorse special election candidates, the Damn Emperor endorsed Bill. I casually mentioned that, but I said something like, “Ooo, an endorsement from the Tyrant himself.” Bill defended His Excellency with a sheepish “he’s not a tyrant” rebuttal. I told him I knew he had to be on his best behavior in order to get elected and gestured with a wink and a nod. Instead of a wink and a nod back, he looked at me funny as though he was seriously in denial of what a POS Baby Huey really is.
And I’ll finish by saying it again. Bill Boyd does NOT belong in the Senate. He will always do Jeb’s bidding, and he has enough water carriers already.
