The news of 2025’s perennial attempt to abolish the “sticker tax,” aka HB649 (ending annual passenger vehicles inspections), is good so far. The House has voted in favor despite the failure of the House Transportation Committee to produce a proper recommendation. The committee did not recommend either pass or fail, which has happened to other essential bills, such as the Parental Bill of Rights in House Education. House committee executive sessions sometimes have a tie vote, but what about their Senate counterparts?
Almost all Senate committees have five members, including Transportation. With an odd number of members, a tie vote is NOT the problem. With the usual 3-2 bipartisan composition, the enemy camp is usually not the biggest problem. Rogue R votes against We the People is the biggest problem, and such traitors are often funded by donors and interest groups that have much contempt for the will of We the People. This article calls attention to the interests of the “puppet masters,” to use the words of author Jason Chaffetz.
Let’s look at some of them.
Before going any further, I will note that I’ve been told many times that the Secretary of State’s office is the best source of campaign finance records, but I personally find their web site extremely user unfriendly. With that said, let it be known that the data from Follow The Money dot org is what I’m using out of laziness, and it’s not always accurate and up to date. And before looking at the finances of Senate Transportation members, let’s look at the Old Battle Axe, Queen Sharon Carson.
We already know about Pfizer and union money in Sharon’s piggy bank, but it appears that the 4th largest donor is the NH Automobile Dealers Association (NHADA). Follow The Money dot org says their aggregate contribution to her coffer is $11,450. The NHADA is no friend of We the People because their first duty is to protect their gravy train, and abolishing the sticker tax contradicts that directive. Let’s move on to committee members’ troublesome donors.
Denise Ricciardi is the chair, and when sorting her donor data in descending order, I found “Motor Vehicle” at $4010 and NH State Troopers Association at $250. The latter is not as troublesome as the former, and I’m not sure exactly who/what “Motor Vehicle” means at Follow The Money dot org.
The vice chair is freshman Mark McConkey, and I found little of interest in his records, but Ruth Ward is another story! As of the date of the Follow The Money dot org data, the NHADA has bought her for $5600. That, my friends, is a problem. Now, onto the enemy camp.
Suzanne Prentiss is a seasoned politician with money from all kinds of donors whose agendas are contrary to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. She has $1000 from the same “Motor Vehicle” that gave money to Denise.
Saving the most troublesome committee member for last, let’s discuss Donovan Fenton, who is NOT to be mistaken for Bruce Fenton. He’s a spoiled brat from a family of car dealers in Keene, and a reliable Cheshire intel source has vented to me about other blue traits of his elder family members, but I’ll try to stay on topic. Anchor Subaru is listed as his top donor for $10G. Then there’s that pesky “Motor Vehicle” listed for $1000 and a 2nd time as “Motor Vehicle of the NH Automobile Dealers Association” for another $1000. Again, this is FollowTheMoney.org data that can/should be fact-checked with Scanlan.
Please tell Donovan Fenton to do the right thing and recuse himself from all Senate Transportation Committee activity regarding HB649 because it’s a conflict of interest. If he refuses, please turn the same pointing finger at Queen Sharon and demand that she remove him from the committee. If she refuses, reporting her to the appropriate ethics body to receive such a complaint would be a good next step.
