I reviewed Kelly Ayotte’s tweets for 5 days, Friday through today, the Tuesday after Labor Day. Keeping in mind that she is a human being and that she probably has some staff member doing her social media for her, she is still the captain of the ship, both for her staff and all of the state. The state where the greatest mayor on earth (Rudy Giuliani) chose to spend time and money on a holiday weekend, and became seriously injured.
One would think that there would be a tweet like “Mr Mayor, I am so sorry that your terrible misfortune happened in MY state. As a fellow former prosecutor with every resource at my disposal, I will personally see to it that there’s an expedient and transparent investigation and the responsible party is handled appropriately. Get well soon.”
Any similarly worded statement would do. The accident happened on Saturday, and neither her tweets nor her NH.gov page say anything. Doesn’t his safety matter? She did tweet about safe driving on Friday morning and safe boating on Sunday at noon.
Of her eight tweets over 5 days, 6 of them were about school starting after Labor Day and how she wants that for everyone. As an ordinary observer, I think she made her opinion clear the first time, but she’s the governor of NH and not a European monarch from centuries ago, either absolute or limited. Yeah, she has free speech like the rest of us, but it’s obvious what’s on her mind.
Local control much, Govna?
One of the items in her campaign platform was a bell-to-bell ban on cell phones in schools. I share Victoria Sullivan’s views in criticizing it, but I won’t get into the weeds of a ship that has already sailed. However, we’re approaching year two of the latest legislative session, and the budget is also a ship that has already sailed. Kelly Ayotte has gotten her way with forcing her wish list items through and has a good batting average at it.
Whether or not you, the reader, or the next person agrees with school always starting after Labor Day, it’s a decision best made by the local school board. If you live in a city, it’s a conversation to have with your school candidates on the campaign trail, if the date of the first day of school is THAT important to you, because those elections are in 2 months.
And by the way, in the governor’s home city, 50 qualified petition signatures are needed to accompany filing paperwork to the city clerk’s office by Friday afternoon, and zero decent candidates have stepped up at this point. One would hope that saving money and facilitating excellence in reading, writing, math, and logic would be a higher priority issue for most people than when school starts.
Will this coming LSR season include a bill to force a post-Labor Day start date into state law? Time will tell.
