Check out this post on X from “Josiah Bartlett” which is where New Hampshire Republican Party “Insider” Drew Cline (a/k/a Dewey Kline) landed after he left the Union Leader:
Obviously, Dewey is trying to justify the Concord politicians destroying local zoning to turn every town south of Laconia into densely populated, congested sh*tholes like Salem. But what if a town likes its trees? Too bad, according to Dewey, the Concord politicians know best. The trees must come down to make room for the condominiums, duplexes, and apartment complexes.
It should not be the call of the Republican Party “Insiders” like Dewey on how much “new housing” is appropriate for a city or town. That is a call that should be made by the people of each city and town. What made New Hampshire a special place for so long was that cities and towns had the power to control their character. Dewey Kline and the Republican Establishment/Insiders think they should have that power. They are the ones “MASSing up” New Hampshire.
(Incidentally, the population of New Hampshire in 1850 was under 320,000, as opposed to the current population of about 1.4 million. And most of the cleared land in the Granite State was farmland … not paved over for condominiums, duplexes and apartment complexes.)
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