Kevin Landrigan spoke to the new chair of NH’s Special Gaming Commission, Patrick Abrami, about charity gaming after Andy and Laurie Sanborn’s alleged misconduct over COVID monies and their ownership of a charity gaming establishment (and the new one they want to build).
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When They Come for You, Don’t Back Down – Expose Them
I must, unfortunately, take a moment away from drafting important legislation (which will be objectively beneficial to my constituents) to address an incident of information warfare attempting to find a chink in my armor.
Andy Sanborn – Scandal, or Normal?
It may be the case that Andy Sanborn applied for COVID relief money for a business that was not eligible for relief and lied on the application in order to get the money. If true, that would be scandalous.
A New Hampshire CD-1 Republican Primary “Visual Aid”
Sometimes it is safer to stand back and watch.
“Granite Grok” has NOT endorsed a Candidate in New Hampshire CD-1
“Granite Grok.com” has NOT endorsed a candidate in New Hampshire Congressional District one (NH CD-1). Both Eddie Edwards and Andy Sanborn have been interviewed (at great length) by members of our team, but neither candidate has been endorsed. Please also understand that our individual authors are free to write for or against any candidate they … Read more
Is Edwards just another fake Conservative?
Eddie Edwards announced that won’t participate in the Republican primary debate tonight because he refuses to commit to supporting Andy Sanborn should Sanborn win the Republican primary in the First Congressional District. How can anyone claiming to be a Conservative not fight to elect a Republican, let alone a proven Conservative Republican, versus what promises to be another leftist Democrat?
Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – No, it didn’t
“Thanks, Skip. That should have gone up a while ago but let me know if you’re still seeing an old version.”
Ayup. Er, no. That was Trent Spiner, Executive Editor of the Union Leader telling me that, like in Animal House, ALL IS WELL! Nothing to see here….move along. It went up a while ago. Again, nope. I started to get that feeling someone was trying to do a stonewall stand. Open and transparent? If that were true, the following didn’t have to be written:
Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – Initial Response….and the Retort
“He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and “the leaders of GraniteGrok” on his side.
Some of you already know the outcome of the Union Leader claiming, with no basis whatsoever, that “leaders of GraniteGrok” were already behind Andy Sanborn in the NH CD-1. That would be me and as I said here, that’s an assumption that Kevin Landrigan, crack political reporter with decades of experience, made. We all know what Ass-u-me means, don’t we?
For those that don’t, let me put out the email trail.
Kevin Landrigan of the Union Leader is blowing it out his other pie-hole – The Demand
“He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and leader of GraniteGrok on his side.“
Well, of course I wasn’t going to let this go by the boards. Nor am I the type to be silent. So you do know what I did, right? Of course you do: I sent an email to both Kevin Landrigan and Trent Spiner (the Executive Editor of the Union Leader) (emphasis mine):
From: “skipdcm” <Skip@GraniteGrok.com>
To: klandrigan@unionleader.com; TSpiner@UnionLeader.com
Sent: 7/24/2018 9:26:24 AM
Subject: Retraction of a falsehood
I wish to bring this to your attention: http://www.unionleader.com/Kevin-Landrigans-Granite-Status-Self-financed-1st-CD-GOP-hopeful-suddenly-drops-out-07192018
“He’s got Rand Paul, the federal Gun Owners of America, and leader of GraniteGrok on his side.“
Kevin Landrigan, you nor anyone else from the Union Leader, ever contacted me for this deliberatively false statement. I hereby demand a retraction from you and the Union leader both as a separate post on your front page as well as a retraction within the article itself.
CNHT Taxpayer Family Reunion Picnic – Candidates for US Congress in CD-1
Candidates aplenty during the CNHT Picnic (“Old Home Day for Conservatives” – you ought to be there next year!) and with Carol SEIU-Porter retiring (just long enough to get that beefy US Congress retirement plan!), the seat is wide open. Boy, is it wide open: 6 Republicans – Michael Callis, Bruce Crochetiere, Jeffory W. Denaro, Eddie … Read more
CNHT Picnic: Andy Sanborn is Running for Congress in NH CD-1
State Senator Andy Sanborn, speaking at the CNHT Picnic this past weekend, took a few minutes to offer a short, simple set of reasons to support him for Congress in New Hampshire CD-1 in 2018. Audio 5 min 14 sec.
Andy Sanborn on Why You Should Support Him for Congress in NH CD-1
State Senator Andy Sanborn, speaking at the CNHT Picnic this past weekend, took a few minutes to offer a short, simple set of reasons to support him for Congress in New Hampshire CD-1 in 2018.
GraniteGrok Endorsement – NH State Senate District 9: Andy Sanborn
Happy Warrior time! We endorsed Andy Sanborn for NH State Senate District 8 last cycle and continuing to support one of our favoritist State Senators, we are doing it again. As always, we don’t ALWAYS see eye to eye on all of his votes (and yes, he does gets that hang dog look when he sees me walking toward him loaded for bear) but I do have to say, he genially takes what we Groksters dish out. That said, Andy has been one of the folks that we most agree with most often in the Senate. His old district, 8, having basically written out from underneath him, he is once again doing the hard work in District 9 (and made me smile in doing it).
Please note that Grokster Steve had personally endorsed Andy a while ago. All in all, we believe that Andy is a FAR better candidate, and better suited to represent his constituents, than his opponent.
We fully endorse Andy for NH State Senate and ask for your vote for him.
We had done an interview series with Andy back in July – we revisit this after the jump.
Push It Real Good
Seems like Ken Hawkins (NH Senate Candidate, D-9 ) is getting a little pushy lately, and is working from the dark side of campaigning.
Residents of Bedford, along with current Senator Ray White (read his letter here), have complained that Hawkins’ campaign is conducting negative “push polling” – against current Senator Andy Sanborn – and it’s not entirely clear if it is being done on the up-and-up.
GrokTV – NH State Senator Andy Sanborn – Question 8
Accomplishments?
We always try to spend “a little time with GraniteGrok” and with Andy Sanborn (running for reelection to the NH Senate in District 9), we came to the realization that we had spent a lot more time than just a little. So, we decided to end our interrogation interview with him with this last question.
Question 8:
What things have you accomplished since our first interview last cycle? Not get done?
We did all agree that we needed to come back and yak with Andy strictly on some issues rather than on the concentration on how the State does what it does – but it is nice to know that SOMEBODY has this in their head that not only do Legislators create laws for the rest of us but also how the “back of the house” (as Andy the restauranteur would put it) is doing as well. After all, they ARE supposed to be serving us, the citizens.
GrokTV: NH State Senator Andy Sanborn (District 9) – Question 7
Question #7: Adversarial relationship between State agencies vs ordinary folks?
To fix a perceived problem (which Questions 5 & 6 brought up), you have to know all about the problem – or at least the biggest and most influential parts of the problem. In discussing State Agencies, we wanted to know if there was a sense of “us vs them”, if State Agencies had drifted into a condition of reversing the proper role of government serving the people and morphing into one of “we will ensure that YOU follow OUR rules”.
Question 7:
Adversarial relationship between State agencies vs ordinary folks?
GrokTV Special Interview-NH State Senator Andy Sanborn (District 9) – Question 6 – Why hasn’t anyone already streamlined NH State Agencies?
In our last question, we were curious to see why Andy Sanborn thought about State Government and if the State Agencies in the Executive Branch were doing the right things and in the right ways. Continuing on in that vein, we then extended that question to try to understand why no one else had yet … Read more
Guess who else is joining Andy Sanborn in going “Beep Beep” as they campaign for the NH House?
Like I said before, I just giggled when I learned that big Andy Sanborn was going around his NH Senate District 9 on a wee scooter in his bid for re-election to the NH senate (watch his explanation here). Well, another candidate is now following in his footsteps burnt rubber (can a scooter actually lay … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview-NH State Senator Andy Sanborn (District 9) – Question 5: Reforming what State agencies are tasked to do and how to do it?
Most people want to see that the potholes are filled, the snow is plowed, and that the police and firemen are there when needed. That’s how most decide who to vote for – its the stuff they see. To us, however, philosophy counts as well – for that leads to the next “upward” step of … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview-NH State Senator Andy Sanborn (District 9) – Question 4: Administrative based taxes: have all taxes, fees, and fines set by the Legislature?
Increasingly, we see NH State Agencies setting their own level of taxation (fees, fines, et al) outside of authorization of the Legislature. It is the Executive Branch to self-fund and making itself independent of the taxation authority of the Legislature. And of course, it goes without saying that while Legislators are accountable to the voters, … Read more