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Please Consider Me When Going to the Polls on September 13, 2022

I am Kristine Perez from Londonderry, District 16, running for State Representative. I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a retired RN. I am a State Delegate and was very disappointed in the number of Delegates and Representatives that participated in the NH GOP platform meeting in the Spring.

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AG Nominee

Biden’s Nominee for AG Says, It’s Not Domestic Terrorism If It Happens at Night

The more we see of Judge Garland, the less there is to like. Blocking his SCOTUS nomination was a very good thing because he claims that Antifa and Black Lives Matter attacks on federal courthouses are not domestic terrorism.

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Gordon MacDonald

Impeach Gordon MacDonald Too.

A few days ago, Skip posted about an effort to impeach Chris Sununu: My response is: What the hell is there to investigate? The GOP “leaders” of the House and Senate should simply tell Chris to end his junk-science state-of-emergency (the purpose of which is to promote and advance the Chris Sununu brand, not to … Read more

New Hampshire Attorney General Undermining the Voter-Residency Requirement

House Bill 1264, which became effective in July, made the act of voting in New Hampshire a declaration of residency in New Hampshire, triggering all the responsibilities that come with being a resident of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Attorney General, however, seems intent on undermining House Bill 1264. The “Election Law Unit” issued advice … Read more

Governor Maggie Hassan Nominates Joseph Foster for N.H. Attorney General

Joseph Foster nominated for NH AG
Image Credit – New Hampshire Union Leader

I guess the good news is that Governor Hassan did not nominate gambling Lobbyist Lucy Hodder.  Instead, the Union Leader reports today that Joseph Foster is her pick for NH Attorney General.

Foster is a former NH House rep 1994-1998, former State Senator from 2002 to 2008  (D- Nashua), in the employ of McLane law in Portsmouth.  (I’ve never heard of him so I have culled a few things from the Internet– but feel free to add anything in comments we should know or explore moving forward.)

Here is a quick overview of his personal details and professional experience, and here is a link to his large dollar political donation history.

The only details we have of his political preferences, short of digging through his legislative voting record, are his Liberty Ratings from 2006 to 2008 and a Project Vote Smart political survey completed in 2004.

State Senator Joseph Foster’s Liberty ratings…2006 D+, 2007 D, 2008 – Constitutional threat. (Well, isn’t that promising?)  Oh, and it does look like Foster has experience as a lobbyist, I’m just not sure representing whom exactly.

The complete Project Vote Survey is on the jump.

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Rules of Misconduct and Conflicts of Interest

On the matter of Governor Hassan considering Gambling Lobbyist Lucy Hodder as her next Attorney General, the indispensable Ed Mosca provides more fuel for that fire.

How would it not be a violation of at least the spirit of Professional Rule of Misconduct 1.11 for Hodder to be involved with Millennium Gambling as AG; as I read it the spirit of the rule suggests she shouldn’t even be involved as Hassan’s counsel:

(d) Except as law may otherwise expressly permit, a lawyer currently serving as a public officer or employee:

(2) shall not:
a. participate in a matter in which the lawyer participated personally and substantially while in private practice or nongovernmental employment, unless the appropriate government agency gives its informed consent, confirmed in writing; or

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