Tough week last week at the State House

by NH State Rep Dave Testerman  (R-Franklin) It was a long last week and somewhat frustrating. The House, overwhelmed by the Democrats passed a lot of silly and several dangerous laws. Here are just some of the sillyness: HB-558 and -560 ban plastic straws and bags. While I seldom use either of these, it is just … Read more

GrokTV Special Interview: Seth Cohn reflections on NH State Rep David Hess insulting him on WMUR CloseUp

I met up with former NH State Rep Seth Cohn (he is not seeking re-election) at an informal meeting this afternoon and after talking about a great many political topics, I asked him about the WMUR show and NH State Rep. David Hess three times insulting him to his face (along with the Liberty and … Read more

RLCNH Chairman Carolyn McKinney on the proposed education funding amendment

Carolyn McKinney, Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire

Damn. This lady is looking more and more like New Hampshire’s own version of Michelle Malkin. Some Republicans—even some good ones—are supporting CACR-12, the proposed state constitutional amendment which would constitute a state takeover of education and guarantee unending future pressure for ever-more spending and ever-higher taxes. In explaining why we must oppose the harmful and unacceptable proposal, McKinney breathes fire:

“I am looking realistically at this situation. I cannot tell the future, and neither can you. You can guess that there might be a point in time where the court may mandate additional state funding of education, and you can guess that a legislature will go along with the court. And you can gamble away your liberty, hedging your bets that someday that may happen and reacting out of fear.

And who knows what will be feasible in 5 years, 10 years, or 18 years from now? If I have anything to do with it (and the Free State Project continues to attract good constitutionalists like Andrew Manuse, Laura Jones, and others)…

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