The Executive Council District 5 Recount was this morning, and Democrat Deb Pignatelli has conceded to Republican Dave Wheeler after recounting just one town. The town of Merrimack.
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NH Democrat Executive Council Votes Prove That Being Black Doesn’t Matter
Governor Sununu’s latest appointee to be rejected by the partisan Democrat majority on the Executive Council (EC) is Ryan Terrell. Ryan is a young black man nominated by Gov. Sununu for the State School board. A body sorely in need of some diversity, according to at least one Democrat on the Council who voted no.
NH Dem Deb Pignatelli: Some NH Educations are “More Equal” than Others
A New Hampshire Democrat Executive Councilor has a problem when it comes to New Hampshire’s students and federal funding. Some students and their educations, in her mind, are “more equal” than others.
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:
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(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
Governor Hassan’s Choice for AG is a Gambling Lobbyist And…
The NHGOP issued a press release in which it points out that… Governor Hassan is considering nominating former casino lobbyist Lucy Hodder as Attorney General. Hodder currently serves as legal counsel in Hassan’s office and previously served as the personal lobbyist for Millenium Gaming president William Wortman: Governor Hassan replacing her abruptly departing budget-questioning AG with … Read more