Howard Pearl Archives - Granite Grok

SMITH: How Disingenuous Of “NH Senate Republicans”

August 27, 2026 Julie Smith

I’m not going to pester Attorney Lehmann and the acting Senate clerk with an RTK request for all people with admin access to the FB page known as “NH Senate Republicans,” nor will I discourage anyone else from doing so if they so desire. For the sake of this article, when I say “NH Senate … Read more

SMITH: My Decision To Primary Howard Pearl

June 13, 2026 Julie Smith

Bad actors sadly exist everywhere, even in institutions we want to think are exempt. Government is not one of those institutions, but we’d like to think that there’s a higher standard for Team Red in all government bodies, and we’re repeatedly disappointed. Let’s focus on our state legislature and note that the Senate is much … Read more

SMITH: Senate Passes Paint Tax With Help of 5 RINOs

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 Julie Smith

HOWARD PEARL VOTED FOR A PAINT TAX. He was also the 5th R vote, therefore arguably the one responsible for its advancement because 8+5=13. Read that again if he’s YOUR senator. I put those words in all caps because he’s MY senator and I am adding today’s HB451 roll call to Howard’s senatorial rap sheet. … Read more

SMITH: Howard Pearl, I Am Watching YOU!

October 7, 2025 Julie Smith

I hope everyone who went to Howard Pearl’s Oktoberfest last weekend at his family farm had a good time. Everyone, including Howard. While my new senator is busy cleaning up from that shindig, he should know that I am watching him just like Mr Focker’s future father-in-law would. Everyone should be watching their senator on … Read more

Howard Pearl Needs To Be Primaried

July 2, 2025 Julie Smith

I am convinced that Howard Pearl was invited to that exclusive Bridges House lunch with governor Ayotte shortly before the legislature met to vote on that crappy budget. Even though he’s my new senator, he will probably diss me as persona non grata for this article, but that’s ok. It’s not about me, but about … Read more

An Open Letter to Four Senate Finance Committee members

April 10, 2023 Op-Ed

Greetings, committee members. While I haven’t read all 149 pages of the budget heading your way, I know some who have. This email could easily get very long, but I will try to keep it short and focus on my biggest grievances against the House for passing it.

Daily Sun Has an Article on Belknap County Sheriff Bill Wright and It’s Not a Flattering One.

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Skip

Now, I don’t have any dog in this fight but the Daily Sun doesn’t go after most elected officials (the Gunstock Incident excepted and they did kinda pick sides). I read the article and I have no insight or expertise on Human Resource so I’m not going to comment on the thrust of what reporter … Read more

New England Right To Work just made a HUGE mistake concerning Tim Lang (candidate for NH Senate, District 2)

October 25, 2022 Skip

Bonehead – didn’t do his homework. That would be McKayne Boedeker who is the Executive Director of the New England Right to Work (out of Manchester, NH). Got a missive from him and like a lot of organizations this time of year (er, election time), it came with a hand outstreched for your wallet. Sounded … Read more

OK, Another Bright Spot in Yesterday’s Primary Election – Hey, Brodie DeShaies!

September 15, 2022September 14, 2022 Skip

Yep, he of the poor voting/legislative record and union shill “laundering” that union PAC money to others. Getting endorsed by Democrats isn’t a good look either. And thus, the voters of Wolfeboro looked past him: Once again, not a great thing to be the third man in a two-man race. Yet another ambitious young politician … Read more

Seelye Longnecker MVSD School Board Chair

Rule #2 for the SAU46 Chair (Merrimack Valley School District) – Don’t Threaten to Arrest Everyone…

September 23, 2021 Skip

At the 9/20 MVSD School Board, it was clear that the NH State Reps were going to be stymied by that Board. All of the former’s issues were at the bottom of the list even though this meeting requested by them was a result of their constituents complaining that the Board was ignoring them.

"Beer Caucus Founders at the 2019 Inaugural Ball. (l-r) Tim Lang, Mike Moffett, Howard Pearl, and Reed Panasiti."

A Tale of Two New Hampshires

April 17, 2020 Op-Ed

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” (“A Tale of Two Cities”). Charles Dickens’ words may aptly be applied to 2020 New Hampshire vs. 2010 New Hampshire—an age of wisdom vs. and age of foolishness re: state fiscal policy.

A 2020 GRANITE STATE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

March 19, 2020 Op-Ed

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Granite Staters are created equal, with certain unalienable rights—to include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And when government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter it.

How About a Little NH Vote Fraud Scarecrow?

April 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Rep. Howard Pearl, Canterbury, shares what he calls a canary in the vote fraud coalmine. A story about 116 same-day election registrants, none whom accepted an invitation to attend a local event. Zero.