I join in the concerns regarding Jane Young’s nomination as US Attorney for New Hampshire by President Biden.
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Joseph Foster
Fund for Victims of Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence Is Lipstick on a Pig
by Op-Ed
I commend AG John Formella for being the first AG to recognize the horrors and speedy effort to set up a fund to pay the victims of abuse in the centers. However, I also have to say that the proposed fund is effectively lipstick on a pig.
Dear Attorney General John Formella – It Is beyond Time for a Serious Investigation into What Is Going on in New Hampshire.
by Op-Ed
Dear Attorney General John Formella,
As a result of the recent news regarding Harmony Montgomery and Elijah Lewis; the report from the Office of Child Advocate regarding the abuse of children under State Care;
Governor Maggie Hassan Nominates Joseph Foster for N.H. Attorney General
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.