Kevin Landrigan spoke to the new chair of NH’s Special Gaming Commission, Patrick Abrami, about charity gaming after Andy and Laurie Sanborn’s alleged misconduct over COVID monies and their ownership of a charity gaming establishment (and the new one they want to build).
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When They Come for You, Don’t Back Down – Expose Them
I must, unfortunately, take a moment away from drafting important legislation (which will be objectively beneficial to my constituents) to address an incident of information warfare attempting to find a chink in my armor.
Well, NH Constitution Article 10 does provide for a Revolution, doesn’t it? Was HB617 the flashpoint? Part 1
[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
June 2, 1784
Well, Article 10 is meant to be used by the Citizens when Government is judged to be oppresive and tyrannical – but it seems like it is fitting what is going on in the NH House. We’ve written extensively about HB617 which will raise the gas tax on NH Citizens big time. Our beef is not that Democrats initiated this but that Republicans, from the Party of Low Taxes / Limited Government, voted to support Higher Taxes that will support Bigger Government. And TWO of the Republican Leadership team in the NH House voted for it: David Hess and Shawn Jasper.
Rightfully so, both have been taking heat – especially Shawn Jasper. The grassroots House members are LIVID – and Jasper just keeps pouring gas on himself in fanning the flames. How do I know? Man, have I gotten emails. Let’s review a few of them, shall we (warning – this may get longish):
Steve? Here’s the Republican names that voted for the HB617 Gas Tax:
Yeah Steve, the figure I’ve seen is up to $1 Billion in new taxes embedded in HB617 over the next few years – and YOU get to help pay for them each and every time you put the gas nozzle into tank for a fill-up (that is, if you can afford the 83% rise in the State tax). IMHO, simply because the Politicians can’t keep their cotton picking hands outta the proverbial cookie jar called the Highway Fund. They complain that there are roads and bridges that NEED REPAIR NOW – yet most of them were red listed when the Democrats held the supermajorities in the NH House and Senate, and holding the Governorship.
You asked, I provide – the list of Republicans that helped the Democrats in the House making life more expensive for Joe and Jane SixPack:
Frank Tilton Mark McConkey John Graham Shawn Jasper Dave Danielson Charlene Takesian Dave Kidder
David Hess Priscilla Lockwood Bill Friel About Khan Dave Milz Kevin Waterhouse John Sytek
Jim Grenier
Yeah. Two of Gene Chandler’s Leadership team (bolded) – way to go Team! Consistency of action. Discipline of message. What do you say about a Leadership Team that can’t vote straight? Good news coming from this session for taxpayers, I’ll say.
Update: Email Doodlings – “Who for NH House Minority Leader”
As the saga continues – two updates on who will be the face of the NH GOP in the NH House:
- At a gathering this weekend, the consensus was that the Party would be ill served; given how Obama and Dems have characterized the GOP, methinks he’d be called by the Dems and the Media “the old white guy”. And would be hammered for that plus other stuff. Not a great perception (which is worst, that or what they kept calling Bill O’Brien?).
- Pam Tucker has announced that she has 70 House reps that are supporting her run (updated at this gathering to 80).
“Old white guy” doesn’t apply here for Pam – but would the Dems pick on one of their special interest group members (women)? Oh, silly me -of course they would! It is only Democrat women are special – they can call Republican women anything that comes into their silly little heads. It only matters when it is Sandra Fluke talk-alikes. That said, it would be like waving a red flag at bulls; we’d have a lot of fun here if they do so.
But there is another member of the Special Interest Minority Group group whose name popped up,
Sidenote: if women are 51% of the population, how can they be a minority? And since they are the majority gender, and according to Democrat philosophy only minorities can be oppressed, why are they still a special interest minority group? Lack of consistency for mere vote getting?
Laurie Sanborn.