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What Assurances Do We Have That This Influence Doesn’t Work the Other Way?

by John Yannacci

Few people I have spoken to even know that their town is a member of the NHMA, let alone what this Association does. So, what does it do? At some point your town voted to become a member of the NHMA, likely for the free legal advice it offers its members. From this point on … Read more

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Why Are NH Public Officials, and Guardians of the Law and Law Enforcement Exempt From The Law?

by Op-Ed

Dear Richard Tracy,

I bring to your attention the following notice regarding Election Law Complaint Status for the period September 1, 2016-May 24, 2018.  It is signed by then AG Gordon MacDonald.

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Did You Know That Doug Ley is the Union President of AFT-NH?

by Steve MacDonald

Did you know that Doug Ley is the president of a union? The American Federation of Teachers in New Hampshire (AFT-NH). He controls 1.5 million dollars in union assets and earned over 70,900.00 dollars last year as their Union President. A hefty sum to do the bidding of a powerful union.

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Is Your Local School Board Breaking the Law?

by Steve MacDonald

Ann Marie Banfield, writing last week, pointed out that some school boards around the state pay membership dues to the New Hampshire School Board Association (NHSBA) which then lobbies the legislature. State law prohibits the School Board from using any taxpayer dollars (so no money from the school budget) to pay those “dues.”  It is … Read more

Hodespocrisy–The Tale of Dirty Dick

by Steve MacDonald

Dick Durbin, or Dirty Dick as we like to call him around the shop, is a prominent Senator from Illinois and another $10,000.00 donor to Paul Hodes.  Durbin has all the standard conflicts with the "New and Improved Hodes–With extra Hypocritical Action!, and coming in at 685 million in earmark requests since fiscal year 2008 (117 million in 2010), dirty Dick should fit nicely into Paul’s stated mission to end earmark abuse in congress.

You’d think that soon to be private citizen Hodes would be concerned that all of his major donors are pork addicts. Simply taking money from them violates his earmark parole, but since when did integrity have anything to do with it.  It’s clearly about saying whatever it takes to get re-elected. 

So what else is so special about Durbin?

 

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Sugar Daddy

by Steve MacDonald

Paul Hodes has a dirty little secret.  His ‘commitment’ to green energy has strings attached that lead directly to the sugar industry and a significant campaign cash “Thank You.”  Back in 2007 and 2008 Congress waged an epic battle over the Farm Bill.  They didn’t call it the farm bill they called it the Food … Read more

Chicago On The Merrimack

by Steve MacDonald

The democrat party line on BP is to close ranks and paint Republicans as protecting big oil.  This is necessary to distract America from Obama’s incompetence and the democrat’s cozy relationship with the British energy company.  Both Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes got the memo—they are on board—using tragedy for personal and political profit as each has sent out fundraising propaganda asking supporters to help them fend of the GOP and its defense of big oil.  These people are unbelievable. 

In a recent Hodes fundraising email staffer Valerie Martin claims that… 

"Republicans… are standing up for Big Oil, Big Insurance, and Big Banks. 

It’s just another example of a Republican defending the special interests, not your interests.…

Other Republicans are even inexplicably criticizing President Obama’s efforts to make sure BP has money set aside to pay for the damages they caused.”” 

So let me see if I’ve go this right.  Paul Hodes (lawyer) sanctions the chief executive’s right to pry billions away from a private company without due process of law, when it is politically or ideologically convenient.  You can run on that and democrats will vote for you?

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Carol Stands Up For…?

by Steve MacDonald

Carol Shea Porter has been accused of using the oil spill and related disasters as a way to get campaign contributions.    In response her campaign manager, Angela Ruslander, said this in her defense. “Carol Shea-Porter is standing up to BP and other big corporations who are irresponsibly hurting our environment and our economy.”    Wait it gets better.  … Read more

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