Contracts. Judges. Appointments. The NH Executive Council does that – but we asked Bob Burns what else the Exec. Council does that he thinks needs to be changed? Question 7: You’ve mentioned contracts, you’ve mentioned judges / dept. heads; what else does the Council do that has a specific interest in your heart that you … Read more
In question 5, Bob mentioned that he did not get into politics to make friends. So, the obvious question was from that snarky but truthful quote from Harry Truman (hey, sometimes you gotta have a wee bit of fun doing these interviews)… Question 6: A comment from Question 5: If you want a friend in … Read more
Leadership counts and one of the primary jobs of the NH Executive Council is to confirm those that have been brought up for appointment for leadership positions like Commissioners of departments and such, and judges. The person doing the nominating certainly has a philosophy as to why a given candidate should be confirmed, so we … Read more
Even for us at the ‘Grok, it’s not always clear what the NH Executive Council can do and can’t do. Given what Bob Burns said in Question Three, we were curious to see if his philosophy could be carried forward as they carried out one of their duties – to review, discussion, and approve of … Read more
Obligatory question for almost everyone I interview – and now adding in “and what would you do about that?” In this case, Bob Burns was asked the same question to find out what he thinks how the Executive Council could “progress forward” (heh! take THAT Libs!) to his vision of a smaller government? Given what … Read more
Well, we are following a number of folks around, asking pesky questions (at times!) and Bob Burns, who is running for the NH Executive Council for District 4, was nice enough to answer a bunch of questions from us with good humor. Pretty much an “NH thing”, this largely unknown and unobtrusive branch of the … Read more
Another sponsor of the Smart Girl Politics / NH Armed and Fabulous event was Bob Burns who is running for the NH Executive Council for District 4. A long time member of the NRA, we took advantage of the opportunity to ask Bob – WHY? are you running? A number of folks may wish to comment … Read more
Man, am I stacked up on video – apologies for not getting this up earlier from the CNHT Annual Picnic. While Grokster Steve manned our setup and watched over the live stream and the recording cameras, I snuck out a few times to get a few “micro-interviews”. So, here they are: Kevin Smith (Candidate, … Read more
This is what I said about it today, on behalf of the New Hampshire Legal Rights Foundation (NHLRF):
Everyone, the New Hampshire Legal Rights Foundation (NHLRF) put out a press release as of yesterday explaining why the Executive Council should refuse to confirm Mr. Jim Bassett as a NH Supreme Court Justice. That press release can be found online HERE. In the meantime, as the chairman of the NHLRF board of directors, I have been interviewed…
Kate Lancor, former Moultonborough welfare director decries the Executive council’s recent vote to defund Planned Parenthood. In her Union Leader Opposite Editorial entitled, Women need the services Planned Parenthood provides, Ms. Lancor characterizes the council vote as, “A pathetic lack of creative thinking in this [sic]country’s elected bodies that even allow such choices to be made.”
While giving readers a thumbnail history of Planned Parenthood and extolling its “community virtues,” Lancor admonishes, “Don’t politicize this, and make it an abortion issue, but rather a health care issue for millions of needy women. Buried underneath the portrayal of Planned Parenthood by lobbyists and politicians as trained abortionists lies years of providing family-planning education and much-needed affordable healthcare to millions of women and men.”
Lancor nails the talking points flawlessly in stating that, “Planned Parenthood provides contraceptives; breast, cervical and testicular cancer screenings; pregnancy testing and counseling; testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases; comprehensive sexuality education, menopause treatments; vasectomies, tubal ligations and abortion.” Kate Lancor paints us a picture of a multi-faceted, healthcare-focused organization that is invaluable to communities. Now who could possibly argue with that? Indeed, Ms. Lancor makes the case for its virtues. Ms. Lancor however overlooks the many problems with Planned Parenthood as an organization. So I’ll take them up where Ms. Lancor has conveniently left off.
Planned Parenthood is a corrupt organization. Despite repeated requests, Planned Parenthood will not open its books. Planned Parenthood spent more than $1 Million dollars in the 2010 election cycle supporting their candidates.
Planned Parenthood has provided services to men characterized as traffickers in the sex trade. Planned Parenthood has been the defendant in lawsuits charging the organization covered up the rapes of under-aged girls. Finally, numerous media reports detail clinics that overbilled by millions.