Rebecca Bailey – candidate for NH State House, Grafton County District 15

Note: After 2 1/2 years, I am finally getting back “on the circuit” and getting to events.  When I do so, I have been offering to candidates that have been vetted to send me a quick blurb on who they are, what they are running for, and WHY they are running.  We at GraniteGrok have a decent sized voice here in NH – why not use it for the betterment of like minded folks?  So, Becky sent this so I’m keeping a promise made and putting it up

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Rebecca BaileyRebecca has lived forty plus years in Grafton County New Hampshire, fourteen of those years in the town of Piermont. Where she and her partner Robert, have raised five children.

Rebecca grew up in Lyme, New Hampshire where she was a member of the local 4H Club and showed cattle around the area. She was often seen on her grandparents farm and other farms in town, on construction sites with her father, and at church with her mother. These were the foundations for a strong work ethic, frugality, and the ethic of neighbor helping neighbor. Values that she holds to this day, values that she has passed down to her children.

Rebecca believes in small government, a government that works to protect peoples Constitutional rights, not infringe on them. She believes that government on all levels should use tax payers dollars with great care, not wasting their hard earned money on un-constitutional and frivolous spending. After all the government has no money, it is ours! Fiscal responsibility is paramount.

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NH House Will No Longer pay ‘Dues’ to the National Council of State Legislatures

NH House - state houseSpeaker Gene Chandler announced yesterday that the New Hampshire House would no longer support the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL). What was the last straw? The NCSL’s support for the internet sales tax.

New Hampshire is very proud to have no sales tax. Our retail business community thrives as a result of our no sales tax environment. To ask our retailers to collect taxes for dozens of other states is a huge burden on them, and will likely jeopardize their ability to do business online with out-of-state customers. We are certainly disappointed in the Court’s decision, but we are more frustrated that NCSL has championed legislation in Congress to force a remote sales tax, and cheered the recent court decision.

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Tim Vendt Announces Candidacy for the NH House – Boscawen (Merrimack County Dist. 8)

statehouseBy Tim Vendt – Candidate, NH House.

I have been a resident of New Hampshire for fifty-seven years, moving to Twin Mountain in 1961 at the age of five when my parents moved there from Massachusetts.

I joined the US Navy in 1975 after graduating from High School in 1974 (White Mountains Regional High School) and was honorably discharged in 1981 as an Avionics Technician, Petty Officer, 2nd Class.

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Weare Rep Neal Kurk Not Running for Re-election

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Rep Neal Kurk – Weare

WMUR is reporting that Weare, NH House Rep Neal Kurk will not seek a 17th term.

Kurk, a fiscal watchdog and privacy hawk, is in his 16th term in the House, and according to several sources, has decided not to seek a 17th term in 2018. During many of those terms, Kurk chaired the House’s most powerful committee, which plays a huge role in the development of the state budget and has significant input on all fiscal matters.

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Kevin Miller: There is One Word that Truly Describes Steve Shurtleff…Charlatan

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By Kevin Miller

House Minority Leader Stephen Shurtleff bashed Republican leadership for not passing gun control laws to “make our schools safer.” Such attacks on Republican leaders are slander. Republican leaders *are* passing legislation expressly for making our schools safer, but not how Shurtleff wants it done.

When Stephen Shurtleff took office, he swore to uphold the constitution. However, ever since he entered the State House, Shurtleff has done nothing but betrayed that promise, voting for legislation that overrides the U.S. Constitution, removing the rights of NH citizens. There is one word that truly describes Shurtleff…a charlatan, a con man who promises one thing and delivers another.

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NH Republicans Decide The Hill to Die on is Letting Men Use the Ladies Room

Chris SununuWhy are the illuminated Establishment political lights in the NHGOP and GOP, several of whom should know better, pitching a cultural Marxist progressive issues “tent” in front of legislators and elected Republican Delegates when the electorate is more interested in expanding jobs, protecting tax reform, economic growth, and national security issues with a local impact like the opioid crisis?

Whose bright idea was that?

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Drunken Senate Binge-Spends ‘Surplus,’ Asks House to Go Along

Federal money-addictionSo much for the Senate being the more tempered and ‘August’ body of any legislature. Ours just took one look at the surplus I discussed here and went on a spending spree.

CONCORD ­— It started as a routine bill to create the position of state demographer, but has turned into what some are calling “the Christmas tree,” an omnibus spending bill that doles out nearly $100 million in surplus revenues from a flush state budget.

Among the baubles hung on HB 1817 in a late-night session of the Senate on May 3: nearly $13 million for state employee pay raises; $20 million for red-listed bridges; $44 million to settle a dispute with hospitals over uncompensated care; and another $10 million for the state’s Rainy Day Fund.

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Healthcare In New Hampshire: A Brief History

medicade- Looks refreshing, but always comes back to haunt you laterBy Aaron Day

Today the Republicans lead the charge to re-authorize Obamacare Medicaid expansion. The budget for New Hampshire for the past 27 years is built on a funding mechanism that borrows billions from children and ignores making real structural changes. Our healthcare system would be better and less expensive if we didn’t rely on the Federal Government and opened up the state to free markets in healthcare.

Here is a brief history of how New Hampshire got here. We will have to deal with this eventually. It is up to us to decide if we will address proactively or from a position of absolute crisis.

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NH House Rejects Marsy’s Law 284-51

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Follow the Money…

The New Hampshire House today overwhelmingly rejected CACR22, even after millions of dollars and 12 lobbyists worked the legislature and the state for months to push the constitutional amendment.

284-51 is quite a beating.

Governor Sununu, who is reportedly a big fan, is said to have also been lobbying for the measure.

Someone might want to see who in the Sununu clan or connected to them has an interest in Broadcom or its CEO Henry T. Nicholas III, who has spent nearly 30 million dollars pushing this agenda in states across the country.

Because even though they say they’ll be back, taking a beating like that is gonna leave a mark. Somewhere.

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The Slings and Arrows of a Citizen Legislature

Susan Olsen shares her experience with a NH House committee and a simple piece of legislation and how having a citizen legislature, while necessary to a free and prosperous people, can (sometimes) be a serious pain in the ass. Visit the blog page of this podcast for more ways to listen.

Firearms Legislation Update: House Hearing on SB500

Susan Olsen returns to provide an update from yesterday’s hearing in the New Hampshire House for SB500. Legislation to amend firearms terminology in state Statute. (We even toss in a fashion alert on that “retired” resource officer from Parkland, Florida.) Check out the blog post of this podcast for more ways to listen.

Stop Medicaid Expansion

The House will vote on reauthorizing expanded Medicaid this week. Max Abramson joins Emily Sandblade to explain the dire consequences and how the House is the only place we have a shot at stopping it.    

Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers – Press Release on NH House Budget

House Republican Leaders Comment on Passage of Fiscally Irresponsible

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CNHT – The Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers

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By CNHT | April 4, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 3rd, 2013
Contact: 603-271-3665

House Republican Leaders Comment on Passage of Fiscally Irresponsible Budget

CONCORD – House Republican Leader Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett) and Ranking Republican on the House Finance Committee, Rep. Neal Kurk (R-Weare), offered the following comments in reaction to the passage of HB1 and HB2, the bills dealing with the State budget.

Rep. Gene Chandler (R-Bartlett), House Republican Leader

“When 40,000 people in our State are looking for work, this budget will squeeze an additional $39 million out of our small businesses that they would have otherwise been able to reinvest to grow and create jobs. When incomes are stagnant, this budget raises the gas tax, tobacco taxes and down shifts costs that will raise property taxes. When our roads and bridges need attention, this budget diverts and additional $27 million from the highway fund to other agencies. When our economy is struggling to grow at 2% per year, this budget grows government by more than 5% per year. It’s not a logical plan to grow our economy.”

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Is the NH Economy So Good That We Can Afford To Grow State Government by 16%?

NH Democrats cram 16% increases in budget down taxpayers throats

I know what you were thinking while you were paying almost four dollars a gallon for gas, or looking at your utility or cable bill, or thinking about how much more it costs to do the grocery shopping these days.  You were thinking, “Hey, times are so good, lets grow the size of the state government by 16%!”

You must have said that because someone in Concord seems to think they heard you say it.

What?  You weren’t thinking that?  Well you’d best get in touch with your legislator and tell them because the Democrat majority House is preparing to vote on a budget that will make your state government cost you 16% more.

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Manchester Ward 2 Special Election

Help send a Republican to the NH State house. Hillsborough 9 (Manchester Ward 2) Special Election is Tues 3/19….and Win Hutchinson needs YOUR help to WIN! Door to Door this Saturday…starting at 10am and again at 1pm. Free Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner for volunteers to follow. http://www.facebook.com/events/425858194168111/ Election Day Activities on Tuesday: Poll Standing … Read more

Cynthia Chase Plays Solitaire During Floor Debate at NH State House.

NH For Liberty has this great picture of Rhode Island transplant and ideological xenophobe Cynthia Chase (Democrat) playing a game of Solitaire on her nice, big, shiny tablet, during a House floor debate. Great job whomever– (I did not see a photo credit or I’d provide one.) I’ll be sure to send this up the ladder like … Read more

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