New Hampshire, we have a problem, and it should concern every one of us.
By now, you’ve probably heard Senator Jeanne Dietsch’s (D-Peterborough) unfortunate, derogatory comments about working-class families in New Hampshire.
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So, the NH Senate wishes to place ANOTHER unfunded mandate on towns and cities?
[Art.] 28-a. [Mandated Programs.] The state shall not mandate or assign any new, expanded or modified programs or responsibilities to any political subdivision in such a way as to necessitate additional local expenditures by the political subdivision unless such programs or responsibilities are fully funded by the state or unless such programs or responsibilities are approved … Read more
Uh-oh! Did somebody forget to pay their domain registration bill?
BUMPED from 6/6/2012. Moron. Better stuff coming back in a while – VOTE Bill Kuch!
Somebody wasn’t paying attention to details, were they? It does happen – and it more often than some folks will admit to. However, this is not what I expected to see when I went over to David Boutin’s NH Senate campaign site:
And yes, there are some things that were promised and the stark truth of votes taken. Right, Left, or somewhere in Squishland, all politicians have a record and it isn’t just other politicians that look at those records.
CNHT Taxpayer Family Reunion Picnic – the NH State Senate candidates edition
Five (out of the possible 24 NH State Senate District) candidates showed up (listed alphabetically):
- Gary Daniels is running for NH State Senate District 11.
- Carla Gericke is running in NH State Senate District 20
- Dan Hynes is running for NH State Senate District 9.
- Bill Kuch is running for NH State Senate District 16.
- Ruth Ward is running for NH State Senate District 8.
Here is Gary – the others are after the jump.
There were a number of no-shows (although Bob Guida (District 2), while absent, at least sent in a Letter to be read). Which left the following no-shows:
Leon Rideout – For NH Senate Dist 1
House Rep. Leon Rideout discusses his entry in to the race for the NH State Senate, North Country Issues, and his Democrat opponent.
Guest Post: Vote NO on HB 664, a NH Vaccine Tax Assessment
From Laura Condon – Vote NO on HB 664, a NH Vaccine Tax Assessment (via Facebook)
There is a little-known vaccine tax assessment bill, HB 664 an act relative to the NH Vaccine Association working its way through the NH legislature that will impose a new, limitless tax assessment on every self-insured business and municipality in the state of New Hampshire that would have the effect of imposing an expanded defacto vaccine mandate on all children for all vaccines ever recommended for use, including new, unproven, largely experimental vaccines. This bill should be properly voted down. The bill is now in the senate and needs your urgent attention and is expected to be voted on by the full senate on May 23. Please contact your state senator today by phone and email and ask them to please vote no on HB 664.
Your senator can be reached here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/senate_roster.aspx
House Bill 135 Is All But Dead
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. —Plato
Senator Sharon Carson (R) Dist. 14, Chair, Senate Judiciary (Londonderry), sent me a message yesterday afternoon that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 on HB 135 to recommend, “Inexpedient to Legislate…” legislative speak meaning the committee recommends the subject bill be killed and not pass on in the process.
GrokWatch: So, has AutoServ of Tilton added a new line of cars: “Politicized”??? And what else are those cars being used for?
There are two folks running in NH State Senate District 7 in which I reside: Republican Josh Youssef and Democrat Andrew Hosmer. We did endorse Josh in the Primary and believe him to be a better candidate still than Hosmer – a Progressive big-taxer centralizing-power Democrat.
While Josh is an entrepreneur, Hosmer married into the family that owns AutoServ – and is the General Manager there. Well, I got a call last night. Actually and to be truthful, TMEW got the call – she beat me to the phone so she had the opportunity to be the confused one – her brow furrowed.
“Who?”, she said. “Brittney Murphy? Are you sure….no, there is no Brittney that live here…..yes, I will be voting in the upcoming election. Um, no, I will not be voting for Andrew Hosmer…g’nite.”
“Skip, would you look at this number, please?”
GraniteGrok Endorsement – NH State Senate District 23, 11, and 29: Dennis Acton, Dan Dwyer, Phil Greazzo
As I said it my last post, it’s time to hurry up and get these out before it is too late. In finishing up in the NH State Senate races, we are making two endorsements:
- District 23: Dennis Acton
- Reduce and eliminate burdensome taxes and regulations to create jobs here in NH.
- Fight federal health care mandates and work for a system that puts the patient first.
- Unlock the power of innovation to improve our schools. A skilled workforce attracts business.
- Protect NH citizens & businesses from federal government overreach and abuse of power.
In each case, the individual is more empowered to make the decisions that best fits him or her, more freedom in education, and act as a barrier to those in government that believe that Government knows what’s best for us all – even when they don’t.
- District 20: Phil Greazzo
He will be taking on long term Liberal dinosaur Lou D’Allesandro in the general election. Phil has performed well in the NH House on a variety of issues and has our full confidence that he is the person that will carry out the mission of rightsizing NH State Government and protecting NH taxpayers and their rights.
And a recommendation:
- District 11: Dan Dwyer.
Yes, not quite to the level of a full out endorsement but we believe that Dan is a better choice for those most interested in enhancing individual liberty and freedoms which necessarily roll back the size and intrusion of NH State Government. While the Senate did pass a fair amount of good legislation this past session, many of the grassroots were sorely disappointed by the many pieces of major legislation that did not pass or that was bottled up or tabled; we lay that at the feet of Dan’s opponent (who, btw, lost to Dan in the NH Young Republicans straw poll big time).
GrokTV Special Interview-NH State Senator Andy Sanborn (District 9) – Question 6 – Why hasn’t anyone already streamlined NH State Agencies?
In our last question, we were curious to see why Andy Sanborn thought about State Government and if the State Agencies in the Executive Branch were doing the right things and in the right ways. Continuing on in that vein, we then extended that question to try to understand why no one else had yet … Read more
That’s right, Andy has some experience with taxes
As this post points out, the ‘Grok started an interview series with NH State Senator Andy Sanborn which stimulated the hidden parts of the memory banks that brought up that Andy had been captured in a YouTube talking about all of the ways that the State of NH taxed him. Here’s the link to that … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate. Question 9: Proper Role of Government – Too big, just right, or too small?
Of course, my favorite question has to be wedged in somewhere during an interview, and with Josh Youssef, it was (and is) the last question of the series. One of the most telling differences between Statists / Big Government folks and Conservatives / Liberty and Freedom folks is what their idea of what Government is … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate. Question 7: what Committees do you want to serve on?
Well, assuming that Josh Youssef makes it through his primary, he will have to work and work hard for his $100 / year (plus mileage!). In doing so, he will be assigned to one or more (realistically – LOTS!) working committees that would deal with the various pieces of legislation and the areas of OUR … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate. Question 6: How / can will you manage without the Republican supermajorities, or if they become a minority?
It is easier to govern when your Party is in power and hold the majority and even easier still when that hold on power is a supermajority (factional Party problems aside). We saw that in 2006 and 2008 with the Democrat Party and in 2010 it flipped to the Rs. Where Josh had some ideas … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate. Question 5:If the State is determining Educational curriculum, how is that local control? Or should it be “suggest” vs “determine”?
It’s been a bit since I posted the last interview question I posed to Josh Youseff – but never fear, we have more to put up! Here, Josh talks about the role of the State in eduction here in NH (especially with the failure of CACR 12). The question is, where is the line between … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate. Question 4: Devolvement of power back to the local level from Concord? And unfunded mandates?
To a large degree, the voters kicked out the extreme spending Democrats in 2010 and decided that Republicans would be better at governing the State. Part of what the Republicans have done is to try to return power, that the Democrats gathered into Concord, back to local communities. I asked Josh about his stance on … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate. Question 3: Philosophical: more in favor of self-governance vs the Progressive external governance?
Given Josh’s answer to the second question, I just had to ask the quintessential philosophical question that can go to the heart of “are you a Conservative or are you a Progressive?” – who controls you? What governs your behavior? And is one better than another? Previous Questions: Question 1: Why are you running? Question … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Josh Youssef for NH State Senate-Q1-Why are you running?
This afternoon, Josh Youssef agreed to take a few questions from GraniteGrok as he has decided to run for the vacant seat in NH State Senate District 7. A self-described Conservative with libertarian leanings, he shares why he is running, part of what his political stances are, and some things he believes still needs to … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Rep. John Hikel for NH Senate – Question 6 – What is your reaction to “All social issues have fiscal costs”?
One of the biggest items that this two year session of the NH House has had to face was cleaning up the budget left by the Democrat supermajorities in the House and Senate that left the Republican supermajorities between a $600 million to a $1 Billion deficit. They handled it by cutting the budget back … Read more
GrokTV Special Interview: Rep. John Hikel for NH Senate – Question 5 – What is your Platform?
One of the most important questions that the electorate can ask a candidate is “what is your platform”? Now, there is a lot to ask John Hikel and by no means is this an all encompassing round on this question. But, it’s a start and at some point, we’ll circle back with John and start … Read more