I guess you call it keeping the dream alive. What dream? An unelected commission filled with the sorts of politically connected goons the 17th Amendment promised to end for US Senate Seats. Am 17 created more problems than it solved. So would HB706.
I guess you call it keeping the dream alive. What dream? An unelected commission filled with the sorts of politically connected goons the 17th Amendment promised to end for US Senate Seats. Am 17 created more problems than it solved. So would HB706.
You can always tell the worst (of the worst) bills by who complains the most about them failing. Gov. Sununu vetoed HB706 because it was unconstitutional. The effort to give redistricting authority away to unelected pawns. Republicans in the House refused to override the veto, and the Dingbats are off their wingnut.
It would be my guess that not many people in New Hampshire have heard or know much about the Brennan Center organization whose representatives recently appeared in Concord to lobby our legislators into adopting a bill creating a so-called unelected “independent” redistricting commission for our state. Fortunately, Governor Sununu has vetoed that bill, leaving the … Read more
I have been very active on twitter opposing HB 706, the misnamed (purposefully) “Independent Redistricting Commission” and supporting the Governor’s veto. For example: I recently had a twitter skirmish with a Socialist-robot who was apoplectic that HB 706 had been vetoed. In part: To be clear, of course the GOP attempted to “gerrymander” in 2012. … Read more
This isn’t a sexy topic like stopping forced wage mandates. And it is not, to paraphrase Judge Napolitano, about how the right to bear arms is not a gift from the government that they can take away. But this veto needs to be sustained too!
One of the PACs that own Senator Jeanne Shaheen is focusing its influence peddling operation on State Legislatures in 2020. EMILY’s List, the kill them if they are moving pro-abortion PAC wants to get Lefties Elected in State Houses to improve redistricting for Democrats.
So I saw this tweet from NHPR (which should be NHDR as in New Hampshire Democrat Radio) this morning: Other “press” have described it the same way, as have the bill’s (HB 706) supporters. They are NOT telling the truth. Here is how the members of the commission are chosen: 662-B:2 Eligibility to Serve on … Read more
This: The bill in issue is House Bill 706. While it is styled as creating an independent redistricting commission, if you read the bill, you will see that is a misnomer. It is a Democrat redistricting commission. Let’s begin with the composition of the commission. The bill provides for 15 members split equally between the … Read more
>> The correct word for that particualr [sic] vintage is stooge.” While I loved the Three Stooges growing up, am not thinking that I am a “stooge” in this regard. However, I’m not happy with the redistricting as it affects my town of Gilford. We have sufficient residents, 7400, to have rated 2 NH House … Read more
Following Pam Tucker and DJ Bettencourt, Bill O’Brien spoke for about 30 minutes on the budget, jobs, creating a pro-business environment here in NH, reforming public pensions, the process of redistricting, and a new site, ConcordFactCheck.org: