Save NH State Parks-and other stuff

This week the NH House voted in support of license plates to support state parks. NH is the only state which relies totally on fees and our parks, one of the cornerstones of the NH advantage, need help. There is a serious threat from those who want to privatize these treasures.

The governor has indicated that he would support sequential numbers as a version of park vanity plates [get yours early for a low number] which could make them even more enticing as NH has a high incidence of vanity plates.

Click for photos from The Forum of the plate designs as well as other issues considered recently.

Report from the Legislature: 4th Grade Legislators

Ready for a new New Hampshire cat, rock or fruit? To find out how click here.

Constituent Concerns

This week in the New Hampshire House there were 28 roll call votes, 18 division votes and too many voice votes to count. All House bills must be acted on by March 25in time for "crossover" to the Senate.

For a list of the votes on those issues which elicited the most emails and from constituents click here.

Report from the Legislature: Short-Term Bedfellows

Just in case you thought the five House members representing Rockingham District 1 never agreed on anything, or thought disagreement was consistent along Party, social or economic lines, you might be interested to see the results of some recent votes. Perhaps it is Spring Fever, but lately there have been some odd alignments.

Take a look.

Report from the Legislature: Freedom and Choice

Once the Blurb War got out of the way, some actual business was conducted during the New Hampshire House of Representatives sessions on February 10 and 17. Several of the role call votes dealt with issues of personal choice and individual freedom.

Click here for details.

Report from the Legislature: Positioning for the Fall Election

The white gloves came off at the February 3 session of the New Hampshire House, and the boxing gloves went on, as the Parties began to duke it out for votes in November. Multiple bills were presented, sponsored by members of the Republican Party, whose purpose was to show their members as tax cutters and Democrats as big spenders unconcerned about the taxpayers. The Democrats fought back during debate on each bill, casting the Republicans as happy to cut but unwilling to deal realistically with the cost of services taxpayers both want and need.

Click here for a summary. [Again, originally posted in The Forum.]

Report from the Legislature: Blurb Wars

The February 10 session of the House of Representatives took twice as long and accomplished half as much as could reasonably be expected, due to what would be described as a hissy fit if it had been carried out by an eight-year-old. Because it was engaged in by a member of the legislature, that member chose to call it "exercising his right to freedom of speech."

Read more.