On Wednesday the NH House we will be voting on HB-135, the Stand Your Ground Bill.The law passed under Speaker O’Brien was an integral part of his regime, and did nothing to make New Hampshire’s communities safer. In fact a law like this on the books in many states increases gun deaths in those states [...]
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No Federal legislation to come of the massacre at Newtown ??
Nothing substantive has come from Congress since the bloody slaughter in Newtown. Who and where are the leaders who won’t ignore the murdered children, and their families? When we need someone to step up and take responsibility, where are they? I remember names like George Aiken of Vermont, Frank Church of Idaho, Albert Gore Sr. [...]
Public hearings on NH Gun Safety Legislation
This note is brought to you from the facebook page of the Project for Safer Communities NH of which I am a member. The NH House Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to hear public testimony on four bills related to gun safety on Thursday, February 21, including legislation that will: HB290 restrict open carry of firearms [...]
AFP Koch-heads calling Bow and Dunbarton tonight
Two things tell us that the Koch’s want to keep reaping their investment in O’Brien & Co. They are spending and fighting down to the wire to keep the most extreme Reps like J.R.Hoell of Dunbarton in office. 1. A false attack mailing was sent by them to Bow and Dunbarton Independent voters about former [...]
The Nashua Telegraph Endorses Maggie for Governor !
On the heels of a great night at the St.A’s Debate, I am proud to share that the leading paper in Nashua, The Nashua Telegraph has given their endorsement to Maggie Hassan for Governor in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, this coming Tuesday. from the endorsement http://www.nashuatelegraph.com… Thursday, September 6, 2012Hassan the clear choice for [...]
Outsource Mitt
Mitt Romney’s policies of buying companies, firing workers and outsourcing jobs will be a disaster for working class America.Since China’s entry into the WTO, NH has lost more jobs as a % of it’s working population than any other state and they were good jobs. When Jeanne Shaheen was Governor we were #1 in the [...]
Outsource This Mitt Romney: American Jobs should not be ‘up in the air’
Here is a draft of a release including my remarks about our experience closing a factory due to Trade Law shifts which allowed massive outsourcing…similar comments are on the AF of L CIO national website….I was honored to be press contact for NH AFL CIO and help present Cong. Guinta with our petitions…over 180, to [...]
America We are Trying to Become You:Open Thread
“America” by Walt Whitman Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,Chair’d in the adamant of Time. Whatever route we take, all different, all together. Whatever you think of me, I [...]
“We need an amendment but not this one.”
We need an amendment but not this one Legislature given far too much powerBy Rep. Gary Richardson / For the MonitorJune 3, 2012 I agree with Gov. John Lynch that we need a constitutional amendment to permit targeting of state funds for education. Being a supporter of education and financially realistic, I agree that we [...]
One week left to apply for Nat Bresler summer internship program
ApplicationThe Nat Bresler Summer Intern Scholarship will be awarded to (1) or (2) young Democrats for 8 weeks of work in the summer of 2012, based on submission of the following application. The work will be paid at 300./wk, duties to be determined by the NHDP. A Committee made up of Officers of the NHDP [...]