An unassuming, Mr. Peabody-looking fellow by day, by night, Senator Dan Innis takes to his keyboard and tells it like it is, no holds barred! I invite readers to see Senator Innis in action in this New Hampshire Journal article from April 7 that he authored: nhjournal.com/innis-out-of-state-companies-are-exploiting-nhs-timber-tax/

Hearing HB 123 in the Municipal and County Government Committee, members learned about carbon sequestration and the tax loophole the bill aimed to fix, specifically, that of a “carbon credit subsidy for left-wing ESG factories” (i.e., green energy companies) as Innis describes it. The bill, with amendment, passed out of committee 18-0, in favor of Ought to Pass. A lot of hullabaloo, protesting, and other distractions descended upon the State House prior to a vote; however, the House adopted the committee report, and the bill was ultimately referred to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

As a proud Republican, I supported the bill both in committee and in the House, this to allow municipalities to properly tax timber, to stop out-of-state companies from profiting off the backs of Granite Staters, that will, in turn, lower property taxes.

For those readers not old enough to remember, according to Wikipedia, “Mr. Peabody is an anthropomorphic cartoon dog who appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s television animated series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, who is the smartest being in existence, having graduated from Harvard when he was three years old.”