I hope everyone had a peaceful holiday season. I’m excited to see what the new year will bring! As your State Representative providing constituent services, please feel free to contact me anytime at: Deborah.Aylward@nullleg.state.nh.us or 603 217-7842. Did you know? House and Senate Standing Committee Meetings can be viewed online at YouTube.com/c/NHHouseofRepresentativesCommitteeStreaming. House Journal No. […]
Happy February! Spring is just around the corner. We have been very fortunate to have the mild winter to date. It has definitely helped with the heating bills. Annual school meetings, annual town meetings, and public hearings will be coming up in February and March. Meeting dates vary from town to town. Go to your […]
Fellow Citizens: After a long, but seriously rewarding campaign (which for me included a nine-week transfer station appearance blitz), the people have spoken and the results are in: 1. The Governor, New Hampshire Senate, and Executive Council are status quo. 2. Republicans appear to have a majority in the House (pending recounts) 201-198. 3. Mary […]
I won my re-election for one of the two seats for State Representative in District 5. Thank you to every citizen in Andover, Danbury, Hill, Salisbury, and Webster for your vote in the General Election on November 8, and for your faith in me. If it was not for your vote, I would not have […]
Informed voting requires researching facts
Over the past several years, we have been witnessing New Hampshire’s political system fracture into a three-party system, made confusing because two of the parties (the traditional GOP vs Free State/Liberty Alliance) claim the same “Republican” title. My grandfather was an Eisenhower Republican who founded an important national patriotic organization in Valley Forge. But grandfather’s […]
On the upcoming November ballot two Constitutional questions are proposed. The second question asks “Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?” This assumes that there is a problem with the founding documents. The problem is not the language or structure of the founding documents. Proponents of the Article V Constitutional Convention […]
When I purchased the historic Battles Farm in Bradford a couple of years ago, I thought that running the farm would become my new full-time job. The farm had fallen into disrepair, but I saw opportunity. Generations of my family were farmers, and my background as a small businessman and professor at the University of […]
We have a Republican Governor and Republican majorities in the New Hampshire Senate, House and Executive Council. The current Republicans in control of the state are nothing like the Republicans you voted for 20 or 30 years ago. Their platform has moved towards a Libertarian ideology. Two of Andover’s candidates – Louise Andrus and Alvin […]
Please take the time to vote on November 8
Have you ever thought about what it would be like if our “right to vote” was ever taken away from us? Could that realistically ever happen? I am not saying it would ever happen. Rather the question is something to think about. To me, voting is one of the most important rights of an American […]
As a voter (and candidate), I’d like to see other candidates disclose their independent legislative accomplishments, if any, which in my view, are an indicator of being the most qualified to fill the positions sought. Of Districts 5 and 26 State House candidates, to my knowledge, only Alvin See and I have had bills sponsored […]