As a candidate for New Hampshire House District 25 (Andover, Danbury, Salisbury, Warner, and Webster), I have been listening during the past two months to the concerns of many area residents. Our citizens are facing challenges that are directly related to the pandemic and many have immediate needs that include food insecurity, loss of jobs […]
I write to urge you to elect Mike Cryans for another term to represent us on the Governor’s Executive Council. A major part of the councilor’s job, as Mike sees it, is representing the needs of the district and its constituents. Some issues high on his list are the state’s response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, […]
On May 25, 2020, a package which was insured due to the value of its content, was sent to me from Germany. Per United States Postal Service Tracking information, it arrived in the Central Foreign Receiving Center in New Jersey on June 8. About two weeks later I began checking the USPS Tracking site which […]
Lafayette Park, Washington, DC; Portland, Oregon; now Chicago and New York City? German Stormtroopers, (SA), known as Brown Shirts, were founded in Germany in 1921. This was a paramilitary organization whose methods of violent intimidation played a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. In Italy, around the same time Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Black […]
USA seen as negligent over handling of virus
My husband and I flew home from Belize, Central America on March 8. Our daughter, Kayla and her then 8 month old son live in Belize. The country is the same size in area as the state of New Hampshire with a population of about 400,000. On March 20, Belize officially closed all of its […]
While I am at this moment reasonably healthy, I am 75 years old, thus, in a high risk age group. By voting absentee, I will not only protect myself and the people I live with, but will minimize the exposure poll workers will be faced with. For me, it is a sign of respect to […]
At the last House legislation session, the Republicans rejected a proposal to prevent significant business tax increases that are likely to hit businesses by January 1, 2021. Last year, the Democrat’s budget contained “triggers” that would increase the Business Profit Tax by 2.6% and the Business Enterprise Tax by 12.5% if the state revenues fell […]
There is actually little to report from the State House, because it has remained closed to legislators since March. Members of the House nevertheless resumed their legislative roles at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore hockey arena on two dates in June. The House is now in recess until “Veto Override Day” in September, after […]
In these uncertain times due to COVID-19, with the closure of schools and businesses, the loss of jobs, and social isolation, families everywhere are struggling. Add to this the opioid crisis and drug addiction problems in New Hampshire, and we see children and families in more stressful situations than ever before. The risk of child […]
Pecco Beaufays gave his opinion in the July Andover Beacon regarding my statement, “I believe the election in the Fall will decide New Hampshire’s future, either Freedom or Socialism.” But Pecco had no idea what I meant by the statement that I had made. Freedom is a powerful word. It can mean a lot of […]