Monday, May 13, 2013
You can’t mislead and lie your way to the truth and be considered a person of integrity. On April 27, at 4:04 p.m., Sen. Kelly Ayotte voted against Senate Bill S649 and the Manchin amendment. Its “statement of purpose” was: “To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all …
Monday, May 13, 2013
It is an absolute tragedy that those beautiful, innocent people were killed in Connecticut by a mentally ill person. However, if the gun law that Sen. Kelly Ayotte voted against was passed prior to this terrible event, the outcome would have been the same. Adam Lanza’s guns were …
Monday, May 13, 2013
To Sen. Kelly Ayotte: Thank you for your reply to my letter expressing outrage at your vote against expanded background checks on firearms. Thank you also for the copy of your column in the Concord Monitor (“I voted to expand background check system,” May 7). I remain outraged, …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Sen. Kelly Ayotte should be held accountable for her actions, or lack thereof. GAIL LIBBY Wolfeboro …
Monday, May 13, 2013
I was appalled at Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s column (“I voted to expand background check system,” Monitor Forum, May 7). She is clearly representing herself and not the opinion of the New Hampshire people. That is her job, and she should be fired for not doing it. PATRICIA BEDFORD …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Re “The people want expanded gaming” (Monitor Forum, May 10): Listen to the argument that Jim Casey, former commissioner of labor, uses to advance his interest in bringing big gambling to New Hampshire: Folks who oppose casino gambling in New Hampshire are the same rich, arrogant elitists who …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Concord police have tallied crimes involving homeless people. And recently the police were called to a hotel for possible homeless persons engaging in sex in a bathroom and stealing bathroom paper products. When the homeless are arrested for trespassing from “camps” and run out of all areas …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
For the 12th or 13th time, Sanbornton’s town meeting form of government is on the ballot and under attack. However, this year tactics are worse. Misrepresentations are being made that minimize the harm that will result from adopting SB 2. I ask Sanbornton voters to recall that I …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
I’m writing after having received in the U.S. mail an 11-by-6-inch postcard printed with an anti-town-meeting and pro-SB 2 message that appears to have been sent by Sanbornton citizen Earl Leighton Jr. It contains a computerized signature. The first emboldened bulleted / checked statement is “Deliberative session is …
Friday, May 10, 2013
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests put out a publication in 2001 entitled People & Place – Society For the Protection of New Hampshire Forests – The First 100 Years. PSNH contributed to the publication of this book. The president of PSNH stated the following: …