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Letter: Where are the elderly, where are the desperate?

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The hypothetical people in Millennium Gaming’s rendition of a casino room are all young, slender and white. Some are in uniforms designating employees (middle-aged or people of color need not apply?). Where are the overweight, the elderly, the limbless, the shabby, the desperate? Not a wheelchair or a cane in sight! If Millennium thinks this will help the pro-forces make their case, I question its sense of New Hampshire. Reps. … 3

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

We need the casino After weeks of anticipation, a House committee recommended defeating the most recent incarnation of an expanded gambling bill which promises to bring a $600 million facility to Salem. Most residents have seen the lofty plans from Rockingham Park & Millennium Gaming – a gorgeous new facility including a casino, convention center, hotel, spa, 1,500-seat arena and brand new grandstand … 1

Letter: Clever but misleading argument on casinos

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Dawn Wivell and Patrick Griffith made a clever but misleading argument in their May 18 column (“N.H. won’t lose its brand if we go all in,” Monitor Opinion page). They asked readers to consider that Oregon, Ohio and Maine are little affected by the gambling in their states. But they failed to note that Oregon covers 98,000 square miles, Ohio covers 44,000 square … 0

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Letter: The real story

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 … 2

Letter: Ayotte is trying to solve problems

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 … 1

Letter: Obstructionist

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, … 1

Letter: Don’t forget Ayotte’s vote

Monday, May 13, 2013

Sen. Kelly Ayotte should be held accountable for her actions, or lack thereof. GAIL LIBBY Wolfeboro … 0

Letter: Fire Ayotte

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 … 1

Letter: Casinos are terrible for working people

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 … 2

Letter: What did the city think would happen?

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 … 1

Letter: Reject SB 2 again, Sanbornton

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 … 0

Letter: Deceptive tactic in Sanbornton

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 … 0

Letter: What changed, PSNH?

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: … 0