Franklin First is more than a catchy slogan for me
Representing Franklin in the New Hampshire State House for six years has defined what Franklin First means. Over that time I brought attention to the issues facing Franklin. I brought a $125,000 grant to Franklin’s school district at the same time as they were losing $160,000 in adequacy cuts. I brought the Commissioner for Education to Franklin to showcase why the grant was critically beneficial and I brought WMUR to Franklin to cover the story.
In my last two terms, I submitted 30 bills, among them was a bill affecting worker’s comp claims for firefighters, a bill to cancel a family’s debt to the state in the event of their child’s passing and a bill that recognized the suitability of great grandparents so children in crisis weren’t separated from their families. Bills that directly come from having talked to Franklin residents about their daily lives.
I graduated from Franklin in 1994, my wife Molly, worked in Franklin for 17 years, and being your state representative for six years adds up to a working knowledge of what Franklin needs, Franklin needs state reps who understand the community, not individuals who only emerge once every two years to recite catchy slogans.