Trick or Treating in Gilmanton will be on October 31, 2012 from 5-7
pm.
Letter
Deb Chase ran for State Representative during the 2010 election. As
a resident of Gilmanton, I decided to do research and learn more
about local candidates running for office. My search on Deb Chase
revealed that she was the Vice-Chairman of the Belknap County
Democrat Committee.
Deb Chase was standing at the Gilmanton Recycling Facility and was
handing out brochures about her campaign. When I mentioned that I
saw her on the website of the Belknap County Democrat Committee, she
denied it to my face. I asked her again if she was the vice-chairman
of the committee and she said no. I went back home, looked it up,
and her name appeared as the Vice-Chairman of the Belknap County
Democrat Committee. Why did she deny her involvement in the Democrat
Committee for Belknap County? What is the reason for her lack of
honesty?
After losing the election, she wrote to the Suncook Valley Sun and
expressed her pride in the Democrat party. Deb Chase is proud of the
largest budget ever passed in New Hampshire history under Democratic
control. Deb Chase is proud that the citizens of this state were
ignored for a ballot referendum on gay marriage, so that the
Democrats could worm the legislation through the process in the dead
of night. Deb Chase is proud that New Hampshire is the most
pro-abortion state in the country in the name of convenience.
Deb Chase has her lawn filled with Democrat candidates running for
office. I don’t want someone who is a divider, is politically
biased, and is not honest. I want a representative who has morals
and decency with nothing to hide. I simply cannot vote for someone
who will not be honest with me. I cannot vote for Deb Chase as State
Representative.
Rick Lucas
Gilmanton
Opera Comes To Gilford New Hampshire!
On October 27, at 7:30 pm at Gilford Community Church, Just Love to
Sing! will present the 6th Annual Opera Competition. Over 50
young singers will compete for $2,500 in cash and contracts for the
2013 season of events. Tickets will be available at the door,
beginning at 7:00 pm. General Admission tickets are available.
“For the past six years, we have offered young singers the
opportunity to perform in a smaller level vocal competition. We have
allowed these young performers to not only receive cash prizes, but
also an event they can use on their resumes. Smaller opera
competitions are becoming extinct in our country, I am sad to say,”
explained Jane Cormier, who is Founder and Director of the 501(c)3
organization whose mission is to education, enlighten and entertain
audiences throughout NH. “This competition offers the young
singers the opportunity to “cut their teeth” in a small event, so
when they perform for a larger competition, they have had the
experience to offer their best,” says Cormier.
Sponsors for this year’s competition include: Meredith Village
Savings Bank, Opera NH, Gilford Community Church, as well as
individual private donors. The audience will also be invited
to vote for the “Audience Favorite” award, given to the singer who
scores highest on the audience ballots. Judges on the panel will
include Dr. Wayne Rivera, Director of Opera at Hartt School of Music
in Connecticut; Ellen Nordstrom Baer, Director of Voice Faculty at
Concord Community Music School, and Directors of JLTS!, Jane Cormier
and Carlos Martinez, both former opera performers and current music
teachers in NH.
For more information, call 855-2160 or visit
www.justlovetosing.com.
Letter
Our Desperate Need For Representative
Government
Just two years ago, Congress, with firm Democrat majorities and
sleight of hand, passed the outrage now known as Obamacare.
This bill forces upon our country, 26+ new taxes and promises to
kill numerous jobs by virtue of the penalties and rising healthcare
costs it creates (and is already creating).
Doesn’t it bother anyone that the majority of this monstrositie’s
measures are timed to start in 2013, after November’s presidential
election? Doesn’t it bother anyone that the Senate, under Democrat
Harry Reid, had to change its rules to force this bill through?
Doesn’t it bother anyone that Nancy Pelosi, then Speaker of the
House, told us “we had to pass it before we learned what was in it?”
This is the mark of a dictatorship, not the Democratic Republic that
we birthed over 200 years ago.
At a Laconia town hall in June 2010, I asked Carol Shea-Porter, how
she could violate her sworn oath to represent the people of NH and
vote for Obamacare, when every major poll showed no support for this
legislation. Her response, “it depends on which polls you believe”
drew several minutes of steady booing.
When a representative, of any party, votes against the known will of
the people it has sworn to represent, it is time for them to leave
office. Let’s not forget we dismissed Shea-Porter two years ago.
Frank Guinta has promised to support a repeal of Obamacare which
Mitt Romney has promised to sign. We need to elect a President
and members of Congress that truly understand the role of
Representative Government.
David Strang
Gilmanton
Letter
Keep The NH Advantage In Our State House
Fact: From 2007-2012 the Democratic majority in the House gave us
one hundred new or increased taxes which resulted in a 25% increase
in spending.
Fact: The 2011-2012 Republican majority in the House gave us twenty
tax and fee reductions, including that pesky auto registration
surcharge which cost residents $30 and $75 every year for each
vehicle we register, putting 90 million back in our citizen’s
pockets. In addition, the 2011-2012 budget contained no new or
increased taxes or fees.
Fact: The Republican majority in the House passed a budget 11%
smaller than the prior Democratic majority budget, reducing spending
by over 1.2 billion dollars. It is called “living within our means”.
Fact: The state returned $1 million in ObamaCare funds to the
federal government with instructions to use the money for debt
reduction. (I particularly liked the last part!)
Fact: The Republican majority in the House passed over 80 bills
which reduced business and consumer regulatory burdens for our
citizens.
Fact: The Republican majority in the House passed Voter ID to ensure
integrity at our ballot boxes.
Fact: The Republican majority passed numerous bills protecting local
and county property taxpayers, increasing government accountability,
strengthening property rights, and increasing personal freedoms.
These bills can be read at nh.gov. I urge you to not let the left’s
talking points muddy the waters – you can look up these bills and
see for yourself what wonderful work has been accomplished by our
Republican legislature!
As a candidate for Belknap District 8, (towns of Alton, Barnstead,
and Gilmanton), I look forward to continuing the small government
approach to the NH Advantage believing local is always better.
I look forward to Workplace Freedom (Right to Work) becoming law in
NH and I look forward to serving you as your voice in the State
House come November.
Jane Cormier
Alton
Letter
We are writing to support Deb Chase for election as our
representative for District 5 (Alton/Gilmanton). We will be electing
two representatives from the district. She is a retired teacher who
wants to bring reason to Concord. She wants to work on improving our
economy, supporting public education, protecting healthcare programs
and preserving personal choice. She believes in working with
members of both parties to work toward practical solutions to
problems. She will resist the divisive issues the extreme
right promoted over the last two years under the leadership of
Speaker O’Brien.
Unfortunately, her opponents Steve Holmes and Dick Burchell will
continue the same nonsense that has plagued the NH House in the last
session. They are both extremely conservative. Holmes talks
about being in favor of small government, fiscal responsibility, pro
family and pro life – that’s code for more cuts to government which
will impair needed services, restrictions on abortion and repeal of
gay marriage. He wants to take us backward. Burchell says he’s
the anointed successor of Dave Russell, which means, based on
Russell’s record, cutting health services, defunding Planned
Parenthood, removing NH from participating in federal healthcare
initiatives, banning abortions even when a woman’s health is in
jeopardy, funding private and religious school vouchers with tax
dollars, repealing Kindergarten, limiting voters access to the
polls, and even favoring the withdrawal of the US from the UN, to
name a few of Russell’s regressive votes.
Let’s be more careful this time who we elect. Deb Chase is
moderate and practical – she doesn’t have a radical agenda like her
opponents do. Please vote for her on November 6.
Ella Jo Regan, Gilmanton
Mary Alice McCulloch, Lower Gilmanton,
Brenda Sens, Gilmanton
Nancy Farr, Gilmanton
Meg Hempel, Gilmanton Iron Works,
Nate and Betty Ann Abbott, Gilmanton Iron Works
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