A St.
Patrick’s Day Supper, sponsored by American Legion Post 112, Short
Falls Road in Epsom will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010, 4:30
to 6:30 p.m.
Snowdate will be Sunday, March 14, 2010.
Donations: Adults, $8.00; Children, 6-12 years, $3.00; Under 6,
Free.
The
Menu will consist of corned beef and cabbage, all the fixings,
dessert and beverage.
There will be Door Prizes and 50/50 Raffle.
Proceeds to benefit Post 112 Community Activities.
Letter
Epsom Meetinghouse Plans
I
knew I should have listened to my university professor when he
suggested that when one writes (to another) don’t write it so that
you (meaning me) are the only one who will be able to understand
your (me again) ideas. In my “Be prepared” letter to the Editor, I
was merely suggesting that the author of Warrant Article #1 was not
prepared to justify his request for the approval of $350,000. A
written estimate and/or non-binding bid(s) would have made all the
difference in the world. The B.S.A.’s motto is “Be Prepared.”
Jim
Breagy
Epsom, NH
Veterans Helping Veterans
Iron
Mike Dempsey President of the White Mountain Chapter of the Nam
Knights MC loads a storage trailer at the Manchester VA with
supplies collected in a fundraiser for homeless vets.
The
White Mountain Chapter of the Nam Knights Motorcycle Club held a
charity dinner dance at the Concord VFW Post 1631on Saturday, March
27th to collect items for the Manchester Veterans Administration
Supplemental Housing Program (VASH Program) for homeless veterans.
The Nam Knights collected a trailer load of items to include
pillows, bedding, cleaning supplies, household goods and gently used
furniture.
The Donations were delivered to the VA the following
Monday. Anyone wishing to donate to the cause can contact VA
Representative Tracy Noonan VASH Program Manager at 603-624-4366 Ex.
6883.
Letter
To
my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom, And Pittsfield:
In session
this week: HB1522, setting the parameters for a local spending cap,
was killed, 202-148, with both Representatives Brown and Porter
voting to kill it; Representative Yeaton was unable to attend the
session. HB1679, establishing a soft drinks tax, gave some
representatives the opportunity of lecturing us for 40 minutes on
the evils of sugar. The bill failed, 288-65, with only
Representative Brown from this district supporting the tax.
HB1447, on the use of firearms in the compact part of a town,
required notification rather than permission. An amendment deleting
the statute entirely failed 115-229. HB1224, which requires school
system employees and volunteers to pay for criminal background
checks, had an amendment to include even arrests. Since one is
innocent until proven guilty, blocking someone from even
volunteering in a school after only arrests is wrong to me and many
others. The amendment failed, 129-205, with both Representatives
Brown and Porter voting for it. HB1224 was then tabled.
Finally getting to new bills, we passed or killed 125 bills on the
consent calendar, including HB1240, my bill on state owned vehicles.
Then we dealt with HB1677, extending the “collar” on changes in
school aid for two years. I hoped to kill it, since Epsom would get
significantly more school aid, and Allenstown and Pittsfield were
almost unaffected. However, the debate was convincing: if HB1677
passed, state school aid would be held level; if it failed, the
state would have to generate an additional $140M in taxes each year!
Despite my vote, the bill was killed, 203-131, with Representatives
Brown and Porter voting to kill it.
Anyone
interested in what’s going on at the State House is invited to email
or call me; those who’d like a more detailed report than I can fit
in The Sun should email me for my newsletter.
Representative
Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Letter
Feeling Dumbed Up
I
just read a letter from a member of the EBOS in the SVS Mar 3rd
pertaining to some discussion that the EBOS removed the tax impact
from the ballot to get a budget passed. I have not heard this being
discussed at all and I do not feel that the EBOS did that. I do
believe that it would be easy to come up with the feeling that this
law does just that. I do feel that whomever claims this so
called law is in effect has their head stuck very deep in something
and I wish our BOS had the courage to defy this law that says if
something is omitted from the wording of a law, it is automatically
included. Maybe some clever person using the humorous talent of
Abbott & Costello (Who’s on first) could explain it to us, the
people who have to pay for everything that passes on the town
warrant.
I
believe that if we still have “A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE
PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE, we do not have to accept that all laws
are “right” and if we don’t we had better put a new slogan on our
license plates.
With all the talk about “the uninformed voter” it sure looks like
this law is designed to keep voters uninformed.
If
ever an issue needed to see the inside of a courtroom, this one is
it.
Les
Cash
Epsom Voter
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