Epsom
Central School 7th grade students will be holding a car wash at the
Epsom Fire Department on Route 4 in Epsom. The car wash will
be held on Saturday, May 21st from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. The
event benefits the ECS student’s trip to Washington DC.
The Granite State Lady Spartans AAU basketball team will be hosting
a team car wash on May 30, 2011 at Arnie’s Place on Loudon Road in
Concord. The car wash will run from 10 am - 4 pm. Please
come and support our team and their goal to attend a team camp in
July.
Letter
To my constituents in Allenstown, Epsom and Pittsfield:
This week
two subcommittees of my Executive Departments and Administration
Committee met on one bill each.
SB152, on legislators
participating in the state employee health insurance plan, was
discussed with the department that administers the plan. Since one
of them was a lawyer, he was able to confirm that “is grounds for
termination” does not mean that termination is automatic, as the
committee feared. He also gave us an idea of the scope of the
problem: at the time they checked, 15 individuals were late with a
total of $11,000 overdue. That could be all one month’s payments, so
we asked for a better analysis to see if there were some people
seriously behind in their payments. Since we were not convinced that
this bill solved an urgent problem, we agreed to retain it.
The
subcommittee on HB458, on developing a process to review and
“sunset” government programs, got started on by trying to determine
just how many programs are involved! They’ll be working on that for
a while.
The filing period for bills for next year is May 25
through June 8. I’m still working out what bills to submit, but I
plan on many fewer than this year, so I can give each the attention
it deserves. On Sunday, June 5, Dan and I will be at home to talk
with constituents about issues with the laws and suggested bills.
Any constituent is welcome to join us, 3-6 pm.
Anyone interested
in what is going on in the State House is invited to email or call
me. Anyone who wants more information than I can fit into a letter
should email me for my newsletter.
Representative Carol McGuire
[email protected]
782-4918
Letter
To my Friends in Allenstown, Epsom and Pittsfield:
First, I wish
to express my gratitude for all the cards, e-mails, phone calls, and
prayers from all my friends. An illness landed me in intensive care
and I missed one session. I was able to discharge myself, and
against my doctor’s advice, attended the May 4, 2011 session.
I
am a bit dismayed at the way in which Representative Carol McGuire
has been portraying what is happening at the House. In politics,
you should know all the details. The people will not be fooled by
labels. They want to know the whole truth. I am a Republican. I have
never asked for your vote under any other guise. I am not a
Libertarian, Democrat, Green party, Natural Rights, but only a
simple old-fashioned New Hampshire Republican. I, nevertheless,
represent the entire diverse district and not only Republicans.
I
did vote against SB160 leading about half the Republicans in the
House. The law would have allowed the payday lenders to charge up to
403% APR interest. This was not a license to lend, but a license
for theft. We do not condone theft. That is the Republican way.
I
proudly led approximately fifty Republicans to oppose HB474 which is
falsely touted as the “Right to work bill.” This bill is neither an
RTW nor a Republican bill. It, against the very letter of the State
Constitution, infringes the right of advocacy by any two people for
any change in the law. It also infringes the ability of the private
entities in dealing with broadly defined “Labor Organizations.” The
Republican platform encourages that the people be allowed to choose
their vocation and employers. The employers must be allowed to
choose the method in which they run their business. New Hampshire
has had a miserable record in dealing with unions. The state has
been the worst offender in making foolish union contracts. With this
track record, the state now wants to impose its will on the
entrepreneurs, dictating how to run their business. Only eight (8)
to eleven (11) percent of the New Hampshire workforce is unionized.
They do not exactly have a stranglehold in New Hampshire.
Because of the oath of my office, I have no choice but to uphold our
Constitution and ensure that the people of this state are allowed to
speak, advocate, and band together to improve their lot. I must also
protect the free market system from predators and the intrusive
government. I remain easy to reach.
Rep. Tony F. Soltani (R)
8th Merrimack
Allenstown, Epsom, Pittsfield
“Live Free Or Die”
736-3320
[email protected]
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