Low Hanging Fruit

Last week the New Hampshire House voted against a bill to let tax payers adopt charter provisions establishing limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes.  The actual short text reads as follows:

This bill authorizes cities and towns to adopt charter provisions establishing limitations on the growth of budgets and taxes.

For those not familiar with New Hampshire, residents can already adopt provisions to limit growth and taxes, but the teachers unions and the pro-government folks don't like it.  So they do everything in their power to make it as difficult as they can.  They gum up the petition process.  They try to intimidate people, mess with them about the procedure or the number of good signatures, or anything else they can think of.  All this just to keep the thing from getting (what does Obama call it?) and up or down vote, in this case from the people (see also-taxpayers) who live in that particular town.

They don't even trust the people to let them vote on it. 

If that doesn't work, the town selectman, councilors, or alderman, may try to keep it off the ballot, or schedule it when it has the best possible chance of failing.  If that doesn't work a well funded national union or some faux-local non-profit NGO pretending to be a taxpayer advocacy group (as in they actually advocate taxpayers paying more taxes but won't admit as much), may file a lawsuit that no average bunch of citizens could possibly hope to fight.  It's all very burdensome.

So much so that at the end of the day the mere weight of the process scares most people from even trying which is exactly the message the tax and spenders want to send.  So its actually a form of intimidation to keep people from trying to limit the size and scope of their own government at it's lowest level.

Such is the nature of man versus the machine.  Town politics are not really any different from national.

So the bill, HB 1522, was meant to grease the skids so to speak, and make it easier for people to add a warrant to better manage spending, so that any municipality could actually vote for itself to pass or kill the idea should someone even take the time to petition for it.  Passage of HB 1522 did not mandate anything except making it less likley you'd get sued for trying (and so on).  Unfortunately for us, we have a majority democrat legislature until November, and they don’t trust us to vote the way they would like us too, so they prefer to keep things all complex and scary so that most people won't bother to challenge the status quo of more government more often.

But for a blogger like me, a vote like this is low hanging fruit, just waiting to be picked.

So as is my habit of late, I felt that you deserved to know who those people were that wont trust you to vote for more taxes and spending than you can afford, and to be honest--it pisses off the liberals and I enjoy that quite a bit too. 

So, here are the names of all the 'elected' officials in the NH House who voted yea (on the ITL) to kill HB 1522 so that the process of simply getting to a vote to establish limitation(s) on growth of budgets and spending in your town government would continue to be as backbreaking as possible.

House Rep	Party	County	District	Vote
Abbott, Dennis	Democrat	Rockingham	12	Yea
Aguiar, James	Democrat	Grafton	6	Yea
Allen, Mary	Republican	Rockingham	11	Yea
Allen, Peter	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Yea
Almy, Susan	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Arsenault, Beth	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Baroody, Benjamin	Democrat	Hillsborough	13	Yea
Bartlett, Michael	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Beaulieu, Jane	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Beck, Catriona	Democrat	Hillsborough	2	Yea
Benn, Bernard	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Berube, Roger	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Bickford, David	Republican	Strafford	3	Yea
Boisvert, Ronald	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Borden, David	Democrat	Rockingham	18	Yea
Bouchard, Candace	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Brennan, William	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Bridgham, Robert	Democrat	Carroll	2	Yea
Bridle, Russell	Republican	Rockingham	15	Yea
Brown, C. Pennington	Democrat	Rockingham	9	Yea
Brown, Carole	Democrat	Merrimack	8	Yea
Brown, Jennifer	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Brown, Larry	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Browne, Brendon	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Buco, Thomas	Democrat	Carroll	1	Yea
Burke, Rachel	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Burridge, Delmar	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Butcher, Suzanne	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Butler, Edward	Democrat	Carroll	1	Yea
Butterworth, Timothy	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Butynski, William	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Campbell, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Yea
Carlson, Nancy	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Yea
Caron, June	Democrat	Hillsborough	25	Yea
Carr, Daniel	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Casey, Kimberley	Democrat	Rockingham	11	Yea
Chandley, Shannon	Democrat	Hillsborough	6	Yea
Chininis, Alexis	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Yea
Clarke, Claire	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Clemons, Jane	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Yea
Cloutier, John	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Cooney, Mary	Democrat	Grafton	7	Yea
Cote, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Craig, James	Democrat	Hillsborough	9	Yea
Cushing, Robert	Democrat	Rockingham	15	Yea
Cyr, James	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Davis, Frank	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Day, Judith	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
DeJoie, John	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
DeStefano, Stephen	Democrat	Merrimack	13	Yea
DiPentima, Rich	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Domingo, Baldwin	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Donovan, Thomas	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Dowling, Patricia	Republican	Rockingham	5	Yea
Eaton, Daniel	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Emiro, Frank	Republican	Rockingham	3	Yea
Farley, Michael	Democrat	Hillsborough	15	Yea
Flanders, John	Republican	Rockingham	8	Yea
Flurey, Joan	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Yea
Foose, Robert	Democrat	Merrimack	1	Yea
Ford, Susan	Democrat	Grafton	3	Yea
Foster, Linda	Democrat	Hillsborough	4	Yea
French, Barbara	Democrat	Merrimack	5	Yea
Friedrich, Carol	Democrat	Grafton	6	Yea
Gagnon, Raymond	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Garrity, Patrick	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Yea
Gile, Mary	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Ginsburg, Ruth	Democrat	Hillsborough	20	Yea
Goley, Jeffrey	Democrat	Hillsborough	8	Yea
Gorman, Mary	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Gottling, Suzanne	Democrat	Sullivan	3	Yea
Gould, Franklin	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Grassie, Anne	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Hackel, Paul	Democrat	Hillsborough	21	Yea
Haley, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Yea
Hammond, Jill	Democrat	Hillsborough	3	Yea
Harding, Laurie	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Hardy, Valerie	Democrat	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Harris, Sandra	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Harvey, Philip	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Harvey, Suzanne	Democrat	Hillsborough	21	Yea
Hatch, William	Democrat	Coos	3	Yea
Hebert, Roger	Democrat	Hillsborough	12	Yea
Henson, John	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
Hodges, Kevin	Democrat	Hillsborough	7	Yea
Horrigan, Timothy	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Houde-Quimby, Charlotte	Democrat	Sullivan	1	Yea
Howard, Doreen	Democrat	Rockingham	12	Yea
Hubbard, Pamela	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Hutz, Sarah	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Ingersoll, Paul	Democrat	Coos	4	Yea
Jeudy, Jean	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Yea
Johnson, William	Democrat	Belknap	5	Yea
Katsakiores, Phyllis	Republican	Rockingham	5	Yea
Katsiantonis, Thomas	Democrat	Hillsborough	15	Yea
Keans, Sandra	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Kelley, John	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Kelly, Sally	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Kepner, Susan	Democrat	Rockingham	15	Yea
Kidder, David	Republican	Merrimack	1	Yea
Knowles, John	Democrat	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Knowles, Mary Ann	Democrat	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Kopka, Angeline	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Laliberte, Suzanne	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
Lauterborn, Elaine	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Leishman, Peter	Democrat	Hillsborough	3	Yea
Lerandeau, Alfred	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Yea
Levasseur, Nickolas	Democrat	Hillsborough	11	Yea
Levesque, Melanie	Democrat	Hillsborough	5	Yea
Lewis, Robert	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Lindsey, Steven	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Lockwood, Priscilla	Republican	Merrimack	6	Yea
Long, Patrick	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Yea
Lyons, Melissa	Democrat	Rockingham	8	Yea
Mack, Ron	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Mann, Maureen	Democrat	Rockingham	1	Yea
Marshall, Seth	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Matarazzo, Anthony	Democrat	Hillsborough	20	Yea
Matheson, Robert	Democrat	Grafton	4	Yea
McCarthy, Barbara	Democrat	Rockingham	5	Yea
McClammer, Jim	Democrat	Sullivan	5	Yea
McEachern, Paul	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
McMahon, Patricia	Democrat	Merrimack	3	Yea
Meader, David	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Merrick, Evalyn	Democrat	Coos	2	Yea
Merry, Liz	Democrat	Belknap	2	Yea
Miller, Kate	Democrat	Belknap	3	Yea
Mitchell, Bonnie	Democrat	Cheshire	7	Yea
Moody, Marcia	Democrat	Rockingham	12	Yea
Movsesian, Lori	Democrat	Hillsborough	22	Yea
Mulholland, Catherine	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
Nixon, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Nord, Susi	Democrat	Rockingham	1	Yea
Nordgren, Sharon	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
O'Brien, Michael	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
O'Neil, James	Democrat	Hillsborough	19	Yea
Osborne, Jessie	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Owen, Derek	Democrat	Merrimack	4	Yea
Pantelakos, Laura	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Parkhurst, Henry	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Pastor, Beatriz	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Perkins, Amy	Republican	Rockingham	14	Yea
Perkins, Lawrence	Republican	Rockingham	14	Yea
Perry, Robert	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Petterson, Don	Democrat	Rockingham	10	Yea
Pierce, David	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Pilotte, Maurice	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Yea
Porter, Margaret	Democrat	Merrimack	8	Yea
Potter, Frances	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Preston, Philip	Democrat	Grafton	8	Yea
Price, Susan	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Read, Robin	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Reever, Judith	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Rice, Chip	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Richardson, Barbara	Democrat	Cheshire	5	Yea
Roberts, Kris	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Robertson, Timothy	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Rodeschin, Beverly	Republican	Sullivan	2	Yea
Rogers, Rose Marie	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Rollo, Deanna	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Rosenwald, Cindy	Democrat	Hillsborough	22	Yea
Rous, Emma	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Russell, Trinka	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
Ryder, Mark	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Sad, Tara	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Schlachman, Donna	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
Schmidt, Peter	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Schuett, Dianne	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Schulze, Joan	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Shattuck, Gilman	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Shaw, Barbara	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Yea
Shurtleff, Stephen	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Smith, Marjorie	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Smith, Suzanne	Democrat	Grafton	7	Yea
Soucy, Timothy	Democrat	Hillsborough	25	Yea
Spang, Judith	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Splaine, James	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Stetson, William	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Stuart, Richard	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Sullivan, Daniel	Democrat	Hillsborough	8	Yea
Sweeney, Cynthia	Democrat	Sullivan	5	Yea
Taylor, Kathleen	Democrat	Grafton	2	Yea
Theberge, Robert	Democrat	Coos	4	Yea
Thompson, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	9	Yea
Tilton, Joy	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Townsend, Charles	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
Vachon, Dennis	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Wall, Janet	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Wallner, Mary Jane	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Walsh, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	11	Yea
Walz, Mary Beth	Democrat	Merrimack	13	Yea
Ward, Kenneth	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Watters, David	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Webber, Carolyn	Democrat	Rockingham	4	Yea
Weber, Lucy	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Weed, Charles	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Wheeler, Deborah	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
White, Andrew	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Wiley, Susan	Democrat	Carroll	3	Yea
Williams, Carol	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Yea
Williams, Robert	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea

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[Ed Naile]

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