Dem NH Majority Votes To Kill School Scholarship Program

Children and poor families hit hardest

So which Republicans’ voted against private scholarships for poor kids in New Hampshire?

Ann Marie Banfield provided a list, with contact info, and reminds us (On Facebook), a vote against will actually cost taxpayers more.  (I talked about it here yesterday.)

The HB370 (repeal) passed 188 to 155 and now moves to the Senate where it had better fail-  that’s a hint.)

The lefts list of GOP guerrillas on the jump as well as the entire roll call.

John Sytek
34 Town Village Dr
Salem, NH 03079-3288
Phone: (603)893-8889
Email: john.sytek@leg.state.nh.us

Carolyn Gargasz
PO Box 1223
Hollis, NH 03049-1223
Phone: (603)465-7463
Email: carolyn.gargasz@leg.state.nh.us

Steve Vaillancourt
161 Faith Lane
Manchester, NH 03103-7156
Phone: (603)627-9047
Email: steve.vaillancourt@leg.state.nh.us

Priscilla Lockwood
PO Box 1
Canterbury, NH 03224-0001
Phone: (603)783-4349
Email: priscillalockwood@myfairpoint.net

Jeffrey Oligny
28 Main St
Plaistow, NH 03865-3003
Phone: (603)339-2626
Email: jeffrey.oligny@leg.state.nh.us

Tim Copeland
17 Raeder Drive
Stratham, NH 03885-2314
Phone: (603)580-1998
Email: tim@copelandforstratham.com

James Grenier
PO Box 247
Goshen, NH 03752-0247
Phone: (603)863-5681
Email: jimgreniersullivan7@gmail.com

House Rep	Party	County	District	Vote
Abrami, Patrick	Republican	Rockingham	19	Nay
Aguiar, James	Democrat	Grafton	7	Yea
Ahlgren, Christopher	Republican	Carroll	6	Nay
Alicea, Caroletta	Democrat	Merrimack	8	Yea
Allen, Mary	Republican	Rockingham	15	Nay
Almy, Susan	Democrat	Grafton	13	Yea
Ames, Richard	Democrat	Cheshire	9	Yea
Andrews, Christopher	Democrat	Merrimack	23	Yea
Andrews-Ahearn, E. Elaine	Democrat	Rockingham	37	Yea
Arsenault, Beth	Democrat	Belknap	9	Yea
Azarian, Gary	Republican	Rockingham	8	Not Voting
Baber, William	Democrat	Strafford	14	Yea
Backus, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	19	Yea
Bailey, Brad	Republican	Grafton	14	Nay
Baldasaro, Alfred	Republican	Rockingham	5	Nay
Barry, Richard	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Nay
Bartlett, Christy	Democrat	Merrimack	19	Yea
Beaudoin, Steven	Republican	Strafford	9	Nay
Beaulieu, Jane	Democrat	Hillsborough	45	Yea
Belanger, James	Republican	Hillsborough	27	Nay
Belanger, Ronald	Republican	Rockingham	8	Not Voting
Benn, Bernard	Democrat	Grafton	12	Yea
Berch, Paul	Democrat	Cheshire	1	Yea
Berube, Roger	Democrat	Strafford	18	Yea
Bick, Patrick	Republican	Rockingham	8	Nay
Bickford, David	Republican	Strafford	3	Nay
Birdsell, Regina	Republican	Rockingham	13	Nay
Bishop, Franklin	Republican	Rockingham	3	Nay
Bixby, Peter	Democrat	Strafford	17	Yea
Boehm, Ralph	Republican	Hillsborough	20	Nay
Boisvert, Ronald	Democrat	Hillsborough	45	Excused
Booras, Efstathia	Democrat	Hillsborough	33	Excused
Borden, David	Democrat	Rockingham	24	Yea
Bouchard, Candace	Democrat	Merrimack	18	Yea
Bradley, Lester	Republican	Grafton	6	Nay
Briden, Steven	Democrat	Rockingham	18	Yea
Brown, Rebecca	Democrat	Grafton	2	Yea
Buco, Thomas	Democrat	Carroll	2	Yea
Burchell, Richard	Republican	Belknap	5	Nay
Burdwood, Greg	Democrat	Strafford	17	Yea
Burke, Rachel	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Burns, Scott	Democrat	Merrimack	2	Yea
Burridge, Delmar	Democrat	Cheshire	16	Yea
Burt, John	Republican	Hillsborough	6	Nay
Burtis, Elizabeth	Democrat	Rockingham	6	Yea
Butler, Edward	Democrat	Carroll	7	Yea
Butynski, William	Democrat	Cheshire	1	Yea
Byron, Frank	Republican	Hillsborough	20	Nay
Cahill, Michael	Democrat	Rockingham	17	Yea
Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline	Democrat	Rockingham	30	Not Voting
Campbell, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	33	Yea
Carey, Lorrie	Democrat	Merrimack	26	Yea
Carroll, Douglas	Democrat	Hillsborough	34	Yea
Carson, Clyde	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Cebrowski, John	Republican	Hillsborough	7	Nay
Chandler, Gene	Republican	Carroll	1	Nay
Chandley, Shannon	Democrat	Hillsborough	22	Yea
Charron, Gene	Republican	Rockingham	4	Nay
Chase, Cynthia	Democrat	Cheshire	8	Yea
Chirichiello, Brian	Republican	Rockingham	6	Nay
Christiansen, Lars	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Cloutier, John	Democrat	Sullivan	10	Yea
Coffey, James	Republican	Hillsborough	25	Nay
Comerford, Timothy	Republican	Rockingham	33	Nay
Comtois, Guy	Republican	Belknap	7	Nay
Connor, Evelyn	Democrat	Hillsborough	2	Yea
Cooney, Mary	Democrat	Grafton	8	Yea
Copeland, Timothy	Republican	Rockingham	19	Yea
Cordelli, Glenn	Republican	Carroll	4	Nay
Cormier, Jane	Republican	Belknap	8	Nay
Cote, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	31	Yea
Coulombe, Gary	Democrat	Coos	3	Yea
Crawford, Karel	Republican	Carroll	4	Nay
Culbert, Patrick	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Cushing, Robert	Democrat	Rockingham	21	Yea
Danais, Romeo	Republican	Rockingham	2	Nay
Daniels, Gary	Republican	Hillsborough	40	Nay
Danielson, David	Republican	Hillsborough	7	Nay
Davis, Frank	Democrat	Merrimack	20	Yea
DeSimone, Debra	Republican	Rockingham	14	Nay
Devine, James	Republican	Rockingham	4	Nay
DiMartino, Lisa	Democrat	Belknap	2	Yea
DiSilvestro, Linda	Democrat	Hillsborough	9	Yea
Dobson, Jeremy	Democrat	Hillsborough	43	Yea
Donovan, Thomas	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Not Voting
Doolan, Ralph	Republican	Grafton	1	Nay
Duarte, Joe	Republican	Rockingham	2	Nay
Dumaine, Dudley	Republican	Rockingham	4	Nay
Eaton, Daniel	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Eaton, Richard	Democrat	Hillsborough	38	Excused
Ebel, Karen	Democrat	Merrimack	5	Yea
Elliott, Robert	Republican	Rockingham	8	Nay
Emerick, J. Tracy	Republican	Rockingham	21	Nay
Emerson, Susan	Republican	Cheshire	11	Nay
Emerson-Brown, Rebecca	Democrat	Rockingham	27	Yea
Enman, Larry	Democrat	Coos	1	Yea
Ferrante, Beverly	Republican	Rockingham	6	Nay
Fesh, Robert	Republican	Rockingham	6	Nay
Fields, Dennis	Republican	Belknap	4	Nay
Fink, Charles	Republican	Belknap	6	Nay
Flanagan, Jack	Republican	Hillsborough	26	Nay
Flanders, Donald	Republican	Belknap	3	Nay
Flockhart, Eileen	Democrat	Rockingham	18	Yea
Ford, Susan	Democrat	Grafton	3	Yea
Frambach, Mary	Democrat	Merrimack	21	Yea
Frazer, June	Democrat	Merrimack	13	Yea
French, Barbara	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Friedrich, Carol	Democrat	Grafton	16	Yea
Friel, William	Republican	Rockingham	14	Not Voting
Gage, Ruth	Democrat	Hillsborough	6	Yea
Gagne, Larry	Republican	Hillsborough	13	Nay
Gagnon, Raymond	Democrat	Sullivan	5	Yea
Gale, Sylvia	Democrat	Hillsborough	28	Yea
Garcia, Bianca	Republican	Rockingham	8	Nay
Garcia, Marilinda	Republican	Rockingham	8	Nay
Garcia, Michael	Democrat	Hillsborough	34	Nay
Gardner, Janice	Democrat	Strafford	15	Yea
Gargasz, Carolyn	Republican	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Garrity, Patrick	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Not Voting
Gidge, Kenneth	Democrat	Hillsborough	33	Not Voting
Gile, Mary	Democrat	Merrimack	27	Yea
Ginsburg, Philip	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Gionet, Edmond	Republican	Grafton	5	Nay
Goley, Jeffrey	Democrat	Hillsborough	8	Yea
Gordon, Richard	Republican	Rockingham	35	Nay
Gorman, Mary	Democrat	Hillsborough	31	Yea
Gottling, Suzanne	Democrat	Sullivan	2	Yea
Grace, Curtis	Republican	Rockingham	11	Nay
Grady, Brenda	Democrat	Hillsborough	21	Yea
Graham, John	Republican	Hillsborough	7	Nay
Grassie, Anne	Democrat	Strafford	11	Yea
Gray, James	Republican	Strafford	8	Nay
Greemore, Robert	Republican	Belknap	2	Not Voting
Grenier, James	Republican	Sullivan	7	Yea
Griffin, Mary	Republican	Rockingham	7	Nay
Groen, Warren	Republican	Strafford	10	Nay
Grossman, Kenneth	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Gulick, Ruth	Democrat	Belknap	1	Yea
Hackel, Paul	Democrat	Hillsborough	29	Excused
Haefner, Robert	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Hagan, Joseph	Republican	Rockingham	4	Nay
Hammon, Marcia	Democrat	Coos	5	Yea
Hammond, Jill	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Yea
Hansberry, Daniel	Democrat	Hillsborough	35	Excused
Hansen, Peter	Republican	Hillsborough	22	Nay
Harding, Laurie	Democrat	Grafton	13	Yea
Harriott-Gathright, Linda	Democrat	Hillsborough	36	Yea
Harris, Jeffrey	Republican	Rockingham	9	Nay
Hatch, William	Democrat	Coos	6	Yea
Hayes, Jack	Republican	Rockingham	14	Not Voting
Heden, Ruth	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Heffron, Frank	Democrat	Rockingham	18	Yea
Helmstetter, Barbara	Democrat	Rockingham	9	Yea
Henle, Paul	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Hess, David	Republican	Merrimack	24	Nay
Higgins, Patricia	Democrat	Grafton	12	Yea
Hikel, John	Republican	Hillsborough	6	Nay
Hinch, Richard	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Excused
Hirsch, Geoffrey	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Hodgdon, Bruce	Republican	Rockingham	1	Nay
Hoell, J.R.	Republican	Merrimack	23	Nay
Hoelzel, Kathleen	Republican	Rockingham	3	Nay
Holmes, Stephen	Republican	Belknap	5	Nay
Hooper, Dorothea	Democrat	Strafford	16	Not Voting
Hopper, Gary	Republican	Hillsborough	2	Not Voting
Horrigan, Timothy	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Hubbard, Pamela	Democrat	Strafford	12	Not Voting
Hunt, Jane	Democrat	Merrimack	15	Yea
Hunt, John	Republican	Cheshire	11	Nay
Huot, David	Democrat	Belknap	3	Yea
Infantine, William	Republican	Hillsborough	13	Nay
Introne, Robert	Republican	Rockingham	5	Not Voting
Irwin, Virginia	Democrat	Sullivan	6	Yea
Itse, Daniel	Republican	Rockingham	10	Nay
Jack, Martin	Democrat	Hillsborough	36	Yea
Jasper, Shawn	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Jeudy, Jean	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Nay
Johnsen, Gladys	Democrat	Cheshire	7	Yea
Johnson, Jane	Republican	Cheshire	12	Nay
Jones, Laura	Republican	Strafford	24	Nay
Kaen, Naida	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Kappler, Lawrence	Republican	Rockingham	3	Nay
Karrick, David	Democrat	Merrimack	25	Yea
Katsiantonis, George	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Not Voting
Katsiantonis, Thomas	Democrat	Hillsborough	15	Not Voting
Kelley, John	Democrat	Hillsborough	32	Yea
Kelly, Sally	Democrat	Merrimack	20	Yea
Ketel, Stephen	Democrat	Strafford	17	Yea
Khan, Aboul	Republican	Rockingham	20	Nay
Kidder, David	Republican	Merrimack	5	Nay
Knowles, Mary Ann	Democrat	Hillsborough	37	Yea
Kolodziej, Walter	Republican	Rockingham	7	Nay
Kopka, Angeline	Democrat	Hillsborough	28	Excused
Kotowski, Frank	Republican	Merrimack	24	Nay
Kurk, Neal	Republican	Hillsborough	2	Nay
Ladd, Rick	Republican	Grafton	4	Nay
Lambert, George	Republican	Hillsborough	44	Nay
LaPlante, Roland	Democrat	Hillsborough	35	Not Voting
Lauer, Linda	Democrat	Grafton	15	Yea
Lavender, Tom	Democrat	Carroll	5	Yea
LeBrun, Donald	Republican	Hillsborough	32	Nay
Lefebvre, Benjamin	Democrat	Sullivan	1	Yea
Leishman, Peter	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Yea
Lerandeau, Alfred	Democrat	Cheshire	12	Not Voting
Levasseur, Nickolas	Democrat	Hillsborough	11	Yea
LeVasseur, Richard	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Levesque, Melanie	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Ley, Douglas	Democrat	Cheshire	9	Yea
Lockwood, Priscilla	Republican	Merrimack	9	Yea
Long, Patrick	Democrat	Hillsborough	42	Yea
Lovejoy, Patricia	Democrat	Rockingham	36	Yea
Lovett, Sid	Democrat	Grafton	8	Yea
Lundgren, David	Republican	Rockingham	5	Not Voting
Luther, Robert	Republican	Belknap	3	Not Voting
MacKay, James	Democrat	Merrimack	14	Yea
MacKay, Mariellen	Democrat	Hillsborough	30	Yea
Major, Norman	Republican	Rockingham	14	Not Voting
Malloy, Dennis	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Manley, Jonathan	Democrat	Hillsborough	3	Yea
Mann, John	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Mann, Maureen	Democrat	Rockingham	32	Yea
Marston, Dick	Republican	Hillsborough	19	Nay
Martel, Andre	Republican	Hillsborough	44	Not Voting
Massimilla, Linda	Democrat	Grafton	1	Yea
McCarthy, Michael	Republican	Hillsborough	29	Nay
McCloskey, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Excused
McConkey, Mark	Republican	Carroll	3	Nay
McGuire, Carol	Republican	Merrimack	29	Nay
McGuire, Dan	Republican	Merrimack	21	Nay
McKinney, Betsy	Republican	Rockingham	5	Nay
McMahon, Charles	Republican	Rockingham	7	Nay
McNamara, Richard	Democrat	Hillsborough	38	Yea
Meaney, Richard	Republican	Hillsborough	6	Nay
Menear, H. Robert	Democrat	Strafford	25	Not Voting
Merrow, Harry	Republican	Carroll	5	Nay
Miller, David	Democrat	Strafford	23	Yea
Milz, David	Republican	Rockingham	6	Not Voting
Moffett, Howard	Democrat	Merrimack	9	Excused
Moody, Marcia	Democrat	Rockingham	17	Yea
Moynihan, Wayne	Democrat	Coos	2	Yea
Mulholland, Catherine	Democrat	Grafton	17	Yea
Mullen, John	Republican	Strafford	1	Nay
Muns, Chris	Democrat	Rockingham	21	Yea
Murotake, David	Republican	Hillsborough	32	Nay
Murphy, Keith	Republican	Hillsborough	7	Nay
Murphy, Kelleigh	Republican	Hillsborough	7	Nay
Myler, Mel	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Nelson, Bill	Republican	Carroll	5	Nay
Nelson, Mary	Democrat	Hillsborough	35	Yea
Nigrello, Robert	Republican	Rockingham	16	Nay
Nordgren, Sharon	Democrat	Grafton	12	Yea
Norelli, Terie	Democrat	Rockingham	26	Not Voting
Notter, Jeanine	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Nay
O’Brien, Michael	Democrat	Hillsborough	36	Yea
O’Brien, William	Republican	Hillsborough	5	Nay
O’Connor, John	Republican	Rockingham	6	Nay
O’Flaherty, Tim	Democrat	Hillsborough	12	Nay
O’Hearne, Andrew	Democrat	Sullivan	3	Yea
Ober, Lynne	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Ober, Russell	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Oligny, Jeffrey	Republican	Rockingham	34	Yea
Packard, Sherman	Republican	Rockingham	5	Nay
Palangas, Eric	Democrat	Hillsborough	43	Not Voting
Palmer, Stephen	Republican	Hillsborough	23	Nay
Pantelakos, Laura	Democrat	Rockingham	25	Yea
Parison, James	Republican	Hillsborough	25	Nay
Parkhurst, Henry	Democrat	Cheshire	13	Yea
Parsons, Robbie	Republican	Strafford	1	Nay
Pastor, Beatriz	Democrat	Grafton	12	Not Voting
Patten, Dick	Democrat	Merrimack	17	Yea
Peckham, Michele	Republican	Rockingham	22	Nay
Pellegrino, Tony	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Nay
Pelletier, Marsha	Democrat	Strafford	20	Yea
Perkins, Amy	Republican	Rockingham	20	Nay
Perkins, Lawrence	Republican	Rockingham	20	Nay
Perry, Robert	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Peterson, Lenette	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Nay
Phillips, Larry	Democrat	Cheshire	5	Yea
Piper, Wendy	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
Pitre, Joseph	Republican	Strafford	2	Excused
Porter, Marjorie	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Pratt, Calvin	Republican	Hillsborough	6	Nay
Priestley, Anne	Republican	Rockingham	8	Nay
Ramsey, Peter	Democrat	Hillsborough	8	Not Voting
Rappaport, Laurence	Republican	Coos	1	Nay
Ratzki, Mario	Democrat	Merrimack	1	Yea
Raymond, Ian	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Reed, Dennis	Republican	Merrimack	2	Nay
Reilly, Harold	Republican	Grafton	9	Excused
Renzullo, Andrew	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Rhodes, Brian	Democrat	Hillsborough	30	Excused
Rice, Chip	Democrat	Merrimack	27	Yea
Rice, Frederick	Republican	Rockingham	21	Nay
Richardson, Gary	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Richardson, Herbert	Republican	Coos	4	Nay
Rideout, Leon	Republican	Coos	7	Nay
Roberts, Kris	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Nay
Robertson, Timothy	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Yea
Rogers, Katherine	Democrat	Merrimack	28	Yea
Rogers, Rose Marie	Democrat	Strafford	22	Yea
Rokas, Ted	Democrat	Hillsborough	12	Yea
Rollins, Skip	Republican	Sullivan	6	Nay
Rollo, Deanna	Democrat	Strafford	18	Yea
Rosenwald, Cindy	Democrat	Hillsborough	30	Yea
Rowe, Robert	Republican	Hillsborough	22	Not Voting
Sad, Tara	Democrat	Cheshire	1	Yea
Sanborn, Laurie	Republican	Hillsborough	41	Nay
Sandblade, Emily	Republican	Hillsborough	18	Nay
Sanders, Elisabeth	Republican	Rockingham	12	Not Voting
Sapareto, Frank	Republican	Rockingham	6	Not Voting
Scarlotto, Joe	Democrat	Rockingham	31	Not Voting
Schamberg, Thomas	Democrat	Merrimack	4	Yea
Schlachman, Donna	Democrat	Rockingham	18	Yea
Schmidt, Andrew	Democrat	Sullivan	1	Yea
Schmidt, Janice	Democrat	Hillsborough	28	Yea
Schmidt, Peter	Democrat	Strafford	19	Yea
Schmidt, Stephen	Republican	Carroll	6	Nay
Schroadter, Adam	Republican	Rockingham	17	Nay
Schuett, Dianne	Democrat	Merrimack	20	Yea
Sedensky, John	Republican	Rockingham	13	Nay
Shackett, Jeffrey	Republican	Grafton	9	Excused
Shattuck, Gilman	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Shaw, Barbara	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Yea
Shepardson, Marjorie	Democrat	Cheshire	10	Yea
Sherman, Thomas	Democrat	Rockingham	24	Yea
Shurtleff, Stephen	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Smith, Marjorie	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Smith, Steven	Republican	Sullivan	11	Nay
Smith, Suzanne	Democrat	Grafton	8	Yea
Smith, Timothy	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Smith, Todd	Republican	Merrimack	24	Nay
Soucy, Timothy	Democrat	Hillsborough	34	Yea
Souza, Kathleen	Republican	Hillsborough	43	Nay
Spainhower, Dale	Democrat	Strafford	18	Excused
Spang, Judith	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Spratt, Stephen	Democrat	Hillsborough	4	Yea
St.James, Kevin	Republican	Rockingham	13	Not Voting
Stevens, Audrey	Democrat	Strafford	7	Not Voting
Straight, Philip	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Nay
Stroud, Kathleen	Republican	Hillsborough	21	Nay
Sullivan, Daniel	Democrat	Hillsborough	42	Yea
Sullivan, Peter	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Yea
Sweeney, Cynthia	Democrat	Sullivan	8	Yea
Sweeney, Joe	Republican	Rockingham	8	Not Voting
Sweeney, Shawn	Republican	Hillsborough	23	Not Voting
Sykes, George	Democrat	Grafton	13	Yea
Sylvia, Michael	Republican	Belknap	6	Nay
Sytek, John	Republican	Rockingham	8	Yea
Takesian, Charlene	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Tamburello, Daniel	Republican	Rockingham	5	Not Voting
Tanner, Linda	Democrat	Sullivan	9	Yea
Tasker, Kyle	Republican	Rockingham	2	Not Voting
Tatro, Bruce	Democrat	Cheshire	15	Yea
Theberge, Robert	Democrat	Coos	3	Yea
Thomas, Yvonne	Democrat	Coos	3	Not Voting
Thompson, David	Republican	Rockingham	6	Excused
Ticehurst, Susan	Democrat	Carroll	3	Yea
Till, Mary	Democrat	Rockingham	6	Excused
Tilton, Franklin	Republican	Belknap	3	Nay
Tilton, Joy	Democrat	Merrimack	3	Excused
Townsend, Charles	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Tremblay, Stella	Republican	Rockingham	4	Nay
Tucker, Pamela	Republican	Rockingham	23	Nay
Turcotte, Alan	Democrat	Merrimack	22	Yea
Ulery, Jordan	Republican	Hillsborough	37	Nay
Umberger, Karen	Republican	Carroll	2	Nay
Vadney, Herbert	Republican	Belknap	2	Nay
Vail, Suzanne	Democrat	Hillsborough	29	Yea
Vaillancourt, Steve	Republican	Hillsborough	15	Yea
Verschueren, James	Democrat	Strafford	13	Yea
Villeneuve, Moe	Republican	Hillsborough	7	Nay
Wall, Janet	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Wallner, Mary Jane	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Walsh, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	11	Yea
Walsh, Thomas	Republican	Merrimack	24	Nay
Walz, Mary Beth	Democrat	Merrimack	23	Yea
Ward, Gerald	Democrat	Rockingham	28	Yea
Ward, Kenneth	Democrat	Strafford	21	Excused
Warden, Mark	Republican	Hillsborough	39	Not Voting
Waterhouse, Kevin	Republican	Rockingham	7	Nay
Watrous, Rick	Democrat	Merrimack	16	Yea
Wazlaw, Brian	Democrat	Rockingham	29	Yea
Webb, James	Republican	Rockingham	6	Nay
Webb, Leigh	Democrat	Merrimack	3	Not Voting
Weber, Lucy	Democrat	Cheshire	1	Yea
Weed, Charles	Democrat	Cheshire	16	Yea
Weyler, Kenneth	Republican	Rockingham	13	Nay
White, Andrew	Democrat	Grafton	13	Yea
White, Syndi	Democrat	Carroll	2	Yea
Whittemore, Lisa	Democrat	Rockingham	5	Yea
Willette, Robert	Republican	Hillsborough	23	Nay
Williams, Carol	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Not Voting
Williams, Kermit	Democrat	Hillsborough	4	Yea
Winters, Joel	Democrat	Hillsborough	18	Nay
Woodbury, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	5	Yea
Worsman, Colette	Republican	Belknap	2	Nay
Wright, Donald	Republican	Carroll	8	Nay
Young, Harry	Democrat	Cheshire	14	Yea

NH School Tax Credit Challenged

I don’t have time to fisk the particulars yet but the ACLU and Fred Lynn of American’s United for the Separation of Church and State have filed a suit declaring the recently passed new Hampshire School tax credit unconstitutional because it would (could) divert tax dollars to be spent at Religious schools.

Actually. .. It would allow business owners to keep more of what they earn from being tax dollars if they agree to offer scholarships out of their own pockets to students who might otherwise be prohibited from attending private schools.

So here’s a question.  Shouldn’t (Rev.) Barry Lynn and the ACLU file a suit against everyone who ever gave money to the collection plate or donated it to a religious charity, organization, or group? After all, if they do that, they can’t spend it on gas (taxed), or tobacco (taxed) or pay their property taxes with it, so (technically) they have all diverted those potentially taxable dollars to a (so-called unconstitutional) religious purpose.

Wow.  Class action Lawsuit.

Of course it is not actually tax dollars until after the state steals them at gun point. (Or more accurately at the threat of gun point should you refuse to pay your taxes.)

Like I said, I don’t know the particulars–and I meant regarding the law itself, but the offendents filed the suit in Strafford County Superior Court, which means that left wing jerk Judge John Lewis will probably hear the case.

Who wants to bet that left wing hack overturns the law?

Exit Question: Why does Judge Lewis, Barry Lynn, and the ACLU want to prevent kids from being able to go to private schools?

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New Hampshire Democrat Party Ad – Mostly False…According to Politifact

by Steve MacDonald

Let me state upfront that most ‘Fact-checkers,’ those of leftish media entities in particular, are not much different than so-called ‘non-partisan’ groups set up by Democrats.  They exist to mislead people by reinforcing a progressive narrative.  So I provide these observations about this report with a large grain of salt, even though ( in this case) it tends to favor my potions on the issues presented.

PolitiFact has awarded a recent New Hampshire Democrat Party Ad with the distinction of being ‘Mostly False.‘  This would be important if not for the fact that almost everything Democrats actually believe is false to begin with, but let’s play along and see why, in this case, “mostly” proves both PolitiFact and myself correct.

The Mostly False declaration matters because the actions of the Republican Majority and of even Speaker O’Brien himself, do not at all match the narrative being hoisted by Ray Buckley and his merry band of income plunderers at the New Hampshire Debt-o-Crat Party.

“Bill O’Brien’s Tea Party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education,”

Members of the House Education committee, made up of 13 Republicans and four Democrats, recommended killing the bill with a 12-3 vote, and once it reached the House floor Feb. 23, 2011, representatives voted 213-134 to shoot it down, including 126 of 260 Republicans who voted against the bill.

There is actually more evidence that the “anti-gay marriage bigots” in the New Hampshire Democrat Legislature denied gay couples their so-called “right” to marriage.  That’s a fact.  Gay Marrigre failed in the Democrat Majority NH House.  Only on the second vote, after a number of “Democrats” were “convinced” to not vote against it–by not voting at all, and a few more were strong armed into voting for it, did it finally pass.

In its original form, H.B. 542 included provisions proposing to repeal attendance requirements in public schools. But, that proposal drew heavy criticism and the House Education committee amended the bill to focus on objectionable material in the classroom.

So the bill the house passed…

As it stands now, … makes no mention of compulsory education or attendance requirements.

The legislative process, controlled by Republicans, produced a Bill that has nothing to do with the attack being  made and yet New Hampshire Democrats are still making it.  Why?

“The Planned Parenthood part of the claim may be closer to the truth.”

There was a bill to stop taxpayer money from going to Planned Parenthood.  I agree with this.  Planned Parenthood does not need the money and by not providing it we have protected the right of conscientious objection.  There can be no conflict if there is no public money.  People who disagree are more than welcome to donate all the private money they want to Planned Parenthood.  I would call this a “Choice.”

The fact check states that the original bill was doomed in committee.  Only after a compromise amendment did the “TEA party” controlled legislature find reason to support it.

On Jan. 18, 2012, the House approved the amendment, which proposed to allow hospitals to use public dollars to fund emergency abortions, and the full House reversed the committee’s recommendation and passed the bill by a 207-147 vote.

The Republican Super-Majority Senate (probably also TEA Party to the left when it needs to be?) set it aside  to die a quiet death.  So yes, the legislature tried to make a case for stopping the flow of taxpayer dollars–which might better be spent on other priories–to a business that does not need them.  I’d like to see the Democrats who claim we need different spending priorities to defend giving taxpayer dollars to an organization that does not even need them instead of using them for other more pressing local priorities.

 Eliminate Insurance Coverage for Birth Control

Democrats think that you should pay for other peoples birth control so why not insist you or your employer provide similar coverage to pay for it even if it could make your premiums higher (tax by mandate), regardless of any objections you might have to just having to pay more.

H.B. 1546, the bill referenced in the ad, didn’t start as a birth control proposal. Initially, it intended to re-codify laws relating to religious groups, including membership, donation and corporate powers. But, after O’Brien and several other House Republicans reworked it, the bill provided an exemption for groups with religious objections from providing insurance coverage for birth control and contraception.

I would like Democrats to defend their position here, because Democrats talk about rights the way gangsters talk about rights.  If they want it, they have a right to it.  Gangsters use intimidation and illegal  threats of force against your life and property to get their way.  Democrats use intimidation  to codify threats of force against life and property into law, to get their way.  When that doesn’t work they try to find an unelected judge to declare in their favor, and whenever possible legislate from the bench in violation of separation of powers and the Federal and State Constitutions.

In this instance, the bill became a defense of a religious right of conscience.  The TEA Party and Speaker O’Brien want people who have a religious objection to contraception, to not be forced by law to pay for that coverage.   The New Hampshire Democrat Party is claiming that they want to eliminate insurance coverage for birth control.

PolitiFact calls this mostly false.  I call it an opportunity to ask why New Hampshire Democrats want to use the police power of the state to force people to do things in opposition to their religious beliefs?  And why are they misleading voters and willing to lie to them to get their votes?

Not just once, but repeatedly.

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What Education Is About

Thanks to Ann Marie Banfield, Grok contributor at large, for posting this link on Facebook.  It is a letter  to the editor, in the Hollis -Brookline Journal, that needs no further exposition on my part:

School’s function is education

Friday, April 15, 2011

To the Editor:

I recently came across a draft of the SAU 41mission statement. It read like a United Nations charter for global childhood education. There were references to a global society, to a world community, to environmental initiatives, and to philanthropic activity. The students apparently will become stewards of the environment and will appreciate diversity and complexity.

Although training good global citizens is, of course, an admirable goal, I would be more impressed if there had been more emphasis on academics. Call me old-fashioned, but I still believe that a school’s primary function is the education of its students, not the development of global citizens.

I would suggest that students first learn to be good American citizens, and the first lesson should be why they are so blest (sic) to live in this country. In a world full of war, poverty, and starvation, only a relative handful of nations enjoy freedom and prosperity. The United States has enjoyed more freedom and prosperity than any other nation in the history of the world. Millions of people have come to our nation to live a better life, and no other nation has attracted anywhere near the immigrants that we have. Students should understand the reasons why.

Our success derives from our adherence to the Constitution and to capitalism. The prosperous nations around the world are those who have adopted capitalism. The Constitution is unique among world documents in that it guarantees our citizens individual freedoms and liberties. I know that this may not sit well with people more interested in developing global students, but students need to first be stewards of the Constitution and of capitalism. Only then will their special role in the world be clear: to continue to be a shining beacon of hope and encouragement for people living in less fortunate nations.

ALFRED F. CHASE JR.

Hollis

H/T Ann Marie Banfield



Should Your Public School Be Teaching Sexual Intimacy?

Diane Schneider fired the money-shot heard 'round the world' when she asked how we can teach sex education (in public schools) without terms such as orgasm, oral sex and masturbation.   That quote got plenty of ink, if for no other reason than that copy writers and editors are always looking for ways to sneak the words "oral sex" and 'orgasm' into their copy.  (Like I just did there--twice)  But no sneaking was required.  This GLSEN area co-chair, representing ACEI and the NEA, all committed to teaching your kids about all the cool ways they should rub their genitals on each other, (clealry a states interest) brought her A-game to the 55th UN Conference of the Status of Women which is dedicated to gender equality and advancement of women.

We can only assume they take that as seriously as everything else they do, like say...a human rights council run by tyrants and dictators.

So Diane made quite a stir with her remarks. (Transcript on the jump). But what I failed to find in the press, and I admit that I may have missed it, is why she thinks we must discuss orgasm, oral sex and masturbation in public school.  (Other than to advance gender politics, left wing dogma, the destruction of the family, and the socialist goals for the collapse of American civilization). Diane Schneider believes that public-school sex-education classes cannot limit themselves to human biology or biology as it relates to reproduction; that sex education needs to explore sexual intimacy if it is to prevent the exclusion of students who do not consider themselves to be heterosexual.

Many schools throughout the world cover sex education in the realm of reproduction as part of a biology class which provides a subtle message to LGBT youth that their intimacy does not count.

I wonder if we can translate that kind of thinking into mathematics?  The intimacy of math?  Everyone knows math sends a subtle message about math.  But maybe the plus sign is really a minus sign, and the multiplier would work just as well for division?

It would certainly add a new dimension to English Class.  Mrs. Johnson, Johnny is using hyperbole on his dangling  participle and I'm not sure how I should feel about that?

Here's a suggestion Diane wont like.  Save tax dollars.  Cut sex ed in public school altogether. That'd fix your genderless wagon.

Because at what point did the role of public school teacher go from point and click anatomy to Dr. Ruth meets The Dark Bothers?  The last thing I want is a government bureaucrat using their judgment to explore sexual intimacy issues with my kids in a public school.  And in a high school? Are you providing private beds at discounted rates?  That's like pouring gasoline on a fire.  Anatomy at least serves a public education purpose.

Diane is also a proud member of the NEA and committed to their goals for the genderless classroom.   She believes that parents should not be able to opt out of the "Love the one your with regardless of genitals" public school intimacy training she supports, and she blames our American religious heritage for keeping it out of the classroom.

So I guess if you don't want some public sector, UN loving, union hack to teach your kid about free love you are some stuck up religious bigot.  (I've been called worse.)

What you actually are is a parent who feels a moral and fiscal (and very likley religious) obligation to educate your own children with your values.  Values that may not include the notion that sex is like the all you can eat salad bar.  You also understand that the village known as government run public education does not share those values with you.

That was why until recently we expected them to stick to math and science and grammar.  But unions and UN's need to control things like children to build the next perfect failed state, so now they want to teach intimacy so that a small fraction of the community won't feel left out when they discuss what the pluses and minuses are in anatomy.

And isn't that what you pay tax-dollars for?  Transgenders-Psycho-sexual-intimacy-therapists.  It's the class right after Environmental worship, and before "English is the language of tyrants."

Diane's speech follows.  We had an issue with the audio of her speech ,so that will be added later.

[Audio link of Diane Schneider's Speech at the UN; audio embedded here]

Transcript of Diane Schneider's UN CSW speech begins here.

...Education international represents 30 million teachers and education workers.  There are approximately 402 member organizations in 173 countries and territories, ranging from pre-school to university level. It is the world’s largest global (unintelligible) federation and the only one representing education workers in every corner of the globe.  They protect the rights of every teacher, education worker and student they educate.  They combat racism and discrimination in education and society fostering relations between education workers in all countries.

The other group I am honored to represent tonight is the National Education Association, which is a union for all educators in the United States.  It has 3.2 million members, who are all public education employees from across the United States.  It is the largest union n the country.   NEA is also a member of Education International.  NEA's commitment is to quality public education for all and including a safe environment for employees and their students.

There are 3 separate factions within the National Education Association that work specifically with LGBT issues.

The LGBT Cadre…and you have a flier if you haven't taken one, on your way out there are plenty there.  I am so proud to be a member of the NEA and of the work they do in this cadre.  We offer training to staff members throughout the world. Cadre members have been trained to deliver 4 modules that deal with safe schools.  I have provided a flier as I said; I hope you all take one.

SOGI, S-O-G-I, is NEA's standing committee on sexual orientation and gender identification. It serves as an advisory role on policy development and program direction. The committee develops recommendations for government in response to specific charges. Presently, the committee continues to work on charges related to rights, benefits and protections for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans-gender members,(unintelligible) factors that GLBT schools truancy and dropout rates and testimonies from the committee hearings.

Finally the GLBT caucus, the National Education Associations Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered caucus was founded in the 1980s by a handful of NEA members thinking to provide a means of professional support for gays and lesbians colleagues. The NEA GLBT caucus works to provide GLBT teachers, education support professionals and students with safe schools free of anti GLBT bias and intolerance, and to provide sound education programs for all students.

The NEA GLBT caucus, in order to eliminate institutional discrimination and homophobia, monitors and participates in the development of NEA policies and activities, provides resources and forces better communication among educators, students and communities.

And now, I am going to talk with my sex educator’s hat on… since the topic is sexuality.

The term sex education in my opinion is a somewhat of an oxymoron. Education connotes a need to deliver comprehensive information and (tools) to our students and to stay abreast of the latest information and trends. I do not know of any other subject that is so maltreated when it comes to freedom of topic, style and format. 

Many schools throughout the world cover sex education in the realm of reproduction as part of a biology class which provides a subtle message to LGBT youth that their intimacy does not count. There are schools that are vehement about offering abstinence only based sex education classes. Many schools offer parents the opportunity to have their child opt out of sex education and still receive full health credit for their class.

The United States was founded by a very religious faction who stronghold is still felt by those sex education programs that are founded on the guidelines of sex for the sake of reproducing.

How can we teach sex education without including terms such as orgasm, oral sex and masturbation?   We are here today because the chasm that exists when it comes to addressing issues of sexual orientation and gender identity within the educational forum.

I have asked many health educators when topics such as sexual orientation arise. They have said that homosexuality is only mentioned during their lesson on HIV AIDS.

With this in mind, how can we expect to obliterate homophobia in this country? The question comes to mind; how we as educators conserve to eradicate homo and trans-phobia through education? This is an awesome task.

The key to the answer lies in the realization that both gender identity expression as well as sexual orientation is a spectrum and not a box that houses our demons. We must teach our children at a very young age that the male, female and intersex comes with the presence of genitalia and no further expectation. That one needs to grow up and be their authentic self, free of society’s gender expectations...that one needs to grow up and be their authentic self, free of societies--I just said that--gender expectations, sorry.

The same could be true of our sexual orientation.  Homophobia exists when those stocked in the binary box of strictly hetero, find themselves slipping out of that role that religion and family promote.

When we as a society, encourage (unintelligible) that it is normal to be attracted to a variety of people and situations, we will then begin to conquer homophobia.

Once again, to be true and authentic about romantic relations without fear or sin of wrongdoing could mark the beginning of the end of homophobia.

As a co-chair of GLSEN , the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, it is important to know that there are support groups in schools called gay straight alliances which serve to keep the education concerning sexual orientation, gender-identity expression alive. 

Being an openly gay teacher in my school for me, it was safe and created an even safer environment for my students. As educators, we must create the need for LGTB history inclusion.

When I ask my students to raise their hand if they have ever heard of Martin Luther King Junior, every single child in that classroom raise their hand. I would ask them to keep their hand up and ask if they have ever heard of Bayard Rustin, not a hand remained in the air.  Bayard Rustin as some of you know was material in organizing the 1963 march on Washington, where Martin Luther King Junior gave his famous speech. (Unintelligible) uh, there were no hands up so…when all students realized that there are gay heroes in history, the homophobia will lessen.

Another important education piece that would tend to lessen the phobias we are addressing is taking the time to dedicate lessons that deal with discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes. Hate and violence are preceded first by ignorance, ignorance, which result in fear and then a sense of anger.  Education is the only way to combat the so called phobias that bring us here today.

The question that needs to be addressed through education is how to combat heterosexism and gender conformity in our societies. Once we put all our concerted efforts into more comprehensive  education and make topics such as ”isms”, gender identity and sexual orientation,  a part of every middle school and high school student agendas, will we then begin to see a shift from misunderstanding to a peaceful understanding and acceptance of differences.

And finally, quality public education means that educators are well trained with the appropriate material in support to effectively teach all children in a safe, nurturing environment. 

This includes our service to students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or perceived gay.

Thank you very much for your time. 

Transcript Ends

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