Executive Council

Have you heard of the Executive Council?

Wikipedia describes the powers of the executive council here. But these are the basics:

• It is a 5 person state board currently made up of 5 Republicans. 
• The Executive Council approves all state contracts over $5,000
• They approve all gubernatorial appointments (judges, members of state boards and commissions, etc.)

It's 5 people with a lot of power, even though most of us don't really know what they do.

In Newmarket (and Rockingham County) we are in District 3 and I urge you to consider Bill Duncan for Executive Council. According to his website, Bill is running "to bring balance back to state government.  I would put aside the social agenda and allow state government to work on important projects that create jobs, enhance our public education system and protect New Hampshire’s precious environment."

On his website, Bill highlights many of the issues facing New Hampshire and I want to mention one here: education. I first heard of Bill through the website that he launched, Defending New Hampshire Public Education and I've been a fan ever since. He has stated that he will work toward ensuring a quality education for all New Hampshire children:

"The legislature has cut funding for higher education in half, raising tuition on middle-class families by 10 percent; cut state support for local schools, increasing local property taxes; and even tried to block local school districts from accepting federal education funds. I will work to get local school districts federal education dollars that help offset local property taxes and will support education appointees who will fight for good public schools.  I will work with the New Hampshire Department of Education to advocate for the needs of people in my district, advocate in the legislature and closely review the critically important education nominations that will come up in the next two years – the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Department of Education, three state board of education members and university system trustees."

These are issues critical to Newmarket--we need people in Concord who will fight for us.