Did you see the mailer sent out by Michael Sununu, attempting to discredit State Rep candidate, Ella Walichnowska? I read it and thought that I'd look into some of the content in the mailer.
I read the minutes of the Newfields Deliberative session, which told a different story than the mailer. I'm disgusted by the misinformation and I'd like to use this forum to help set the record straight.
From the minutes:
AND...
I FAIL TO SEE THE CONTROVERSY.
This is a message from Ellen:
“Firstly, I have NEVER worked for a "DC pressure-group", now, then, or any time before in my life. At the time of the meeting my ONLY job was as a BUSDRIVER.
I told everyone there that I didn't work for any group and that I lived in Newmarket. Anyone could merely look at the record of the deliberative session
to see who I was and where I lived.
Although I support Ella's candidacy, I did not "back" Ella's campaign, nor did any supposed "DC group". The only group I was involved with was a local
listserv called "nh4democracy" that had a couple of hundred members, all in NH, except one, and that was a member from Public Citizen, who was not in charge of the group but just gave advice.
Also, I noticed Mr. Sununu did not explain anywhere that the warrant article's purpose was just a resolution, not a law or anything having to do with the budget, to restore control of elections to the People, the actual citizenry. I believe he didn't mention it because it was wildly popular and passed easily in Newfields.
I believe Mr. Sununu deliberately lied, and deliberately got my name wrong, and waited until this late date so that there would be little we could do about it."
And from the Newfields Democrats:
Finally, Ella is not running for State Rep. at the behest of DC lobbyists, she is running at the behest of the Newfields Democratic Committee. We personally asked her to run, and she graciously accepted. She is running to represent us, the people of Newfields and Newmarket, and any claim to the contrary is completely fabricated."
Know the facts before you vote tomorrow!
When asked to explain his stance on women's rights at the candidate's forum in Newmarket on Tuesday, Adam Schroadter said "I am in favor of a woman's right to decide what she wants to do with her body, if that's how you're coining it."
His record says otherwise:
- Adam voted for removing comprehensive preventive health services
for women, such as contraception, from benefits expected to be covered
by insurance companies. (HR29, Roll Call #103, 2/22/2012)
- Adam voted for allowing any employer
to deny coverage for contraception based on the employer's personal
beliefs. (HB1546, Roll Call #117, 3/7/2012)
- Adam voted for defunding Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. (HCR41, Roll Call #123, 3/7/2012)
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Adam voted for purposefully obstructing a woman from
receiving a legal abortion and forcing doctors to provide false and
inaccurate information to patients, such as stating that abortions cause
breast cancer. (HB1659, Roll Call #148, 3/14/2012)
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Adam voted for making it illegal for a woman to receive an
abortion after 20 weeks. (HB1660, Roll Call #214, 3/29/2012)
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Adam voted for adding a 24-hour waiting period for
abortions to a bill that otherwise addressed research and development
tax credits for businesses. (SB295, Roll Call #249, 5/15/2012)
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Adam voted for prosecuting individuals who knowingly or
unknowingly caused the death of a fetus starting at eight weeks. Medical
experts believe that approximately one out of four pregnancies ends in
miscarriage by the end of 8 weeks; under this law women are unfairly
targeted without any basis in sound medical science. (HB217, Roll Call
#10, 1/4/2012)
- Governor's Lynch vetoed a bill that would ban abortion even when a
woman's health is in jeopardy. Adam voted for overriding that
veto in an attempt to establish this controversial law. (HB1679, Roll
Call #303, 6/27/2012)
- Adam voted for overriding Governor Lynch's veto of a bill
that makes it difficult for New Hampshire residents to obtain fertility
treatments and unreasonably restricts a woman's rights during pregnancy.
(HB217, Roll Call #311, 6/27/2012)
I know what he said, but this is how he voted. How will YOU vote on November 4th?