A vote for Newmarket.

I love voting day. I love being at the polls holding signs and I love voting. I even love counting ballots at the end of the night. 

I'm looking forward to casting my ballot today and I know there are many important races to consider. But I'm most looking forward to voting for Michael Cahill for State Representative.

Michael has embraced the school facility issue completely and no one has worked harder for our community on this issue. He has attended meetings here in town, advocated for us in Concord and together with his wife Atinuke, has worked tirelessly on this issue. 

Thank you for your service, Michael.

Misinformation.

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!

Let's keep moving forward.

Many times, elections are focused on the big races. Millions of dollars and countless hours are spent on those campaigns. But our state elections matter and have a significant impact on our lives, our rights and our freedoms. 

So let's talk about women's health and how the State government can affect it. We've read about what's been happening in Texas, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Arizona. But do you remember what was happening here in New Hampshire under a Republican controlled House in 2011-2012? 

Here are some of the issues that the NH House took on during that time:

• Defunding Planned Parenthood, jeopardizing the health care of thousands of NH women.
• Requiring parental notification before a minor receives an abortion even in the case of rape, abuse or incest.
• Removing comprehensive preventative health services for women, including contraception, from benefits expected to be covered by health insurers.
• Allowing employers to deny coverage for contraception based on the employers' personal beliefs.
• Forcing doctors to provide false information to patients seeking abortions, including that abortion causes breast cancer.
• Banning abortion even when a woman's health is in danger.
• Prosecuting individuals who knowingly or unknowingly cause the death of a fetus, a bill that could make it difficult for women seeking fertility treatment.

Adam Schroadter and Josh Davenport both supported all of these bills. If you're not from Newmarket or Newfields, go to http://votesmart.org/ to find out how your representatives voted.

Do you want to go back to this, New Hampshire? Is this what you want for yourself, your wife or your daughters? In Newmarket and Newfields, vote for Michael Cahill, Marcia Moody, Ella Walichnowska and Patty Lovejoy. Together we can protect our rights.