| Mark Warden 2010 State Representative

Most of us think of New Hampshire as a fiscally sound state, where all spending is carefully considered and borrowing used only for long-term capital projects. It used to be true. There is a New Hampshire law that borrowing cannot be used to fund normal operating expenses. It’s only common sense, after all. However, the state legislature has broken this law (and long tradition) and is ‘funding’ programs with borrowing, freshly printed Federal bailout money, and even a little wishful thinking. The current...

Monday, September 6, 2010

Stick with me, families, on this experiment of government expansion. That is the implicit message from President Barack Obama this summer. Recently, for example, Obama sat down with an Ohio couple, Joe and Rhonda Weithman, to talk about how federal help in the form of cash for Joe's business and a subsidy for Rhonda's health care would help the Weithmans, and families like them, recover. Reading the transcript, I got the sense that the President was making the point that the money or breaks the Weithmans...

Union Leader Op-Ed

Thursday, August 26, 2010

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards New Hampshire to be born?" ---with apologies to W.B. Yeats and "The Second Coming" I HAD THE PLEASURE recently to attend a meeting of the House Republican Alliance (HRA) in Concord. The HRA consists of the brightest, strongest, most energetic, and most committed Republican members of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives. They are the hope for fixing the damage that has been inflicted upon our state over the past six years by...

GraniteGrok

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Whether looking for local prestige or wanting to give back to their communities and state, you can be certain the $100 annual salary isn't what draws most to run for a seat in the New Hampshire Legislature. With the fall election season drawing closer, incumbents and newcomers have begun campaign efforts to seek office in the state House or Senate, which both pay $200 per two-year term. While the hours may be long and the pay among the lowest in the nation, the Legislature's 400 seats makes it one of the...

fosters news

Sunday, August 22, 2010

During the public comment portion of the Board of Selectmen's Monday night meeting, local businessman Dan Devriendt stood up from his chair, slowly walked to the table and asked the board for help. Devriendt, owner of Devriendt Farms at 178 South Mast Street, explained his problem. It seems construction going on up the road from his business on drainage work and a new roundabout had reduced his weekly business by 25 percent. And now, beginning Monday August 16th, the road will be closed completely for...

GRA columns

Saturday, August 14, 2010

CONCORD, NH - August 5, 2010 — Today the Coalition of NH Taxpayers, New Hampshire's largest statewide taxpayer group, released a list of candidates who have taken the CNHT Taxpayer Protection Pledge. The "Pledge" as it is called, originated from the days of former Governor Meldrim Thomson. It is a basic affirmation of a candidate's commitment to his or her opposition to any attempt to institute any and all broad-based sales or income taxes for New Hampshire. "Now more than ever we need candidates who...

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Happy Summer to all you small business owners! Here’s to hoping you are all weathering the financial storm in New Hampshire and hopefully things are looking better…. But, I wanted to update you on some new storm clouds on the horizon…… Being its summer, someone cue up the JAWS soundtrack, because the DRA is back in the water…… again. During the past few weeks the DRA has initiated a new round of “divide and conquer” against small businesses in our communities, and I wanted to give you a heads up on the...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

John Stephen, front-running Republican candidate for governor, said he doesn't agree on every position of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance, but he was happy to attend the organization's seventh annual Liberty Dinner last night at The Chateau on Hanover Street. Stephen said he doesn't agree with the NHLA's support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana, but shares the belief in limited government and fewer taxes. "We don't see eye to eye on everything," Stephen said, "but here's what I like about...

Unionleader.com Article

Monday, July 12, 2010

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen continues blindly carrying water (or, more accurately, sacks of IOUs to China) for the Obama administration. The administration and Sen. Harry Reid have been pressing senators to vote for a bill craftily titled the "American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act." The New York Times characterized it as a "package of tax breaks, safety-net spending and tax increases on the affluent." Sen. Shaheen is all for it. "This legislation before us will create jobs, it will increase demand for...

UnionLeader.com Editorial

Monday, June 21, 2010

Concord, NH - Republican State Representative candidate Mark Warden today signed the Americans for Prosperity Pledge to cut taxes and fees (and oppose a sales and/or income tax), cut spending, cut the size of government, and uphold both the N.H. and U.S. Constitutions. "This was an easy pledge to sign, since it is a desire to uphold the values of limited government and accountability that most voters in Goffstown and Weare share. Business taxes in N.H. have increased dramatically, especially with the LLC...

Goffstowntoday.com article

Wednesday, June 16, 2010