New Hampshire: John H. Sununu

From the Op-Ed pages of boston.com, comes an essay by Renee Loth. She opens by asking "What's the matter with New Hampshire?"
First, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to raise the state's gasoline tax by 15 cents over three years. Then the House approved a bill allowing the use of medical marijuana, by a vote of 234-138. Next, it voted to repeal the state's capital punishment statute. The House wrapped up March with a vote to legalize same-sex marriage, and the Senate followed suit yesterday.

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To bring readers down to Earth again, Loth quotes John H.

Jim Splaine asked me to call my representatives about the marriage equality bill.  This led me to think about what I actually support marriage equality, and what I would say to someone who needed to be convinced. So, here is a shot:

1. Americans are supposed to have equal rights under the law.

2. The arguments against marriage equality aren't supported by my personal experience. Let's take "it undermines traditional heterosexual marriage".  Nonsense. How many weddings have we all attended where gays and/or lesbians were in attendance and were happy and supportive of the heterosexual couples getting married?  Gays and lesbians who are fighting for marriage equality would not be fighting so hard for it if they did not support marriage as an institution.

Today the New Hampshire State Senate heard testimony on a bill that would require PSNH to study the cost of installing a scrubber at the Merrimack State Power Plant.

PSNH is attempting to build a scrubber that would reduce the mercury levels it emits into the atmosphere, but critics say the scrubber is too expensive and wants PSNH to look into the possibility of using renewable energy sources.

The effort has become so political that well-known activist Gary Hirshberg posted an entry on the website Blue Hampshire and New Hampshire Republican Chairman John H. Sununu released a statement that criticizes the bill.

Here is the Hirshberg column:

The Chairman comes out swinging and challenges Governor Do Nuthin' Lynch to be true to his word on the gas tax increase... From former New Hampshire Governor and Republican State Committee Leader John H. Sununu:

“This week the ‘tax and spend’ Democratic leadership in the New Hampshire House passed a 15-cent per gallon tax increase. This action by those Democrats illustrates Governor Lynch’s inability to get the members of his own party to follow his agenda in the Legislature.

 During his first bid for re-election in 2006, the Governor made his opposition to a gas tax increase one of centerpiece the issues of his campaign.