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What do you call a former member of Congress once accused of illegal pro-Russian activity, who denies the 2020 presidential election results, and who took part in storming a police barrier during the Jan. 6 riots?
State Rep. Jason Gerhard, R-Northfield, testified Friday on House Bill 144 that he sponsored to restore “firearm ownership rights to ex-felons.”
State Rep. Matt Wilhelm, D-Manchester, called on House Majority Leader Rep. Jason Osborne to resign and criticized Gov. Chris Sununu for not also calling for his resignation after a decade-old website post resurfaced of Osborne using repeated racial slurs.
Free Stater state Rep. Mike Sylvia, R-Belmont, stepped down as chairman of the Belknap County Delegation Thursday, claiming that an emergency meeting to deal with a crisis at Gunstock was illegal because he did not call for it.
Gov. Chris Sununu called for the ouster of two members of the Gunstock Area Commission as the quickest way to restore operations at the now mostly closed Belknap County-owned recreation facility.
The chair of the Belknap County Delegation said no meeting is scheduled for the replacement of Gunstock Area Commissioner Gary Kiedaisch who resigned on July 20, but Rep. Mike Sylvia, R-Belmont, said he expects to convene a meeting “no sooner than mid-September” to appoint a new commissioner.
Members of the Gunstock Area Commission say they want to move beyond their failed lawsuit against the Belknap County Convention, but their decision to hire an attorney to review the record and determine how the dispute started means that the political intrigue surrounding the operation of Gunstock Mountain Resort is not abating.
The Commissioner of Education, and our Free State colleagues are big proponents of the school voucher program, which they lovingly call “education freedom accounts.” But of course, they would.