Is This What NH Voters Wanted?by: Kathy Sullivan 2Tue Nov 16, 2010 at 16:33:59 PM EST |
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(I love the refreshing honesty here - prioritizing the list for whom the GOP dominated legislature can be bought or sold. - promoted by Dean Barker) I just saw a set of "immediate leadership tasks" that Paul Mirski, who wants to be the House Republican majority leader, has established. The tasks include: Propose rules changes that would improve ability of Republicans to achieve their legislative agenda. Develop an index of lobbyists and determine client interests. Establish liaison with lobbyists and lobbyist clientele. Establish liaison with all individuals that gave significantly to Republicans in the last election. Is this what New Hampshire voters want? A legislature that stacks the rules in order to carry out a Republican agenda? Not the people's agenda, a Republican agenda. A legislature that has, as immediate tasks, figuring out the interests of lobbyists' clients, and establishing a liaison with lobbyists? Get the special interests in at the ground floor? And have a special liaison for large Republican donors? I don't think so. In fairness, these are not the only items on the immediate tasks list. But there is nothing in this list about establishing a liaison with constituents, for example, or initiating a program to solicit input from consituents. This is not a recipe for responsive or responsible government, unless you are a lobbyist or a big Republican donor. For the complete list, see: |