Hassan Stands Behind Casino Pledge at Governors Meeting
The N.H. governor was in attendance at the National Governors Association winter meeting.
Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter, will be the next governor of NH. She takes office on Jan. 3, 2013.
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New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan once again stood behind her casino pledge during the National Governors Association winter meeting in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, according to a report by the Associated Press.
She told leaders of the NGA that waiting to act on a casino will allow Massachusetts to take gambling revenue from New Hampshire residents while New Hampshire deals with the social costs.
Hassan made similar comments during a hearing of the New Hampshire Senate Ways and Means Committee last week.
Her recently presented state budget includes $80 million in casino revenue from licensing fees.
Franklin Pierce
10:01 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Yet again we have a public-private partnership. This is what used to be termed fascism until the progressives embraced it. We will exclude everyone except for the privileged, who can afford an $80M license fee to fleece the public at large. The license fee will certainly keep all the mundanes out of the bidding and award it to the corrupt and politically connected. It will ruin the town of Salem along with the neighboring towns, traffic will be a nightmare, and the good citizens of Salem will be burdened with the infrastructure costs, added police and fire expenses and increased crime, way to Maggie, award your cronies and screw the people. Maggie, put your casino in your backyard, not in mine.
wm as it is.
11:10 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
next on the agenda will be the be the dismantling of federalism. no one likes that foolish electoral college anyway.and i doubt very much you could ever find law student never mind a judge who even knows there is a tenth amendment.
that will eventually give us a nationalist social government run by fascist's, were have i seen that before.
god help us.
wm as it is.
7:50 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
I would like to request a discussion on hb 370 there are a lot of our states citizens who just can't understand why democrats want to take this scholarship program and educational choice away from our poorest residents.