http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news Rockingham County District 4 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:39:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a Letter to the Editor I submitted to the local papers: Vote for the Local GOP Ticket Rep. Jason Bedrick, Windham As you may have read, this year's GOP primary was a close one. After a recount, I placed 14th out of 23 candidates with 903 votes, just one vote behind Rep. ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/10/28/vote-gop/ From the Union Leader: State Spending shouldn't be decided by 11 people By CHARLES M. ARLINGHAUS STATE BUDGET deficits and needed spending cuts have transferred power to the elite Legislative Fiscal Committee, a sort of super Legislature where 10 privileged members exercise power on behalf of the other 414 senators and representatives. One ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/06/26/budget-woes/ I was the third candidate to respond to NH Insider's "10 Questions". You can read my answers here. http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/06/22/nh-insiders-10-questions/ I'm excited to announce that the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance (NHLA) named me the 2008 "Legislator of the Year" at their annual Liberty Dinner! The NHLA also released the 2008 Liberty Scorecard. Here's how our district scores: Bedrick, Jason (R) A+ Bettencourt, David (R) A Dalrymple, David (R) A Garcia, Marilinda (R) A Ingram, Russell ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/06/15/nh-liberty-alliance-legislator-of-the-year/ Yesterday I participated in one of the strangest sessions of the term, but before I get to that, I have an announcement to make: I will be seeking a second term as a state representative for the towns of Windham and Salem! I'm told that there will be upwards of 25 ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/06/05/legislative-update-060508/ Last week the House met to decide whether to concur with Senate changes to House bills or to non-concur and possibly request committees of conference. In layman's terms, we were deciding whether to take it, leave it, or duke it out. Republicans made a few last-ditch efforts to kill some bad ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/05/28/legislative-update-528/ From the Union Leader: Tax, borrow, spend: Lynch's budget plan GOV. JOHN LYNCH was supposed to be a kinder, gentler Craig Benson. He'd be the millionaire former business executive who balanced the state budget without raising taxes, but also without angering state employees by slashing jobs or upsetting the apple cart too ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/05/28/tax-borrow-and-spend/ My friends over at the great Granite Grok blog posted a piece of satire I wrote mimicking the Democrat press release which attacked the New Hampshire Advantage Coalition. See if you can tell which one is real! http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/05/22/granite-grok-satire/ Last week the House voted down the Governor's newest attempt at a constitutional amendment 222-140. It was a horrible amendment and its defeat was a terrible blow against the Governor and the Speaker, who chose the amendment as the first time to take a public position on any issue. More ... http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/05/20/legislative-update-52008/ Jason Bedrick on "Capital Access", Denis Goddard's Public Access TV Show http://www.jasonbedrick.org/concord/category/news/2008/05/19/rep-bedrick-on-public-tv-in-concord/