Common Sense For New Hampshire

And I hope nobody falls for it.

It would be terrible if somehow the mayor’s offer to compromise, now at the 11th hour with his back against a legal wall, made him seem like the one who’s being reasonable and the petitioners seem stubborn.  The mayor ignored opposition to the “responsible bidder” language all year, starting with the night it was introduced.  Even when petitions from 418 citizens were presented to him he offered no compromise.  If he could have found some legal loophole to get out of respecting the petition signers’ wishes he would have done exactly that just like he did with the first bond petition.  (He used “redevelopment law” to wiggle out of that one.)   Now that the petitions have been certified and he’s in a corner with no choices other than to obey the petition or call a special election we’re going to hear about how flexible he is and how rigid we are.

The petitions were collected in order to put the interests of the taxpayers above the interest of the mayor’s union patrons.  As a petition signer and a petition gatherer I call on the committee of petitioners to reject any phony “compromises” such as the one offered by Brian Magovern last week.  To compromise on the petition would be to compromise the right of the taxpayers to have a government that acts solely in their interest.  Please don’t do it.

Today’s quote:

“When you have to start compromising yourself and your morals for the people around you, it’s probably time to change the people around you.” *

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*marcandangel.com