STATE GOING TO POT

To the Editor:

Timothy Leary's dead. No. No. No. No. You elected him to the New Hampshire
legislature.

As if kids are not exposed to enough drug pushers. Now parents have to
contend with our legislature telling kids there's no consequences for
smoking dope.

The Doobie Brothers in Concord seek to decriminalize marijuana law. It's
cool with them if your kids get stoned. Is that what you voted for in 2006?
The "Lucy in the Sky" legislature says anything goes, man. These
ultraliberals stumble on toward a society devoid of personal responsibility
and respect for the human body and soul.

Parents keep trying to develop good citizens. The Democrat-controlled
government seems to be saying, "If it feels good, do it." I believe
Strafford County voters did not intend its representatives to mimic the
website that sounds like "Dems Gone Wild." From a personal responsibility
perspective our legislature seems to be emulating Roman Emperor Caligula.

The Democrat-controlled government's assault on parental responsibility and
authority is unacceptable.

Their magical mystery tour includes repealing the Parental Notification Law
that once ensured a parent's right to know if their adolescent child was
getting an abortion. At the same time they're working to ensure
17-year-olds who commit major crimes are prosecuted in the juvenile justice
system instead of as adults. They are a confused group and it appears
purple-haze is all in their brain.

Financially they act like a teenager with a credit card. They've increased
the state budget seventeen and one-half percent and the Strafford County
budget fifteen percent. The State budget is fifty million dollars in the
hole with a projected deficit of another one hundred million by 2009. Such
is your self-proclaimed fiscally responsible Democratic leadership.

Their ride on the horse with no name continues as they push to impeach the
president, assault charter schools and expand gambling. The list is endless.

In Strafford County 37 of 38 seats in the House are filled by Democrats.
Mercifully, we can soon fire this crop of pot promoters. Let's put them
into a flower power van and point them toward L.A.

Go to http://www.nhstaterep.com and get involved. Raise your voice!

Dan Steinbach

Milton

(Editor's note: The pros and cons of HB1623 can be viewed in Roll Call
Round Up (C) below.)