February 25, 2019 ~ Bow, NH
How many times have you heard the comment “Elections have consequences.”? That comment was often made in NH over the past four years as part of a warning about harmful legislation or other hostile actions taken by our State government. It might be another attempt to pass so-called right to work legislation, it might be an attempt to fund private schools with public education dollars, but whatever the reason, “elections have consequences” was always a warning and a call to action.
Our situation is a little different this year. “Elections have consequences”-yes. But this time, the consequences are much more positive for AFT-NH members and for all the citizens of NH. With friendly majorities in the NH House and Senate, the outlook for positive legislation is much brighter than in previous years. Of course, one consequence from 2018 was the re-election of Governor Sununu, meaning not all obstacles to progress have been removed. But at least this year we anticipate fewer emergency calls asking you to contact legislators, and when we do ask, it will be to help stiffen their backbone and make clear to them that we have a positive agenda and we aim to see steps taken to enact it. It won’t all happen this year or next but it is now time to begin moving NH in the right direction, to restore support for public education, to care for our retirees, and to establish programs to help working families across the Granite State.
