Re-Elect

Dick Hinch was a mainstay in the Town of Merrimack, and had a legacy of uniting people and building the community. I continue the Speaker's legacy for Merrimack: a strong commitment to constituent service, listening respectfully, and passionately advocating for Merrimack ensuring the needs of our community are addressed and effectively represented in Concord.

Clean water remains a matter of public health. As a Town Councilor and as your State Representative, I have worked diligently to ensure our citizens have access to clean, potable water. In April of 2016, when the community was exposed to toxins in our drinking water, I successfully lobbied then Governor Maggie Hassan to have the State's Department of Health and Human Services conduct a random blood serum testing community assessment program to determine a baseline level of PFC exposure in Merrimack. In 2018, I voted with my council colleagues to lobby the Legislature for passage of House Bill (HB) 1101, a bill sponsored by Dick Hinch, that created specific limits on air emission and water quality standards. The Legislature approved the bill and it was signed into law by Governor Chris Sununu. In 2022, I followed up
HB 1101 with HB1546, a bill enabling the commissioner of the department of environmental services to adopt rules relative to airborne PFAS in certain circumstances. Likewise, the Legislature approved the bill and it was signed into law by Governor Chris Sununu.

As a Commissioner and Chair of the New Hampshire Drinking Water and Ground Water Advisory Commission, I successfully advocated for Merrimack. In 2017, the Commission approved a $1.3 million dollar loan to the Merrimack Village Water District ("MVD") to fix the Turkey Hill Road water tank. In 2018, we gave a $405,000 grant to remediate PFAS in Wells 4 & 5, and in 2019, we approved grant and loan funding for $7,714,500 dollars for remediation to wells 2,3,7 & 8 that were directly impacted by Saint-Gobain's negligence. Currently, we are reviewing an application for MVD for gap funding to connect Merrimack residents in the Mason Road and Wilson Hill Road neighborhoods onto public water whose wells were impacted by PFAS.

People need to know that when they turn on their faucet, the water they are drinking is safe; we hold polluters accountable; and we provide our state with the rules and the tools necessary to maintain compliance. In my role on the commission and as State Representative, I will continue to be the strongest advocate and voice possible for Merrimack in this area.

It's been an honor and a privilege working with Governor Sununu during the past 4 years. As you know, Governor Sununu has had the difficult job of managing our state through a challenging pandemic while balancing the needs and concerns of Granite Staters and the businesses that make New Hampshire home. He has done this job extremely well with aplomb, consistent communication and tremendous transparency. As the state elects a new Governor, it becomes equally important to ensure the needs and concerns of Merrimack and all Granite Staters are successfully addressed: a vibrant Granite State economy; a balanced and fully-maintained state budget to fund the departments that serve Granite Staters; and ensuring Merrimack's quality of life is maintain and preserved. As your State Representative, I will work with our new Governor to get the best outcome for Merrimack during the days ahead.

Merrimack's taxpayers should not serve as Concord’s ATM. I am adamantly opposed to any broad based sales or income tax. I will also fight against the downshifting of Concord's fiduciary responsibilities onto the Merrimack taxpayer. Government should be run efficiently and be mindful of its taxpayers’ hard earned dollars. I am proud to have helped stabilize our tax rate here in Merrimack which strengthened property values and, in return, allowed the Town Council to develop responsible budgets that reflected the community's priorities. We've been successful here in Merrimack, and we can do the same in Concord: meeting the state's needs without spending outside of our means. 

Exits 11 & 12 have been decommissioned and dismantled. The unfair burden that the commuters of Merrimack shouldered has been eliminated. I will remain forever vigilant to ensure that the State never tries to impose another "Merrimack only" road tax.

As your State Representative and former Town Councilor, I know, first-hand, the importance of local control. I have showed leadership and worked hard fighting outside interests who sought to negatively impact our community; specifically, Kinder Morgan's abuse of eminent domain to run a natural gas pipeline through our neighborhoods and Saint-Gobain's negligence in polluting our community's aquifers. The best people to make these decisions for Merrimack are the citizens of
Merrimack, and these are 2 prime examples where local leadership and local control won the fight. As your State Representative, I will continue fighting those outside interests along with encroaching, enlarging state government that does not always serve the best interest of Merrimack.