To the editor:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall (of cronies and fat cats). Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (in the N.H. House). All the king’s horses (politicians, advocates and lobbyists who caved) and all the king’s men (Gov. Chris Sununu’s Senate toadies), couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.
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(2) comments
Currently, in my hometown of Bridgton, a population of roughly 5,500, there are more legal pot shops than churches, pharmacies, or supermarkets. Over 7 since I last counted. Likewise, since the legalization of pot, there has been a demonstrable lack of anything resembling parental/adult participation in school activity or child supervision. There is also a palpable drop in people seeking anything that looks like reliable employment. What we have is the everpresent odor of skunk lingering in the air. So, if you'd like to see the same in your State go ahead and legalize pot. You'll see... It's harmless, right?
Canabis is legal in states bordering the great state of New Hampshire. The residents of those states invade our borders, and like illegal immegrants, instead of assimilating to our ways, they bring their unwanted ways and politics +with them. So they have wrecked their state, and now want to do the same here in New Hampshire.
There is enough canabis everywhere else, we do not need it in New Hampshire.
KEEP NEW HAMPSHIRE SAFE !
If you str so desperate to have canabis, dk like the residents of other states do when they come here to steal our resources. Drive over there and buy your canabis. Better yet, move tbere and save gas and tolls.
Save New Hampshire !
Save America !!
Vote Conservative Republican in November !!!
Live Free or Die !!!
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