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Northern Pass application 'incomplete'By DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 18. 2013 11:12PM
Three environmental groups and the trade association representing competitive electric generating companies on Wednesday urged the Department of Energy to reject the amended application for the Northern Pass hydroelectric project.
The revised application for a presidential permit, based on a new route for the project unveiled in June, will be the subject of upcoming hearings in the state by the DOE.
In their joint comments, the Conservation Law Foundation, Appalachian Mountain Club and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests say the amended application fails to offer a single alternative to the project; fails to provide required information on its environmental impacts; and is full of unsubstantiated assertions and improper legal arguments.
"Despite the passage of three years, thousands of public comments questioning many aspects of the project, and millions of the applicant's dollars spent on property acquisitions and public relations, the amended application is incomplete and inconsistent with DOE regulations," wrote attorneys for the three groups.
"The applicant's aim here is to avoid any genuinely comprehensive and rigorous review of the many reasonable alternatives suggested in public comments, rendering DOE's review of the Northern Pass project a hollow if not meaningless exercise."
The New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA) filed similar comments, challenging the application as incomplete and full of inaccuracies.
"Northern Pass makes a series of claims of likely impacts from the project for which it either does not provide substantiation for, or relies upon admittedly out-dated information," according to the NEPGA brief. "In particular, Northern Pass misrepresents the likely impact of the reduction in wholesale power prices, CO2 emissions and the region's use of natural gas."
PSNH spokesman Martin Murray said the NEPGA opposition is motivated by the commercial interests of its members, while the environmental groups are being inconsistent given their past support for hydroelectric power.
"NEPGA wants to stop the process because when Northern Pass succeeds, NEPGA's more expensive power plants won't be as profitable as they are today," he said. "It's also somewhat curious that SPNHF would question the clear benefits of the project, since the Forest Society voted several years ago, as part of the state's Climate Action Task Force, to build a new transmission line from Canada into New Hampshire. The Northern Pass is exactly the type of project the Forest Society advocated."
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Manchester mayor says 200 refugees breaks promiseBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 19. 2013 12:35AM
Another 200 refugees will be resettled in Manchester in the coming months, a number that Mayor Ted Gatsas said breaks an agreement he had reached with a refugee resettlement organization.
However, the International Institute of New England said the agreement was only for a 12-month period that lapses next month. And the projection for the coming 12 months — 200 refugees for Manchester — is the same as the current period. An additional 50 will be placed in Nashua.
Carolyn Benedict-Drew, the director of the Boston-based International Institute of New England, said the refugees entering New Hampshire starting in October will most likely be Bhutanese and Iraqis.
Benedict-Drew said Bhutanese started settling in Manchester in 2008, and the first wave are in the pipeline to become citizens, about 300.
"These are going to be voting members of our community who will be building the economic base in New Hampshire," Benedict-Drew said.
Iraqis include some who fought alongside Americans during the Iraqi war, she said.
A recent report by the International Institute of New Hampshire prepared for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants said that the state's two largest cities have a favorable economic forecast, medical clinics and facilities to treat refugees with mental health and physical problems, including HIV/AIDs, and access to state funding for English classes.
The abstract report described Gatsas as neutral on the additional 200 refugees.
But Gatsas said that's not the case, and he continues to favor a moratorium on refugee resettlement. He noted the Democratic mayor of Springfield, Mass., has asked for a moratorium.
"We need to get the folks that are here in the system and give them opportunities: let them be educated and get an opportunity to work," Gatsas said.
"We should slow it down here before we bring in another 200," he said.
Refugee resettlement follows the federal budget calendar, which ends Sept. 30. Plans have been formulated over the summer for the coming year. Gatsas said an agreement was reached that 150 would be settled in Manchester and 50 elsewhere.
Benedict-Drew said the agreement only covered the current year.
"There was never an agreement for more than one year," she said. "We honored it for one year."
Benedict-Drew said she likes Gatsas and asked to have the phrase that described him as neutral on the 200 refugees redacted.


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Ted Siefer's City Hall: Charter official says commission's report is 'not valid'By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 28. 2013 12:18AM
Make the school district a city department! Eliminate the tax cap! Remove the mayor from the school board! The Charter Commission started out with some pretty big ideas, but in the end it produced nine fairly modest proposals - and plenty of recriminations.
The commission held its final working meeting Wednesday, approving a preliminary report that includes proposals to up the mayor's pay to $100,000 (from $68,000, where it's stood since the last century), while eliminating the health care benefits for aldermen and school board members. The same motion would also increase their stipends to $9,000 and $7,000, respectively.
These are significant changes and things that the public has clamored for, at least in the case of axing the health care benefits, as commission Chairman Jerome Duval noted.
"We have a number of items that will be put forth to voters that will bring Manchester's form of government up to date in order to make us competitive during these times," he said.
It's safe to say one person who doesn't share this view is the commission's vice chairman, Rich Girard, who was a leader of the panel's conservative minority.
"A colossal waste of time" is how he referred to it on his show on Manchester Public Television last week.
Early on in the process, a quiet tension emerged between Girard and Duval that went beyond their political differences (Duval is a Democrat, Girard a Republican). Duval took a casual if diplomatic approach to running the meetings while Girard was a stickler for protocol.
These differences came to a head at the final meeting, which was notable for its brevity. The preliminary report, the document listing the proposed charter revisions to be sent to state officials, was duly signed by all nine commissioners. Duval called for a vote, and Commissioner Skip Ashooh offered a motion "to make it unanimous that we support all of the elements that we've proposed." Past commissions have proposed similar motions as a way to provide a seal of bipartisan consensus.
The motion was passed, and the panel quickly turned to thank you's and back-patting.
But Girard said he was caught off guard by the abrupt ending. He expected he would at least have a chance to say his piece about the process and perhaps express his disappointment that many of his initiatives - a return to partisan elections, making the school district a city department - had been thwarted.
He suspected that something about the way the meeting concluded wasn't right, and after reviewing the tape, he observed that a motion to approve the preliminary report was never made or debated; rather the motion was only to make the acceptance of the report unanimous.
And so, as Girard concluded in a letter to city officials and signed by fellow Commissioners Will Infantine and Nick Pappas, the report is "not valid." And because Wednesday was the commission's final day to approve the report under state statute, Girard continued, it's too late to do anything about it.
What's more, Girard said, he believes Duval "engineered" the unanimous motion for the purpose of cutting off debate at the final meeting.
So, would Girard prefer no charter ballot to one that might have been accompanied by a technical hiccup or two?
"It doesn't matter what I'd rather have, it's what the law allows," Girard said. "This is unfortunately the result of a poor process, poor presentation, and one that didn't pay attention to the details."
Duval said Girard was entitled to his opinion. As far as he was concerned, the document is now being vetted by state officials and will eventually go before voters.
"Rich is a very capable guy, and he has strong set of ideas. The majority didn't happen to agree with him," he said. "We were all elected by the same voters. I think each commissioner dedicated themselves to the process."

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Other than the Charter Commission action, it was a slow week at City Hall. It was school vacation, and both the aldermen and school board had the good sense to take it off.
A good time for upstart mayoral candidate Patrick Arnold to issue a provocative news release, a trademark of his.
The Ward 12 alderman seized on an appearance Mayor Ted Gatsas made on WMUR last weekend. Predictably, Gatsas, often mentioned as a contender for governor, was pressed on his future political ambitions. As he seeks reelection as mayor, would he rule out running for another office?
"The only thing I'm ruling out is not going to Aruba on vacation," Arnold quotes the mayor as saying.
"Mayor Gatsas Puts Ambition, Aruba Ahead of Manchester," was Arnold's news-release headline.
Gatsas doesn't go for political put-downs and had "no comment" on Arnold's release.
But our colleague, John DiStaso, beat the TV station to the mayor for his Granite Status column and got a meatier answer than "Aruba.''
"At this point I'm running for mayor, and I would never eliminate anything in the future," he told DiStaso.
Does he intend to serve a full term?
"I'm running for mayor, and if there are any other situations that came before me, I would look at them. I would never rule anything out at this time," he said. "That could be anything that comes forward."

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If all goes well, a fixture at City Hall who has been missing - and missed - the past several weeks will soon return: City Clerk Matt Normand, recuperating from back surgery.
Hopefully, he's been catching the meetings on local cable - and experiencing the joy of changing the channel when he feels like it, or at least hitting the mute button.
Deputy City Clerk Heather Freeman has been manning the fort while Normand has been out, and she says that he's eager to get back to work, which could be as soon as Wednesday.
Here's wishing him a speedy recovery.
Ted Siefer may be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @tbsreporter.


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Seniors may pay to use NH parksBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
March 22. 2013 12:50AM
CONCORD - Senior citizens will no longer be able to use state parks for free under a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday.
For now, state residents over 65 years old are still able to use state parks free of charge during the week, as do active military and their families, National Guard members and its retirees, Blue Star Mothers, members of the Legislature and the Executive Council and their staffs, those with walking disabilities and some others.
Senate Bill 190 would allow seniors to buy an annual pass to all parks, recreation areas, historical sites, beaches and state-owned ski areas for $20.
Under the bill, lawmakers and executive councilors and their staffs would have to pay to use the park system along with senior citizens.
The prime sponsor of the bill, Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, noted the parks system is self-funded through the fees charged at 38 sites. Sixty-eight parks are free, she said.
"If you want clean bathrooms and clean grounds," Stiles said, "you can't keep adding to the people who can use the parks for free."
She said if the more than 1,100 seniors who ski at Cannon Mountain during the week for free purchase the $20 pass, and if 40 percent of the seniors who frequently use other parks get the pass, that would raise about $300,000 for the parks system.
"I share your concern about state park funding," said Sen. David Watters, D-Dover, "but this bill is not any way to solve the problem."
The bill is a $300,000 fee increase directed toward senior citizens, he said. Some seniors are wealthy enough to pay for the pass or the average $4 admission, but some are not, he said.
"I wish we would hit pause on this," said Watters, who was a long-time trustee of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, "and think this through long term on how to fund our parks."
The Senate voted 17-7 for the bill. Voting to approve the bill were: Sens. Jeff Woodburn, D-Dalton; Jeanie Forrester, R-Meredith; Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro; Sam Cataldo, R-Farmington; Andrew Hosmer, D-Laconia; Bob Odell, R-Lempster; Andy Sanborn, R-Bedford; Peter Bragdon, R-Milford; Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry; Sylvia Larsen, D-Concord; David Boutin, R-Hooksett; John Reagan, R-Deerfield; Jim Rausch, R-Derry; Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester; Chuck Morse, R-Salem; Russell Prescott, R-Kingston; and Stiles.
Voting against the bill were Sens. Watters; David Pierce, D-Hanover; Molly Kelly, D-Keene; Peggy Gilmour, D-Hollis; Bette Lasky, D-Nashua; Donna Soucy, D-Manchester; and Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth.
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LEBANON — Heavy rains that triggered flooding early this month caused an estimated $7 million in damage and expenses, according to estimates released by the city.
Reconstructing Slayton Hill will cost $3.4 million with an additional $900,000 for other highway infrastructure. The city's airport sustained road washouts, detention pond failure and buckling of pavement in the rear areas of the hangar facilities, with damage totaling $1.7 million. It will cost an estimated $300,000 to restore Storrs Hills and up to $50,000 to repair damage at Goodwin Park, according to the city manager's office Friday.
The weather also caused an estimated $400,000 in damage to Rivermere Community Housing.
As of Wednesday, the city spent about $137,000 on emergency response and temporary fixes needed to protect health and human safety following the July 2 flooding. Officials expect that number to increase.
The parking lot at Riverside Park washed out, causing around $2,000 in damage. The landfill sustained about $100,000 in damage from road washouts and destruction of two monitoring wells. City Hall and the library both experienced small leaks totaling around $5,000. There was about $7,000 related to water mains on Meriden Road, according to the city.


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We want to see Durango become the center of education excellence, Mark Epstein told a small group of educators, parents and students gathered Saturday morning at Fort Lewis Colleges Community Concert Hall for a workshop about ending bullying in schools.
Epstein, a Durango entrepreneur who is on the board of directors for Mountain Middle School and the Washington, D.C.-based Character Education Partnership, said a team is working on a grant for a communitywide character program in Durango.
Building character will help reduce bullying both in and out of schools, said Michele Borba, the events guest speaker.
At the base of bullying is a dysfunctional relationship, Borba said. Bullying is violence.
Borba, who also is on the board of CEP and has appeared in such arenas as NBCs Dateline and Dr. Phil, said parents and teachers need a range of skills to teach their children how to handle bullying or to stop bullying.
Bullying is a learned behavior, and the first step after stopping immediate bullying is to find out whether that behavior is being modeled at home or elsewhere, Borba said.
Developing students character is part of the Mountain Middle School mission, Jackie Oros, MMSs head of school said earlier at the beginning of the event.
MMS uses the CARE system to build student character that reaches far beyond the classroom, she said. CARE stands for community, adapt, respect and empathy, a word that came up numerous times in Borbas talk.
Speaking after Oros, Michael Ackerman, head of Animas High School, said its important to promote a culture of excellence through a culture of engagement.
We have a daunting task as educators, said Daniel Snowberger, who became superintendent of Durango School District 9-R last year.
For instance, schools are preparing kids for jobs that dont exist (yet), Snowberger said. We need to collaborate with each other and support each other.
Speaking after Ackerman, he said kids see bullying in the broader culture, from national political leaders to sports stars.
9-R schools have made significant progress in many areas, but they have made the least progress in stopping bullying, Snowberger said. Still, he said that when three of his own children entered Durango schools, they said they had never seen a group of kids as welcoming.
He also acknowledged Epsteins goal for cooperation, or a vision of one community, one goal.
Speaking in the entrepreneurial vein, Epstein said that, We leverage ourselves by being cooperative.
An anti-bullying program will be given for 100 students and 30 adults April 2 at Escalante Middle School. Each of the 9-R schools will be represented as well as faith-based and other organizations.


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July 27. 2013 10:37PM
Program to fast-track U.S. citizenship for foreign investors could help restore The Balsams
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
An architect's rendering of the Balsams renovations. (Courtesy)
The Balsams Grand Resort and Hotel, though still a majestic presence in the North Country, also remains empty for a second straight summer as the owners seek investors to help fund a substantial restoration project.
"We know there's a lot of people pulling for us. We know there's a lot of people that want us to succeed," said Scott Tranchemontagne, a spokesman for the ownership group Balsams View LLC. "We've made great progress in terms of permits and being ready to go. We have all the permits we need."
Now all that owners Dan Hebert and Dan Degasse need is money to complete the project that they have been planning since before they purchased the Balsams and its 7,700 acres for $2.3 million in December 2011.
Listed among The National Trust for Historic Preservation's "Historic Hotels of America," the new owners had hoped to be opening as early as this summer, but have had to adjust the original financing plans and are looking at new ways to come up with about half of the estimated $30 million to $35 million needed for the project.
One possibility is a federal program that allows foreign investors to obtain a U.S. residency visa in exchange for significant capital that would generate new jobs or preserve them in a rural area struggling with unemployment. Dixville Notch, about 20 miles south of the Canadian border, would likely qualify because the largest employer in the area - The Balsams - has been out of business for nearly two years.
The EB-5 program has existed since 1990, and interest has picked up because of the struggling domestic economy. It was used to help fund major developments at Vermont's Jay Peak, including an indoor water park that has helped turn the ski area into a year-round destination.
"We have some bank financing committed provided we can get some more pieces in place," Tranchemontagne said. "We're very actively seeking equity partners - investors who want to help us restore this historic gem as a world-class resort."
Hebert and Degasse have declined to speak about the project, hiring Tranchemontagne and his Manchester-based firm, Montagne Communications, to speak on their behalf.
Tranchemontagne said Balsams View has been exploring EB-5 as an option and has been in contact with an out-of-state company that has successfully set up projects with capital using the federal program. The investors have to undergo a stringent approval process before getting approval by U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, a branch of the federal Homeland Security Department. Federal officials must determine the funds have come from legitimate means and, according to the USCIS, the approval process can take as long as a year or two.
He said the talks have only been preliminary to see whether EB-5 is a viable option for Balsams View, which still hopes to get construction underway before winter hits the North Country.
"We've started discussions with them to see what they think," said Tranchemontagne, who declined to release the name of the company because no formal agreement has been reached. "We need to fill a gap. That's not to say that Balsams won't contribute more capital to what they already have. We're trying to get some partners who want to be a part of this."
Tranchemontagne said Balsams View has bank financing commitments for about half of the estimated $30 million to $35 million project, but needs to come up with the rest - or a significant chunk of it - before setting construction crews loose on the property that has been ready for about a year.
They figured it would take 18 months for a proper upgrade, which includes winterizing the buildings that will remain, wiring the rooms for Internet access and installing a new biomass heating system that will make the entire property significantly more efficient. Although progress has been slow, much of it has come in the past eight months and allowed Balsams View to be more active in courting potential investors.
The Coos County Planning Board approved a building permit for the project in late March, three months after the New Hampshire Supreme Court officially put an end to a lawsuit filed in May 2012 attempting to undo the sale. The case took up time and money, especially in the form of hampering efforts to find investors while the lawsuit, eventually tossed out by a judge, made its way through the system, according to Tranchemontagne.
"Investors don't like uncertainty about an investment they're about to make," Tranchemontagne said. "When something is being litigated, there is uncertainty."
A judge dismissed the lawsuit in November, ruling the plaintiff had no legal standing to try and nullify the sale. The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the decision.
Another setback was missing the June 30 deadline of this year to apply for federal tax credits that could have closed a significant gap in the funding needed to get to work, Tranchemontagne said.
"It puts the onus and focus very squarely on getting private equity. We're not at Square 1 because we have gone through the permitting process. We have some bank financing in place, and we have completed some demolition work," Tranchemontagne said.
Hebert and Degasse have invested enough already that they have no plans to scrap the redevelopment plans, even if construction cannot begin until next spring, he said. Both grew up in Colebrook and both worked at The Balsams in their youth, when the resort was a premier vacation destination with a staff of about 300 catering to guests who sought the tranquil setting along with the amenities of a grand East Coast resort.
"They know this property and they have personal connections to it," Tranchemontagne said. "Quite frankly, they want to restore jobs up there."


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Northern Pass' route: Buried lines and compromise
July 14. 2013 5:08PM
Northern Pass has filed plans with the state and the U.S. Department of Energy for approval of its new route, which contains eight miles of buried power lines. After unveiling the new route late last month, PSNH President Gary Long (who announced on Friday that he is resigning that role to concentrate his energies on Northern Pass) said "We've done our work. We need to move forward." Well, maybe.
There are benefits and drawbacks to the Northern Pass project, which would bring hydropower to the New England grid via transmission lines run from Canada to Deerfield. The obvious drawback, and the reason the project is so controversial, is that Northern Pass wants to cut a path for new power lines through part of the scenic North Country. Residents are rightly concerned about the impact on their views, their property values, their livelihoods and their quality of life.
As with any big energy project, the devil is in the details. PSNH officials initially said it would be too expensive to bury power lines. But after two years of public pressure, Northern Pass came back with a plan to bury a small section of the lines. That is encouraging.
Several New Hampshire elected officials, Gov. Maggie Hassan being the most prominent, characterized the new plan as a promising first step, but expressed hope that more of the lines would be buried. Many in the North Country share that hope. Despite Long's assertion that "We've done our work," New Hampshire communities still have a say under state law. We are sure they will continue to press for more of the lines to be buried. Northern Pass officials would be wise to continue listening to those concerns.
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Grains: Mar. Corn is currently 6'2 lower at 718'0, Mar. Beans 8'0 lower at 1427'2, Mar. Wheat 3'0 lower at 765'4 and Dec. Wheat 5'0 lower at 801'6. I am still biased to the long side of Mar. Corn on a break to the 707'0-712'0 area. Resistance remains in the 734'0 area. Consider going long out-of-the-money call spreads in Dec. Wheat.
Cattle: Apr. LC are currently 57 higher at 130.925 and Mar. FC 40 higher at 148.35. These markets have had a pretty good run to the upside in the last few days. Take profits ahead of this afternoon's Cattle on Feed Report. "Better to be out too early than too late."
Silver: Mar. Silver is currently 15 cents lower at 31.57 and Apr. Gold $10.00 lower at $1,660.00. We remain long Silver. Gold is nearing support in the $1,645.00-$1,657.00 area, levels where I am willing to try the long side of the market with a protective sell stop in the mid-$1,620s. A close below the $1,627.00 level could negate upside momentum.
S&Ps: Mar. S&Ps are currently 3.00 higher at 1494.75. We are still short a small position. Long term resistance is currently the 1502.00-1507.00 area. The contract high is currently 1497.75.
Currencies: As of this writing the Mar. Euro is trading 91 higher at 1.3470, the Swiss 39 higher at 1.0818, the Yen 121 lower at 1.0998 and the Pound 18 higher at 1.5805. We have been stopped out of any remaining short Euro positions when the market traded above the 1.3365 level. Yesterday we tried the long side of the yen and were stopped out when the market traded below the 1.1086 level. The Yen is now approaching long term support at 1.0800.


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Something of the Night
Fireworks and frivolity? A party? Music and dancing? The night is where we have the most fun. Or you could be reading in bed, between clean sheets, before falling into deep restful sleep and sweet dreams.
And who knows? The night might bring romance, or love or sex, if you play your cards right.
Or the night could be where we work. Millions of people do. If everyone slept all night, Britain would cease to function.
Or the night could be indifferent; cold, haunted, inhuman. When you look up into the night sky, you see that you are nothing. An insignificant mote of dust.
Or the night could be all too human.Hen parties in skimpy dresses and fairy wings are being slammed into the back of a police van. Prostitutes walk the streets; business men go to lap dancing clubs to forget what waits at home.
On an after-hours journey around the British Isles - investigating nightingales in the Cotswolds, meteors in Shropshire, dog-racing in Belfast, a service station in Lancaster and Bonfire celebrations in East Sussex - Ian Marchant sets out to discover the different ways that we while away that half of our lives normally spent in darkness.
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Sol 200 Update On Curiosity From USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Quiet Day27 February 2013
I'm scheduled as MAHLI/MARDI uplink lead 4 days this week. The first planning day, for Sol 200, was rather quiet for me, with just a single MAHLI activity (pulling old images out of the camera's memory and preparing less-compressed versions). Most of the rover power continues to be used to analyze the first drill sample in Chemin and SAM.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A poodle was freed with the help of Albuquerque firefighters after one of its paws got stuck in a bathtub drain for several hours.
Twelve-year-old Selene Ortega told KRQE-TV (http://bit.ly/1twyM2f) that she was giving her dog, Morita, a bath Friday at her northeast Albuquerque home when the poodle started screaming.
Ortega says she and her family called their veterinarian, a plumber and then 911.
A 911 dispatcher contacted Albuquerque Animal Welfare. The agency ended up calling the fire department.
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There's a decent interview with Pedro Martinez in today's New York Times.
You can get the whole thing here, but to sum it up: He doesn't consider himself retired, he could sign a contract today and pitch in a month, and he is open to pitching this season. Obviously, the Phillies have no need for him, and probably don't have much of an ability to pay him.
But the Times did ask Martinez an interesting question: If the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies each offered you a contract, which would you pick?
"I'd probably have to say the Red Sox," Martinez said. "I would like to win a World Series in the National League, so the Phillies are in there, too. But for the time I'm going to be playing, I think Boston is more suitable so that I can retire with the Boston Red Sox and go to the Hall of Fame with the same hat."
So you can cancel the Cooperstown hotel reservations you made for five years from now.
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Dianne Mercier: Hospital emergency room is no place for the dangerously mentally illBY DIANNE MERCIER
July 15. 2013 6:45PM
A PAPER WRITTEN by the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, commissioned by the Mental Health Commission in 2008, noted that "26% of the population over the age of 18 has a mental health disorder. This would suggest that more than 250,000 adults in New Hampshire have a diagnosable mental health disorder, and slightly more than 150,000 have a mental illness that significantly affects their ability to engage in daily living."
One such individual arrived at the emergency room of Elliot Hospital on Friday, July 5. He stayed in the psychiatric evaluation center of the emergency department for days. On Monday, July 8, tragic and unimaginable consequences to Elliot employees resulted.
These employees have spent their professional careers laying their hands on others with compassion and care. These caregivers experienced at the hands of a dangerous and mentally ill individual a brutal attack with an outcome that remains uncertain.
A hospital is no place for a dangerous individual to wait days for the appropriate level of care he or she requires and deserves. Elliot Hospital is committed to treating people with mental illness, but the small portion of the population who create a serious risk of harm to themselves or others cannot sit for days in an emergency department waiting for care at New Hampshire Hospital. Too many good people are at risk of being harmed.
This tragedy raises many questions. How are we funding our mental health needs? Where are we failing to meet needs? Are we dealing adequately with those individuals who have crossed the line in severity of mental health issues and pose a risk to the community and themselves? Who is responsible for these individuals, their safety and the safety of the community at large? Is New Hampshire Hospital adequately funded? Should we re-institute the Designated Receiving Facilities?
Gov. Maggie Hassan has shown a commitment to addressing these questions. Though I fear the answers are not easy, they do exist. Concerns have been debated, researched and documented. Recommendations have been offered; it will take serious focus and a long-term commitment to provide the resources to address the recommendations. We need more beds at the state hospital, we need more inpatient and residential alternatives, and we need more psychiatrists and trained professional staff to help not only potentially dangerous patients, but those with the highest acuity mental illness without violent tendencies as well as those with recurrent chronic disorders. We need to become collectively intolerant over this and we have to insist that changes are made to address the needs of people and to safeguard our health care teams.
As we debate and respond, we should remember that mental illness is not a character weakness; it is a disease. For me, acknowledging this issue and demanding answers and action will remain a priority. This affects all of us.
People's United Bank has established the Elliot Hospital Assault Relief Fund and has made the first $7,500 donation to directly help the two health care workers and their families who were brutally attacked. I invite you to give to this fund, as these families will have much to overcome in the coming year. Donations can be made online at www.ElliotHospital.org.
Dianne Mercier is president of People's United Bank in New Hampshire and vice chairman of the board of directors of Elliot Hospital. The views expressed here are her own.


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January 06. 2013 1:08AM
It sounds familiar: 'Mired in governmental deadlock'
Doubting Thomases that we are, recent predictions of attempts to ransack the U.S. Constitution in light of supposed governmental paralysis had left us bemused. No responsible party would ever really suggest such a thing, would they?
Then we picked up the op-ed. page of the New York Times of New Year's Eve and saw the headline "Let's give up on the Constitution.''
Wonderful. The author was described as a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University. Louis Seidman by name is also the author of the forthcoming book "On Constitutional Disobedience.''
Bemoaning such things as a U.S. Senate that protects small states like New Hampshire, and a U.S. Supreme Court that FDR was unable to "pack''to his liking during the Depression, Prof. Seidman ticked off the many areas where he believes the Constitution hamstrings "democracy.''
Oh, he would keep a few knicknacks, he writes, like freedom of speech and religion, and a limit on presidential terms. How nice.
This kind of argument, which we now think will be heard more and more from leftists unhappy with any checks on their kind of governance, is all about the "fiscal cliff.'' Story after story out of the Big Media has decried the terrible failure of Congress to "get along.''
Getting along, of course, means having the conservatives give in so the liberals can "get along'' with the business of turning us into socialist Europe II.
Just how bad is our dysfunction, really?
"The inefficiency of Congress was nothing new, of course ... but now, in both houses of Congress, it was escalating to a new level, a level at which some analysts were questioning the efficiency of the governmental framework of which Congress was so pivotal a part.''
"We are at the critical stage of a somber and inexorable cycle that seems to have gripped the public affairs of the nation, ... mired in governmental deadlock, as Congress blocks or kills not only'' (the President's) programs but Republican programs as well.
"We underestimate the extent to which our system was designed for deadlock and inaction,'' and "perhaps the system would have to be changed.''
These are quotes, not from today's Huffington Post, but from Robert Caro's "The Passage of Power,'' his masterful study of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The first quote is Caro summing up where government stood in the fall of 1963. The others are his book quoting, from 1963, historian and "unabashed Kennedy admirer'' James MacGregor Burns writing in "The Deadlock of Democracy.''
That deadlock ended with JFK's assassination and LBJ working his will and a supposed popular mandate with a cowed Congress. And how did that work out for the nation? It gave us the "Great Society'' for which the big bills are now long overdue. And it gave us the Vietnam quagmire and riots in our streets.
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On Friday afternoon, kids at the Nemours Alfred I. duPont Children's Hospital received a visit from Philadelphia Phillies third baseman, Kevin Frandsen.
Frandsen signed autographs, took pictures and participated in a press conference run by the kids at the A.I. duPont Children's Hospital. The visit surely brightened the day of many kids and offered a welcome distraction for them and their families.
While some children attended in person, the press conference was broadcasted on closed-circuit television along with a special phone extension so others could call in their questions.
Even though Frandsen is a professional baseball player, the kids were not intimidated and weren't afraid to ask the tough questions of the second-year Phillie. Frandsen was asked a flurry of questions, from his favorite food to his favorite color, to whether or not he's seen "The Hobbit" yet. After admitting he hadn't seen "The Hobbit" or any of the "Lord of the Rings" movies a large gasp filled the room.
"Wow," Frandsen said of the reaction with a laugh. "I guess I'll have to see that soon!"
It's sometimes easy to forget that professional athletes are people like you and I and they go through the same pressures and unfortunate tragedies in life. Frandsen is no different.
Back in 2004, just months after being drafted by the San Francisco Giants, Frandsen's older brother D.J. lost a 19-year battle with Nephroblastoma or Wilms' tumor. So, Frandsen is no stranger to what some of the children at A.I. duPont Children's Hospital are going through and how much it means to have an athlete, musician or actor come to visit.
"I get a charge out of it," said Frandsen. "It's something I grew up being around with my brother being in the hospital all the time. I just remember seeing if an athlete or someone of relevance came out to visit him, how upbeat he got."
For about an hour on Friday a lot of children were able to forget about what ails them, and the impact of all the smiles, laughter, handshakes and hi-fives was not lost on Frandsen.
"It benefits us and everyone in here," said Frandsen. "When a child smiles or has no pain for 30 seconds, a minute or a week, if you're able to take any of that away, it's really inspiring and awesome."


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Allen Lessels' College Hockey: Wildcats are counting on NCAA tourney bidBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 22. 2013 1:08AM
DURHAM - They're in.
The honest-to-goodness, true-blue, bet-the-farm-on-it official word won't come from on high and the NCAA until agonizingly late on Sunday night - the Selection Show is on ESPNU at 9 p.m. - but coach Dick Umile and the University of New Hampshire hockey team are counting on it.
They will be one of the 16 teams invited to the 2013 NCAA Division I hockey tournament and, as the host team of the Northeast Regional, they will be playing a first-round game next Friday at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
"As far as I'm concerned, we're in the NCAAs," Umile said. "We're preparing to play in the NCAA tournament."
Five league champions will nail down automatic bids to the NCAA playoffs in their league tournaments this weekend and 11 at-large teams will be selected to join them.
The selection process has become more and more refined and objective through the years and it's a numbers game now.
The numbers, thanks to a strong first half of the season and their results against top tier teams, look good for the Wildcats.
The PairWise rankings mimic the system used by the NCAA to select tournament teams. This morning, UNH is at No. 8 in the PairWise. The folks who play with the numbers and calculate possibilities based on various results that could come in this weekend appear to agree that there is nothing that could knock UNH out of the process.
All that remains to be seen then, is what three teams will be joining the Wildcats in Manchester.
"We'll be ready," Umile said. "There will probably be one of the top teams in our league with us. That's how it's gone in the past."
A "Bracketology" feature at United States College Hockey Online (uscho.com) this week predicted the pairings for Manchester to be Union against Boston College and Minnesota State against New Hampshire. Last week, it also had Minnesota State playing New Hampshire, but had Rensselaer playing UMass Lowell.
The bottom line is the same no matter the opponent, no matter whether you're the No. 1, 2, 3 4 seed in the region.
"Anything can happen once you're there," said UNH senior forward John Henrion. "You win two and you're on to the Frozen Four and then it's another two. It seems really simple, but it's extremely difficult. Everything is at stake."
Umile and the Wildcats were happy with how they played at Providence in the Hockey East quarterfinals last weekend. They lost the opener of the best-of-three series, 3-2 on Friday night, and then went a long way toward securing an NCAA bid with a 4-1 win on Saturday. They lost 3-2 again on Sunday and were eliminated from the league tournament.
Now they look forward to one more chance to play.
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PROVIDENCE senior center Tim Schaller of Merrimack has been named Hockey East's Defensive Forward of the Year.
"Tim's had a very good year," said coach Nate Leaman. "He's a very good faceoff guy and very good defensively. He logs the most minutes of any of our forwards and plays in all situations. He does everything and he usually matches up against the opponent's top line. He's pretty darned good."
Schaller contributes on the offensive end, too, and has eight goals and 15 assists for 23 points this year.
He scored the first of two power-play goals in a span of 44 seconds late in the second period that turned a 2-1 deficit against UNH on Sunday into a 3-2 Providence win.
UNH senior forward Henrion and Maine junior goalie Martin Ouellette shared the Army ROTC Three Stars Award. Each was named one of the three stars of the game 11 times during the season.
The Wildcats received the Charles Holt Sportsmanship Award, named after the legendary UNH coach, for the fourth year in a row. They were the league's least penalized team at 9.5 minutes per game.
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE senior defenseman Mike Keenan signed an amateur tryout agreement with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League this week.
Keenan, who had five goals and 11 assists for 16 points this season, was the Dartmouth captain as a junior and senior and led the team to a 15-14-5 record. The Big Green were eliminated from the ECAC quarterfinals last weekend at Union with 4-1 and 5-2 losses.
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TONIGHT'S matchups in the Hockey East semifinals feature teams with contrasting histories in the league tournament.
No. 1 seed UMass Lowell, which won its first regular-season championship this year, and No. 4 Providence College meet in the first game at 5. No. 2 Boston College and No. 3 Boston University play after that.
Lowell has never won a Hockey East tournament title. Providence is looking for its third championship, but first since 1996.
Boston College, the defending national champion, has won six of the last eight Hockey East tournament titles, including the last three. BU won the championship in 2009 and 2006, the two years BC did not.
The pressure is on BU and Providence in particular this weekend. They need to at least win their semifinal games, and perhaps need to win the tournament, to get a bid to the NCAAs.


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A girl named Annabelle. Who has a tiny box full of never ending yarn for her.
And a heart full of the love for knitting and the art of giving.
Sweet and creative with darling illustrations.
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text: Tabbies on Parade seems to be the theme this week at the Cortez Animal Shelter. This sweet little man desperately needs a home; he has been at the shelter for over a month. A beautiful tawny-colored tabby, he has big emerald-colored eyes, with a cute round and distinguished face. This neutered male is a young adult, about one-year old. He is so loving and affectionate, and also loves to play. When first encountered, he appears very sad. However, once shown some affection, this boy blooms like a flower and his personality immediately appears. He'll also be a good mouser. The shelter has tabbies of every variety, in shades of gray, brown, or tones of russet - some are small, some big and brawny (including a great big boy named Tank), some with white feet, one with long hair, one who is mostly white with tabby patches, and one who is orange. All of them are people-oriented and eager to please; all have obviously been someone's pet at one time. They are all wondering why they ended up at the shelter, hoping for a home. The shelter is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on alternate Fridays; they will be open this Friday. The fee for adoption includes spaying or neutering, and vaccination. The shelter could use donations of cleaning supplies such as paper towels, liquid dish soap and unscented bleach. For more information, call the shelter at 565-4910. To view more animals, visit www.petfinder.com or www.petango. com (enter 81321 zip code for each) or www.cityofcortez. com/government/animal_shelter.


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The state Senate is set to vote this afternoon on a series of business-related bills, including measures that would expedite the process for foreclosing on abandoned homes and for setting a statewide health benefit exchange.
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President Michael Egenton said the organization favors the foreclosure bill, but opposes the benefit exchange.
The foreclosure bill, S-2156, is sponsored by Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) and has a narrower focus than the Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act, which was vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie.
"We feel that the bill has a lot of potential, and will provide a lot of necessary tools to eliminate the backlog of foreclosures," Egenton said.
The measure has drawn a wide range of business supporters, from builders to bankers, as well as housing advocates.
However, the Health Benefit Exchange Act, S-2135, is receiving a more skeptical response from business groups. Christie vetoed an earlier version of the measure, sponsored by Sens. Nia H. Gill (D-Montclair) and Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge).
"The main concern that the state chamber has is about the uncertain impact of the act on the business community," Egenton said. "We don't know the administration's plans yet. We still don't know what it's going to mean to the bottom line to business, particularly small businesses. There are a lot of unanswered questions there."
Other bills up for the 2 p.m. Senate voting session include a measure that would establish a "clean car" commission and another that would bar workers compensation claimants from being billed for approved medical services.


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Fridays snowstorm caused several canceled and delayed flights at Durango-La Plata County Airport and a power outage after a vehicle slid off the road and collided with a utility pole.
The vehicle slid off U.S. Highway 550 about 10 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line and hit a utility pole at about 3:30 p.m. The incident left 244 La Plata Electric Association customers in southern La Plata County without power for about an hour, according to a news release.
LPEA crews were able to erect a temporary utility pole so power could be restored. Permanent repairs to the damaged pole are expected to be made next week, the release said.
United Airlines and American Eagle Airlines each canceled a flight Friday morning because of low visibility at the airport.
Several flights were delayed throughout the day because of the cancellations, said Don Brockus, spokesman for the airport.
A 1:35 p.m. Frontier Airlines flight en route from Denver arrived at the airport, circled and flew back to Denver, citing unfavorable runway conditions, said Jack Llewellyn, executive director of the Durango Chamber of Commerce, who was scheduled to take the plane from Durango to Denver at 3 p.m.
The flight arrived back in Denver at 3:46 p.m., according to Flight Aware, a flight-tracking website.
Frontier could not be reached for comment.
Llewellyn was on his way to Denver for todays Broncos-Ravens playoff game. He drove to Denver on Friday evening so he wouldnt miss the game.
There are a lot of Broncos fans not happy that the flight got canceled, he said.
Durango could see an inch or two of snow through today, but most of the storm has moved out of the area, said Tom Renwick, a forecaster for the National Weather Service.
No winter storms are expected in the next week.
Theres not much on the horizon, unfortunately, Renwick said.


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All the construction on Chatham Road and Wabash Avenue hasn�t been good for business at The Dublin Pub.
Office manager Annie Ingersoll said all she has to do is compare recent sales to previous months and years to see the effect the roadwork has had on the restaurant, which has been near the northwest corner of the intersection for about three years.
�It�s glaringly obvious that we�ve definitely had a loss in sales,� Ingersoll said.
The decline started last year when reconstruction work began on the bridge north of Wabash that carries Chatham Road over the Jacksonville Branch of Spring Creek and got worse recently when construction work began on Wabash, she said.
While the business hopes the roadwork will improve traffic flow in the area once its done, Ingersoll said, �it�s frustrating not knowing what�s happening and how long (it will take).�
The city of Springfield is overseeing $3.1 million in repairs to the bridge, which carries nearly 19,000 cars a day and which inspectors had deemed �structurally deficient� and �functionally obsolete.�
The east side of the bridge is currently under construction, restricting traffic to one lane in each direction.
�We�re hoping to have it open by the Fourth of July weekend,� city engineer Nate Bottom said.
Work on Wabash, which the Illinois Department of Transportation is overseeing, is just getting underway.
The $3.6 million worth of work taking place between Koke Mill Road and Park Avenue includes resurfacing, traffic signal modifications, and median and left turn lane improvements.
IDOT expects to complete the resurfacing by late summer and the traffic signal upgrades in the fall.
The Dublin Pub isn�t the only business seeing customers stay away as a result of the roadwork.
Marisa Garrison was working the counter Thursday at Edgar�s Coffee House inside the Goodwill store at 2001 Wabash Ave.
�The store itself has been a lot slower,� Garrison said, adding that it�s also made her commute to work more difficult.
Across the parking lot at Farmer�s Market Garden Center, owner Paul Edwards said it�s hard to tell whether business has been slow because of the weather or because of the construction.
There were a couple of days last week when the entrance to the parking lot off of Wabash was blocked off, Edwards said.
�I�m just praying they get most of it done before my busy season starts,� he said.
There�s still more work to come farther west on Wabash.
The state plans to widen the road to four lanes from Koke Mill to east of Moffett Street in Curran and add sidewalks and a bikeway. Bids for the work will be opened beginning at 10 a.m. Friday.
The project is expected to begin this summer and last until fall 2015, according to IDOT.
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Stanczyk is waiting for the New Year 2011 to be born. As I have said previously 2010 belongs to Auld Lang Syne. If you have followed Stanczyk, then you may know he is expecting twins (or at least moje zona is expecting, — I am only expecting.). Twin Sons, God Willing, healthy, happy boys who we will name: Aleksander & Chase. We are busy feathering our nest and awaiting the new arrivals. Like the years, genealogy marches on. Fly true monsieur stork. The jester's branch grows some more. Well as tradition demands, here are my 2011 Resolutions (genealogically speaking).
|Find Tomasz Leszczynski's 1st marriage certificate (circa 1859), in either Biechow or Swiniary parishes
|Compile a detailed list that I could give to a Polish researcher to work on for me
|Explore new avenues besides Birth, Marriage, and Death Records. For example: Alegata, court documents, land maps(cadastrals)
|Learn about military records in the Russian Empire (1868-1918) for Russian-Poland Guibernias
|Get a better Russian-English dictionary
|Do some more gathering of Dziennik Polski images (July 1936, Jan 1923, Polish Consulate Images)
|Build a Timeline for Tomasz's Lifetime
|Find Marcin Eliasz and Anna Zasucha's marriage record late 1840's (in Pacanow?)
|Find Jozef Elijasz birth record in Pacanow circa 1848 and his siblings
|Find my paternal grandmother's birth record and her brother Mikolaj Leszczynski's birth record


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Police say social media turned call to high school into 'snowball'By MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 01. 2013 10:10PM
CONCORD - Police said they were overwhelmed Tuesday night when social media amplified the fears and uncertainty that followed a fabricated report of a gunman at Concord High School.
With the regional SWAT Team in full operation and students being evacuated from the high school, inaccurate messages started showing up on social media, said Police Chief John Duval.
One said a bomb went off, Duval said. Another urged people to go to the school. A Concord High hashtag included a Tweet about gunfire and possible hostages.
But there were no hostages or gunfire. In fact, no gun at the school at all. By 10:30 p.m., police had arrested an 18 year old, within hours they freed him. At a press conference Wednesday, police said a teenage student lied when she told police the young man had threatened her with a handgun.
She could face charges of filing a false report, Duval said.
Lt. Timothy O'Malley said the social media added an element of fear to the school, which police evacuated after receiving the false report.
"That snowball started rolling dowhill, and it just started growing bigger and bigger as the night went on," Duval said.
He said the posts led to calls from the public and reporters, which he tried to answer with email and telephone.
"The more you say, 'No, this didn't happen,' then you get 'what did happen?' while at the same time we're trying to figure out what the reality was in the midst of the incident," Duval said. He said Concord police do have a Facebook page and Twitter feed, but he has more to learn about social media.
Throughout the incident, police put nothing on Facebook, and their only Twitter feed came at 10:37 p.m., announcing the arrest.
The incident started about 7:35 p.m. when police received the initial report of the girl being threatened. They activated the Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit, which evacuated the building.
About 50 people were inside the building. Some were taking an adult music classes, some a college culinary class. Some high school students were filming a movie, which involved makeup and fake blood, school officials said.
The 18-year-old was found at his residence and arrested, police announced Tuesday night. But within hours, police started to doubt the girl's story. The suspect was released after being in custody for four hours, Duval said.
"He did not commit a crime last night," Duval said. Police did not release the man's name, but it was broadcast over social media, and the Concord Monitor ran the man's name after interviewing the girl.
Duval said the mobilization of the SWAT unit involved 20 to 30 officers, including police from Concord, Bow, Loudon, New Hampshire State Police and Merrimack County Sheriff deputies. Othe calls for service to Concord police backed up during the incident.
Duval said the incident cost the police department up to $10,000. If charged and convicted, the girl could be forced to pay restitution, Duval said.
An investigation is continuing, police said.
Union Leader reporter Tim Buckland contributed to this article.


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Ayotte's got guts: NH should appreciate thatEDITORIAL
October 12. 2013 1:07AM
Some conservative activists are angry at U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte for not playing Sancho Panza to Sen. Ted Cruz's Don Quixote They should ask themselves: At what point did one become a RINO simply by living in the real world?
Cruz led a minority of U.S. House Republicans to insist on "defunding" Obamacare (the move would not actually have defunded Obamacare) in exchange for passing another continuing resolution to fund the government. Virtually everyone, including Ted Cruz, knew this would not work. They did it anyway. To the surprise of no rational person, the government entered a partial shutdown. All along, Kelly Ayotte tried to prevent this from happening.
After the shutdown, Senate Republicans met in a closed-door session.
One of them stood up and dressed down Cruz and the man he found to play Sancho Panza, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Others followed the lead of the first senator, and it turned into a "demeaning... all-out attack," according to Lee. The first senator to stand up to Cruz in that meeting was Kelly Ayotte.
Ayotte did not confine her criticisms to private caucus meetings. She spoke against the Cruz tactics and the shutdown on the floor of the Senate and in media interviews. She made the point, repeatedly, that Obamacare is bad law, but this was not the way to fix the problems it has created for America. She was right. If that was not obvious from the start, it certainly is now.
Polls are showing that Republicans are taking the lion's share of the blame for the shutdown, and they are taking a beating in public approval. Last week the GOP's approval rating hit 28 percent in Gallup's Tracking Poll and 24 percent in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the party's lowest approval rating in the history of either poll. Meanwhile, some polls are showing an uptick in approval for both President Obama and Obamacare. This is "winning" only by Charlie Sheen's definition of the word.
There is nothing heroic about foolishly leading your side to a foreseeable defeat. Ayotte deserves not scorn, but appreciation for trying to save the GOP from a disastrous scheme. It took guts for her to take on Cruz when so many others stayed silent out of fear. That does not make her a squish. It makes her a leader and an asset.


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