The Concord Monitor issued two important endorsements today - one dead-on correct, the other not-so: ["Barnes is the better choice for county attorney"] and ["Ballard for county job"].
While both are important, clearly the Monitor did the right thing with the Barnes endorsement. As I have stated on this blog and our accompanying print edition, Kathy Rogers as county attorney is a dangerous proposition. The fact that she targeted a member of our community with a police investigation for having public documents, the fact that she ran a sham committee process and assisted in suffocating the CCTV investigation, and the fact that when she was caught red-handed doing these things she refused to admit she was wrong or even apologize for her actions, leads many of us to believe this. While I have not met Barnes, he seems competent and thoughtful in his campaign literature and what has been published so far.
As far as the Ballard endorsement, what can you say? Doris Ballard is very charming person and continually manages to use this charm to get what she wants out of life. Some who know her well - or have crossed paths with her - will tell you that she is not charming at alland is downright vindictive. I personally have not had any problems with her directly, that I know of, but I know others who have and have heard the horror stories. I also have heard some rumors about things she has done behind the scenes which may have affected me personally but not enough to publish specifics.
While I don't agree with Liz Blanchard on everything, she is clearly the better candidate for this seat. Her unending advocacy for her home district of Penacook is unwavering and relentless, in a positive way. If she can do for us on the county level what she does for them, we will all be better off.
While both are important, clearly the Monitor did the right thing with the Barnes endorsement. As I have stated on this blog and our accompanying print edition, Kathy Rogers as county attorney is a dangerous proposition. The fact that she targeted a member of our community with a police investigation for having public documents, the fact that she ran a sham committee process and assisted in suffocating the CCTV investigation, and the fact that when she was caught red-handed doing these things she refused to admit she was wrong or even apologize for her actions, leads many of us to believe this. While I have not met Barnes, he seems competent and thoughtful in his campaign literature and what has been published so far.
As far as the Ballard endorsement, what can you say? Doris Ballard is very charming person and continually manages to use this charm to get what she wants out of life. Some who know her well - or have crossed paths with her - will tell you that she is not charming at alland is downright vindictive. I personally have not had any problems with her directly, that I know of, but I know others who have and have heard the horror stories. I also have heard some rumors about things she has done behind the scenes which may have affected me personally but not enough to publish specifics.
While I don't agree with Liz Blanchard on everything, she is clearly the better candidate for this seat. Her unending advocacy for her home district of Penacook is unwavering and relentless, in a positive way. If she can do for us on the county level what she does for them, we will all be better off.
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