Cook on Concord

New Hampshire’s sullied reputation

To the editor: Jim Roche’s warning in the June 5-18 edition of NHBR that “recent (legislative) policy decisions are resulting in growing unease among businesspeople” is too late. The horse is already out of the barn. New Hampshire, which ranked…

Home-care cuts defy logic

To the editor: I am a home-care nurse from Rochester, and I just returned from a trip to Capitol Hill with nurses from every state in America. We were there on behalf of our patients to help preserve access to…

Nonprofit works hard to protect lakes

To the editor: There seems to be an overwhelming misconception surrounding the New Hampshire Lakes Association’s Lake Host program, that it is somehow a state-run program. This is incorrect. New Hampshire Lakes Association (NH LAKES) is a member-supported, 501(c)3 conservation…

‘We still have work to do’

To the editor: I am writing in response to an action taken by the Senate Finance Committee in the very early morning hours of Thursday, May 28, to “unfund” the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women. The commission…

Gambling means revenue and jobs

To the editor: While the state of New Hampshire faces an enormous and critical budget shortfall and needed services go lacking, jobs continue to disappear, businesses and families struggle, and more homes are being foreclosed every day. A new source…

‘I stand by my article’

To the editor Two points: One, the momentum for equal marriage continues to grow in New England. Two, the only region in which the Republican Party has any strength is the old Confederacy. I stand by my article on Lincoln…

Community’s health care is at risk

To the editor: The New Hampshire Legislature is currently working to create a state budget. Under the proposed budget, as it stands today, Medicaid reimbursements will be cut drastically. These cuts will create a critical situation in our state’s hospitals,…

Flat world society?

To the editor: I certainly hope that Barry Stephens (“Get the facts on climate change first,” May 8-21 NHBR), Ed Mosca (“Souter’s legacy: a jurisprudence of politics,” May 8-21 NHBR) and Paul Mirski (“New Hampshire’s faded glory,” May 8-21 NHBR)…

Taxing carbon a pointless exercise

To the editor: I read the illogical article on climate change in the March 27 issue (“We need a grand bargain on climate change,” by Roy Morrison, March 27-April 9 NHBR). Carbon sequestration by green plants has been with us…