Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Our legislators no longer have constituents, they have investors — groups not even from legislators’ districts with whom legislators spend 70 percent of their time fundraising, and who donate in order to obtain favorable policy. A recent…

To the editor:   I was just reading the article on New Hampshire's energy market volatility (“Is energy market volatility a sign of things to come?” May 2-15 NHBR). The misinformation that I would like to address is in regards…

To the editor: Since May 2013, FairPoint Communications’ monthly measured service rate has increased by 30 percent and the unlimited local service rate has increased by 70 percent. Wow – what a great piece of legislation the Senate passed in…

To the editor:   I’ve read articles published recently in NHBR on the topic of payroll cards. Like most, I was unaware of the trend because this payment method was never offered to me. Serving on the House Labor and…

To the editor: The stakeholders in the human rights industry are: 1. The lawyers who profit from it so predictably that plaintiff cases are uniformly accepted on contingency. 2. The lobbyists who support it. 3. The regulatory bodies whose employees,…

To the editor: Imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces not only move, but change shape, and you have some idea of how hard it is to do effective community development. For 35 years, Kathy Bogle Shields has helped…