LETTER: Choosing Our Windham State Representatives

The following is a letter to the editor. To submit your own, email michael.ryan@patch.com

By Ken Eyring

I have come to personally know most of the NH House of Representative candidates that seek to represent Windham.  It’s one of the nice benefits of living in a small town.  Each of these candidates (Republican and Democrat), are honorable people who will do what they believe is in the best interest of Windham and NH.  But there are vastly distinct differences in what each believes is best.  It is with this in mind that I write this letter.

Between 2006-2010, state spending increased nearly 24% under the Democrat controlled House and Senate.  This meteoric rise in spending was reckless and unsustainable, leaving the incoming 2011 Republican controlled Legislature with an unprecedented $800M budget deficit.

In 2010, Windham/Salem voted unanimously for the Republican candidates for House and Senate – and those candidates did not let us down.  Their commitment was to balance the budget without gimmicks, and without increasing any taxes or fees.  They achieved that goal by rolling back spending to 2006-2007 levels, and started the process of making NH a more business friendly state.  There is still work that needs to be done.

Representatives Mary Griffin, Charlie McMahon, Kevin Waterhouse and Walter Kolodziej have been responsible stewards of our tax dollars.  They have committed to not raise our taxes.  They have proven to be compassionate while remaining liberty minded with a keen eye on spending.  We should not risk a return of our state spending policies to be driven by the same ideologies that led to a budget increase of 24% from 2006-2010.

It is getting very difficult to make ends meet for many Windham residents, as well as many residents across the state.  Any increase in taxes could be devastating to many family structures.

I believe that our current Representatives have done an excellent job and deserve another term to continue their work as public servants.  Not only do we know where they stand on the important issues, they have proven they have the courage to be fiscally responsible while making the right decisions.

Sincerely, 
Ken Eyring