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To The Editor:   New Hampshire is unique in that it has no Lt. Governor, instead it has a five member Executive Council. Much of what the governor does is with the advise and consent of the Executive Council. It is said that when the King of England was establishing the New Hampshire colony sometime near 1741 the Executive Council was created to weaken the powers of the appointed governor so as to control the collection of shilling and the taking of high-quality timber for the British navy. The governor is now elected but some things haven't changed.   Governor Chris Sununu recently vetoed Senate Bill 365, the wood biomass bill that will cause resulting job loss and economic conditions all across the North Country. The governor cited: "immense subsidies" for his veto but offered no insight as to what this means. It would be interesting to learn if these immense subsidies, if they even exist, are connected to investment banks and hedge funds that are based in En...

 Within hours of the Northern Pass decision Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier made statements about Governor Chris Sununu and economic development in the North Country.   "This sends a very chilling message to anyone working to bring economic development to the North Country." Grenier said as he called for Governor Sununu to take a more active role in addressing the real issues facing the North Country. This isn't valid. Not at all.   There are many strategies Berlin could pursue to create good jobs and economic development in Berlin and across the North Country. It's Grenier himself that isn't taking an active role. There are many strategies Berlin could pursue.   Several years ago there was a quality proposal to separate Berlin from the North Country Council regional planning agency and create it's own economic development district with it's own authority to advance federal grant programs, long-term regional planning and state loan guarantees. Th...

 In a 180 degree flip-flop Governor Chris Sununu now supports a subsidized commuter rail system in southern New Hampshire. Not only is this political but it demonstrates an unbalanced if not biased policy towards the use of rail in this state.     "New Hampshire's groundbreaking Amazon proposal has demonstrated the need to study potential options." Sununu says in support of yet another feasibility study to throw millions of dollars to move, at most, 2900 people a day from Boston to Nashua, Manchester and Concord. New Hampshire has a questionable if not biased position towards rail.   As an example of this bias New Hampshire owns over 170 miles of active freight rail lines that could be independently profitable if they were marketed correctly but they aren't. Instead, first term Governor Sununu prefers shiny passenger trains running through politically valuable re-election areas.   The Concord to Lincoln rail line goes right through the Lakes Region and ...