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Not Far Enough

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 Gubernatorial candidate Steve Marchand is a perpetual politician that has no real plans for New Hampshire.   Marchand made a recent campaign swing through Berlin and from the article by Barbara Tetrault, "is running partly because a lot of people have urged him to make another run." Marchand says.    Not a lot of substance there. Berlin like the rest of northern New Hampshire faces mounting challenges in everything from education quality to increasing strain on the local property taxpayer. The Marchand campaign offers nothing. I wonder who these people are that are urging him to run for Governor?     Marchand seems proud of his French-Canadian heritage, yet like the rest of his empty campaign offers nothing about what New Hampshire could do with Canada.     An experienced if not career politician, Marchand tries to make the argument that "no state has less of a relationship between state and local governments. Which really isn't true. New...

Panama Canal and New Hampshire.

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It's official the enlarged, deepened Panama Canal is now open for business! Spent some time reading today in the Journal of Commerce about this new means of transportation and commerce. I've said it before I still believe this canal will have a positive effect upon New Hampshire. It won't be immediate but it will change the shape of commerce and markets on the U.S. east coast which by default, has to be good for New Hampshire. Some of the industry watchers and analysts are saying that the "downturn in China" coupled with the Brexnit vote will have negative consequences on global based commerce and this alone will negate the Panama Canal. Time will tell.