It's the time of year that the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance wants to recognize all the hard work, time, and perseverance that activists expend to push liberty forward. Nominations for the Activist of the Year must include a brief description of the nominee's efforts this year and any noteworthy accomplishments. Nominations may only be made by NHLA members. All nominations and descriptions should be sent to Michelle Levell at mlevell@nhliberty.org before noon on June 15th. The final decision will be made by the board.

Board Election Results

Congratulations to Mark Warden and Paul Comeau, Jr., winners of the April Board of Directors election. Mark joins the board as Vice Chair, replacing Shuvom Ghose, and Paul joins as Secretary, replacing Steve Villee. Many thanks to Shuvom and Steve for their service this past year.

Liberty Dinner

This year’s Liberty Dinner will be held on Friday, July 10 at the McNeil Conference Canter (adjoining KC’s Rib Shack), 837 Second Street, Manchester. Space is limited, so reserve (and pay for!) your seats ASAP.

Members welcome. Location: Liberty Books, Concord.

Fight the Seat Belt Bill!

We’re continuing our efforts to get HB383 killed in the Senate. This is the bill that would make seat belts mandatory in New Hampshire. Please call your senator, and urge him or her to oppose HB383! Visit http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ns/whosmyleg/default.asp to find out who your senator is.

Elections will be held later in April for vice chair and secretary.

Current nominations are Mark Warden for vice chair and Paul Comeau for secretary.

To nominate a NHLA member for either of these positions, please email chair at nhliberty.org.

Monthly board meeting. Members welcome. Location: Liberty Books in Concord.

Welcome New Members!

The NHLA is a lot bigger now! We’ve literally doubled our membership since February 13 when Rep. Dan Itse appeared on the Glenn Beck show. So welcome to our new members, and thank you for helping us fight for liberty in New Hampshire! We normally send out this newsletter once a month, but you can always visit our website at http://www.nhliberty.org/ to get the latest news about the organization. We also encourage you to update your profile, under “My account” after you log in. The mailing address is optional of course, but it’s a good way to stay informed, since we plan to send out mailers for certain big events like our Liberty Dinner.

In light of the hoopla following the outburst of negative behavior from some people following the vote on HCR6, the Board felt it was prudent for the following email to be sent to all State Reps. We hope that it clarifies our support of proper decorum in the State House, our respect for the Reps, and makes it clear that the NHLA did not and would not encourage people to scream at their Reps from the gallery.

Members are welcome to sit in and observe. Location is not firmed up yet but will be in Concord. Contact chair at nhliberty.org for more details.