Apparently our esteemed new representatives have lost favor with the Union Leader. It is unsettling when they question their own; something is going on. They have fooled me before, like with McCain. It is still happily received news, though, that they have noticed, and reported, these recent blatant misuses of public funds.

I used to get annoyed, and wondered how it could be legal for the locals to tout their latest idea to the voters, using voter’s money. We would get mailers from the town, Sewer dept., school board, etc., explaining the benefits of voting for the budget, bond, or article that they wanted passed. Me, I had to paint my own sign and stand there. (It is far more fun than fishing, though!)

Mass mailings, touting YOUR accomplishments, are self-serving re-election campaign expenditures! Like the definition of prngrphy; “I know it when I see it”. I have received TWO glossy, impressive, expensive, and unsolicited “reports”, a.k.a. “political flyers“, from the gal keeping the seat warm. (Yes, it was a firing of the old RINOs that put her there, not an embrace of her liberal theology.)

As a “trustee” of the electorate, our representatives are expected to adhere to at least, the most basic rules of reality: ADVERTISE ON YOUR OWN BUCK! The first advertisement from our “freshman/woman” was unsettling enough for me to keep, but not urgent enough to gripe about. The second one did cause me to recognize a fault in the armor. It appears to be a fairly obvious misuse of pubic funds to me. I’m glad the papers have picked up on it. I hope they drive it home, as it should be. If you take an oath to the public trust, adhere to it, at least in public!