To the editor:
According to Rep. Susan Emerson, (“I am in Concord to get things done,” Ledger-Transcript, Aug. 16), I “attacked” her fitness to serve. Apparently she believes that when someone calls out an elected official’s voting record with factual evidence, it is an “attack.” This is not the first time she cried bully.
It is not only our right, but it is we the people’s civic duty to keep an eye on our elected officials. Rep. Emerson’s ideals and stances have changed dramatically in recent years. Her comment about the Koch brothers is a slap in the face to the residents of Rindge.
According to the site House Republican Alliance (nhhra.org), her rating in 2008 was a 100 percent. I supported her then, and voted for her. In 2012, her rating got as low as 37 percent. Now, in 2016, it is 48.1 percent. This means she votes against party platform 51.9 percent of the time.
Maybe more important is her attendance. In the last session, there were 114 bills. She voted on 27 of them, for an attendance of 23.7 percent. How can we count on her to represent us when her attendance is that low?
I know she has lots of friends in Rindge, but friendship is not what we send her to Concord for. According to the Live Free Or Die Alliance (ldfa.org), she supports a broad-based tax (sales and tobacco). She also supports stricter gun control laws pertaining to “assault rifles.” This year she voted to decriminalize marijuana and voted against constitutional carry. Looking at the votesmart.org,, she supports abortion in certain cases. Do her “friends” realize how much her positions have changed? I encourage you to go to these sites and do your own research. Trust but verify.
The primary is Sept. 13. We need real, conservative representation. Vote John O’Day and John Hunt.
Larry Cleveland
Rindge