John Veazey files to go back to the House
Laconia Citizen:
In Laconia, residents John Veazey and Thomas L. Brown Jr. declared their candidacies for the state House of Representatives,
Veazey, who is the semi-retired president of Boulia-Gorrell Lumber, said he wants to get back to Concord — he was defeated in 2006 in his bid for a second House term — "to put the state back in the people's hands."
He wants state education aid spent in the classrooms, "not on bricks and mortar," and he wants to curtail any moves to increase taxes. Additionally, he says the state should take "a serious look" at expanding legalized gambling.
Despite a significant shortfall in state revenues, some people say "we shouldn't have it," Veazey said of gambling, "but that brings in $60 million a year and I don't know where we would make that up."
Veazey likes his chances to advance past the Sept. 9 Republican primary and also to succeed in the November general election, buoyed by the possibility that one or more of the three incumbent Democratic state representatives from Laconia might not run.
In Laconia, residents John Veazey and Thomas L. Brown Jr. declared their candidacies for the state House of Representatives,
Veazey, who is the semi-retired president of Boulia-Gorrell Lumber, said he wants to get back to Concord — he was defeated in 2006 in his bid for a second House term — "to put the state back in the people's hands."
He wants state education aid spent in the classrooms, "not on bricks and mortar," and he wants to curtail any moves to increase taxes. Additionally, he says the state should take "a serious look" at expanding legalized gambling.
Despite a significant shortfall in state revenues, some people say "we shouldn't have it," Veazey said of gambling, "but that brings in $60 million a year and I don't know where we would make that up."
Veazey likes his chances to advance past the Sept. 9 Republican primary and also to succeed in the November general election, buoyed by the possibility that one or more of the three incumbent Democratic state representatives from Laconia might not run.
