NH does all kinds of weird things. It's a wonder it even functions, even at the low level it does. I occasionally ponder on how two adjacent states of similar size, geography, and history can be so different from each other. It probably makes a difference that VT was an independent Republic for 10 years (while NY and NH each claimed it),…
NH does all kinds of weird things. It's a wonder it even functions, even at the low level it does. I occasionally ponder on how two adjacent states of similar size, geography, and history can be so different from each other. It probably makes a difference that VT was an independent Republic for 10 years (while NY and NH each claimed it), but NH prior to 1776 was a Mass county run pretty much by self-serving governors. Sometimes things don't change much.
You're so right. I've lived here all my life and it just feels like we can never get anything done with our overly huge state legislature which tends to be majority GOP most sessions. When you don't pay your state legislators anything to speak of, who you gonna get? Old white guys who want to maintain the status quo from a couple centuries ago.
NH does all kinds of weird things. It's a wonder it even functions, even at the low level it does. I occasionally ponder on how two adjacent states of similar size, geography, and history can be so different from each other. It probably makes a difference that VT was an independent Republic for 10 years (while NY and NH each claimed it), but NH prior to 1776 was a Mass county run pretty much by self-serving governors. Sometimes things don't change much.
You're so right. I've lived here all my life and it just feels like we can never get anything done with our overly huge state legislature which tends to be majority GOP most sessions. When you don't pay your state legislators anything to speak of, who you gonna get? Old white guys who want to maintain the status quo from a couple centuries ago.