Libertarian Republican Bruce MacMahon was elected as Brentwood's State Representative in the fall of 2010, to much fanfare by the GOP. In his pre-election debate with our candidate, incumbent Don Petterson, he was asked directly if he would really be able/willing to meet the commitments of the office and attend all the required meetings and votes as Don had done. He assured those in attendance that he absolutely would.
Let's see how that's turned out so far this year.......
Votes taken in the current session 1/4/12 through 3/29/12: 204
Votes for which Bruce was present: 71 or 35% of votes
Days on which voting was scheduled: 15
Days where Bruce was present for all votes: 3 or 20% of voting days
Check out the voting details at: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/nhgcrollcalls/
Click [Search] on 2012 for NH House, then click on Bruce MacMahon under Representative.
Now, admittedly, it sounds like serving in Bill O'Brien's House isn't much fun (even for Republicans), but hey, it's part of the job! We can talk about bad bills he has supported, but regardless of whether you agree with how he would likely have voted or not, the
people of our town deserve better than being represented on only 1 of 3
votes (or 1 of 5 voting days) in this decisive and radical legislative
session. We need to elect a committed Democratic representative for our town this year!
