Former NHHHS commissioner, John Stephen, weighs in on health care reform

Here is a Union Leader news article covering John Stephen's statements on healthcare reform as stated Monday, Sept. 14th at a Bedford Republican Committee forum. John was our commissioner of New Hampshire Health and Human Services from 2003 to 2007, and, according to the article, he is currently a consultant for health insurance. John ran for Congress, First District, unsuccessfully in 2008. He also attended the 2009 Carroll County GOP annual Lincoln Day Dinner in March.
Stephen_health_care_town_hall_story.pdf

Jack Kimball Joining us tomorrow, 6 p.m.!

Don't forget to come out to our last Summer Social of the season tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Wolfetrap restaurant in Wolfeboro!

So far, we have a handful of guest speakers, including BJ Perry, Field Manager for the NH Republican Committee, Chris Sununu, executive volunteer for the NH Republican Committee and businessman Jack Kimball of Portsmouth, who is currently exploring a bid for Governor in 2010.

Dress casual and expect to engage in important conversation, meet other locals and hear directly from our special guest speakers.

The restaurant is at 19 Bay Street in Wolfeboro's Back Bay region. For more information, send an e-mail to winnireps@gmail.com. Feel free to pass this announcement along to friends and distribution lists. Thank you!

Last Summer Social of 2009 -- September ONE

Dear Winni Republicans and friends,

Our next and last planned Summer Social will be held Tuesday, September 1st at 6 p.m. at the Wolfetrap in Wolfeboro.

---We will not be in Moultonborough as announced previously---

Special guests for this event are Chris Sununu, executive volunteer for the NH Republican Committee, and BJ Perry, Field Manager for the NH Republican Committee!

If you haven't been to one of our socials, please make some time in your summer schedule to come out for a little while! Dress casual and expect to engage in important conversation, meet other locals and taste some delicious appetizers.

The restaurant is at 19 Bay Street in Wolfeboro's Back Bay region.For more information or to RSVP, e-mail the Winnipesaukee Republicans at winnireps@gmail.com.

Thank you!

Press Release for Aug. 10 - 14th, 2009

Guest speakers draw Republicans to Winnipesaukee Summer Socials

The Winnipesaukee Republican Committee held two Summer Socials recently, drawing a crowd of Republicans, Independents and the press to hear from guest speakers Kelly Ayotte, Frank Guinta, Jeb Bradley and former Massachusetts First Lady Ann Romney.

On Monday, August 11th, former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte gave the first speech of her exploratory campaign for U.S. Senate. Ayotte said she made difficult choices when tough cases came before her as the state’s top law enforcement official, and she assured the audience she would make tough decisions to support New Hampshire children, who will deal with the consequences of decisions made in the near future.

State Senator Jeb Bradley, while introducing the evening’s panel, supported the right of citizens to ask tough questions of their representatives at recent town hall healthcare forums. When members of U.S. Congress come home, they should be answering questions and hearing their constituents’ concerns, “[E]specially when they’re raising billion dollar deficits,” he said.

Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, running for U.S. Congress [NH-1], said that in four years as mayor, he never wavered on an issue he has worked for and believed in. He said despite Democratic opposition, he successfully administered a tax and a crime reduction while in office.

Media coverage of this event appeared in the Union Leader, Concord Monitor, New Hampshire Public Radio and conservative blog, GraniteGrok.

On Friday, August 14th, the committee held an inaugural social for Republican women in the Lakes Region. Guest speaker Ann Romney, a resident of Wolfeboro and the wife of 2008 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, touched on the benchmarks in her family’s life leading to her husband’s decision to enter last year's presidential campaign. Mr. Romney has recently been expending his efforts on helping to get the country back on the right path, she said, and the two of them will be speaking out and to listen to Americans.

Winnipesaukee Republican Social with Kelly Ayotte, Frank Guinta and Jeb Bradley

PICTURES! Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 social with Kelly Ayotte and Frank Guinta.

(Press Coverage from WMUR, GraniteGrok, The Manchester Union Leader, The Concord Monitor and National Public Radio.)

LTR: Chair Chris Ahlgren and Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta:
LTR: Chair Chris Ahlgren, Fmr. AG Kelly Ayotte, Treasurer and Caroll Cty. GOP Chair Luke Freudenberg:

Winni GOP Women's Social with guest speaker Ann Romney! Click here for more information: Winni Women's Social - Summer 2009

Hosted by the Winnipesaukee Republican Committee, the purpose of this FREE social is to unite and motivate GOP women in the Lakes Region to get NH Republicans elected in 2010. Let's work to elect the right representation in our state.

Winni Women's Social: Friday, Aug. 14th, 10 - 11 a.m. at the Wolfetrap Grill and Rawbar at 19 Bay Street in Wolfeboro. Arriving by boat? Winni Women's Social - Summer 2009

4th of July Breakfast Update

Fellow Winnipesaukee Republicans!

Robert Bestani of Newmarket, candidate for U.S. Congress, and Fred Tausch of Nashua, founder of S.T.E.W.A.R.D. of Prosperity, will be joining Senator Jeb Bradley as our guest speakers this Saturday, July Fourth, at our breakfast fundraiser!

Attorney General Kelly Ayotte cancelled her plans to be with us early last week. She offered her apologies to us all. While we were dissapointed at first, we are very excited about our new panel.

Bestani is an economist with a long career in international banking and finance, a visiting scholar at Stanford University and he served in the U.S. Treasury Department under President George H.W. Bush. As for Tausch, please learn more about the efforts of this small businessman through STEWARD at www.stewardofprosperity.com. There you can glimpse how he is working to educate the public about the management -- or lack of -- of our money by the federal and NH governments in order to hold them more accountable.

Breakfast is from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the downstairs ballroom of the Wolfeboro Inn at 90 North Main Street in Wolfeboro. We do this every year at the hotel, and it is very important we have many of you there. Tickets are $25 per person, and there will also be a 50/50 raffle to raise more money for the GOP here in the Lakes Region.

Come out to support people like Bradley, Tausch and Bestani with your ears, voices and comradery. There will be time for questions to the gentlemen after the panel closes its address.

Join your neighbors from Carroll County GOP, Barnstead-Alton Republican Committee, elected representatives from Carroll and Belknap counties, and more! Bring your family and friends and catch early-bird parking for the famous Wolfeboro Fourth of July parade at 10 a.m. We hope you will march with us and work of the all-you-can eat helping of pancakes, eggs, coffee and cream, etc.
Please reply to this e-mail for questions, details about our parade presentation or to let us know you would like to volunteer for either July Fourth event. We appreciate RSVPs for the breakfast to get an idea of the number of guests. Tickets are available at Dive Winnipesaukee in downtown Wolfeboro, or you may pay at the door.

SUMMER SOCIALS!!!

Mark the calendar for July 14th and 28th and August 11th at 6 p.m. Our socials will be at the Wolfetrap Grill and Rawbar, located at 19 Bay Street in Wolfeboro. Have you been to one of these yet?? We plan to have a guest speaker at each, so come out and chill out. It's summer, this is what we do.