Cornerstone Blog
At Cornerstone, our heart is to educate and speak out on critical issues impacting the lives of families in the Granite State. Here’s the latest Cornerstone commentary. We hope you’ll take a few minutes and read what we have to say.
Cornerstone Reacts to Attorney General’s Ruling on NOM ‘Lynch Lied’ Ads
For Immediate Release June 16, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office issued its decision relating to whether advertisements being funded by Americans For Jobs Security and the National Organization for Marriage violate New Hampshire’s elections laws. In short,
‘Better to Have a Horrible Ending than Horrors Without End’
Cornerstone Outlines its Agenda from Now Until Election Day For Immediate Release June 10, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – With the 2009-10 edition of the New Hampshire Legislature finally coming to a close yesterday, Cornerstone’s Executive Director, Kevin Smith, released the following statement today
Cornerstone-Action Blasts Legislative Leadership’s Proposed Ban on Free Speech
Says Provisions are Blatantly Unconstitutional; Calls on Democrats and Republicans to Defeat It For Immediate Release May 27, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, the committee of conference on HB1459 agreed to an amendment that would levy unnecessary and unconstitutional regulations against free speech
Cornerstone-Action Asks Executive Branch Ethics Committee to Review Hildreth Conduct
Questions Raised by Hildreth’s Family Ties to FRM & Dubious Recusal Must be Addressed For Immediate Release May 17, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Cornerstone-Action today formally requested that the Executive Branch Ethics Committee review Banking Commissioner Peter Hildreth’s handling of the Financial Resource
New Emails Reveal Glaring Omission in Attorney General’s Report on FRM Scandal
Raises New Questions About why Report Only Went Through 2008 For Immediate Release May 13, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – One day after the Attorney General’s Office released its investigation into the FRM scandal, which scrutinized the actions of its own agency, along with
AG’s Office Admits to ‘Significant Failures’ in Investigating FRM; Cornerstone-Action Repeats Call for Independent Counsel to Investigate
For Immediate Release May 12, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, the state Attorney General’s Office released its much anticipated report which looked into the FRM scandal. As part of the report, the Attorney General’s Office admitted its own significant failures in properly investigating
Cornerstone-Action Criticizes Lynch, Legislature for Refusing to Appoint an Independent Counsel to Investigate FRM
For Immediate Release May 11, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – On the heals of Cornerstone-Action’s call yesterday for legislative leaders to appoint a special counsel to investigate the on-going FRM scandal, both Governor Lynch and Senate President, Sylvia Larsen expressed they have no desire
Cornerstone-Action Calls on Joint Legislative Committee to Appoint Indepedent Counsel to Investigate FRM Scandal
For Immediate Release May 10, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Following weekend reports shedding new allegations on the scandal involving Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc. of Meredith, NH, Cornerstone-Action is calling on the Legislative Review Committee that has been assigned to investigate the matter to
Cornerstone-Action Hand Delivers over 500 Healthcare Petitions to Attorney General’s Office
Petition calls on AG to join the 20 other states that have already filed suit against Obamacare For Immediate Release April 23, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, CPR–Action Executive Director, Kevin Smith, joined hundreds of New Hampshire citizens in a rally at the
Cornerstone-Action Reacts to the Defeat of the Gambling Bill
For Immediate Release April 21, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House defeated SB489, a bill which would have expanded gambling in the state by establishing six casinos and 17,000 slot machines throughout the state. The vote was 212-158. Commenting on
Cornerstone-Action Comments on New Lynch Ad
For Immediate Release April 21, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, the Lynch Committee announced its release of a new ad touting the Governor’s record in response to the “Lynch Lied” ads that were released last week by the National Organization for Marriage. Commenting
Cornerstone-Action Comments on Lynch’s Decision to Seek a Fourth Term
For Immediate Release April 16, 2010 Contact: Kevin Smith Phone: (603) 571-4710 Email: director@nhcornerstone.org CONCORD, NH – Today, Governor Lynch announced publicly that he plans on seeking a fourth term as Governor of New Hampshire. Commenting on this development was the Director of Cornerstone-Action, Kevin Smith: “Now that Governor Lynch has
