Good for you, Rep. Lars Christiansen for having the guts and tenacity to stand up for the rights of the voters. All too often we see a vote taken and then the town officials completely ignore the mandate.
The Town of Hudson has voted at least 4 or 5 times NOT to offer kindergarten and took the issue to court. They claim the State of NH is mandating this without paying completely for it and that this is an unconstitutional, ‘unfunded mandate’ as it were. But last month Superior Court Judge James Barry ruled they must follow what the State tells them despite the fact that the two-thirds voted against it on March 10th.
“This judge should’ve stayed out of it because he doesn’t have the authority to stump your vote. All power rests with the people”, Christiansen said in an interview with the Lowell Sun.