Andru Volinsky: Challenges ahead for the Executive Council
Modified: 12/17/2020 6:20:14 AM
There is hope on the horizon. A COVID vaccine has been approved and New Hampshire is rolling it out to those most in need. Balanced against this good news are recent deaths and the dangerous climb in infection rates. While I would enjoy attending my last Executive Council meeting in Council Chambers, reluctantly, I’ll participate by phone and share my concluding thoughts here.
Even in our weak executive form of government, governors clearly set the state’s agenda. They garner press attention, decide who and whether to nominate for key positions, and determine which items are voted upon by the council.
Andrew Cunningham/Franklin Pierce University Bob Charest, board member of the NH Center for Public Interest Journalism, is pictured with founder Nancy West at a media summit in Manchester in 2018.
Dear Reader,
At InDepthNH.org, we believe that the most important news stories leave a lasting impact and also elevate local and regional issues to a national platform. When Nancy West started this organization six years ago, her mission was to tell the stories of the marginalized.
I wondered then exactly what that meant. Who are the marginalized? It was always Nancy’s intent to tell the stories of those who had been ignored by the traditional media: the vulnerable, the destitute, the people at the bottom who have neither the resources nor the political clout to better their lives.