To the editor:
As a registered nurse and a mother, I am asking voters to say no to John Stephen for governor. In his previous state job as Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Stephen turned his back on thousands of New Hampshire citizens that depended on his department for assistance.
Stephen's list of blunders as Commissioner of Health and Human Services is seemingly endless. He proposed scrapping the important and valuable Healthy Kids program and cut critical funding for seniors. He consolidated agencies for persons with developmental disabilities to supposedly save money, which it didn't, and at the end of the day his actions unnecessarily disrupted the lives of hundreds of people. Stephen even developed a behind closed doors "secret plan" to severely alter Medicaid to the detriment of our most needy and vulnerable citizens. Unable to effectively manage his departmental budget, he still ended up with a deficit of half a billion dollars.
These are not the actions of a man who cares about the people of New Hampshire, nor of a man who has the skills and qualities to be governor.
John Stephen will not get my vote and I ask that he not get yours.
Laurie McCray
Portsmouth
