Today's elections

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Airwaves

Okay, so I am confused. Yes, it happens!

From the posts above I get the impression that the Republican Representatives that were re-elected support speed limits?

I thought from reading other posts that this was a Democratic initiative and now that Democrats control the legislature that folks were afraid speed limits would be first and foremost on the agenda?

So the Republican Party...you know the party that promotes less government intrusion on our lives...(unless it's in the bedroom) was the party that supported this?

LAKEGEEZER correctly wrote:
Speed limits won't reduce the fear among family boaters, because a boat passing within 50 feet at 35 MPH can be a lot scarier than a 60 MPH big-fast boat obeying the law of passage.

The Republican party did not support the bill, per se (the Senate voting records show quite the contrary). It just so happened that some of the biggest proponents in the house were Republicans. Party affiliation seems almost moot in the NH house; those folks have very specific agendas and are probably not deeply concerned with what the party wants. One would ideally assume they'd only care about what their constituents want but that's rarely the case, since they are human after all.