Tammy Simmons

For Immediate Release
August 6, 2008
Katie List
(603) 644.4720
 

"NH ADVANTAGE" APPEARS TO HAVE VIOLATED NH ELECTION LAW
Petition to NH Attorney General Cites Seven Apparent Election & Tax Law Violations By Group and its Leaders, Rep. Candidates Mike Biundo and Tammy Simmons

(Manchester) The political group known as "New Hampshire Advantage Coalition" has apparently violated NH election law and may have violated nonprofit tax law by failing to file its required financial disclosures, failing to put disclaimers on its election materials, and by using its nonprofit status to promote the candidacy of its two leaders, Mike Biundo and Tammy Simmons, according to a complaint filed with the New Hampshire Attorney General by former NH Democratic Party Chair Kathy Sullivan.

A Manchester Republican activist has been barred from posting on the website Blue Hampshire.

The activist, Tammy Simmons, has been banned from the site because she violated site rules. Simmons was using a pseudonym to post comments on the popular site which is a violation of the rules because the editors claim she is a paid campaign staffer.

For Immediate Release:                                                                    Contact: Zandra Rice Hawkins

July 23, 2008                                                                                       Phone: 603-892-2150

Granite State Progress Calls for Public Apology, Removal of Tammy Simmons from

The NH Advantage Coalition

NH Advantage Coalition Executive Director posted insults under a fake name;

Blue Hampshire traced IP address and email to identify Tammy Simmons

Concord, New Hampshire – Blue Hampshire, the state's leading progressive blog, released information today that exposes Tammy Simmons, the NH Advantage Coalition's Executive Director, for purposely hiding her identity and making false statements on the blog in order to support the tax cap and pledge.

WMUR's Close-Up concentrated on political advertisements and their effects on the electorate. The panel consisted of New Hampshire Institute of Politics Political Director Jennifer Donahue, New Hampshire Republican Chairman Fergus Cullen, Director of the New Hampshire Democratic Party's coordinated campaign Colin Van Ostern and Dean Spiliotes, from NH Political Capital.

The panel also discussed U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes and his franked mailings and possible issues that will dominate the November election.