CM: Binnie sued couple over color of window sash
August 29, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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The Concord Monitor story on Bill Binnie’s many lawsuits included one he filed against the owners of a condo for having the wrong color window sash: • In 2008, Binnie sued Joyce Bellevue and Mitchell Manin, a married couple, and Nick Clemons, acting president of Livermore Condominium Association. Bellevue and Manin lived in a condominium [...]
Binnie offers 3rd excuse for shipping jobs to Mexico: It wasn’t my company!
August 28, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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Bill Binnie now has his third answer for the question as to whether or not he moved jobs to Mexico. First he denied it. He said that while he did shut down the Santa Ana plant, he moved all of those jobs to a plant down the road, then opened a new plant in Tijiuana. [...]
Mahoney asks voters to compare candidates in newest ad
August 27, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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Republican Sean Mahoney positions the race for Congress in NH-01 as a contest between Mahoney, a conservative outsider, and Guinta, a tax-and-spend insider:
*Binnie strategy in disarray
August 26, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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Sources have told Now! Hampshire that the campaign of country club owner Bill Binnie is in disarray. Behind in the polls and running out of time, his campaign is flailing about, unsure of what to do. Even worse, it appears as if Binnie just got a poll that shows his negative ads blew up in [...]
**Analysis: Bender gaining at Binnie’s expense
August 25, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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A two person race is easy. Voters are going to vote for you or the other guy. If you go negative and drive up his unfavorables higher than yours, you win. But a multi-person field is tricky, because when you go negative you also drive up your unfavorables too. And whereas that doesn’t matter in [...]
Sununu calls Binnie “disingenuous” and “clueless”
August 25, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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In an op-ed that ran in the Union Leader today, former governor and current GOP chair John Sununu took a shot at the ever-increasingly unpopular Bill Binnie. In the op-ed, Sununu calls on the candidates to avoid negative attacks on their fellow GOPers, and it includes this paragraph: “With that as the reality of what [...]
Sen. Jack Barnes piles on Clegg
August 24, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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After lobbyist and failed congressional primary candidate Bob Clegg appeared in a Bill Binnie ad slinging mud at Binnie’s opponent Kelly Ayotte, people started lining up to take a shot at Clegg. But when Clegg started taking hits, the Binnie campaign didn’t bother to defend him. So Clegg sent an email to James Pindell at [...]
**Ayotte machine dominates weekend
August 22, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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This weekend once again the strength of the Ayotte grassroots organization was on display. At both the Londonderry and Deerfield parades Team Ayotte easily dominated with a large presence and an enthusiastic reception. And Ayotte’s opponents looked anemic in comparison. In Londonderry, for example, Bill Binnie had only a truck and a handful of supporters. [...]
Where’s Binnie?
August 22, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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Lately more than a few people have commented on the scaled back schedule of country club owner and senate candidate Bill Binnie. He has not been on the campaign trail as much as of late and his public appearances are fewer still. His campaign has frequently posted public events on their website that Binnie decides [...]
Bob Clegg?
August 21, 2010 by ShawnMillerick
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Bill Binnie released a new ad this weekend that features Bob Clegg, a move that has NH politicos scratching heir heads. The general feeling was that while the message was good, the messenger was not. Although he is a former state senator, Clegg is not widely known throughout the state. And as one insider pointed [...]