Nobody can accuse the four Republican gubernatorial candidates of being cookie-cutter clones.
The four candidates discussed their differences last Wednesday at town hall in a public forum before about 60 people from around the area. They trotted out their education funding plans and squared off, at times, over stances. State Sen. Jim Squires, R-Hollis, and Durham businessman Fred Bramante went so far as to break the 11th commandment of Republican politics by speaking ill of their GOP brethren. Humphrey promises to eliminate donor town contributions under the statewide property tax system, and to work to abolish the tax through a constitutional amendment. Bramante said an income tax or statewide property tax are the only answers.