Byline: Dana Wormald (New Hampshire Bulletin)

On environmental protection and land conservation it’s obvious this is not Teddy Roosevelt’s Republican Party, or even Richard Nixon’s, but the paint bill was bipartisan and had industry support for a reason. Unless you’re brainwashed by think-tank ideology (or prone to cravenly pandering to a “Don’t Tread on Me” base), it’s easy to see that a stewardship fee is, quite literally, a very small price to pay for a less-toxic environment.