This week and next, patriotic citizens from across New Hampshire and the United States are braving the cold and rain to walk the Granite State from north to south. They aren’t doing it for the exercise. They’re doing it to make a point: When politicians become so dependent on special-interest money that they no longer represent the needs of their constituents, sometimes the only thing a citizen can do is take to the road in protest.

Fifteen years after New Hampshire native Doris “Granny D” Haddock began her cross-country trek for campaign finance reform at the age of 88 and Republican Sen. John McCain launched his presidential bid on a platform of stopping special interests, the New Hampshire Rebellion is taking up their torch. The aim of their walk is to inspire hundreds of New Hampshire residents to make ending big-money corruption the number one issue in the 2016 presidential election, starting in the Granite State.

The 200-mile trek will end on Friday, Jan. 24 at Nashua’s Unitarian Church, where New Hampshire Rebellion founder Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School, muck-racking journalist Hedrick Smith, former Republican Gov. Buddy Roemer and concerned citizens will celebrate the late Granny D’s 104th birthday. All are welcome to attend. (For more information visit: www.nhrebellion.org.

Daniel Weeks

Nashua

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