August 21, 2025

Under glittering lights and the upbeat sounds of East Coast Soul, this year’s NHADA Convention Casino Night blended high style, smooth entertainment and real connections into one unforgettable evening.

Please join us in congratulating Bill Weiss Jr., President and Dealer Principal of Crest Auto World in North Conway, on an incredible milestone — 30 years of dedicated service on the Board of Trustees for the New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association Workers Compensation Trust (NHADA WCT).

On June 12, President Trump signed legislation into law that repeals the Environmental Protection Agency’s waiver allowing California — and 11 additional states — to implement electric vehicle (EV) sales mandates. The waiver would have required manufacturers to meet increasingly higher percentages of zero-emission vehicle sales, culminating in an 80% EV sales target by 2035.

You may have seen me recently on WMUR discussing the repeal of New Hampshire’s vehicle safety inspection program, now set to end on Jan. 31, 2026. Like many of you, I watched with deep frustration as a nearly century-old safeguard was stripped away — not through open debate or consensus — but through a last-minute political maneuver hidden within the state’s budget bill.

The New Hampshire Automobile Dealers Association (NHADA), joined at times by other roadway safety advocates, worked tirelessly this legislative session to preserve the state’s longstanding vehicle safety inspection program — an effort that was met with persistent resistance by the Republican majority in the House and ultimately undone in the final hours by the Republican majority members of the Senate.