Sue Polidura

Spoke at the Portsmouth City Council against requiring masks to slow COVID-19, saying there was no reason for the rule.

September 7, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke against Portsmouth's proposed ordinance limiting single-use plastics at a City Council public hearing. She called it micromanaging residents and suggested a policy instead.

September 16, 2019Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Objected at a Portsmouth City Council meeting to David Rheaume's appointment to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, citing conflict-of-interest concerns, and asked the Council to fix it.

December 14, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Asked the Portsmouth City Council not to advance changes to the Audit Committee ordinance that replaced resident members with city staff.

August 22, 2022Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Urged the Portsmouth City Council to pass an ordinance setting up an independent audit committee, and argued that the city's internal auditor needs to change every three years.

August 23, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke against a Portsmouth City Council resolution on immigrants' due process rights, arguing against city objections to federal immigration agents wearing masks.

August 4, 2025Opposes Immigration

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Urged the Portsmouth City Council to cut department budgets and cost-of-living raises, criticizing 35 new city positions added in two years.

May 8, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke against the proposed Portsmouth city budget's 27 new staff positions at a City Council hearing, asking the Council to weigh the economy's effect on residents.

May 16, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke against Portsmouth's revised agreement with developer Redgate/Kane to redevelop the McIntyre federal building, saying it put a large financial risk on residents.

April 6, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke in support of funding a new Portsmouth police station, calling it an urgent need, at a City Council hearing on the project's bond.

April 4, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke for the Cemetery Committee at a Portsmouth City Council budget hearing, citing state law (RSA 289) that makes the city care for its cemeteries, and asked for cemetery funding.

March 7, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke in support of a Portsmouth City Council resolution to fund a city skate park, and suggested the former Blitz building land as a park site.

December 20, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke in support of funding a new Portsmouth police station, calling it an urgent need, at a City Council hearing on the project's bond.

April 4, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke in support of a Portsmouth City Council resolution to fund a city skate park, and suggested the former Blitz building land as a park site.

December 20, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Met with the owners of a private home holding the 1728 grave of Capt. Joseph White, as a Cemetery Committee member. The owners agreed to a ground-penetrating radar survey to protect the burial.

September 3, 2026

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Helped place red, white and blue markers on Revolutionary War veterans' graves in five Portsmouth cemeteries as a Cemetery Committee member, according to the city.

August 12, 2026

Source: portsmouthnh.gov

Presented to the Portsmouth Cemetery Committee her list of 40 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in North Cemetery, and offered to lead guided tours of their graves.

June 4, 2026

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Asked the Portsmouth City Council to form a committee to plan the city's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

January 6, 2025

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Asked the Portsmouth City Council to repay the Hewitt family's attorney fees from a dispute with the city.

December 2, 2024

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Lost the general election for New Hampshire State Representative, Rockingham County District 28 (Portsmouth Ward 2), receiving 790 votes to 2,254 for Democrat Carrie Sorensen.

November 5, 2024

Source: sos.nh.gov

Spoke against a Portsmouth ordinance change that let staff, not the Historic District Commission, approve some changes in the historic district, at a City Council public hearing.

July 15, 2024

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Objected at a Portsmouth City Council meeting to the phrase "White Christian Nationalist," calling the use of "Christian" offensive.

October 2, 2023

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Questioned at a Portsmouth City Council meeting whether the proposed city Code of Ethics ordinance had been checked for free-speech problems.

August 21, 2023

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Asked the Portsmouth City Council for permission to hold a public reading of the Declaration of Independence at North Church on July 4, 2023. The Council sent the request to the City Manager to approve.

May 15, 2023

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Urged the Portsmouth City Council to pursue a claim that the city might already own the McIntyre federal building under a 2003-2004 federal spending law.

May 1, 2023

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Asked the Portsmouth City Council to protect a historic wall at 93 Pleasant Street after the Historic District Commission approved replacing it, despite an earlier condition to keep it.

March 6, 2023

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Lost the general election for New Hampshire State Representative, Rockingham County District 39, receiving 2,030 votes to 4,660 for the Democratic candidate, Raynolds.

November 8, 2022

Source: sos.nh.gov

Received the endorsement of Cornerstone Action, a New Hampshire social conservative group, for State Representative in Rockingham County District 39.

August 23, 2022

Source: nhcornerstone.org

Asked the Portsmouth City Council to reverse its vote keeping the Melanson firm as city auditor for one more year, calling the selection process flawed.

April 4, 2022

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Was appointed by the Portsmouth City Council to the city's Cemetery Committee, an advisory board on city cemeteries, for a term ending December 31, 2023.

February 7, 2022

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Criticized Portsmouth's city mask directive at a City Council meeting, saying it skipped the Council's normal process and lacked clear rules and enforcement.

January 13, 2022

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Urged the Portsmouth City Council to bring back a cemetery committee because the city's historic graves were not being kept up. That night the Council voted to form the committee, with her among the recommended members, and asked for a North Cemetery site walk led by her.

August 23, 2021

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Spoke at the Portsmouth City Council against renaming Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day, arguing that Columbus Day is a federal holiday and needs to stay that way.

June 7, 2021

Source: files.portsmouthnh.gov

Lost the general election for New Hampshire State Senate District 21 as the Republican nominee, receiving 10,717 votes to Rebecca Perkins Kwoka's 21,827.

November 3, 2020

Source: sos.nh.gov