NH GOP Delegate / Gunstock Area Commissioner Douglas Lambert – Restraining Order / Stalking Order Sought – Paperwork Part 4

So I’m a bit behind on posting up what is now Court paperwork in the case of Douglas Lambert [allegedly] assaulting Erica Golter during a Belknap County Republican meeting and was stripped of his General Membership by the Members for it. He has been charged with Simple Assault and the victim is looking to have a Restraining/Stalking Order placed against him as his actions were not just a one-time deal.

Sidenote: you can see the previous posts on this by clicking here).

Anyways, the first time she filed for the Order, it was denied as more specifics were needed:

However, the victim quickly filed an amended complaint/additional material including the video from GraniteGrok of the meeting.  Michael Garner, Circuit Court Judge watched the video and the materials and decided that a hearing was to be set by another judge. In other words, there was enough “there” to warrant additional action by the court system (e.g., this was not a baseless case):

Note what the judge wrote (emphasis mine):

“I agree that Respondent stood in front as Petitioner in an effort to obstruct her view, and when she moved past him to his right, he leaned in with that direction and initiated contact with her.

Corroboration of what I saw, what the victim underwent, what the BCRC Executive Committee saw, what the Gilford Police determined, and now observed by a Judge. Deliberate action – not an accident.  Of his own volition. 

Validation.

Accordingly, an Order was written for a hearing on November 29 at 11am in Laconia District Court in case 450-2022-CY00223:

Yes, I showed up with my camera early (always need time for setup).  An additional item to the checklist was to check in with the Clerk of the Court. While GraniteGrok is a registered media entity with the NH Judiciary (with paperwork attesting to it), I’ve learned twice before that such paperwork doesn’t automatically gain one access to the hearing courtroom. Must check in first.

And then I found that Lambert, instead of doing the right thing and “manning up” and taking his lumps responsibility for his actions, had lawyered up.

Things went sideways (a bit).  We’ll talk about that in the next post. However…

…Methinks he knew all along that he was in deep sneakers even as he was trying to do the “oh gosh, nothing happened, this is a lot about nothing” schtick during the BCRC meeting where he had to be told, several times:

You are no longer a member, please leave the room.

And that’s when I was the receiver of “The Bony Finger of Lambert” Award. ‘Cept now, there’s a bit more to it:

Deep sneakers. You know, I should go back to the video and fisk what he really said to the General Members and then compare it to the paperwork thus far.

And now we know why people don’t want to be videoed at the Belknap County Republican meetings – they do stupid stuff and don’t want a record of them being stupid. I really don’t have a better explanation.

You?

UPDATE: My friend John Hawkins has another SubStack post out (I’m on his email list and it came in just as I was finishing this post) and this was entitled “The 40 Best Quotes About Politics” where the first one was from Sam Adams (the Patriot, not the beer maker); emphasis mine:

1) “A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued, but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” — Samuel Adams

Methinks Lambert has spent too much time with the Citizens of Belknap PAC (I saw him cavorting in their booth during Gilford’s Old Home Day) and he’s lost both his Principles and his Manners – I would never have believed that he would have attacked a lady for no reason at all. Some manners (or actually, none at all).

Ditto, his virtue.

He needs to resign from the Gunstock Area Commission. Does he have the manners and virtue to realize that he’s done wrong to someone that was just standing there minding her own business?  And are the two “feminist” Gunstock Area Commissioners, Jade Wood and Denise Conroy going to put up with his behavior?

How about the Belknap County Delegation – is this cause for “removal for cause”.  How about it, former Judge (and now Representative) David Huot?

Oh Wait!  The Belknap County Administrator hasn’t seen fit, a month after the election, to update the Delegation listing?