So, how are the GMR Gunstock Area Commissioners going to take this news? More importantly, Commissioners, what are you going to DO about this? And this is not the only email of electioneering while “on company time”.
Even though his email is very short (just a fowarding), he’s sending it to all of his Senior Management:
From: Tom Day
To: Senior Planning Team
Subject: FW: Pls share this!!
Date: Friday, March 11, 2022 5:26:35 PM
Now, I have no problem with anyone playing in the Politics Game – unless you aren’t supposed to be. We DO expect our government officials (yeah, I know, stop laughing for a sec or two) to be neutral. But let me put a bit of context into play here. After all, there is an NH State Law that prohibits them from doing so while on State time and CERTAINLY not using State property to do so (emphasis mine):
659:44-a Electioneering by Public Employees. –
I. No public employee, as defined in RSA 273-A:1, IX, shall electioneer while in the performance of his or her official duties.
II. No public employee shall use government property or equipment, including, but not limited to, telephones, facsimile machines, vehicles, and computers, for electioneering.
III. For the purposes of this section, “electioneer” means to act in any way specifically designed to influence the vote of a voter on any question or office.
IV. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
But look at the SUBJECT field – when a senior manager tells his reports to do something, they need to. Sure, I get the “Please” part giving it a voluntary flair to it but generally, that still means “do so” and with what I’ve seen already, Gunstock Mountain Resort really is a Democrat Frat House for Middle-Agers. Thus, while “Please” is part, I’m fairly sure that it got a wider spread. Who knows, though? But causing his reports to also break the Law?
We Groksters have oft used that Democrat statement of “Government is the only thing we all belong to” (with the nuance that they mean the stronger sense of “belong” as in own). And with this, it is quite clear that they don’t like any intrusion by Republicans (or even worse, Conservatives or Libertarians) into their little Democrat playground – after all, they’re “entitled” to it, yeah?
And on the flip side, let’s see what he was forwarding, shall we? I have a bunch of landscaping projects to get done and I already have a couple of quotes out there. To be sure, however, this guy isn’t going to get any even if he’s the largest landscaper in the County.
And note the cast of characters on the TO including the former Gunstock GM (Greg Goddard), the most recent Gilford School Board Chair, Gretchen Gandini (no big surprise there), Heidi Preuss (the “non-partisan” who applied to be the next Gunstock Commissioner but lost out to Dr. David Strang), Hunter Taylor (former County Commissioner, R turned D), Johanna Davis (Democrat), Ruth Larson (HARD Progressive).
Now, the link goes to a post on the decidedly Leftist InDepthNH website and it lists several Belknap County Republicans talking about secession from the United States. Not that it would make much difference anyway – these are hardcore Democrats (except Russ Dumais is a head-scratcher here being a Republican) that hate Republicans anyways. But both Day and Rebecca LaPense (Gunstock HR Director) just couldn’t help themselves:
From: Hayden McLaughlin <hmclaughlin@belknaplandscape.com>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2022 10:03 AM
To: Tom Day <TDay@gunstock.com>; Al Posnack <alposnack@metrocast.net>; Greg Goddard <gdog9418@gmail.com>; Gretchen & Keith Gandini <gandkgandini@gmail.com>; Hayden McLaughlin <hmclaughlin@belknaplandscape.com>; Heidi Preuss <heidipreuss@gmail.com>; Hunter Taylor <ehuntert@yahoo.com>; Johnna Davis <jdavis@metrocast.net>; Russ Dumais <sundeedumais@metrocast.net>; Ruth Larson <RuthLarson@msn.com>; Scott Wilkinson <j.scott.wilkinson@gmail.com>; Steve and Chris Fay <stephenfay@myfairpoint.net>; David Hershey <dhershey@axeljohnson.com>; Ben barr <ben.barr@gmail.com>; Larry Greeley <tbc@metrocast.net>
Subject: [External] Pls share this!!Thought I would share this as it lists who voted for this. Let’s do our job and get them out this fall!!
And this is not the only email of electioneering while “on company time”.
From: Rebecca LaPense
To: Tom Day; Senior Planning Team
Subject: Re: Pls share this!!
Date: Friday, March 11, 2022 6:59:03 PMThis part is something else holy hell…
“You don’t want to live in my county,” Santonastaso said, “I certainly don’t want to live in yours.”
The union needs to split before it is too late, he said.
Becky LaPense
HR Director
Gunstock Mountain Resort
603.737.4305
Apparently she isn’t keeping up with the “political times” as there has been much talk across the country, both on the Left and the Right about secession and the possibility of a second Civil War happening as it is clear that there are irrconcilable and huge differences between the Left and Right as to the Proper Role of Government and the place that Citizens should be within that discussion.
Sidenote: And it’s clear that Brodie Deshaies ( R-Wolfeboro) had GOT to read the NH Constitution before making a fool of himself (“a bad idea constitutionally as it violates both the U.S. and New Hampshire constitutions.”).
So what are the Gunstock Area Comissioners going to do about those they’ve been appointed to oversee that break the Law?
