A Democrat from Bedford, Shaughnessy, is being boosted by NH Governor Chris Sununu for the Circuit Court. Who knows what the heck is going on in Baby Huey’s head.
Brian Shaughnessy is really in trouble, not for forgetting about a bunch of ballots that went uncounted in for over a year, but like in all cases, it’s the cover-up that becomes worse than the mistake:
The Harris County elections commissioner is resigning after 10,000 uncounted ballots for last week’s primary were discovered, according to an announcement posted online on Monday.
“Today I am submitting my resignation, effective July 1,” Isabel Longoria said in the announcement. “I think this date ensures that there is a presiding officer during the May and June elections and allows the election commission the time they need to find a replacement. I remain committed to the office and its mission and hope to aid in defeating harmful rhetoric to ensure successful elections in the future.”
Note the mealy-mouthed non-resigning resignation style – not until AFTER the upcoming elections, right in line with most non-apology apologies. Make the marketing ploy but without the true repentance that makes it stick. Same thing here – if she were truly sorry that she screwed up, it would have been a simple case of bumping up against her next-in-line and resigning immediately. But of course not!
And Shaughnessy is doing the same thing – screwed up and then covered up. Worse, he’s prevaricating about the Attorney General’s investigation. And NH Journal did a decent job in covering the Executive Council’s meeting about his nomination (as in NH, while Sununu may advance a nomination, it is up to the E.C. to approve it – and it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen):
Councilors Cinde Warmington (D-District 2), Janet Stevens (R-District 3), and Dave Wheeler (R-District 5) hammered Shaughnessy over his role in the investigation and coverup of 190 uncast ballots found after the 2020 presidential election. Shaughnessy was a volunteer assistant town moderator during that election, having previously served six years as the town moderator.
The most contentious issue was Shaughnessy’s strategy, which he presented as legal advice, for his fellow election officials to keep the fact they had bungled the absentee ballots secret from both the public and the elected town council.
Shaughnessy told Warmington under questioning he advised Town Clerk Sally Keller and Town Moderator Bill Klein not to talk about the matter until the Attorney General’s Office completed its investigation. However, when asked, Shaughnessy told council members no one from the Attorney General’s Office told him it was a criminal investigation.
That echoes another falsehood Shaughnessy acknowledged during a town hall meeting in November when he confirmed he had told town employees they could face criminal charges themselves — perhaps even felony charges — if they told the public about the election snafu.
Wheeler has already indicated that he’s a NO vote for this nomination. OK, I’m going to digress for a moment – EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER should read this next part as it concerns the validity of their Policies:
When questioned by the town council, Shaughnessy was unable to identify any such law.
The most frustrating part of it is that while the E.C. Councilors can demand such answers, we peons have to haul School Board members into court after much money and time-wasting lawsuits to get such an answer. There are three known lawsuits against School Boards here in NH, and they all boil down to this: What NH Law (RSA) gives you the power to coerce speech and lie to Parents?
And this part, of particular interest to me:
Shaughnessy’s desire to keep the election fiasco secret was so strong, he told Warmington one reason he wanted Bedford election officials to keep the details from town council members was that it could create records that could be obtained by the public through the state’s Right to Know Law.
“Anything told to the town council becomes public record,” he said.
Got news fer ya bub – anything that Government does is open to Right To Know (RTK, RSA 91:A). Even you. And if someone were to litigate this now, you’ve just confessed to deliberately breaking the Law.
The Law, silly enough that Sununu wants you to uphold. And you just admitted that YOU would create your own (as in, Laws for thee but not for me).
As stupidly and clumsily that Longoria is resigning, Shaughnessy can’t even rise to that low bar. He doesn’t have the humility to admit wrong and apologize. And unless Sununu finds his own right/wrong place, he’s going to show how low HIS bar is for his nominations.
And then they are BOTH expecting us to accept his rulings, given all this?
Yeah, we’re rapidly moving from governed to being ruled (as in the Kings of old but with the new name of Elites).
(H/T: Epoch Times), NHJ)
Sidenote: Hanan Wiseman conducted a write-in campaign with this sign for Bedford Moderator against Brian Shaughnessy. Liz Gabert of “Live with Liz” (her radio show on which Steve and I are often asked to be on to add “color commentary” – heh!):
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Gosh, Hanan, can you make it any clearer? I love that quote, too!
