- The Reps that are being scapegoated by Harry Bean are Reps that have experience in doing these budgets. They also know the Law better than he does. And they have no problem calling out lapses in Following the Law and/or mistakes.
Why? Because these Reps stand on Principle and the Law. They were also were targeted by the Democrat founded, funded, and led Citizens for Belknap PAC.
Behold, all you Republicans and Independents who thought you were “saving Gunstock” – watch what your fealty to a lie (Gunstock never had to be saved but it was a GREAT political stunt on many levels) has brought you – the operative word is “Incompetence“. All the way around. And while I am pointing at Harry Bean, it really is the voters that decided “we will get the government we voted for”.
Indeed you have!
NH State Reps Barbara Comtois and Paul Terry were among those targeted by the CoB PAC (Political Action Committee) that spent 10s of thousands trying to get all Conservative Republicans kicked out of office – and did. Except for these two (and a couple others). As you look at the main table, they are on the far side, upper right hand corner. Barbara is in the middle and she let’s loose on all the things that Harry Bean, as Chair, SHOULD have been doing but failed to do.
Again, to keep in mind
A bad leader berates subordinates
A good leader persuades those not acceding to his wishes.
And this video, we can see Harry Bean (aided by another CoB “selectee” Travis O’Hara) complaining and trying to blame her for pointing out all the things they’ve done wrong. Talk about misogynistic behavior (heh!) and “blame-shifting”. Take responsibility much, boys?
Sidenote: talk about bad representation. Why, Travis O’Hara, are you not showing up at the State House to do the jobs you were elected for? Yes, another tip came in. Another post is coming your way.
And as you saw in Part 1, my Right To Know showed that Bean and Schakett were not telling the truth when they said that every meeting had been properly noticed. However, it was rather humorous to listen to them because I had done the exact same amount of homework that Comtois had done in scouring the Daily Sun and watching for notices on the Delegation Schedule. Thus, I KNEW they were lying to cover their a$$e$.
And here’s the relevant parts from RSA 91:A that Comtois quoted from and Bean/O’Hara ran roughshod over
- …Except in an emergency or when there is a meeting of a legislative committee, a notice of the time and place of each such meeting, including a nonpublic session, shall be posted in 2 appropriate places one of which may be the public body’s Internet website, if such exists, or shall be printed in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town…
- …Minutes of all such meetings, including nonpublic sessions, shall include the names of members, persons appearing before the public bodies, and a brief description of the subject matter discussed and final decisions. The names of the members who made or seconded each motion shall be recorded in the minutes.
Follow The Law. Except, I guess, when said Law is quoted by a girl (see where I’m going with this?).
And that’s just the first part of the video. It was rather “interesting” to watch NH State Rep ask THE relevant question about who had the Responsibility for making sure that the subcommittee meetings were to be posted. Finger pointing Hilarity ensued as Bean / Schakett / O’Hara tried blaming each other. So what was the result of all this?
Very telling as again, another little birdie sent this to me (and Harry Bean won’t be able to figure it out) – emphasis mine:
From: Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 10:54 AM
To: Barbara Comtois <bcomtois2016@gmail.com>; Charlie St. Clair <bogart8321@icloud.com>; David Huot (dhuot03246@yahoo.com) <dhuot03246@yahoo.com>; dnagel59@yahoo.com; doug.wmstc@metrocast.net; Harry Bean <froggytouttaint@aol.com>; Juliet Harvey-Bolia <jharveybolia@gmail.com>; Matt Coker <mattformeredith@gmail.com>; Mike Bordes <mikebordes@gmail.com>; nikkimc1973@protonmail.com; Paul Terry <revpaul51@verizon.net>; Peter Varney <pvarney@atsnh.com>; rbbmere25@aol.com; Russ Dumais <sundeedumais@metrocast.net>; sayyes2smart@yahoo.com; stbogert@gmail.com; Tom Ploszaj <tom.ploszaj@gmail.com>; Travis O’Hara <travis.oas@gmail.com>
Cc: Glen Waring <gwaring.bcnh@gmail.com>; Peter Spanos <peterjspanos@gmail.com>; Steve Hodges (1steve7301@atlanticbb.net) <1steve7301@atlanticbb.net>
Subject: meetingGood morning,
Because the Budget Review Committee meetings were not publicly posted, the Committee will have to schedule a properly posted meeting to ratify the action taken at the previous meetings. This should be done with enough time remaining in March to properly notice a Delegation meeting to follow through with last night’s agenda.
Once the respective chairmen set the meeting dates/times, you will be notified.
Debra
So, after all the sturm und drang in trying to put Barbara Comtois in a bad light simply because THEY messed up, that THEY screwed up and couldn’t take care of the most basis steps in “The Process”, they finally admitted to it. Methinks my Right To Know, and the answers they HAD to return, had something to do with it.
So, when do the apologies to Barbara Comtois happen? As the saying goes “When do I get my reputation back”?
But WAIT! There’s MORE for this show
From: Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.gov>
Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 3:55 PM
Subject: Budget Review Committee
To: Debra A. Shackett <dshackett@belknapcounty.gov>The Budget Review Committee will meet on Monday, March 13th at 7:00 pm to ratify action taken at their previous meetings.
Heh! This will be enjoyable. It is clear that they have no idea…shades of that Code of Ethics stunt years ago in Gilford.
You know, WHY is Harry Bean lamenting “why didn’t you help me when I screwed up earlier?”. That answer is simple – because you showed that you are a “Strong Horse” kind of politician. Many people will abandon Principles when it becomes clear that they will keep them from achieving their aim. He saw that the Democrat PAC Citizens For Belknap was out to wipe out as many conservative Republicans in the Delegation as they could. He perceived that they were the “Strong Horse” and decided to get in their wagon (my opinion) because Loyalty to friends that had helped him in the past didn’t matter in the present. His lifeboat only had room for one.
What mattered? Only winning. And staying Loyal to those now under CoB attack that had considered him their friend were no long in his cards – but winning was. This is why he ended up picking fights with those former friends and then was able to blame them for woes (and complained that they wouldn’t talk to him any more – that he told me himself during this past Gilford Old Home Day. Gunstock was such a convenient excuse for him.
Then he decided that wasn’t enough. After all, in the parking lot of the Superior Court, he decided to end ours by insisting, then screaming, that I had called him something that I never did because I don’t swear (well, maybe a “damn” every couple of years; I will admit to that but I immediately apologize. And sometimes I do when quoting someone else that did. I apologize for that, too). He wouldn’t accept that he was wrong – he just wanted to cut ties and declare another set of victimhood.
And now he’s mad that the folks he abandoned to win his race (and continue to get “his” FRM Ponzi scheme money back in some fashion) won’t help him?
So these posts, Harry, are not about revenge. That’s too petty. It IS about consequences from your past and present actions. Decisions have consequences and you are finding out what they are. The LACK of decisions, like proper posting of Public Meetings, also have consequences and from Shackett’s emails, it’s clear you have no clue still.
There are a few adjectives that describe that behavior – but I’ll let him tell you himself. Let’s see if he’s honest enough with himself to admit because the rest of us already know what they are. Will he be willing to share them with his new CoB buddies, too?
Lie down with dogs, don’t be surprised if you wake up with fleas…
