This is a Right to Know Request that I DID send to DHHS Deputy Chief Legal Counsel John Martin is a rather simple one. I would like to know how many cases of neglect, abuse (and abuse & neglect) have been filed from 2018 to the present because I’ve heard rumors. I don’t always follow up on these types of rumors (too vague, not enough info, not in my wheelhouse of interest), but I figured I’d start from the broadest spectrum and, based on the data, follow it to see if my hypothesis about the rumors is correct.
Let’s see where the data leads to determine if my hypothesis is correct or if it has to change.
Here is the right to know request asking for the data:
—— Original Message ——
From “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To “Martin, John” <John.B.Martin@dhhs.nh.gov>
Date 6/19/2023 1:13:02 PM
Subject New RSA 91-A request – Neglect, Abuse, Abuse & Neglect incidents to DCYF 2018 through 6/17/23Good Afternoon!
I hope this email finds you in good mettle. Given your offer to me that you made, I’m now going to make use of it, sir. Please find my latest Right To Know that kicks off my latest research project.
If this should be directed to someone else, however, just let me know and I will approach that person instead.
The RTK is reproduced directly below as well as attached
Many thanks!
-Skip
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Right to Know Request per RSA 91-A: Neglect and/or Abuse Cases reported to the NH DHHS Division of Children, Youth and Families.
Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A), I am demanding access, within 5 business days, to the following governmental records: For the Division of Children,Youth and Families (“DCYF”) and the time frame starting January 1, 2018 to today, June 17, 2023 (inclusive):
- Initial incident reports of neglect of a child/children, all sources
- Initial incident reports of abuse of a child/children, all sources
- Initial incident reports of neglect and abuse of a child/children, all sources
Only three data elements for each governmental record are demanded:
- Date of complaint filed with DCYF
- Complaint/incident type [neglect | abuse | neglect and abuse]
- Originating Town | City from where the complaint was filed
No other identifying or personal identifying data elements are requested or desired. Example:
7/5/2019 Portsmouth neglect
11/25/2022 Laconia neglect and abuseNor am I demanding that the Division “process data” to provide sorted or aggregated data – just the original raw material.
Per RSA 91-A:4 IV(c) If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption used to justify the denial to make each record, or part thereof, available for inspection along with a brief explanation of how the exemption applies to the information withheld.
As you are aware, in 2016, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a governmental body in possession of records is required to produce them in electronic media using standard common file formats: Green v. SAU #55, 168 N.H. 796, 801 (2016). Unless there is a valid reason that it is not reasonably practicable for you to produce these records in the requested format, I ask that you either do so or explain why it is not practicable for you to comply. A spreadsheet or CSV comma delimited file will suffice.
Please also note, per RSA 91-A:4 III, III-a, and III-b, you are required to maintain the safety and accessibility of such responsive records. This also includes such responsive records (e.g., emails) which may have been deleted from respective In mailboxes/Sent mailboxes or local folders but are still available on the applicable email server or in your / email host’s backup systems or file server(s).
Please let me know when these records will be sent to me for inspection. If you have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. You may email the responsive records to me at Skip@GraniteGrok.com. If the volume turns out to be substantial, I have already set up a Dropbox folder for all of your responsive records to which they can be uploaded.
Thank you for your lawful attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
-Skip
Why 2018?
Baseline.
After all, there is NO consensus in science – EVERYTHING should always be in doubt as you never know when some bit of data will come up that will upturn the apple cart because the “consensus models” can’t account for the actions that the data now shows (i.e., “it shouldn’t have DONE that – WHY did it?”).
Needed a “normal time” just before the WuFlu hit as one part of my hypothesis was “life got turned upside down by Government bureaucrats seizing that moment in time to rule Administratively instead by our elected Representatives (and by our NH Governor Chris Sununu whose rallying cry was “Public Health trumps EVERYTHING” including the US and NH Constitutions). So what was that effect upon incidents?
And now we’re basically back to normal. Pretty much from where I sit, and that’s what I’m going on. Sure, there are still a lot of Obama/Biden bureaucrats working hard to make our lives more miserable:
- taking our gas stoves away
- taking our gas furnaces away
- taking our gas clothes dryers away
- taking 1/3 of today’s water away from dishwashers and using electricity
Sidenote: And yes, we’ll all be using a LOT more water and MORE hot water by needing to hand rinse before washing and then using TWO cycles instead of my old (now departed) dishwasher taking just 45 minutes (my new one last year takes at least twice as long already and does a poorer job).
- Making owning a gas-powered car more expensive, even as electric cars are even more expensive
- and making electricity less available and more expensive.
Sidenote: although I have to admit that Eversource, my electricity provider, just announced a price cut from 20.5 cents/KwH down to 12.5 cents. Truth must be told.
I’ll stop there for now. Until the data comes in, that will determine what comes next.
