Tag: Belknap County Delegation

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets – the Ronnie Abbot Edition

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Skip

At my post “If You Live In Belknap County (NH), You are Looking At A 35% Rise In Your County Taxes. Blame Belknap Delegation Chair Harry Bean!“, my intent to bring a Big Flashlight that the Belknap County Delegation (made up of all the NH State Reps in the County, majority are Republicans) was about … Read more

Breaking: So NOW Belknap Delegation Chair Harry Bean Calls For Another Meeting – but Fairly Authoritarian & Rigid Rules, Wouldn’t You Agree?

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Skip

Update: another little birdie has said “Harry didn’t write that email – he doesn’t write that well. Somebody ghostwrote it for him” and has suspicions.”. Either way, the above title still stands as his signature is on it. And he was just a bad boy in another way, too!

Did Members of The Belknap County Delegation Get Paid for Attending Illegal (Not Publicly Noticed) Meetings?

March 18, 2023 Skip

Yep, another Right To Know. Yep, another “thing” with the Belknap County Delegation, and now it’s about our taxes paid out over admitted illegal Budget Review meetings. The County told us this themselves:

Belknap County Delegation – Attendance Record So Far. Why Aren’t Belmont Residents Up In Arms Over Their Poor Representation?

March 13, 2023 Skip

Belknap County’s NH State Representative Attendance through March 9: The median attendance of all Reps is actually 100%. Anyone with attendance below 84% is in the bottom 20% of all Reps. St. Clair is in the worst 10%. O’Hara and Trottier are in the worst 5% of all Reps Some details: Beaudoin missed all of … Read more

Belknap County Delegation – “We’re suffering the consequences of inexperience in county delegation”

March 13, 2023 Skip

At a recent meeting of the Tri-County Republicans, I learned that if Harry Bean, a State Representative from Gilford and Chair of the Belknap County Delegation, does not post three public meetings for the delegation (state reps from Belknap County), taxpayers are in danger of a 35% increase in county taxes.

Belknap County Deb Schakett 11-12-22 Delegation Notice

Belknap County Delegation – Chair Harry Bean Leads Republicans to Vote to Raise your County Taxes by 35.4%

March 9, 2023 Skip

Yep, that’s right. Instead of doing the right things by the right process (e.g., not properly noticing the Budget meetings, not making the proper motions, seconds, and votes on changing line item amounts, trying to circumvent NH’s Right To Know Law) that tainted / despoiled their work (look what happens when you try to cut … Read more

Citizens For Belknap - there I fixed it for ya!

Belknap County Delegation Chair Harry Bean Proves That the Peter Principle Is Alive and Well – The Video Edition

March 9, 2023 Skip

From Part 1:

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.

Belknap County Delegation Chair Harry Bean Proves That the Peter Principle Is Alive and Well

March 8, 2023 Skip

Background: Well, Monday night was supposed to be THE night that the Belknap County Delegation (made up of all the NH State Representatives from Belknap County) to finalize the Belknap County budget for the next year. The “Biz” items on the Agenda: Approve Budget Review Committee Minutes of February 15, 2023 Presentation of Review Committee’s … Read more

So No One is Holding Belknap County Chair Harry Bean Accountable for his RSA 91-A Misfits?

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Skip

So some birdies have been tweeting in my ear that a bunch of meetings have been held without proper noticing, the public doesn’t know, “fast and loose” is a phrase that could be applied to these “Citizens for Belknap PAC (Democrat) Republicans”. Starting to sound like a new project…guess I should go to the meeting … Read more

Who Let Them Run Our Elections?

November 6, 2022 Op-Ed

When was it? I’d like to know. When did the populous decide that the beliefs of one side of a political spectrum became the “science.” In what universe did the Democrats become the arbiter of what should be considered reasonable?

Challenge Accepted, Tim Lang!

October 10, 2022October 9, 2022 Skip

NH State Rep Tim Lang decided that it was incumbent on him, as he may well be my next “new” Elected Representative” due to the redistricting of NH State Senate District 2 and the retirement of Senator Bob Guida (who also handpicked Lang as his anointed replacement), to pick a fight with me a la … Read more

So NH State Rep Gregg Hough ALSO sent his complaint about me to the entire Belknap County Delegation? WHY?

August 27, 2022 Skip

Seriously? And I found out about it during the BCRC Executive Committee during Wednesday’s hearing where he presented his allegations and I gave my defense (“Laconia State Rep Gregg Hough: With All His Other Political Enemies, He’s Decided to Anger GraniteGrok, too?“): …I have no problem posting it even though it was supposed to be … Read more

So I chatted with the Belknap County Administrator about the August 1st Meeting of Belknap County Delegation

August 14, 2022 Skip

Are you above the Law? Or don’t even care? Yes, a “chucklehead edition post” – or the politically craven, or those too scared to do the right things because “I WANT TO GET REELECTED” (and don’t want the ginned up mob to be angry at me anymore!!!). And the realization hit me that in the … Read more

Andrew Livernois Belknap County Attorney LinkedIn image

So Belknap County Attorney Andrew Livernois Lied (By Omission) To Give Cover for Last Week’s Illegal County Delegation Meeting.

August 8, 2022 Skip

My impression of Andrew Livernois’s answer: EVERYTHING in the Law is a “grey area” (so go do what you want). And now the Delegation is getting sued over it. Like I said here, NH State Rep Harry Bean broke the Law after being manipulated into whipping himself into a frenzy to be seen as getting … Read more

Breaking: While Too Late to Stop Monday’s Illegal Meeting, the Belknap County Delegation Is Being Sued

August 3, 2022 Skip

While a judge was not found/available/willing to issue a Temporary Restraint Order that a gentleman by the name of Stephen Peterson put in on August 1st, a Summons has been issued in the case. Who knows what it will force given it isn’t until September 8th. The only fact that is apparent is that a … Read more

Of Oaths and Loyalty – The Dearth of Fidelity to Both in Politics; Belknap County Delegation as Example

August 3, 2022 Skip

So, WHO called the Delegation meeting yesterday? Was it legally done? Nope. And IMHO, County Attorney Andrew Livernois gave cover in a rambling Letter as so many had contacted him to see if the Delegation was operating legally. I have an email thread with him that I will be posting later. Hint: On quoting RSA … Read more

So the Gunstock Mountain Sr. Mgt Mass Resignations Was a Planned Political Stunt – The Nuclear Option

July 23, 2022 Op-Ed

The July 20, 2022, Gunstock Area commission meeting saw more than fireworks. The ‘world-class management team‘ was dissatisfied with the seating arrangement and went for the nuclear option.

Is the Laconia Daily Sun in Cahoots with a Democrat Led Consortium of RINOs

July 13, 2022 Op-Ed

I’d like to congratulate the Laconia Daily Sun on their addition of a new advertiser, Citizens for Belknap. No doubt they will be saturating the pages of the Sun in their attack on members of the county delegation. They will focus their smear campaign on members who stand for good government, free of corruption. Having … Read more

Belknap County Delegation to Litigious Gunstock Commissioners: You Owe Us $40K

May 14, 2022April 23, 2022 Skip

“Man, what a crap show this became! And I blame the former GAC commissioners for most of it (McLear, Gallagher) as well as current Commissioner Kiedaisch.

The “They Totally Restructure the Gunstock Ski Area Because Their Preferred Candidates Keep Losing “Crap Show” “

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Skip

Well, yesterday was the hearing that showed that there was no “reclaiming” of Gunstock Mountain Resort (“GMR”) being done – merely a political play by Gary Kiedaisch and the “NH State Rep Tim Lang’s gang”.