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Too bad ’bout yer doggies. Really. But it was, you know, “justified…”

by Doug / 22 September 2008 26 September 2018

Regular readers know that the rise of quasi-public "special operations groups" (SWAT teams) within the Granite State law enforcement community has caught our attention. In this prior post about a raid in Bristol, NH involving some 20 masked police officers, I mentioned two other recent events involving, what is in my opinion, an overwhelmingly excessive …

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NH Right To Know law – better or worse?

by Skip / 6 August 2008 26 September 2018

We here at the ‘Grok are all about open and transparent government – actions, decisions, and activities by those that govern us should always have the default scenario of being out in full public view rather than being behind closed doors. While at the national level (and sometimes at the state level) there should be …

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Black Holes Explained

by Doug / 31 July 2008 26 September 2018

Black Hole in space… The Wikipedia tells us that the “defining feature of a black hole, the event horizon, is a surface in spacetime that marks a point of no return. Once an object has crossed this surface there is no way that it can return to the other side. Consequently, anything inside this surface is …

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But… they can’t do that anymore, can they?

by Doug / 30 July 2008 26 September 2018

Shining the light into the dark corners… In the NH Supreme Court ruling in our Right to Know lawsuit involving the illegal appointment of an Interim Sheriff by the County Convention (comprised of the elected House members of the county), the Honorable Court wrote, in part, that "[P]ublic knowledge of the considerations upon which governmental action …

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“Rabble Rousers and Publicity Seekers”

by Doug / 7 July 2008 26 September 2018

That’s what the two plaintiff’s in the ongoing Belknap County Sheriff appointment/ Right-to-Know law debacle have been called in a anonymously-written and mailed warning letter received over the weekend. (It has been turned over to the Gilford PD, which has opened an active investigation.) Photo of copied envelope and contents which included a clipped Laconia Daily Sun …

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Oops- they did it again!

by Doug / 29 June 2008 26 September 2018

The story of our ongoing Right to Know lawsuit regarding the illegal appointment of the Sheriff of Belknap County made the front page of today’s New Hampshire Sunday News (Union Leader). And yes, as you will find out when reading the article, the Republican-dominated Belknap County Convention, fresh on the heels of a …

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Lawmakers as LAWBREAKERS…

by Doug / 19 June 2008 26 September 2018

.. "Curses… Foiled AGAIN!" Perp: Rep James Pilliod (RINO-Belmont) Perp: Rep Fran Wendleboe (Faux-conservative, New Hampton) Now that the New Hampshire Supreme Court has validated the case for the public’s “Right-to-Know” with regards to the appointment of persons to fill vacant elected positions at the county level, nay, at ALL levels of government, there …

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Major Victory for New Hampshire’s Right to Know law! Belknap County Sheriff removed from office by Supreme Court

by Doug / 13 June 2008 26 September 2018

Breaking News… The New Hampshire Supreme Court has just issued their rulings in our PRO-SE Right-to-Know cases brought against the Belknap County Convention disputing the closed-door process used to appoint a new Sheriff and the denial of access to public records. They have found in our favor, and invalidated the Sheriff’s appointment. DUGGAN, J. In these …

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The Gang that Can’t Shoot Straight Strikes [out] Again…

by Doug / 30 May 2008 26 September 2018

Curses. Foiled AGAIN!! Following on the heels of the recent declaration by NH’s DRA that Belknap County must indeed, as outlined by former Laconia Mayor Thomas A Tardif and yours truly, accept the default budget thanks to their mishandling of the process, there is yet more trouble for Belknap County… From today’s Citizen newspaper (Laconia): …

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Belknap County takes a pass on latest budget try… again.

by Doug / 13 May 2008 26 September 2018

AT 7:00 pm, the chairman of the Belknap County Convention gavelled the meeting to order. He then announced that due to ongoing factors involving the NH Department of Revenue Administration and Health and Human Services, the meeting scheduled to pass a so-called "supplemental budget" was cancelled. He gavelled the meeting adjourned. It lasted a total …

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