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School District Violates Right-to-Know, Again!

On January 23, 2023, I filed a new lawsuit against the Newmarket School District, Superintendent of Schools Todd Allen, and School Board Chairman Gary Swanson, alleging numerous violations of NH Right-to-Know.

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Of COURSE the NH Municipal Association Was Working Behind The Scenes on an Anti-Right-To-Know Bill

Concord Monitor: “The New Hampshire Municipal Association helped Cahill draft the bill at the request of its members.”  This would have been HB1611: AN ACT allowing a public body or agency to charge a fee for costs of retrieving public records under the right-to-know law. And “Cahill” is Newmarket Democrat Michael Cahill (Rockingham District 10) …

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Right to Know – How Did Hudson Use Their COVID Money?

A Right to Know put in by a Hudson Resident asking what most of us should be doing more of: WHAT did you use that boatloads of COVID money on? Perfectly executed. In chronological order: From: Terry Stewart <yrrets@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 8:54 AM To: Gary Gasdia <ggasdia@sau81.org> Subject: [PROBABLE SPAM] Right to …

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A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 6

All “Law Reading” and no play makes Skip a dull guy – so being in a bit of a funk, I’ve written little. However, it’s a New Year and time to power through the writer’s block (yeah, that’s the ticket – although it doesn’t quite sum up the mood the last few days). So, back …

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A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 5

In Part 4 we started to talk about Meetings – both those that Government MUST allow you to attend (RSA 91-A:2) called Open Meetings – and a bit of what a meeting ISN’T.  The differences ARE important. You can’t go blasting into a “meeting” thinking your guns can be blazing when it is a different …

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A Discussion with the New Right to Know Ombudsman, Tom Kehr

So yesterday, I went down to Concord for two meetings. The first was a luncheon meeting of the SDGA of NH: School District Governance Association. Think of it as a conservative alternative to the NHSBA (NH School Board Association) which trends from “liberal” to “militant Progressive”, especially concerning its Policies.

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A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – A Quick Practicum and Example

So in the previous posts, I have been explaining the first parts of what NH’s RSA 91-A, the Right To Know Law,  covers – definitions, who or what it can be “pointed” to, and what kind of meetings it covers. However, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and I’m going to …

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A Tutorial: How to Create a Right To Know to Hold Your Government Accountable – Part 3

Having dealt with the Purpose of an RSA 91-A demand and showing its Constitutionality, this post bringing up Definitions. As I said in Part 2: Next installment will talk about Definitions.  While it may seem mundane and you might think “I’ll wait until Skip gets to the “meat of RSA 91-A”, Definitions MATTER. And they …

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