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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Electioneering, the sequel to the sequel of the sequel.
As it does every election season, this Issue once again rears it's ugly head. And, as always the prime practitioner of this lost art is our Chief of Police! Yes, the very man charged with UPHOLDING THE LAW.....(chuckling).... sorry, could not contain myself at that phrase applied to that man.
Many will remember the Chiefs admission that he had petitions signed in the Elderly Affairs cruisers, and that he had people come down to the Pd to sign petitions for his warrant articles.
Many more will remember that the Chief of Police owns a private non profit corporation, that although it is not affiliated with the town, and is not accountable to the town for its contributions and spending, is housed in the PD, uses PD personnel, equipment, time, space, and the Elderly Affairs customer list to do it's fundraising. These are valuable town funded resources unavailable to other non profits in the area.
Well word has it that another non profit in town has petitioned the selectmen for "equal access to town resources". So far the selectmen have declined to either grant this request or acknowledge the chief's use of his official status for personal political purposes as well as for his own non profit's success.
Surely if any other business in town used taxpayer funded town resources for their own gain, there would be an uproar, and the selectmen would put an immediate stop to it, but somehow when the transgressor is the Chief of Police, the public and the selectmen are unusually quiet. So much for their fiduciary responsibilities.
It is high time that these quasi illegalities stop. The Chief has spent decades driving a truck through loopholes in the laws, and crowing about this immoral ability of his. This column would admonish him to act honorably, but it has become apparent over the last decade that this unappointed, unqualified, interlocutor has no understanding of that term.
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1 – 200 of 210 Newer› Newest»This is appalling to hear, but doesn't surprise me that taxpayer dollars are used for this. Doesn't surprise me either that selectman know what's going on and do nothing about it. The whole town is illegal. One of these days they are going to get caught. It just takes time.
Doesn't this violate the Code of Ethics for Town Employee's, the Chief and the Selectman. If this blog is true than why isn't the Attorney General's office involved, or other avenues if any.
Codes of conduct exist to keep the honest folks honest. The crooks ignore 'em.
jmho
How can you expect the Selectmen to enforce Electioneering RSA's when Firel himself violated it by using his Town email to promote his campaign? Yes, in case you did not get such and email, there was an extensive list of residents who did.
I am going to vote Republican for Governor and he gets to appoint a new Atty. General. This one doesn't seem to get what is going on here.
Oh, and not voting for Friel for State Rep since he is part of the problem.
I say we vote for Bill to get him out of town politics. he won't have time for it. Vote for Bill! Get him out of here!
Also vote for Kay cause that will drive him nuts.
One can't be a good rep working FT at another job. Ask Debbie.
I'll vote for Bill if he gets rid of you-know-who and his informant in town hall, before election day.
Any more cat comments and you will be blocked.
The Attornies General Elections division has been given 6 reports that I know of, by 6 different people over the last 5 years About Phil's electioneering.
They have "opened files", but done nothing.
If there is proof of electioneering, and ethics violations by all, and Attorney General is not doing anything then why don't you get the people who know this information factual and do a Class action lawsuit. There are plenty of attorneys in this state that would proabably love to sue the Town Municipality and also the State of NH for not following thru on complaints or reasons per Ethics codes that they created. Why haven't you gone higher strait to the Gov with your findings if you don't want to do the State and Municipality lawsuit route. You will have to wait to see who wins that seat now because no one would look at a complaint now. Just a suggestion. I do know from experience not with this forum that I had to keep bugging AG constantly in Writing for my scenerio to be addressed. Alot of hard work but it pays off, depending on how much you want to put into it. Sounds like you need another complaint lodged to them with copies of all 6 reports attached for prior. That way you cover yourself for a potential lawsuit with backup. Just do something.
To 6:29pm; Speaking as someone who has brought suit to force the Chief to obey the law, I can tell you it is not worth the effort.
It takes a year to get to court. During that time, the towns $500/hr. insurance company attornies will pepper you with filings. They will attempt to make each separate paragraph stand as a cause of action on it's own through Summary Judgement Motions. You will be deposed, more than once. EVERY ASPECT of your life will be examined in an attempt to impeach your testimony.
The Chief will lie about you on camera in selectmen's meetings for a year. He will sue you personally for slander, dropping the case two weeks before trial, AFTER causing you to spend thousands defending this frivolous action.
YOU, your wife, and any kids you have that drive will be followed through town by Phil. he will cruise past your house 4-6 times daily, slowing down to look around.
When you bump into him at the village store, he will conduct a walk around inspection of your vehicle, looking for something he can give a ticket for. He will verbally threaten you.
Throughout all of this the selectmen will look at you and say; "But it's the chief" and do nothing.
If you own a business he will investigate that. He will call the DMV and pull your vehicle entire history from the time it rolled off the lot in Illinois. He will call you customers and suppliers and tell them you are "under investigation by the police".
AND FINALLY, People outraged from listening to his lies will gouge every body panel on your gorgeous Chrysler 300 down to bare metal as it sits in your driveway. They will spray paint your house while you are out of town.
All the while the selectmen will do nothing.
TRUST ME IT IS NOT WORTH IT! Accept that he is a police chief who violates the rules, and wait for him to retire.
What do you mean by waiting for him to retire? He will never retire and will go out only by his passing away. He already has the time and age to have retired. I usually wouldn't say this but that is what is going to happen.
To 7:00am I am truly sorry this disgusting behavior happens in our Town. I guess when I suggested how to move forward it was for something I had to do to get my answers, which had nothing to to with Town politics, just a different scenerio with AG office. After reading this he is more disgusting. I have heard, and read here say about him and most people in town are afraid of the bully who claims to run it. You have to believe what goes around comes around. Yes to 7:26 he will never retire, he will try to go out as a martyr. The Elderly have no idea what really goes on. They are trusting. You may never see it, but if all is true, as you say and others have written, he will someday meet his maker and have to answer for that. I think that is far more punishment then any of us could do. I do believe in Karma.
. . . although defendant is a self-proclaimed “investigative blogger” and defines themselves as “media,” the record fails to show that they are affiliated with any newspaper, magazine, periodical, book, pamphlet, news service, wire service, news or feature syndicate, broadcast station or network, or cable television system. Thus, they are not entitled to the protections of the law
Cut and paste doesn't make you a lawyer. A person can be an independant journalist and is protected under the law.
8:30 AM , A martyr dies for his cause and his cause is his only. If he were a martyr in the sense of politics the town wouldn't be where it is now with the decent and corruption within it confines. A martyr dies for the common every day majority for what ever the cause and not for ones self. The chief is not a martyr and will never be one under mans or Gods laws . He has done to many things that are negative to man . I wont say under the laws of God but will say he will be judged by Him. If the selectmen are the peoples voted majority then God help us all because they haven't done under sworn oath what they pledged to do upon their entering office. Time is now for the change of their actions or they should leave office by voting them out or by their own resignation[s]. Enough is enough and it is time now to rid the shame of the town that is known through out the state and beyond. Yes it is Halloween time once again . Lets not have another fiasco that has already taken place.
tO 12:06PM
Listen Phil, you misquoted the case, as usual. The portion you are quoting, was applicable to the blogger's attempt to withhold the identity of his source, for information that appeared on his blog. NOT regarding his postings themselves.
Second, As you learned in the past with me, TRUTH is an ABSOLUTE defense against charges of slander.
Again as you know EVERYTHING I posted in my comment is ABSOLUTELY TRUE!
Whenever you feel manly enough to do so, feel free to try again.
I guess he isn't.
No not bat man maybe spiderman oh no the hulk roar roar I did hit spell check did i spell that right I just dont no who to go out as maybe ill go out as a corupt town offical was that spelled write but how would i dresss or maybe ill go out as a no life blogger yeah ill just go to the party and pick on everybody cause im better and smarter then everybody
Please just go and do that! Make sure you go alone.
Mark, I am appalled at what Phil did to you and your family. I watched it happen and did not have the courage to speak up for fear of the same happening to my family. For that, I am very sorry.
I'm not involved in the happening so I have a question or two for you. Are you still in fear? If your not then say so here and post what you did see with anonymous status. To say your appalled and sorry to Mark is all well and good but you do have choices of making amends for your lack of action at that time. If you state your knowledge and opinions here and others do the same then may be ,just may be, the selectmen will do the job they should have done long ago. Are they in fear of confronting the towns problem? If so, then they must be part of the letting these problems continue on with out resolution. Now is the time to band together on site and force the action to resolution by demanding the BOS do its job. By ding this it will force them to resign or do what is right. There is nothing like a majority being the squeaky wheel that has to be greased to stop the problem of its noise .
Put it in writing on the blog and then go as a group for answers, come back to the blog and tell everyone in writing what happened or what they said they would do. Confused though, isn't there an Ethics board or committee for the Town to address?
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Be what is above is true or not the majority will rule. The majority has to make them selves known. The way to do this is here on site. If everyone who blogs here responds within an agreed time set by those who write here to respond then there will be a showing of what the majority wants to happen. How many of the taxpayers can be prosecuted for any supposed violation of the RTK laws,etc. and any complaints by the minority that they might try to bring forward. None! Now lets agree to a time span to do this by some one , possibly the administrator , or just let the towns abusers continue on doing what they are doing.
To 5:09 - Sure if they have a source. The post itself is protected speech and as long as you don't slander someone, it's ok. Oh, harassment is also out.
gronks td dance in the end zone in london was awsome but nothing beats last weeks peewee herman dance i love it all just a big pats fan
Walking down the street pretty woman. The kinda I like to meet. Pretty woman.
I remember a former selectman named Wayne Peak, way back in the 1980's, right after Phil was made Chief, found that money collected by the PD for reports and stuff wasn't being given to the town bookkeeper, but was being donated to the Atkinson Patrolmen's Association. He raised hell with the selectmen, and they refused to fire Phil. Peak sued the town, and Phil sued him. Case lasted 6 years, cost hundreds of thousands, and were mysteriously settled in the late 1980's. Peak help a big party, open bar at the N. Andover KofC. Claimed it was paid for with his winnings.
My point in remembering all of this, is that Mark's troubles are not the first time Phil has don these very same things.
RTK - any existing employment contracts with the Chief? Public info of there is. I say there must be.
Worth while looking into. Then the BOS can't ignore that in the sense of letting him go either by retirement ,forced off by the publics popular demand, or fired.
we need a brave person to make the request. someone who won't be ignored or put off, someone connected. if you are this person, go for it.
I suppose any one could but the persons that were hurt the most by the chief or other town officials should. I say this because of the well known past things that have happened to them. They had no fear of the chief and the others in public ,the courts, and in all the media forms we have today. A banding of these persons to collectively join in the action would be a great way of getting things done once and for all.
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To 7:07; I DID, anyone can go to the Town Clerks Office and see that his Last appointment expired on May 1, 1999. This is as of the last time I checked a couple of years ago.
To 2:54;
The comment I made that prompted the pissy response from Phil has no need of protecting a source. I am the source, and have the documentation to prove what I say, as Phil has found out numerous times to his dismay.
MAcciard said....
To Jan.4, 1:36pm;
Keep your lies to yourself. I am not intending to sue anyone, nor am I part of any mafia.
Neither are the people you label as such. In fact the lawsuits that HAVE been filed against the town, ALL had their basis in the outrageous abuses of authority of our chief of police.
If you wish to discuss any of this further, or you find the courage to put face to your anonymous slander, call or email me, but I don't think you will.
How easy it must be to, like our former moderator, hurl stones at others from behind a cloak of anonymity. How courageous.
My suggestion was not to ask the BOS when is appointment expires, but to ask them if there is any existing contract between the Town and him. Something that guarantees his job or offers monetary settlement. Any agreement about public employment is public information.
NO HOPE!
NO CHANGE!
NOBAMA!
And NO CONSENTINO too.
Vote Romney / Ryan. See you at the polls on Tuesday.
Gee, I didn't know that cumquat Consentino was running
for anything.
At any level of the up coming election vote against any candidate that the Conman endorses or even suggests you vote for. Hell!, they have helped him to continue to abuse his office and as a past selectman in town. Time for pay back for his and their lack of doing what is right.
Vote against Reams he is a con enabler.
Btw Catman, Bush isn't on the ticket. U might lay off the steroids, you are toasted
Oh boy!!! Now we have a cat man . I wonder who it is and if he will put up with the bs that the so called cat lady has up to now?
The Conman endorsed the sheriff in the ET paper. I wont vote for him for sure because of it!
I am voting for Romney this year, tried Obama, he did not deliver on his promises.
We have batman and robin and cat lady and consentino who is who. ???!!!??
They're not real U dope. Just the conman is real.
Then if they're not the many other real people then I assume I can say your right except for the CONMAN and he is the one writing this garbage . DAH!!!!!!
I hate to tell you but Batman and Robin are cartoons. The conman is real.
Dah!!!!! Yes I know Batman and Robbin are cartoons and the Conman is real. The questions is who is posting these cartoons and the cat comments? We3 do not want to be unfair to the chief if he isn't the one doing it. After all ,he is the one who has given the town more than its fair share of grief and notable court cases. He has also put the town on the map as the laughing stock of N.H. Thats not only just to say what he did on the Halloween that made national head lines as well. When are we going to see him gone from his position and the political scene in town, does any one know? I could say more but I have to go to work in order to share in paying for his costly blunders .
To 7:51 - It's rather sad that you are on here more than anyone else and talking nonsense and you just won't go away. Have considered getting help for your OCD? Have you considered that it is you that is front of a computer all day with no life? You have a mental problem.
Get out and vote today. I'm not going to vote for most of the incumbents because they do not seem to want to do the voting majorities wishes. They vote only their party directives and forget that they should vote as they were elected to do by the republican and democratic parties with the independent included. It is time for a change any way.
So 6:33 I don't understand you statement. "They vote only their party directives and forget that they should vote as they were elected to do by the republican and democratic parties with the independent included."
You say they vote as directed by their party. Then you say they forget they should vote according to their party.
The statement is contradictory, can you reiterate?
What I meant was that after they are elected to office they represent all voters interests . Once in office they seem to forget that and that is what I was getting at in my haste to go to work. Sorry for my "contradictory" mistake.
More of the same coming our way. Don't blame me when yo mogage is due and you aint got no mo
money and have no job. See Mr. Obama for what y'all need.:
New Hampshire democrat state now. Move to Alaska an shoot moose with Sarah cause NH ain't comming back red no mo. Sob!
Yo. Mit. My Social Security and Medicare are in safe hands now. What a relief!
Bye Ryan. Bye Bain capital.
12:27 , It doesn't mean the state is now democratic. What it means is that the people voting whether Rep,Dem, or Ind are fed up and want a change in government overall. Ex.Bass got beat didn't he? It is time the pols got the message is it not? The message being DO THE PEOPLES BIDDING NOT JUST YOUR PARTIES DICTATES! All the elected officials ,regardless of their party, have to work together for those they represent no matter what party the voters belong to in their representation.
Mitt was wrong. 47% was an understatement.
To 12:27 AM - If you knew anything at all about finances, you would realize tha Alaska is in the black and that each citizen reaps the benefits of their oil trade. They are energy independent because they own large reserves. Moving there is a smart move. You can stay in NH and shoot moose too but I assume you will not have enough money to get up north after you spend your unemployment check on food.
No one's medicare or SS are safe if you have half the country not contributing but I suppose that is ok with the takers.
Hey, I paid into Social Security for 50 years. And it a valid part of my retirement. I earned it. It is the tea party that wants to play takeaway. Takeaway SS. Takeaway MEDICARE, takeaway heathcare reform. They are the takers. And now the country just sent them a message: The republican party does not represent the majority. We don't need more military spending bankrupting the nation. The task of a more kind and intelligent president, now moves forward.
When you run out off money to take, don't come crying to me for more. For people who actually into Social Security, they are entitled to it, as are those who are disabled. Republicans are not all tea party members and why the nation is too stupid to elect a person who actually knows how to earn and make money is incomprehensible. BTW, Obama is not kind, he showed a very nasty side to the world this past month. He doesn't know what the hell he's doing.
To 9:33 AM - Get a grip on reality. Smart, wealthy, educated women know no one is going to do anything to their bodies. What is wrong with you?
Live Free or Die is dead in NH. It cannot survive the democrats.
You can live for free in NH if you don't buy property and get on assistance, as much as you can get.
11:31 , The "live free or die" use of the saying is a reference to General Stark to those who he addressed at that time. No where was it meant to be as it is used today and I'm tired of hearing it be put into the politics of our state. We all have a price to pay to stay free but it isn't as the saying is now used. The price is the taxes and other charitable means and ways of paying to be in a civilized society. How would you like to live in the Lawrence/Haverhill area and then use that saying as you have? What you'd be saying is to do what ever you want to the crazies to kill or hurt others in protest to law and order. You wouldn't last to the end of the day with out being hurt or killed. JMHO that is from some one old and fed up with things as they are now.
You cannot compare Atkinson to Lawrence or Haverhill. The tax base and services are completely different, nor is it relevant to the discussion of how the State of NH has changed from the simple rural country life to one with high taxes, little services and low expectations. This influx of dems to NH is raisng our property taxes and it does not fit the lifestyle that we came here to enjoy.
2:36, The subject was the use of "Live free or die". You say no one should use the comparing of Atkinson to Lawrence/Haverhill and yet you do forget how close they are in proxsimity to Atkinson. Do you think that there is an invisible fence to protect the towns people from these things of criminal happenings? When they can no longer get what they want in that area they'll come here out of want. The tax base and services and how they are made isn't the question here, the nimby attitude is. Your blind not to see that especially when there is corruption in the towns politics including its services. EX. the constant elderly affairs head using the position to influence the elderly. The inferring that there will be no more elderly service if they do not listen to him. A BOS that will not do their job to correct the towns internal problems . [I wonder why that is]. Your statement of "simple country life,etc., etc." just goes to show that you are stuck in the old days and don't want to come to the current times of the modern world. Do you really think it shouldn't or doesn't cost you to have come along this way in time that you now enjoy. It is time to wake up or go to the far north beyond Canada to see how lucky you are to be here to have what you do.
MEMORANDUM
To: The Republican Party
Fr: The voters of all swing states and the Nation
Re: Obamacare
The voting majority hereby proclaims the Health Care Law valid and it is now the Law of The Land. Supreme Court voted to confirm legitimacy. It goes into effect Jan 1, 2014.
To 6:58 - 2:36 was not comparing Atkinson to Haverhill or Lawrence and where do you get off saying another 'forgets' how close the towns are? How do you know what this person thinks? The tax base and the services ARE MY topic. Every sentence doesn't have to revolve around your nimby attitude about the BOS everyday.
I see cat man is back in Town.
MEMORANDUM
To: The Democratic Party
Fr: The voters of all swing states and the Nation
Re: Obamacare
The voting majority did not vote for the Health Care Law - it was shoved down our throats. When it goes into effect Jan 1, 2014, we expect you'll have no problem paying for your coverage yourself. Everything costs money and Obamacare is not an entitlement program.
its cold out side and snowy check on elderly and bring in pets
To 8:09, When the crazies from Lawrence and Haverhill start coming to town to commit crimes then will you say they were to far away from here to come here? You say there is a nimby attitude towards the selectmen every day. Apparently your not that educated in what has gone on up to now. If you were then you'd ask the same questions of them as has many here on site have done. Some of them have had to deal with harassment,courts,damage to personal and real properties, and some ones business, etc. The causes of actions are well known as are the participants in all these things written here. Stop trying to not see what is truth unless ,and, of course your one of the guilty or a close relative of them. The BOS should be ashamed of themselves for not taking the stand and act as they should to clean the towns slate in these matters . They did take an oath to represent the towns best interests did they not?
To 8:09 - I came from Mass, just like a lot of other Atkinson residents. It is not about where you come from, it is about the quality of your character.
I am also very educated about what is going on in Town and I am one of their victims but I still am not going to lower myself to your level and rant on here, day after day when you have nothing new to say. That's how you tune people out to your message.
We have plenty of criminals here in Atkinson so stop worrying about who may come into Town. You sound like the Chief riding borders on Halloween.
Last msg was for 3:28, not 8:09. Sorry!
I do not listen when people call us ignorant names. When you raise this point of name calling the former Mass residents, you are now putting down the NH residents. So here we have you putting down people from Haverhill, Lawrence and NH!!
You have no right to criticize others when you are obnoxious, illogical and nimby yourself.
Oh!! I forgot to ask what makes you think your so safe here now that you live in N.H.? Please do not tell me we have a barrier of some sort at our town lines and please,please don't tell me we have such a great police force in that regard.
I never said I felt safe here or there. Why are you always putting words in other people's mouths? YOU are the one who compares those in Haverhill and Atkinson, Lawrence and Atkinson, MassH's and NhH's.
Do you think anything through before you say it? You might try doing that because your thought process is very flawed.
Moreover, you judge people on what you read in the paper about Lawrence, then complain that APD doesn't print the police log? Then you use your misinformation to say we live in a better place? Are you for real?
I am no liar and you have no just cause to call me one. You madam, are just another obnoxious bully on here. Requesting you be blocked for your angry entries.
10:55 Your post is not entertainment it's trash talk.
Whether or not the police services are need for any of the public they have to do their job. They may know who is anti police or for them but they still have to act to give the service they provide equally each day of the year . Get off your soap box trying to instill fear among us.
Happy Thanksgiving one and all.
This isn't the place for profanity and it will not be tolerated.
I'm happy to see that the AR2 Monitor has removed the profanity and it was never my intention to cause a problem by writing on the subject of the profanity. I did make it known that I didn't like the reference to the four letter slang word used by the wacko and his use of the word guys when making his vile disrespectful commentary to both sexes. You will note that I alluded to the foul word he used but didn't use the word in what was my response. Thank you for your removing the blogs you have so far.
Do not respond to the vile or slanderous comments, they will be removed. This site was created to shine a light on the problems we face as residents of Atkinson and it's time we got back to business.
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To AR2Monitor, I agree with you about getting down to business as it was establish originally by you. What I'm really interested in if you will go and do what was asked earlier on this site. - The question is and was will or are you going to see if the towns computer[s] were being used and by who the person[s] are using them? Also were you going to bar those who are violating the site with their outrageous stupid and filthy writings on this site? The cat comments are a minor example as compared to the other things already mentioned but most of all who is doing these things. In exposing the persons it would help the town and its people to over come its stigmas and bring back civility that seems to be lost because of the few who hide behind being anonymous on this site. Will you quietly use your right to expose them and ask that the selectmen do their job as required by the oath they took in representing the towns people. The probable firings and/or forced into retirements are needed here to stop what has gone on for far to long. JMHO
I'm just saying, the blog's called 'My Girlfriend is Ridiculous', not 'My Boyfriend Has Some Good Input Too'.
mr moderator thinks he is the king....he doesnt realize that this $2 blog could certainly be turned out real quick. Block who ever you want. When is it a crime to blog about cats or dogs or even a conman. I think whoever is blogging about the chief has bigger problems.
king has spoken
How much more can the above two blogs be? Both seem to be really dumb and have no idea what they are talking about. There are no kings in America unless their last name is King. It is ok to blog about animals in general but not when they are used as they have been here. The chief is the problem and they know it. In case they don't know the Conman they refer to is the chief by name and definition because of what he has done up to now. Both of you should stop baiting the people on the site for a reaction and stop before you get thrown off the site or end up in court.
Interesting postings today from the dumbamongus.
To 1:22 - Mr. Catman - cut and paste is a pre-K skill.
To 3:54 - The blog is called AtkinsonReporter2. Your girlfriend is called, yes, ridiculous (for being your girlfriend).
To 4:06 - Mr. Moderator is king here. Let the Chief go for it. He has been chasing his $2.00 blog for years and hasn't caught it.
To 4:27 - Can you just go away?
4:27 says your afraid of the truth and will remain here. Are you going to make way for the hypocrites on the walk way going into church today ? They're the ones to tell to go away.
On of my close friends has three kids and there all 3. He has never been the kinda that has been good with a "plan b"
Who cares what 4:27 thinks?
I and the many who remain silent here care what 4:27 thinks.
in court for what 427
I'd just like to thank the veterans for traveling all around the world protecting our freedoms. Too bad the biggest threat to our civil rights live right here in Atkinson, that erzatz Chief of Police, Phil Consentino and all those "do nothings" on the BOS. Forget Syria, Libya and Yemen. Let's do something about the injustices right here at home veterans.
Happy Veterans Day.
Veterans voted again GOP pick Paul Ryan. They didn't trust a Neanderthal Nerd with their benefit program. Will Fox News promote Ryan knuckle dragger for 2016 after he lost the debate and just barely kept his seat in Congress? Rove, Fox News, gambler Adelson and Romney love the guy. Losers all. Maybe Dan Quayle will make a comeback. A breath of fresh air by comparison. Then there's Sarah Palin. Another GOP gift to failure. Just sayin dah truth. keep puttin em up.
Can anybody tell me where I can get a white Romney hat? a pink Romney tea shirt? a elephant flag with a George Bush commerotive emblem? This stuff is gonna be worth big bucks to trivia collectors.
3:37, All you have to do is look at the past court cases to see what they were about and who was involved to get your answer. I'm surprised that your not up to date with the past scandals that occurred in the town.
There you go again, putting words in my mouth. I am totally up to date on the town. It's
you I disagree with every time you post. Unsubstantiated drivel.
To 10:53 PM on Nov 11. Nothing will be worth a dime after this administration spends another four years of our money. ( Obviously it's not your money they are spending given you post. )
8:99 How can I be putting words in your bigggggg mouth when its a matter of fact that is in RTK publications and is a publicly well known matter of ,again, fact. You can say you disagree with every time I post but that doesn't change any well known.....FACT. Therefor it is not drivel that I write about but you do corner that drivel market all by your lonesome self. Nice try!!
Sorry I meant 8:00 not 8:99. Please don't pick on my mistake after all you made one when you came back with your foolish blog at 8:00 am.
Comforting to know that because of Glen Beck and Rush the moron, Etc on the radio, I will never see another Republucan President in my lifetime.
Did you hear Rove on the news last night? Going forward his Superpack billionaire fund will prove itself by refocusing on local elections to make sure the radical fringe will not win over moderate republicans ever again. No more Mourdocks get elected over Lugars. In short, he committed CrossroadsGPS against the tea party. Tea Partiers. It is a good day to be a republican in America. Yes sir e
To 3:39 - you're very rude to everyone.
hey 818 why dont you do something about it
8:18, By the same experience your showing me you should know ! Why do you say that I'm rude when I write the truth and as I see it I do call a spade a spade. Are you afraid of truth ? All that I've written here is factual and not the lies of those trying to cover their back sides with distortion of the truths made known by factual reporting. If I'm rude in your way of thinking then why say any thing when you can just avoid my blogging here by skipping the responses by you and you can move on.
Law intended to keep discredited police from testifying draws fire
ShareThisBy NANCY WEST
New Hampshire Sunday News
GIUDA
A law change aimed at making sure prosecutors tell defendants if police officers set to testify against them have credibility problems went into effect virtually unnoticed five months ago, but it is quickly generating controversy as defense attorneys disagree with the state's interpretation.
Deputy Attorney General Ann Rice said she only learned last week from the Sunday News that Rep. Brandon Giuda, R-Chichester, tacked the amended law governing the confidentiality of police personnel files onto unrelated legislation at the 11th hour after it failed to pass as a stand-alone bill.
Giuda, an attorney who lost his seat in Tuesday's election, said he made changes to RSA 105:13-b because he passionately believes people accused of crimes should be informed if police personnel records contain information that could hurt an officer's credibility as a witness.
"I'm a law-and-order guy," Giuda said, "but I've seen abuses by law enforcement."
Giuda said the old law was unconstitutional. Police and prosecutors had been relying on a 2004 memo by former Attorney General Peter Heed in determining what to turn over from police personnel records, Giuda said.
Now, if police and prosecutors fail to disclose such material - which includes lying under oath, theft, fraud or any conduct that could affect an officer's truthfulness - they will be in violation of state law, Giuda said. He would like the law further amended in the future to include penalties if they fail to do so.
People should focus on the fact that "the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 50 years ago and in many subsequent cases that prosecutors and police officers have a duty to disclose this evidence," Giuda said.
"'Laurie' just happened to be one New Hampshire Supreme Court case, but this constitutional right (to those accused of a crime) has been identified since the 1960s. And the fact that some don't know about it now, or are not complying after all this time, is really telling."
In the 1993 case State v. Laurie, a first-degree murder conviction against Carl Laurie was reversed after he was sentenced to life in prison because the state didn't tell the defense that the lead police detective's personnel file contained matters that called into question his truthfulness.
Laurie ultimately pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Now 62, Laurie remains in State Prison for Men in Concord and will be eligible for parole to freedom in two years.
Giuda's crusade began when a fellow lawmaker told him an unidentified police chief confided that other chiefs were hiding Laurie information and not disclosing it to defendants, something long required by state and federal court rulings.
The amended law says: "Exculpatory evidence in a police personnel file of a police officer who is serving as a witness in any criminal case shall be disclosed to the defendant." It adds that disclosure is required even if a defendant is not found guilty.
Several defense attorneys said they view the change as requiring prosecutors to personally review police personnel files to determine whether they contain Laurie material and define "exculpatory'' to mean all evidence favorable to a defendant. Rice said she defines exculpatory as evidence that could show a defendant is not guilty.
On Wednesday, Rice sent her analysis of the new law to the 10 county attorneys, who along with her office are responsible for maintaining confidential lists of police officers with potential Laurie matters and for disclosing relevant information to defendants.
Rice told them that it appears the law differentiates between exculpatory evidence and evidence in the 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case Giglio v. United States. The high court ordered a new trial in Giglio because the prosecution failed to tell jurors that a witness was promised he wouldn't be prosecuted in exchange for his testimony.
Charles Temple, a University of New Hampshire School of Law professor, said Rice's analysis is wrong and doesn't make sense to him.
"The duty is on the state (police and prosecutors) to disclose Laurie materials," Temple said. "Giglio is an entirely separate issue related to the disclosure of plea deals for state witnesses."
Manchester defense attorney Cathy Green agreed with Temple.
"All evidence that a police officer is not credible is in my view exculpatory," Green said.
Concord attorney Jim Moir, who represented Carl Laurie at trial, said he doesn't understand Rice's analysis, either.
Moir started the ball rolling on Laurie's appeal years ago when former Merrimack County Attorney Michael Th. Johnson told him about the credibility issues in the lead detective's personnel file. The state argued unsuccessfully to the state Supreme Court at the time that the information didn't have to be disclosed, Moir said.
"I am sure that members of the defense bar will be filing motions for orders that personnel files be reviewed by the prosecutors themselves, as it is their obligation to provide the information," Moir said.
A man who was convicted of second-degree assault last month in Rockingham County Superior Court has asked Judge N. William Delker for a new trial, arguing that his lawyer, Neil Reardon, didn't tell him a state trooper who testified against him had a Laurie issue for lying under oath at a hearing.
The names of officers on Laurie lists are strictly confidential, but Trooper Derek Holston's name became public when he appealed the 11-day unpaid suspension he received after it was determined he had lied at an administrative license suspension hearing.
Clint Pickering, 29, who was previously convicted in federal court in connection with the 2009 Bank of New England robbery in Windham, was convicted Oct. 1 in state court of running over a Windham police officer's foot during the getaway.
He wants to fire Reardon and get a new trial. Reardon declined comment last week.
"Everything (Reardon) advised me not to do hasn't worked out," Pickering said in a telephone interview from Rockingham County Jail in Brentwood.
In a motion seeking a new trial last week, Pickering wrote: "If defendant knew about Holston's Laurie issue, he would have had a chance to suppress his statement."
Rep. Giuda said he started researching Laurie disclosures at the prompting of Rep. Paul LaCasse, R-Claremont.
"I would have never known except that a good police chief, an honorable chief, pushed the issue with Rep. LaCasse," Giuda said.
To 3:34 - How are you putting words in my mouth you ask? Because I was not talking about your RTK issue and you, as usual, can't follow the thread of conversation.
CHAPTER 105
POLICE OFFICERS AND WATCHMEN
Section 105:13-b
105:13-b Confidentiality of Personnel Files. –
I. Exculpatory evidence in a police personnel file of a police officer who is serving as a witness in any criminal case shall be disclosed to the defendant. The duty to disclose exculpatory evidence that should have been disclosed prior to trial under this paragraph is an ongoing duty that extends beyond a finding of guilt.
II. If a determination cannot be made as to whether evidence is exculpatory, an in camera review by the court shall be required.
III. No personnel file of a police officer who is serving as a witness or prosecutor in a criminal case shall be opened for the purposes of obtaining or reviewing non-exculpatory evidence in that criminal case, unless the sitting judge makes a specific ruling that probable cause exists to believe that the file contains evidence relevant to that criminal case. If the judge rules that probable cause exists, the judge shall order the police department employing the officer to deliver the file to the judge. The judge shall examine the file in camera and make a determination as to whether it contains evidence relevant to the criminal case. Only those portions of the file which the judge determines to be relevant in the case shall be released to be used as evidence in accordance with all applicable rules regarding evidence in criminal cases. The remainder of the file shall be treated as confidential and shall be returned to the police department employing the officer.
10:37,I do not see where I'm not following " the thread of conversation" as you put it. If in your responses you made it known what you were responding to it wouldn't be a problem for you and other readers that you may have talked to off site. Your grasping for straws and trying to cya by doing so in your response to the message of the truths and written in the public media and records..
I am not, did not and will not talk about anything to do with RTK or public records with you. It was not my topic.
If you can't see where you're not following the thread of conversation by your own admission, then by default I am correct - you are lost in the thread again.
hey 8:45 are you still prowling around?
I was just looking at our APD website and the police logs have addresses. Good job with this improvement APD.
Nov. 1: Dimaggio, Alexander N., DOB 04/10/87, 14 Emery Dr., Atkinson, NH, arrested on charge of possession of controlled/narcotic drugs.
11:52 A.M, Please tell every one just what is your topic. Is it your way to sway away the subject matter of the truth or are you trying your best to keep everyone from the .... truth? Because I have no info on you and who you/or represent I'll just assume your the Conman and/or a BOS who is afraid to do the job you took an oath to do. If you are a BOS member then maybe you should give thought to never running for the office again . It may be best you resign with in the immediate future rather than risk going down with the Conman for any past mistakes you may be involved in with him and the other BOS members .JMHO
You have no info so you make assumptions about people? Kind of ignorant IMHO.
I do not need info of my own when I and every one else has access to documented records and other media proof that says I'm right. How can you deny that if your so intelligent? Better yet why haven't you read the things mentioned here that are public information? Apparently you haven't even tried to to be informed as you might and should be. You do realize that the publication of facts by these public information sites haven't been sued nor will they be because of factual truths. Why don't you just go away until you come to reality about the truth as is written in public use of information. JMHO and IMHO
3:36- No matter what the guy says you jump all over him. Shut up!
Why doesn't 336 go away until they can write a coherent comment?
Last two commentaries, You both appear to be afraid of truth as put to print here. Are you both from the Conman team or are you self thinking as residents and readers here? At least the person making the comments you don't like has the guts to give opinions and the truths they claim from public documents. Why wont you do the same instead of skirting the issues with your way of denial of the published documents?
It appears that 6:31 just wants to pick a fight and stay off topic. Ignore him and he'll be talking to himself all day.
The post about disclosing police dishonesty needs discussing.
What is the topic you allude to? Where did it go off topic? He/she ,if you read his/her comments on all he/she wrote about is about the towns corruption and the police department. 6:31 seems to be the only one who is on tract with his/her comment about the disclosing police dishonesty that needs to be discussed. I feel it should go beyond just that alone. The questions put forward by this person about the towns corruption and the lack of the BOS to take action is paramount to the needs of the towns people . Then you have to consider the taxpayers who have had to pay their share of the bills of the many suits that have been settled so far. Please don't think the insurance company paid for all the damage awards,you the taxpayer did. The rates for the towns insurance have risen and its not just the cost of living factored into the cost. Wake up and insist on the BOS do its job once and for all.
This interesting information has been kept quiet but only applies to criminal proceedings, not civil proceedings. Too bad too, because any police officer who has integrity issues should not be on the force and the integrity issues should be on public record.
Having to rely on Police and prosecuters to hand over the info is crazy, they'd be ratting on pals. No wonder this is not widely known.
Paul Ryan said to a Washington Post reporter, "Social Security and Medicare, we don't need these elderly programs, we need money for new battleships to patrol our Southern border with Mexico. Mit and me, we got our facts straight. And we will grease the tracks of our tanks in Egypt with these phony social programs."
The SS Romney Carrier Goup to launch in Arizona! This should get interesting to Latinos.
Oh, and they can't figure out why they lost the election? Duhhhh.
Not to mention the Muslim Brotherhood's fascination reading the newspaper that a Romney Administration would have launched Abrams tanks from Bengazi into Egypt proper on their way to Iran.
12:45 says - now if this police officers integrity issue is the topic lets continue with it to its end. The integrity issue[s] has to be from top to bottom at the APD.
I'll bet the unpublished fiction storyteller will be looking for Romney when we get attacked again and he still won' want to contribute to his own protection.
I'll also bet he's in the 47% who don't pay taxes, AND for whatever reason there is 47% that don't pay taxes, there are 53% that carry the weight of the country. Does it matter why they don't pay any taxes? I think the bigger question is how to lower that number so that people pay their own share and carry their own weight for a change.
I expect that the fiction writer above will want to get that 47% up to 97% so that only the very wealthy pay any taxes. Am I correct?
It was also interesting to see that Atkinson voted overwhemingly for Republicans last week.
It's Obama's plan to defend against Iran. Are you saying he should not be? What about North Korea? Think we should shut the Pentagon down and up the weekly allowances?
What about protecting the borders from illegal aliens taking away money from your allowance? Care to share with them or keep them out?
What is your ethnicity? I assume you are not English....
12:13 - How do you expect to write this crap without being called a racist? It's totally insulting.
I do not see it as racist or insulting. Where did you see that in what was written? All that was said is that we should let the government of the island and here make the island a state. The other things mentioned are not a problem for any one to under stand but it seems they are to you. What was said was simply that we finance the islands people with the same benefits as we do them here. A spike of employment in the future with tourism and industry would be in the future to make things better for every one there and here. The opportunity to go back to the island was also mentioned. You and I are paying the island peoples way whether they are living on the main land here or not if they are not employed and on the dole rolls. What really is your problem? I see no difference with them as compared to us here on the main land. They are U.S. citizens just like us are they not?
I wonder if 3:17 PM understands what the word "etc." means after the word racist at 12:13 PM?
The GOP is a stupid party and hopelessly lost if they do not get that Romney lied to the American people often and with intent. All that money could not buy off honest folk. Lesson learned?
Let's just give 'em all of Lawrence! No big loss.
The Republican party reprsents more rich people than poor people, who belong to the 47% or the Democrats. Now, what is so stupid about being rich? This is stupid....
The Obama administration provided struggling battery maker A123 Systems Inc with nearly $1 million on the day it filed for bankruptcy, the company told lawmakers investigating its government grant.
I agree. They should of blogged in NH more. That's where the W/T 50+ woman watch.
8:08 - Actually, it is "They should HAVE blogged in NH..."
You would know this is if you were not W/T yourself.
That is all we need is another English major being critical here. The average person reading here knows what was meant . If you can't come down to the average intellect level then you should go else where to show your being superior to us .
Hahaha
Yes, some aspire to stay PWT.
What does the " P" stand for ?
6:16 how about if you leave so that the mean IQ jumps by 20 points?
P stands for poor. It's assumed when omitted.
WT are people who are socially disconnected, exhibit criminal behaviors (drugs, theft etc.), typically have no formal education or skills, work for low hourly wages, not by choice but by lack of choice.
True and many others who just won't stick their necks out.
True again!!!!!!!!! No guts ,no glory like they had in the past when they stood up for themselves and won. They're well known and should get together to do what they should rather than have other people be known to the guilty .
Just checking in to say that I am tired of reading posts without meaningful content or opinions not backed up with fact. I skip over those with poor grammar too.
Where is the good commentary that we used to read here?
11/20 @ 2:38, It is apparent your not a true well meaning follower of the site and its blogs. The names were already mentioned earlier and in the past to present by others than me. Wake up or get off the site and stop trying to make trouble with your nonsense.
star light star bright let me see some fireworks tonight
If you continue to dump your waste on your neighbors property, you may get your shallow wish.
4:45, There can be fireworks tonight and/or in the tomorrows that follow. I'd rather see a solution to all that goes on in town but there seems to be no one able to light the fuse, if you know what I mean. 5:28, What you do not seem to understand is that water ,sewerage , and the offensive actions by some[ officials] has to reach its level before coming to its eventual removal. All smelly things do eventually get removed when these things are far beyond able to keep on smelling . Atkinson has that over whelming smell and when the taxpayers are finally fed up with it then and only then will the removal demands of the smell[s] will take place. The odor has to be removed . Why do we have to wait until election time when we should have selectmen with guts to do their job of representing the taxpayers of its community? JMHO
Why do we have to wait? What are you 5? It's the law of the land.
Just so that we ALL know what you are in for tonight. The fireworks comment was followed by a display on Meditation Lane, just went by after dinner. Round up the usual suspects.
maybe he'll blow something off his self and he won't be able to type
Or reproduce. One can only hope.
too late...a bum in the oven.
thats why your husand left you because you couldnt reproduce anymore right? or was it because you cracked up? you cracker
was that the grand fanale?
Your father never even married your mother. What does that make you?
About to carry on tradition.
Children are born of innocence so lets not go there.What makes you think your not of questionable birth? Were you there when the sex act was going on or after it happened. And to think its Sunday today when most of the hypocrites in town keep quite to appear so righteous!!!Shame on you!!!!!!
What we have here is a person who has been blogging about a specific individual for well over a year. This is the same blogger who is responsible for the cat comments and who has been "threatening" others with threats of visiting their street at night. This blogger has also accused a specific individual of sexual crimes.
We have invited the blogger off this site on many occassions but they persist in slanderous harassment of individuals.
In an effort to reclaim this blog for it's intended purpose, the ip address of the blogger has been turned over to the victim with corroberating evidence.
The blog moderators will not tolerate this kind of abusive attacks.
I hope he-she gets what they deserve...Jail time and a big settlement to the victims.
Actually, falsely accusing someone of a sexual crime is beyond slander or harrashment. It is a sexual crime in itself that should not go unpunished.
With the greatest of hopes I'd like to see the IP address identity made public by the person it was turned over to. If its who it is thought to be by most readers here they should be in the criminal and civil courts w/o any doubts.
The slang term cracker is a racial slur against white people. This is hate talk.
it's equal to calling a black person the n word.
I don't think too many people would know who the harasser is but my guess is he a suspect young enough to know this slang, maybe someone who has already been to court a time or two.
It wasn't that long ago when a white person called a black person the "n" word it was more than offensive to a black person. But when in recent times a black person calling a black person the "n" word wasn't offensive to the black person getting called the "n" word. What am I missing here? Is it ok for one color but not the other . Personally I think its terrible to say to either one of the colors.
"In an effort to reclaim this blog for it's intended purpose, the ip address of the blogger has been turned over to the victim with corroborating evidence."
I have long suspected the moderator had the ability to determine the IP address of an anonymous blogger. From that point it is really not that hard to determine that person's location, then their identity. This is fair warning to everyone here, you can be found by the moderator if he wants.
"Shouldn't you be concerned?" I hear you say. Not really. My current IP address is in Panama. Could be someplace halfway around the world tomorrow if I choose. I never, ever, come here when using my assigned address. A word to the wise.
Obama's popular vote total is now close to 51%. Guess what Romney's popular vote total is? 47%. Ahhhh. Hahahahahahaha
Administrator, Lets see if 6:03 PM is telling the truth or is just blowing us an attempt to make a big smoke screen when he says he/she is using another IP address outside the country when they blog here. If they are lying then post him/her on the site with their true IP address. That should stop all the foolishness here and expose the liar for all to see.
It's ridiculous for anyone to assume they are completely anonymous and it doesn't matter if you log in from Panama or Nepal or Spain.
To 11:48 - 47 + 51 is only 98. I guess you are not in the top two % of people who can add.
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