Tag along with Keene activists as we visit the Keene City Clerk’s office to request some documents related to my upcoming trial. Watch the city clerk defy the statues when she clearly says lawsuit records are not filed or available for my inspection. According to the statutory requirements she mentions the records, shall be kept on file and made available for inspection. Given that she admitted to violating 91-A:4 (VI), will the police issue her a ticket as they would if you violated a statute? Is the city attempting to impede my lawsuit?
643:1 Official Oppression. – A public servant . . .
is guilty of a misdemeanor if, with a purpose to benefit himself or another or to harm another, he knowingly commits an unauthorized act. . . or knowingly refrains from performing a duty imposed on him by law or clearly inherent in the nature of his office.
Nicely done!
Nice posse you got there to harass the ladies in the clerks office.
So is it asking the bureaucrats to do their job according to their own rules that is harassment? Or is having multiple peaceful witnesses accompany you harassment?
Granite Stater, you statists have a very strange understanding of the english language.
What I'd like to see is the government of the city of Keene to stop extorting money from peaceful people by threatening to kick them out of their own houses. Now that's harassment. I'd also like them to be willing to be open and accountable for their actions while on the job. A guy can dream …
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You say I am a statist like it is a bad thing.
Granite Stater–
If you consider the idea that you, as well as all the rest of humanity, is incapable of best deciding for theirselves what occurs in their lives, you're a pretty awful person in my book.
I believe in the collective Anarcho……..We are polar opposites. I have been watching your antics Anarcho, and I admire your in your face style.
By how do you mean, collective?
All contributing to the common good of the nation and her people by following the ideals of our elected officials. i.e. paying taxes and not breaking the laws.
-silence-
"ma'am, are you going to respond?" – Golden!
I love the painting joke!
Pray tell, what is a common good? Is it something we can objectively qualify? This aside, let me give you the benefit of the doubt in relation to what the common good is– assuming it exists, how do we know what it is, especially give the very real evidence and circumstance of us disagreeing if the notion is even valid in the first place? But lets say we did all know what it is, and agree on it– how do we go about implementing it? History has shown us that social and economic engineering often have inhumane and atrocious consequences… Read more »
Granite stater is just another drone mindlessly following orders like a good serf.
Granite Stater, for starters, I'm interested in your response to the following thought experiment: Suppose at the creation of the world I find myself living near two other people. Now, suppose myself, and my first neighbor, wish to steal from the other. My second neighbor simply wishes to live in peace. We could, since we have more guns, and there are two of us, simply overwhelm him and take his stuff. I assume you would call that theft. Instead, my first neighbor and I hold a “constitutional convention”, and determine by two thirds majority, that we will have a democracy.… Read more »
Statist.. "All contributing to the common good of the nation and her people by following the ideals of our elected officials. i.e. paying taxes and not breaking the laws." That is one misinformed perspective. The "common good" delusion aside, the "by following the ideals of our elected officials", rather then the intended; "election of officials to perform a specific function, designated by, and derived from, the ideals of the populace", is a rare level of state adoration. Not surprising coming from someone proudly claiming to be a statist, and collectivist, since to think either could be righteous requires faulty logic.… Read more »
RSA 91-A:4 IV. Each public body or agency shall, upon request for any governmental record reasonably described, make available for inspection and copying any such governmental record within its files when such records are immediately available for such release. If a public body or agency is unable to make a governmental record available for immediate inspection and copying, it shall, within 5 business days of request, make such record available, deny the request in writing with reasons, or furnish written acknowledgment of the receipt of the request and a statement of the time reasonably necessary to determine whether the request… Read more »
Yes, Curt, it seems the law is a little more complicated. Here's a link to RSA 91-A:4 http://www.eppingnospinzone.com/NH_Sunshine_Law/S… Here are the first three portions: I. Every citizen during the regular or business hours of all such bodies or agencies, and on the regular business premises of such bodies or agencies, has the right to inspect all public records, including minutes of meetings of the bodies or agencies, and to make memoranda, abstracts, and photographic or photostatic copies of the records or minutes so inspected, except as otherwise prohibited by statute or RSA 91-A:5. I-a. Records of any payment made to… Read more »
Curt – covering for YOUR government as usual eh? RSA 91-A:4 IV. Each public body or agency shall, upon request for any governmental record reasonably described, make available for inspection and copying any such governmental record within its files when such records are immediately available for such release. Yes not all records are available for immediate inspection. If the records are reasonably described, then they have 5 days to gather them if they are not "within it's files" Unfortunately they have no choice on keeping lawsuits and other documents on file and available for immediate public inspection. It's kinda like… Read more »
I just watched the video. My comment was only about 91-A. I have direct experience with 91-A, complying with it myself and expecting others in my town to comply with it. I don't have much experience or knowledge about laws for or against video recordings in public places. I have no reason to dispute the impression I have gotten from you and others that it is generally OK to do it in places open to the public, although I think that the 1978 constitutional amendment giving judicial rules the force of law might play into your situation with the court.… Read more »
1978 decision or not, the so called order is not a judicial rule. Those only allow judges to set rules over the proceedings. Not the lobby. This is a tyrant who got embarrassed, drafting legislation and jailing people so they can't make fun of us anymore. . . He'll show us by costing taxpayers whatever it takes to win! This is also not an educational how-to video, as that would be boring to watch and would be almost pointless to make. If somebody wants to do this they would have to look up local laws if they were not in… Read more »
Yeah, I agree, the 5 day rule is for documents which do not fall under the "shall be available at the clerks office" rule.
Of course, the details of the law are really immaterial to the morality of the situation, but it certainly does appear that they violated their own rules — as well as moral laws, which goes without saying.
Sam, I have never understood the basis for the distinction you make between authority over the court room and authority over the adjacent lobby when it is occupied by court personnel and equipment performing the court security function. But I expect that you and your lawyer will put forth a strong argument at your trial, and then we will get some clarity. Regarding RSA 91-A:4 VI pertaining to records of court settlements, the main point is records retention. Other documents could be destroyed on any time length, but the minimum for these documents is 10 years. Your position seems to… Read more »
Suzie being on vacation. . . Not my problem. The law is the Law Curt. If the statute says on file and made available for public inspection, not knowing where they are is not on file or available for public inspection. On the Court Lobby, Rule 1.4 of their district court rules use the words "in the courtroom" and "a proceeding" quite often. What's never mentioned is the lobby. Unless under very special circumstances, there are no proceedings that go on in the lobby. Edward Burke has lost his mind when he (or whoever wrote the words on paper, as… Read more »
I'm still wondering where it was that I signed up for this crap.
I never signed no damn constitution. Other assholes did that.
The statute states that records must be made available within 10 days, not necessarily immediately. She said she would stamp date received. Did you receive the records within 10 days? If so, your argument is null and void. If you did not, then you have a valid argument against the Clerk.