Maryellen McGorry, principal of Manchester West High School, was suspended some time last week. The story was broken earlier today by the Union Leader, which provided no explanation for the former prosecutor turned administrator’s sudden suspension. The UL quotes Manchester mayor Ted Gatsas, who publicly announced the penalty. McGorry has been the principal at West since 2007. Jason Talley is keeping tabs on the latest developments over at talley.tv. Free Concord readers may recognize Maryellen McGorry from her role as a witness for the prosecution in prosecutor Michael Valentine’s theatrical performance State v Adam Mueller.
If you’re familiar with Derrick J Freeman, one of New Hampshire’s most prolific liberty activists, then you might have seen some of his videos over at youtube.com/fr33manTV. His channel has over eleven hundred subscribers, but an analogous channel which he had launched a day earlier gets far less traffic despite publishing exponentially more content. The Fr33manTVraw youtube channel has under 50 subscribers and has amassed just over a hundredth of the total views of the channel dedicated to more polished cuts.
Earlier this month, while Derrick was visiting Keene to attend the theatrical premiere of his documentary, he collaborated on some filming expeditions with myself and others in the area. With so much raw footage and no central repository for all of it, he graciously opened up his raw channel to use by other activist videographers. Since receiving the invite, I’ve archived a great deal of raw video files from different events covered previously on Free Concord. With a number of videojournalists depositing media on the same channel, it also gives you the opportunity to see an event from multiple angles. For those who wish to see beyond what is edited down for your convenience, stop by Fr33manTVraw and see hours of uncut footage organized by event into playlists.
Or, if you prefer only finished products, continue to enjoy Free Concord’s youtube channel, FreeConcordTV.
Yesterday’s Sunday News featured three articles, including one front page piece on the recent jury nullification victory of Douglas Darrell. The story has been previously covered by Free Keene and the Huffington Post. Darrell, a Rastafari practitioner, stood accused of ‘manufacturing’ some cannabis plants found by police helicopters hovering over his Barnstead property.
Kal Penn and John Cho, aka Harold and Kumar’s recent visit to Keene State College has been documented by the school’s publication keene-equinox.com. My “forwarded” question to the campaigning duo, which was the subject of my article on the event, is discussed in the Equinox article. I am quoted as well. Curiously enough, the content of my question is not included. See the article from yesterday at the Equinox’s page:
John Cho and Kal Penn, known the world over as Harold and Kumar, spent yesterday and today touring the state’s colleges on behalf of the Obama reelection campaign. Of the eight stops on the two day tour, Keene was the only location in which the duo appeared together.
Harold and Kumar are an awkward choice for the young face of the Obama campaign. Their characters are a target of forces within the Obama administration which the president has done little to address. Campaigning in 2008, he had said that medicinal cannabis enforcement would be the lowest priority of his law enforcement. Under Obama, the United States has seen an increase in raids of medicinal cannabis clinics as well as increased enforcement against undocumented immigrants. While many expected change, the result was a slightly worse version of the same. (more…)
Maryellen McGorry, principal of Manchester West High School, was suspended some time last week. The story was broken earlier today by the Union Leader, which provided no explanation for the former prosecutor turned administrator’s sudden suspension. The UL quotes Manchester mayor Ted Gatsas, who publicly announced the penalty. McGorry has been the principal at West since 2007. Jason Talley is keeping tabs on the latest developments over at talley.tv. Free Concord readers may recognize Maryellen McGorry from her role as a witness for the prosecution in prosecutor Michael Valentine’s theatrical performance State v Adam Mueller.
