City Appealing Robin Hood Case to Supreme Court – Sentinel Reports

by | Dec 10, 2013 | 8 comments

RobinHood_sheriffKyle Jarvis at the Keene Sentinel is reporting that the people calling themselves the “City of Keene” will be appealing their loss in the Robin Hood case(s) to the NH “supreme” court.  The appeal has not yet been filed.  I’ll post it here when I get a copy.

City boss John MacLean has already claimed they spent at least $20,000 taxpayer dollars on the initial “superior” court case.  How much will the appeal cost?  Another $30,000?  The required transcript of the three full days of “evidentiary hearings” will probably be a few thousand dollars alone.  Whether “the City” wins or loses, I bet their private hired-gun attorney Charles Bauer will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Did the Keene city council approve this PR nightmare of a decision?  Will the city people ever learn to stop aggressing against peaceful people?  Stay tuned here to Free Keene for the latest on the Robin Hood saga.

UPDATE:  Technically, they are appealing the dismissal of the case(s), so wouldn’t that mean that if the appeal is successful that the cases are remanded back to “superior” court to move ahead to trial?  Keep in mind the first case never made it to actual trial – the three days we spent in court were merely “evidentiary hearings” for the purposes of the judge possibly issuing a preliminary injunction against us.

NH Liberty Party Announces “Keene Liberty Alliance”

by | Dec 8, 2013 | 0 comments

NHLP_squareThe NH Liberty Party announces the creation of the Keene Liberty Alliance!   The Keene Liberty Alliance is intended to facilitate political action in Keene among liberty-oriented individuals. Such action includes fielding candidates, speaking at city meetings, petitioning, and other inside-the-system activism.

The group includes a facebook group for local activists.  It also features an announcement-only email list and will actively add emails from interested community members.

McDonalds Protestors Believe Virtue Can Be Coerced; Don’t Understand Economics

by | Dec 6, 2013 | 9 comments

Yesterday out front of the McDonalds at least 25 people gathered to support low-wage workers and ostensibly advocate for an increase in the minimum wage.  While the protestors have laudable motivation, in that they only want to help low-wage workers have a better life, sadly they don’t realize that advocating government force to achieve their goals will have negative, unintended consequences.  Former city council candidate David Crawford dropped by with his video camera to talk to some of the protestors and get their perspective:

Right now, it is government threats called “zoning” and “ordinances” that work to prohibit the poor from starting their own business.  They make it prohibitively expensive to open a restaurant, for instance, as anyone should be able to do, even from their own home.  In most places, doing such a thing is illegal.  That means that only wealthy people who can afford commercial storefront rent and professional-grade equipment can legally compete with mega-corporations like McDonalds.

As usual, the government that people are turning to to solve their problems is the same group that created the problems in the first place. (more…)