Nashua Telegraph on the FSP: “only a matter of time before they’ll have the keys to the Granite State”

by | Feb 23, 2014 | 26 comments

fsp_LF2014Nashua Telegraph photo journalist Bradford Randall has filed an excellent feature report on this weekend’s successful “Liberty Forum“, where hundreds of liberty-minded people from as far away as Germany and Russia gathered to network, plan for the future of freedom in New Hampshire, and see great speakers and panel discussions.

Here’s the story.

Free State Project’s “Liberty Forum” Makes Headlines

by | Feb 23, 2014 | 4 comments

lf13_2[1]Here’s the Union Leader’s feature story about Friday at the Free State Project 2014 Liberty Forum:

NASHUA — A legal adviser for Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor under fire for leaking global surveillance documents to the media, took the podium at the 2014 New Hampshire Liberty Forum on Friday to discuss her legal work with government whistleblowers.

Jesselyn Radack, a human rights attorney with the Government Accountability Project, is passionate about her work and ready to share her experiences with Free Staters from throughout New Hampshire and the rest of the nation.

“There is no such crime as leaking,” said Radack. “We do have something called the First Amendment.” (more…)

Candlelight Vigil to Memorialize Slain Ducks

by | Feb 20, 2014 | 1 comment

On Sunday at 11am, a candlight vigil will be held at the scene of the slaughter of five ducks and the little-yellow-duck-swimming-water_120406aserious injuring of many more after state representative David Campbell drunkenly careened into the flock of waterfowl on December 23. The event scheduled for the two-month anniversary of the deaths will feature a moment of silence, presentations from the audience, a reminder of the dangers of combining alcohol consumption and driving, and an update on the situation. Since the incident dubbed #duckgate, Nashua police commissioner Tom Pappas, who assisted David Campbell in evading police interaction until the following morning, has resigned from his post amid calls for both he and Campbell to do so. Though he issued an apology and pled guilty to hunting ducks out of season, David Campbell has ignored all calls for his resignation. The Concord-NH Patch ran an announcement after a facebook event was created to coincide with the New Hampshire Liberty Forum. Check back for video from the scene to follow. (more…)

Four voters sue Keene School District

by | Feb 19, 2014 | 4 comments

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Before the Deliberative Session, Conan Salada collected signatures on 7 warrant articles to be placed on the official ballot before voters in the upcoming Keene School District election.

During the Deliberative Session, all 7 warrant articles were amended in a manner that eliminated the subject. These amendments were challenged as out of order, however the moderator over-ruled those motions, and the majority of voters in attendance agreed with the moderator. The Keene Sentinel described these changes as “Machiavellian legal maneuvering… to avoid letting voters decide the merits of the articles“.

After the Deliberative Session, Darryl W. Perry, was directed to the 2011 Rockingham Superior Court decision in the case of Bailey v. Town of Exeter. In Bailey, the Court ruled, “the Court finds and rules the only way the phrase ‘no warrant article shall be amended to eliminate the subject matter of the article’ can logically be read is to conclude that any amendment that made the subject matter of the article a nullity was forbidden,” adding that “[m]erely because the majority of the voters were more clever in the way the amendment was worded to create the nullity does not mean their action was not a violation of the statute.”

Perry, Salada and two other voters (David Crawford and Eric LaRoche) have filed suit against the School District due to the illegal actions at the Deliberative Session that have disenfranchised the voters of Keene, including petitioners.

The filing can be read here. A court date has been set for Friday, February 28 at 11am.