You paid for ’em. Here are the Robin Hood court transcripts.

RobinHood_sheriffAs you know, the people calling themselves “the City of Keene” are appealing their loss in the Robin Hood case to the NH Supreme Court. In order to appeal a case, the appellant must pay a ridiculous amount of money for a transcript of the case being appealed. In order to get three nearly full days of the Robin Hood hearings’ transcripts, the city folks spent $2,200 of your money. (That’s after city boss John MacLean admitted they’ve spent over $20,000 on the initial case.)

Apparently there are several errors with the transcripts (like when Pete said “decentralized” in his testimony, the transcriber wrote that as “centralized”). Would you like a copy? You paid for it, so here you are:

  1. Robin Hood “Evidentiary Hearing” Day One of Three
  2. Robin Hood “Evidentiary Hearing” Day Two of Three
  3. Robin Hood “Evidentiary Hearing” Day Three of Three

 

Local Man Threatens Garret, Blocks Parking Meters

A local heckler, allegedly named George Parkhurst, decided to get into it with Robin Hooder Garret Ean this week. In this RAW video, Parkhurst threatens Garret, insults him, and blocks both Jane the parking enforcer and Garret from doing their jobs by covering up the parking meters. According to Garret, Jane called Keene police on Parkhurst on her own volition.

Here’s the ridiculous and amusing video (1/2):

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Black Sheep Rising – Episode 54

Darryl witnesses bizarre cop circles in Fla • Uploading one’s raw video to the cloud • Don’t know where Ukraine is? You probably want to bomb it. • Eric adopts some chickens • Cartoon bulls with udders? • SFK!!! plans to improve the community.  Without help from the state • Star Trek money • 20 things guys do that woman probably don’t know about • Freerock joins • Show notes, archives, and audio at BlackSheepRock.org

The OverShare Show, an NH Ladies Podcast, Interviews FSP President

Gericke_Carla2008[1]Carla Gericke, the President of the Free State Project, is interviewed for an hour on “OverShare Show“, “A podcast and blog dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, innovation, and TMI (too much information)” regarding Free Keene, Robin Hooding, and the Free State Project.

You can download their interview of Carla here! Thanks to OverShare Show host Toni Nagy for the heads-up on the episode.

Rep. Mark Warden Rails Against New Gas Tax, GPS Rules

Mark WardenThis column by state representative Mark Warden appears in the Union Leader, where he expresses frustration with the new gas tax and dumb GPS rules:

This year’s New Hampshire Legislature has launched an attack on anyone who drives an automobile. The Democrat-led House passed two major pieces of legislation that will adversely affect commuters as well as tourists visiting the Granite State.

 

The first is a four-cent (23 percent) increase in the gasoline tax. Driving to work, taking the kids to school and going on a weekend trip will all be more expensive. Then there is the impact it will have on groceries and other products because of the increased cost of transporting goods to market. Trucking and other transportation businesses will pass along higher expenses to consumers.

 

This gas tax increase will have negative effects on an already sluggish economy. While many agree that the condition of many roads is lacking, it’s not for lack of funding. The problem with this new legislation is that the money is diverted to other uses that benefit drivers in other parts of the state (such as the I-93 widening project). Only 12 percent of the new revenue is earmarked for grants to municipalities.

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