Hundred Nights’ Masquerade Ball 2013 – March 30th

by | Mar 14, 2013 | 1 comment

HundredNightsLogo-Line_fixSaturday evening March 30th, join supporters of the Hundred Nights shelter at the 2nd annual Masquerade Ball!

It was a lot of fun last year. Enjoy dinner and dancing for only $40 per person at the beautiful Stonewall Farm. Here’s the facebook event and their website with details.

Can’t make the event? Please consider a monthly contribution to Hundred Nights – the area’s only independent shelter. Here’s a great interview with founder Don Primrose which shows how much more compassionate the Hundred Nights is than the government shelters.

NH House Overwhelmingly Votes to Block NDAA Indefinite Detention and Supports Hemp Freedom Act

by | Mar 14, 2013 | 0 comments

Pot LeafHB399 prohibits state cooperation with indefinite detention without due process under the National Defense Authorization Act. It has passed the NH house 337-15. With bipartisan support like that, it’s hard to imagine this not passing through the senate and being signed by the governor. Check the full report here at NH for Liberty.

The NH house also passed by a voice vote, the “Hemp Freedom Act”, HB153 as NH for Liberty also reports.

Please contact your local NH senator to encourage them to support both of these pieces of legislation.

10% Budget Cut in Grafton Fails by 15 Votes

by | Mar 13, 2013 | 11 comments

The supporters of the status quo have won for now in Grafton where liberty activists put a 10% reduction in the town budget on the ballot. However, it only failed by 15 votes.

Your vote matters in NH.

Here’s the story from the Valley News:

Grafton — Attempts by Free Staters and their allies to cut spending in Grafton failed yesterday, as voters rejected a budget that had been drastically slashed at last month’s deliberative session and approved other spending articles. (more…)

ShireTV – Episode 29 – Mar 11th 2013

by | Mar 13, 2013 | 0 comments

1.  Rand Paul filibuster.
2.  New Federal gun buyback program in the works.
3.  NH gas tax.  It’s for the roads!
4.  Local voting day in NH.
5.  80% of NYC high school graduates unprepared for college.
6.  College education: Not such a great investment these days.

$200,000 Settlement Acknowledged for Micklovich Beating

by | Mar 12, 2013 | 0 comments

christophermicklovichIt has been over three years since the face-fracturing beating of Christopher Micklovich by four off duty Manchester police officers, and today it was announced that there was ultimately an admission of culpability from the city. For $200,000, a federal civil rights lawsuit was withdrawn by the plaintiff, with city risk manager Harry Ntapalis revealing that the case was settled privately and was paid off in May of last year. The Union Leader has the story.

The Attorney General’s distasteful exoneration of the four officers, as well as the killing of James Breton in front of his daughter in May of 2011 was what inspired a police accountability rally at the former MPD station house on June 4 of that year. The demonstration against duchesne_chalking8police violence became a demonstration of petty police violence, as around a dozen cameras were confiscated and eight people were kidnapped for offenses such as chalking, standing near chalk, and not following illegal orders fast enough. The Chalking 8 incident only proved the protesters’ point.

How Micklovich’s search for justice in his case snaked through the law enforcement bureaucracy before being resolved by the city further illustrates how detached from responsibility individuals in law enforcement are. Taxpayers are the source of both police salaries and plaintiff payoffs, yet legal immunity shields those tax recipients who are directly culpable from any restitution obligation.