Palmer, MA: As town officials held an auction of town-owned properties on Thursday, one of the former property owners staged a protest, saying that his duplex was “stolen.”
“I’m making people aware this is stolen property,” Joseph “Jay” Noone said.
Noone, a Bondsville firefighter, stood outside his former house at 3157-3129 Main St. in the Bondsville section with approximately a half dozen others in support of him. The property was seized for non-payment of taxes, but Noone contends that he should not have to pay taxes on the property. He said he plans to file a federal lawsuit against the town.
“The lawsuit is going to say the town has violated my right to own private property,” Noone said.
Noone and his group made their way to the Town Building, where the auction was held, and were greeted with signs saying “No video recording at Town Hall.” Only registered bidders were allowed in the auction room. The public and media were kept out. The protesters were told they had to stay outside the building, in a designated area, or remain quiet in the hallway.
“This is a closed auction for special elite people. It doesn’t surprise me,” Noone said.
One of the protesters, Ian H. Bernard, 32, of Keene, N.H., was arrested for disorderly conduct after he argued with police about videotaping inside the building. Bernard also is known as Ian Freeman.
Noone was evicted from his property last year. (more…)
The city of Keene now requires a search to get to the 2nd and 3rd floor city offices as Keene District Court expands their security to the first floor for no reason other than to spend more money and take more control. In case you missed it, here is detail in an article from FPP.CC‘s Darryl Perry. Here’s HD coverage of the checkpoint interview with security head Lance Walton. Some are claiming this checkpoint is illegal and are claiming a lawsuit may be filed against the city.
The Keene Sentinel reports the metal detector, installed Monday in the Keene City Hall, “comes as a temporary solution to safety concerns at 8th Circuit Court District Division in Keene, which has been denied official accreditation from the judicial branch since 2009. The lack of a metal detector was the main source of concern to state officials.”
What “safety concerns” are there at the Court? Have there been instances of assault with weapons in the court lobby? Or is this just another example of a phony concern to lure people into submitting to warrantless searches?
Mayor Kendell Lane said, the metal detector is located on the first floor of City Hall by the elevator and stairs, which means anyone who goes to the upper floors for other city business will have to walk through it, too.
So, is the “safety concern” for all parts of the City Hall except for the Clerk’s office and Vehicle Registration?
Larry S. Kane, clerk for the 8th Circuit Court District Division, claims The State provided the detector to the court at no cost.
I’d really like to know if he honestly believes the metal detector was provided at “no cost”? Surely he realizes that funding came from tax-payers before being funneled to whatever company makes metal detectors.
Lane also claims the metal detector will be in the City Hall lobby only until a new courthouse complex is built in 2013 .
It is yet to be seen if this “temporary” and supposedly “slight inconvenience” will remain a permanent fixture to give people a false sense of security where no threat exist.
In addition to previous Free Concord coverage of Barack Obama’s recent campaign stop in Manchester, Dave Ridley has posted four videos so far from his eye on the ground. Rather than playing it normal and objectively recording the event, as I tried, Dave walked along the periphery of the security perimeter, and interacted with police and secret service along the way. He asked poignant questions of the secret service, Obama staffers, and event attendees. Some of his questions pertained to Obama’s treatment of Bradley Manning, and there is one encounter early on with USSS in which it is insisted that he not film, though no action is taken. In the fourth video, a Manchester officer tells him that he is required to answer questions and are seen clearing the sidewalk of all people before the president’s entourage passes through. You can see the one brief encounter I had with a suited USSS agent when I tried to film from inside the secured area here. Ridley’s four videos are embedded below. Additional newsprint coverage is available from the Union Leader and the Concord Monitor.
Lifelong activist for indigenous rights Russell Means has passed away at the age of 72 in Porcupine, South Dakota. Known for his work with the American Indian Movement and Republic of Lakota, Means was also an accomplished actor and musician. His perseverance in the cause of liberty exemplified living freely despite occupying an unfree world.
