If it is the law it needs to be enforced!

by | Apr 28, 2010 | 12 comments

Oh wait.

Despite what some in positions of authority like to claim: no it doesn’t.

And clearly: no it ISN’T.

A WMUR-9 article that ran today is covering New Hampshire’s “Blue Laws” and the political will being established to repeal them.  Lucky for us the state is considering removing the restriction on conducting business on a Sunday and the penalties it imposes.

The unenforced laws date to 1883 and limit business activity “except works of necessity and mercy” to repair mills and factories that couldn’t wait. The laws prohibit citizens from engaging in any play, game or sport.

Well I don’t know about you, but I am ready to surrender.  I had a great time at Free Keene Fest last Sunday and it was all done in violation of the law.

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State, strapped for cash, targets lone shelter for at-risk juvenile females… will ship them to lock-up instead.

by | Apr 27, 2010 | 5 comments

Story here.

That’s right.  No longer will young at-risk juvenile females be sent to a location where they can receive treatment, compassion, caring, and support…………. they will be shipped to New Hampshire’s prison for kids (part of the Juvenile Justice system).

(clearly, the above is a suitable location to ship a young female who is victim of family related sexual assault or other horrific abuse……)

I think the people in state, county, and local government make their intentions pretty clear when they need to cut funding for helping at-risk youth so they can continue to build multi-million dollar correctional facilities which primarily will be used to keep non-violent offenders behind bars.

Disgusting.

Arrested? Told you need to pay $40 to be released? That is simply not true.

by | Apr 27, 2010 | 20 comments

For eleven years I took part in a scam that turns the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Part I, Article 33 of the New Hampshire Constitution into a money making racket.

When you are arrested for a crime or offense which is punishable in the adult system, the police have generally three options regarding your release.

1) Release you on a hand summons. (A ticket, telling you when to appear in court.)
2) Release you without any charges.
3) Contact a “Bail Commissioner” who will decide what your bail will be.

The third option typically is what happens most and if you have been through it you are most likely $40+ poorer for the experience.  The thing is this: you legally do not have to pay and they still need to release you.  Any threat to not release you is just that.  An empty threat.  In fact, you would be quite lucky if they followed through with such a threat …

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Welcome to our Newest Blogger, Brad Jardis!

by | Apr 27, 2010 | 5 comments

BradFree Keene was founded back in late 2006 with the intention of being the go-to source for Keene-area liberty news, opinion, and activism. Over three years later, that has been accomplished, and more. Free Keene has become a movement with real-life positive impact for freedom in not just the Keene area, but Manchester, Nashua, and Concord. Within the past year, the site has taken the tagline, “New Hampshire’s Liberty Activist Destination”, but I wish there were more such destinations! Despite my gentle prodding over the years, no one has bothered to launch a similar area-centric blog to “compete” with Free Keene. There have been a couple started, but they haven’t really gone anywhere yet, so Free Keene will continue to fill-in the gaps by covering noteworthy activism happening in other places. Of course, the FK blog has been doing this for a while now, but to expand a bit, Free Keene welcomes our newest blogger, Brad Jardis. Brad is our second outside-Keene blogger and was given the opportunity to blog here because of his outstanding activism, and because FK is frankly the best place for NH liberty-blogs to be seen. Too bad FreeManch.com never materialized, cause now we’ve got him here at Free Keene! Here’s his bio from the Bloggers page: (more…)