City names candidates

April 19, 2008 Iowa City Press-Citizen (Paul Beecher, former City Manager of Dover NH, gives his excuses for the controversy surrounding his tenure here in NH as well as his firing from Arizona.) Two Iowans, a Michigan resident and an Arizona resident make up a fresh...

The Saga of Keith Hickey

Merrimack Stuck Their Neck Out And Now They Have A Hickey On It by Ed Naile, Chair A few years back the Town of Merrimack fell victim to the glittering dream that a Town Charter form of government under RSA 49 was the answer to their overspending woes. With one simple...

Lunch Lady Land

by Ed Naile Last week the Manchester Paper had a FRONT PAGE article about how softly our judicial system treats people who abused their position as a municipal employee. The $250,000.00 stolen from the Derry Economic Development Corp. by “Cherri” Crawford landed her...

Corruption Pandemic in NH Continues

by Ed Naile Another in the long line of public officials caught in our NH pandemic of municipal corruption. Acworth is the town this time. And pleading guilty from her hospital bed is one Brenda Longley, 55, the Acworth Town Clerk for 27 years. She admits to stealing...

Robert G. Geisel, Jr.

by Ed Naile Yesterday’s Manchester Paper had a story by reporter Kathryn Marchocki that really shows the divide of understanding between liberals and conservatives when it comes to municipal government – actually almost any government. The piece is about one...

Hampton vs Deland – Whither the Media?

by Ed Naile Would you ever want to live in a state where selectmen can drag you into court for doing something that is within your rights, such as passing a petitioned warrant article? A week ago Monday this writer was in Rockingham Superior Court helping one Tammy...