Many towns and cities give taxpayer funds to non-profit groups who are not subject to our right to know laws. Rep. Rick Watrous of Concord attempted to get a bill passed (HB 1356) that would require groups that take substantial funds from public monies to open up...
HB 1356 would require non-profits that are funded by public money to be subject to the Right to Know laws. It is slated for a floor vote on March 17, 2010. Please contact your Representatives and ask that they SUPPORT this bill. Related: NHPR Article The Right to Know...
SB 358 would authorize the secretary of state to investigate allegations of fraud, abuse, or waste in the expenditure of public funds and adds additional protections to the whistleblower protection act for public employees who file such complaints. The bill also...
Atkinson has moved a step forward in bringing some measure of balance to municipal government with the resignation of Frank Polito the now former Town Moderator. The January 2009 video from a previous post shows Polito holding court instead of being moderator. In this...
by Ed Naile BING! Round Two: Polito Can’t Respond To The Bell – TKO Last January I was asked to help our guys in Atkinson navigate their dysfunctional deliberative session by sitting in on the action with them. Remember the Moderator, Frank Polito, the guy...
Moultonborough Speaks features an article which decries disrespect for the NH’s 91:A or Right to Know law. It would seem that Judges are misinterpreting the law as well, as seen by the recent ruling that upheld the actions of an Atkinson Moderator when he...