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ELECTION LAW COMPLAINT FORM

Use this form to report a violation of Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, or
any New Hampshire Election Laws:

COMPLAINTANT INFORMATION

Name: Wonderful Warren

PERSON, CANDIATE, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, ELECTION OFFICIAL,TOWN,CITY,OR VILLAGE DISTRICT AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT IS BROUGHT

Name: Kathy Nasty

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Location of Violation: Manchester, NH
Date and Time of Violation: 11/06/, approximately 11:30 pm
Please explain the basis for your complaint. If necessary, attach additional sheets.

Geoff Wetrotsky, Campaign manager for Mayor Bob Baines' re-election was observed by an eye witness stealing signs from private and public property in Manchester, NH Wetrotsky was followed to the home of NH Democrat State Committee Chair, Nasty Kathy. Manchester Police recovered the stolen signs belonging to the NH Republican State Committee at Kathy's property in Wetrotsky's vehicle.

Names and phone numbers of witnesses or other victims:(all of NH's law abiding citizens are victims as usual)

State of Federal Statute you believe was violated (if known) 664:17

SIGNATURE

Signature: Wonderful Warren

(The names on this form have been comically enhanced to enliven an issue the state media has conveniently forgotten to follow. Maybe their mail is being delivered late and they don't know this is going on. Just a thought.)

Ed Naile, Chair CNHT
www.nhtaxpayerradio.com

Justice For California Congressman “Duke” Cunningham

Good riddance to bad rubbish – a Republican Congressman, Randy Cunningham, going to jail.

The disgraced Republican Congressman will face a maximum of 10 years in prison on Feb. 27 when he will be sentenced by Judge Larry A. Burns, a former prosecutor known for tough sentencing.

How did the eight-term congressman go from public servant to yacht and Rolls Royce enthusiast then to voluntarily signing a 33-page plea agreement where he admits accepting $2.4 million in bribes in exchange for steering government contracts to friendly defense contractors? Was it personal weakness, arrogance, stupidity?

Who cares! How his actions were criminal and how they are prosecuting him is what matters to me. Here is what is being reported:

Cunningham had a friend named Mitchell Wade, a party in an up and coming defense contractor, MZM, buy his home in Del Mar Ca. for $1.7 million, who later tried to sell it for $700 thousand. This is an old trick for paying off politicians that was popular in Boston if you remember talk show pioneer Howie Carr talking about it in the 80's.

It can work both ways as scams often do. A bribe may consist of selling a house dirt cheap to a politician who re-sells it for more. In an era of fluctuating markets these schemes work relatively well. There are more we can talk about later.

Ah but Congressman “Cunning-ham” wanted more!

Here is some of the crap he could not live without as found in his plea agreement:

- $200,000 toward the purchase of his Arlington, Va., condominium.
- $140,000 to a third party for the "Duke-Stir" yacht, which was moved to his boat slip for his use-.
- $16,867.13 to a marine services company for repairs to his own yacht, the "Kelly C."
- $12,000 paid to an antique store for assorted stuff.
- $6,632 paid to a furniture store for a leather sofa and a sleigh-style bed.
- $7,200 paid to an antique store for a circa 1850 Louis Phillipe period commode and a circa 1830 Restoration period commode.
- $13,500 toward the purchase of a Rolls Royce
- $17,889.96 for repairs to the Rolls Royce
- $11,393.56 paid to a moving contractor
- $2,081.30 paid to a hotel for his daughter's graduation party
- $9,200 paid to a manufacturer for two Laser Shot shooting simulators
- $10,000 paid for meals and entertainment expenses
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to him and a company he controlled.
*Source: Plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court.

I have read that under 18 USC 981 (a)(1)©, prosecutors are trying, in an unprecedented move, to seize his home in Virginia as well. They are going that extra mile in his case.

The team that went after Cunningham consisted of U.S. Attorney Carol C. Lam Rick Gwin of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Kenneth Hines of the Treasury Department and Daniel Dzwilewski of the FBI.

Democrat spokesmen and the media are ecstatic about this latest ethics problem with Republicans and if you understand liberals you can see why. It is a double win for them.

Think back to July 2002 and former US Senator Torricelli from Jew Jersey who took Rolex watches, jewelry, and other assorted bribes as described in 18 USC 201. That would be the same bribery statute now being used against Cunningham. Isn't that a coincidence.

And remember what happened to him. He was "severely admonished" by the Senate Ethics Committee for breaking Senate rules and displaying "poor judgment" in accepting gifts from a campaign contributor. But he was not prosecuted by the Feds. In fact, Clinton appointed Judge Mary Joe White dropped the charges against him. That is why we are not privy to any other details in his case. It all went away. He resigned five weeks before his re-election bid and was replaced by another liberal Dem.

So Republican Cunningham “The Chump”, not “The Duke” goes to jail and losses everything and more – because I would guess, as a human being, he feels shame. Liberal Dem. Toricelli doesn't have that problem.

Neither do other politicians caught in similar scams. Liberal Dem. Sen. Hillary Clinton comes to mind.

The “Cattle Futures” scheme she worked in Arkansas is as old as the house flipping scam at issue here. Hillary was “loaned” some money to “invest” and every time the futures market went up she collected the money in her account. If cattle futures went down her partner payed the loss. It was like playing poker with people who never made you put money in the game to bid or ante up, but let you take the pot when you had a good hand. There was no prosecution of Hillary.

But this story has a happy ending for us conservatives!

Cunningham will be replaced, if the election gods are with us, by a real conservative Republican in the upcoming congressional election. That is in the works now.

And our good buddy Torricelli? You'll love this.

During the 2004 presidential primary Toricelli, because he doesn't have a criminal record or conscience hampering him, gave a personal donation of $50,000 from his old senate campaign war chest to liberal Dem. Candidate Dick Gephardt. The donation is not permitted under FEC rules. (No prosecution) Gephardt did some really, really nasty ads against liberal Howard Dean with the leftover Toricelli cash.

In all, Toricelli's gang spent $485,000 attacking Dean as being in the pocket of the NRA and promoting cuts in Medicaid. Then when Gephardt quit the race, Toricelli jumped ship and worked for liberal Senator John Kerry.

You gotta love this. Liberals all over the country are running on “ethics.”

Ed Naile, Chair CNHT
www.nhtaxpayerradio.com

When "Happy Papers" Attack

Most people associated with The Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers know we have a special pet name for those free local weeklies you can pick up at any store in town.

We call them “Happy Papers” -- a name my friend Garrick Pelletier gave them after being on a school board for three years. Garrick was a great observer of things that slip by most of us, so naturally he noticed certain standards most “Happy Papers” have in common.

Happy Papers print school bus schedules, local school sports, municipal postings for hearings and meetings, arrest reports from the police, school graduation announcements, community announcements and such other items all the managed news in a big daily paper doesn't give dailies the space to cover.

Endless photos of people receiving awards are also very popular with Happy Papers. Teachers, town planners and managers, school superintendents, police, firemen, and dozens of different types of community activists are shown week after week with plaques, certificates, and checks awarded for their various endeavors.

Hey, it sells advertising so who can blame them. Besides, everyone wants to see their offspring in some sort of uniform making that big play, or being in one, on the front page. That is why most Happy Papers are part and parcel of local government. There is really no difference between the two.

But there is a darker side. Happy Papers attack!

Check out The (award-winning) Goffstown News from November 23, 2005. The huge headline this week reads; PETITION FILED TO STOP KINDERGARTEN.

It seems The Goffstown Residents Association, a local activist group, wants the parcel of land the kindergarten is being built on left the way it was intended, as recreational land, when the voters used Federal HUD money to buy the parcel in 1977. Ah free money, no strings attached.

This is reported, loosely, on the front page. But the editorial board consisting of President Amy Vellucci, Editors Ginger Kowolski, Christine Heiser, and Susan Clark became unhinged and let loose a screed like we have never seen before - but always wanted just for a piece like this. It is titled: Public should be outraged at kindergarten NIMBYs. (Note your standard yuppie NIMBY's calling someone else NIMBY, but I will let that pass.)

Here is how the gals at the (award-winning) Neighborhood News editorial board get started:
“Goffstown residents should be outraged and disgusted by the recent lawsuit filed by Collis Adams and Kurt Lauer in their continued fight to stop kindergarten.
We've said it before and we'll say it again – this is a blatant attempt to keep a school from being built near their homes. NIMBY. NIMBY. NIMBY. That stands for “Not in my backyard” for anyone unfamiliar with the acronym.”

Then like one of those old air raid sirens you crank up slowly but then keeps screaming long after your arm gets tired, they come out with this:
“The neighbors argument is that the deed is improperly written, that the land is to be used for recreational purposes. Even if that is true, so what. Big deal. No one cares.”

I have to hand it to the editorial board, they let is all hang out with that one. It shows exactly where the paper stands; on the side of “we want what we want now shut up and take it.”

Suddenly, the voters who approved this parcel in 1977, exclusively for recreation with no motorized vehicles allowed, don't matter any longer to these editorialistas because we have a kindergarten to build. Neither do town meeting statutes regarding appropriations, or federal laws for expenditure of funds carry any weight. (I do admire their method for breaking what is in effect a conservation deed restriction – the old “so what who cares” technique.)

But wait, maybe The (award-winning) Neighborhood News does care about voters. Read this line from their editorial:
“Voters overwhelmingly supported this location for the kindergarten. Besides, if Adams and Lauer really did support kindergarten,as they so hypocritically claim, they'd overlook any of these technicalities. Even if they don't support kindergarten, they should not be doing anything to subvert the will of the voters – who clearly supported this spot for the school...”

A little background is needed here. First, the kindergarten was voted down before and it won this time just like the Bedford school bond did last year – there was a severe snowstorm on voting day. So the editorlialistas are in a blind panic something else may crop up like a petition to rescind the project, loss of state funds, etc. and stop this blessed event.

You have to keep these things in context. Building a school is akin to a religious event for some people. It gives their lives meaning, and most importantly, makes them feel good about themselves. Putting things out to bid, zoning, planning, deeds, safety, water/power availability, these are all things the common people worry about. Kindergarten builders and Happy Paper editors believe they are on a higher mission.

Ed Naile, Chair CNHT
www.nhtaxpayerradio.com

Happy Holidays

I would like to take a minute and wish Happy Holidays to our dear, dear friends and “neighbors” listed below.

Nolan Green of 19 Brookdale Rd. Natick, Mass. 01760
Max L. Mealman of 152 Hudson Ave. Delmar, NY 12054
Geffrey Lancaster of 81 Meenan Lane North Berwick, Me. 03906
Steven M. Feccia of 296 Crawford St. Northborough, Mass. 01532-1235
Mark D. Guerin of 83 Maple St. Franklin, Mass.
Zachary J. Geissler of 2170 Westfield St., West Springfield, Mass. 01089-2081

And a very special Seasons Greetings to:

Taji A. Allen of 140 Megan Rd. Hyannis, Mass.
Allison Rogers of 12 Lake Carson Ln. Marmora, NJ 08223
Michael B. Mosher of 151 Beech St. Tewksbury, Mass. 01876
Kimberly Watson of 7 Brookway Rd. Westboro, Mass. 01581
Christopher D. Mullen of 38 Kenwood Dr. Norwood, Mass.
Johnathan H. Felch of 36 Dykeman Rd. Delmar, NY

And don't forget some of St. Nick's favorites:

Jacqueline Goodall of 17 Stonegate Rd. Chelmsford, Mass.
Julia Zuckerman of 65 E. River Rd. Rumson, NJ
Matthew Francoeur of 16 Anelia Ave. Somerset, Mass. 02726
Laura Anne Finnemore of 22 Abbot St. Weymouth, Mass.
Chrisanna Cobb of 12 Greenfield St. Hallowell, Me. 04347
Robert Horrigan of 86 Bacon Rd. Roxbury, Ct. 06783

Sorry I could not send each and every one of you a nice card or fruit cake but I spent so much money purchasing the August and September 2005 ARREST RECORDS from the Durham Police Department where I found all your names, that I am simply at the end of my budget.

I do want to thank you all for voting in November 2004 in Durham NH, once again proving that a random sampling like this shows any given college community has between 10% and 30% non-resident voters.

And remember this; if we all work really hard, next Christmas some other state will decide to hold the First In The Nation Presidential Primary.

Because New Hampshire doesn't deserve it any longer.

Ed Naile, Chair CNHT
www.nhtaxpayerradio.com

Jesse Burchfield, Thug

Now that former Democrat NH State Senator Burt Cohen's “Campaign manager” has pleaded guilty to violations of FEC regulations and is awaiting his slap on the wrist, now may a be a good time to explore just what the NH news media forgot to print about this strange event.

Seeing as I used this new invention, the telephone, and called Barry Silver a former candidate in a Florida Democrat primary who had a run-in with Jesse Burchfield while campaigning for a US House seat I think I have a pretty good perspective on the entire scope of this story. I'm no expert mind you but I will use my simple tree surgeon powers of deduction to reason it out. Here goes.

Burchfield went to U. Mass where he was of all things, The Student Attorney General! He made some news for himself in that position battling the forces of the extreme right. Big deal, he was in liberal la-la land. Here is part of a Boston Globe news article from April 1999:

"The Upside Down Club is now under investigation by the U. Mass student government. The student attorney general, Jesse Burchfield, has filed a petition with the student judiciary, asking that the club's status as a "registered student organization" be rescinded.

Burchfield is focusing on ways the group technically violates the student constitution, in this case, he says, by posing as a student-run organization while fronting for the International Churches of Christ. A hearing is expected this month.”

So Burchfield likes investigations. How ironic.

Shortly after his stint as Student Attorney General he arrives in Florida as a campaign guru for a Democrat candidate, State Rep. Anne Gannon. That is where he was subject of a lawsuit for defamation of character by Mr. Silver. But Jesse was not around to pay the piper like his employer Mrs. Gannon did. Burchfield hit the highway.

He pops up next in of all places, New Hampshire, guruing it again for our old friend Burt Cohen who lets him have complete control of his campaign.

Now the strange happenings begin – even stranger than letting this guy have complete control of a US Senate Campaign.

Cohen acquires a treasurer, a Mr. Bulchalski, but claims Burchfield has complete control of the finances?

As the campaign progresses Burchfield starts making press statements about how well the campaign is going just as the wheels fall off the wagon - the $300,000.00 wagon load of non-existent donations Burchfield invented.

Exit Burchfield – enter befuddled Burt Cohen and his bizarre quotes in the limited press stories about how he “lost” Burchfield's resume etc. I ain't buying.

This whole deal only makes sense if you look at it this way:

Burchfield is in all probability a transient campaign thug-for-hire paid for by some potential Democrat presidential primary candidate similar to alleged political sign-stealer, Geoff Wetrosky, who was soon to be ex-Mayor Baines's latest campaign manager, paid for by Sen. John Kerry, living at Democrat State Chair Kathy Sullivan's home.

Burchfield had the ability, left conveniently and completely in charge of everything, to inflate Cohen's campaign income in an effort to scare away any other Democrat challengers as well as provide the appearance of momentum for a Cohen for US Senate campaign so as to trick more people into donating to a “winning” campaign. This was no simple case of misplaced decimal points. This was a deliberate effort to use fraud to win a US Senate seat for the State of New Hampshire and attract out of state donations.

All the excuses of incompetence, confusion, in-over-his-head, and such, are nonsense. Jesse Burchfield inadvertently sabotaged his own candidate while deliberately breaking federal election laws designed to prevent just this type of activity. He is no babe in the woods.

The fact is, Cohen should never be considered a serious candidate for anything ever again and Jessie Burchfield should be spending some of the five years in jail that he earned.