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Don’t tread on me
That’s what the town has told Wright Pierce with regard to the RIB site. Keep Off! WP wants to have a wetlands expert look at the site to address concerns of the NHDES that the slope stabilization plan recently reviewed … Continue reading
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Mediation
Tonight I attended the Selectmen’s meeting and during the public question/comment period, I got up to ask
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A Fix for the RIB?
WP has filed a new (amended) motion to continue and extend deadlines, and it contains some interesting developments. Recall my post earlier this month where I suggested that there may be a way to remediate the problems at the RIB. … Continue reading
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Grunter shoots from the hip again
I thought I’d just stick with the obvious facts in my most recent letter to the Editor (Management by Crisis Oct 31). It’s hard to imagine that the Editor spent any time at all trying to verify anything before
Posted in Brewster Hall/Town Office, Town Politics
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Rib lawsuit update
Latest developments in the RIB lawsuit: At the end of last week the court denied without prejudice Wright-Pierce’s request for leave to file a motion to extend the dates for discovery and trial. Long story short, they asked for leave … Continue reading
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It’s contagious
It seems the real problem with the healthcare.gov website problem is that it’s highly contagious. This morning I noticed a new button on our town website:
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Adventures in Obamacare
About three weeks ago, we got a letter from our individual insurance carrier (Anthem, the only show in town) informing us that the high deductible HSA plan that we currently have will not be available in 2014. The next best … Continue reading
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Another delay, possible remediation
On Friday, Wright-Pierce filed a motion for leave to amend joint discovery The motion to amend joint discovery would extend the deadline for depositions from Oct 18 to January 6. The trial date would be moved from Feb 19 to … Continue reading
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WP Responds
On August 30, Wolfeboro filed their Amended Complaint to include allegations of fraud and a request for treble damages under NH RSA 358-A. Yesterday, WP filed their Response to the Amended Complaint. No big surprises here. Like the amended complaint, … Continue reading
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All quiet on the Western Front
Not much going on publicly with Brewster Hall. The Friends are continuing their pledge campaign and are making a final push with a deadline of Oct 15. Last I heard they were at slightly over half-million in pledges against a … Continue reading
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Amended complaint filed
Wolfeboro’s attorney filed the actual amended complaint today.
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Motion to amend granted… mostly
Today the court granted Wolfeboro’s long argued motion to amend it’s original complaint to include allegations of fraud and seek treble damages. Wolfeboro was denied the new claim of Fraud in count VI because it “failed to allege all elements … Continue reading
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That horse he’s flogging might be deceased
Sadly, Mr. Hughes is living in the past thinking I’m still part of TOCAG and that my objective is to build new Town Offices. He seems oblivious that TOCAG was disbanded more than four years ago after accomplishing all that … Continue reading
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Rib breakthrough?
At the Selectmen’s meeting Wednesday, Dave Ford told the Selectmen that he is working with Wright-Pierce on an inexpensive fix for the RIB. There were no details except to say that the lawsuit is still ongoing. WP’s past proposals have … Continue reading
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Wakefield Wannabees
In his lecture last week, the Editor told us to look at Wakefield as a model of what is possible in Wolfeboro with a public/private partnership. Excellent advice! Wakefield is about half the size of Wolfeboro in terms of property … Continue reading
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Hyperbole and Ad Hominem attacks
That pretty much sums up the Grunter’s strategy in defending my factual rebuttal of their recent editorial. The Editor had claimed that the UNH survey showed that a majority of voters were in favor of restoring Brewster Hall. I came … Continue reading
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De gustibus non est disputandum
That was the title to a recent editorial section that addressed a dispute about ugliness vs. utility of some new road signs. I’m not going there, as I don’t typically don’t agree with either of the parties involved. But I … Continue reading
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The objection
As anticipated, WP has filed an Objection to Wolfeboro’s request to supplement the amended complaint. WP starts out by saying that Wolfeboro is briefing this motion “Ad Infinitum”. They say that the amendment process has run it’s course with the … Continue reading
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Careful what you ask for
Those opposed to doing anything to improve Brewster Memorial Hall, Wolfeboro’s Town Hall, are back at it again. They won’t settle for anything because that would be less than their dream of everything – spending millions of taxpayer dollars to … Continue reading
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Another extension
Today Wolfeboro, with assent from WP, filed a request for an extension to the deadline for admissions. Admissions are a form of discovery where one party submits statements to the other which the other must either admit or deny. Wolfeboro … Continue reading
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Easy money
Today I got an update on how much the Town has spent to date this fiscal year on the RIB lawsuit. As of their last billing on June 14, the total is about $230,000. The town has budgeted $500,000 through … Continue reading
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Muddling the Facts?
Bucky Melanson submitted a brief letter to the paper this week asking several good questions concerning the disposition and future plans for Brewster Hall. In typical fashion, the Editor used the power of his editorial column to marginalize and discredit … Continue reading
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More motions
As expected, WP filed it’s sur-reply memorandum right after being granted leave to file. Shortly afterward, Wolfeboro filed a motion to supplement the amended complaint to supplement the complaint with some emails that they say were recently produced by the … Continue reading
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Sure…. go ahead and reply
Today the court granted WP’s motion to file their surreply memorandum in response to Wolfeboro’s reply to WP’s objection to Wolfeboro’s motion to file an amended complaint. Are you still with me here? WP must file within 48 hours and … Continue reading
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Reply filed in RIB case
As expected, Wolfeboro has filed their Reply to objection to amend. Skimming the new filing, it is substantially the same as the memorandum that they filed with the motion for leave to reply filed on June 12th. Still outstanding is … Continue reading
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Weekend lawyer
Today, the Friday after 4th of July, the court granted Wolfeboro’s “Motion for Leave to File Reply Memorandum in Response to WP’s Objection to Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Amend“. The proposed reply brief was filed with the Motion for … Continue reading
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Building [by] committee
Went down to the impromptu BOS meeting yesterday afternoon at BMH. Quite an informal affair with little on the agenda besides the review of the latest plans for the Parks and Rec Maintenance building. Nevertheless, it was interesting and informative. … Continue reading
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Back to basics
Had a comment in a previous post where someone opined that it was good that folks were getting “back to basics” and burning wood. To be sure, wood is a viable resource in New Hampshire and it has a place … Continue reading
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Pop energy quiz
Since I’ll probably be talking more about the town’s lackadaisical attitude toward energy and the related costs it imposes on the taxpayers, I thought I’d just bring up some basic topics to make sure we’re all on the same page. … Continue reading
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Another crappy building
The Grunter headlines this week make big news of the recent developments in the Parks and Rec department’s quest to construct a new 3,000 sq ft storage facility behind the ice arena at Abenake. The Selectmen were advised at their … Continue reading
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Surreply – the last word?
WP has filed their surreply memorandum response to Wolfeboro’s response to their objection to Wolfeboro’s motion to amend the complaint. It’s called a surreply and as I understand it must be very brief. It is. Their argument is more defined and … Continue reading
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Conspiracy theories
I’ve had some time to go over the ongoing filings in the RIB lawsuit, and talked to a few people, and here’s my take. This motion to include allegations of fraud with associated treble damage is the whole ball game … Continue reading
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Town responds to amendment objection
I’ve only skimmed the Response to objection to amendment and Response to objection to amendment exhibits. As expected, our attorney responds point for point. I’ll post my comments when I have more time to read it thoroughly, but the bullets seem … Continue reading
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The Co-op gets it
Here’s the statement directly from the NH Electric Co-op Website. They don’t have a conflict like PSNH, and actively promote individual supplier choice. Remember when long distance was unbundled from the phone company? Better yet, remember what it was like … Continue reading
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Five hour energy
We need to get each of the Selectmen a flashlight, maybe two. At the last BOS meeting, we got another dose of in-depth analysis of town affairs in a quick blow-off of recent serious, factual citizen inquiries about our municipal … Continue reading
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Much ado?
I don’t know who is showing keen interest in these latest postings concerning the RIB lawsuit, but the traffic has been high and it doesn’t look to be the usual suspects. Judging from the stats that I get, there seems … Continue reading
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Chink in the WP armor?
I’ve been going over the Startup Field log that WP used to support their contention that the Town was overloading the RIB at up to 2 million gallons per day. The thing is barely legible, and I don’t quite understand the … Continue reading
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The defense strategy starts to unfold
Yesterday, attorneys for defendants Wright-Pierce filed a response to Wolfeboro’s motion to amend to include allegations of fraud. Unlike their objection to the initial denied motion, they have included some substantial new elements of their case. You will recall that … Continue reading
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Amendment resubmitted
Our attorneys have resubmitted their amended complaint, near as I can tell unaltered, with an updated memo of law that presumably now addresses what the court said was the applicable law. We’ll see how this goes. WP will no doubt … Continue reading
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Churn, churn, churn
Today Wolfeboro, with assent of WP’s attorneys, has filed a motion to extend deadlines for a 5 month delay of everything. Citing that this trial involves “complex engineering issues” and the claim that there are over 100,000 documents to review. I … Continue reading
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