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February 01. 2013 2:59PM
Lawmakers snub AG request to hire five for banking fraud unit with mortgage settlement windfall
By Bill Smith
New Hampshire Union Leader
CONCORD – Efforts by the state Attorney General's Office to create a fraud squad to keep an eye on the state's bankers has again been derailed by a House-Senate committee.
The Joint Fiscal Committee of the Legislature Friday refused to act on Attorney General Michael Delaney's request for authority to hire five people to "investigate and prosecute financial fraud, including banking, mortgage and securities fraud" during the rest of the current fiscal year.
The money would come from part of New Hampshire's share of the settlement of a 49-state suit against national banking and mortgage companies.
That settlement provided $10,575,447 to the state. Most of the proceeds are being used to help victims and potential victims of fraud and sharp practices at the hands of mortgage lenders.
Deputy Attorney General Ann Rice told the committee that the additional staff would be able to take on investigation and prosecution of major institutions.
Delaney would hire a lawyer for combined salary and benefits of $53,234; an investigator for $42,783, a financial analyst for $51,039, a paralegal at $32,640 and a part-time secretary, at $7,898.
Rice told the committee that the unit's work would bring money to the state, through the award of the costs of investigation and prosecution in cases it wins, as well as by participating in multi-state investigations and prosecutions.
"When a state is able to actively involve themselves in that they get , over and above whatever the settlement is, an additional amount of money for their active participation," Rice said. "We would see this as a revenue builder."
Sen. Bob Odell, R-Lempster asked Rice whether a revenue-seeking prosecutor might subject banks to unnecessary or unfair prosecution.
"I've never thought of prosecution as a form of revenue generation for state government" Odell said.
Rice conceded that her use of the term ""evenue-builder" didn't really convey the purpose of the five-person team.
"I certainly don't see that the purpose of prosecution is revenue generation, absolutely not," Rice responded. "It's not intended to be a moneymaker for the state."
Rice said she expected many prosecutions by the new fraud unit would be referrals from existing regulators.
"Typically the way these things would come to us is through the regulatory agency which has information about activity that may be beyond their ability to enforce with the regulatory laws," she said.
The New Hampshire Bankers Association, which represents most banking institutions with a presence in the state, opposes the creation of the new unit. The bankers group claims New Hampshire institutions are already subject to oversight by state regulators.
Bankers Association Vice President Thomas Fahey said after the meeting that increased oversight from Washington in the aftermath of the mortgage industry meltdown is already diverting resources at large and small banks.
"Banks are now dealing with totally new regulations and totally new ways of regulating," he said.
Both Republicans and Democrats joined the 7-3 vote to table the proposal. The members of the committee that held office in the last legislative term also refused to authorize the positions at a meeting two days after last November's election.
The battle over giving the state's top prosecutor the staff to investigate and prosecute bankers isn't over. The five new positions are included in the attorney general's proposed 2014/2015 biennial budget.


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STOCKTON - The city's librarian, Christopher Freeman, said Friday that he is preparing to plead guilty before a group of students following his misdemeanor arrest earlier this year on suspicion of drunken driving.
STOCKTON - The city's librarian, Christopher Freeman, said Friday that he is preparing to plead guilty before a group of students following his misdemeanor arrest earlier this year on suspicion of drunken driving.
Freeman, 42, will participate April 8 in a Choices and Consequences program, where he will stand before eighth-graders in a local school along with a judge and a prosecutor.
He is expected to express his guilt and remorse. The judge will then sentence him to jail for two to 15 days, and a bailiff will handcuff him before leading him away.
"It seemed like a valuable way I can demonstrate what I've learned," Freeman said. "I feel like it was a bad mistake on my part. I'm trying to do what I can to rectify it."
A California Highway Patrol officer on patrol in Stockton arrested Freeman at 1 a.m. on Jan. 12, his defense attorney, Gil Somera, said. Freeman was pulled over for driving above the 35 mph speed limit on Pershing Avenue, near the University of the Pacific and Freeman's home.
Freeman was placed under arrest and charged with having a blood-alcohol content of greater than 0.08 percent, the legal limit. Somera declined to state his client's exact blood-alcohol content and seeks to have it suppressed from the public.
Somera said Freeman's participation in the educational program will cause the judge to give him some leniency. The sentence could also include a $2,800 fine, three years of probation and possibly a suspended license, Somera said.
"We get the defendant up in front of the kids and he says, 'Look, this has been an embarrassment,' " said Somera, noting that eighth-grade students are at an especially impressionable age.
Freeman said he has felt the ramifications of his arrest in his personal life, but it has not interfered with his job performance.
"Obviously, I realized that it was a really poor decision on my part," he said.
Since 2010, Freeman has overseen the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library as deputy director of the city's Department of Community Services. In 2012, he earned $104,367 in gross pay.
Freeman remains on the job and this week attended a two-day conference on behalf of the city, said Stockton spokeswoman Connie Cochran, who declined to comment further.
"To the degree that there is any impact on an employee's jobs, these situations are addressed as confidential personnel matters," she said.
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Portuguese Cheeses: A Whole New Line-Up
As a lover of all things Portuguese for many years, I have been working to build the selection of Portuguese cheeses here at our Cambridge location. In the past, we've had a few varieties at a time, but this is the first time we've had as large a selection as this, and I'm very excited about them all. Here's the lowdown on the line-up!
A few preliminaries: Portuguese cheeses are often wildcards – you never know from looking at a cheese what sort of flavor you'll get. Almost all the cheeses we carry from Portugal are basically farmstead cheeses, produced by hand at the local level and intended for Portuguese consumption. They seldom make their way across the pond. Cheesemaking traditions in Portugal have been resistant to modernization; instead, to meet the growing demand, Portuguese cheesemakers have made traditional methods more efficient and produce non-DOP versions of most of their DOP cheeses. The result is that, although the cheeses are sometimes a bit expensive, you really can taste the tradition of small-scale, regional production in a way that is difficult with US-destined cheeses from many other European countries. So read up, taste up, and enjoy!
Sheep milk cheeses:
The all-stars of the Portuguese cheese scene, sheep are one of the hardiest ruminants and are well adapted to handle the country's challenging terrain. They produce milk with more protein and fat than cows and goats – this is likely responsible in part for that glorious "sheepiness" taste we all know and love. Yum!
Serra da Estrela – Produced by Casa Matias, one of the best producers in the region of Serra da Estrela (north-central Portugal), this raw sheep milk cheese is curdled with cardoon thistle, which breaks down proteins and fats differently than traditional animal rennet, giving the lactic acid bacteria (not added, but allowed to grow from ambient strains) different food to chew on, and therefore different flavors in the finished cheese. Lactic fermentation takes place later, which is why you'll find distinct flavors of sour milk in a cheese that should be too aged to show them. Texturally, the breakdown isn't as complete as, say, Brie or some washed-rind cheeses; instead, the texture is springy and lively, the flavors like straw, butter, sunshine, and sheep. It's kind of amazing. Hand-tied with a cloth wrap to help it keep its shape, it's spongy and can be eaten as the centerpiece of a family dinner à la Winnimere, Harbison, and the like.
Castelo Branco DOP – From Beira Baixa, south of Serra da Estrela and not far from the Extremadura region of Spain, this raw sheep's milk cheese is also curdled with thistle. The curd is pressed though, giving a denser texture with a creaminess that expands as the cheese dissolves in your mouth. Mild and nutty, its rind is edible and contributes to the overall flavor nicely.
Azeitão – A tiny giant, I could eat one of these for dinner every night. Made with raw sheep milk and thistle rennet, textures vary from spongy and broken-down to still curdy in the center, nearly always with a pleasantly yeasty dusting on the rind. Produced on the peninsula of Setúbal, whose northern shore holds the southern reaches of the capital of Lisbon, this cheese comes in DOP and non-DOP versions. Right now, we have the non-DOP. In addition to being cheaper, it is sometimes (as in the case of this batch) better, I think. The wrapper reads "amanteigado," but don't be fooled: all this means in Portuguese cheese terminology is something like "buttery soft," and shouldn't be confused with the very different cheese that's actually called "Amanteigado."
Serpa DOP – Yet another raw sheep milk cheese curdled with thistle, Serpa is a bit of a wildcard among wildcards. Hailing from Portugal's arid southern Alentejo, it can be gassier than the others in its style – almost fermented, but with a balanced bitterness and sweet, ovine depth. I've paired it with Flemish sour beers and been blown away by the pleasant resonances of wild yeast and earthy depth. This cheese has many flavors unfamiliar to the American palate but if you're adventurous, you'll find it oh-so-rewarding.
Terrincho Velho DOP – From the Trás-os-Montes region of northeastern Portugal, this dense and tiny wheel is made with raw sheep milk and animal rennet, its rind rubbed with sweet paprika, white wine, and extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Its production is very traditional, and only milk from a local goat breed, Churra da Terra Quente (Hot Earth), is used. Aged for over 90 days, this cheese strikes me as reminiscent of the sheep and the region: rugged and workmanlike. Nutty and bold, an ideal pairing with Douro reds.
Sabores d'Avózinha – A very traditional and humble cheese from Figuera de Castelo Rodrigo in Portugal's northeast, it has a very delicate curd structure – you can break the curds apart easily as you cut it – and an unctuous, sheepy depth. This is, I believe, its first time in the US. Some find it strong, others feel it's pleasantly full-bodied. It is rubbed in paprika like many cheeses from the north, and pairs wonderfully with honeyed figs and zippy white wines.
Goat milk cheeses:
Like sheep, goats are hardy grazers and can handle the wild flora of Portugal with ease. Goat milk responds less readily to thistle as a renneting agent, but there are a few cheeses that use it nonetheless. The results are a bit more subtle than with the sheep milk cheeses, but are again a lovely demonstration of small-scale tradition.
Cabra Raiano – You wouldn't know it from its richness and depth of flavor, but this goat cheese is produced with pasteurized milk and animal rennet. Exceptionally creamy and less bitter (some say) than its sheepy cousins, these small wheels are a very different expression of goat milk. Foregoing the typical alternation that we see between milky softness and chalky density often seen in small-format French and US goat cheeses, this cheese is creamy and delicate all the way through, and not "bucky" in the least. Some wheels are more like what we think of with washed-rind cheeses like Twig Washed, while others tend a bit more toward something like Castelo Branco. Really excellent, all around.
Cabra da Beira Baixa – A raw goat milk version of the legendary Amarelo (see below, under "mixed milk"), this is a riff on a classic that has turned out remarkably well. Hailing from Beira Baixa in central Portugal and made with traditional animal rennet, this cheese is a well-salted gustatory delight. Not one for subtlety, this cheese can be quite punchy, with a big salt profile. The payoff in pairing is an affinity for quince and full-bodied, floral wines with a bit of residual sugar.
Pastagens do Convento – Small wheels, nearly rindless, made with raw goat milk and thistle rennet in Trás-os-Montes, the home of Terrincho Velho. Made with milk from the local breed of Cabra Serrana (basically meaning just "mountain goat"), this cheese is an interesting (and recent – this is its first availability in the US) exception to the "sheep + thistle" rule, unusual also because of its dense paste and lack of barnyardy character. It is slightly sour and floral, pairing nicely with dried apricots and figs, and generally excellent all-around as a table cheese. It can be almost oily (recall how Cabra del Berrocal can be) and wet, and always delicious.
Cow milk cheeses:
With a few rare exceptions, cow milk is used on the islands that make up the archipelago of the Açores, culturally and linguistically both contiguous with and disjointed from mainland Portugal. It's a funny thing: on the mainland, you get tiny cheeses made with sheep and goat milk; on the rocky, steep terrain of the islands, you get wheels – sometimes huge – made with cow milk, often in a Dutch style. Craziness.
Casa de Mendevil Velho – From the Minho in northwestern Portugal, this small-format, aged cow milk cheese is a real anomaly. Made with pasteurized milk and traditional rennet, it is aged for a little under a year, washed with sweet red pepper and EVOO, and shows a surprisingly strong flavor and firm texture. Like the harder cow milk cheeses from the Açores, this cheese has a pronounced spice on the finish, a real "zing!" Buttery while dense, salty while bright, strong but not sharp, it's a strange beast. But I think it's delicious, and it gets people's attention like few other cheeses I know.
Castelinhos – From Terceira Island in the Açores (no, not the A-zores), an island group far off the coast of Portugal, this pasteurized cow milk cheese is creamy and consistently soft from rind to rind. It won't stand up and blow you away, but its pleasant character of sour milk, light acid, and hints of saffron make it a surprisingly fun cheese if, as many do, you make the mistake of assuming that such a humble cheese can't be delicious. Açorean cheeses are very different from mainland Portuguese cheeses – recall Ilha Graciosa, Açoreano, and São Jorge – in that they generally use cow milk, and are modeled off of Dutch rather than traditional Iberian cheeses. Trade in the Age of Discovery was the impetus, and they have continued to develop this tradition on their own.
Mixed milk cheeses:
The only thing that's better than one milk is two or three milks! But seriously, mixed milk cheeses are often born of necessity rather than deliberate artistry, and so give us a window into artisan cheesemaking at its most expedient and traditional. We're seeing the same thing happen in real-time with some domestic cheeses, where the cheesemakers are mixing milks to make up for low yields, and discovering delicious new styles by accident.
Amarelo da Beira Baixa DOP – Sheep and goat, made with animal rennet by the same producer as Cabra da Beira Baixa. An absolute classic, with a salty, washed-rind character and a bold, smooth presence. Can be quite strong, but with real nutty quality to the rind and an earthy funk not unlike Ardrahan and Gubbeen. The goat milk gives a sort of uplifting effect to the earthy and unctuous sheep milk.
Bica – From the Minho (cf. Casa de Mendevil), this cheese is made with a blend of pasteurized goat (70%), cow (20%), and sheep (10%) milk, with traditional rennet. Texture is soft and springy, consistent and not funky in the least. Slightly sour and goaty, it is smooth and satisfying. I don't want to say it's an easy cheese, but it definitely isn't challenging – and I could eat it all day. Washed with sweet red pepper and white wine.
I hope you have a chance to stop into the shop and try some of these cheeses. Of course, if you have any questions about these cheeses or the pretty phenomenal Portuguese preserves, figs, and sweets we have around the shop, just let me know.
Matthew Swoveland wears several hats at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge – among them are: cheesemonger, instructor, coffee buyer and cheese buyer.


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Violating personal trust to embezzle from an Adrian Dominican organization tipped the scales for a judge to more than double the prison term prescribed for Paul Anthony D'Arcy.
The 48-year-old Onsted-area man was ordered to serve four to 10 years in prison Wednesday before he was led from a crowded courtroom in handcuffs. State sentencing guidelines called for no more than a 23-month to 10-year term. D'Arcy was also ordered in Lenawee County Circuit Court to repay $50,000 of the estimated $103,000 taken while he was the office manager of a teacher training institute.
"The defendant stole more than money. He stole trust," said Sister Leonor Esnard,
the current director of the Adrian Dominican Montessori Teacher Education Institute.
D'Arcy is the nephew of the institute's founder, Sister Anthonita Porta. She died in 2009, leaving D'Arcy with authority over finances.
"Our Montessori education program meant the world to her," Esnard told the court. Porta was the "heart, soul and inspiration" for the institute's faculty and students, she said.
D'Arcy left in November 2011 due to problems with the office management.
"The defendant left the condition of our finances in shambles," Esnard said.
Bank officials helped piece together information revealing D'Arcy had taken money from the institute, she said. Adrian police were contacted and D'Arcy was arrested in February last year. Instead of confessing and explaining what happened, she said, D'Arcy refused to cooperate and expressed no regret.
"We now place our trust in you, Judge Noe," she said.
Balancing the theft and betrayal with D'Arcy's otherwise clean record was difficult, Noe said. He has done volunteer religious work in prisons, she said, but then took advantage of the trust placed in him due to his relationship with his aunt.
The embezzled money eliminated scholarships that would have helped at least 20 students receive training at the institute, Noe said. Nothing has been repaid in the year since the criminal prosecution began.
"I have seen no remorse. I have seen great explanations by you that your actions were with the directive of your aunt and continued after her death," Noe said.
Friends and relatives who wrote the court letters on D'Arcy's behalf appear to have been told the missing money "is everybody else's fault," she said.
"Until you realize the damage you have done, this will always be someone else's fault. I'm not sure you will ever do that," Noe told D'Arcy.
D'Arcy said he takes responsibility for the embezzlement and promised to repay the money if sentenced to probation and allowed to continue working.
"I'm so ashamed. This is something that started small and grew," he said. "No one could feel worse about it than I. A trust has been broken. I acknowledge that.
"I may never be able to restore the trust that I lost, but I can and I will restore the financial loss," he said.
Defense attorney John Baker of Adrian asked for a sentence that would allow D'Arcy to continue working and pay restitution.
Baker also argued against exceeding sentence guidelines that he argued should limit the sentence to nine months in the county jail.
"There is nothing that would justify exceeding the guidelines in this case," Baker said. There is no pattern of prior criminal activity, he said, and no individuals were put in danger due to financial losses. The victim is a corporate entity, he argued, not the 20 or more victims claimed in calculating the guidelines.
Assistant Lenawee County Prosecutor Douglas Hartung asked for a longer prison term, arguing the guidelines did not account for all the factors in this case. The losses severely affected the institute, its students and the community, he said.
D'Arcy abused authority and trust, he said, and victims are the many student teachers not trained at the institute because money for scholarships instead went to D'Arcy's personal expenses.
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Violating personal trust to embezzle from an Adrian Dominican organization tipped the scales for a judge to more than double the prison term prescribed for Paul Anthony D'Arcy.


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Superintendent Joseph M. Sawyer said the school district is grappling with an increase in reported mental health issues.
He told school officials tonight he wants to immediately hire two new paraprofessionals to address increased demand for student access to mental health services.
School Committee Chairman Erin H. Canzano said, based on her interactions with school administrators, she believes the surge is directly linked to larger class sizes.
Mr. Sawyer told the School Committee to night that mental health problems are especially prevalent at the upper middle school and high school levels, but said help is also needed in kindergarten classes.
"Already this year, we have made several referrals directly to emergency mental health services," Mr. Sawyer said.
At previous meetings, Mr. Sawyer listed drug abuse, depression and anxiety among the mental health issues students face. While he couldn't attribute any one cause to the problem, he said downturns in the economy often add strain to families across all spectrums.
Tonight, he said the situation is dire enough that he is seeking to immediately add two paraprofessional positions to the current fiscal year budget. Mr. Sawyer said he hopes to absorb the cost of the positions through normal fluctuations in the budget cycle, but said cuts elsewhere in the budget may be needed.
Ms. Canzano said the issue came up at a recent meeting with middle school administrators. She said that in the past educators sometimes were able to identify and address issues through one-on-one interactions with students. But she said due to larger class sizes, educators are already strained and are referring mental health issues directly up to administrators.
School Committee member Jason F. Palitsch said administrators are overburdened trying to triage mental health issues. "They simply aren't able to respond to emergency issues in the way that they want to," he said.
Committee member B. Dale Magee asked if state or local resources are available to alleviate the burden on the school district.
Mr. Sawyer said the district contracts with a psychiatrist at UMass Memorial Health Care system. He said the psychiatrist is attempting to connect families with support systems to which the school district doesn't have access.
Mr. Sawyer said he is continuing to closely monitor the problem. He cautioned the committee that even if mental health issues only affect a small number of students, it still has a ripple effect on the entire student body.


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Manchester aldermen to consider leashes, muzzles for dogsBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 14. 2013 9:29PM
MANCHESTER — Dogs declared vicious, a nuisance or a menace would need to be muzzled and physically restrained on a leash while in public under a proposed vicious dog ordinance.
Such dogs also would need to be enrolled in behavioural modification training.
The ordinance received initial approval from aldermen this month and needs to proceed through several more votes, making September the earliest the ordinance could go into effect.
"These (cases) are few and far between," Ward 3 Alderman Pat Long said Friday. "It's not a majority of irresponsible dog owners. However, those that aren't responsible, unfortunately, we have to make them responsible."
Deputy City Solicitor Tom Arnold said a judge at the circuit court level would make the determination of whether a dog is declared a nuisance, menace or vicious to people or property.
Police Lt. Maureen Tessier said the ordinance will assist the department's animal control officers by "spelling out more specific responsibilities they can have in dealing with a vicious dog," Tessier said.
Long said aldermen reviewed ordinances from more than a half-dozen communities, including Nashua, Berlin, Keene, Concord and Portsmouth.
The ordinance also calls for those designated dogs to be:
• Physically restrained on private property by fencing sufficient to keep the animal from jumping or climbing over it;
• Spayed or neutered if not already;
• Identified by microchip or tattooing with documentation to be submitted to the city;
• Banned from entering any public "off leash" dog park within the city
It also requires owners of such dogs to notify the City Clerk's Office when the dog dies, moves or is given over to new owners.
The ordinance isn't limited to specific breeds.
As of Friday, the city had 10,771 licensed dogs, according to the City Clerk's Office.
Shelley Greenglass, manager of the Manchester Animal Shelter, applauded the ordinance.
"I certainly think it's needed," she said. "Hopefully, it will make owners more responsible."
She said each incident should be handled on a case-by-case basis.
"It's not all pit bulls. It can be any dog," said Greenglass, who has discussed the proposal with an alderman. "You put it on the owner to be responsible."
She said the shelter handles dogs picked up by the city's animal control officers. On Saturday, it housed three dogs under a "bite quarantine" for 10 days.
"I just wish people will be more responsible," Greenglass said. "You can't tell me a dog that just bit, the owners didn't see something along the way to try to correct the problem or were putting the dog in a bad situation."
The next step for the proposal will be consideration before the aldermanic Bills on Second Reading, which is expected to meet Aug. 6.
Aldermen have been working on the issue for about a year.
"It's been a long time in the making," he said.


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Nearly two inches of rain fell Tuesday in the Moberly area. The rain continued as St. Pius X School students were dismissed for the day. Dressed in rainwear, older students patrol the school crossing assuring youngsters safely cross the street. National Catholic Schools Week 2013 is being observed January 27-February 2 with the theme "Catholic Schools Raise the Standards." Planned events for the week: Monday: Spirit/Jean Day; Tuesday: Movie/Treat Day; Wednesday: Academic Excellence Day – All on the A or B Honor Roll for first or second quarter receive a certificate and an extra recess; Friday: Fun and games in the gym. The 8th grade will play volleyball against the faculty and staff.


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Felony hit-and-run charges against fired Manchester officer reduced to misdemeanorsBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 23. 2013 9:39PM
MANCHESTER - Felony hit-and-run charges against fired Manchester police sergeant Stephen Coco have been reduced to misdemeanors, charges that would allow the 17-year police veteran to avoid a state prison sentence in the high-profile case.
Last Thursday, the special prosecutor in the case filed Class A misdemeanor charges of vehicular assault against Coco, claiming he was fiddling with a cell phone last March when he hit two Bedford teenagers outside their Harrod Lane homes.
He was driving an unmarked Manchester police vehicle at the time.
When arrested in late March, Coco faced two Class B felony conduct after an accident, each of which carries a 3 1/2 to seven-year prison sentence.
Marc Hathaway, the Sullivan County Attorney called in to prosecute the case, had faced a deadline of Monday to obtain a grand jury indictment. Hathaway said Monday that Coco has not been indicted.
The misdemeanor charges are "part of a prosecution strategy. It would be unprofessional for me to say anything more at this time," Hathaway said.
He stressed that nothing prevents him from seeking an indictment in the future.
A Class A misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in the county jail, a penalty that can be reduced by four months if the inmate behaves well in jail.
Prosecutors at times change or modify charges in a case as it nears its conclusion, often signaling a plea bargain is at hand.
However, prosecutors are forbidden to publicly discuss any plea negotiations before they are brought before a judge.
"The state is obviously looking toward resolving this case," Hathaway said.
The new charges also spell out a new wrinkle in the case. They allege that Coco was "attempting to access information on a cell phone," which interfered with his ability to maintain control of the car.
The accident sent both Noah Hickman and Dean Drukker to the hospital. Hickman suffered a broken elbow; Drukker had bleeding on the brain. Both were quickly released from the hospital.
Within days, Manchester Police Chief David Mara fired Coco from his $84,000-a-year job, which included work in the department's drug investigations unit. Police found he had violated numerous department regulations.
Hathaway is handling the case to avoid any potential conflict between Manchester police and the Hillsborough County Attorney's Office, which the police department deals with on a regular basis.
The new charges were filed Thursday, the same day a Hillsborough County grand jury was sitting.
State procedures call for prosecutors to obtain indictments 90 days after a felony arrest. Charges can be dismissed if a prosecutor does not do so.
On July 17, Hathaway requested a 60-day extension.
Superior Court Judge Gillan Abramson granted the extension, but noted the prosecution "has utterly failed to explain its ongoing delay."
Hathaway said Monday that his request for an extension was agreed to by Coco's attorney, Mark Howard.
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Sundance premiere 'Camp X-Ray' explores Gitmo life
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Kristen Stewart takes a lot of abuse in her latest film, a gritty drama about detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
"Camp X-Ray," which premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival to boisterous applause, features Stewart as Amy Cole, a guard stationed at the controversial prison at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where suspected terrorists are being detained. Stewart's character takes an elbow to the face, is spit on and splattered with excrement, but learns her treatment is nothing compared to what the detainees are going through.
The movie is sympathetic to the prisoners' plight; Stewart's character eventually forms a bond with innocent inmate Ali Amir, played by Peyman Moaadi.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Stewart said she relished playing such a strong character.
"It's a movie about somebody who doesn't seem made up. I read this thing and felt like I wanted to stand up for her. It felt really real to me and I felt like it was something that I was willing to do anything for," she said in a phone interview last week. "I haven't played too many parts that I feel like are really outside of myself. And it's quiet and when something really quiet punches you in the stomach, that's what I like to do."
Stewart was on hand with the rest of the cast for the Sundance debut. After the film was shown, first-time filmmaker Peter Sattler told the audience that he got the inspiration for "Camp X-Ray" after watching documentary footage of a guard and a detainee talking about books on a library cart. In his film, the two main characters similarly bond over the prison's book selection.
Sattler originally intended Stewart's role for a male, but he shifted to a female lead because he felt it created more conflict between the two.
"And Muslims' extremist relationship toward women also complicated (the story)," he said. "So I clicked into that."
Lane Garrison, who also plays a guard in the movie, told the audience that working on "Camp X-Ray" shifted his thinking of Guantanamo Bay, which has been the center of a battle over whether it should close. President Barack Obama has said he would like to see it shut down.
"I had a belief that everyone down there was responsible for 9/11," said Garrison. "After doing this film I started asking questions about Guantanamo Bay and come to find out that there are still men down there that no country wants and I started thinking 'What if there is a guy down there that is innocent, that's not a terrorist — does he deserve that day in court? It changed me to start asking questions and not just go along with the flow."
The film is a candidate in the festival's U.S. dramatic competition. Winners will be announced on Jan. 25.
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February 17. 2014 9:28PM
Man hospitalized after apparent heroin overdose in Nashua
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
— Police say a man was hospitalized after overdosing on heroin Sunday night at a residence on East Pearl Street.
The victim, who is expected to survive, was transported to Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center.
Meanwhile, police said another man who may have been present during the overdose allegedly tried to hide the drugs from authorities.
City police arrested Michael Cunningham, 26, of 9 Pinedale Ave., Hudson, on a felony charge of falsifying physical evidence. Police allege that Cunningham concealed a baggie containing heroin in an attempt to hide it from officers following the overdose.
Cunningham has a history of arrests in southern New Hampshire. In the fall of 2012, Windham police arrested him as a habitual offender and for alleged drug possession. In 2009, Nashua police charged Cunningham with two counts of the illegal sale of Oxycontin.
He is being held on $2,500 cash or surety bail on the most recent charge and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at the 9th Circuit Court, Nashua District Division.
If convicted, Cunningham could face up to seven years in prison, police said.


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Boulder County
Yes -- 2,543
No -- 2,271
Weld County
Yes -- 2,676
No -- 2,989
Yes -- 5,219
No -- 5,260
Difference -- 41 votes
Total votes cast -- 10,479
Source: Weld and Boulder counties
The bond measure that would have funded a new $6.2 million police and courts building in Erie has officially lost by 41 votes out of nearly 10,500 cast, putting to rest one of the last unresolved ballot issues in the state.
The gap between the no and yes votes on Erie Issue 2A -- a 0.502 percent difference -- exceeds by a whisper the half percent or lower threshold that would trigger an automatic recount.
Boulder and Weld counties posted their final election results Wednesday, after all provisional and unreconciled mail-in ballots were tallied the previous evening. Erie straddles both counties.
Erie officials said Wednesday that they were still waiting for final numbers from Boulder County before proceeding with a decision about whether a recount will be triggered. But Brad Turner, a spokesman for the Boulder County Clerk's elections division, said that even though the official deadline for filing results with the Colorado Secretary of State's Office is not until next week, the numbers posted Wednesday morning won't change.
A Weld County elections official said the same.
In Boulder County, the measure passed 2,543 to 2,271, while in Weld County it failed 2,989 to 2,676. That's a difference of 41 votes out of 10,479 cast.
Issue 2A sought to raise the property tax on each $100,000 value of Erie homes by $12.30 a year. The town pushed for the measure, which would have allowed Erie to replace a cramped police station at Town Hall with an 18,000-square-foot headquarters building at the corner of County Line Road and Telleen Avenue.
The defeat of the measure was a surprise to many in town because a survey conducted earlier this year revealed strong support for the new facility. Some officials in town speculated that voters lost their appetite for the property tax increase after the St. Vrain Valley School District placed a $14.8 million mill levy override on the ballot.
That measure passed handily.
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Keene, Vt.: NH's beer-tax capitalEDITORIAL
February 07. 2013 10:57PM
When Gov. Maggie Hassan announced that she would veto a proposed beer-tax increase, she was consciously positioning herself to the right of her party's leftist fringe. Or to look at it another way, she was stiff-arming Cheshire County.
On Wednesday the House voted 308-35 against House Bill 168, the beer tax bill. That is a walloping. A bill that gets defeated by a ratio of almost 10-1, drawing the support of not even 10 percent of the House, ought to embarrass its sponsor. Even Congress, with a 14 percent approval rating, is more popular.
The bill's sponsor was Rep. Charles Weed, D-Keene. He is not an outlier. Five of seven representatives from Keene, and more than half of Cheshire County's entire House delegation, voted for the bill.
The two Keene representatives who voted against raising the beer tax were Reps. Delmar Burridge and Cynthia Chase. Readers might recall that Chase recently got in hot water for stating that legislators should discourage Free Staters from moving to New Hampshire by eliminating the freedoms they come here to find. Burridge is the sponsor of a bill to give counties the power to impose income taxes.
For some perspective, 71 percent of Keene's representatives voted for this bill, but not a single representative from liberal Hanover did. Geographically, Keene is to the right of Vermont. Politically, we are not so sure anymore.


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In a warm-up match before kicking off the Kansas City Invitational this week, the Neosho wrestling team took on, or rather, took down the Joplin Eagles, 71-0 on Thursday at Neosho High School.
In a warm-up match before kicking off the Kansas City Invitational this week, the Neosho wrestling team took on, or rather, took down the Joplin Eagles, 71-0 on Thursday at Neosho High School.
Only two matches were close. The Wildcats were that good.
After running through opponents with relative ease, the Wildcats saw their closest match of the evening go the way of 220-pounder Christian Lopez in a 3-2 decision over Joplin's Danny Drouin.
The battle between Lopez and Drouin was deadlocked 2-2 midway through the third period when the Eagles gambled and elected to defer a point to Lopez in order to stand him up and give Drouin a shot for a takedown. The gamble never paid off as Lopez held his ground and came away with the victory.
The most exciting match of the evening followed in the 285-pound bout between Neosho's Aaron Clardy and Joplin's Phillip Reitz. Facing the much shorter Reitz, Clardy went ahead 3-0 before a mistake nearly cost him the match.
"I'm not used to short wrestlers, especially in the heavyweight division," Clardy said. "I made a mistake. I got too high in my stance. I've just got to stay in my stance."
Reitz used leverage to his advantage and took down the larger Clardy, and then nearly pinned him. The swing suddenly put Reitz in front 5-3 and sent the Eagles' supporters into frenzy. Clardy, however, managed to escape, earned another point to make it 5-4, then scored a takedown to go ahead, 6-5.
With 42-seconds left in the match, and perhaps for good measure, Clardy pinned Reitz to end the bout.
"That just shows I've got to keep working, keep on stepping it up every day in the practice room, and keep on fighting," Clardy said.
Varsity results, with Neosho listed first, are: 106-pounds — Kyler Rea pinned Caden Carlin. 113 — John Williams won by forfeit. 120 — Brayden Brookman pinned Bryce Schwarting. 126 – River Buttram won by major decision over Levi Puckett, 15-6. 132 — Nate Rodriguez pinned Skye Paulk. 138 — Jason Box decisioned Noah Hembree 13-7. 145 — Kyle Hostetter pinned Dakota Mavis. 152 — Sam Williams decisioned Don Hollingshead, 7-0. 160 — Chance Branstetter won by forfeit. 170 — Austin Hailey pinned Tyler McGrew. 182 — Jacob Brock pinned Landon Taylor. 195 — Ben Elledge won by major decision over Jason Love, 12-2. 220 — Lopez decisioned Drouin, 3-2. 285 — Clardy pinned Reitz.
Wildcats coach Jeremy Phillips said, "Every time we step on the mat our goal is to get better. I told (our team) that they needed to challenge themselves, get out of their comfort zone and show us they've improved since the last time they stepped on the mat. I think we did a good job of showing growth. These guys have been working hard with our coaching staff and putting the time in, putting the effort in. Hopefully we'll continue to see that when we get up to Kansas City the next couple of days."
This weekend will be a challenge. Facing 40 teams in one of the premier tournaments the country has to offer, the Wildcats hope to bring home some hardware.
"It's without a doubt the toughest tournament we're going to be in all season long," Phillips said. "Being a top-five tournament in the country, 40 teams, two days (of wrestling) is definitely a grind. It's going to be something where we're going to fight for every point we're hoping to score.
"We've talked a lot about, our program, there's only been a select few that have brought home hardware from that tournament," he added. "We've taken second and fifth as a team. I think our goal is to bring hardware back as a team. If we step up as individuals and fight and battle … then we'll put ourselves in position to have the team success that we're seeking."
The event begins today and runs through Saturday inside the Hale Center at the America Royal.
On Thursday, the junior varsity team set the tone for the varsity by also blanking Joplin, 9-0. Results for the JV Wildcats are: 126 pounds — Chase Kirschner decisioned Ethan Putney, 11-5. 132 — Isaac Townsend pinned Michael Shrum. 145 — Dakota Vance pinned Ashton Parker. 152 — Peter Elwise pinned Isaac Knewston. 152 — Appy Mendoza pinned Hunter Goode. 170 — Rexi Elwise pinned Zach Consier. 195 — Addison Derryberry pinned Jeffory Owens.


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Shaheen, Ayotte feeling frustrated at sequesterBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 01. 2013 9:33PM
MILFORD - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., spent part of Friday in Milford touring the Cirtonics Corp. to get a better idea of how sequestration cuts may affect the people and companies in the Granite State.
Shaheen said that while all involved in Washington bear responsibility for the situation surrounding sequestration, the main focus should be on solving the problem.
"When we passed the Budget Control Act we put in place provisions as onerous as possible because we thought it would provide incentive for Congress to act," Shaheen said. "Nobody thought we were going to be irresponsible enough to not address the situation."
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayote, R-N.H., who was in the state Friday visiting the FIRST Robotics BAE Systems Granite State Regional at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, said, "I voted against the debt limit bill which created the sequester, and we wouldn't be in this situation if Congress did its job and passed a fiscally responsible budget on time. I offered an alternative savings package, which was denied a vote this week, and I will continue to work with my colleagues to replace the arbitrary sequester cuts with smarter alternative savings."
Shaheen added that she shared the frustration and disappointment of Granite Staters that Republicans and Democrats in Washington couldn't come together to compromise and avoid the cuts.
Geraldine Ferlins, CEO, president and founder of Cirtronics, said that the uncertainty of her company being hurt by sequestration has prompted her to initiate a hiring freeze.
"We need a long-term solution so we are not doing this every few months, and it has to be a balanced solution," Shaheen said.
Cirtronics, which assembles and places circuit boards into other companies' products, does not directly supply the government with products, Ferlins said, but it does work helping build products for companies that do.
As such, sequestration could end up hurting Cirtonics, Ferlins said.
"I am not going to take a position (on the cuts)," she said. "We don't know how this will affect us, our customers don't know, and I am not an economist, but there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty this has created."
Located in Milford for more than 20 years with more than 140 employees, Cirtronics is partially owned by Ferlins and partially owned by the employees, Ferlins said.
When discussing how the sequester cuts could hurt New Hampshire, Shaheen referenced the control tower at the Nashua Municipal Airport possibly being shut down next week.
However, according to an interactive website created by the Texas Tribune, which analyzes how sequester cuts would affect each state, New Hampshire is one of the states that will be hurt least by the cuts.
Losing the least amount of money of all 50 states for teacher and school funding, the Tribune also shows that New Hampshire will lose much less money than other states for children's vaccines, lose less money than most for military operations and is near the bottom of states in terms of furloughs.


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The Virginia Hedquist Estate Auction scheduled for noon Saturday, Feb. 23 has been postponed until Saturday, March 9.
Due to inclement weather, the Master Gardener's class scheduled for tonight has been moved to next Thursday.
Due to the weather, King Enterprise Group has rescheduled its Chamber Coffee to Thursday, March 7th. Please join us at the King Enterprise Group and Hutton Construction Chamber coffee Thursday, March 7th, starting at 9:30 a.m. at 1401 S. Highway 81 Bypass. KEG and Hutton Construction leaders will be on hand to answer questions about both companies.


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New year to see $2 million increase
By Luke Groskopf
Journal Staff Writer
After months of number crunching and retooling, the Montezuma County Board of Commissioners gave a seal of approval Monday to next years budget.
The 2013 budget is estimated at $37.8 million across all county agencies, administrator Ashton Harrison said. That total sum of revenue gets distributed across 16 specialized funds, including law enforcement, road and bridge, social services and public health. The largest, at $13.4 million, is the General Fund, which pays the salaries and operating expenses for numerous county offices like assessor, treasurer and planning. It also allots money to maintain county-owned grounds and buildings.
The 2013 budget is about $2 million higher than the $35.8 budgeted for 2012, which was roughly $1.6 million higher than the 2011 budget.
Money is earmarked for one new hire: a full-time veterans services officer. Two new court security guards will also be added, but they dont alter the budget because their salaries are covered by a state grant.
The county has maintained a fiscal surplus every year since 2006 (although final 2012 numbers wont be confirmed until next July), but is projecting a 2013 deficit of $1.6 million for now.
Uncertainty remains due to the countys continued legal wrangling with carbon dioxide extractor Kinder Morgan. At stake is $2 million in property tax already paid by Kinder Morgan after a 2008 assessors audit found the companys value was higher than previously thought. Kinder Morgan wants to recoup the money. The state Board of Assessment Appeals is arbitrating the dispute, with a hearing scheduled for late February. Harrison is hoping for a verdict sometime in March.
Whichever party loses could then protest the decision before the Colorado Court of Appeals, a drawn out process that could take months.
Harrison said there are no plans at this time to cut existing programs or delay projects, regardless of the legal outcome with Kinder Morgan.
Weve done a good job building our reserve up over previous years, he said.
However, the outcome could influence whether the 250 people employed by the county receive pay raises. A separate 2-percent cost of living adjustment has already been approved, although it could be effectively canceled out if Congress does not extend the payroll tax cut. Since early 2011, employees have seen 4.2 percent of their income deducted for the FICA payroll tax, which funds Social Security, instead of the normal 6.2 percent.


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Ted Siefer's City Hall: Baines is out, let the search begin (again)By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 06. 2013 9:37PM
ROBERT BAINES is out. A week after the school board rejected the three finalists for superintendent, the former mayor and Manchester High School West principal has made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that he doesn't want the job.
"I'm not a candidate for the job. I did not express any interest in the job. I have already accepted another job, and I wish the school board all the best as they select the next leader for the school district," he said.
So that's a no, right?
Mayor Ted Gatsas floated the idea of Baines stepping in as superintendent, right around the time he determined late last month that the three finalists were lacking.
Baines said he and Gatsas "have always had a good relationship. He's been very supportive. He mentioned something (about being superintendent). There was speculation going on, but it was nothing I caused."
In fact, Baines said he has no interest at this point in being back in the public eye, and he said he did not want to discuss his new job.
So what's next in the city's quest for a new school leader? It's safe to say the school board's superintendent search committee, assuming it can get past the recriminations, will have its work cut out for it when it reconvenes on Thursday. Committee members have less than three months to find someone to take the helm before Superintendent Tom Brennan walks into the sunset.
For his part, Alderman-At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur is still lamenting the one who got away.
You may recall he was prepared to refer Gatsas to the Conduct Board for "subverting the superintendent nominee process."
That didn't happen. Levasseur determined ahead of Tuesday's aldermen meeting that he wouldn't even be able to get a second for the motion.
But Levasseur did take some time at the meeting to share a letter Vincent Cotter, the retired superintendent from the Philadelphia area, sent to the school board. "Please know that I was touched by the students, staff and people of Manchester in their desire to build a stronger school system, and know of my willingness to further demonstrate my ability to assist in making Manchester a model of urban education."
Levasseur liked the guy. "I think we missed out on a very good person for the superintendent job," he told the aldermen. "I'm very disappointed in the school board."
His colleagues weren't inclined to touch this issue either. But the school board did get some words of support from Ward 1 Alderman Joyce Craig. "I was impressed they had the courage not to pick a candidate that did not gain consensus," she said.
On Monday, earnest parents lined up at a hearing at Manchester Memorial High School to urge the city's elected officials to spend more on the school system. Not all of them came out and said it, but the implicit plea was to override the tax cap.
It's safe to say those parents probably shouldn't get their hopes up, based on an unscientific survey of the aldermen.
It only takes five aldermen to sink an override of the tax cap, either by voting no or abstaining.
Aldermen Levasseur, Jim Roy, Tom Katsiantonis and Phil Greazzo are already pretty firmly planted in the no camp.
Others said they still wanted to go over the budget numbers before making such a decision.
But the comments of Ward 12 Alderman Patrick Arnold, a Democrat and upstart candidate for mayor, are perhaps telling.
"I think all the aldermen take their responsibility to represent their constituents very seriously," he said. "Our focus in campaign discussions is to provide new leadership to the problems we face, not simply by throwing more money at the problem."
Alderman Roy, Ward 4, was dubious there would be an override but said he sympathesized with people who raised concerns at the school budget hearing earlier in the week.
"Personally, I have some of the same feelings as those people in favor of the schools have, but I'm not there to vote for me personally. I'm there to vote for my constituents," he said.
Ward 5 Alderman Ed Osborne also said he wasn't ready to say whether an override is in order, but he wanted to make one thing clear: He doesn't like the tax cap as a matter of principle - and he intends to do something about it. He's hoping to bring a motion before the aldermen at their next meeting to yet again put the issue on the ballot in November.
"Now after two years voters are getting a taste of what this means, " he said. "Let's get this over with. If this is still on the books two-to-three years from now, I don't want to see the shape the city is in."
There are other ways to send more money to the school district besides overriding the tax cap. Last year, the aldermen bumped up the $150 million allocation proposed by the mayor by $2 million, by sending over a chunk of the hefty surplus from 2012.
But it doesn't appear the city will be seeing surpluses of that order this year, thanks to the fact that there was a real winter and a flood of retirements, which blew a huge hole in the severance account.
At this point, Finance Director Bill Sanders sees the surplus tracking closer to $800,000. If the aldermen do try to go the surplus route to bolster the district budget, it's likely the budgets won't be finalized until later in the year, and district officials will be none too pleased about this. They pinned much of the chaos at the start of the school year on getting their final budget with only a couple months before the first day of classes.
The aldermen will be able to get a better sense of the prospect for surpluses this year and the impact of the mayor's proposed budget for 2014 on Tuesday, when department heads will appear before them at a special meeting. The issue of severance, which the mayor left unfunded in his budget, will loom large.
"The aldermen were told by the mayor that these severance buyouts would result in saving money on the salary line," Ward 6 Alderman Garth Corriveau said. "Instead we're seeing huge deficits. We need figure out why this is happening."
Corriveau, it turns out, won't be a candidate for mayor after all.
He had been seriously considering the idea, as he did two years ago.
Unlike then, however, the Democrat said this time the reason for not running was personal.
"The answer really was I have my upcoming marriage, my work for my clients . and serving as an alderman. I thought I can continue to be happy and continue to serve. It wasn't a political decision at all."
As for endorsing the lone Democrat in the race at this point, Alderman Arnold, Corriveau said, "I haven't given any thought to that. I assume so, but I wouldn't endorse a candidate until the filing period closed anyway."
Ted Siefer may be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @tbsreporter.


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John DiStaso's Granite Status: NH RNC member not alarmed by early moves to jumble 2016 presidential primary, caucus calendar
By John DiStaso, Senior Political Reporter
MONDAY, MARCH 11: Less than two months after Barack Obama began his second term, speculaion about possible future candidates is not the only maneuvering already occurring looking ahead to 2016.
Moves by other states to head off New Hampshire and Iowa's first-in-the-nation primary and caucus positions have also already begun.
The western states of Nevada and Arizona are the culprits this time. Nevada already has special "carveout" status for an early caucus under the rules of the two national committees.
But, according to Real Clear Politics, Republican lawmakers there introduced legislation to hold a primary instead and to hold it on the third Tuesday in January.
An Arizona lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to hold the Arizona primary on the same day as the Iowa caucuses.
Both national parties have worked hard after the leapfrogging of past cycles to set up solid calendars with heavy penalties for states that do not oblige.
The committees' calendars allow New Hampshire and South Carolina to hold early primaries and Iowa and Nevada to hold early caucuses, but no sooner than February of 2016, with other states beginning their parade of events in March of that year.
In New Hampshire, Republican National Committeeman Steve Duprey says there is no reason for alarm -- yet.
Duprey said the moves will probably be discussed when the RNC meets in Los Angeles in April.
"I don't think Nevada will be a threat because if they try to make a move they will in all likelihood lose their status as one of the carveout states," he said.
"Arizona always presents this problem but the fact the Republicans included Nevada really eliminated any need for Arizona to go early. With the new penalties, I doubt any candidate would want to run in Arizona," said Duprey.
(Earlier Granite Status Reports follow.)
MONDAY, MARCH 11: "COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE." The conservative issues advocacy group Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire (AFP-NH) charged today the budget trailer bill released last week by Gov. Maggie Hassan contains 10 new taxes and fee hikes that are "counterproductive to job creation and economic growth."
"We should be looking for ways to reduce the burden on the backs of small businesses, the backbone of our state's economy," said Greg Moore, AFP-NH state director. "Unfortunately, many of the tax increases in the budget directly impact the job creators in New Hampshire. The last thing we need is to add to the weight of some of the highest business taxes in the nation. We hope the legislature reverses this economically destructive course and puts the focus back on economic growth and job creation."
(For earlier Granite Status reports click on "Granite Status" above.)
Hassan spokesman Marc Goldberg responded, "The governor's balanced budget proposal begins restoring critical investments in the priorities needed to create good jobs and build a more innovative economic future, such as higher education, economic development, mental health and public safety. It is a fiscally responsible proposal that keeps general fund spending below FY 2008 levels, is based on conservative revenue estimates, and is funded in part by reversing some of the bad decisions made in the last budget and by further delaying tax changes that the last Legislature opted not to pay for or implement."
AFP-NH pointed out that while the governor's budget includes a number of business tax increases, it did not include language to collect the $80 million in revenue the governor included in her budget from a casino license fee, "to allow gambling that is currently illegal under New Hampshire state law."
Moore said the governors tax and fee increases "stick it to the small businesses of New Hampshire."
Moore suggested lawmakers "start from scratch to look for ways to help our employers gain the confidence to hire new workers and add new jobs here."
According to AFP-NH, the tax and fee increases in Hassan's proposed budget include:
- a 50 percent hike in all saltwater fishing fees, hikes range from $5 to $50.
- delaying Business Profits Tax Loss Carryforward expansion to $10 milion from Jan 2013 to January 2014.
- Elimination of the education tax credit against the Business Profits Tax.
- New fees for plumbing and fuel gas fitting companies.
- giving Fire Control Board new authority to create fees for Certified Water Treatment Technicians (new license).
- retroactively delaying expansion and indexing for inflation of Business Enterprise Tax exemption from 2013 to 2015.
-- raises tax on packs of cigarettes by 30 cents-a-pack.
- increases the tobacco tax on other products
- delays the increasing of BET credits toward the BPT from 5 to 10 years from 2014 to 2015.
- new bank examination fees to replace existing methodology of charging pooled costs to banks to pay for the cost of regulating the industry.


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