GOP's Right to Know request may highlight law's gray areas
April 26, 2009: "E-mails a state Republican Committee official received in response to a Right-to-Know request filed earlier this month may continue to raise questions about how state legislators are interpreting the law regarding electronic communications.
Ryan Williams, a spokesman for the New Hampshire Republican Committee, said he filed three Right-to-Know requests... [seeking] all documents and e-mails pertaining to a $72,000 women's bathroom project approved by the Legislature in order to see how Larsen and Norelli were involved." Read the full article here.
Experts: Right to Know law protects lawmakers' e-mail
April 12, 2009: "Several Right-to-Know law advocates say they believe legislators who turned down a request for their electronic correspondence correctly interpreted the state statute, but some also say the law may need to be clarified.
State Rep. Jim Garrity, R&D-Atkinson, who chairs the state's Right-to-Know Oversight Commission, said he agreed with the response to a March 27 Sunday Citizen Right to Know request. The response came in the form of two letters, one written by House Counsel David Frydman and the other by Senate Counsel Jeffrey Meyers." Read the full article here.
N.H. lawmakers reject Right to Know requests
April 5, 2009: "Four House lawmakers and two state senators on Friday rejected the Sunday Citizen's requests for their electronic correspondence on the grounds that it is not covered by the state's Right to Know law.
One letter, prepared by House Legal Counsel David Frydman, was signed by House Speaker Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, Rep. Marjorie Smith, D-Durham, Rep. Alida Millham, R-Gilford, and Rep. Beth Arsenault, D-Laconia. The newspaper received that letter on Friday." Read the full article here.
Judge: State violated Right-to-Know Law in ATV park case
October 7, 2008: "A citizen's dogged pursuit of information being withheld by a state agency was recently justified when a judge ruled that state officials knowingly violated the Right-to-Know Law.
Records related to the state purchase of land for an ATV park were improperly kept secret when Fitzwilliam resident Andrew Walters was denied access to the documents, a superior court judge ruled last month." Read the full article here.
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