Common Sense For New Hampshire

I have no idea who made the OPRA or why, but it would probably be a good idea for the Republicans to be well along in curing their conflict before the next Council meeting.

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Great reporting by Ken Serrano

Issue could stall redevelopment until resolved

Former Council candidate Cheryl Russo spoke at the public comments session at last Tuesday’s meeting and brought up the fact that two state Republican Committee in kind donations were made to Belmar Republican campaigns (one that I previously reported on and one that I missed and I do apologize for missing it.)  These were not supposed to accepted under Belmar’s campaign finance laws.

In 2018 the Walsifer/Wann/McCracken campaign received $858:

And last year the McCracken/Carvelli campaign received $460:

I believe Ms. Russo is correct that currently all four Republicans on the Council are conflicted from participating in redevelopment matters.

There is a way to cure this under a provision added in 2011 when, as we have now, four out of the five members of the Council found themselves in conflict:

The 30 day window commenced Tuesday night when Cheryl Russo notified the Council of the problem. Under the code, any Council participation in any kind of development issue needs to be frozen until the Republicans re-open their 2018 and 2019 campaigns and reimburse the state Republicans for the contributions they should not have accepted.