Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Constitutional Law Blogs -> Chris King's 1st Amendment Page

Constitutional Law

: Chris King's 1st Amendment Page

KingCast becomes first media outlet to prove that Franconia considered firing Norman Bruce McKay, a ?rogue, classic bully hiding behind his badge."

By Christopher King

Tomorrow first thing in the morning I will scan the 1 August 2008 letter from Franconia Town Counsel Dan Mullen in which he admits that there are responsive documents on the subject. Of course he tries to avoid even giving me the minutes preceding the vote to go into executive session -- if indeed the Town actually even went into such a session. As if I'm going to fall for that.

Dear Attorney Mullen: This is a continued RSA 91-A request. As I told you in this post as a practice pointer, you cannot get away from a full admission. This means that right now, and before I sue your client for the full set of responsive documents, I need to see at a minimum the minutes and the vote that predicated the executive session, which you call here the ?non-public? session.

I extensively covered a similar situation involving ?non-public? session in Nashua this year, and my analysis was indeed correct. It is correct here as well.

My girlfriend and I just left my IP lawyer?s house after a birthday party for his 3 year-old daughter. On the way there I had retrieved your letter from the mailbox but waited until after she opened her gifts because I didn?t want to be bummed out. I knew I was right and that the townspeople of Franconia would never lie to me. So after she opened her gifts I took a deep breath and opened the letter. Immediately there was this odd juxtaposition of celebration of the life of a child versus the deaths of Liko Kenney and Bruce McKay, which were entirely avoidable had the town taken responsibility to fix a situation involving a ?rogue, classic bully hiding behind a badge,? as argued not by me, but by McKay?s own peers at the Fish and Game Department and by the Franconia Fire Chief and many others.
******
?I don?t know why the major media has never sought this information,? I told her. ?The Kenney and Caleb need to file a Civil Suit against the town,? she said. ?I know. They still have 1 year and 9 months to sort that out?.. for now all we can do is point out the facts and take it to the U.S. House to file a complaint?. and that?s what we?re going to do.?

So people please don't come in here and talk to me about how what I say has a negative impact on Bruce McKay and his family and friends. He made his own bed, and now, thanks in substantial measure to the intransigence and benevolent despotism of the Town Selectmen, he is in it. Unfortunately he dragged Liko Kenney down with him.

As Bruce would say, from his personal license plate: GOTCHA!

Related video: Liko Kenney speaks on life in North Country.

Full post as published by Chris King's 1st Amendment Page on August 02, 2008 (boomark / email).