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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: |
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The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. We begin in Kittery, Maine where thousands of cheering Shipyard supporters greeted members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission this Wednesday -- as they arrived at the gates of the Shipyard. The four BRAC Commissioners toured the Shipyard as part of a fact-finding mission to determine whether the Yard should remain on the Pentagon's recommended base closure list. It will be the only visit to the Shipyard by members of BRAC -- so the Seacoast Shipyard Association put out a plea for workers, area business owners and residents to join in a welcoming rally in a show of support. The next step is a hearing on Boston on July 6th where the panel will review the list of recommended closures. The final report goes to the President in September. |
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An historic day at the State House with lawmakers deciding the fate of former House Speaker Gene Chandler. After 3 hours of emotional debate -- House members voted NOT to expel Chander for ethics violations. But, it was a close call for the Bartlett Republican. Richard Ager was there for the debate -- Richard it sounds like there was a lot of drama in the house chamber today. |
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A lot of emotional debate - and some hard feelings. Gene Chandler was accused of soliciting and accepting 64-thousand dollars from contributors at a series of corn roasts - including contributions as large as one-thousand dollars from corporate lobbyists. He put it to personal use and a 7 member ethics committee unanimously found him guilty on all three charges. The first issue addressed in the House was a motion to put off the vote for a week. With the report released just before Memorial Day weekend - and lengthy transcripts not read by most members, the Democrats had asked for a delay. But House Speaker Doug Scamman was determined to hold the vote. The delaying motion was defeated - and debate began on the ethics committee recommendation to expel Gene Chandler from the House. |
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bite: Tape 3 11:52:11 His guilty plea in court has resulted in a fine and many hours of community service. As was previously mentioned, he as offered to return all the funds over the $250 threshold. In reality, Gene chandler will be paying for this mistake for the rest of his life. And his life has been service to and love of this House. For him to believe that he has brought disgrace to this house is the cruelest punishment of all. bite: Tape 4 13:28:54 We can have sympathy for a member. We can have compassion for the member. But in the final analysis, we have an oath to serve the people and an obligation to earn their confidence in our govt. The people know there has been wrongdoing as attested to by the attorney general and the ethics committee. People know that tens of thousands of dollars were raised from people with vested interests in our actions. The money was raised for the member who had the most influence on our actions. The amounts increased in each succeeding year. A member of the public might conclude the contributors were pleased. soundup: Tape 4 13:37:36 "House will attend to the state of the vote." Track: The vote - 172 to expell, 189 against expulsion. With that rejection of the ethics committee recommendation, the House then settled on the lesser penalty of censure - one step above a reprimand. But no mention of Chandler's current chairmanship of the Public Works committee. Soundup: Tape 5 13:52:16 Rep. Chandler, I call you to inform you to.you are hereby censured. Do you wish to say a few words? |
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Chandler had nothing to say to the media immediately following the vote. Some members said they opposed expulsion because the voters in Bartlett had re-elected Chandler knowing the charges facing him. That was refuted by Rep. Shawn Jasper of Hudson- who pointed out the voters may have known the charges - but had no way of knowing the testimony and evidence that came out that convinced the Legislative Ethics committee to convict Chandler. I spoke to a number of House members after the debate. Reaction to the censure was as mixed as the vote itself. |
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Bite: Tape 5 13:57:55 I guess I'm disappointed that the vote wasn't delayed until next week - where everyone could read the full transcript. For most members this was coming in blind without regard for the facts.didn't take the opportunity at the well to apologize to the house for the 4 hours.lot of heartache and pain. Bite: Tape 5 14:02:49 I'm satisfied with the outcome. It was near unanimous in that we adopted the findings of the commission but in the sentencing phase, the penalty phase, we opted for the second most severe that is available to us. And that's public censure - and that is the worst we could do at this juncture. Having taken everything into consideration, Mr. Chandler's service, and the collateral consequences that he's paid - I think this is most appropriate - and it seems as though most of my colleagues thought so as well. |
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One last note - a lot of members on both sides did say this vote will be remembered next election day. |
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Now -- our eyes turn to the New Hampshire Skies -- our monthly visit with John Gianforte, an astronomy instructor with the Granite State College and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. Chip Neal spoke with Gianforte at his home observatory in Durham. |
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To read more on astronomy -- you can check out John Gianforte's monthly column in Foster's Daily Democrat called "Scanning the Heavens." It runs the first Tuesday of the month. You can also check out our website NHPTV.org/Outlook for a link to the UNH Observatory that has a listing of their public sessions and more. |
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A visit to Gibson Pewter in Hillsborough is like taking a step back in time. Here you'll find 2nd generation craftsman Jonathan Gibson working on traditional and contemporary pieces of pewter in the same 200-year-old barn where he apprenticed as a boy. In our on-going "Making it in New Hampshire" series -- Videographer Steve Giordani profiles Jonathan Gibson. |
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You can see Jonathan Gibson crafting his wares at The Gibson Pewter shop-- which is open to the public year round. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - Thinking about re- financing your home. Need money for home improvements? In Thursday's "Outlook on Money" series--a look at the the pros and cons of re-financing and home equity loans. |
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That concludes our program. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. We'll see you next time. |
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Are you thinking about refinancing your home to borrow money for home improvements or other expenses? The benefits and pitfalls of cashing in on your home's equity. |
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tape 1 01:02:29 Ovide Lamontagne and Chandler 1:02;53 ** rack focus - chandler to Whalley 01:03:02 After completing the initial investigation, the committee found there was cause to bring three charges. soliciting and accepting gifts over $250 from those with business with legislature 01:03:49 .by using his public position or office to obtain gifts with an aggregate value of over $250 for his private benefit. And the third charge - failing to comply with the provisions by disregarding the legal obligation to report gifts in excess of $50 while serving in the legislature. 01:06:57 I participated in everything the friends committee did from organizing it to deciding where we had it - to calling the people - to get the location. 01;09:47 Never once relating to these corn roasts or anything else did I ever use my office as - per se as majority leader - t 01;10:37 - Never ever did I use any - or was I exerted to do anything regarding people who had donated in one fashion or another. And donations never influenced my decisions. 01;12:08 If I was trying to hide anything, or I was trying to do this, this is not the way you go about doing it. Nothing could have been more public than what we were doing. We mailed out invitations, we put ads in the paper. News stories regarding the events were published locally - even through state. 01;13:10 To say that it has been a very difficult time these last months I can assure you would be an understatement. I fully cooperated to the best of my abilities. 01:14:13 I just want to start by commending you for your long public service. I say this personally - I don't think that's at issue today. 1:15:50 What we did with friends of Gene Chandler committee, we felt other people were doing that. Now whether other people were filing, I don't know that. I think they were.look in the context of raising money, 01;17:15 ** I think the heart of the issue that we're trying to address is that there was money paid through the Friends committee or through the corn roast process that went directly from lobbyist to you for your own personal benefit. 01:18:09 There was never any attempt to mislead anyone. We were always perfectly clear on why we were raising this money - and it was for my personal expenses to help with my service in Concord. There was never any question about that. 01:18:50 You can always say - well, maybe I should have made another decision and gotten done and done something different. I can't deny that. This is - holding office and special leadership positions has always been a hardship from the time I started because I'm not a wealthy person and never have been - never will be. 01;24:13 Ovide 01:25:40 committee cutaways 01:27:10 I have been in house for many years.have a lot of respect. 01:27:37 There was a strong possibility that if I'd stayed in the race for speaker, I probably would have won that. I dropped out as soon as these charges were brought, I thought it would be best for the House that I not pursue because no matter if I had won, it would have turned out going on a lot longer than I expected then - but nonetheless have had an impact on how the House operated. So I dropped out of the race. 01;30:12 Most of the contributions were not of the $1000 variety - a few were. A significant number of the major ones were not from corporations - they were from individuals. 01:37:10 I said I've certainly enjoyed my service in concord and unfortunately one of the negatives about moving up the food chain so to speak is that it takes more time. and I have to make a decision on whether I'm going to be able to run again. Unbeknownst to me, three weeks went along - this idea came up that people would be willing to have this event that would help me with my expenses and kind of thing. And I would say I was somewhat reluctant to the idea but nonetheless, that was the choice I had to make - and I consciously made that choice. 01:37:50 If I wanted to run - and I did - hindsight is always great but I made that choice - and said if I could get some financial help, that I would be able to run. and at that time, Rep. Mock. 01:40:22 Ovide addresses the committee 01:49:20 cutaways of documents 01;49:43 I used them for personal expenses. I didn't use them for vacations. I didn't use them to buy cars or things like that. I just felt that wasn't what this was intended to do. I would use them to make a car payment, buy tires, the majority was for gas, dry cleaning. there were on some occasions that I made payments to my credit card for times that I had to spend - during a personal problem. But almost without exception, they were all expense related to driving back and forth, staying overnight, clothes, laundry, gasoline - whatever. 01;51:44 One of the charges was failing to file. 01;56:10 Ovide & Mock 01:56:45 wide shot of room 01:58:50 I'm not sure who should decide who should give. 02;00:50 Are you aware of any member who resigned because of need to make a living. 02:02;30 Gene, I have a check made out to you for $1000. Here. Would you have believed that was acceptable for you to take? 02:03:34 And they had a matter before the legislature. Would you feel it was appropriate to take that? Well certainly not in the circumstances as they exist today - that's for sure. 02:04:09 Rep. Chandler is not a lawyer. He is not appearing here today to speak about what the legal requirements are. So I would ask that the question be related to the conduct which is at issue before the committee and not hypotheticals related to the law. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. We begin in Kittery, Maine where thousands of cheering Shipyard supporters greeted members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission this Wednesday -- as they arrived at the gates of the Shipyard. The four BRAC Commissioners toured the Shipyard as part of a fact-finding mission to determine whether the Yard should remain on the Pentagon's recommended base closure list. It will be the only visit to the Shipyard by members of BRAC -- so the Seacoast Shipyard Association put out a plea for workers, area business owners and residents to join in a welcoming rally in a show of support. The next step is a hearing on Boston on July 6th where the panel will review the list of recommended closures. The final report goes to the President in September. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 1:30 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. We begin in Kittery, Maine where thousands of cheering Shipyard supporters greeted members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission this Wednesday -- as they arrived at the gates of the Shipyard. The four BRAC Commissioners toured the Shipyard as part of a fact-finding mission to determine whether the Yard should remain on the Pentagon's recommended base closure list. It will be the only visit to the Shipyard by members of BRAC -- so the Seacoast Shipyard Association put out a plea for workers, area business owners and residents to join in a welcoming rally in a show of support. The next step is a hearing on Boston on July 6th where the panel will review the list of recommended closures. The final report goes to the President in September. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 1:30 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. We begin in Kittery, Maine where thousands of cheering Shipyard supporters greeted members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission this Wednesday -- as they arrived at the gates of the Shipyard. The four BRAC Commissioners toured the Shipyard as part of a fact-finding mission to determine whether the Yard should remain on the Pentagon's recommended base closure list. It will be the only visit to the Shipyard by members of BRAC -- so the Seacoast Shipyard Association put out a plea for workers, area business owners and residents to join in a welcoming rally in a show of support. The next step is a hearing on Boston on July 6th where the panel will review the list of recommended closures. The final report goes to the President in September. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 5:00 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. An historic day at the State House with lawmakers deciding the fate of former House Speaker Gene Chandler. After 3 hours of emotional debate -- House members voted NOT to expel Chander for ethics violations. But, it was a close call for the Bartlett Republican. Richard Ager was there for the debate. Richard it sounds like there was a lot of drama in the house chamber today. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. Dan Eaton\ Stoddard, Rep. Tony Soltani\ Epsom |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 10:20 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Now -- our eyes turn to the New Hampshire Skies -- our monthly visit with John Gianforte, an astronomy instructor with the Granite State College and co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England. Chip Neal spoke with Gianforte at his home observatory in Durham. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: John Gianforte\Astronomy Instructor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:30 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. A visit to Gibson Pewter in Hillsborough is like taking a step back in time. Here you'll find 2nd generation craftsman Jonathan Gibson working on traditional and contemporary pieces of pewter in the same 200-year-old barn where he apprenticed as a boy. In our on-going "Making it in New Hampshire" series -- Videographer Steve Giordani profiles Jonathan Gibson. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Steve Giordani NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jonathan Gibson\Gibson Pewter |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 06/1/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:30 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: NASA's Deep Impact Mission with Comet Temple One. This and more in June's edition of NH Skies. Then later: The art of making Pewter -- the subject of our "Making It in New Hampshire" report. Those stories ahead, but first, 2 developments that could have a lasting impact on New Hampshire. A showdown at the State House as lawmakers consider EXPELLING former House Speaker Gene Chandler for ethics violations -- and, the latest salvo in the Battle to Save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. A visit to Gibson Pewter in Hillsborough is like taking a step back in time. Here you'll find 2nd generation craftsman Jonathan Gibson working on traditional and contemporary pieces of pewter in the same 200-year-old barn where he apprenticed as a boy. In our on-going "Making it in New Hampshire" series -- Videographer Steve Giordani profiles Jonathan Gibson. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Steve Giordani NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jonathan Gibson\Gibson Pewter |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005: We were delayed in taping tonight's show. We needed a State House wrap for this week and today was the best day because the huge House vote on former Speaker Gene Chandler's future.. Richard covered the hearing. It ran later than we hoped so in an effort to conserve time and finish the show at a normal hour he came back and put together 2 tapes that he fronted live in the studio. We started just before 6pm. We had two false starts. Then all went smoothly. Good show. We finished just before 6:30pm. Director's Log: We had a false start because we had a tape that wasn't qued to first video. And the show was not zeroed in the beginning. But other than that, it was fine just a late start. |
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