Valley News from West Lebanon, New Hampshire • 2

Page A2 Valley News Thursday April 1 5 2004 JOHNPIQREQQ Libertarian Free Staters Fill NH Panel Aims to Root Out Inefficiency Bv Pnc Baiwick the panel status as ouLsidem was the right match f(ir the job "Look at the present system: It needs tt) he revamped he said rAnd if a house is ion firef you a committee made up of txiildenr and plannem You rail the' Tire The mentors include Craig FVtenmn of Merrimack who was appoint- ed to DCYFs advisory board last month hy Bensxi Karen und Calvin Pratt Free Suite -JWject traasplants who moved from New jersey several months ago Dawn Lincoln a'Free Stater who has yet to move to New Hampshire: Rick Wickson rf Derry John Barnes of New London Amaijda Phillips of Bridgewater and Michelle Dumas of Sonjemworth Asked about the strong Free State amiponent Bensrxi spokesman Wen- deU Packard said all part of what makes New Hampshire great Ttjegover-mir doesn't exclude people" Packard said Ihe panel had no authority to implement policy but was simply giving advice to the governor and Herilth and Human Services Commisskxier John Stephen Concord Monitor OMnmb -4 A panel authorized Ciov Craig IkMiMxi to find inefficiencies in ihe New llaiiifishirc health and Uanspurialiixi departments is aimprised alpuist entirely of menhers of Free State and' includes a Inngiiine antagonist of the Pivi-' skill of Chiklren Yotith mul L'ainilieh 'Hensod chose John Hahiarz of Grafton: head the state jhertariao Party to chair the unnmiiiee' and select its meiibers last fikmih AiiKxig ilk1 panel's ll nk'iihem are eight members ol! llie (ihertariah ree State Prujecfa vwinlanwhohasnix yet nxivedto New' llauipshire and Paula Wcrme a Uiiscaweii lawyer whohusbaltled DCYFin court many limes PCYFis a diviskxi of the Departmentof I leallh anil Human Services Menhers ol tlk amimitieexaid their lib-: ejtarian hem would helpthem liiid pniiv lems in stale goverhmen that Others had -missed mx liere lo dismantle lien: to luiik outside the box" Hahiarz said here lii give tlk'iii a sanity check- At the time Werme sakl the plate fectly expresses my sentiments toward the -Diyiskm for Children Youth and Families who violate my rights oh a daily basis" Werme has ruii for Congress and the -state legislature as it Libertarian candidate Bahia rz the chairman fan for gov- ermifin 2X)2 He said he and other-panel members would consult Werme as they continued with their work- Biibiarz said some officials at ihe Department of Health and lliiman Services had objected to involvement vn the committee hut he defended her participatkm has some insights thatthe rest (if the menders of the group Bahiarz said you have to listen ta whaf the critics say mx hiform any biased opinkxi hut to get a heads-up oh how things work" Don Gorman a former Libertarian state representative fnini Deerfield NH and leader in the Free Suite Project said that and say what works The key aspect is look- -inf at ways of making the pnkess better ami more efficient All uf us are outside- the-hox v- The Free State Project hopes tii move 20 (XX) people lo New Hampshire within the next five yearn The charier calls for effecting' change including shrinking the size of suite government by tvwHhirds repealing most gun and drug (uws and doing uvray with public education through electoral results Nix till of the menihere are affiliated with the Libertarian Party though many are 'Werme is listed as1 an adviser to the panel Reached hy phone Tuesday Werme refused to amimehl Op ihe aunmitiee or hefinviitvement with it But Werme has had sevend puhlicized run-ins with DGYF and the uxal system in recent yearn In I WO Werme waS ordered to return her license plate which read" Searchers Must Avoid Taxes Due Today Sylvia Doten of Woodstock right picks up her completed income tax forms from John arid Jacqui RezzoniCO at AccdunTax USA and Twin State Business Services in West Lebanon yesterday afternoon The deadline for filing federal and state income taxes is tonight at midnight The White River Junction post office on Sykes Avenue will stay open until midnight It and the- post office in Manchester are the only facilities in Vermont and New Hampshire thet will be open pest their regular closing times according to James Adams district postal office manager for Vermont and New Hampshire 1 Vausv News Chmstoshh Powers New I luinptliire elected an engineer id (lie US Sen- ale aiul now dear you can't lake' lie engineer nut uf the henanir llS Sen JiiIiii Sununu 1 1 regaled the Greater Lebanon Cliuntor'of LWnmerce yesterday with an explanatkxi uf jie of his liip prjuriiies -Voll Fix' the- uninitiated lliai vmmiU1 he "voice over Internet prixucnL" Stilt confused? Tliai jnearis making phone culls ttv' Wit ait sending e-niuilsjiml surfing (lie Webviabroad- hand To hearSuiuinu tell ii a technology ihut is iiKire efficient and potentially less expensive than' truditaxiuj tele-' phong iraiisjiiissiiMV anil could help hring niore high- speed Internet service lb pjiris ol ihe ciiuniry including -much of (lie' Upper Viilley In essence Suiiunu wants federal regulation of VoIP raiher Ilian a "jwfcfiwuik" of -slate law ilut now also gov- eni trudilkMial plaxni conipu- nies fie said ing "a few huge vesletl interests "such us Vert-' an Hells' "iintl inaiorahlectHiipanifs The YJ-year-old Sununu ilk youngest member (if the Senate believes VoJP-will encourage broadband ami panics to oiler services in rural ureas to meet the extreinely important tjial We get tliis said Sununu who holds degrees from the Massachusetts InstituleofTechixilogyand Harvard will drive broad- bund into ureas where ithas nix been available before" At the changer lunch wilh about 65 people Sunuhu said the'Uushra tax cuts are helping the eumoiity to-recover key is in be patient and rex do any- thing to undermine that track that im he said And he also argued that (lie criticism of outsourcing of jobs by Ainertcan companies is often unfiiunded shouldn't bad-rnouth downplay criticize the' American firms that ate doing that in order id remain competitive" Sununu said! Dean at Dartmouth Former Vermont Gov Howard Deal) started his fellowship at Dartmouth Oillege yesterday with breakfast at in Hanover After he spoke to a political i'i-ence class Dean talked to a reporter about his post' campaign life which includes writing a hook and giv-ing speeches for an undisclosed fee at academic settings He's also got some corporate gigs lined up in DiAui and London Dean also said he plans io endorse US Sen Jim Jeffords the Vermont independent should he run for re-election as expected in 2006 an independent-minded person anil I think served his country and put the interests of his country above his party and those ant the kind of peo- pie vmb need in Washington Dean said of Jeffords who lef the Republican Party in 2flUI 1 will endorse Jim Jdfordin2M6" Dean declined to offer a puswriratem of his Democratic presidential campaign rex going to get Into all that I feel like it arid not running soj I can say that now" other than to say the critical factor was rival candidate John victory in the Iowa caucuses V- knew Whoever won Iowa was going to win the whole thing" Dean said Dean alv plans tocampaign across theaxiniry for Kerry end for Democracy for Amwica gnxip which is helping to support tome 400 candidates who were portrhis vaunted grass-roots presidential bid It's all part' his effort to restore cure values to the Derno-: cratic Party beuanean amalgam nothingness but I think we want them io really stand up tor Democratic principles and (he way do that is make sure people run on the farm team who believe in Democratic princi- pies Dean said Now (hat cleaned up his long-neglected garage arid decompressed from the campaign trail Own admitted to feeling "resiles which is a bud Hut he dedinedto talk -atom any fuue' prospects such as the possibility serving in a JCerry administration i dunk' that ttjiaiiy dependson Senator Kerry: up to sard Dean just trying to get through Nuventor'We want Kerry as the next pres i-' dent and then see what happens next Law School 8mt 1 1 fc' Vermont Law School Presor Dick Brooks is objecting to the South Poyajton school's decisam to-have Winona LaDuke an Amencari lodwn writer and environmental activist as its oommencemem speaker next'momh was Ralph Naders vkx presr- doxtjaJ running mate and Bnroks in an e-mail ui (he VLSyrmmunity said she thweby Vagibuted ur the ffatjtjF) and wosffjuefli war Brooks the f'jooding director of the VLS Enviton-' mental Mw Center and former chairman the Nor- wiefa Democratic Town Committee: said he wants LaDuke to for the past candidacy and disavow Nader's current hw ford White House VLSspriesman Peter MiJIer said Bnroksh a small mwority that -has raised dus issue-" sod noted that lafAike was chosen in part ty a Class 2004 audentaanmkiee: wanted and the school fully stippordverbertwcausedf all the work earwank and environmenul justice Miller said LaDuke a formic (xaird toember of Greenpeace USA out unf amiliv wkh the Upper Valley In 2002 he senwd as a io residence" whatever that meaner at Center for Womb A Gender Havkkhiij(ap) Family members of Muura Murray a Massachusetts-student who disappeared following a minor car accident in New Hamp- shire have been warned by policethat they could be arrested jf they trespass -(XT property surrounding the accident site Haverhill Mice Chief Jeff Williams said in an April 2 letter to father that his department has teceived a written request from area residents -complaining about repeated trespass-' ing and parking problems they are sympathetic with the cause to find Maiira the right to quiet enjoyment of their' personal property has been repeatedly and bla-- tantly disregarded to the point that they now must insist that absolutely ho one has permission tii trespass on their properties" Williams wrote Williams said the property owners are excluding friends and relatives of Maura Murray volunteer searchers' and canine handlers private investigators media and anyone else seek- jng dues or searching for her Haverhill Mice Department will honor their wishes to remove unwanted vehicles andor ask trespassers to leave immediately" Williams wrote in his letter (fenders will be Murray a 21-yeariold Hanson Mass resident and junior at the Uni- vetsity of Massachusetts disappeared after she was involved in a one-car -accident the night of Feb 9on Route 112 in Haverhill Her father Fred Murray said if residents living in the area of accident lave been offended by peo- pie searching for his daughter he is certainly sorry have not tried to cause any he said However Fred Murray said he believes the true intent of letter is that police are trying to discourage any independent searches: He also believes it is an: attempt to reduce the publicity disap- pearariee has been receiving think an ovemaction on the part of the police department" Williams said the police are forced: to protect property owners my daughter was missing'! be -happy until she was found" he said understand their frustration Hopefully we will get to a successful cpn-dusion where Maura is alive" flv tel McCamu would exempt patients with certain chronic conditions or illnesses cancer HIV or glaucoma for example from arrest and prosecution for possession Of limited amountsr marijuana The committee spent the day taking testimony oh the bill which was approved by the Senate last year the intent of the leg islation is decriminalize marijuana just do it" said Jamie O'Brien pres--idenf'of the Vermont Medical Society dress it upas medic- decriminalize PrMidentofVt cannot debate this legislation with-(xd realizing the lack of adequate controisH he said Rep David Zuckerman P-Burlington called such statements based on wie can get it to the (Housej said Zuckerman who sponsoring the legislation' That assessment Was not shared by Thomas the Barre Republican who chairs the committee and Dou glas who said hoped to work with legislators to keep the bill frtxn reaching his desk Tlftheintentoftfw legislntionisto marijuana justidoH JamiaO'8rwh Medial Society Associated Press Writer MtjNmjjHt The Democratic and Republican candidates for governor aired their differences over using marijuana for medical purposes yesterday while the personal legal and scientific facets the issue intertwined in lesiinwny before a panel of legislators believe that we as Vermonters need tii ask ounelves whether HmaJesany sense fx Vermonters with life-threatening illnesses to jaue arrest or legal penalties for Ihe simple act of taking a natural medicine dad relieves their suffering" BurlingtonMayor Peter Claveiie the DenaKraijc candidate for governor uM lawmakers sends a mixed message to young peo pie in our state" Gov Jim Douglas the Republican meuntont said at his weekly newsconference Bjtb men were referring to a bill in front of die Health and Welfare Committee that O'Brien said the evidence claiming the- At his news conference Douglas defend-effkacyof marijuana as a pain reliever was ed his support (a bill todecrimirializeupto too anecdotal for him to support the bill Commissioner ('Public Safety Kerry Sleeper said the measure if passed would cause anincrease in petty crime and a pro-lifemiun of the drug trade in Vermont ounce of marijuana when he was a stale representative in 1978 He said he voted for the measure because of the impact people arrested for drugs were having on the corrections system Local Regional Briefs Claremont Gets -New 911 Addresses Cimpmunt (Aff Hundreds Claret -moot homesand businesses are getting new addresses io the largest street renaming project io die state' If all part of the statewide 9l system and sdesigned to make it easier for emergency crews Vi ind kxne and businesses when people call for Jidp The idea is to eliminate Similar street names Tbe first changes take effect this week and by the time jfsover stout 2J5VQ homes will be renumbered and more than five dozen 'streets renamed lVr Commissioner Of Information Resigns HuMmJtM f) The peraup picked by (jjv im Jxigias to promote the state os a leader in high tedtology is resignipg after less than a year on the job Robin Siss first commissioner of the Deportment Jnformaiton and Innovation said leaving so deal' with a family issue "8he declined to elahurateThe general assenty created the innovaiioo department at request Last May he said the department would ensurcchat the superhiiway will no longer detour Vermont" Sis said she supports the governor's jwfc cies and was not leaving because or dis' agreementtiiNfamentoKhh Citizens Have Chance ToTAUC WtfH BeNSQN: Ojmxjrd(af) Gov Craig Benam is hitting the rood lo hold meetings in alf 10 of --New counties to hear what people haveoatfaeir minds Benson calling his meetings House Calls The fast is scheduled for May 27 io more" Jescavage said a little more focused and a little more creative" Jescav- age worked as plahning director for New-pqrtNH before going lo Newbwy Vt Senate OKs Construction Budget Mowmiia AFJ -r The Vermont Senate approved a $40 million capital construc-tiunbudget last evening The Ml authorizes tlx state tri issue bonds to raise the money to pay for projects ranging from $3 million toward a newagri- culture sciences building at 'the University Vermont to a $485000 no-imeresl loan to North Gountiy Hospital in Newport to open a kidney dialysh center The bill also calls for setting up a new Vermont ftmer Authority to sell electricity from dams on the Connecticut and Deerfield Rivers ttat the stipe is seeking to buy in conjunction with a soar undisclosed private partner Merrimack 4 Benson's oiffice said residents who have a problem concern or dilemma involving state government will have three minutes With (he governor Participants have lo register on the Web' site wwwnbgqvgovernor br call the 1-8008524456 Ex-Lebanon Counolor TAkeb Job in Vermont NKH ULY VM (CrjNUBlD Monitou) Newbury Town- Administrator David Jescavage will leave tomorrow lo take a job as planning director for Milton Vt Jescavage a former Lebanon' city councilor who did ax 'run for re-election in March has been town adminis-trator since October 2002 Jescavage said he is making the move because the Milton position is more closely aligned with his interests 1 just enjoy planning a little bit i I.