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This_Swordfish5587 t1_jdgatll wrote

Reply to North Hampton Chief Leaves After Investigation Into Questionable Arrest by L-V-4-2-6

OK. Live in North Hampton. The Select Board wanted to get rid of the Police Chief for some time (poorly kept secret). Nevertheless, the Select Board members said her "retirement" was for unknown reasons and a complete surprise. That's hard to believe and probably not true. A couple of days later, the NH Journal reported (character assassination really disguised as an article on the arrest) based on "Investigative Reports" that are confidential and can't be seen by anyone but was provided to the journalist by "sources." North Hampton is like a little Chicago. It's corrupt as hell. The Select Board got rid of the last police chief too. The real investigation should be into that pattern and the leaks of confidential reports to journalists. The arrest itself may be messed up. Don't know but don't give this particular journalist much credence for this obvious hit piece.

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P0Rt1ng4Duty t1_jdgac4v wrote

Reply to comment by vexingsilence in NH lawmakers considering bill to make it easier for landlords to evict tenants by tronhammer

On paper, sure.

However, landlords generally get the less traumatic end of the 'unexpected moveout' than the tenants. Keeping a person away from their property for an extra thirty days isn't as bad as forcing a person to uproot and find an affordable place to live in four weeks.

The laws should really take that into account.

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froststomper t1_jdg4yro wrote

Reply to comment by icedcornholio in Got this sometime ago. USGS doesn't have this level of accuracy in their maps. by Peanut-Donut

I’d say that the surprisingly unfriendly poor people would be the tri state area, Dover is suffering gentrification but Somerworth/Rochester/Gonic and parts of Dover fit that description, maybe going northward you’d have Farmington, New Durham, Milton, Wakefield all are also pretty poor and definitely not what I’d call friendly. (though when in Milton always stop at Mckenzie’s farm!)

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HikeEveryMountain t1_jdg08od wrote

Reply to comment by FewProfession1412 in NH lawmakers considering bill to make it easier for landlords to evict tenants by tronhammer

If you had actually read the text of the bill or the article, you would know it has nothing to do with unpaid bills. At all. It's about landlords being able to actually enforce the end dates of leases, because apparently there's a loophole that lets tenants stay forever. It's the most common sense thing I've seen come out of our legislature recently, and I think most people would be surprised to learn that it doesn't already work this way.

Apparently tenants can just... stay forever, even after their lease expires, as long as the tenant keeps paying rent. Like, the end date on a lease means nothing. The landlord can't choose to lease it out to somebody else or take it off the market as long as the checks keep coming.

Thought you were going to rent out your cabin for the winter and then go stay there for a few months in the summer? Think again, because even though the lease ended, the tenant decided they really like it there and would actually like to stay longer, thank you very much. Indefinitely, perhaps. As long as they keep paying the previous rent and aren't subject to other causes for eviction, they can squat there as long as they want and you can't do anything about it.

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