Asha Kenney Running for Register of Deeds

Asha Kenney is running for Register of Deeds! 

That's one way to solve the County Commissioner problem. 
Carroll County Commissioners Want to Oust Asha Kenney

This, by the way, is a woman who, as secretary of the group, was incapable of taking the minutes of County Commission meetings. 

A reminder of the kind of public servant Mrs. Kenney has been: 

Carroll County Commissioners Want to Oust Asha Kenney

The woman in pink, at the far right (!) is Asha Kenney. Mrs. Kenney is a Carroll County Commissioner, this is a CCC meeting, and she is sitting in her customary surly pose. Mrs. Kenney has been very unhappy with everything during her tenure on the Carroll County Commission. 

Her unhappiness has reached a new level. The Conway Daily Sun reported today that Mrs. Kenney's fellow commissioners have pledged to remove her from office. Now, Asha Kenney has done a lot of obnoxious things since she's been in office. She was accused of  illegally taping meetings. (She was elected secretary but couldn't seem to take notes.) A few weeks ago she demanded 2,000 county employees W-2 forms. A former county employee filed a grievance against Commissioner Kenney, which includes mentions of all kinds of bizarre behavior on the part of Mrs. Kenney. 

But it all pales in comparison to this:

An alleged verbal attack on a county employee by Carroll County Commissioner Asha Kenney which included the accusation the employee's daughter is a prostitute has prompted the other two commissioners to try to remove Kenney from office.

The two commissioners, chairman David Sorensen and David Babson Wednesday also voted to censure her. 

Holy schnitzel! She accused a county employee's daughter of being a prostitute? 

It seems that Asha Kenney (wife of One Executive Councilor Joe Kenney - am I a jerk for bringing that up in a story about her? You bet I am.) has been harassing Deb Newlin for some time. More from the Conway Sun story:

Newlin alleged Kenney's "hostility" towards her began in 2012 after Newlin denied Kenney access to personnel files that were not available for "random viewing."
In one instance, Kenney emailed incoming HR director Wynette DeGroot, even before DeGroot started working, to tell DeGroot about how Newlin should be fired.
The most recent incident against Newlin occurred on May 28. Newlin had just come back to work after taking medical leave.
According to Newlin, Kenney was "so disturbed" by Newlin's return that she launched into a "45 minute tirade" at the business office. Newlin did not hear the tirade herself but learned of it from others.

"In the course of this tirade, Mrs. Kenney stated that I have a twin sister who is in prison for life on death row for murdering her mother-in-law by stabbing her in the neck," said Newlin. "Mrs. Kenney went so far as to show staff members a picture she had on her cell phone, which she claimed is a picture of my twin, and asked 'see, doesn't it look just like her?' Mrs. Kenney then told staff that she is afraid to have me upstairs and afraid of what I might do. She further claimed that my husband got me pregnant at the same time his ex-wife was pregnant. She stated that I also have a brother who is no good. She then stated that I have a daughter working as a prostitute in California."

This takes bizarre to a whole new level. 

Video of the meeting:

The discussion about removing Asha Kenney from office begins early in the video. This video was recorded on June 4, 2014. 

Mrs. Kenney has had problems with anger and impulse control since the beginning of her term. 

Note how sweet she is to everyone. 

There are no procedures for removing most elected officials from office in NH. Asha Kenney should, of course, resign at once. Is she smart enough to do that? I don't think so. She is deeply invested in her own victimhood.

Will her husband, Joe Kenney, who will be running for re-election in November decide he needs to shut down this shitshow, before he gets some on him?

Stay tuned.  

h/t to Dave Babson and David Sorenson for doing their best to protect county employees from this abusive woman.

More Republicans Have Endorsed Mike Cryans

The NH Executive Council Chamber at the NH State House. The special election to replace the late Ray Burton as the NH District 1 Executive Councilor is March 11, 2014. This is an important election for everyone in this district - be sure to get out and vote - and drag along your friends and family. VOTE!! 

From Joe Kenney's website: 

These are Republicans who have endorsed him:

Supporters

1. Chris Ahlgren   Carroll
2. David Bickford   Strafford New Durham
3. Glenn Cordelli   Carroll   Tuftonboro
4. Jane Cormier     Belknap                Alton
5. Ralph Doolan     Grafton                Littleton
6. CharlesFink        Belknap                Belmont
7. Robert Greemore Belknap Meredith
8. Harry Merrow Carroll Ctr Ossipee
9. Bill Nelson Carroll Brookfield
10. Leon Rideout     Coos Lancaster
11. Skip Rollins          Sullivan Newport
12. Stephen Schmidt Carroll               Wolfeboro
13. Michael                Sylvia    Belknap Belmont
14. ColetteWorsman Belknap Meredith
15. Also Have Sen. Sam Cataldo from earlier (not counting him as house member)
16. Plymouth State University Republicans

If any Democrats are endorsing Joe, they aren't listed on his website. 


From Mike Cryans' website:

Republicans for Cryans

Congressman William Zeliff, Jr.

Herb & Fay Lloyd, Bethlehem

Lisa Capaldo, Canaan

Mark Hounsell, Conway; former Republican State Senator

Mary Grimes, Columbia; Ray Burton’s sister

Richard A. Crate Jr., Enfield; Police Chief

Lynn Presby, Freedom; retired New Hampshire State Police Colonel, current Racing and Gaming Commissioner

Lynne Whitacre, Hanover

Ray Labombard, Hanover

John Manchester, Hanover

Ray Abbott, Jackson; former Republican Carroll County Commissioner

Richard Coggon, Laconia

Ralph Hough, Lebanon; former Republican State Senate President of NH 1993-1994

Joel Bedor, Littleton

Dick Hamilton, Littleton

Winston Merrill, Littleton

Wayne Presby, Littleton

David M. Miller, Littleton

Hillary Seeger, Meredith; Republican candidate for Select Board

Gerald Coogan, New London

Bonnie Ham, North Woodstock; former Republican State Representative

David Babson, Ossipee; Republican Carroll County Commissioner

Steve Panagoulis, Plymouth ; former Republican Grafton County Commissioner

Ken Randell, Tilton; former Republican State Representative

Marjorie M Webster, Wolfeboro; former Republican Carroll County Commissioner 

David Sorensen, Eaton; Republican Carroll County Commissioner

Mike has also been endorsed by Ray Burton's family.

It sure looks as if more Republicans have endorsed Mike Cryans than have come out in support of the Republican candidate in the race. 

Sharp-eyed readers will note that two of the three Carroll County Commissioners have endorsed Mike. What about the third Carroll County Commissioner?

We can safely assume she's endorsed Joe Kenney, seein' as how she's married to him. 

Here's Mrs. Kenney in action at a Carroll County Commissioners meeting: