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My Living Xperiment: Day 225

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

ICYMI: “Join Big Questions with Big John as host Big John interviews Carla Gericke, a libertarian leader and President Emeritus and Chair of the Board of the Free State Project in New Hampshire. From her South African roots under apartheid to her U.S. immigration journey via the green card lottery, Carla shares her path to activism. Learn about her landmark First Amendment victory for filming police, the Free State Project’s mission to promote individual liberty, and her bold push for New Hampshire secession. Discover insights on libertarianism, property rights, and building a freedom-focused community.”


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My Living ExperimentVideo

My Living Xperiment: Day 46

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

Update on Right-to-Know bills upcoming this week and next, what is Sunshine Week–register for the Nackey Loeb event, and more!

Check out this $2,850,000 waterfront property, then get in touch if you’d like to buy it! Every libertarian in the world should own a piece of New Hampshire. You can reach me at Carla (at) Porcupine Real Estate (dot) com.

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Sunshine Week 2024

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

It’s Sunshine Week again, when we highlight the necessity of open government, and I’m waiting to hear back from the Union Leader on my op-ed for this year, but:

1. Below was one of my proudest moments as an activist… Why? Because SHOWING ordinary Granite Staters real physical censorship galvanized new RTK (Right-to-Know) and open government activists. Hard to justify blacked out blocks in a newspaper and claim you’re “the good guys.”

2. If you’re interested in shrinking government (and who here isn’t?) then understanding and utilizing the tool of open government requests should be a priority for YOU.

3. If you want to learn more about this area of law/potential for useful activism, please attend the RTK talks with me, Laurie Ortolano and Greg Sullivan at Liberty Forum tomorrow, Friday 9-11am in Ballroom B.

4. Did you know a bill was introduced this session by Josh Yokela to put all RTK requests in a searchable database? NH will become THE leader on open and transparent government soon!

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Open Government At Risk!

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

HB 1002 is a REALLY bad bill. I don’t understand how it made it out of committee with an OTP–colluders!

The Union Leader op-ed desk and stalwart reporter Mark Hayward agree with me, and Right-to-Know NH, when we say this bill will destroy what’s left of the media in New Hampshire.

Think you don’t know what your government is up to? Imagine if they can drag their feet for 9 hours and then start charging you a service fee to provide Constitutionally required information? As I often say, incentives matter, and these incentives are aligned with a lack of transparency, places an unnecessary burden on citizens, and is not needed.

Here is a document prepared by RTKNH’s president Katherine Kokko. She and I will be distributing them at the statehouse this morning before the session starts.

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The Dirty Little Secrets of Public Officials (Manch Talk 11/15/23)

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

We talk about Right-to-Know and whether updates in the law should be applied ex-post facto (probably not) and whether Human Rights should trump special interest groups that only give “rights” to some people (definitely).

Read more about the case we mention in the Union Leader: Former Claremont cop seeks to keep files secret (paywall)

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