Scott Speaks

---By David Scott

For your information regarding the attempt of the Dover City Manager to harass me. He is resentful because I forced him with a 91A right to know request reveal the extraordinary salaries he is responsible for paying Dover Municipal employees. Dover's new city manager Mike Joyal has already spent over $10,000 of Dover taxpayer money in his wild goose chase, losing a battle in Strafford County Superior Court, trying to try keep me out of office. This may be the case in other New Hampshire Communities where a strong City Manager believes he is the king of the community and is not subject to the same laws as the homeowners in his town. A few letters to the editor in newspapers around the state to highlight this extraodinary situation may help to prevent it happening in other towns. The result of 5 years of arrogant and spendthrift municipal management in Dover produced a rise in Real Estate taxes of about 50% which compares with an increase in inflation of less than 15% over the same period of time. A growing number of senior citizens fear they will be forced to sell their homes if this rate of tax increase continues. The problem is that the Dover City Manager had inverted the relationship and many of the elected Dover City councilors had the impression that they reported to the City Manager and not vica versa.
Dave Scott
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David Scott
General Certified Commercial Appraiser
Licensed in New Hampshire & Massachusetts
220 Back Road, Dover New Hampshire
December 12, 2005
Mr. William Gardner - Secretary of State of New Hampshire
107 North Main Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301

Dear Bill:

Following our discussion on the topic of the Dover Election Ordinance, enclosed are copies of the Current Dover Ordinance regarding political contributions and expenditures.
Enclosed are also copies of the complaint against me by former State Rep Bill McCann
and current State Rep Peter Schmidt. Neither of these gentlemen live in Ward 3.

For your information Ben King of the Charles Douglas law firm is my attorney. I have already sent a retainer to the Charles Douglas law firm to represent me to assure that I am seated and sworn in as a member of the Dover City Council on January 3 and that the voters of Ward 3 are not disenfranchised. It is unfortunate that I have to spend money to assure that the will of 58% of the voters in ward 3 is followed. My opponent Matt Mayberry was quoted in the local paper as saying he lost because I spent $143.50 more than the Dover ordinance allowed and it was not a level playing field. Had he known one could spend more than the limit established in the ordinance he may have spent more. His financial disclosure indicated that he spent about $500 less than the ordinance allows.

It is unfortunate that Dover City Manager Mike Joyal has instructed his newly hired City attorney to pursue my violation of the Dover election ordinance as his first order of business upon being hired. It is obvious that the City Manager is using the power of his office to prevent a duly elected candidate from taking his seat at the Dover City Council.

This action of the Dover City Manager is improper because his boss, the Dover City Council, has stated that no action should be taken on this issue, due to the fact that the existing Dover City Ordinance does not conform to the United States Supreme Court ruling of Buckley V Valeo of 1976.

Sincerely Yours,
David Scott