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<strong>Hippo</strong> | July 1 - 7, 2010 | Page 2<br />
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BY JOdY rEESE<br />
PuBLISHEr’S<br />
nOTE<br />
The saga<br />
It’s unlikely that Liquor<br />
Commission Chairman<br />
Mark Bodi thought a drunken<br />
woman stumbling out of<br />
a Keene bar l<strong>as</strong>t December<br />
would cost him his job.<br />
The governor and attorney<br />
general are pushing to remove Bodi for meddling<br />
in an investigation of a Keene bar. Bodi h<strong>as</strong> admitted<br />
to ordering surveillance equipment returned<br />
to that bar. Given Bodi’s admission, his removal<br />
seems appropriate.<br />
So how did a drunken woman lead to all <strong>this</strong>?<br />
According to the attorney general’s petition<br />
to remove Bodi, Keene bar the Railroad Tavern,<br />
which is owned by city council member Randy<br />
Filiault (whom I know from my days covering the<br />
Keene City Council for the Keene Sentinel), w<strong>as</strong><br />
being investigated for overserving two customers<br />
(one of them the above-mentioned woman) in<br />
December 2009 and January 2010. In New Hampshire,<br />
for now, the liquor commission investigates<br />
those kinds of charges. Commission officers went<br />
to Filiault’s bar with a subpoena and while they<br />
were there state Rep. Dan Eaton, D-Stoddard,<br />
showed up and spoke to them.<br />
Later Eaton, whose House district does not<br />
include Keene, called Bodi to express concerns<br />
about the behavior of the commission officers at<br />
Filiault’s bar. If that were the end of it, we’d never<br />
have heard of that poor drunken woman. But Bodi<br />
went ahead and got involved in the ordeal by calling<br />
Filiault and ordering officers to return seized<br />
surveillance equipment to Filiault.<br />
So why did Bodi get involved (the first time<br />
ever, he claims)? Bodi says state Rep. Eaton pressured<br />
him to, but Eaton says he w<strong>as</strong> very careful<br />
to not <strong>as</strong>k Bodi to take any actions and that if Bodi<br />
felt any pressure it w<strong>as</strong> perceived, not real.<br />
So who is Eaton?<br />
Eaton h<strong>as</strong> been in the NH House of Representatives<br />
for 20 or so years (also someone I covered<br />
<strong>as</strong> a Keene Sentinel reporter). He’s majority floor<br />
leader and serves <strong>as</strong> the chair of a couple of committees<br />
and is a member of numerous committees,<br />
including a member of the joint legislative fiscal<br />
committee, which works out financial matters<br />
between the House and Senate. Eaton backed<br />
legislation to move liquor enforcement from the<br />
liquor commission (a move Bodi opposed) to the<br />
state police and w<strong>as</strong> a sponsor of two bills involving<br />
the commission during <strong>this</strong> period. One of<br />
those bills would have given a legislative committee<br />
oversight over the liquor commission. It’s fair<br />
to say he’s a bigwig in the House. While the attorney<br />
general’s office investigated Eaton’s role, they<br />
found no evidence that he broke any laws.<br />
Speaker of the House Terie Norelli stood by<br />
Eaton, who h<strong>as</strong> not been removed from any of his<br />
posts, saying there is no evidence of wrongdoing<br />
against him in the attorney general’s report. But<br />
what about right-doing? Did Eaton act appropriately<br />
in calling Bodi, given his powerful position<br />
in regard to the liquor commission?<br />
Why would Bodi feel he h<strong>as</strong> to placate Eaton?<br />
Why would Eaton call a department head to complain<br />
about the actions of its officers? Whether<br />
perceived or real, it’s clear from his testimony<br />
Bodi thought he w<strong>as</strong> playing good ole boy New<br />
Hampshire government.<br />
And that’s bad news. The rule of law is extremely<br />
important in how government works.<br />
We can’t have elected officials or public servants<br />
creating a second set of rules to get things<br />
done.<br />
12 Ten years of people<br />
over the years <strong>Hippo</strong> h<strong>as</strong> talked to a variety<br />
of people — politicians, artists, gadflys. We<br />
look back at some of our most memorable<br />
interviews.<br />
Also on the cover: Twilight is back<br />
with another movie installment. our resident<br />
dorks debate the merits of vampires vs.<br />
werewolves, on Page 44, and film critic Amy<br />
Diaz admits that she h<strong>as</strong> read all the books,<br />
on Page 48.<br />
And there’s new food in downtown Manchester:<br />
pizza in the old Merrimack Restaurant<br />
spot, and wings on the corner of Bridge<br />
and Elm. See these stories and lots of other<br />
food news and events starting on Page 36.<br />
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grow; Fall election campaigns<br />
gear up PLUS Artist<br />
students redesign bistro;<br />
News in brief.<br />
8 Q&A<br />
Thom<strong>as</strong> Newkirk, slow reader<br />
9 Quality of Life Index<br />
10 Sports<br />
23 THIS WEEK<br />
THE ArTS:<br />
24 Art<br />
Arts in an uncertain financial environment; Local Color;<br />
listings<br />
26 Theater<br />
Acting Loft effects; Curtain Calls; listings.<br />
28 Cl<strong>as</strong>sical<br />
Listings.<br />
InSIdE/OuTSIdE:<br />
29 Gardening Guy<br />
Henry Homeyer helps you with your greenery.<br />
30 Kiddie Pool<br />
Family fun <strong>this</strong> weekend.<br />
31 Tre<strong>as</strong>ure Hunt<br />
There’s gold in them there closets.<br />
32 Car Talk<br />
Click and Clack give you their advice.<br />
34 Tech<br />
John “JaQ” Andrews knows gadgets.<br />
Other listings: Misc., page 29; Museums & Tours,<br />
page 29; Sports & Rec, page 31.<br />
36 Food<br />
Portland Pie takes over old Merrimack Restaurant<br />
corner; Wings Your Way takes Bridge and Elm<br />
corner; Smokehouse takes hold in Canterbury PLUS<br />
Weekly Dish; get inexpensive wine with Red; White<br />
and Green; go shopping for Ingredients with Rich<br />
Tango-Lowy; Food listings.<br />
POP CuLTurE:<br />
44 reviews<br />
Dorks debate; reviews of CDs, games & books.<br />
48 Movies<br />
Amy Diaz is on Team<br />
Bella’s Dad for The<br />
Twilight Saga: Eclipse<br />
and Team Make This<br />
Movie Shorter for<br />
Mother and Child.<br />
nITE:<br />
52 Bands, clubs, nightlife<br />
Greensky Bluegr<strong>as</strong>s does it old school; Gravity Tavern<br />
turns up the volume; Nightlife, music and comedy<br />
listings and more.<br />
55 rock and roll Crossword<br />
A puzzle for the music-lover.<br />
56 Music <strong>this</strong> Week<br />
Live performances in Manchester and beyond.<br />
OddS & EndS:<br />
60 Crossword<br />
61 Signs of Life<br />
61 Sudoku<br />
73 news of the Weird<br />
73 This Modern World<br />
CLASSIFIEdS:<br />
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59 Help Wanted<br />
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