I say again, resign

C Barry
Have you ever had the intestinal fortitude to run for public office. Until you do your comments are worthless.

Jack Kelley
There are no felonies in my background. how about yours? I would like to point out that committing a felony is a crime.

Why?

Because not all the relevant information was available to the voter at the time of the election? Or do you consider this information not relevant? What if this were the case with one of your opponents in the recent election; would you have thought it was fine for the voters to not know this?

S Carty
What do the people of Laconia have to do with election? You sound confused.

Oh, my mistake. The crimes were committed in Laconia. The criminal served time in Laconia. It is the people of Nashua that should be upset about not having this information prior to the election. The people of Laconia are probably happy to not have to worry about this person committing more crimes in their town...

Then why do you have the same last name as her or him ? Was it a cousin ?

HE does have a sister and a brother

Stacie,
Don't let idiots like Mike Black and Hardy Har Har Har get to you. Hardy doesn't even have the courage to use their real name.

Don't let idiots like jack kelley get to you. He couldn't even figure out that Julia earl was using her city credit card for personal travel.

How many of the 1588 would change their mind now that your crimes have been reported ? Have you asked them all ?

However this turns our Selectman Laughton, you are a brave and remarkable individual. I hope for the success of all folks who have the courage to actionably change themselves for the better. To do so in the public manner by which you have chosen is nothing short of amazing. I wish you the best.

Agreed. The facts need to be made public.

Not his sister. Ex-wife, best friend, campaign manager and roommate:

http://nashua.patch.com/articles/if-you-re-not-bold-you-ll-never-get-anywhere

Unless this is a different Lisa Laughton

Well Ms. Laughton, I am unfortunately one of those 1588 and I now wish I was NOT Voted for her....I asked for background info and was given a skimpy little piece of paper with a few scant descriptions of well, kind of lame accomplishments...I have since researched the said " Culinary School" and have found it not to be in business anymore...great place it must have been.....Stacie Laughton won simply because alot of people Voted straight ticket Democrat, plain and simple, most didn't even know who she was....Believe me I've been asking around and NOBODY I have spoken to is willing to ever Vote for her again.
You people really need to be up front about your background plain and simple.If the A.G's office doesn't find reason not to let her serve there is always Petitioning and contacting the Secretary of Sate " She" is NOT above being Impeached !

So what then were your feelings about the voters of America having to beg for - and never being supplied with - full information about how Mitt Romney made, and continues to make, his fortune?

"This DEMOCRAT REP willfully withheld information about her past."

Can I presume that you voted for Mitt "one full fax return ans another incomplete one is all you need to know in order to evaluate me for the presidency" Romney?

Does Laughton have a job, anybody know

I assume then S. Laughton is on the dole.

do you have a job
J. Kelley

Mr Hatch they are sworn in -in december

Seamus:

You understand that copyright infringement is a crime, right? And in reproducing so much of their article verbatim, you just infringed on the copyright held by the Laconia newspaper; you posted far more than could ever be justified under the "fair use" provisions of copyright law.

You just committed a misdemeanor.

Perhaps you won't get caught and prosecuted.

Actually Seamus, you are putting Patch in danger of being sued for copyright infringement by posting like this.

Mr. Atlant,

I didn't realize that you're an offical authorized agent of the Laconia Day Sun that brought forth the misdemeanor charge of copyright infrigement against Mr Carty for a published article in a public distributed newspaper or is it just your normal "Judge & Jury" sentencing for those you disagree with or disprove of?

Maybe if you try hard enough you can build a case aginst Mr Carty for ripping off mattress tags to finally silence his opinions

Jan,

By approving Mr. Carty's post, Patch would assume responsibility any copyright infringement and don't you think the Patch moderators would be smart enough to know if Mr. Carty's posts would meet the copyright infringement criteria?

Sounds like you will try anything to scare Mr. Carty into silence because of your personal issues of disagreement with his opinions

Hilltopper:

As I'm sure you realize, Patch doesn't actually have moderators. Oh, once in a while folks will prevail upon one of the editors to cause them to remove a post, but as folks on your side know full well, you can get away with an awful lot on Patch. And Patch Corporate has made it clear they don't care what happens on their hosted websites so long as the advertising views and clicks are occurring.

But Patch does put themselves in legal jeopardy when they allow copyrighted material to be massively cut-n-pasted onto their website. Will they get caught out today? Probably not. Will they get caught out eventually? Almost certainly; many web sites have been caught and hauled into court.

And there's no question that what Seamus did is improper and likely rises to the level of criminality. Will he be caught today? Probably not. Life's like that.

Mr. Atlant,

What is your basis that Mr. Carty acted improperly beyond "fair use" criteria to approach criminal charges when he provided a valid link to the Laconia Daily Sun?

"Sweeping generalizations" (C. Robidoux), which, by the way, you have routinely chastise others for that you don't agree with, are not measures used in any supporting affidavit for a misdemeanor charge needed before accusing and charging an individual with a crime.

I also don't think one can be charged with "rises to the level of criminality" .

I respect your personal disagreement with Mr. Carty, however, I don't think the use of unsubstantiated criminal threats is a way to silence an individual you personaly disagree with.

Hill, the "Fair Use" and Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows linking to a copyrighted website and some of the material to be displayed - Cutting and pasting the whole thing onto Patch or any other website will bring the Laconia Sun's lawyers knocking.

Perhaps you'd rather I not bring this up, and let Patch's lawyers deal with this? Could get expensive... and I think Carol deserves better than to be called on the carpet for copyright infringement.

My msg wasn't for Seamus, other than to suggest he hold this site in higher regard than to expose it to ~the lawyers~

and Hill - you ought to know 2 things by now - Seamus could give a fig about me and you can trust me to be honest.

Jan,

"Cutting and pasting the whole thing onto Patch or any other website will bring the Laconia Sun's lawyers knocking." -- Jan, true this could happen if the Patch cut and pasted all or part of the article and falsely presented it as their own or somehow received benefit professionaly or financially--I (and Carol) don't think the Laconia Sun's will come knocking as neither of these benefits were achived or intented knowlingly, willingly or purposely. In reality, how many posters on this site cut and paste info from newspapers and other periodicals to simply express support for there respective opinions, but Mr. Carty is singled out??? Carol is smart enough to know these things.

"Seamus could give a fig about me" True again and I'm sure you don't give a fig about him--but stretching to accuse him of not holding the site in high regard and say the Lawyers are waiting at the gate? That surprises me coming from an honest person like yourself --- scare tactics??? You are above that

No Hill - honest - sites that have had commenters post like this have been sued - with no intent by the owners of the site or profit thereof.

and even if they don't lose the case, they still have to pay the lawyers who defend them.

Sorry but people cut and paste from other sources online all the time. I included the link to show where the content came from. Jan Schmidt (D - Nashua) and Atlant Schmidt (her husband) are trying to divert the attention from the issue of a Democratic party candidate not revealing past criminal conviction and incarceration prior to an election.

"And there's no question that what Seamus did is improper and likely rises to the level of criminality. Will he be caught today? Probably not. Life's like that."

Gee, I wonder if Mr. Jan Schmidt believes that what Barry Charles Laughton did was "improper", if he recognizes that the only criminal here is Mr. Laughton, or if he believes that it was proper for the voters of Nashua to not know of Mr. Laughton's convictions and incarceration?

yes. see the moonbatts from mass have infiltrated our wonderful state. now we mind as well be another taxachusets

Carol:

Is it really valid? The people of Ward 4 spoke at the ballot box. Simple as that. What are we going to do, try her through the media, for past faults and convictions?

The constitution gives persons who have been either fired from jobs, or have paid debts to society (or for that matter doing so) the "protection from harrassment." You have stated that State Law does NOT prevent her from serving Ward 4 in Concord. Must the media keep giving legs to a story that is the equivalence to dead horse, just because a political beliefs of others were soundly defeated on Tuesday, November 6, 2012?

Just curious.......would like to know how you feel about that?

Also Carol, please note that Nashua Patch can be sued for copyright infringement for the comments made by Seamus where he basically copied, verbatim the report from the Laconia Newspaper that broke this story.

Otherwise, your validity, if not ethical bearings as a journalist/publisher hangs in the balance.

Dan, I think any question is valid to ask of someone running for a public office, and I did ask that question of Ms. Laughton, as I ask every candidate. FYI - I just updated the story with a comment from Ward 4 Alderman Art Craffey, which underscores your point that the voters have spoken. As for this story being a "dead horse" I am not sure I agree with you there – this information is newsworthy and relevant to understanding a person as a whole. I think it actually raises some very interesting philosophical questions about us as human beings, about our actual belief in our own criminal justice system, about whether doing time really satisfies our sense of justice – and also about making mistakes, disclosure, redemption, restitution, and character. I would like very much to see some of these things explored here without directing the conversation personally at Ms. Laughton, as it's quite easy to list politicians across party lines who've made mistakes and errors in judgement – some we choose to forgive and reelect, and others we shun for years to come.

"Also Carol, please note that Nashua Patch can be sued for copyright infringement for the comments made by Seamus where he basically copied, verbatim the report from the Laconia Newspaper that broke this story."

Yeah, Dan, I copied some parts of the article and included the link to the original source. There is nothing illegal or improper about this. Happens all the time online and on this site.

Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings/U.S. Constitution.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am5.html

Carol, if you read the fifth ammendment to the U.S. Constitution, and this is something that people in New Hampshire, and the rest of this country seem to forget, that there is a something in law called "Double Jeopardy," which in layman's terms is being convicted twice for the same crime, especially after paying a debt to society. Now put yourself in Stacie's shoes. She comes out with this during the election, and I would gaurantee you wouldn't have gotten to her front doorstep, because EVERY news outlet on this planet would have been at her doorstep.

So if I am reading you correctly...you are saying that we should convict people twice for the same crime? If so, then your journalistic integrity is gone. Simple as that!

Seamus: First I apologize for that response on that. I was looking for the word Plagiarize to the person who claimed that you did just that.

Only thing was, you provided a link in the second part of your post (due to size restrictions), and was wrongly accused for doing that. Please note I did likewise in Carol's response. As a college student, this is school policy.

So I apologize for my earlier statement to you.

According to the NH DOC, they still owe restitution. Is an ex-felon allowed to serve in the government if they owe money from 2010 ? Isn't owing the same as receiving government assistance ? Will the profits from the launching of this green products business be seized by the state ?

SSDI im told (or read)

Dan, Stacie has resigned (see newest story.) I am not sure from where you get the notion that's I'd support convicting people twice for the same crime. That is an odd statement.

How do you know they ARE CURRENTLY paying the debt ? 2 years is a long time, and only a fraction has been paid, according to the DOC. Do you think the poor cab driver has been reimbursed yet ?

Carol, I'd like to thank you. I've seen some of the posts you've deleted for us and find it hard to believe that these are people who live side-by-side with us normal folks... 8^)

During the worst personal attacks on me Atlant contacted the national org for Patch to ask why it was allowed and what could be done. They more or less told him that it was a business decision - no accountability, little restriction beyond the truly scary stuff, and there you go.

Atlant was in no way disparaging your hard work, or your excellent writing and dedication. Nashua Patch is the best in the state, some say best in the region - and its because of you. Thank you.

Now, if we could just move to Facebook commenting...

Thank you, Jan. I appreciate your comments.

Jan Schmidt (D- Nashua): "Actually Seamus, you are putting Patch in danger of being sued for copyright infringement by posting like this."

Carol, is there a legal liability here? Will the Laconia newspaper sue the Patch for my submission? If so, please let me know and I will pay the legal bills....

Everybody else pays in the cab. Maybe he lives paycheck to paycheck too.

Mike black: According to the report that the Nashua Patch put out regarding Pete Silva asking Stacie to resign, Jeff Lyons, media relations of NHDOC, stated that she is making payments on the restitution.

What else does she have to do? Also, ask Pete Silva why he hasn't asked Charles McMahon (R), State Rep from Windham to resign for charges of "obstructing the report of a crime or injury"??

Dan please provide a link that details the charges against McMahon. If they are valid charges, I will agree with you.

Mike: Yet again, he was charged by the Windham P.D. Or is the rule in New Hampshire that if you are Republican politician you have a separate rule of law than any other person in the state?

Your not done with your sentence then...............