Now Charlie W. why can you answer this and the Attorney General (our paid employee for the state) hasn't even come up with an answer in almost 2 months. What are you doing for work now? would you like to be our Attorney General. I am thinking I may have a better feeling about you in that position that who we have.

Dick: In regards to Charlie W., he utilized the earlier RSA. Look it up.

One needs NOT to be an attorney or for that matter even elected official to understand that there is NO gray area with this.

Furthermore, if we cannot quote the law as it is as written, then we cease being able to question the actions of goverment. All of which is covered in the U.S. Constitution.

So try again...

@Dick, the Attorney General at any level is beholden to partisan politics such that it affects "prosecutorial descression"; yes I am saying that the Attorney General for the state of NH is choosing to ignore the law due to political pressure. (This should not be a shock the left and right do it; but it is up to us the people to police this practice, which is exactly what I am doing)

For your benefit, and others in regard to the earlier report in the Patch "Transgendered Pol Says She's In It to Win (Again), a Poster said the following.

P.Robison

1:38 am on Tuesday, December 25, 2012

I did some research regarding your questions, seems " Ms. Laughton" counts her "job" as a " Member Advocate" at H.E.A.R.T.S as a job, technically it may well be a " job" just not one that pays money...Also " she" had counted her Selectmans position as an income, though they do get paid as Selectman AND they pay Taxes on their income it cannot count as truely being gainfully employed....I mean seriously what does she pay to Uncle Sam each year ? $10 or $20 ?.....As for the rides to Concord I couldn't say, there could well be more postings on Facebook to come requesting transportation

Earlier poster (see my 2:37 Post below for the beginning of this)

P.Robison

2:01 am on Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Also she has the job as a Bell Ringer for the Salvation Army.....she does this on a " Volunteer Basis"....Now more research done on this suggests that she gets Meal Compensation from the Salvation Army which she counts as her payment......I'm wondering if she claims this to the State when she signs up for Food Stamps....Now I don't have anything against folks in need of assistance for food getting food stamps but cheating on an application would not only be Fraud, it's just plain not fair to the rest of the population who file honestly.....Stacie doesn't seem to know a whole lot about honesty, though she claims to have had her past open for discussion it sure didn't seem that way to me as I ASKED for background info and was given a scimpy piece of paper with a bunch of gibberish bunk on it......Oh and by the way folks, she never finished Culinary school....I seem to recall someone having mentioned she should get more of an education other than a Culinary Certificate...well looks like she doesn't even have one of those ! She apparently took classes at the school and never completed.....She doesn't seem to finish anything, even this whole thing goes round and round and Ya it sure is a Joke, not to mention a waste of the taxpayers money seeing as there will be a Special Election (I had to cut this short to fit...)

Id like to see how shes going to explain to people who don't know why there is a special election. Probably something like, well I was the victim of politics .. blah blah blah. This is all just lovely.

HE and HIS ex-wife/domestic partner have always lived off social security because HE is mentally disabled.

There is no excuse for ignorance or understanding of Transgenders, just as there is no excuse for the voters of Ward 4 to vote for Stacie now that they have the facts presented to them (that were hidden in the first place). 3 very good people, who worked very hard for ward 4, were voted out of office so that Nashua could be in the middle of a circus. This is NOT a "Transgender" issue, it's a "Legitimate" candidate issue, and according to state law, (being lawfully discharged from a sentence), THAT, Stacie is NOT. I think we've seen enough money wasted on the issue. Part of of being a State Representative is having the title "Honorable" for the rest of your life. If Stacie truly wants to do the "Honorable" thing here, she would not have re-filed to run for a position that legally had to resign from, causing this special election to begin with. Can we just focus on that ?

@Michael Reed; EXACTLY! Now anyone who speak a word aginst either of them holding public office as a rep or selectman are ignorant and somehow phobic of transgenders? Please play your social baiting card somewhere Leona; this is a matter of legality and ethics to which the Laughtons have neither!

Leona: Considering the fact that you seem to be a newcomer to this discussion, I would like to remind you that you can read the past articles that Carol Robidoux has reported from the very beginning. There you will see most of the comments too.

If you are willing to see beyond party affiliation, and LGBT issues, you will also find that NO ONE really gives a flying poppycock what gender she is.

The only people that bring it on themselves is Stacie/Barry on this issue. Her/His past is "defining her" as she hoped it wouldn't.

Please don't blame the rest of us for her past defining her. The only person she/he sees in the mirror in the morning.

The thing is Leona, has she shown any remorse for her past crimes at all? No. She continues to portray herself as the victim of these crimes. Sadly, when one does not see where one has done wrong, they tend to do the same crime over and over again. It's almost impossible for a zebra to change its stripes. Yes, criminals can be rehabilitated, but they have to start with realizing what they did was wrong in the first place.

Leona: I have been involved with elections and politicians in Maine and New Hampshire. First in regards to your post, yes there have been people who have redeemed themselves after being found guilty by a court of law. We all know that. The problem is, as Charlie W. has stated MANY times (and I am a registered Democrat, and a former Town Democratic Chairman when I lived in Maine), that Stacie/Barry's background, EVEN IF you took out the criminal element, is questionable, as her educational background appears to be no higher than a High School Diploma. With her fraudulent activity, and the fact that in regards to her being charged, (as Per the Laconia Newspaper), underwent a mental exam to find her competent to stand trial, but also showed glaring mental health issues, that would find her unfit to hold office on her mental health issues alone.

Also, that most transgendered individuals (not all, but a good majority) have gotten degrees ABOVE what Stacie/Barry has, and some have become Doctors, and College Professors. My biggest problem with Ms./Mr. Laughton, is whether this is something to hide behind, to more or less "fake it until she makes it."

That is his/her problem understanding the difference. That is why most of the posters, (including me as a Democrat), find that she is unfit to hold office, either by statute, or by her being of sound mind and judgement.