Sharra and Austin are abusing their positions, powers and authority:

We received copies the following letters and a request to publish them on our blog. These letters were sent to our Board of Selectmen  and Code Enforcement Officer in hopes of reaching a resolution .. so far no answers have been received by Mr. Holmes.

To the Winchester Selectmen:
January 13, 2010

Matter of concern. I strongly urge the select board to investigate Leroy Austin and Margarette Sharra for illegal, unethical and unprofessional conduct of a community servant.
The state of NH Fire Marshal is investigating Mr. Austin and should be doing the same for Mrs. Sharra. Steven Sullivan has been doing electrical, plumbing, gas and boiler work at 136 main street for the past year and a half, all with the towns ( Leroy & Margarette ) knowledge and support. Steven is at the towns halls office every day talking with Leroy and Margarette, he then goes around town bragging how he can get away with anything, that they will not touch him, he also talks of other town issues that he should not have knowledge of. Gentlemen, this is a convicted felon, who is on parole and has done serious time in the federal pen, he plays apartment manager at 136 and harasses the tenants, he tries to evict people illegally. Why, I ask is this person allowed to sit in on private town business. He brags how when he was released from prison, he lived with Margarette for a year. Six months ago, he had an incident involving a thirteen year old girl and her mother, the police were called, he called Margarette and that was that...I am asking the select board to connect the dots here. Mrs. Sharra believes that she can run the town, I have watched her try to manipulate the planning board, Leroy and the appeals board. This town has come a long way, to allow two bad seeds to destroy the whole crop is a shame. I ask again, why are these two individuals allowed to be in collusion with Mr. Sullivan, while they all try to get my establishment shut down. A witness heard Steven and Leroy in conversation a few days ago talking about how they could close me down, this person could clearly hear the conversation from the seat next to the office door. I have invested $100.000 on that business, only to have every underhanded, back stabbing trick in the book thrown at me. I am a fighter, I will not allow anyone to get away with this type of, to be blunt, Bull Shit! You do not have to like me, but you damn sure better show me some respect when it comes to being able to make a living, without being discriminated against. Corruption, collusion, racism, discrimination, enough is enough, get rid of these thugs that continue to tarnish the image of Winchester! I hope that the truth will finally prevail, for way to long, too many underhanded, deceitful, illegal practices have gone on in back rooms. I plan on running for selectmen and the planning board, if elected, I will insist on a zero tolerance policy, regarding illegal and unethical behavior, by anyone serving the town.

I will state for the record, that for too many years there has been too much corruption and abuse in this town, the good ole boy network has made a handful of people very wealthy, while suppressing others, who should have had an equal opportunity in prospering within the town.

Lets hope that some redemption is coming...

Larry Holmes


.. and another

To Leroy Austin and the Board Of Selectmen:

January 19, 2010

Mr. Austin, when we talked before New Years, you told me that I could re-open the cafe, that, I had passed all of the violations that Toby and Steve did, that caused the building and my cafe to close. I asked you at that time for my permit of assembly, you stated that because of the holiday it could not be issued, but that I could open and you would issue it after the holiday. It is now almost four weeks later and I still do not have it in hand. I am requesting that the permit be issued to me immediately so that I may re-open, excuse me for not trusting you on your word, that I could re-open without one, but we have traveled down this road before.

On another note, two days after I was allowed to re-open, the new ( very old ) furnace that was installed, stopped working again! Steven came and worked on it and could not get it going, he then called Toby and told him that he thought it was the motor and that he could take the one off the old furnace and replace it and that it should work, Toby came down and Steve replaced the motor, the furnace will now run, but does not heat the space, it blows luke warm air all night, does not shut off the thermostat and uses up $40-$50 in fuel a night. The hot water heater, that supplies all of the hot water to the whole building is wired to my metered panel and I have been paying for every-ones hot water. I would like a written response to the above matters as soon as possible.

Regards

Larry Holmes