Letter writer correct on lawmakers’ focus - NashuaTelegraph.com

Letter writer correct on lawmakers’ focus - NashuaTelegraph.com

I think Craig has a great point. Politicians should concentrate on why our courts are incapable of balancing a budget and consider getting a business manager to run the ALL THE courts and their budgets. Perhaps then the clerks could get together and all follow the same rules state-wide. You have a system full of Judges who should be concentrating on what their role is as a judge. Have more training in domestic violence, assets splits in divorces, and how to write an order in clear language and WHICH ACTUALLY FOLLOW the LAWS already in place.

Looking at some of the orders coming out of these courts it’s amazing that the judges and marital masters in NH can balance their personal checkbooks. (Check with the redress of grievance caucus from the last couple of years, now a committee.) They have no idea how to split stocks, IRA's the list goes on and their orders are incomplete, unreadable, and the results are an increase in litigation between the parties. Often only to have the parties come back to the court to have the Judge or Marital Master (with no accounting background) clarify their own orders, which they back track on and change a year or two later with oh I meant… Make the courts accountable for their lack of work ethics.

The reason so many parties are pro se is because Judges write orders that unintelligible and do not enforce the ones they have already made, making return visits to the courts the norm. So I agree Craig the issues have been decided, fix the problems you have now the budget and laws that contradict each other, give us some government accountability across the board and get rid of the Judges and Marital Masters who do not perform, we have no shortage on lawyers 8-9000 statewide to take their place. However, for lawyers, judges and marital masters we need better review boards; ones that are actually empowered to reprimand and sanction all three of these practices when their orders are ineffectual without merit when they are not based on the laws in place and when they are bias, not simply swept aside because they have wide discretion. ACCOUNTABILITY

Then move on to your biggest budget problem the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and do not bother with lame accountants who have no idea of the venues of money that come in from the federal government. Go with one of the big 4 accounting firms worldwide who have the staff to get to the bottom of the budget, make corrections and provide accountability.

If you don’t think it’s a problem look at these commissioners’ budgets, and current litigation within the last few years. Stephens oophs I double counted 70 million twice, oophs we have to pay back what 35 million to the federal government for a misuse of Medicaid funds. Oophs we didn’t pay service providers from 2004-2006, but we put into the federal government and received 75% reimbursement and oh yeah we billed the parents in these cases at 100%. Court orders from 2003 that are being relitigated becuase DHHS didn't corect the conditions. Federal audits that show they are not meeting federal guidelines. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that there might be a slight problem here.

This state has an out of control DHHS budget, and a court system that is incapable of functioning to serve the public with a governor who refuses to look into it. Exactly where is this money going… transparency is needed throughout government, accountability and consistency across the board.