everyone on the confidentiality and draft nature of this information. Not one qualified person
backed Nashua decision to make all those records exempt from public disclosure
| wrote back to the City three times, presenting a new argument each time on the importance
of these materials being public. These records provided an audit trail for the work done by the
hired company and they allowed a property owner to verify that Nashua created equity in
these new assessments.
After three months of denials, | added this to my lawsuit. | then wrote formal RTK requests to
4 Towns to request to inspect the records returned by their hired appraisal company. Unlike
Nashua, my requests were answered in a matter of hours. One request was to the town of
Moultonborough where | own a home. Chief Hughes, who served as the Director for the DRA,
invited me up to inspect the records, expounding that these are “your” records. Chief Michaud
from Hudson, granted written access to the records, the Wolfborough assessing clerk also
welcomed me in to inspect the records and finally, | contacted the assessor in Littleton. Why
did | pick Littleton? Because the Littleton assessing office is contracted to KRT, the company
we hired to do our 2018 assessment. The contract language for the returned data was
identical and KRT did the same type of 2018 update as was done in Nashua. When | called
Littleton assessing Chief Dorsett from KRT, | wondered how far my reputation had reached.
Mr. Dorsett immediately stated these records, if we still have them available, are public
records and affirmed his remarks in a written response. This information was presented in my
case to the court. WHY DID NASHUA DENY THESE RECORD?
When Ms. Kleiner was placed as acting Chief of the Assessing office, | objected strongly. She
did not have the skill set to be qualified for such a technical position. Ms. Kleiner assured the
Board that she would consult with chiefs around the state to verify that her work was
compliant. In the December, under cross examination, Ms. Kleiner stated that she never spoke
with other state experts about the public nature of these records. Had | lived in any other
place in NH, | would have had access to these records. Ms. Kleiner deliberately acted to shut
down the audit trail that allowed me to verify my property assessment and defend it in court
as well as KRT’s work.
This matter is now in the hands of a Judge and should not be. This was a needless, costly legal
challenge based on City incompetence, vengeance and retaliation.
Laurie Ortolano
41 Berkeley St.
Nashua, NH 03064
