Is Rep. JR Hoell attempting to corner the market on N.H. politico web addresses?
Earlier today, Kathleen Ronayne and John DiStaso reported that House Speaker Shawn Jasper emailed lawmakers warning of a group of fake social media accounts in his name. The accounts include Twitter (@speakerjasper), Facebook (SpeakerJasper) and three web domains (shawnjasper.com, shawnjasper.org and shawnjasper.net).
We looked up the domain ownership and found Rep. JR Hoell (R-Dunbarton) is listed as the registrant. Hoell has been one of Jasper’s harshest critics, even plotting to overthrow the speaker, but we should note the domains were registered on June 14, 2014, long before Jasper emerged as a contender to lead the House.
We searched to see what other web addresses Hoell owns and were surprised to find three dozen more domains that identify Hoell as the registrant. The list includes a number of the state’s prominent politicians on both sides of the aisle as well as House candidates in his district. Several of the addresses point to the website for Hoell’s gun rights advocacy group, Packing NH; others resolve to GraniteGrok where Hoell occasionally blogs. Here’s the list:
annebaier.com
annebaier.org
bettelasky.org
billkuch.com
billkuch.org
bradleyforcongress.org (packingnh.net)
bradleyforsenate.com (packingnh.net)
congressmanjebbradley.com (packingnh.net)
dennisdovidio.com
dennisdovidio.org
jeb4senate.com (packingnh.net)
jenniferdaler.com
jrhoell.com
marthafullerclark.com (granitegrok.com)
marthafullerclark.info
marthafullerclark.net
marthafullerclark.org
marybethwalz.com
marybethwalz.org
nhgunowners.com
nhgunowners.org
nhguns.org (packingnh.net)
notbrown.com (granitegrok.com)
notbrown.org (granitegrok.com)
paulbrassard.org
peggygilmour.org
robertmartel.org
senatorjebbradley.com (packingnh.net)
senatorscottbrown.com (granitegrok.com)
senatorscottbrown.org (granitegrok.com)
shawnjasper.com (granitegrok.com)
shawnjasper.info
shawnjasper.net
shawnjasper.org (granitegrok.com)
steveshurtleff.com (granitegrok.com)
terienorelli.org (granitegrok.com)