I’ve begun receiving veiled threats and censorship demands…after requesting partial payment from an advertiser who reneged - the first one ever in Ridley Report history. Terese Bastarache, formerly Terese Grinnell, ordered an ad run in January and agreed to pay $300 for it. But she changed her mind after I’d put in about 5 hours labor on the process and did not send the payment she had committed to. This is because she wants me to stop doing ambush interviews of certain politicians. Besides failing to pay either the fee she agreed to or the suggested compromise fee…she makes a series of other …interesting demands, complaints and inaccurate statements which you may want to read for yourself before deciding whether she is the best “liberty” candidate for this high office. Her behavior, and that of at least one of her apparent friends, has been disturbing enough that after two months of trying to complete this process normally it’s come time to inform the public of it.
I’ve posted a transcript of our faceboook messenger exchanges since the ad process began about two months ago on Jan. 24, and if you like reading or drama you can decide for yourself how to judge each of our statements and actions: " Who is in the right? Help me resolve this conflict "
Apologies for the accidental double-message at the start; you may need to scroll down quite a bit to reach the points of interest. After posting that transcript, informing her of it and giving her some time to present her view to the public…this a summary of what the response has been:
I’ve received a call from state rep Jason Gerhard, offering to make that partial payment himself… in 5 dollar increments …over a period of about two years. That is not ideal but is appreciated; I’ve sent him my payment info and if we can move forward on this then it should at least start to resolve the situation.
I’ve received the following quasi-threat on Facebook from someone claiming to be “Walter Kirsch:”
“Blackmail? Really? You should be careful who you fuck with.”
And I’ve received a new demand from Terese, that I delete part of one of my videos: NHexit meeting / podcast: Independence for New Hampshire! Jan 15, 2024 It has the ad in it which she ordered and copy-approved but did not pay for. She wants the ad removed. My feeling is that this ad is now and should be part of the public record as we discuss whether or not a politicial candidate handled an ad run honestly. Terese sent me this message today: “if you do not remove we the people promo from the NHExit and confirm such by end of today I will seek appropriate recourse.”