CONCORD — A rare, possibly unprecedented evidentiary hearing will be held next week on a complaint alleging a Fish and Game Commissioner violated state law when commenting on a personnel matter within the department.
The complaint was made by Col. Kevin Jordan, chief of the department’s law enforcement unit, who alleges that Fish and Game Commissioner Susan G. Price of Moultonborough violated state law related to “prohibited acts.”
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