Reflect and Correct, Stop the Boycott

In fact, my first day out protesting in 2011, Jay Davis a buddy of Mike Hurley and member of the Restorative Justice program approached me. I told him of the City flooding residents and realtors selling undisclosed nightmares. He told me that what I was doing was not how things were done around here. He asked me if I contacted Mike Hurley. I told him I did and Mike didn't want to touch it. Jay wished me well and went on his way. There is much more, the City Attorney trying to intimidate me is the most offensive and unethical behavior. 

I have become a target for all those supporting the Old Boys Club which has a strong hold over Belfast. Their children are in the schools that my children go to, the schools have been difficult (not the teachers but the administration), I've taken public ridicule, public abusive comments online with media, I watch my back ALL the time, fear for my pets safety, adhere strictly to the law and cling to tray and stay on the high road. Sometimes, I wind up in the ditch.

See above headers "My video and 18 Corrupt City Council Meetings for video history.

Maine is 4th in corruption- school administration and government corrupt and greedy, those that challenge, get burned out. I've hung in there for 3 years and have solid ground to begin the change. Must start at the bottom of this cesspool and clean our way up. City Hall in Belfast is the first cesspool to clean and it will spread like the sun drying up the mold and decay.

It is unbelievable to think that I fought so bravely, for so long to get out of abuse with my children. Odds stacked against me, and no one to help me, me ex assuming my life, friends and family. But I did it, the courts were corrupt, Judge Keiser, Middlesex County NJ,  I was his last case, 4/2007- he was removed from the bench).

6/2010 I was sold this undisclosed illegal storm/melt runoff from miles and miles of outside development. In 4/2011- my 1/4 acre dry property suddenly had thundering rapids cruising through it for over a week, ripping away over 1/4 of my property. Frightened, I was directed to City Planner, Wayne Marshall. Smirking, he showed me a map on the wall and traced at least 4 paths tunneled into Seaview Terrace, private property, flood zone, flood plain, no rights of ways, easements and not a natural outlet (this would take me over 7 months to expose with great pain and grit). I looked at Wayne in horror and said straight up - "The City cannot do this- I want a copy of this map. I asked Wayne for help in getting rocks against the banks to stop my fence from falling in. He wasn't smirking anymore, and said NO. I would never get that map and City Hall and BHG T&C now Masiello Group Realtor, Bill Ingersoll and Earl Black-  began their crusade to burn me at the cross and bury all proving public documents. Now, 3 years later, what I have said from the start is true and the City is corrupt as hell and still burning residents. The tendrils of corruption keep unraveling, DEP approving sites and City violating compliance, ordinances, State law, each level of government supporting each other in corruption- local to State- DEP, Attorney General, Maine Realtor Board, it is much bigger then we can imagine. Laws so lax, candy land for attorneys, creating exceptions to the exceptions. They try to lure you in to legal proceedings to break your bank and bury you before a motion is even on the table. The first year they tried to send me down the other path of hell- file a complaint with City insurance- right, I just fell of the turnip truck. Only way to fight government corruption is to whistle blow and blow and blow. Till the public says- enough- we have to get involved. You, your neighborhood, your town, your basic rights could be next. It's shattering. We must Fight City Hall.

Go to www.belfastbullies3.blogspot.com for full letters of corruption from DEP Commissioner Aho, Belfast City Attorney-Bill Kelly, Belfast City Manager- Joe Slocum and Belfast City Planner- Wayne Marshall (ASK'M Aho, Slocum, Kelly, Marshall) Here is a snippet from some of  the letters, Belfast City Attorney Bill Kelly sent to me.

4/26/12-" ...have become a form of sport for you...You have been provided the information that you have requested....There is nothing more any City official can provide to you...Your repeated requests relating to the same information are not going to lead to different information, nor different positions of the City officials....The City officials have expended significant time and energy in addressing your questions and requests. They have done all they can do an there is nothing more they can do at this point in time. As a result, to the extent that your emails, commentary, and questions are repetitive, there is no purpose at this point in the City officials responding to you. That will be the course....I am aware that multiple residents on Seaview Terrace do not share your concern, do not share your methodology of unfair characterizations of City employees, nor the way that you describe the impact on your property's value regarding this stream/drainage swale, which has been in the same approximate location for at least 50 years and ...before it was slightly moved by the developers in the late 60s."

7/20/12 "The City will not index or otherwise list the documents you request... The City has collected documents responsive to your recent emails in the last few weeks...However, be advised that to the extent that you, in person or through emails and letters, seek analysis, written indexing or characterizations of documents made available pursuant to your requests, the City will no longer respond to such requests. It is clear to me that you misunderstand...and I find no basis for your  your complaints alleging City responsibility for the flow of water through your property. That position has remained the same for the past year, and it is not going to change, Your neighbors have disagreed with your allegations and your characterizations in the neighborhood. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY CREDIBLE SOURCE or informed person that supports your position alleging City responsibility for drainage conditions that have been present for over 50 years on the property you recently purchased..."

2/19/13 " ...There is no requirement under Freedom of Information act that requires the City to provide verbal or written responses to these repetitive questions. You continue to ask for these actions to be done and you ignore the CLEAR statement from the City that it is not going to engage in responding to your questions...When you come to Council meetings and make these same arguments you should expect that the Council will not be responding to you because THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION THAT THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH YOUR POSITION...This is matter is resolved from the City's perspective."

Me, Laurie Allen writing now- Clearly City Attorney, Bill Kelly is not credible and uses intimidation and alienation. Clearly, the City did not respond to my requests and with held public documents which has unfolded and is proven. See header above for full request and other manipulative responses from Slocum.

12/4 Pictures & City Manager Joe Slocum's Deceptive Response to 3 year request for Public Documents

From:	Joseph Slocum (citymanager@cityofbelfast.org) This sender is in your contact list.
Sent:	Thu 10/24/13 12:59 PM
To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)

Ms. Allen,

I acknowledge receipt of this request. It really appears that if we have what you are asking for that we have repeatedly made it available to you in the past. Nevertheless I will try one more time to gather together what documentation I can locate. I will ask every Department Head to help me with this effort. It takes a lot of time for us to continue to pull these documents out and together for you but I am willing to give it this additional effort.

 As you may know, Jennika, who oversaw your requests for the last 2 years, no longer works here. We are also short staffed by the loss of the Assistant City Planner and we have an election to run on November 5th.

At this time I estimate that it will take me three weeks to gather all this information and collect it in a secure area for your inspection. I will let you know by email of the exact date.  We will then ask you to schedule, in advance, when you will be here to inspect these documents and you may identify any documents for copying at your expense. One of my staff members will attend the scheduled inspection. These meetings as a practical matter need to work for both schedules. Please note:

1. I am assuming that your question #1 relates to the Captain Albert Stevens School.

2. I will refer to the Assessor your request #7 for a reassessment- which is not a freedom of information request- and ask him to handle your request as he would any other property owner.

3. Request #6 asks what we are doing or not doing- which is also not a freedom of information request. Please note that the City's position on your allegations has not changed from any of the positions previously detailed to you in prior correspondence- including the letters sent to you by our Attorney on behalf of the City Council. 

 Thank you,

Joseph J. Slocum

Belfast City Manager

And his latest partial email admitting to the City corruption in not following compliance of studies and engineer reports to approve drainage requirements AFTER construction. Certified Calculating Corruption destroying and endangering residents and their private property. Full request and responses on header above, must read to get full scope of manipulation to avoid giving specific documents

• From:	Joseph Slocum (citymanager@cityofbelfast.org) This sender is in your contact list.
  Sent:	Mon 12/02/13 12:43 PM
  To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com); Councilors (councilors@cityofbelfast.org); William S. Kelly (bkelly11@bluestreakme.com)

• Dear Ms. Allen,

I believe I have concluded my review of the document search you asked me to make as the freedom of information request on October 21, 2013.  This review has taken longer than I expected and I note that many if not all of these files have been made available to you in the past.. 

...I have full files and the aerial maps for your inspection. Our records are not perfect. 

I  acknowledge your request to meet with specific people to review these documents. I’m denying that request...

#6 Two Steps have been taken to address comment 6. First, the City of Belfast had assessed a stormwater impact fee to new developments within the unnamed stream's watershed to assist in funding an offsite drainage study.The Belfast Elementary School watershed will be included in the offsite drainage study of the overall unnamed stream's watershed will be included in the offsite drainage study of the overall unnamed stream's watershed, which drains through the "24" culvert beneath Congress St., east of Priscilla Lane.

11.3 The applicant shall pay a stormwater impact fee of $5,000 to the City to better enable the City to conduct an analysis...

1.       I have been unable to locate any offsite drainage study relating to the Captain Albert C. Stevens School. To the best of my knowledge the study was never done as referenced in the conditions of approval (condition number 11.3) dated November 20, 2002 and again on January 15, 2003.

11.1 The applicant shall either : a) Provide the City a letter from a licensed civil engineer certifying that the stormwater improvements were constructed in accordance with all City specifications and in accordance with Site Plan requirements; or b) Pay the City the cost to employ a City inspector to inspect construction of the stormwater improvements.

3.       I  cannot find, nor am I able to identify any letter from a licensed engineer or reports from the City Engineer that all storm water work was done as represented.   However  I have been able  to locate a copy of the” as built” plan which shows this construction. I will make an attempt to get this letter from the engineers who designed and oversaw the construction of this work.

Michael McFadden <chief@belfastmepd.org>	Jan 14

Laurie,

I did some research, first the Zoning Conditions of Approval document indicates that the CASS school is responsible for snow removal.

e.      The Cass School Conditions Plus the Cass School Maintenance plan which calls for snow to be kept on site.

Slocum throwing the Chief of Police under the bus to protect his corruption. That's enough. Slocum is not credible and only comes forth with some information of Planning corruption because of my surprise visit where documents weren't back in hiding. Council Mike Hurley publicly slandering me, calling me ridiculous, Council calling me in as a threat to the Chief of Police, Mayor Ash trying to stop me from speaking at public meetings, telling me a member of Council will assist me in dealing with Joe Slocum and Joe Slocum denying that request, I could write a book on the unethical, bullying tactics employed to cover up the expensive disaster Planning has created and adds to since approx. 1975. 

                           
12/4/13- With supporting businesses and the Chamber of Commerce awarding Joe Slocum, City Manager (not even a Belfast resident) Citizen of the Year was a slap in my face. THEY ALL KNOW HOW HORRIBLE JOE SLOCUM HAS TREATED RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY SEAVIEW TERRACE, AND THE PRIOR EMPLOYEE FOR GENERAL ASSISTANCE AND SUMMER HELP AT THE POOL, AND MANY MORE.  

HATE TO DO THIS- FOR 3 YEARS I WISHED EVEN ONE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE WENT TO BAT FOR RESIDENTS. SEE MEETING BELOW WHERE THEY BEG FOR MORE MONEY.

To read intimidating, unethical letters from City Attorney, Bill Kelly and Commissioner Aho's letter closing investigation, City Planner, Wayne Marshall early emails of smokescreens and City Manager, Joe Slocum- go to www.belfastbullies3.blogspot.com (ASK'M Aho, Slocum, Kelly, Marshall)
A streamlined version of beginning with BHG Realtor selling me this undisclosed nightmare, the corrupt Maine Realtor Board dismissing my complaint, pictures of proof and more contained in slide show albums- all I have uncovered with City Hall, and more @ www.belfastbullies2.blogspot.com, The original blog is overwhelming- that was the plan- to overwhelm me, have me post too much, readers get turned off and I go off track. But, I leave it on www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com for proof of hell.

What a weasel. Joe Slocum, City Manager totally omits the inclusion of the entire business park and AIRPORT for zoning conditions of snow removal "Larabees Plumbing and entire business park including airport.." Click on header above "12/4-City Manager Joe Slocum's Deceptive Response to 3 year request for Public Documents"

 I reiterate- no outside water coming into Seaview Terrace is legal. We are not a natural outlet. the City has no right of ways or easements, it is private property in a flood zone, flood plain that the City has the civic duty to DIVERT water away from us and is grossly forcing enormous volume and slaughtering us. City Manager, Joe Slocum refusing to include us in an emergency mitigation plan with Waldo EMA- see meeting #7 below. City Manager, Joe Slocum, refusing to include Seaview Terrace into the Northport Ave. TIF (meetings galore where I plead to be included) to open up funding for infrastructure for the costly disaster the City has created. City Manager, Joe Slocum, grandstanding dollar after dollar, grant after grant, assistance, committee's, on and on for business, window dressing, and recreation while slaughtering residents. Slocum even has the gall to point out the he has spent 19 hours creating this recent web of deception. Compiled with the 3 years and all the City players- tax dollar wasted of the charts. Could have built the Brooklyn Bridge and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge 3 times over. Certainly, Seaview Terrace and Northport Ave would have proper infrastructure that is a 101 of our tax dollars. But no. Burn me at the cross by a slew of City THUGS.

 Joe Slocum corrupt manipulation of public documents request. What is so disturbing is the total disregard for residents safety and property due to City Planning cutting corners, knowing the low income resident can't endure the cost physically and mentally to hold them accountable and save their homes. City Manager and City Attorney order the Council not to respond, to go along with their corruption, City Planner given free reign to trash residents in his path, businesses reaping the corruption at the expense of the poor. With holding documents, lying, bullying, intimidating, with smiles and behaviors typical in dangerous dictators. So many honest residents here, only wanting to spread good will. City Hall robs us all.

The only language they understand is BOYCOTT.


Belfast city manager wins Citizen of the Year award
Click to read Village Soup article and my comments.


11/27/13 Updated with snippets of personal history and pictures taken today at 10 am after maybe 1 inch of rain. Yesterday- all was dry. The only run off onto my private property should be from MY property only. 125 feet of this man made drainage ditch is my private property. No rights of ways, no easements, and no way, no how a natural outlet for 2+ miles of development outside my property. Yet, that is exactly what they are doing- forcing it on all 3 sides to my private property and trying to cover up the water. Idiots.

Look at that massive culvert- that is on the top of Seaview- bringing it all into Seaview Terrace private property. In 2009, spring melt- the culvert could not handle the volume, pouring right over the road, into yards, almost taking a house and a car, in 2011 it was cresting- the flow wild rapids ripping 1/4 of my yard with it. Wayne Marshall,  City Planner, smirking and blaming Mother Nature knowing it was his planning. Knowing he looked the other way as businesses did not remove plowed snow EVER- all season- all to melt to us, private property, flood plain, flood zone. City Hall following suit. Every year I have documented with pictures- all in the blogs. 

Green section is back yards where slaughter water is forced from the top. We get it on both sides as well from miles away- from The Muck & Captain Albert Stevens School- down and over, all of Wight St (which is the direct path to the City Park storm ravine to the Bay), up and down Rte 1 and miles beyond. The pink ribbon is my yard. Joe Slocum, City Manager and Wayne Marshall, City Planner refused to provide any maps, paths, final plans, on and on. I followed the water myself  and drew this map. No doubt I missed some- Public Works on Congress St. is one.

My back yard where 1/4 got ripped away in the torrent, 3/2011 and all doors started slamming shut.

The illegal water slaughter entry from miles outside of Seaview,and even from across Rte 1 !! This massive culvert overflowed, drowning and destruction amuses City Planner, Wayne Marshall and City Manager, Joe Slocum, City Council, Planning Board and City Attorney, Bill Kelly

Neighbors runoff  illegally forced to me

This is the ditch the City did private property digging. Slocum denied, then when caught, said it was over 8 years ago,  when I proved it was in 2009, he then said- OK- but we did it to protect the road. The road is NOT near this ditch and they dug some 20 ft in from this spot to keep the flow going to my private property.

More coming from behind Seaview- behind Huntress Garden Apt and from ACROSS Rte. 1

This is a better picture of where the City did illegal drainage work on private property to flow to mine. Joe Slocum had 80+ year old neighbor, Bud Hand speak in support of the City and against me. He didn't tell that this ditch drains from his property and he entered into an agreement with the City to maintain this ditch even though it is not his property.  Making sure the water will continue to flow. Terrible neighbor alienation.

My house and proof of road side water that the City could care less about, damaging the road. Neighbors wanted to send this to me but were denied. Water pouring into basements- no where to drain. No infrastructure and Planning drowning us.

More coming to me from opposing neighbor. And in the background, the Annex. Where they are sending me an illegal unapproved slew from them and Wight Street. Joe Slocum and Bill Kelly tell me to get an attorney, they are not answering any questions.

Drowning and destroying all 3 sides

From the Annex and Wight St.- unapproved, illegal and just added as recent as 2011. Diane Allmyer Beck witness to the corruption. Another member snickering to Roger Pickering, pointing at my property, "How would you like to own that?" as I'm standing right there, the site visit in 5/2011 per my public input for the Annes addition.

WHAT!! 3 YEARS AND COUNTING I PROTEST RESIDENT CORRUPTION IN THE CENTER OF TOWN. In a nutshell- Belfast City Hall buries the proof and uses their power to diminish residents attempting to save their properties from illegal development, site compliance, violations of rights, ordinance, and law. The meetings below offer proof, as City Council cowers and takes the 5th with the City Attorney, Bill Kelly and City Manager, Joe Slocum, their dictator.

NOT ONE BUSINESS OFFERS CONCERN OR HELP. Residents fend for themselves, many implicated by being forced to illegally tie into City Lines or being recipients of City bartering or bullying. I am the poster Mom for bullying from Government, Family, Schools, all those that corrupt my basic rights. Volumes on my Belfast Bullies blogs and sadly my brother and ex as they continue to rob me and my children. My brother bringing my abusive ex back into my family against me. In conjunction with Belfast corruption. Winning relocation from NJ to Belfast was intense and rare. I did it, we could begin again. Begin another chapter of disgusting greed and ego's. Bill Ingersoll, BHG Realtors, High St., Belfast, saw me coming. Jan Andrews- my realtor from the same office, his partner in crime. Months and months Jan knew the abuse, the children crashing, knew I didn't want any properties with streams or water issues, refused in writing those disclosing streams, emails asking and asking, property inspection tainted, paying cash, flood zone not even disclosed, I drove 500 miles to see the house- no stream visible, fresh snow covered the yard. I kept asking what was wrong with this house, why was it on the market for so long? No problems they said, just a slow market and the best value in town. Other showings were downplayed. That business is the most despicable of all. It is in the center of town and the perfect spot to BOYCOTT.

After 3 years of cover up and lie after lie, this is not a natural stream. Read Joe Slocum's and Wayne Marshall's lies, they know it is not natural but use that as a back up defense when I finally uncover the ordinance. They bury the original plans, never thinking I will persist, and eventually uncover them- showing it is a man made ditch late November 2011. Slocum nearly has an aneurysm. That is when they all take the 5th and bring in the City Attorney, Bill Kelly to speak for them. He uncovers ANOTHER with held document on my property which is just another cover up done in 1987 for flooding to Seaview Terrace. All on my other blogs. See the meeting in above header #3- 1/3/2012. They blindsided my agenda, and quickly voted no further action as City Attorney, Bill ran from the meeting.

How the DEP says this is wetlands is even more corrupt. The Maine Realtor Board dismissed my complaint. Commissioner Aho, DEP dismissed the investigation, Governor LePage almost jogged trying to get away from me at the Front Street Shipyard, Senator Thibodeau tried to run but I cornered him. Conflict of interest he said, I should run and join the corrupt City Council.

Bill Kelly, City Attorney cruelly stating many unethical opinions most disturbing was that I appear to be taking this continuing horror in sick pleasure, a kind of "sport" for me. Look at the 11/1/11 meeting, I am barely holding on. After 6 months of their beating me down, I forced myself to the podium. The last thing, putting myself in public, on TV for all to judge and dissect after years and years of horrific trauma to the children and me. Desperate to have privacy, safety and to heal. My strength unmatched, I should have broke many times.

SEEMS A BELFAST BOYCOTT IS THE ONLY PATH TO SAVE THE RESIDENTS. BEYOND INSULTING TO HAVE THE COMMERCE BESTOW A CITIZEN AWARD TO THE BULLY. BUTTERING THEIR BREAD AND BURNING THE RESIDENT. FINE. LET'S ROLL!

Meeting after meeting, the treatment of the resident begging for City infrastructure vs the business getting the royal treatment is blinding. In fact, my first public whistle blowing meeting on City Hall corruption, 11/1/11 was also JB Turner's first public meetings for the plans to build the Front Street Shipyard. Kissing him and kicking me in the very same meetings. Within 6 months Front Street Shipyard was built and I'm unable to get one straight answer to the forced flooding to Seaview Terrace, instead I'm forced down rabbit hole after rabbit hole. Regardless that my children and I had just moved here in bad shape. Relocated to heal in safety and peace. NOT- thanks to Bill Ingersoll BHG Realtor, High St Belfast. Sold me non disclosed hell.


 Thank the skies for the Front Street Shipyard and MBNA. Belfast Planning is a disaster. The Boards, Council and City Hall are conditioned to disaster and corruption. Blinded and seemingly simple minded or is that the plan. Play possum and take control when no one is watching. Not hard to follow, no master minds there. Although Elizabeth Miner steps up- she is intelligent, alone and out numbered. Wayne Corey has merit- there is hope.

As for Joe Slocum, Wayne Marshall, Mike Hurley, the rest of City Council, City Attorney Bill Kelly, Code Officer Todd Rosenburg, business sites allowed to violate ordinance and not remove plowed snow, all melting and forced to Seaview Terrace illegally, unethically, no rights of ways, no easements. manufacturing a man made ditch on private property to be a stream, therefore a natural outlet, therefore all systems go- send them all the runoff from over 500 acres and deny it. Council calls me in as a threat to the Chief of Police, City Attorney sends me unethical letters of intimidation, City Hall buries and with holds vital public documents of proof of City violations and corruption, they try to stop me from speaking at meetings, begin posting policemen at meetings when I speak, City Council takes the 5th- refuses to speak or respond to residents with serious City Hall violations. They fully supporting the corruption and City Manager, stroking business and implicating many in their corrupt web. Makes me sick to have to look at any of them. But I must. Sure hoped business would have supported us as we support them. Not. Go to www.belfastbullies3.blogspot.com for specific written proof of unethical officials. In others are proof of Realtor corruption, pictures and more documents in the album blocks (click on them), Maine Realtor Board corrupt dismissal...on and on and on.

The Chamber of Commerce rewards the abuser of residents with a citizens award. Disgraceful. The Chamber fully aware because I bravely whistle blow louder and louder and louder. Shamefully disgusting.