Monday, February 17, 2014
Come On Bill Maher, Be My Hero, Pick Me, Flip A City- Belfast Maine City Hall
(see below my letter to the Veterans for updates on sick City Hall and below that for updates on TIF slaughter for the City Council Meeting on 2/18/14)
Borderline Personality Disorder in Corrupt Government
Public Corruption
High toxicity leadership: Borderline personality disorder and the dysfunctional organization
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Calling Veterans To Healing Action To Save America
2/16/14 War waged below.
(originally posted 12/23/2013)
Merry Christmas Veterans
Dear Veterans,
Some will be receiving my cards today and others through out the week. Over a month ago, I pledged to send 53(my 53rd birthday this New Years Eve) cards to veterans for the holidays. I watched Matter of Duty, documenting the veterans by Sheriff Liberty of Kennebec County, Maine. I thought of how sick our corrupt government is and am on the civilian front lines. It has challenged my integrity and soul to the brink. I see the PTSD epidemic and hope the relief comes in holding our government and business accountable.
I've been doing just that for 3 years, my blogs overwhelmingly full of information, proof, pictures, the few public documents that I was able to scoop and still they manipulate those. I thought, perhaps it might help some Veterans to support cleaning corruption one town at a time, then one state, then we have foundation for real change against corruption and greed that are killing our forces and the little guy, woman and child.
Including this into the cards was a last minute thought and they needed to go out the next day so that you would receive them before Christmas. I don't have a game plan if there is interest in helping clean up Belfast. I probably need to do another blog to try and stream line all the corruption with validation so you can clearly see the line. The Realtor to corrupt Maine Realtor Commission, The Realtor to the City of Belfast to the DEP to Attorney General to the Governor. All bases covered, all corrupt doors slamming shut. Not one attorney will step up to the plate, guess they know the outcome for the lax laws of Maine, the exceptions to the exceptions, the bullies to the bullies, trying to break this Mom, surely they thought I would never last this long.
I thought a year ago, I need the vets. I kept chugging along and sure enough, the path presented itself. Here we are. In honor of my Dad, Clyde Allen WWII Navy Vet, VAMC, East Orange, NJ 1977. I know he is my strength.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, whatever your preference- peace and goodwill is it. I hope you know you are so important and so needed. Thank You. Maybe a VA blog supporting the clean up of Belfast Corruption can begin- then I could see if anyone is interested, has questions, I'm open for direction of support. Having a veteran set up the blog and monitor it for authentic members would be helpful.
Salute and Respect Always,
Laurie Allen
Saturday, February 1, 2014
"Residents have no idea"
2/18/14 See above tab which continues comment below in local paper for the big vote tonight at City Hall- weather pending- heavy fast wet snow due @ 4pm.
2/17/14- I would like to note that I reached out to Greg Dutch of Dutch Chevrolet, Rte 3, Belfast and JB Turner, President of the Front Street Shipyard, Belfast today via emails, to ask for their support in getting immediate infrastructure and the Northport Ave TIF to save Seaview Terrace residents from illegal slaughter from Belfast City Hall and businesses.
2/16/14- My post last night in the local paper- Republican Journal where they posted the agenda for the 2/18/14 Belfast City Council meeting and are stealing the funding to save residents of Seaview Terrace, Belfast Maine. A flood zone A, flood plain, where they illegally are slaughtering us with water. Now, I enter in danger with businesses and owners. Great. I fight alone, they will come, the truth is here. When the sun warms, join me in town with my solo Boycott Protest Parade. New signs, same fight. NO SOUP FOR ME! NEXT!! BOYCOTT BELFAST!!!
Beyond disgusting proof from 2011 when I finally was forced into public disgracing. And after this meeting the Wall was ordered to take the 5th from there on in.
http://vimeo.com/33314014
2/1/14 See above tab for OUTSOURCE CITY HALL articles and Belfast spending, spending, spending
Heed the warning from a seasoned City Hall official- inner circle plans will crush residents. The abuse is televised and residents seem conditioned to accept "Can't fight City Hall". Against the City Wall Hall, look at what I have uncovered. Not one isolated abuse, but many and surely more. View the meetings and summaries above. This is just a dip in the cesspool. Will update with more facts at a later time. Look at the past events, current events, City Wall Hall Taking the 5th, City Manager- Joe Slocum using his mess of files as an excuse when with held documents exposed, endless emails of rhetoric from City Planner- Wayne Marshall devising rabbit holes to divert from the actual request for public documents in his possession. Removing all storm water documents from public files, final approved site plans, manipulating and torturing in attempts to dissuade and diminish. But, I hung in there, 3+ years and kept ducking and weaving and gathering crumbs. Now, I've got the pie. Sharing every slice, at every meeting, at every event, at every random choice, for as long as it takes, until.
Belfast City Hall regularly outsources to professionals for consultations that are City Hall biased. The politics of it's not what you know but who you know. As Jay Davis, Restorative Justice told me when I began protesting Belfast resident infrastructure corruption in 2011- "Have you gone to see Council Mike Hurley- because what you're doing is not how we do things around here." I told him I did and Hurley did not want to touch it at all. Jay wished me luck and walked away. Welcome to Belfast Laurie, you were just sold hell.
We are paying for City connected consultations for enormous changes. The RSU where our schools are dying in a sucking tax dollar sink hole. Only upon doom and outrage has City Hall stepped in. Two years later, where are we? Getting sucked further with more consultations and confusion and anger. City Attorney Collins leading the pack with billable hour after billable hour. Playing mediator and adviser for all, including recommended firms for consultation. Great, Rail Trail too. Searsport Tanks were a gold mine for attorneys, consultations, see where this goes? Outsource and cut out the middle white collar corruption. Many residents are a wealth of checks and balances to review independent consults and bottom line spending on necessities.
I have and have remained honest because of presenting facts. City Council is part of the inner circle as evidenced by their total support in the face of resident slaughter to the City Manager- Joe Slocum, City Planner-Wayne Marshall and City Attorney- Bill Kelly.
The seasoned in-town Belfast residents see it but don't want to get involved. Either City Hall has implicated them or they don't want to get involved. Fighting City Hall is nasty- that job is done. The nasty corruption laid out and documented, by one Mom, day after day, since April 2011. Beyond comprehension to think what is festering- but clearly underway.
Who can you trust? I have reached out to the "pillars" of the community, please form independent committee's - silence. Most notably Jayne Crosby Giles, avoids me like the rest- even when face to face. I am front and center with corruption in town from City Hall and local Realtor agencies. My current City Council, Mary Mortier is a Realtor and taking the 5th. Better Home and Gardens, Bill Ingersoll, Sam Mitchell, retired Jan Andrews, and the most disturbing previous family original owner of my home "Puzz Caswell" of Maine Country and Coast Realtor, Belfast- lying written testimony to Earl Black, Better Home and Gardens Realtor owner in his deposition to my complaint of non disclosure to to Maine Realtor Commission (corruptly dismissed see other blogs). I contacted Puzz early on, she told me that it is the City's responsibility to fix but they won't. That statement was the catalyst. Later, she tries to throw me under the bus, but only soils herself.
2/17/14- I would like to note that I reached out to Greg Dutch of Dutch Chevrolet, Rte 3, Belfast and JB Turner, President of the Front Street Shipyard, Belfast today via emails, to ask for their support in getting immediate infrastructure and the Northport Ave TIF to save Seaview Terrace residents from illegal slaughter from Belfast City Hall and businesses.
2/16/14- My post last night in the local paper- Republican Journal where they posted the agenda for the 2/18/14 Belfast City Council meeting and are stealing the funding to save residents of Seaview Terrace, Belfast Maine. A flood zone A, flood plain, where they illegally are slaughtering us with water. Now, I enter in danger with businesses and owners. Great. I fight alone, they will come, the truth is here. When the sun warms, join me in town with my solo Boycott Protest Parade. New signs, same fight. NO SOUP FOR ME! NEXT!! BOYCOTT BELFAST!!!
"TIF corruption, the death sentence for Seaview Terrace. Quote from amendment"However, in the past two years, with potential future expansions of Mathews Brother's, the launch of a new business in this TIF district (Coastal Farms & Foods), and the need to identify additional financial resources to help carry out public infrastructure project within the City's Downtown Waterfront Municipal Development and Tax Increment Financing District, the City intends to amend this TIF districts Development plan program."
Stealing the Northport TIF to add in with the greedy Downtown TIF. EVIL!
I have been lobbying for Seaview Terrace to be included into the Northport Ave TIF via the new WCGH Annex addition for 2 years. The TIF is a major grant/funding option for infrastructure. This meeting is closing that door and drowning us with force. Not one drop of runoff from outside Seaview Terrace is legal, all the snow melting to us from these sites is not legal, on and on it goes. Not one business has stepped up to help us and have in fact awarded Joe Slocum, Belfast City Manager and destroyer( and if someone drowns, murderer) of Seaview Terrace, Citizen of the Year.
The newest business owner at the old Eclectic Closet, Main St., rips into me on a regular basis on the BDN telling me to get our of town, Seth Thayer. Maine Mercantile on High St also harasses me when I'm protesting in town. Bill Ingersoll, realtor that sold me this hell, comes out and tells me I'm sick, his co-worker asking me to stop, Front St Shipyard in meeting after meeting with me, hearing all the corruption first hand- no comment, Slocum serves JB water and snarls at me, Daily Soup owned by Courtney Sanders, (AND WIFE OF BELFAST CITY COUNCIL, ERIC SANDERS) she ripped into me on the FB Friends and Supporters of Schools for asking a relevant question and then I was blocked from the site, NO SOUP FOR YOU, NEXT, Our Town Belfast blocking me from the site till Breanna found out and was mortified. She got me back on. Mayor Ash AAA refusing my emergency calls. That's a small preview of business and City Hall taking Belfast residents to hell after stealing our properties and tax dollars.
I am calling for a boycott of Belfast corruption to assemble at Belfast City Park, on 5/24/14, rain dates on my FB event and on wwwboycottbelfast.blogspot.com. How can residents allow local government to be corrupt as hell and get residents into disaster after disaster- RSU, TBNT, Dredging, bonds, harbor lights, mis-planning,"unforeseen" last minute changes approved without question, permits granted with meeting site conditions, grants, debt growing off the charts and no accountability. Hire another consultant to fudge numbers and commit us into another disaster.Use our tax dollars to hire the City Attorney protect and enhance the corruption, billable hour after billable hour.
STOP IT- JUST SHUT IT ALL DOWN-THEY REFUSE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AND PROVIDE BASIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
http://vimeo.com/33314014
12/6/11 City Hall Meeting- At this time, I do not know that the water slaughter to Seaview Terrace began in the 1980's. City Wall Hall is with holding the original owner of my home, Dr. Caswell's, initial reporting, and the City biased corrupt investigation. In the 1/4/12 Meeting, I am given an agenda, clearly orchestrated by City Attorney Bill Kelly. He unveils this with held stupid accounting and runs when I question him. See the corrupt meetings tab. I speak publicly ff to 28 minutes - 45 minutes in- I'm new to speaking (never had a chance to heal from trauma with children which is why we crawled here in 6/2010- to begin again, under the radar in safety and peace- so horrible are these officials and Realtor) and stumbling but effective- @41 minutes I'm free wheeling for the last 5 minutes. YOU MUST GO TO THE BREAK @ 2 HOURS 5 MINUTES IN. Sound is off but Slocum's hands are flying- then @ 2:11:05 here he comes with maps that I was never allowed to see. Swarming and pouring. THEN HURLEY DOESN'T KNOW THE MIKE IS BACK ON AND AT 2:14:19 SAYS "Give her an answer. "Are we going to build her a storm system or not." The answer is not, lets nail her and he proceeds to doing just that @ 2:25:56 until 2:29:13. I let it rip with truth and maps. After 8 months of avoidance, corruption and lies, the public must know that Council IS KNOWINGLY FLOODING THE CITY ENDANGERED FLOOD ZONE OF SEAVIEW TERRACE AND TAKING OUR TAX DOLLARS AND BUYING RECREATIONAL PARCELS FOR MILLIONS AND WILL COST MILLIONS TO DEVELOP...SEAVIEW TERRACE PROPERTY IS WORTHLESS BECAUSE OF CITY OFFICIALS.Verbal Planning approvals with residents present are a sham. What the Planning Board approves and what the Planning Manager, Wayne Marshall DOES are night and day. Impossible for the resident to get accountability and resolved. See the header with Diane Allmeyer Beck vs. Wayne Marshall.
Later at the end of the meeting, long after I'm gone, ff to 2:25:56 Council member Mike Hurley slanders me with confidence and ease. Here is his rant against me
quote as closely as possible, Mike Hurley’s public rant against me at the 12/6/11 City Council meeting
(Slander is the oral communication of false statements that are harmful to a person's reputation. If the statements are proven to be true, it is a complete defense to a charge of slander. Oral opinions that don't contain statements of fact don't constitute slander. Slander is an act of communication that causes someone to be shamed, ridiculed, held in contempt, lowered in the estimation of the community, or to lose employment status or earnings or otherwise suffer a damaged reputation. Slander is a subcategory of defamation.)
City Councilor MIKE HURLEY'S PUBLIC RANT AGAINST ME_ “I want to respond during the discussion about water. I came to the entire subject early on when we stated getting copied here on everything, with a pretty open mind about it, well, is there a problem here? What’s the problem? I think that’s what we do here quite often is hey what’s the problem and try to fix it and if there is something we can do. I want to say I had an open mind to it but having had the avalanche of emails that we received and what we heard tonight again, I just want to say that, ya know, if anybody thinks the way to solve a problem is to insult people with things like, Wayne’s World, Ignorant, Dysfunctional, Shot to Hell, Deceiving, Corruption, Lies, Cover Ups, Bullied, I want to add one word…RIDICULOUS. I’ve worked with all these guys and I’ve been on the wrong side of government in the past and I’ve been on the wrong side of government while I’ve been in government. And ya know, it’s just ridiculous to listen to this stuff. I would not object to putting this on the agenda for us to talk about what we should do about this if anything. But, you know, to listen to these to these kind of character assassinations pf people who could really be bothered to do these things to this woman, I’m really sorry, nobody has any interest in doing any of these kinds of things that she keeps proclaiming and you know it’s unfortunate she takes it completely publicly and tonight even, I kept waiting for her, what’s the problem (out of quote for me to say, I clearly stated in the beginning what the problem, what I wanted done, and backed it up with facts for the ?? Time) How would we address the problem. I THINK SHE’S MORE INTERESTED IN FIGHTING, but I’m willing to talk about it and look at it and maybe, ya know, there’s something we can do, I don’t know. But anyway, I FEEL LIKE WAYNE AND JOE, IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PINATA AND I APPRECIATE THEM BEING RESTRAINED. I am sure, I can tell from everything that the landowner is absolutely feels put upon by the water that runs in the stream in through her yard. I think, maybe there’s a way to solve this but constantly insulting the people you’re trying to talk with, at least it’s never worked for me at home.”
Heed the warning from a seasoned City Hall official- inner circle plans will crush residents. The abuse is televised and residents seem conditioned to accept "Can't fight City Hall". Against the City Wall Hall, look at what I have uncovered. Not one isolated abuse, but many and surely more. View the meetings and summaries above. This is just a dip in the cesspool. Will update with more facts at a later time. Look at the past events, current events, City Wall Hall Taking the 5th, City Manager- Joe Slocum using his mess of files as an excuse when with held documents exposed, endless emails of rhetoric from City Planner- Wayne Marshall devising rabbit holes to divert from the actual request for public documents in his possession. Removing all storm water documents from public files, final approved site plans, manipulating and torturing in attempts to dissuade and diminish. But, I hung in there, 3+ years and kept ducking and weaving and gathering crumbs. Now, I've got the pie. Sharing every slice, at every meeting, at every event, at every random choice, for as long as it takes, until.
Belfast City Hall regularly outsources to professionals for consultations that are City Hall biased. The politics of it's not what you know but who you know. As Jay Davis, Restorative Justice told me when I began protesting Belfast resident infrastructure corruption in 2011- "Have you gone to see Council Mike Hurley- because what you're doing is not how we do things around here." I told him I did and Hurley did not want to touch it at all. Jay wished me luck and walked away. Welcome to Belfast Laurie, you were just sold hell.
We are paying for City connected consultations for enormous changes. The RSU where our schools are dying in a sucking tax dollar sink hole. Only upon doom and outrage has City Hall stepped in. Two years later, where are we? Getting sucked further with more consultations and confusion and anger. City Attorney Collins leading the pack with billable hour after billable hour. Playing mediator and adviser for all, including recommended firms for consultation. Great, Rail Trail too. Searsport Tanks were a gold mine for attorneys, consultations, see where this goes? Outsource and cut out the middle white collar corruption. Many residents are a wealth of checks and balances to review independent consults and bottom line spending on necessities.
I have and have remained honest because of presenting facts. City Council is part of the inner circle as evidenced by their total support in the face of resident slaughter to the City Manager- Joe Slocum, City Planner-Wayne Marshall and City Attorney- Bill Kelly.
The seasoned in-town Belfast residents see it but don't want to get involved. Either City Hall has implicated them or they don't want to get involved. Fighting City Hall is nasty- that job is done. The nasty corruption laid out and documented, by one Mom, day after day, since April 2011. Beyond comprehension to think what is festering- but clearly underway.
Who can you trust? I have reached out to the "pillars" of the community, please form independent committee's - silence. Most notably Jayne Crosby Giles, avoids me like the rest- even when face to face. I am front and center with corruption in town from City Hall and local Realtor agencies. My current City Council, Mary Mortier is a Realtor and taking the 5th. Better Home and Gardens, Bill Ingersoll, Sam Mitchell, retired Jan Andrews, and the most disturbing previous family original owner of my home "Puzz Caswell" of Maine Country and Coast Realtor, Belfast- lying written testimony to Earl Black, Better Home and Gardens Realtor owner in his deposition to my complaint of non disclosure to to Maine Realtor Commission (corruptly dismissed see other blogs). I contacted Puzz early on, she told me that it is the City's responsibility to fix but they won't. That statement was the catalyst. Later, she tries to throw me under the bus, but only soils herself.
Chilloa Horne Caswell |
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
1/24/14 Water Slaughter To Seaview Terrace
Charlie Brown (Me) -" But I have a signed document!!"
Lucy (Joe Slocum City Manager) - "BUT, It's not notarized..."
Slocum "Hope I've been helpful"
1/30/14- Helpful?? In killing me by stress and illegal water slaughter. No easements, no right of ways, and violation after violation for 3+ years perhaps. Slocum ordered documents buried and officials to go silent. My persistence and surprise City Hall visits uncovered original plans proving what I have said all along. My private property and all of Seaview Terrace is not a natural outlet- this ditch was made at development in 1966 for private drainage for that private parcel ONLY. Not half of in town Belfast.
Here was City Manager (prior attorney) Joe Slocum's BS before I scored the documents by chance 2 months later in November 2011. On September 9, 2011 Joseph Slocum, Belfast City Manager responded in an email to me "My observation suggests to me that the stream behind your house has been there for a hundred years and has acted as the watershed for everything above including your entire street. The City is not responsible for changes to the land or for the constructions of buildings, the expansions of lawns or cutting of vegetation done be every home owner- including your predecessor which has had an impact on surface and subsurface water in your neighborhood. The very ditch maintained between you and your neighbor is a good example of how you and your neighbor channel your water to the stream behind your house that is a natural drainage way. This stream and the water your entire neighborhood adds to it, simply goes behind other peoples houses down grade from you and in fact goes right into our City Park where it empties to the Sea." Slaughter- not a natural outlet, private property flood zone, flood plain that Slocum and City Hall are bound to divert water from not send thousands and thousands of impervious acres of runoff to. Guilty! Fire City Manager Joe Slocum and City Planner Wayne Marshall and City Attorney Bill Kelly. Replace City Council, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals. Outsource all.
In the 1/4/12 City Council meeting http://vimeo.com/34563093 they bring in City Attorney Bill Kelly in a feeble attempt to sand bag me by exposing more with holding. Kelly is now singing a different tune after being caught with their pants down "I will also say that there is no question in my mind that the stream/drainage swale was moved at some point after the subdivision was approved as originally and then amended in 1965/66." This reads to me that even before moving, it was never a stream but a drainage swale. I was able to get pictures (below) prior to development- 1939- no stream visible- and just prior to development a clear ditch dug through the site (probably with DEP corruption for the new construction of Rte 1 along side the future site of Seaview Terrace. Then they had to move it to build my house and the other homes on this side.) Kelly unveils another with held 1987 City engineer report specific to my home from new flooding into the basement by original owner Dr. Caswell. Neil Finlaysin, P.E. City of Belfast consulting engineer . Neil does not report runoff forced into Seaview Terrace from at that time- Rte 1 No and South and other businesses. He gives a stupid reporting "I have a feeling that this brook is nothing more than a drainage ditch put in by the developer of the tract. You could suggest that this brook is private property. The problems are not due to any action by the City and therefore are not a direct City responsibility." City Attorney Kelly uses this stupidity and he states "I am significantly influenced by the fact that in 1987, an engineer was hired by the City and he found no evidence of any obligation of the City to maintain the stream/drainage swale in that area at that time. That was 24 years ago. I HAVE TO ASSUME that when the matter was being freshly discussed in 1987, they also looked at the historical evidence of the prior 20 years in terms of any control or maintenance over that drainage swale as exercised by the City. I have not found any evidence that the City was ever deeded any form of easement or took control of it." When I tried to question him, he ran away.
See www.belfastbullies3.blogspot.com for full unethical letters from City Attorney Kelly, DEP Commissioner Aho, and manipulating smokescreen emails from Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum (awarded Citizen of the Year by businesses and Chamber of Commerce 2013- hence the boycott blog) and Belfast City Planner Wayne Marshall. ASK'M (Aho, Slocum, Kelly, Marshall)
The City has been forcing runoff from development after development to Seaview Terrace as recent as Annex in back yard in 2012 and relinquishing responsibility or accountability. Ordinance (below in red- also with held from me) is to drain to a NATURAL OUTLET. Case closed, get it out before we are slaughtered by your water! Water kills- especially to a floodplain flood zone.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the city, to a storm sewer or natural outlet, if in accordance with regulations of the state department of environmental protection.
(Ord. No. 45-1999, § 600.2, 2-1-2000)
1/26/14 Waldo County Real Estate on the rise? Belfast buyer be very afraid. See above tab.
For three plus years, I've protested in the center of town, and not one business has offered help. I went to a Chamber of Commerce meeting where all the businesses stared at me when I came for support. Now they award the man who beats on residents, who is not even a resident, a highly paid City employee with perks, CITIZEN OF THE YEAR! Belfast city manager wins Citizen of the Year award An absolute slap in our faces. One resident stated that the Our Town Belfast organization should be renamed Downtown Belfast. I agreed- we were deleted and I was blocked from the site. That sums it up. Breanna Bebb, executive director, was not part of this and was very upset and unblocked me. She is a sweetheart and like many, experiencing denial through cognitive dissonance.
cognitive dissonance
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The concept was introduced by the psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89) in the late 1950s. He and later researchers showed that, when confronted with challenging new information, most people seek to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting, explaining away, or avoiding the new information or by convincing themselves that no conflict really exists. Cognitive dissonance is nonetheless considered an explanation for attitude change.
1/23/14- Corrected City Council Meeting link issue (was going through facebook). Please view all- hit link and direct to meeting or erosion. Click tab- My Video and 18 Corrupt City Hall Meetings.
(excerpt from www.belfastbullies.blogspot.com entered 4/2012) Per the 11/1/11 City Council Meeting, Wayne stated that local ordinance for storm water is to direct it to the nearest PUBLIC water way- streams. He hast not provided this specific ordinance but overwhelmed me with many that don't pertain to his "claim". I tried to find it again on the City Website and I found it. He didn't send it because it implicates him and the City in illegally sending storm water to PRIVATE property that is not even "close" to ANY public water way. Here is the actual ordinance- and below that is a sample of his smokescreen ordinances to confuse and discourage me. More infractions because runoff is from roofs, cistern, TANK overflow, highway runoff, probably Wayne's septic... who knows what he is sending to us...he is not honest.
MIRACULOUSLY I FOUND THIS ON THE CITY WEBSITE AFTER I POSTED CITY ATTORNEY BILL KELLY'S LETTER SAYING I WAS HARASSING CITY EMPLOYEES BY DEMANDING TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE FOR OVER 1 YEAR!! AS RECENT AS 4/18/12 IS PROOF BELOW IN WAYNE MARSHALL'S EMAIL GIVING ME ZONING?? CITATIONS INSTEAD OF THIS (FOR 1 YEAR HE HAS WASTED, AS my useless City Council rep., MARINA DELUNE HAS STATED, THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF TAX DOLLARS IN THIS COVER UP, it would be cheaper to just fix it if it were true)
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage may be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the city. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the city, to a storm sewer or natural outlet, if in accordance with regulations of the state department of environmental protection.
(Ord. No. 45-1999, § 600.2, 2-1-2000)
1/21/14 http://belfastme.swagit.com/play/01212014-1676/#9 Belfast, Maine City Council Meeting. My 30th? meeting pleading infrastructure flooding corruption. I speak at open to the public- click 6 1 minute in 2nd speaker. It seems the 3 minute rule doesn't hold if "important", good for business, public is speaking. I get the gavel, Mayor Ash watching that clock for 3 minutes. I am limited in presentation.
The 28.29 acre site with extreme impervious ground (previously all "DEP wetlands", and dirty dealings by DEP and Commish. Aho closing investigation) at the Captain Albert Stevens School 2006 is the corrupt flooding final straw to the flood zone, flood plain of Seaview Terrace, approx. 2 miles away. All the City storm water (and it is massive see my hand drawn map way below- City Manager, City Planner and Director of public works tell me they do not have any drainage maps, do not have City work orders for heavy equipment use, do not do work on private property, on and on with no, no, no... But they will look, charge me by the hour to look in many buildings and want an upfront huge deposit for research for information that they may not find) that is forced to Seaview Terrace is illegal. Over 12 sites, 2 miles of highway, north and south, miles of runoff ditched, culverts, all forcing to Seaview Terrace where the City relinquishes responsibility.
We are not a natural outlet,(although that is what they tried to claim because they are in violation of local storm water ordinance ), it is a man-made drainage ditch(As confirmed by in the with held 1987 City Engineers report specific to my property and original owner, Dr. Caswell for the beginning of the forced flooding), private property,they have no rights of ways, no easements and are slaughtering us. Additionally they illegally (and are with holding that actual zoning conditions that Chief McFadden saw proving violations) allow all sites to stock pile snow all season to melt to us, which almost wiped us off the map in 2009 and 2011. I was just sold this undisclosed hell in 2010 paying cash. See www.belfastbullies2.blogspot.com for streamlined City corruption to Seaview Terrace and other residents- the many City Council meetings I have indexed in the above tabs are proof as well. Also, albums of corruption with Realtor (Bill Ingersoll, Sam Mitchell, Earl Black (owner) and Maine Board of Realtors investigation corrupt dismissal) Maine is the 4th most corrupt state in the U.S. as of 2012.
BH&G now Masiello Group Realtors of High St., Belfast saw this domestic survivor mom and children coming, and at the end, crawling from NJ, relocating to safety and to heal and begin again in privacy. Staying under all radar and conflicts imperative to safety and health. Staying on point to the T- no mistakes, this is our only chance.
Belfast City Hall has ripped us from our basic rights and stability, sending us right back into a vortex of deception, corruption and community alienation. Of the many corruptions, I am currently focusing on the Captain Albert Stevens School (CASS) site conception plans. The plan documented in 2002, the site conditions were not met, the permit should have been denied, The school opened in 2005-06. Then in 2006, in the lower parcel, the old Robertson School which since 2002 was to be demolished and turned into a huge ground absorbing athletic field was slated. The school would remain, and more corruption, more impervious ground, more illegal runoff to the watershed residents. Shady deals were made to some protesting abutters. Travelling down the water shed, Cedar Street residents suddenly got "sheets of water" per City Council, Mike Hurley, flooding their homes. Never to this magnitude in the past. Cedar Street residents would unite and lose at City Hall. City Hall claiming mother nature. Each resident spending thousands in sump pumps, some with no where to drain. Forced to illegally tie into City sewage lines. Similar to Seaview Terrace, and certainly many more, where the City holds that over their heads, forcing them into silence. Clemency for all abused residents from City Hall corruption.
Further down and across, Wight Street residents are getting wiped out. The path coming from CASS, is forced to Wight St where the then Chairman of the Planning Board, Roger Pickering lives. Dealings? He used the mother nature rule as well and his house is right in the path. Wight St. received drainage work and DOUBLE culverts (Bob Whitely, Tax Assessor said these were new- they were not always there) right at Roger's house to send it over to SEAVIEW TERRACE via Mid Coast Mental Health with their forced channels to us. On the lower half of Wight St. is yet another trench to take more storm water behind the WCGH Annex direct to my back yard on SEAVIEW TERRACE. Wight St is the direct path to the City Park storm water drainage ravine into the bay.
Way back in 8/2011, 3 months into emails after emails to the City Council and Mayor for an investigation, Mayor Ash (owner of East Garage and closest AAA provider) came to my house for a dead battery. I cornered him into viewing the destruction. He had said they could get some rocks to stop my fence from falling in.False hope, he never did . I asked why roadside drainage and sewers under the road were not present. He said because it would take out the road. To which I responded "So you take out the residents property instead?" From there on in, he refused my emergency AAA calls, one where my SUV slid on ice and was hanging over the bank to the bay, waiting for a far away tow truck that never came, we were freezing. Another making my son several hours late for school for a simple dead battery. Very sad and scary.
It is cheaper to send to it SEAVIEW, and deny. Destroy them and the documents. But they were not counting on my persistence and courage to endure such tactics. Guess I should thank my ex and alcoholic siblings for the training. Sick karma that taught me the value of integrity and my path.
The school (CASS) storm runoff was never approved to flow to the watershed residents ( encompassing 1 mile wide 2 miles down). My property's dry small 1 ft high 2 ft wide ditch turned into wild, torrent, rapids for a week in my first spring, 3/2011. Weeks later, it was 4-5 ft deep and close to 12 ft wide. Over 1/4 of my property was ripped away with it - video in the City Council meetings tab. City Hall doors slammed shut on my fingers. The cover up began, water does not lie, City Hall does. I began following the water and asking for maps and development plans in 4/2011. All proving public documents with held, manipulated, or not existing. The sickest tactic City Hall uses is that they have given me the documents, will give them to me again but that I am too stupid to read them. Yet, they refuse to allow an independent official to validate that the true documents were given.
The CASS file had ALL stormwater documents removed prior to my "appointed" viewing- and I mean all. I spent 4 hours under Planning supervision going through every paper in the over flowing huge files, at least 4. My daughter was ill, and with me. She laid her head on the lower counter where City Planner, Wayne Marshall would slam the half door trying to disturb her and anger me. The viewing conditions there were crammed, intense and difficult. A local contractor had come in while I was there and I knew him from my childhood in neighboring Bayside, Maine.. XXX XXXXX said this was bad. He had read about me in the paper. He also needs Planning cooperation for his business. Like many in town. I saw the sadness in his eyes telling me he could not help me. No words, needed, I understood. I was on my own against the thugs.
I found one 10 page document from WBRC engineers, stating the runoff was to go to the bay via Miller St (the approved route all hidden from me) I asked for a copy of this one document, and was told to come back the next day for it, but call first to tell them exactly when I was coming. I came the next day but did not alert City Planner, Wayne Marshall. I only got 9 pages of the 10 page document. The page stating storm water to flow to Miller St was NOT copied. (Later I called WBRC and they refused to give me a copy of the document).
City Hall did not know when I was coming in to get the copies. City Planner Wayne Marshall was not hovering, was not even in the office. I asked the administrative assistant, Marie Stalworth to let me see that original document. She could not find it. I asked her to let me see the files again. That document was now missing from the file but A BONANZA of storm water documents were back in the files. The 28 acre site was wetlands- found were Army Corp, DEP, residents concerns, engineers reports, emails, a slew of other with held documents. I had to work fast before Wayne came back. I quickly pulled some damning documents and asked for copies on the spot.
At this point I was crying and shaken at the sheer corruption and evil treatments from Wayne Marshall, Joe Slocum, City Council Mike Hurley, Zoning and Code Officer Tod Rosenburg. The knowing of the torture to silence me, that laid ahead to save my home, my only asset, recently unemployed, no savings, and now forced to shell out 2k in undisclosed flood insurance, was frightening, would this break me? This was my time to heal and nurture my children with full attention and stability.
Administrative assistant, Marie could not refuse me. For the City to do this to employees and residents beholding to them is disgust in the lowest form. I see it in all their eyes, there are many more. Who would think that 3 years later, I am still begging for infrastructure as City Hall takes the 5th and City Manager-Joe Slocum, and City Planner- Wayne Marshall shoot me over and over. City Council refused to investigate, aided and abetted in the deception and slander. In fact, City Council called me in as a threat to the Chief of Police. Then, the City Attorney would step in with sending intimidating letters, telling me not to come to meetings to speak, stating that City officials have been instructed not to respond to me, trying to force me into a legal battle, stating I must get legal counsel to speak for me, and that I was harassing them, see www.belfastbullies3. blogspot.com for his letters. He said as City Officials they have a decorum to maintain...
One of the documents I took was the Captain Albert Stevens School (or Belfast Elementary School) Site Plan & Use Permit Adopted Conditions of Approval, Final Approval of November 20, 2002 & Amendment #1 to Approval of January 15, 2003 Amendnment #2 to Approval of April 9, 2003.
#11 Addresses storm water analysis study implementation to the water shed residents, and engineers report and follow up after completion, and upgrades to Miller St to take all site runoff to the bay. Since 2011, I had asked for the reports and finding for these and was ignored. Flat out ignored and City Council and City Hall took the 5th ordered by the City Attorney, Bill Kelly. I'm holding the certified receipt of the request signed by Joe Slocum. I sent the requests, over and over for 3 years, relating the same in 20 meetings. Maine Freedom Of Information Attorney General's office, Brenda Kielty was useless. In 12/2013, City Manager Joe Slocum finally responded (full email above tab- 12/4 pictures and Joe Slocum's deceptive...) stating that the site permit conditions had been violated and were not fulfilled. The conditions that would have protected the residents from the corrupt slaughter of water illegally sent to private property and bypassing the approved sewer and 1 1/2 million improvements to that sewer on Miller St. Add in all the illegal snow piling and melting.
City Hall, City Council, some Realtors, and some residents are offended by ME ?? City employees are advised not to help me, some neighbors are upset because I have publicized that our properties are destroyed and dangerous from City slaughter. Other residents who don't want to help, don't care, and want window dressing and recreation because that will increase THEIR home values have some have stated cruel online words against my facts- and the businesses, they have their hands out all the time for our tax dollars. I would think these businesses are threatened with my protesting and dislike me as well. Belfast Bicycles and Upper Cut Hair Salon are kind to me. No movies, it is owned by City Council Mike Hurley. I'm a lone mom, standing up against the corrupt bullies of City Hall and Realtor.
In the meeting I read through the 3 of many conditions violated, a permit never should have been issued. Here they are. In bold blue is City Manager Joe Slocum's response- full emails above click on tab 12/4 pictures and Joe Slocum deceptive response...) 3 years later and with out one concern but visible anger instead for my whistle blowing of the destruction and danger, of the City Water Slaughter to Seaview Terrace. 1 inch of runoff is 1 foot of water to Seaview Terrace up to 3 inches (that I have been able to measure.) Past 3 inches, and can happen at ANY event, it will surely be higher and we're slaughtered by their water. City Manager, Joe Slocum refuses to place us on the radar of Waldo County Emergency Management (that 3/2012 meeting below) It is clear that they will come in for Inverse Condemnation after their slaughter by water to Seaview Terrace.
Inverse condemnation is a term used in the law to describe a situation in which the government takes private property but fails to pay the compensation required by the 5th Amendment of Constitution. In some states the term also includes damaging of property as well as taking it. In order to be compensated, the owner must then sue the government. In such cases the owner is the plaintiff and that is why the action is called inverse – the order of parties is reversed, as compared to the usual procedure in direct condemnation where the government is the plaintiff who sues a defendant-owner to take his or her property.
The taking can be physical (e.g., land seizure, flooding, retention of possession after a lease to the government expires, deprivation of access, removal ofground support) or it can be a regulatory taking (when regulations are so onerous that they make the regulated property unusable by its owner for any reasonable or economically viable purpose). The latter is the most controversial form of inverse condemnation. It is considered to occur when the regulation of the property's use is so severe that it goes "too far," as Justice Holmes put it in Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922), and deprives the owner of the property's value, utility or marketability, denying him or her the benefits of property ownership thus accomplishing a constitutionally forbidden de facto taking without compensation.
Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has not elaborated on what "too far" is, and the doctrinal basis for its jurisprudence has been widely criticized...
Captain Albert Stevens School (or Belfast Elementary School) Site Plan & Use Permit Adopted Conditions of Approval, Final Approval of November 20, 2002 & Amendment #1 to Approval of January 15, 2003 Amendnment #2 to Approval of April 9, 2003.11. Storm Water Management: The applicant shall construct all storm water management improvements to specifications identified on the approved Site Plan prior to issuance of an occupancy permit. Further, the applicant shall maintain all storm water facilities in good working condition.
The applicant also shall comply with the following additional conditions regarding the storm water management system.
11.1 The applicant shall either: a)Provide the City a letter from a licensed civil engineer certifying that the storm water improvements were constructed in accordance with Site Plan requirements; or b) Pay the City the cost to employ a City inspector to inspect construction of the storm water improvements. The applicant shall identify its preferred option when a building permit is requested. If the applicant chooses option b), the applicant shall pay the City, upon issuance of the building permit, the estimated cost of such inspection services.
City Manager, Joe Slocum 12/2013 "I cannot find, nor am I able to identify any letter from a licensed engineer or reports for the City Engineer that all storm water work was done as represented.
11.2 The applicant shall pay the City's cost to construct upgrades to its storm water system on Miller Street to accept additional storm water flows from the project site. This cost shall be $9,4331, and shall be payable upon issuance of a building permit for the project. Reference Letter dated November 4, 2002 from Wayne Marshall, City Planner, to Paul Luttrelle, SAD 34, and an accompanying letter from Mandy Hallway-Olver, Olver Associates, City Engineer, for an explanation of this fee.
11.3 The applicant shall pay a storm water impact fee of $5,000 to the City to better enable the City to conduct an analysis of the storm water drainage basin for the area located between Lincolnville Avenue and City Park. This impact fee shall be payable upon issuance of a building permit. The City shall hold this amount in escrow, and, if the City does not use the monies within 10 years from the date of issuance of the building permit, the City shall return these funds (with interest) to the applicant. The City shall only use these funds for the purpose of conducting an assessment of storm water concerns in this area, or constructing storm water improvements in this area. Further, by paying this impact fee, the applicant is held harmless from any requirement to construct any off-site storm water improvements. Reference letter dated November 4,2001 from Wayne Marshall, City Planner, to Paul Luttrelle, SAD 34, for an explanation of this impact fee.
City Manager, Joe Slocum, 12/2013 - "I am unable to locate any offsite drainage study relating to Captain Albert Stevens School. To the best of my knowledge the study was never done as referenced in the conditions of approval dated November 20, 1002 and again on November 15. 2003.
I acknowledge your request to meet with specific people to review these documents. I'm denying that request. The freedom of information law does not let you decide who you will accept as a monitor during your document inspection.
Here is my response to your request. I hope it is helpful." Joseph Slocum, Belfast City Manager
1/14/14 Belfast City Council Corruption meeting click on open to the public- I am the only speaker for 3 minutes. http://belfastme.swagit.com/play/01142014-1064/#5
In this meeting I ask for the firing of City Manager- Joe Slocum and City Planner- Wayne Marshall. I also raise concern that now the City Clerk's office seems to also have been told not to help me. City Hall dismissed my complaints that I had not received emails since signing up in 2011. Two years I was late because I did not mark it on my calendar since I would be getting an email. I got a ticket the 2nd year, and am contesting it. City Hall is refusing to put in writing that I did not receive the email, claiming they can't prove if I got it or not. Oh come on. City Manager. See nonsense letter above from City Clerk, Denise Beckett and stupid relating emails (tab says City claims can't confirm or deny...). I am sure that Joe Slocum wrote that letter and Denise needs her job.
Years ago, when I was in the Planning Office trying to look at maps, Code Enforcement Officer, Tod Rosenburg refused to let me look at them, stating he had orders not to help me. Tod has recently written me an email to manipulate the zoning conditions where sites are to remove the plowed snow offsite. The Chief of Police, Mike McFadden was able to view the public documents being with held from me. The Chief put it in writing that the huge Captain Albert Stevens School which is illegally draining to us (with 12? other sites) is indeed required to remove plowed snow and does not. This violation has caused severe destruction, erosion, flooding and endangering lives and homes on Seaview Terrace in the spring melt of 2009 an 2011. City Hall denies this and blames it on mother nature. The City Manager- Joe Slocum threw our Chief of Police under the bus, claiming the Chief was wrong, the school is allowed to stock pile the snow that will wipe us out. City Council supporting Joe Slocum. It appears Joe is throwing City Clerk Denise Beckett under the bus. Joe Slocum was angry with City Assessor, Bob Whiteley for allowing me to see the with held maps of the development of Seaview Terrace showing this "stream" is not a natural outlet.
A MUST WATCH- 3/6/12 Belfast City Council Meeting
http://vimeo.com/38088562
Mayor Ash is clearly trying to follow orders to silence me.
Waldo EMA-Dale Rowley-Plans for Disaster-on agenda- I speak to save Seaview @20:10 @25:50 Mayor Ash tries to tell me not to come back anymore- get a lawyer- not a chance. I give it back- he tries to anger me.. Dale speaks @51:46 w/ overview- Council does not address Seaview Terrace, they talk of Irene-flooding other states,equipment, etc- unbelievable yet again.
HAS A CORRUPT LEADER AND COLLEAGUES EVER ADMITTED TO THEIR CORRUPTION WITH FREE WILL AND RESTITUTION? NOT IN BELFAST MAINE OR EVEN THE STATE OF MAINE FOR SURE! Maine did not become 4th in corruption by chance but by them. And here is a big platter of their evil.
1/7/14 Belfast Me City Council Meeting- Click link and hit open to the public- I am only speaker- 3 minutes of telling City Council, City Manager, City Planner of their evil drowning to Seaview Terrace. See below email for below in comments to see recent pics- all water through my yard illegal and deadly. Hand drawn map covers miles of forcing to my private property.
Huge DEP/Belfast Cover up Corruption. Tell me how the DEP has designated this man made ditch on my private property as DEP wetlands. Pic 1 is Seaview Terrace developed along with new Rte 1 taken 197? Picture 2 1967 planning of Seaview Terrace and a freshly dug ditch- I think to handle run off for the approved new Rte 1 getting ready to be built and when the DEP with Belfast corruptly claimed it as wetlands- under their regulation and the DEP corruptly approving sites from a 3 mile radius to drain into this but deny it with Belfast City Hall doing the same. This was a farm- the farm house not in this picture. Then they decided to build houses and had to push the ditch back 70 ft. to the treeline. My lot is the 3rd up on the right. Ditch would be right under my house. Next picture from 1966 shows the farm house (it's still here) and the old Rte 1 which is now Northport Ave. I do not see any ditch. Look at the next one from 1939- quadrant 40 is my section. No ditch, no stream. DEP and Belfast slaughtering Seaview Terrace with water and taking the 5th after they could not break me or shut me up. And my persistence to score with held damning public documents. I need an engineer- any volunteers?
Friday, January 3, 2014
Rockport Me Town Office Flooding and Torturing 92 Yr Old WWII Vet
Belfast identical to lies- knowing they are force flooding and acting stupid- using Papers from 1987 as proof. So stupid yet they get away with it. Mine 100 fold worse but a 92 year old WWII vet, Mainer- that is true disgust, disgrace to all.
Video:
A World War Two veteran from Rockport is fighting with the town to try to fix a water problem on his land.
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2048439762001
Video:
A World War Two veteran from Rockport is fighting with the town to try to fix a water problem on his land.
http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2048439762001
ROCKPORT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - A World War Two veteran from Rockport is fighting with the town to try to fix a water problem on his land.
Town officials say they've looked at it many times, but can't find a problem.
91-year old Lloyd Richards says water running off from housing developments above his property has been soaking the back yard and poses a threat to the house itself. Richards says its been a problem ever since the developments were built uphill from him on Rockport's Old County Road.
But the town's community development director says he's walked the area and studied plans from 25 years ago, and says he can't find evidence of excess runoff.
He says water is only going where it was expected to go, including the gully beside Lloyd Richard's house. But Richards says that's not the cased, and he wants the town to force developers to make changes.
Lloyd Richards says he wants somebody to make the developers divert the flow of water so it goes down ditches along the road instead. But town officials say they believe those housing developments were built according to plan and are not causing a runoff problem.
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by Patrick Fitzgerald
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois