It is clear that something is mentally wrong with those that even when caught, again and again,refuse to own it. Refuse to do learn and grow, refuse the goodness of humanity. Robbing themselves of the honor that would be bestowed on them for becoming a hero and making amends. Humanity loves those who are accountable and commit to integrity. Every day is a day I hope to post an accountable hero rather than another thug tactic. Especially those that are parents. Your children know. Your grandchildren will know and so on and so on. Internet is eternal video and documentation. Chris's an. City Council meetingsGoogle makes sure of that. I make sure to post it. Talk about a legacy of corruption. Long after after we/re gone,
I received a a foiled "anonymous" berating post from the "professional firefighter" Chris Kulbe- Ridgetop Chimney Corrupt- click tab above. He actually chastises the legacy I am leaving. He is a parent. Step up Chris, be the hero. Correct your mistakes dictated by Woodstock Stoves. Or not, I'll continue to protest where you will be disgraced.
8/2/14- Received a reply from Sloscum that he is not replying. I sent back a big reply. I'll post it at the bottom. Idiot.
Also got an foiled "anonymous" berating from the "professional firefighter" Chris Kulbe- Ridgetop Chimney Corrupt tab above. Another Idiot.
8/1/14- Oyyy- it never ends. I was hoping to avoid posting more disgrace to Belfast. Saw a poem read by local past poet laureate, Karin Spitfire last night on the local channel. Front Street Shipyard will rob her last piece of waterfront view, but there is nothing she can do. Her poem reflects this. Wish I could post it.
The City forcing water slaughter to the private property, residential, flood zone A, with no ROW's or easements- every foot of water pouring through to Seaview Terrace is illegall, is calculating purposeful, is clear as day, and is inverse condemnation. More evil than eminent domain were residents get some compensation. Inverse condemnation is when government for example- FLOODS private properties, destroying them, rendering them valueless, comes in at takes it at market value- zero. And was free to pave paradise and put up a parking lot planned in the corrupt rezoning of Seaview Terrace into R3. The proving of this to date, 48 year slaughter to Seaview Terrace has been a 4 year torture chamber. It is through out my blogs. The focus on this post is just the current paving prick in jerking motion starring Joe Slocscum, Belfast City Manager..
Back to Sloscum.
The entire ballet email below was copied to Belfast City Council, Mayor and newspaper press: acurtis@bangordailynews.com (acurtis@bangordailynews.com); bholbrook@courierpublicationsllc.com (bholbrook@courierpublicationsllc.com); bholbrook@villagesoup.com (bholbrook@villagesoup.com); news@pressherald.com (news@pressherald.com); news@penbaypilot.com (news@penbaypilot.com
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:33 AM
Joe Slocum,
The outsourced City Engineer Olver Assoc. surveyed Seaview Terrace for paving and drainage on Tuesday, 7/29/14. On this link http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/2014/07/back-to-saving-seaview-terrace.html
Here are a few words from the current code at my ignorant hand:
Minimum ROW 50 ft
Min Pavement 30 ft
Min Shoulder 3 ft
Parking Status- Both Sides
Deadend streets shall be provided with a turnaround having an outside paved roadway diameter of 112 ft.
Minimum Center line offset distances of adjacent intersections shall be as follows, unless in the opinion of the City Engineer, a shorter distance is unavoidable due to local conditions....
As you have stated many times, I am too ignorant to decipher the bait I am given. Please do not attempt to confuse me inundating me with rhetoric and/or rerouting request response to other parties. This is simple and you as City Manager are responsible to gather your information from your sources. The direct response to 1,2, 3 and 4 is to come from Joe Slocum, City Manager only. Joe for clarity please copy each request with an immediate response and so on. This will clarify that you have answered my simple questions.
1a When and who will pave Seaview Terrace?
1b. Will the entire length of Seaview Terrace be repaved up to the Marriner's private property at 49 Seaview Terrace.
1c. What will be the pavement width and grade (depth)
2a What is the plan for roadside drainage?
2b What is the City ROW from the road, 15ft? 20ft?
Current pavement width in front of my house was 15 ft prior to water line dig up. Water lines and sewage lines are on my half of the road. Opposing side would be the only side for under road storm sewer drainage or your proposed ditching destruction. There are ponds roadside.
3. What is the plan for the turn around? Currently there is none. It appears the private property of 49 Seaview Terrace allows traffic to use their property for turn around. It also appears that the City snow plows that private property and perhaps provides more illegal City maintenance.
4. Please respond before 8/2. There is a City Council meeting this Tuesday, 8/5 and I think it is starting one hour earlier than usual- 6 pm. When will the regular meeting leading into open to the public begin?
5. To my neighbors, please forward this email and response from Joe Slocum to the W*******, S***** and K*****. Thank you. There is a City Council meeting this Tuesday, 8/2 and I think it is starting one hour earlier than usual- 6 pm. When will the regular meeting leading into open to the public begin?
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
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| My driveway. Across the street, between the tree and pole is the culvert sending my their runoff. Close it. |
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:37:54 -0400
Ms. Allen,
To the best of my knowledge the Right of Way on Seaview Terrace is 40 feet. I wrote to you and your neighbors and when I have more information I will let everyone know. Thank you,
Joe Slocum
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2nd Req 8/1/14
The information is requested now. Our street resembles a war zone waiting on YOU. This picture was taken last week, that is my driveway to the right, the water district is done. Under your orders, they are not fixing the digging destruction. Your history for Seaview Terrace infrastructure has been to slaughter us. This is your chance to stop the assault and disgracing this town. I have nothing left to loose, this was my chance to get me and my children safely on our feet, you are killing us. I am corruption free regardless of attempts to intimidate and break me. I could be flying but you choose to shoot me down again and again. I keep getting back up. I will until.
A speed limit sign in my area is also needed. Many race through this area with all the bumps- after paving- it will increase. The school bus and mail truck pick up speed quickly. Get all 48 years of City forced runoff water to Seaview Terrace out.
Please respond now. The only reason you will not respond must be delaying until new ordinances from the Comp Plan go through that gives you legal authority to rip us off. Respond today 8/1/14.
1a When and who will pave Seaview Terrace?
1b. Will the entire length of Seaview Terrace be repaved up to the Marriner's private property at 49 Seaview Terrace.
1c. What will be the pavement width and grade (depth)
2a What is the plan for roadside drainage?
2b What is the City ROW from the road, 15ft? 20ft?
Current pavement width in front of my house was 15 ft prior to water line dig up. Water lines and sewage lines are on my half of the road. Opposing side would be the only side for under road storm sewer drainage or your proposed ditching destruction. There are ponds roadside.
3. What is the plan for the turn around? Currently there is none. It appears the private property of 49 Seaview Terrace allows traffic to use their property for turn around. It also appears that the City snow plows that private property and perhaps provides more illegal City maintenance.
4. Please respond before 8/2. There is a City Council meeting this Tuesday, 8/5 and I think it is starting one hour earlier than usual- 6 pm. When will the regular meeting leading into open to the public begin?
(Note- Keith Pooler, Superintendent Belfast Water District advised me that drainage must be on the opposing side due to the water and sewage lines. Maine State Law makes it illegal to send accumulating water from another to me. You cannot send the accumulating water at W******* and B**** across the street to me. You illegally did this in 2009 , sending accumulating water to my property from 22, 26 and 27 Seaview Terrace. The culvert at B**** draining to my property must be closed. Especially with possible healthcare office construction behind B**** and more runoff entering those abutting private properties. )
These neighbors should be on high alert regardless if they are told that the property is "unbuildable" by Wayne Marshall, City Planner. Wayne told the S********* that the waterview lot in front of 38 Old Searsport Ave was "unbuildable". ****** told me based on that, **** bought 38 Old Searsport Ave and renovated the stone church, no expense spared. And then a Mr. Caswell gave Wayne Marshall a house plan on a paper napkin for that "un buildable" lot. And a house went up. Goodbye waterview, nod and wink- Marshall to Caswell. City Hall Motto- "Sue Us- Die Trying" Tax Payer Attorney Fees Carte Blanche. In fact Councilor Hurley gave me that resolution again. Sue Us, we're not saving Seaview Terrace. All of you, including the City Attorney, since the start, have been trying to force me into an attorney tab that will break me. Unable to stop me, you resort to with holding and denying public information. Devising schemes to delay, deny and charge me by the hour for basic public information of your slaughter to Seaview Terrace with not intent to provide the information. And here it is again. Crime, pure and simple.
The ***** life was and is still being ruined- legal feels of 10k resulting in lots of lunches and full bellies of their attorney and the City Attorney. City Council voted the **** down. Then member, Alan Wood stepped down after that, telling the **** that he will never forgive himself for being forced to vote no. The Zoning Board of Appeals and all that expense, voted them down. Their attorney told them it was highly illegal. Yet, the white collar bullies spin the buck, delay, delay, delay. 4 years for me, shameless. I hear the lawsuit is back on- **** can't even get out of hell, they have dropped the price by 200k over the 2 years it has been on the market. There are more(Dr. Morrow is a documented one- see below copied from my blog) lives the white collar bullies have and are ruining, combine the trickle down effect- a pompous bunch of implicated hypocrites. Hurley and his Happy Video. Putin on the games, the flooding games, the parties and committees of neighbors...
Not "Happy" But True,
Laurie Allen
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11/7/12 City Council Meetinghttp://vimeo.com/53078802 . ff 40 minutes and watch for 20 minutes and 22 seconds as Planning/Zoning try to steamroll a longtime resident becoming the next victim of Plannings Failings with flooding resolution to push it to another resident. Dr. Morrow was quick to spend for experts to protect her basic rights. Mayor Ash references my fight saying it should never have happened...Council is nervous and must clean house of the corrupt.
Todd Rosenberg, Code Enforcement Officer at podium. Pushing for consent. 358 High St, in foreclosure and must meet zoning violation (Todd working 18 months to clear). Realtor, Michael Cunning pushing for closing within weeks. Abutting neighbor, Dr. Morrow at 360 High St., was finally given plans to correct zoning violation just 5 days ago that have been underway for 18 months. Where 2 paths of stormwater converge from both properties is where seller is putting a driveway that will flood Dr. Morrow's property and parking for her patients. Todd coldly states that approval is not required for the driveway. Total dismissal for cause and effect to flooding a neighbor with stormwater that is illegal. Corrupt tactics to pressure Council approval to meet closing date just weeks away. Todd supporting immediate closing because it would be of inconvenience to delay. Note in the background, the defiant stance of City Planner-Wayne Marshall, Realtor-Michael Cunning, Seller attorney from Portland, in a huddle, smirking, cementing their alliance against Dr. Morrow. If Dr. Morrow did not scramble to get Camden attorney, Paul Gibbons and Engineer- Bill Lane to get this matter immediately on an agenda, the driveway would be put down immediately with the alliance Wall of Marshall and his posse assuming the stance, legs parted, arms crossed, smirking in confidence at crushing another resident from absolute decades of incompetent Planning where they just keep passing the torch. Never to correct just keep adding to it. Each year, devastating more residents and the cost to correct would ruin there reckless spending on their monopoly game "visions". See below for more on the meeting.
At the 11/7/12 City Hall meeting, Dr. Morrow of High St. had to hire an attorney and engineer to try and stop storm water flooding. Code Officer Todd Rosenberg is clearly callous towards Dr. Morrow's concerns. Council is visibly on alarm due to my 2 year battle for storm water relief against corrupt Planning. Here again, is a realtor, Michael Cunning pressing for the sale, admitting the difficulty to move this property because of PLANNING mistakes from 7 years ago. Realtors should unite and fight Planning, not residents.Wayne Marshall has been City Planner since approx. 1999. Resident Stormwater Nightmare especially for the low income, needing every dollar for her family, forced to shell out thousands and being beat daily by officials with her tax dollars.. The seller, Ms. Kennedy has brought a Portland Attorney to the meeting.
Council Roger Lee telling Dr. Morrow's attorney that he has 8 days to get a report to convince him of flooding otherwise he will side with Todd and Planning. That's the scam, to appeal after a decision is a calculated ploy to spiritually and financially break you.Mike Hurley playing both sides of the fence, confirming the flooding. I was baited with hope when Mike said it is City Council's problem to fix the stormwater devastating Seaview Terrace. But then, he hopped the fence, slandered me and has sent my life into a tail spin of horror.
They cannot be trusted as evidenced by Attorney's hired for Planning's unethical and scummy tactics. Todd Rosenberg, Code Enforcement Officer has been working to unload the Kennedy property for 16 months?? of tax payer dollars because of Planning error 7 years ago?? Claiming to be experts in storm water flow and destruction. Experts at manipulating code/ordinance to flood residents and use our tax dollars for economic development and the "chosen".
Wayne Marshall admits that at everyone of his projects, residents come out in force against his calculating path of destructive storm water flow to residents. And Wayne laughs about it, members of the planning board make jokes about it, Joe Slocum fully aware that public documents and information are hidden, with held, he even tells they do not exist. However when uncovered, time and time again, he says his system is a mess. He says it is a serious offense to corrupt these documents and that's it. Council does not investigate but instead gives him praise, raise and extends his contract. Then Slocum further avoids resident sewer infrastructure responsibility by blaming it on hills and that's just the way it is, just like his refusal of providing public documents, lying to me through smokescreen words of opinions and beliefs.
As if the storm water forced to us is of great mystery and force of nature. Please, insulting intelligence at the lowest level. Seaview Terrace is close to flat and Planning has taken the flow from miles around and forced it to us. Hurley defending Slocum and Marshall as pinata's against me. Hurley proclaims the truth I have painfully tracked for 8 months against the Wall of City Hall, is insulting and therefore will continue to slaughter Seaview Terrace. Victims of City Corruption are not allowed to demand justice and accountability. They force you to hire an attorney against the City and engage in an unending waste of tax dollars in their scheme that you will be financially devastated and buried with legal loophole tactics and foot dragging.
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THIS IS A GOOD ONE!!http://vimeo.com/54978785 12/4/12 City Council Meeting - Waterboy Aka Joe Slocum, City Manager At open to the public, residents again are asking Council to stop the huge LPG tank trying to come into Searsport- @ 23:46 Blaine Richardson repeatedly shames these residents- I'm behind him and can't believe it. @ 35:52-37:45 I present my map and how 5" of water will be 5' into Seaview, I ask to be put into TIF for sewers- probably my 15th meeting. At 1:29:10 JB Turner of Front Street Shipyard clears his throat and along comes Waterboy AKA City Manager Joe Slocum with a cup of water for JB. JB was a bit embarrassed. Makes me laugh how in the same meetings they kick my ass and kiss business ass. JB and I began attending meetings at the same time in 11/2011. In 6 months, the Ship Yard was up and I couldn't get any public documents, forget about ah sewah. Ya think Front Street could support a resident?
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(some of this information is repeated in this blog. I am sorry- another tactic-never resolving by diffusing with corrupt tape and time on the tax payers dime. No skin off their paycheck- adding to it with business perks and slimy nods) I copy and paste proof for current pricking of the day,
The outsourced for a reason, City Engineer Olver Associates were surveying Seaview Terrace on Tuesday, 7/29/14. Drainage on Seaview Terrace is illegally sent from many neighbors to my private property. Repaving must address legal drainage and paving requirements. Slocum states "HE" doesn't have the money to put in underground sewer drainage. As hands fly by Council for what "they" have money to spend for "their" wants. Another many volume's of corruption. Not the focus here. Under current code http://www.ecode360.com/28413033 (ord. no 39-198, section 98-85 street and lane summary for a residential street, I will cite a few standards and City Engineer loophole. But, as they state again and again, I am too ignorant to know what I am reading, so I'll leave it at that. This is a current picture of Seaview Terrace- my house to the right.
The pavement width before the water line digging last week was 15 ft. It is a dead end without a turn around. Private property at the end of the road is used illegally for a turn around. Perhaps there is compensation through City plowing and other perks. The property is owned by the grandson of the original developer and have kept to themselves until the attempt to rezone to R3. The illegal practices of the City hold the ethics of residents hostage. I am not hostage because City Hall thought they could just eliminate me- no perks needed. Slam her to the ground and drown.
Here are a few words from the current code at my ignorant hand:
Minimum ROW 50 ft
Min Pavement 30 ft
Min Shoulder 3 ft
Parking Status- Both Sides
Deadend streets shall be provided with a turnaround having an outside paved roadway diameter of 112 ft.
Minimum Center line offset distances of adjacent intersections shall be as follows, unless in the opinion of the City Engineer, a shorter distance is unavoidable due to local conditions....
It is clear that City Manager Joe Slocum had corrupt designs to pave Seaview Terrace under new zone R3, the underground new ordinances being deceptively with held under the Comprehensive Plan to be voted in this summer. Public Hearings are a joke, a simple overview to with hold the small print. We all know the small print is the legal kill all. Yet, it is buried into the City Wall Hall underground vault in City Planning- Wayne Marshall. I killed that rezoning. Slocum now states that Seaview Terrace was never slated for paving before this upcoming fall. Below proves he is lying. Why? Are they busy changing the underground approved ordinance changes for the rezoning into R1? Failing to make us a parking lot, what is their next plan not to save Seaview Terrace?
City Manager Joe Slocum once again is caught lying for calculating even more abuse to the residents of Seaview Terrace. He publicly stated in April, at 2 City Council meetings, that Seaview Terrace would be paved in spring/early summer. In April, he flat out denied EVER stating that. I provided the video proving he lied again. And once again he faults incompetence at recall and accountability.
Slocum committed to the repaving in spring/early summer to coincide with the illegal attempt to rezone Seaview Terrace into the new zone R3- Healthcare and Housing Comprehensive Plan. Underway and specific changes underground in the with holding vault of City Planner, Wayne Marshall. I quickly proved the new zone rezoning was illegal under the Maine State Law procedures for rezoning under the Comprehensive Plan and after an executive session on June 17, 2014 with City Attorney Bill Kelly, Code Officer Tod Rosenburg and the rest of the City Hall Players, they did an about face. In a later meeting, Councilor Roger Lee tries to bait me into the neighbor rabbit hole of a favorite City Hall tactic to divide and conquer neighbors. He states that they were effective in the 6/17/14 meeting. No- catching City Hall breaking the law before it became law was effective. The executive session was already slated.
Blog link is the article and my comments in the local paper reporting this. The paper does not report my fact finding ever, and has banned me from posting.
http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/2014/06/proposed-zoning-changes-draw-concerned.html
Here is a previous post with pathetically unprofessional and incompetent accounting for City Manager Joe Slocum.
7/8/14 Comp. Plan Corruption
City Manager and City Planner are rhetoric kings to confuse and bury request. Looking for loopholes to deny basic public information (ie- in this instance negating the usual terminology used in every Planning Board approval of "findings of fact" forcing me into rewording and hence more rhetoric. Here is the request- omitting the findings of fact used in my original request from 6/5 where Slocum began manipulating. Here is the request cut and dry- his response below is insanity fried. What???? Waiting for his new silly response:
(cc'd City Council and Mayor)
7/8/14 And here it is. My response is first sent to Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum, All City Council, Mayor Ash and City Attorney, Bill Kelly. To save repetitive aggravation in his rhetoric, I am putting his previous volleys and follies in a tab above labeled Comp. Plan Corruption.
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Tue 7/08/14 6:16 PM
Joe Slocum,
Tue 7/15/14 10:20 AM
(cc'd City Council and Mayor)
7/8/14 And here it is. My response is first sent to Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum, All City Council, Mayor Ash and City Attorney, Bill Kelly. To save repetitive aggravation in his rhetoric, I am putting his previous volleys and follies in a tab above labeled Comp. Plan Corruption.
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Tue 7/08/14 6:16 PM
Joe Slocum,
Clearly, the about face to reverse rezoning Seaview Terrace to a new zone 3 was because I caught City Hall breaking Maine State Law procedures for Comprehensive Planning . It doesn't get any clearer than this:
Maine Law Comprehensive Plan Contract Zoning: A Flexible Technique for Protecting Maine Municipalities
Pg 263 "LANDOWNER AGREES PRIOR TO A ZONING AMENDMENT, TO PERFORM CONDITIONS NOT IMPOSED ON OTHERS IN THE SAME ZONING CLASSIFICATION.”
Pg. 267 "A PLANNING BOARD, WHICH IN MAINE IS GENERALLY COMPRISED OF LAYMAN, MUST UNDERSTAND, BE PERSUADED AND APPROVE ANY PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE PLAN. The procedure is further complicated and delayed by the statutory requirement that “that the public shall be given and ADEQUATE opportunity to be heard.”
Your words and I quote "I understand that you believe that you are relying on the law that you quoted to me. In my opinion this law has nothing to do with implementing a Comprehensive Plan." are not complying with Maine Law. Your opinion breaks the law, repeatedly I might add.
I want this to be clear as Councilor Roger Lee stated in the last meeting (7/1/14) that my neighbors speaking against the rezoning was effective. It was catching City Hall breaking the law that was effective. Case Closed.
Sincerely,
Laurie Allen
PS- Councilor Roger Lee and City Planner Wayne Marshall also attempted to defer Maine Law Contract Zoning as not relevant because of the term Contract Zoning. In the Maine Law Comprehensive Plan Contract Zoning is this explanation "It should be understood at the outset that the phrase "contract zoning" is simply a convenient term of art. It has no legal significance in and of
itself but merely refers to a reclassification of a land use in which the
landowner agrees, prior to a zoning amendment, to perform conditions
not imposed on others in the same zoning classification. ...
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Joe Slocum,
Proving negates accusing. Lying, with holding and manipulating does make communications challenging- you always get caught. Blaming and denying is not professional or ethical. Stop it and stop resenting yourself. Proof - go to:
Laurie Allen
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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:30:19 -0400
To: laurieallen; councilors@cityofbelfast.org; bkelly11@bluestreakme.com
Ms Allen,
This is my final response to you on your letter of June 6th that I responded to previously
The Planning Board did not make the decision to call your area R#3. That recommendation was made by the Belfast Comprehensive Planning Committee and adopted by the City Council after multiple public hearings There is a Memo from me to the public explaining the roles of the Comprehensive Planning Committee, the Planning Board and the City Council on the City Website that may be of assistance to you.. There was no Zoning Change to the uses authorized on your street. The recommendations from the Comprehensive Planning Committee ( which is a different group than the Planning Board) and which were reviewed and revised by the City Council as Policy statements are all in a sizeable document dated October 13th and 27th of 2013. Both the Comprehensive Planing Committee and the City Council had public Hearings on these recommended policies. Wayne Marshall advises me he specifically sent the portions of that large document relating to this issue to you. If you wish to inspect the whole document you can make an arrangement to come in and do so. Contact Manda in my office so we can schedule a time.
So the Planning Boards responsibility here is to review these policy recommendations found in the Oct 13 and 27, 2013 Document and to put specific language to these recommended policies. They may recommend something different if they believe they should. Since none of their recommended efforts to put language to these policies is back before the City Council I do not know what their ultimate opinion is on any of these issues.
I understand that you believe that you are relying on the law that you quoted to me. In my opinion this law has nothing to do with implementing a Comprehensive Plan.
Finally I will never be in a position to identify and show you all the information that persuaded anyone about anything.
I am not able to read minds. The document quoted above is my response to you. I will be ignoring any further emails that recite seventh request or eighth request. This is my answer- my last answer- to these questions.
Sincerely,
Joseph J Slocum
Joseph J Slocum
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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:30 AM, LAURIE ALLEN wrote:
Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum,
I am concerned for your mental state that is endangering our safety and private properties. You have consistently challenged and denied proven facts of illegal Belfast City Hall procedures/ordinances/state law. I have presented these at public meetings and emails (4 years and counting) where you and City Planner, Wayne Marshall place residents in grave danger and ruin lives and private properties.You have refused every opportunity for the past 4 years to prepare for the expense to properly restore Seaview Terrace to safety. I have proven the City is using this flood plain, flood zone as an illegal forced water slaughter outlet, destroying our private properties and endangering our lives. The City continually adding to it.1. In August 2011 you wrote to me that the road of Seaview Terrace was in need of repair. All the illegal forcing of water to this flood plain, flood zone causes heaving and cracking in the road, with no sewers to take the water away. Instead, the City has illegally dug ditching on the private property of 23 Seaview Terrace in 2009 to allow flow from accumulating water from neighbors to my private property. You, Joe Slocum also lied about this. Stating that the City is legally precluded from doing work on private property.I requested the work orders for heavy equipment from Public Works during that time frame where my neighbor witnessed and put in writing the ditch digging on 23 Seaview Terrace with heavy equipment by Belfast Public Works. Director of Public Works, Bob Richards states that he does not use work orders. I find this questionable- detailed records of equipment use are mandatory for insurance purposes.I persisted for records. In 2012, you (Joe) back peddled and retracted. Stating that "indeed" the City had done private property work on 23 Seaview Terrace, but it had been done 8 or 9 years years prior, past the statutes of 7 years. I still persisted for records.Bob Richards finally produced a steno log/diary of work done on Seaview Terrace. You (Joe) then back pedaled again, and stated yet again, that "indeed" work was done in 2009, but it was done to save the road. There is a culvert under the road at that spot. Impossible for water to reach the road. Unless all of Seaview Terrace goes under. It is a several foot drop from the road to the ditch (pictures on www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com). Furthermore, the digging was done another 10-20 feet in.Digging done to force accumulating water to my private property. ILLEGAL. The Merrill's told me they called Public Works because of that stagnant water and the bugs in that ditch. That is why the City dug the ditch deeper at 23 Seaview Terrace and to allow more water to drain from other neighbors.Then resident, Bud Hand @ 26 Seaview Terrace agreed with Public Works to keep that ditch clear at 23 Seaview Terrace to ensure the flow from his property to me. It's not even his property!! Trespassing onto private property to do work under City instruction. You (Joe) were very sympathetic to this old man when he came to a City Council meeting to speak against my protesting the forced flooding. Pitting neighbors against neighbors, very sad "indeed". Mark Kelley bought Bud's house and told me that Bud gave him instructions to keep the ditch at 23 Seaview Terrace clear.This is why you must install sewers. The forced drainage to me is illegal. Any ditches dug will force more water to me. The pavement width in front of my house is 18 feet. There is no room for ditches even if you channeled it all to Northport Avenue. My section is the flattest on Seaview Terrace. It is the Bermuda Triangle of roadside accumulated water at 22, 23 and 17 Seaview Terrace. Attempting to ditch it to the culvert at 18 Seaview Terrace to the ditch between 17 and 11 Seaview Terrace is illegal by Maine State Law. Illegal to sending accumulated/puddled water to another.2. In 2011 you corruptly deemed the private property drainage ditches on Seaview Terrace as a 100 year old natural stream. I had requested the history and development of Seaview Terrace and all water paths coming into my private property. You with held the original plans showing a ditch was moved and you deem that moved ditch as a natural 100 year old stream. Councilor Roger Lee and Councilor Mike Hurley support this lie.You (Joe) claimed no knowledge of any water forced into Seaview Terrace but would be glad to charge me by the hour to try and find some accounting in some building, somewhere, maybe, if anything exists, in the end, there may be nothing found...3. You (Joe) refuse to include us into the Northport Ave TIF to open up funding for sewer infrastructure.4. You (Joe) refuse to put us into a mitigation plan that will open up funding for sewer infrastructure and assistance in federal funding when we are slaughtered.5. You (Joe) continue to manipulate each request for your corrupt procedures that slaughter private properties.6. City Council is taking firm stands against saving the residents of Seaview Terrace. The City Planner, Wayne Marshall and Planning Board are the tools to the slaughter. City Council Nancy Hamilton is married to Planning Board Chair, Paul Hamilton. The Captain Albert Stevens School planning and approvals as well the Comprehensive Plan, both thick with corrupt procedures. Councilor Nancy Hamilton notoriously defends planning and zoning, even the Searsport tanks. She is a threat to resident safety and ethically should not be on City Council. Her vote tip ethics and safety. She should remove herself.Below is easy validation of, at minimum, compulsive lying, supported by City Council. In the 7/1/14 meeting, Councilor Hurley once again displays accountability inability and unethically attempts to diminish facts by ignorantly stating he fundamentally (?) disagrees. Making stupid comparisons and comments. "Sue us" is his resolution (backing up my foaa for City spending on attorney fees).Hurley portraying me as "dominate" for these past 4 years, where it is actually the truth that is dominant. I am only the messenger. All of these efforts to hide the truth have wasted even more tax dollars into this corrupt, vortex sucking cesspool with unlimited City Attorney advisement.Council Roger Lee is asking me to bring the Seaview Terrace residents back in for testimony to the flooding. Another tactic attempt to confuse and diffuse. The tactic proof is the Cedar Street residents. They came to Council in force (2009? when Seaview Terrace also got nailed, almost wiping 40 Seaview Terrace off the map). They were getting slaughtered by the illegal runoff/melting from the then new Captain Albert Stevens School. They did not know of the corruption to bypass to mandatory Planning Board conditions of approval and snow removal to slaughter residents private property. City Hall did and City Council supports City Hall corruption. No concern for the residents, case closed, no investigation to the flooding, pony up thousands and thousands for sump pumps to send it to a neighbor, to sue each other. City Hall spends infrastructure resident property tax dollars on their greedy visions and wants.I am the only resident in residence on Seaview Terrace that all this water is forced to. The neighbors do not have the same concerns since they are illegally sending me their water with City assistance. The 2 homes below me, the Costello's and Smith's do not own this ditch property. It belongs to MidCoast Mental Health in that section. They have not lost their property to these wild rapids. No one on Seaview Terrace wants to expose the slaughter- it slaughter's property values. I am hanging from the noose alone. Still kicking until.See www.boycottbelfast.blogspot.com for actual pictures of Seaview Terrace in November 2013 after one inch of rain. All the water forced to my private property. Prior to the rain, the ditches were dry. Also is a picture of my hand drawn map for all the water forced into Seaview Terrace. You have seen this many times, as I bring it to meeting after meeting and send it email after email.For clarity Joe Slocum-1. State why you lied "never had any plans to pave Seaview Terrace until next fall" when you clearly stated paving would be done in the spring/summer in the 4/1/14 meeting (below)2. State resolutions to relieve Seaview Terrace of all incoming forced water on all 3 sides - see map on blog.3. State resolution and date for paving and legal drainage of Seaview Terrace.Sincerely,Laurie Allen
Subject: Slocum Paving Spring/Summer not Fall
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:35:43 -0400
7/1/14 Belfast City Council Meeting- http://belfastme.swagit.com/play/07012014-1270/#2 Click 6 open to the public- I'm 3rd speaker ff 4minutes40seconds. Click 7 for communications ff 1minute44seconds- See Slocum lie again "never had any plans to pave Seaview Terrace until next fall" (4/1/14 City Council Meeting- click 7 ff to 9:36 and 12:44, Slocum states TWO times- paving Seaview Terrace this spring/fall http://belfastme.swagit.com/play/04012014-1068/#2 )
Mess of mess- request for 7 zoning conditions for snow removal- why doesn't Council ask for those documents and validate. Certainly a GREAT way to stop this charade. No, better to beat on me and with hold. A disgrace to your parents and those of you with children.
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I rely on many people in what I do and communication is an ever challenging effort. In this process could I make a mistake? The answer is yes. Since last winter the Public Works Director indicated he wanted to repave your street which I correctly reported out. I may have assumed that this was his next round which was finished over a month or so ago with funds from last years budget. When I actually became aware that we were going to do the job later in the year I really do not know. The Water District decided it wanted to get in there before we do and I understand today they are digging up the road to install a new water main. I always planned on getting engineering advice to evaluate the possibility of installing better drainage for the road. I understand that the money for your road is included in this years budget which was approved on July 3, 2014. I have drafted and signed a letter to you and all of your neighbors.I hope to get the Street done as part of a package of other streets. The Public Works Director is on a 2 week vacation and after I speak with him and the engineer I will have a better idea of when we will actually pave.
Sincerely,
Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:45:15 -0400
Ms. Allen,
Lying is a serious accusation and I not only do my best not to do it but yes I do resent being called a liar.
Joseph Slocum
Joe Slocum
I rely on many people in what I do and communication is an ever challenging effort. In this process could I make a mistake? The answer is yes. Since last winter the Public Works Director indicated he wanted to repave your street which I correctly reported out. I may have assumed that this was his next round which was finished over a month or so ago with funds from last years budget. When I actually became aware that we were going to do the job later in the year I really do not know. The Water District decided it wanted to get in there before we do and I understand today they are digging up the road to install a new water main. I always planned on getting engineering advice to evaluate the possibility of installing better drainage for the road. I understand that the money for your road is included in this years budget which was approved on July 3, 2014. I have drafted and signed a letter to you and all of your neighbors.I hope to get the Street done as part of a package of other streets. The Public Works Director is on a 2 week vacation and after I speak with him and the engineer I will have a better idea of when we will actually pave.
Ms Allen,
I sent my reply on July 31. That continues to be my response. Until I have a comprehensive plan and the information I need to make a recommendation on how I am going to go forward I will not have anything else to say to you on this matter. I am working on it.
3rd Request 8/2/14
Joe Slocum,
Per your last attempt to buy time on 7/14, that 2 week time is here. Director Richards back from vacation and the survey to Seaview Terrace done by the engineer last week. Sending a reply that you are not replying is not acceptable .
" I sent my reply on July 31. That continues to be my response. Until I have a comprehensive plan and the information I need to make a recommendation on how I am going to go forward I will not have anything else to say to you on this matter. I am working on it."
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Ms. Allen,
Lying is a serious accusation and I not only do my best not to do it but yes I do resent being called a liar.
Joe Slocum
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Respond to the "Basic Information" that Councilor Hurley uses to insult me, a mom trying to live in safety and peace. Using the current ordinance on the books for streets.
Please respond now. The only reason you will not respond must be delaying until new ordinances from the Comp Plan go through that gives you legal authority to rip us off. Respond today 8/1/14.
1a When and who will pave Seaview Terrace?
1b. Will the entire length of Seaview Terrace be repaved up to the Marriner's private property at 49 Seaview Terrace.
1c. What will be the pavement width and grade (depth)
2a What is the plan for roadside drainage?
2b What is the City ROW from the road, 15ft? 20ft?
Current pavement width in front of my house was 15 ft prior to water line dig up. Water lines and sewage lines are on my half of the road. Opposing side would be the only side for under road storm sewer drainage or your proposed ditching destruction. There are ponds roadside.
3. What is the plan for the turn around? Currently there is none. It appears the private property of 49 Seaview Terrace allows traffic to use their property for turn around. It also appears that the City snow plows that private property and perhaps provides more illegal City maintenance.
4. Please respond before 8/2. There is a City Council meeting this Tuesday, 8/5 and I think it is starting one hour earlier than usual- 6 pm. When will the regular meeting leading into open to the public begin?
On this link http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/2014/07/back-to-saving-seaview-terrace.html is the actual ordinance code
Here are a few words from the current code at my ignorant hand:
Minimum ROW 50 ft
Min Pavement 30 ft
Min Shoulder 3 ft
Parking Status- Both Sides
Deadend streets shall be provided with a turnaround having an outside paved roadway diameter of 112 ft.
Minimum Center line offset distances of adjacent intersections shall be as follows, unless in the opinion of the City Engineer, a shorter distance is unavoidable due to local conditions....
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Above is the request, below is more proof of Slocum's long term slaughtering to Seaview Terrace down to the * line, below that is the email ballet. Volumes and volumes in 4 years, for my same simple request- get the illegal water out of Seaview Terrace, provide sewers for the 48 years of slaughtering private property as a FREE sewer and fix the road.
You wrote in 2011 that Seaview Terrace needed roadwork but YOU were not allocating TAXPAYER money . For 3 years, you ran from every resolution I gave you to fix Seaview Terrace, private property flood plain, flood zone, and NOT a natural outlet from the forced water slaughter on all 3 sides, 48 years adding to it and counting. Instead you rob the Northport Ave TIF for downtown and the Front Street Shipyard wink and nods. Then you refuse to put us into a Mitigation Plan because the Feds would force you to fix this immediately. Every inch of water equals 1 foot of water into Seaview Terrace. I measured up to 3 inches- after that the amount will be even higher. Any event can send us under, and you illegally allow all these sites to melt their "plowable" snow to us. Zoning Conditions require them to remove plowed snow offsite, confirmed by Belfast Chief of Police, Mike McFadden with the huge Captain Albert Stevens School site and the WCGH Annex.
City Hall resolution of go ahead and sue us is corruption and bankrupting resident tax dollars. You need to be fired along with City Planner, Wayne Marshall and Code Officer Tod Rosenburg. My unwavering documentation of this slaughter to Seaview Terrace will bankrupt Belfast in a class action lawsuit when we go under and possible drownings/murder. Seaview Terrace residents simply want to live safely and peacefully in their homes. The most basic right that you are denying.
Per Maine Municipal Association, property taxes are to go to resident infrastructure/ storm water sewers. Per City Planner, Wayne Marshall "Examine how stormwater is managed in through out the area. City often lacks adequate facilities. This is a significant neighbor to neighbor issue and could hinder the developments of professional offices in the area. Relying mostly on-site stormwater managements is both expensive and land consumptive for many uses."
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Fri 9/09/11 4:50 PM
Ms Allen,
Good afternoon. I regret that I have been away for two weeks because of two family emergencies.
The road could indeed use some work and will be addressed in conjunction with our regular road program which calls for attention in areas about every 10 years. The road has alligator cracking because the ground underneath is wet. The present existence of a couple of culverts underneath the road which transfer some water from the higher land across the street to your land on the North side are an attempt by the City to have the road not act as a dam to the natural flow of gravity and also to preserve the asphalt on the road itself by eliminating standing water on the road edge or underneath it. We have these culverts all over the City and you will indeed find them all over the State.I will ask my Public Works Director, by copy of this email to let us know in what year your road might see some resurfacing. It will not be this year. At this time there are no funds or plans to install storm sewers along your road. ...
Good afternoon. I regret that I have been away for two weeks because of two family emergencies.
The road could indeed use some work and will be addressed in conjunction with our regular road program which calls for attention in areas about every 10 years. The road has alligator cracking because the ground underneath is wet. The present existence of a couple of culverts underneath the road which transfer some water from the higher land across the street to your land on the North side are an attempt by the City to have the road not act as a dam to the natural flow of gravity and also to preserve the asphalt on the road itself by eliminating standing water on the road edge or underneath it. We have these culverts all over the City and you will indeed find them all over the State.I will ask my Public Works Director, by copy of this email to let us know in what year your road might see some resurfacing. It will not be this year. At this time there are no funds or plans to install storm sewers along your road. ...
Joe Slocum
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Three years later, YOU decide Seaview Terrace will paved in conjunction with the water district in early summer. The water district delayed their schedule due to YOU. It was scheduled for the first week in July. At that time, YOU were delaying the paving until FALL per Keith Pooler, Belfast Water District Superintendent. They were done with the replacement of the water line on Thursday 7/24/14. They said they would tie us into the water line this past week and we would been done. They did not do that. They are delaying and are not committing to when we will be tied back in. They are giving me the run around that it may take some time to tie back in. The water testing suddenly may take weeks...
And for 3 years YOU have not planned for proper infrastructure. Stating that YOU do not have 220K to install sewers. YOU are totally corrupt and endangering resident's lives on an highly perked salary tax payer tab.
Clearly. you are stringing this along as you rewrite ordinance in the comprehensive plan not yet voted in by City Council. The budget went into effect 8/1/14. Replying that you are not replying is CORRUPTION, Exactly what you attempted to do in the Comprehensive Plan. Illegally rezoning Seaview Terrace to the new zone R3. Most likely to pave our paradise into a parking lot.
City Councilor Mike Hurley threatening us with complying to the illegal rezoning or more water slaughter to the scope of the Grand Canyon.
From: mike@pilut.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 11:39:14 -0400
Which one is it? An all-encompassing office complex or the new Grand Canyon?
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What would be helpful would be if you were capable of believing the basic information
City Councilor Mike Hurley resorts again and again, to SLANDERING and BULLYING me for the constant with holding of public information by City Hall corruption thicker than the bottom of their cess pool sludge. Any man subjected to this for the past 4 years would have much more colorful language and outrage. Thankfully, I am not a man and am judged by the man. Big Deal. Small men, white collar chumps (unless Hurley is donning his usual Charlie Brown attire). I survive this by all of your comic failure. Pathetically and incompetently ridiculous. Each one of you.
From: mike@pilut.com
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As Always,
Laurie Allen
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Legal notice in Repubblican Journal 7/31/14 For New Flood Zone Firm Maps- 90 days to appeal
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