In Town Residential R3 & R1 Listing Corruption

                                                   BE WHAT THEY PRETEND TO BE

11/5/2015 I've provided a lot of supporting history information that is overwhelming. The fact that City Manager Joe Slocum refuses to update the City website for the in-town zoning that he claims was voted in by Belfast City Council over a YEAR ago, in 10/2014 is the RED FLAG. Regardless of what he writes in emails or "manipulates" as an official document, he lies. When caught he blames me and when I finally corner him, he states he makes mistakes. His emails below stating Seaview Terrace is R1 is not official. The only official map the can be validated is to put it on the City website.

All of the yellow area was R2 (which unbeknownst to most R2 residents, allowed for medical offices). The new zone R3 is Housing and HealthCare. Belfast City Hall held public hearings in the summer of 2014, stating the R2 zone would become R1. That is a different zone- R1 does not allow medical facilities. 

From:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Sent:	Fri 6/13/14 12:37 PM
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City Manager Joe Slocum, Belfast City Council and Mayor,

Please respond today per my FOAA 6/6/14 and agenda requested 6/3/14.

1. Has  Seaview Terrace been approved for rezoning to R1 and included into the R1 public hearings? If not, please respond to #2 and #3.  (Advise to all recipients on this email)

2a. Respond via email today- Members of the Belfast Planning Board approving amendment to rezone residential Seaview Terrace to R3- Healthcare and Housing. (Advise to all recipients on this email) 

 b. All the information provided to "persuade" the Belfast Planning Board to approve the proposed change to rezone Seaview Terrace to R3, Healthcare and Housing. The residential zone is the most stringent zone to protect residents.

 (Advise to all recipients on this email)

3. Confirm  6/17/14 City Council Meeting agenda for discussion of validity to rezone residential Seaview Terrace to R3- Healthcare and Housing per 6/3 open to the public request at Council Meeting. (Advise to all recipients on this email) 

It is VERY difficult to obtain basic information. It would be helpful to be helpful rather than look for loopholes to deny. 

City Manager, Joe Slocum is:

>>>Misleading the public in procedures (see Maine State Law below landowners must agree to change, Planning Board approval, then public hearings)

Maine Law Comprehensive Plan Contract Zoning: A Flexible Technique for Protecting Maine Municipalities

http://mainelaw.maine.edu/academics/maine-law-review/pdf/vol24_2/vol24_me_l_rev_263.pdf

  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.”  

>>>Delaying FOAA illegally and charging unreasonably for public information (see below in red. Using Wayne Marshall's absence and information contributes to all residents.)

The Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) is a state statute that is intended to open the government of Maine by guaranteeing access to the "public records" and "public proceedings" of state and local government bodies and agencies.

Can an agency or official delay responding if my request was not directed to the agency public access officer?

No. An agency that receives a request to inspect or copy a public record must acknowledge and respond regardless of whether the request was directed to the public access officer. The unavailability of a public access officer may not be reason for a delay. 1 M.R.S. § 413(3)

The agency or official may, but is not required to, waive part or all of the total fee if the requester is indigent, or if the agency or official considers release of the public record to be in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of government and is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester. 1 M.R.S. § 408-A(11)

Sincerely,

Laurie Allen

Re: FOAA 6/6/14

Joseph Slocum

7/08/14

To: LAURIE ALLEN, Councilors, William S. Kelly

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Sent:	Tue 7/08/14 5:30 PM
To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com); Councilors (councilors@cityofbelfast.org); William S. Kelly (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

During the hearings, Belfast City Hall was "imposing" that Seaview Terrace and Wight St would not follow the rest of the R2 into R1. Slating us as R3. More manipulation and they claim only Wight St was rezoned as R3. Yet, real estate listings since the changes in the old R2 have been corrupt with agents refusing to confirm true zone code. That tells me that all of R2 is R3. City Manager Joe Slocum and City Planner Wayne Marshall fabricate lie after lie as to why they will not officiate the zoning of R1 and R3 on the City website. 

PUT THE R1 AND R3 ZONES ON THE WEBSITE. AGENTS ARE SELLING FALSELY ZONED PROPERTIES AND THE BUYER IS SCREWED. THE LIST GOES ON, SELL THEM UNDISCLOSED HELL.

Below, my request has and is the same. Put the zoning on the website. None of his rhetoric is acceptable. No unofficial maps and no meeting minutes (the minutes state they voted in ordinances according to the massive binder! Nothing specific- therefore useless) And Sloscum tries to charge me for his corruption.  

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Ms Alllen,

 Thank you for your inquiry. I spoke to Wayne Marshall and he advised me that he has sent you  the Map showing that Seaview Terrace is R-1 three times.

Seaview Terrace is R-1. I do not know how to be any clearer to you than this. If maps on line are not current I will look into when I can  and if you are correct then we will get to that when we can.

 I have tried to help you in the past but I will no longer be sending information to third parties at your request.

I will be reviewing your request further, including securing a copy of the map that has been sent to you 3 times. You will get a further response form me withing 10 days. That will be before or on February 24th.

 Sincerely,

Joe Slocum




Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:25:58 -0500
Subject: Re: Zone R3 21st Request
From: citymanager@cityofbelfast.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com; councilors@cityofbelfast.org; mcushman@cityofbelfast.org

Ms Allen,

I did the research you asked for and have photocopied for you the 15 pages of the minutes of the Council Meeting of October 7, 2014 when the City Council voted to adopt amendments to the Code of Ordinances and 6 pages of the newly adopted Maps which show Seaview Terrace as being Zoned R-1.

These maps still need to be updated on the city website.

I am leaving this documentation with My Assistant Manda Cushman along with a bill for $5 for the charge of researchibng and copying these records for you.

Sincerely,

 Joe Slocum

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Sent:	Thu 2/26/15 9:23 AM
To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)

Ms. Allen,

 Your maps are here for you to pick up as earlier communicated to you in writing. The Freedom of access act does not entitle you to demand we do anything with our website by a certain date and we will get to it when we can. I have written to you and confirmed that Seaview Terrace is R-1 and I have made arrangements to get you a copy of the minutes of when it was approved and a copy again of the maps themselves. I will not do anything more on this request. You have all the information and I have offered you the rest when you pay the copying fee.

Joseph J. Slocum 
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11/4/2015 If I am correct, will the old R2 unite and fight the Belfast City Hall deception that we were zoned into R1 over a year ago? Belfast City Hall will not officiate the R1 and R3 zones on the website. City Manager Joe Slocum and City Planner Wayne Marshall lie. Slocum lies in emails too. Confident the City Attorney will break you financially and mentally with billable hour foot dragging. Their forte' with resident's footing the bill. Basically suing ourselves. That's their arena, with Belfast resident, corrupt Judge Patricia Worth ruling for corruption. The Belfast Games.

R2 boycotting and protesting will yield immediate results. It's our property. It is clear that R2 is now R3. See the laws that are clear they will take us without fair compensation. Buy us out, we fly. Destroy us, we fight. http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/maine-municipalities-especially-smaller.html

Destroy the property is the "watershed R2"plan. Fire/Flood/Disaster Plan. Independent Resident Committee's maintain the protection. From here on in. A committee for each of City Hall department. Resisting is assisting the taking. Amnesty for those implicated by the City. Belfast can be where it begins. The first star on the map against government corruption. Shining, beautiful Belfast.

Other neighborhoods have other corruption. New developments will bring more corruption. It's daily life, epic corruption. Thinking that you can't fix City Hall is not thinking and the children pay.

                                              Think "We Can, We Must"
Call me or email to committee- laurieallen55@msn.com or leave a message @ 207-218-1125.


http://www.cityofbelfast.org/index.aspx?nid=314
11/4/2015 add on to 11/1/2015- After 20 odd years as the Belfast Tax Assessor, Bob Whiteley told me in 2012 that the Comprehensive Plan would be devastation to many residents. He was giving me a heads up on his way out. Thank you Bob. The mental beat down never broke me because I knew. The "Plan" was adopted in 2009 and hush, hush to the public. Committee's formed for appearance of public involvement and transparency. In executive sessions, City Council was groomed for the real plan in private packed binders. That is how they voted the zoning through in 10/2014?. No specifics, City Council voted the ordinances as written in the binder, over several meetings. 

Belfast City Officials (Planner Wayne Marshall, Manager Slocum and City Council- Roger Lee, Nancy Hamilton, Eric Sanders, Mary Mortier and Heil Mike Hurley) began manipulating public information for intown zoning changes in Spring 2014. My street, Seaview Terrace and Wight Street were targeted as bait. They proposed that Seaview Terrace and Wight St would not move with the rest of R2 into R1- strict residential.The R2 at this time would allow for medical offices. The rest of the old R2 was proposed to go into R1. STOP RIGHT THERE.

I found online, Maine Law stating that the municipality cannot section out private properties into a different zone from the rest of the private properties. Unless that private property/neighborhood agrees to be sectioned out. Otherwise the entire zone moves from the old zone code (R2) into the new zone code (R3). If the public does not stop it before City Council votes it in, it's a done deal. City Manager Joe Slocum is a prior attorney and City Attorney Kristen Collins came from the Maine Municipal Alliance as an attorney. She knows this law like Liar Liar Pants On Fire... City Manager Joe Slocum states that in his opinion he doesn't have to follow Comprehensive Plan Maine Law??

11/4/2015   http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/7814-comp-plan-corruption.html  This page contains the Maine Law and corrupt emails from Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum attempting to deviate Maine Law. The refusal to put the official zoning map voted through (9/2014 according to Slocum vs. 10/2014 per City Planner Lizard Wayne Marshall (Rhetoric Deviator). Many residents of the old R2 district were unaware that a medical facility was allowed because of the separate zone for healthcare (Waldo County General Hospital, The Annex and Midcoast Mental Health).  

Spring 2014_ The lizard deviates the R2 (yellow section in map above) public attention by stating R2 will go into R1 with the exception of Wight St and Seaview Terrace. I protest immediately and the play begins. Wight St already had a medical office. Those residents did not react. Over the summer, Seaview Terrace residents were led to believe we won, we would be moving into R1. Buying more time to vote all of the R2 into R3- Healthcare and Housing. Legal and done because R2 was healthcare and housing.  Stopping the old R2 from organizing and petitioning to become a new zone- R1. 
 http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/30-Huntress-Ave_Belfast_ME_04915_M46835-94916?row=18
 $189,000

Home For Sale Pending 23 days on market

30 Huntress Ave Belfast, ME 04915

Other Property Info

• City: Belfast
• State Or Province: ME
• County Or Parish: Waldo
• Zoning: See Town

The Plan is all healthcare for the R3 zone. See the Lizard's Spring 2014 roll out for Healthcare and Housing (R3) copied from the City website also on this page. The lizard states that current homes will be phased out..Since the unknown vote for the old R2, property listing zoning codes in this old zone are corrupt. I caught 45 Seaview Terrace listed as Hlthcare in Fall 2014. Others list R2, residential, R1, and recently-  "town" on Huntress Ave. Meaning go see the Lizard to be duped without documentation.

http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/belfast-listings-9.html
 

 

Corrupted listing with agents enjoying the turnover after the buyer is screwed and moves to sell hell to another. It stops here. City Council Miss Piggy Mortier is a real estate agent. A smelly monster with the rest of the agents, destroying life after life for a couple of thousand in commission. 

When I was sold hell by her buddies Bill Ingersoll, Jan Andrews, Sam Mitchell and property inspector DJ Brown, China,  I went to the agents and businesses and begged them to demand that  Belfast City Hall stop the slaughter to residents private property. Repeatedly to the King Pins- Greg Dutch/Dutch Chevrolet and JB Turner/Front Street Shipyard. No. Instead they slapped my in the face and awarded resident abuser City Manager Joe Slocum Citizen of the Year. Slap Back- BOYCOTTT WILL HAPPEN!! http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/belfast-listings-9.html

Protesting Belfast, Maine Corruption Today & Every Day

(Ironically Dan Dunkle's employee- Dan West snapped these pictures of me with my flag 5/2012. Before I became a true threat to the hypocrisy of Belfast "Democracy" then they "disabled" me)

http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/free.html
Click link for Jay Davis Hypocrite History and Dan Dunkle (Courier Gazette/Republican Jrnl Editor)

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BELFAST — Three bids received by the city for the planned Downtown Revitalization project came in much higher than officials anticipated.

City Planner Wayne Marshall briefed councilors on the status of the Downtown Revitalization project during a meeting Tuesday, July 15. The three bids the city received came in at $867,716, $1,162,210 and $1,203,15.

Those amounts were significantly higher than the $650,000 cost estimate that was prepared by the city's engineering firm Sebago Technics.

The purpose of the Downtown Revitalization project is to rebuild Cross Street between Main and Spring Streets, create additional parking and enhance the infrastructure above and below the ground to encourage redevelopment in the area.

The city received a $500,000 grant in order to help pay for the cost of the project.

Because the bid amounts “considerably greater” than what the city anticipated, Marshall recommended councilors accept the bids, which simply acknowledges they were received, and then ask the Downtown Revitalization Committee to reevaluate the project.

Once the committee has time to review the bids and the project, it provide recommendations to the council on how to proceed at a future date.

Marshall also noted that the city was looking at splitting the project into two phases with a portion of the work to be completed in the fall and the remainder to be finished in the spring. However, he pointed out that delaying the start of the project and seeking more bids in the spring may encourage additional companies to express an interest in the project. He noted one of the challenges of bidding a project during the summer is that many of the businesses are busy with other projects.

Councilors voted 3-0 to accept the bids as presented with Councilors Mike Hurley and Eric Sanders absent.

 POSTED BY: LAURIE LEE ALLEN | Jul 17, 2014 11:19

Ron Harriman, economic consultant, , Sebago Technic Engineering, and City Planner Wayne Marshall all on the tax payers payroll. Tying us into the 500k grant with a match requirement and corruptly under estimating the tax payers tab to secure approval for acceptance of the grant. Again, Marshall is "gravely" at the podium, like almost EVERY one of his riddled planning projects. Stating the original bait cast by these con artists would cost us "100k plus or minus"  for this "greater connectivity" City Hall want. Right there- when Council approved the acceptance of the grant, the motion must include matching requirement can not exceed 100k. They corruptly do not do that. Knowing the scheme, the submitted match estimate is never  true. 100k is not even in that realm. They all knew it then.  

Per Maine Municipal Association, basic infrastructure for the residents is automatic. Belfast Director of Public Works, Bob Richards stated 3 months ago in the budget hearings, that the City was over 1 million dollars in neglect to just the UPKEEP of the roads. Wayne Marshall admitting over and over again that resident drainage is a disaster..

Get the project underway and then slam us. SOS- from 100k to a minimum of 1 million. Even the bids are not actual. Always a fore seen "unforeseen" behind the scene to award the lowest bid and slam us again, again and again. City Manager, Joe Slocum, corrupt steward of our money, casts more bait- wait a few more months and see if bids come in lower when they are hungry, unethical securing of easements after underway, straddling those residents over a barrel again and again. Wayne Marshall deflecting accountability by stating he's "just on the committee". Sue Wayne Marshall, Ron Harriman, Sebago Technics and Joe Slocum for fraud and embezzlement.
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Now read below and get your puke bucket first.  Dunkle and his staff protects Belfast City Hall. Dan Dunkle, Jay Davis, and Heil Hurley "TEE"- Three Evil Ego's. 

http://www.freepressonline.com/Content/Top-Scrolling-Area/Top-Scrolling-Area/Article/Whoa-Step-Off-City-Hall/126/724/42047

Whoa — Step Off, City Hall

by Alice McFadden, Publisher, The Free Press

Thursday, October 29, 2015 10:44 AM

On Tuesday afternoon, Rockland’s City Manager sent off a “news release” to media outlets. Titled “City Council Has a Positive Vision,” the communique began by claiming that Dan Dunkle’s reporting for the Courier-Gazette on the council’s goal-setting workshop, held on October 22, demonstrated a lack of understanding of the content and structure of the workshop, took comments out of context, and was “highly disappointing and counterproductive.” It went on to describe his “brief attendance” at the meeting, which resulted in statements being taken “out of context.”

OK, all well and good, a city manager has free-speech whining rights just like the next guy. This is not the first time that City Manager Chaousis has felt it his duty to instruct the press in their proper duties, as have other Rockland city councilors, on occasion. This latest missive, however, does rank right at the top of nominations for The Most  Arrogant to emanate from City Hall. It, of course, doesn’t even begin to measure up to the ones that flow almost daily from Governor LePage’s office in Augusta. Those are unmatched in attacking the press and, well, pretty much everyone and everything, while planting another flag on the moral high ground and declaring bold public rectitude.

Rockland’s recent efforts to manage the flow of information — “speaking with one voice” — is, however, beginning to ape the LePage administration’s unprecedented efforts in that regard. The state’s departments are now fronted with highly paid media relations people, whose job, currently, is to block the media from direct access to public information, while the governor leads the charge to denigrate, insult, punish and get fired those who don’t march along to the tune of his singular brainwaves.

And sorry to say that Tuesday’s press release and many parts of the goal-setting SWOT analysis (including that name, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunties, Threats) did conjure up visions of George Orwell’s ghost. “Newspeak,” the fictional language created by Orwell’s fictional state, Oceania, to control the message, bears an uneasy resemblance to some of the communication improvement themes now emanating from City Hall.

And, the three-paragraph summary of the City’s Positive Vision of what Rockland will be as of June 2018, well it, too, smacks of Orwell’s Oceania: for example, “a place where public officials, private citizens and the press work together, with optimism, trust and collaboration … we have a strong legislative voice and are succeeding in our advocacy at the State level … we have increased tourism … there is an in-town housing renaissance for all socioeconomic levels, and young families are choosing to live in the City of Rockland due to the availability of middle-class housing and the quality of our education.…”

In Tuesday’s news release, the city manager chastised Dunkle for not conveying the Positive Vision. City Hall might want to step back for a moment and assess whether its recent efforts to, for example, subsume the duties of the school board, and now editorship of a local paper, might not actually be best described as bold visionary leadership, but rather as a tad too much top-down overdirecting.

And not to be outdone, yesterday Fank Isganitis went where no former City Mayor has gone before . . . Ordered to cut-off the microphone and direct all the cameras away from the speaker. All the speaker was doing was listing the recent "achievements" of the present city manager. We The People can begin to take back City Hall by VOTING NOVEMBER 3!

10/31/15- Most sickening is the powerful hypocrisy. Follow the president of the Restorative Justice Program, Jay Davis (with side car Mike Hurley) and the corruption unfolds like a bad sack of apples. Jay's links to the Courier Gazette/Republican Journal news media and editor Dan Dunkle going after Rockland Me City Hall corruption this week has me totally disgusted. Dan has banned me from posting comments, has been informed 24/7 of the corruption in Belfast, the same with holding of documents, intimidation to stop speech, etc. but doesn't report Belfast City Hall corruption. Why is that Dan? Allegiance to the Belfast Regime created by Jay Davis and Mike Hurley. In it to win it, more, more more. I have to tell the full story in one story. That will be a big job. All this daily piecemeal corruption blogging is overwhelming for readers.

With election day looming and all the posts by the corrupt to re-elect puppet Eric Sanders is more of the same. Rip off the needs of 99% for more of the 1% wants. "If we fix one neighborhood, we'll have to fix them all." Let them crumble and pave paradise for economic development, protect the players. They will be at the polls. Fight corruption by resident committee's. The true forum for open discussion and resolution. Why wait to we're rubble? Save your home/town now, organize. www.moralmondays.blogspot.com.

I secured my protest signs to my SUV and away I went to Belfast City Hall to pay my property taxes. Parked in the center of downtown for over an hour and then up to Hannaford (grocery store). Lots of visibility and wind. Good thing a sturdy woman makes sturdy signs.

RSU71 Superintendent Knowles. BAHS Guidance Director Davis, Jessica Woods & Principal Fitzpatrick Student Discrimination & Fraud

 10/30/15 Save Humanity, Save Maine, Save Belfast- Start Here. I've got 'em. Let's Roll.

Corruption Risk in Maine - State Integrity Investigation

www.stateintegrity.org/maine

Maine gets a grade of F for corruption risk and ranks 46th out of 50 states in the ... but many other ethics regulations are weak, and the legislature often makes...

Belfast, Maine- The corrupt paint community and a dream. So many sold into a nightmare with every last dollar. Corruption off the charts, Megan Maine Realtor Crook Earl Black, ALL area real estate agents (I reached out to all of them, my City Council Rep is an agent, crooked Miss Piggy Mortier, some I've known for 40+ years) in with Belfast City Hall, Police Chief McFadden and his secret intelligence brother-in-law (local Time Warner Cable guy Tom, who had been in my home, accessing MY computer many times as I spewed Belfast corruption. Tom never let on he was the Chief's brother-in-law. Eventually, I found out. The Chief was not happy.)"Our Town Belfast" (should be Downtown Belfast), Chamber of Commerce, Healthcare scum (Belfast- Dr. Charmaine Jensen,  Dr. Mark Jensen, Dr. Edward Zanca) businesses (esp. John "Skip" Smith- J&B Autobody, Chris Kulbe-Ridge Top Chimney, Lowe's subcontractors for fence and front door, Belfast global bank credit card calling center, RSU71 administration (NOT TEACHERS), Judge Patricia Worth, Jay Davis- Restorative Justice Program Chairman, ... players list including Dutch Chevrolet and Front St Shipyard, even Upper Cut Hair Salon - kept cancelling our appointments to squeeze us out... all the businesses should be supporting the residents as our property taxes support them.

Fine. You Need Us, We Don't Need You- BOYCOTT THE PLAYERS AND CORRUPT. IT WILL HAPPEN AS THE WITH HELD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SECRET PRINT TAKES  MANY PRIVATE PROPERTIES. THE TPP OF BELFAST. VOTED IN OVER A YEAR AGO AND CITY HALL REFUSES TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE OFFICIALLY WITH NEW ZONING FOR R1, R2 AND R3.That's only one of binders of unknowns voted into ordinance. Real estate agents know and take the 5th. Nice, sell hell and mentally flog any that tell. That would be  me, 5 years and counting.

Maine Realtor Commission equally corrupt. Actually more, because they are the ethics board for the slugs. And Governor Chuckie LeRage, wife Ann, DEP, EPA, engineers, attorney's, contractors,  all involved with the economic development of Belfast- implicated, enabling and growing.

 Breaking news- corrupt neighbors- fraudulent Dr. Mark Jensen and wife, Dr. Charmaine. Corrupt "NOT Dermatology" Belfast Doctors (residents with young children that live a half a mile away from me- across Rte 1 from Irvings/NAPA Auto) do not list the Dr.'s names- Dr. Mark Jensen and Dr. Charmaine Jensen. In the Bangor Daily News comments, they are not dermatologists and "disgusting". He is an opiate psychiatrist and she is a plastic surgeon. I even asked Dr. Charmaine Jensen if she offers laser treatment for acne. She said her husband does, she'll check with him!!! A shrink frying your skin and she'll fix the maiming. And double bill Medicare. http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_60.html



10/27/2015

When we met Aung San Suu Kyi she seemed calm, almost serene. But after talking with her for a while, we noticed the steely determination that got her through nearly two decades of house arrest.

Aung San Suu Kyi: Well, how can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-burma-aung-san-suu-kyi-60-minutes/

I was shocked to read the comments on the BDN article Tom Groening did on me in 2012./http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/14/news/midcoast/belfast-woman-fights-city-over-drainage/  I didn't know about online comments till my neighbor told me that I was getting nailed. By then the thread was closed. Those that got deleted must have brutal. BDN lets alot slide, except mine. Belfast City Wall protection. Some thugs never change.



http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/26/news/midcoast/belfast-city-council-race-heats-up/comments/

10/25/15 Status Quo-  RSU71 Officials & Players targets, intimidates and discriminates scholar student because student is my son. I was awarded hotly contested relocation because of my dedication to my children and ability to survive. We relocated here in 2010 with every last cent to get back up safely and privately. Home, work, school and back home. Heal and move on, finally. Prior hell all wrapped up, deaths, estate corruption, insane divorce and family court, more corruption...
more alienation as I held the line and my children with facts and complete honest transparency.

The true threat to the liars, cheaters, thieves, addicts, unbalanced in family, government, schools, business and community, the one that cannot be bought or implicated. Clean and striving for more cleanliness every minute as the masses of corrupt keep on dumping.

Belfast City Hall & Players saw easy prey for passing off another undisclosed private property City hell. I did everything to the T. No mistakes, no violations, no record. No matter. Belfast City Hall operates under their own charter- Corruption Constitution. State instructed via the Maine Municipal Association. Belfast Bullies. At 50 years old, I had to take them all on. The list is endless over the past 5 years. As those standing up to abuse will tell, the true devastation is the lack of community support that spreads into mob mentality.  NJ, Bayside, Belfast, State, Country, World.

Holding your family and town accountable is where it begins. The foundation. I've written this again and again and have reached out to group after group. From NJ to Maine to the Feds- more of the same. More, more, more, feed the ego's. Eating the clean alive. Using children is prime time.

Meeting after meeting, event after event, I sound the alarms, alone and targeted. Here are a few clips https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ6aJhzv8r1HoMqA1XrPmB3l5amLnlKTA

Service men and women are killed and mangled for the 1%. The 1% has made America sick. If towns refuse to hold the local 1% and players accountable, their hands enable the killing and mangling. Feeding the corrupt. We are all connected. It can begin in Belfast.  Owning the skeletons brings greatness. Most already know. Be a hero, get brave. Let's Roll. I'll start up Moral Mondays again- send me a message- laurieallen55@msn.com. www.moralmonday.blogspot.com

Towns were duped into the RSU20 withdraw. Millions spent on the players, the new RSU71 is broke and broken. Millions should have been banked to support the new RSU,  instead Belfast City Hall burned through the surplus for more economic wants. Many corrupt projects, too many to track. But hey, lets charge more to dispose of trash(the poor pile it in their yards or nature dump it.) City Hall continues to cut property tax services (basic infrastructure) and jacks up taxes creates a TIF pocket for the 1% and players. City Hall tells the public that we aren't paying for the TIF projects for the 1%... Insane. If private property taxes went into a TIF for resident's needs- how would that suit the 1% and City Hall? http://boycottbelfast.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_30.html


Superintendent Knowles interest is financial assets, not the students and not the parents. Another 1%'er. Belfast City Manager Joe Slocum is baiting for upcoming spending. He had Superintendent Knowles come to the 10/20/2015 City Council meeting to cast the line. It was not impressive. Councilor Eric Sanders is a puppet. This meeting at least Sanders asked a challenging question from the public. Usually he just repeats what was already said, adding "in reality...does that make sense...correct me if I'm wrong..." playing both sides of any fence, feet firmly planted with the Wall of Corruption. My mother (1918-1995) would peg Sanders as milk toast. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/milktoast

City Council Hurley pulls the strings to move City Council his way. His wallet is full of downtown puppets and players.They act in unison. Growing and sustaining with or without Hurley. His ego greed seed was planted when he came to Belfast in the 80's and saw easy takings with lax laws and the vulnerable. To see Superintendent Knowles not impress, click on the meeting link and then 10A. http://belfastme.swagit.com/play/10202015-1489/#2

RSU71 Superintendent Knowles, BAHS Guidance Director Davis and Principal Fitzpatrick guilty of  Counterfeiting and Student Discrimination 

rom:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Sent:	Sun 8/23/15 10:27 AM
To:	jwoods@rsu71.org (jwoods@rsu71.org); jdavis@rsu71.org (jdavis@rsu71.org); sfitzpatrick@rsu71.org (sfitzpatrick@rsu71.org); tkenniston@rsu71.org (tkenniston@rsu71.org); Molly Ross (mross@rsu71.org); pknowles@rsu71.org (pknowles@rsu71.org); ebaker@rsu71.org (ebaker@rsu71.org); tdoran@rsu71.org (tdoran@rsu71.org); LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)

To All,

I googled my son's name today and found (son) was awarded this highest honor achievement, Phi Betta Kappa, and no one from the school notified me. I don't know if (son) knows (edit- he did not). He is still sleeping. Nothing is posted on the BAHS Guidance FB site, yet other students receiving awards outside of school awards are posted- **** for the Eagle Scout and ***** for Boys Nation. Nothing is posted on the BAHS website.

I have sent requests for letters of recommendations to Jessica Woods, Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Baker. I hope these letters give (son) the highest recommendations and all staff will go above and beyond to get (son) into MIT. I'd like to meet with Superintendent Knowles and (son) for college support and assistance.  Please advise.

It is clear that (son) has not received Guidance advocacy that began when he entered BAHS 9th grade. James Davis, Director of Guidance was (son) counselor and did not advise (son) that he did not receive his elective. (son) even met with James Davis before the cut off because (son) wanted to be placed in honors English. Davis told him to stay put and never advised that his elective was not available. (son) was only carrying 5 1/2 credits without that elective! Some days he was done with classes at 10:30 am. I would come to the school and take him home for the day. Mr. Kenniston was there one day when I was signing him out at 10:30. He looked at (son)'s schedule and said nothing. I had been taking (son) out every week for 3 months before I figured out that he didn't get his elective. I sent emails to James Davis and Principal Fitzpatrick asking if (son) would be penalized for leaving school at 10:30 am for the day, every week. James Davis  lied, stating (son) CHOSE not to pick another elective. Principal Fitzpatrick supported James Davis. At that time, (son) should have received Latin 1 with accelerated tutoring on site. Instead I had to fight to get him enrolled with an online elective for a half credit through Asst. Superintendent McDonald.

Last year was AP Environmental Science with lies that (son) could not take that class online. (son's)'s schedule this year is brutal, his senior year. Why? Why has (son) been short changed? The Phi Betta Kappa student of Belfast, receiving that award regardless of the adults hurting his education. I fear he will be hurt further because I am writing this. School parents are damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Here are past difficult emails of proof. This is from my public blog,  "parent" is me and *** is son. http://waldokids.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html

Please turn this around. Please post the award on the FB and school website and advise if any presentation of the award is slated. (son's) Dad is here for a few weeks and would proudly attend a presentation.
Thank you to all of (son) teachers (please share). 

Sincerely,
Laurie Allen

And here it is- Superintendent Knowles commits fraud with a

counterfeit document signed by Guidance Director James Davis

and Principal Fitzpatrick. PBK Dr. Ward confirms fraud.
 

rom:	Paul Knowles (pknowles@rsu71.org) This sender is in your contact list.
Sent:	Fri 8/28/15 10:11 AM
To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)

Laurie,

The award is being mailed to you this week. (Son) was absent during the awards presentation when it was to be presented. Then students who were absent from the ceremony were asked to pick up the awards in the office, but this did not happen with (son) for what ever reason.

Paul Knowles

From: delliotward@emhs.org
To: laurieallen55@msn.com
CC: mross@rsu20.org; mross@rsu71.org
Subject: RE: XXXXX Belfast Award 2015.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 17:45:36 +0000
The photo you e-mailed is not of the certificate that we sent to the school.  Our certificate was sent to James Davis from our printing company, likely in April.  Maybe Mrs. Ross could inquire about it for you with Mr. Davis and that she could let the guidance staff  know that I have said that what you received is not our certificate.  The name on the form is James Davis.It was sent to James Davis.  If they cannot find it and are willing to pay for a new one, someone from the school can contact me and I can give them the contact information for the printing company.
Debora Elliott Ward, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
The Acadia Hospital
268 Stillwater Ave.
Bangor, ME  04402-0422
Office (207) 973-6349
Fax (207) 973-6038

rom:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Sent:	Sat 8/29/15 9:18 AM
To:	pknowles@rsu71.org (pknowles@rsu71.org); LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Cc:	Molly Ross (mross@rsu71.org)

Superintendent Knowles,

I had hoped for concern and immediate resolution from you. I was hopeful that you would fully investigate the history of BAHS administration staff (Director of Guidance James Davis, Counselor Jessica Woods, Principal Fitzpatrick, Asst. Principal Kenniston and Ann McClellan (ILP failure administration) intentionally dismissing my son's education. Despite their cruelty, (son) has kept his head down and with his teachers, has achieved the stellar Phi Beta Kappa Achievement Award and a 4.0(?) GPA. BAHS administration has denied (son) that achievement and crushes his self esteem. Your response is not believable and is an insult.  This was an opportunity for integrity. Time is critical with early deadlines to college's worthy of (son) and 2 weeks have been wasted.

 Knowles continues the fraud. He doesn't know I have sent

the fraud certificate to Dr. Ward for verification.

Knowles is more "personal" in this email because I began copying my son's teacher- Mrs. Ross. He begins sending me down the rabbit hole, detouring accountability and will meet with my son WITHOUT me. Right. I don't think so.

rom:	Paul Knowles (pknowles@rsu71.org)
Sent:	Sun 8/30/15 7:21 AM
To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)

Laurie,

By no means was there a cover up with (son) receiving the award. Awards for all student were presented at the final assembly. Because of the beginning of the school and all that needs to be accomplished, an assembly for this purpose is not possible. Jess Woods now works for the Islesboro School Department. You may contact her directly to ask her to write the letter of recommendation for (son). You may also contact Mrs. Ross directly to ask her to be (son's) key adviser. She may also have a suggestion about a male faculty member who would help (son). Certainly (son's) father may make these contacts as well. (son's) schedule still can be modified to best meet his needs by working with the guidance office. Lastly, (son) is welcome to come to my office to meet me and talk, if he wishes.

Best,

Paul D. Knowles

 Now Knowles has been caught and won't respond.

rom:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Sent:	Fri 9/04/15 8:56 AM
To:	pknowles@rsu71.org (pknowles@rsu71.org)
Cc:	mross@rsu20.org (mross@rsu20.org); Molly Ross (mross@rsu71.org); crabiel71@gmail.com (crabiel71@gmail.com)

2nd request 9/4/15, please respond.

rom:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Sent:	Wed 9/02/15 5:55 PM
To:	pknowles@rsu71.org (pknowles@rsu71.org); LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Cc:	mross@rsu20.org (mross@rsu20.org); Molly Ross (mross@rsu71.org); crabiel71@gmail.com (crabiel71@gmail.com)

 

Superintendent Knowles,

Guidance Director James Davis and Principal Fitzpatrick have committed fraud and robbed my son again. Denying him the honor of this prestigious award. You chose to support these frauds rather than fully investigate. They lied to you or you covered up for them. Which one is it? They never announced (son) as the recipient of this award. We would have never known that he received this and it would have never been put on his applications. (son) needs college application assistance and sending him to the Director of Fraud is not acceptable. Please appoint someone competent and worthy of (son's 4.0, Phi Beta Kappa intelligence that will be dedicated to guiding Michael through the early deadline college application process immediately. If the actual award cannot be produced, please contact Dr. Ward from the Maine PBK (email below) for a duplicate. 

Full accountability is requested.

Sincerely,
Laurie Allen

 Knowles has been caught counterfeiting, yet holds firm to 

fraud.

rom:	Paul Knowles (pknowles@rsu71.org)
Sent:	Fri 9/04/15 9:23 AM
To:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)

Ms. Allan.

I assure I have fully investigated the situation. As stated before, (son) was absent the day of the awards presentation. All students who were absent, were called to the guidance office the day after the assembly to obtain their awards. Again, (son) did not go to the office to pick up the award. Mr. Davis stated the award given to(son)  was the award he received to present to (son) and is investigating further. I am confident (son) can be helped through the college application process with Mrs. Blood or Mr. Davis, which ever counselor he chooses.

Paul Knowles

10/22/15 Since August, with the Superintendent of Schools, Paul Knowles, Belfast Area High School Principal Fitzpatrick and Director of Guidance James Davis covering up their fraud with the Phi Beta Kappa Achievement Award, with a documented history of targeting my son since entering BAHS, they have now cost us the Questbridge College Applications- Free tuition, room and board @ top colleges for low income top students, my son ... unbearable and brutal.



Below was sent to Maine DOE, Senator George Mitchell's college fund staff and the school board chair, David Crabriel and Maine, DOE. Last year, Abigail informed me that guidance lied to my son again and cost him AP Environmental Science. 9th Grade was Latin and Honors English, I copied that email so Abigail would remember... So much more, all because Belfast City Hall and real estate agents targeted a low income Mom in 2010. Counting on me to stay down and take the abuse because of the danger to my children. Blaming me is their forte'. Proof and truth is mine. Robbing my son of this chance for stellar college choices is beyond comprehension. He will hate that I made this public. He is so sick of all this, so am I. Nothing hurts more than ADULTS hurting my children. LEAVE THEM ALONE!!  My biggest fear is that I will die, be falsely imprisoned, become ill, my son harmed... before he can get away. Five years now, I keep holding on and try to fix the corruption. Alone.

rom:	LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Sent:	Tue 10/20/15 11:39 AM
To:	abigail.manahan@maine.gov (abigail.manahan@maine.gov); samantha.warren@maine.gov (samantha.warren@maine.gov); LAURIE ALLEN (laurieallen55@msn.com)
Cc:	crabiel71@gmail.com (crabiel71@gmail.com); pknowles@rsu71.org (pknowles@rsu71.org); mbaxter@mitchellinstitute.org (mbaxter@mitchellinstitute.org)

Dear Ms. Manahan and Ms. Warren,

Below are more lies, fraud, a punishing schedule and more bullying that have cost us Questbridge. I cannot stop crying. It is unbearable to know (son) must face this and them every day and ask them for guidance. It is nothing short of sending the abused before their abusers to receive more abuse. (son) does not have anger and tries to protect Mr. Davis. Victims of abuse 101, the story of his life while watching me take on bully after bully, from family, businesses and government for protecting our basic constitutional rights . Mr. Crabriel is the Chairman of the school board and is aware. 

I believe Senator Mitchell is somewhat aware. I was protesting Belfast City Hall and Realtor corruption outside of the First Church in Belfast while the Senator was inside promoting his book through Left Bank Books. I am reaching out for help. Punishing (son's) education because I stand up for our rights is the core of corruption.

(son) should be flying after all he has achieved, consistent high honors, Phi Beta Kappa award, National Honors, AP Scholar Honors... Instead he is sick every day and night. All he needed was the support of his guidance counselor in 9th grade. I tried my best to stay out of the school so that no one would know that I was his mother. I knew they would hurt him (not the teachers).


Sincerely,
Laurie Allen

10/24/15 Note- "Below" is all the information on www.waldokids.blogspot.com -all the emails and documentation. I deleted it here to avoid the lengthy redundancy.



10/10/15-  Patrick Kennedy got me. Family protecting dangerous disease enables growth and denies truth with destructive hypocrisy and public manipulation. The diseased attach to the vulnerable and an epidemic is here.  Go along to get along or stand up and keep getting back up. I am up, taken down, get back up,  take back down, 54 years and counting. Threats and all. No staying down, that would kill me.

I see the same disease in Belfast City Hall with City Planner Wayne Marshall, City Manager Joe Slocum and City Council Heil Hurley. I see the same implicating of decent people. Decency replaced by guilty hypocrisy. Teach your children well... to live, lie and deny like hell.  How can you do this to your children? To all children. Business politics- take, take, take, more, more, more. Beat the mental daylights out of anyone standing up to say NO! Friends, family, and community are implicated and turn against the decent. Those not implicated fear involvement. Domestic abuse, political/business abuse, children caught and taught. Disgusting.

To tell this story that links my brother, George Jr. as the catalyst will emphasis the cruelty in Belfast real estate agents and Belfast City Hall. The agents knew my story from links to my family in Bayside. They knew the danger and used that to sell me undisclosed hell. I am not the only one, the high turn over of the hell properties speaks for itself. I am the only one to tell. Minister Tarpley sold me hell. Isn't that special?  I went public on 11/1/11. The corruption has grown by leaps and bounds and my 5 years of public protest and informing is solid. My conscience and record is clear.

They are waiting for me to make a mistake. Threatening anonymous letters that are clearly from City Council Mike Hurley, intimidation tactics galore from  Police Chief McFadden, Officer Ward -City Council- City Planner Marshall- City Manager Slocum- City Attorney Bill Kelly- Code Officer Rosenburg- Parks Director Poirer- City Video Director Lightner- Public Works Director Richards... with holding public documents, infrastructure information, zoning and official maps, corrupting FOAA requests up to the Attorney General,  manipulating ordinances, pitting neighbors and community against me, media banning and protecting the Belfast corrupt by not doing investigative reporting or requesting FOAA documents that will prove the corruption.

Senators, Governor, any one that can help won't. They all have hands in the corruption pie. I came here to begin again after seeing through all the family corruption and abuse. To the end, to make sure it was done. I did it alone and at great personal and financial cost. Taking on City Hall is not on anyone's to do list- EVER. To have it dumped in my broken lap could have sent me into a break down. That's when it happens, when you have survived the worst, clawed your way out with your kids on your back and think you have made it to safety. Slowly you let the wall come down and poke your head out into the world a little at a time. Always fearful that another terror is waiting. It didn't take long, wild rapids ripped through my yard for over a week straight, within 9 months of our new life 4/2011. And the beat down has not let up. Local to State, neighbor to community, friends to family, school to businesses, packs of the corrupt, guilty bullies taking aim at me and my kids. If it weren't true, we wouldn't be continually threatened.

I recently told Sheriff Trafton (when I brought him the threatening, very sick anonymous letter that has Council Heil Hurley all over it) that I step back all the time to rationalize the never ending situations. I try to find irrational issues with myself. It's so hard to comprehend so many hurting one mom that has endured constant family abuse and came here to heal with my children. In privacy and safety, not wanting anything from anyone. Just to breathe in some peace and simple joy. I'm stable and spot on.

Forget about the service sector- J&B Autobody and Ridge Top Chimney ripped me off and bullied me. The Downtown Chamber of Commerce awarded resident abuser and thug City Manager Joe Slocum as Citizen of the Year 2012 to slap me in the face. That's when I changed my Belfast Bullies to Boycott Belfast. No more downtown for me, no movies, no eating out, no shopping, no hair cuts, I put my protest signs on my SUV and sit inside for safety...

The Fire Chief is the father of the Public Works Director. The Hospital is probably taking Seaview Terrace for a parking lot and I've been exposing them as Israel taking the Gaza Strip. I'm in big trouble if my house catches fire or if I get sick.

Good thing I like me. I'm my best friend. Not that anyone is calling. Except dear sweet Deb Paradis. This woman that I never met before was and is the only person in 5 years to speak support for me at a City Council meeting.Mayor Ash was rude to her. She keeps checking in on me every few months. Strong, kind lady that can kick back. She's disabled too and in her 70's? I like her, a lot.

I keep dancing with myself, oh, oh, oh, oh ...

My art at Belfast Arts in the Park, 2013. Corruption by Little Laurie Lee Allen. Yo Joisey Girl. Way to go. You talking to me? No, they are too coward to talk. Heil Hurley states that I dominate every conversation and tries to stop me from speaking. Then he speaks against me publicly when I cannot respond. Cowardly liar.  Truth dominates, I let it fly fearlessly, make that bravely.I fear for my children and pets. Targeted by these adult, male thugs.