tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post3422212997059975408..comments2023-11-05T05:00:28.063-05:00Comments on Atkinson Reporter 2: Atkinson ethics panel loses another member Only one member leftUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-32342710438509446192010-04-23T22:01:52.917-04:002010-04-23T22:01:52.917-04:00CON-sentino should get an award for the corruption...CON-sentino should get an award for the corruption he brings to the town and for the corruption he covers up in this town. <br /><br />CON-sentino needs a demand letter to retire NOW. Better yet a demand letter to resign.<br /><br />moAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-7413647103463636322010-04-21T21:14:04.434-04:002010-04-21T21:14:04.434-04:00Yes, we now have a celebrity in Atkinson. Accolad...Yes, we now have a celebrity in Atkinson. Accolades and awards to our Elderly Affairs Citizen of the year.<br /> Belongs in the "You can't make this up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-23902264103535584112010-04-21T16:40:26.456-04:002010-04-21T16:40:26.456-04:00Hey, I heard the other day that Phil was getting a...Hey, I heard the other day that Phil was getting an award from the state for his elderly affairs program. Anyone else hear that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-35503017229069853922010-04-18T14:44:39.683-04:002010-04-18T14:44:39.683-04:00BALDWIN IS THERE TO HELP RAISEDONATION,S FOR THE C...BALDWIN IS THERE TO HELP RAISEDONATION,S FOR THE CHIEF \,S SLUSH FUNDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-39488450769661407132010-04-16T05:44:51.782-04:002010-04-16T05:44:51.782-04:00You think it's bad now? Wait untill baldwin co...You think it's bad now? Wait untill baldwin comes back from his oversea's tour of gaurd duty, the cheif will give him the reigns.<br />No joke, the cycle will continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-83547082887251455462010-04-14T13:12:01.462-04:002010-04-14T13:12:01.462-04:00Then there was three or should I say 4 running thi...Then there was three or should I say 4 running this town. Three selectment and a "Bully with a Badge" police chief running this town. No volunteers for committees because they run them out of town if they don't line up with the other four.<br /><br />Great town Atkinson with four people runnning it and the CON-sentino as the "Don". Corruption at its best.<br /><br />How do you like it so far taxpayers?<br /><br />It doesn't matter if It's Polito, Sapia, Sullivan, and Childs or Bennett, Friel and Childs as selectmen, the CON-sentino pulls all of their strings.<br /><br />Your vote counts, so vote them out and cut CON-sentino's "Snake Head" off.<br /><br />Corruption is corruption no matter who's name is on it as long as CON-sentino is around. HE IS THE PROBLEM.<br /><br />MOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-49614947730632150092010-04-14T12:55:43.208-04:002010-04-14T12:55:43.208-04:00I've never seen so few people volunteer before...I've never seen so few people volunteer before. I've worked at companies where turnover was a problem. The problem always started at the top. The top of this dung heap is led by one corrupt crazy man with a badge. I sleep so much better at night not owing that man any favors. I'll pass on the free rides for an obligation thank you very much. You can try sucking up to me but I'm on to your scam.<br /><br />JMOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-17127472332744664622010-04-14T12:06:20.477-04:002010-04-14T12:06:20.477-04:00What about former Selectmen that vote when they ha...What about former Selectmen that vote when they have a conflict and should recuse themselves?<br /><br />Whether voting for pay raises for yourself or lying to your fellow committee members when they ask if you're in a lawsuit with a party to the complaint, it's all bad.<br /><br />These are the kind of people the current selectmen are defending and keeping around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-57962032657964193552010-04-14T11:51:19.373-04:002010-04-14T11:51:19.373-04:00Dear Atkinson Selectmen:
The town government you ...Dear Atkinson Selectmen:<br /><br />The town government you lead is an utter and complete joke. <br /><br />Your police chief runs your town; when boards come up against him they disolve. Yet, you are the ones that are supposed to manage him.<br /><br />How's that working out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-29197753766006605042010-04-14T11:20:50.030-04:002010-04-14T11:20:50.030-04:00"Prime example was that Mr. Abate overdose de..."Prime example was that Mr. Abate overdose death. The paper took everything the sister had to say as truth and did no research into any of the man's back story, past police involvements, criminal history, drug use, records of sale from the businesses he was said to have owned, etc."<br /><br />It was supposed to about his death, not his past. His past didn't matter at that time, it had no bearing. The death should have been addressed separately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-27452700868767814612010-04-14T09:06:04.550-04:002010-04-14T09:06:04.550-04:00Have you met him? Mark never gets his facts wrong....Have you met him? Mark never gets his facts wrong. Could be why even you, refer to them as facts.<br /><br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-39564351851354378872010-04-13T23:28:07.016-04:002010-04-13T23:28:07.016-04:00Why, its the
little Rooster.
zzzzzzzzzWhy, its the <br />little Rooster. <br />zzzzzzzzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-78411815891473364592010-04-13T23:15:01.696-04:002010-04-13T23:15:01.696-04:00It wouldn't be "poetic license" if t...It wouldn't be "poetic license" if they got your facts wrong, Mark. There is absolutely no research done on the part of the Tribune reporters. They take what everyone says at face value and print it as fact.<br /><br />Why not get both sides...print them both...and let the reader decide. Crazy idea, huh?<br /><br />Prime example was that Mr. Abate overdose death. The paper took everything the sister had to say as truth and did no research into any of the man's back story, past police involvements, criminal history, drug use, records of sale from the businesses he was said to have owned, etc. It was far easier to make it look like the Atkinson Police did not do their jobs. However, when it came out that he died of an overdose, it was buried on page four, in a small article, against the fold, so that when you turned the pages quickly, or weren't looking for the article specfically...you went right past it.<br /><br />The Tribune...like the Blog...has a big problem with "poetic license" and not putting forth BOTH sides of an issue to spawn debate and discussion and to let the people decide for themselves. Why, it runs contrary to the agendas of both entities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-76812121977127912622010-04-13T23:07:39.498-04:002010-04-13T23:07:39.498-04:00What's a "DEF"? Can we please stop w...What's a "DEF"? Can we please stop with all the acronyms? BOS...FOIA...COI...CIC...JMHO...<br /><br />Enough. Plain english.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-63869494466973968282010-04-13T17:56:32.017-04:002010-04-13T17:56:32.017-04:00Important to note that the BOS and the AG will exp...Important to note that the BOS and the AG will expose people if they complain about anything. <br /><br />I think this is the worst thing they could do with somebody like him. You really have to question their lack of ethics. This confirms that they are all in bed together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-70808381688916270232010-04-13T17:44:21.583-04:002010-04-13T17:44:21.583-04:00So call her.
You'll be the next victim.So call her.<br /><br />You'll be the next victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-76856600197641723252010-04-13T17:41:59.828-04:002010-04-13T17:41:59.828-04:00This whole issue needs to go back to Terry Knowles...This whole issue needs to go back to Terry Knowles in the AGs office. When she originally submitted her recommendations, she was (as I recall) insistant that the PD and Elderly Affairs should be two SEPARATE departments. Oops...didn't quite do it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-9042696000951574222010-04-13T17:05:33.815-04:002010-04-13T17:05:33.815-04:00Everyone's talking about this and the conclusi...Everyone's talking about this and the conclusion is the same.<br /><br />Where there's smoke, there's fire.<br /><br />He looks bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-2149454500596286272010-04-13T15:27:39.779-04:002010-04-13T15:27:39.779-04:00Let me also make absolutely clear;
I am not in fa...Let me also make absolutely clear;<br /><br />I am not in favor of ending, or curtailing the town's elderly affairs dept. I never have been. Yes, I have been told that some of you have been told that by the chief, but if he said that to you it was a lie.<br /><br />That program has been repeatedly voted upon by the voters, and that is where debate ends.<br /><br />What I DO want is to see it transparent. We should not have to take the chief's word for the number of rides given, and residents served by the dept. We should have those figures and that data just as we have it for other town depts. It should not be run out of the PD! There is an inherent conflict there, and too many times, the good will and general political support of the elderly in town has been used to justify outrageous abuses of authority in other matters.<br /><br />I believe the town would be better served to have it run out of the community center, and combined with all the other senior services there, to make one homogenous, comprehensive dept. This would better serve the elderly who use the program, while maintaining it's integrity, and transparency.<br /><br />For all of the chief's past bluster about the budget committee, me, Brian Boyle, Jane Cole, Janine Sawyer, or any of his other past critics, trying to cut or end elderly affairs, NONE of that has ever been true. NONE of us have ever proposed that. What we asked for on the budget committee from 2001- 2005 was verifiable numbers on how many people use the service, and how many rides are given. The chief refused to disclose even this rudimentary information to the committee, in contravention of State Law, until Bill Anderson told us in 2005, that 61 people used the program, and 564 rides given. Since that time, the chief has given a number every year, but there has never been any verification of those numbers, and those numbers were largely inexplicable within the confines of the budget.<br /><br />My complaint was about using town paid for labor and equipment for non- town owned purposes. It really is that simple.MAcciardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-89868583859807000432010-04-13T14:56:52.618-04:002010-04-13T14:56:52.618-04:00Not Smith....Not Smith....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-45125410121531915392010-04-13T14:56:26.867-04:002010-04-13T14:56:26.867-04:00How about a class action lawsuit to remove him?How about a class action lawsuit to remove him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-78844219494171355842010-04-13T14:55:27.184-04:002010-04-13T14:55:27.184-04:00What about the remaining member? Is he above repro...What about the remaining member? Is he above reproach or will he also be told to go packing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-36949323625693954882010-04-13T14:35:32.576-04:002010-04-13T14:35:32.576-04:00Here are some of the problems with this;
1.)Selec...Here are some of the problems with this;<br /><br />1.)Selectmen have sole legal responsibility for general assistance, and for keeping it private.<br /><br />No authority to divulge personal information to a town dept. head, or a corporation with no town oversight.<br /><br />2.)Selectmen have fiduciary responsibility for all monies in town possession.<br /><br />They turned police donation acct. over to a private corporation with no town oversight to do with what they wanted. That money should have been put under the management of the Trustees of the Trust funds, along with all other special funds.<br /><br />3.)Taxpayers pay town employees to work for the town, not to work for a business that is neither owned, operated, nor is overseen by the town.<br /><br />4.)Chief said at town meeting tat it only happened once, for about 15 minutes, and the town was reimbursed $15.24. Do the dispatchers make $60.96/hr.? Highly unlikely that it only happened once, if that was the case, the film would not be necessary.<br /><br />5.)Elderly Affairs customer list is and always has been proprietary. It is a town owned resource that the chief has never even shared with the selectmen, but it is now being used by a company to market and fund raise with no town oversight, thus opening the door for other non profit corporations to do the same.<br /><br />6.) The apparent investigation, and public document dump especially coming on the heels of the COI committee's implosion can have no other purpose than to bully and intimidate one of the sole remaining members. This is not what the resources of the police dept. were intended for, even though they have routinely been abused in this fashion in the past. This abusive behavior must stop, that, too, is the selectmen's responsibility. <br /><br />I will post more when I have more time.<br /><br />Thank you for your attentionMAcciardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-68566109014798744192010-04-13T14:08:56.995-04:002010-04-13T14:08:56.995-04:00Could that simply be poetic license on the part of...Could that simply be poetic license on the part of the reporter? After all it used to be called the Code of Ethics committee, until they decided that Ethics weren't as important as "conflicts of interest". Which by the way, they routinely don't find those either, even when they are laid out in plain english, or when the Court tells them.MAcciardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-54451392940094465222010-04-13T13:29:30.639-04:002010-04-13T13:29:30.639-04:00Who cares what it's called if it's defunct...Who cares what it's called if it's defunct.<br /><br />This stuff should not have gone to that committee to begin with, it should have been fixed by the BoS before thigns got this bad.<br /><br />When someone files a complaint with this board, it's a last ditch effort to get something addressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com