tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post8440421039250536863..comments2023-11-05T05:00:28.063-05:00Comments on Atkinson Reporter 2: Consentino will be paid $100 a year to lead elderly affairsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-33346948641177408902009-12-14T12:11:03.980-05:002009-12-14T12:11:03.980-05:00Mark, I think you should send a letter or email to...Mark, I think you should send a letter or email to the BOS and ask them to be put on the reliable contractors list.<br /><br />I don't think these guys realize the extent of the corruption and political favors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-40062804050965796522009-12-13T13:43:38.577-05:002009-12-13T13:43:38.577-05:00Thats funny, because I offer a 20% discount to all...Thats funny, because I offer a 20% discount to all Atkinson residents including seniors, but I am not included on the elderly affairs reliable contractors list, despite two tries at being included. I wonder why?<br /><br />For those who are interested, A Very Good Cleaning Co. will give a 20% discount to all Atkinson residents who need Carpets, rugs, upholstery, drapes, or tile and grout cleaned.MAcciardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-85465334340658450272009-12-11T11:43:32.666-05:002009-12-11T11:43:32.666-05:00Too bad you couldn't rely on the reliable cont...Too bad you couldn't rely on the reliable contractors list or the Elderly Affairs Dept do help you. They always brag about helping the elderly but all the elderly I know never get any help from Consentino.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-36244023136674422842009-12-11T09:42:30.456-05:002009-12-11T09:42:30.456-05:00To anonymous 12/6/09 3:56
Sad news is that the fi...To anonymous 12/6/09 3:56<br /><br />Sad news is that the first snowplowing contractor on the Elderly Affairs reference list has sciatica. He would try to enlist the aid of some high schoolers but he did not call me back.<br /><br />Good news is Kate a neighbor and friend referred me to Tom, a plowing contractor who also lives on the pond. He sent a temp for this storm to plow and shovel me out. He told the young man to think about Mrs. Goodridge as he would his grandmother. Young Mr. "Z" was wonderful.<br /><br />What a relief it is to know that I will be dug out of my cottage this winter.<br /><br />Thanks to Kate, Tom and Z plus all the girls in the neighborhood who have shoveled me in the past.<br /><br />This might not get read because it seems the line has run out on this posting, but I want to thank the blog and anonymous too. It was a great way to advertise for senior help.<br /><br />Mrs. GoodridgeP. Goodridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-82175157341666672412009-12-07T22:04:11.547-05:002009-12-07T22:04:11.547-05:00Like my philosophy professor used to say....
Bewa...Like my philosophy professor used to say....<br /><br />Beware the man who screams from the rooftops about hi virtue, and selflessness, because he has neither.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-46218566590745053072009-12-07T18:27:54.772-05:002009-12-07T18:27:54.772-05:00I see there are some newbies to the conversation.
...I see there are some newbies to the conversation.<br /><br />Phil for years has pandered to the seniors by giving them more and more services for free, at taxpayers expense. The ole obligation scheme to get votes. He manipulates our most vulnerable citizens to get his buddies elected and keep him in power. Use PD funds to get rides and administrate the marketing machine. More budget, more cars, drivers, etc etc. <br /><br />ITS NUTS this is run out of a Police dept. The cost is probably 3 or 4 times the budget they claime which oh by the way wasn't 19K but 40K, but is really a 100K. do the math. But he has a voting block in fear of losing services if he isnt supported at the town meeting. Until 100 people show up at deliberatives session to effect change and 1000 show up to vote the same, it will continue the way it is.<br /><br />Have you ever been in our PD? It is a DUMP. Mismanaged beyond belief. All priorities are to give seniors rides, flowers, fuel, medical devices, whatever it takes to get their vote.<br /><br />What a pathetic misguided individual in need of psychiatric help using police powers to oppress his detractors that threaten to expose his scam.<br /><br />BUT HE DOES SO MUCH FOR THE ELDERLY - SHUT UP WITH THAT LINE OF GARBAGE. Tis only to serve his own political ego and nothing else. <br /><br />JMOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-44978514682959461962009-12-07T10:13:25.042-05:002009-12-07T10:13:25.042-05:00Other towns are putting their social services on w...Other towns are putting their social services on warrant article to see if the voters pass them before just sticking them into the budget.<br /><br />I think this is very responsible and I wish our BOS would do the same for any non necessary expenditures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-118944113432841202009-12-07T08:47:35.311-05:002009-12-07T08:47:35.311-05:00We pay over $40k for this program and I think we c...We pay over $40k for this program and I think we could run it for a lot less if we used CART as all the surrouding towns do. We could sell all the cars, no insurance bills, no need to pay for drivers salaries either. We could take all the equipment that is stored at the PD (walkers, wheelchairs, canes, etc) and lend it out as needed. We could ask for vounteers to fill in gaps where other services were needed.<br /><br />Save money.<br /><br />No electioneering.<br /><br />No bullying.<br /><br />Everyone gets services.<br /><br />Get the BOS to put that line item on a warrant article and we can decrease the funding to 1/3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-25633684356456886502009-12-06T21:56:50.772-05:002009-12-06T21:56:50.772-05:00Separate elderly from PD. Move it into the communi...Separate elderly from PD. Move it into the community center, and merge it with all the rest of the senior programs. The director can have a cell phone bill paid by the town, in return for having the elderly number routed to that phone. Director can dipatch directly. Can keep paperwork, cars can be parked at comm center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-77946509369098549592009-12-06T17:54:09.568-05:002009-12-06T17:54:09.568-05:00How do you propose we do Elderly Affairs right, wi...How do you propose we do Elderly Affairs right, without just using the question as an excuse to bash Phil?<br /><br />What would work? Not what doesn't work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-75884229987874556902009-12-06T17:45:26.033-05:002009-12-06T17:45:26.033-05:00Chief DID NOT CREATE elderly affairs dept. It was ...Chief DID NOT CREATE elderly affairs dept. It was created by Paul Grant, son of Carol and Ken Grant as an Eagle Scout project. Paul is not a Major in the U.S. Army.<br /><br />Carol Grant was the first "director of elderly affairs" appointed as such by the selectmen, who did not want to be bothered with running a program for them.<br /><br />Carol ran it our of her home, with no budget, and no town funds. She gave elderly rides, cooked for them, Ken and Paul would plow or shovel for them, Carol researched State and Federal program info for them, she even brought elderly who were alone to her home for Thanksgiving dinner. Phil moved into it in '93 or so, and has been expanding it ever since. He even got poor old Ruth McPherson to leave the donation acct. $25,000 when she died, and he signed the court papers accepting it as "Trustee" of the town donation acct., which he never had anything to do with other than begging for money out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-44287352170843816992009-12-06T16:59:04.605-05:002009-12-06T16:59:04.605-05:00Scroll down, and look under "Snow Plowing,&qu...Scroll down, and look under "Snow Plowing," first one does shoveling with/without plowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-91633136507829678642009-12-06T16:08:54.329-05:002009-12-06T16:08:54.329-05:00Thank you so much for replying so quickly.
A week...Thank you so much for replying so quickly.<br /><br />A week ago, I did check the list as it appears on the Atkinson Police site. <br /><br />I know that you are referring to one of the services, but which one? Is it under handyman, landscaping?<br /><br />Mrs. GoodridgePatricia A. Goodridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-55739622718834631672009-12-06T15:56:11.254-05:002009-12-06T15:56:11.254-05:00Mrs. Goodridge:
The Elderly Affairs List of Reli...Mrs. Goodridge:<br /><br />The Elderly Affairs List of Reliable Services/Contractors link on the town website:<br />http://www.town-atkinsonnh.com/APD%20Elderly%20Contractors.htm<br /><br />lists two people that shovel for a reasonable fee. I used the first one of the list this morning, having had heart surgery, myself, in August. He was fast and reasonable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-16365861838662731652009-12-06T14:29:27.082-05:002009-12-06T14:29:27.082-05:00Patricia A. Goodridge says
If you really want to ...Patricia A. Goodridge says<br /><br />If you really want to focus on elderly affairs, here goes a thought.<br /><br />I want to be so self-sufficient it aches. <br /><br />But I as a senior, who had a heart attack this summer, I need a person to shovel me out when it snows over your boots. A person I would pay. I pay to have my small driveway plowed, so we are talking mainly about the deck to the front door, the bird feeders and the barbecue. <br /><br />Because of my arthritis, the women in my neighborhood have shoveled me out for years. I am grateful, but when it snows deep I feel guilty.<br /><br />When I was a girl, to make pocket money we would go around and ask the neighbors if they wanted to be shoveled. Problem is I live in a neighborhood that has older rather than younger people.<br /> <br />Don't get me wrong I am keen on living in New Hampshire on the edge of Big Island Pond, and still take pleasure in being snowed in by a good Nor'easter, ( not an ice storm like we had last year, that was dreadful.). This year, however, I am fretful due to my new limitations.<br /><br />I always wonder if the high school or maybe the college would set up a program if they knew there is an issue. I cannot be the only senior that needs to be shoveled.<br /><br />Any thoughts? <br /><br />Mrs. GoodridgePatricia A. Goodridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-41151911012663666982009-12-06T13:27:05.736-05:002009-12-06T13:27:05.736-05:00"Was trying to refocus discussion on Elderly ..."Was trying to refocus discussion on Elderly Affairs, and not chief. Should be possible...guess it isn't...so forget it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-34897615880491935222009-12-06T12:03:32.356-05:002009-12-06T12:03:32.356-05:00Your comment..."Thought the subject was Elder...Your comment..."Thought the subject was Elderly Affairs?"<br /><br />Consentino created elderly affairs and the police department ONE AND THE SAME but to appear otherwise on paper. In fact, there is no separation regardless of the new $100 camouflage attempt by the discredited board of selectmen---- and all the other weird attempts to make 'a sow's ear look like a silk purse'. <br /><br />You want to see separation? <br /><br />There is separation alright. Separation between the public and what really goes on at the police department. <br /><br />Go and try to look over the new reflective barrier covering the <br />police department window. If you do you will see Atkinson police staff putting aside police matters to leisurely apply stamps on mailings to the elderly. And this is done at taxpayer expense! <br /><br />An eye witness to this disgusting violation of the public trust has come forward and is willing to testify. <br /><br />You said, "Thought the subject was Elderly Affairs?" <br /><br />Yes, it is Elderly affairs and Atkinson police malfunction. You got the topic straight? Glad to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-34801537672326561902009-12-06T08:57:35.218-05:002009-12-06T08:57:35.218-05:00Thought the subject was Elderly Affairs?Thought the subject was Elderly Affairs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-45529671496919533372009-12-06T07:38:58.643-05:002009-12-06T07:38:58.643-05:00How about we start with the BOS appointing someone...How about we start with the BOS appointing someone to the "officially vacant" appointment of police chief? Phil's appointment EXPIRED on May 1, 1999. Since that time he has been serving without appointment, because he has constantly been surrounded in controversies of his own making, and the board didnt want to deal with the outcry if they revealed that they were going to reappoint him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-77123709815158379032009-12-06T04:20:50.525-05:002009-12-06T04:20:50.525-05:00??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-27950541389647140262009-12-05T22:07:19.417-05:002009-12-05T22:07:19.417-05:00I am asking,please,please, don't allow this pe...I am asking,please,please, don't allow this person to create another appointment. If it is his doing you can be sure there is a reason for it that will never benefit the people of the town. <br /><br />His current position is not even sanctioned by the town. We will have another position thet will never go away. <br /><br />There is not one person on the BOS that will stop this outragious zealotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-46088177942391951802009-12-05T19:26:45.293-05:002009-12-05T19:26:45.293-05:00Now we're talking! Do we reduce the police bu...Now we're talking! Do we reduce the police budget to fund Elderly Affairs, or do we provide new funding--and strictly enforce the separation of the two departments--accepting the additional costs?<br /><br />Other options?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-24820691626751744802009-12-05T16:07:28.975-05:002009-12-05T16:07:28.975-05:00It doesnt get it for free. Baldwin does the day to...It doesnt get it for free. Baldwin does the day to day operations in th PD, 80% of the work Phil does while in the PD is elderly work, hence the $24,000 we pay him to be a police chief is really paying him to do elderly stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-82614130100327412822009-12-05T15:51:45.067-05:002009-12-05T15:51:45.067-05:00Was trying to refocus discussion on Elderly Affair...Was trying to refocus discussion on Elderly Affairs, and not chief. Should be possible...guess it isn't...so forget it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7874347369787241443.post-85913522435836627102009-12-05T14:28:50.789-05:002009-12-05T14:28:50.789-05:004:29 AM:
I do support services for the elderly (I...4:29 AM:<br /><br />I do support services for the elderly (I am a Democrat and believe that a society should support those that need help; my question back to you would be do YOU support services to others that can't get them, or are you a senior and only interested in services for your own demographic group?).<br /><br />That is a seperate issue than the lack of management of this police chief, and whether this police chief has abused his office to the point where he should be dismissed. <br /><br />For all the charges I listed earlier, do you actually believe that the town should ignore all of them because this person provides a service (which is not likely 100%out of the goodness of his heart by the way, I'm sure you know the elderly have the highest rate of voting, right?)?<br /><br />And, while you're posting, could you also tell us how you felt about the chief contacting people who had signed a warrant article that would have begun to fix the problems he has created in this town? Do you think it's right that he called and complained to people belonging to a vulnerable group that could suffer if he withdrew his services?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com