It is being said around the town hall that there are those who are discussing the possibility of a full time deputy chief of police. The Reporter's question is;
Is this really necessary?
Atkinson currently has 5 full time officers. One is a FT Lt./Lt. Commander/ Executive Officer, one is a FT Det. Sgt., we have one Sgt. position, and one Corporal position, Plus we have another PT Sgt. position in dispatch. One question immediately comes to mind...
Who are all of these supervisors supervising?
It would appear that we have a force of all chiefs, and few indians. In recent years we have seen two petitioned warrant articles for a full time chief of police. Those article were obliterated on town floor. The most fervent opposition coming from the chief of police himself, who was quoted as saying that Atkinson did not need a full time chief, and that the Town had the best value possible in a part time chief. In fact it was the fact that we have a part time chief that made the full time Lt. position make sense, although the voters had no say in the creation of that position either.
So let's look at the numbers, remember our chief of police said last year during the debate about a full time chief that it was unnecessary and too expensive. HE said that we would have to pay a full time chief $80,000- $100,000/yr. We currently have a full time Lt. who is the highest paid town employee. His compensation package costs the town over $85,000/yr. So based on that a full time deputy chief would HAVE to cost more right? So just for the sake of argument let's say his compensation package costs us $100,000/yr. FOR WHAT? What value do WE get for this extra $100,000?
Remember that last yr. the police dept. functioned all yr, long for $130,000 less than it is costing us this yr. No one has been able to offer an explanation for this. Not the budget committee, not the chief, no one.
So, Do we NEED a full time deputy chief? Do we need a full time chief? We certainly do not need a full time chief position, and a full time Lt. position. And that means we certainly do not need a full time chief and a full time deputy chief, AND a full time Lt. position. According to the police logs(before they stopped publishing them) we averaged 7 dispatches a WEEK! one a day! This is from the Atkinson police web. Ao what do all of these supervisors do, and why do we NEED another one?
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I am still waiting for my apology from Chief Consentino. I have sent him letters from the woman who addmitted to falsely accusing me of a crime 20 years ago. After 6 hours of investigating by officer Dale Childs and an arrest by the Chief, my name was ruined. The young lady has apologized. Where is the chiefs public apology? I have sent him the emails exchanged by the woman and myself on facebook. The chief owes it to me to clear my name. I have never asked for a dime. I only want an apology. I will past the emails again below.
Here are two emails that I have sent to Chief Consentino. As some of you remember, I was accused of a felony crime 20 years ago. I was arrested after a non existant investigation by Office Dale Childs and Chief Consentino. Through the wonders of modern technolgy, I located my accuser on facebook. We exchanged several emails back and forth, that are listed below. She fully admits that her accusations were 100% false. I have forgiven her. She and the Atkinson Police department ruined my name in Atkinson. I have reached out to the chief three times. I have forwarded him these email exchanges, still NO APOLOGY. How can this man not feel the slightest guilt in ruining me? He owes me a public apology! For the record, I have never asked for a dime from the town. I have not sued the town. I want this man to do the right thing and publically clear my name. Some may think.. he was just doing his job. Was he? In recent cases, it took many months to investigate cases like Scott Peterson and Kaylee Anthony. The police departments took months investigating and building a case against the accused. Here.. he arrested me about six hours after the false accusations were made. Please read my emails to the chief listed below. Please also read the email exchanges between myself and the accuser... Susan Leclair. How can Chief Consentino not want to do the right thing and clear me? I have had to move from my hometown and I dealt with years of dirty looks and whispers from people who labeled me as a criminal. Phil.. You owe me a public apology! You owe it to me to clear my name!
Phil,
Here is the first email in case you no longer have it.
Do you ever feel bad for what you did to me?
Between Susan Le Clair Phelps and You
Jon DiVito
January 23 at 8:16pm
Susan... I have long gotten over what you did to me years ago. You ruined my name. You claimed you didn't know who I was. You know that we had a relationship with each other before you made false accusations against me. I do not hate you. But.. my question is, do you ever feel the slightest bit of remorse for what you did to me. I will never write you again and I have forgiven you. But I can not understand how you can live with what you did to me. I can't believe you wouldn't at least want to apologize to me. Anyway.. like I mentioned, I will never bother you again. But I it baffles me that you could do something that like you did to me with feeling any remorse. God Bless you.. I hope you have found peace in your life. I have forgiven you for what you did to me. I hope you can forgive yourself.
Sincerely,
Jon
Susan Le Clair Phelps
January 29 at 1:50pm
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Jon,
I have repented to my heavenly Father and I repent to you. I am extremely remorseful over ruining your name. I am not the same person I once was. Thank you for blessing me with your gift of forgiveness. Only now I can begin to try to forgive myself. I wish my words could express how strong my remorse is. My past sins have caught up with me. I hope that my be of some small restitution to you. Thank you, thank you for being gracious to me beyond measure. I wish God's blessings over your life.
With sincere repentance,
Susan
August 17, 2009 11:29 AM
August 26, 2009 9:01 AM
Dear Chief,
Here are additional conversations between Sue Leclair and myself on facebook. As you remember, you arrested my 20 years ago on these false charges. While I feel you should have investigated the case more closely. I put the majority of the blame on this young woman. she ruined my name in town. I was forced to move away. I still get dirty looks from people in town. I still get snide comments made about me. I got completely screwed in this case. I am not looking for a dime from you. I am not looking a dime from the town. I am in business and my wife a Doctor. We have plenty of money. I am looking for justice. I sent you the earlier emails when she confessed to making false accusations against me. I have still yet to recceive an apology from you. I feel that I deserve to have my name cleared officially by the Atkinson Police Department. I would like to see a public statement clearing my name. I would gladly speak out in support of you. I would truthfully like to see this woman pay for what she did to me. I have had time to think about what she did to me. It is very hard to fogive and forget. She should have to go through the same humilation that I did. I fault the APD for not investigating the case properly. If you had spent a week investigating, I would have never been arrested and my name in tact. I am a good person. I am religious. I am a big brother the big brother program. I have 4 children. I am a good father and husband. I overcame a difficult childhood to become a full scholarship football player and recently vice president of a national company. I am not perfect, but these allegations caused me to spin into deep depression in my 20's. It is not right that we now have written proof from the woman who admits falsely accused me rape lied... and nothing has been done to clear my name. I would hope that this bothers you. It certainly has made a huge impact on my life.
Sincerely,
Jon DiVito
PS You spent years helping my sick mother. I know that behind the tough exterior you are a good man. I deserve to be cleared.
Hello
Between Susan Le Clair Phelps and You
Jon DiVito
February 6 at 1:20pm
Susan.. I want to thank you for coming back to me with your apology. It really does help me put this past me. You look to have a beautiful family. I have one more request that I would like you to consider. Once again, I will not ask again. I do not want anything from you. I feel that your apology was honest and heart felt. I do appreciate it. When this happened, my parents were devastated. However, they stood behind me and backed me. They were not wealthy people. They spent $5,000 on a lawyer to defend me. If you want to do something to really make this right. My parents should be paid for the lawyers fees. My wife and I are financially set. I am in management with a company. My wife is a Doctor. I have no idea what your financial situation is. But I would appreciate it if you would at least think about this. It is the right thing to do. Again.. please understand that this is not a demand, just a request. It is a request to make this right. Anyway.. God Bless you. I am happy that you have found peace and happiness in your life. If you choose to send payment to my father (Mom passed away in 2007). His mailing address is...
Ralph DiVito
POB 151
Atkinson, NH 03811
The ball is in your court. I hope you choose to do the right thing. You did with your email to me. I really appreciate it.
Jon
August 26, 2009 9:02 AM
Susan Le Clair Phelps
February 10 at 8:25am
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Jon,
I appreciate the kind manner you have chosen to communicate with me--again I am thankful for your forgiveness. I am about to share a few details with you that I wouldn't normally do, but actually contemplated before your request came. Since you did have the request, I feel you are entitled to know what I am about to say. I want to let you know that although you may think I am not telling the truth here--everything I am about to write is 100% honest and upright. My husband and I have lost everything (financially and in real estate) over the last almost 3 years. My husband is in the building industry and has been in and out of work for the better part of 3 years--mostly out of work. We moved to atlanta 3 years ago just before the crash of the market and not forseeing the economic disaster ahead. Our home in NH never sold and we are losing it to foreclosure as we speak. We are getting ready to leave our current home and are praying for work for woody so at least we can rent something suitable for our children. With that said, I would also like to tell you that I have not been able to work for many years due to a physical disability. I was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer15 years ago when I was at UNH and had major surgery which removed much of my foot. Over the years, I have developed degeneration in my foot (and back from the messed up gait) to the extent that I have 2 drs. reccommending complete amputation in order to improve my physical abilities. That is on hold now as we presently have no health insurance for ourselves or our daughters. All this may seem like too much information and I certainly don't want you to think that I expect you to feel bad for me---I just want you to understand that it is that drastic that I truly do not have the financial means to pay your father. I pray you can understand (believe)that. I am very glad to hear that the economy has not affected you in your jobs and that 20years later you can come to a place of healing. You may not think much of this statement but I believe with my whole heart that my cancer in 1993 stemmed from guilt and shame that I was carrying. I was a healthy and very active person and had such a rare form of cancer that my drs in boston could not even put a name on the tumor. They took pictures and actually wrote about my case in a text book they were working on for med students. I live in pain each day and again--not for you to feel bad about--just in terms of thinking about my paying for my sin...I do believe God allowed me to have this handicapp and all the pain as a reminder that you can't just get away with living a life that does not honor him. That is how I choose to live my life now. ALl I want to do with the rest of my days is honor him. I was afraid to contact you and when you wrote to me--I knew that it would be right to let you know how sorry I was.
Thank you again for forgiving me.
Susan
August 17, 2009 11:32 AM
August 26, 2009 9:02 AM
February 10 at 9:07am
Susan... I am VERY sorry to hear of your troubles. It does not make me feel in the least little bit that you have gotten what you deserved. I am terribly sorry that you have gone through such a terrible time with your health and your finances. This has been a very scary time economically. I don't think many people saw the impending crash of the economy. I am sorry that your family has suffered. We are lucky in that my wife has a very stable job. She is a Doctor. My job has been spared so far, but my company has had lay offs and I have been close to losing my job. What type of bone cancer did you have? You mentioned it was rare. That is very, very sad! I can relate in a way to your children. My mother was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy when she was 35. I spent most of my childhood and adulthood watching her slowly give into the disease. She passed in 2007.
Despite what transpired between us, I really do forgive you. We were very young. I also believe firmly that God forgives us more than he punishes. I believe that our God is a loving God that forgives people unconditionally that ask for forgiveness. I am sure that you will be forgiven.
I also want to tell you that for several years after the allegations, I was hurt very badly. During my 20's I sunk into depression. I turned to drugs and alcohol to ease my pain. In my late 20's I went home one night and smoked pot. Shortly after my phone rang and it was my mother. She told me that the Doctor called her and told her my grandmother was about to die in the hospital. I had to go to the hospital while under the influence of drugs and watch my grandmother pass away. It was one of the worst moments in my life. I stopped smoking pot and drinking after that night.
During my 20's I had a very difficult time. (Hang in there.. story gets better).. I was very popular in HS, due to my playing sports.. football etc. When this happened and it made the papers, my name was ruined. There was nothing I could do to repair the damage. When I was out, people gave me dirty looks. People who I was friends with for years ignored and avoided me. My sister was in HS and she had to endure people calling me names. It was too big for me to fix. It is one of the main reasons, I moved from Atkinson.
August 17, 2009 11:35 AM
August 26, 2009 9:03 AM
There was good that came from this. I have told people on more than one occasion that this happening to me.. was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Why?? Because it made it very clear to me who my real friends were. I understood quickly that there were many people that liked to be around me for what I was, not who I was. When the charges came out, my close friends and family never doubted me. The so called friends that really did not matter, may have went away. But they were never truly my friends. When I was young, I always worried what people thought of me. I was vain and insecure. I was obsessed with how other people viewed me. When this happened, I could not fix how people viewed me. So I learned to live by worrying about how I viewed myself. I learned to like myself and never worry about what people think of me. This has allowed me to become a very happy and well adjusted adult. I am a good parent. I never give into what "The Group" might be doing. I follow my heart and always do what i believe to do regardless of what the masses of people do. So.. in a strange sort of way.. what happened to me, made me a better person. Would I want to go through it again? no. But.. would I change what happened with the possibility I would be a different person today as a result.. no.
So.. to wrap it up.. I fully forgive you. I don't want you to carry around guilt any longer. Please spend your time focusing on your family. Please spend your future being a great mom and wife. I cannot appreciate enough the fact that you had the courage enough to write me in the way that you did. It finally allows me to be at peace with what happened. I am at peace with it. I sincerely hope you can be at peace with it as well. I will also pray for your health. I will pray that your financial situation improves. I will pray to God for your forgiveness. I have forgiven you and I am sure God will as well.
Best Wishes.. Jon
Susan Le Clair Phelps
February 12 at 11:08am
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I am having trouble replying to your message...I am trying to process all you told me about your life. I would like to respond properly but I am really upset right now. Thank you for sharing your story with me. I am going to take a few more days to try to snap out of my self hatred mode and then respond.
Susan
August 17, 2009 11:35 AM
August 26, 2009 9:03 AM
February 13 at 7:02am
Don't hate yourself. I do not hate you. I really don't. I am very happy today. Be happy. I forgive you and God will as well.take care and be happy. Jon
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Susan Le Clair Phelps
February 13 at 1:54pm
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I realized after I wrote you last that you probably thought...well what did she expect happened to me? It's not that I was surprised at all by any of what you wrote--it was just heart wrenching to hear about your mother and the story of the night you said goodbye to your grandmother. I always imagined that your life was ruined and you probably had to move. I really have carried around a heavy burden of guilt for 20 years. You have helped me feel better today and I can't thank you enough for all your kindness. You really are an amazing person and I was just totally blown away by your response to me and saying that you would pray for me. I am humbled and blessed by your words. Although I can never make up what I did to you, I will take your advice and continue to try to be the best mom and wife I can be and treat others well. I appreciate so much you sharing your story with me...please know that although I am starting this process of forgiving myself- now that you and God have forgiven me--I will never forget that I was responsible for ruining more than a decade of your life. I will have that with me forever. My saving grace the past few weeks has been thinking about my 18 year old daughter who I had in 1990. I was a single mother with her for 8 years and now when I see her I realize what a great woman she is turning out to be. She has a good head on her shoulders and is a caring and kind human being. Sorry to give you too many details...I guess I just wanted you to know that I managed to do something good in my past. I can't tell you how thankful I am that you forgive me. I will always be wishing for you happiness and many blessings ahead.
Susan
Jon DiVito
February 13 at 7:07pm
Thank you for your last email.I am typing on my blackberry.. So I don't mean to be brief. We are on vacation in Florida. I am glad we have gotten in touch with each other. We can both put the past behind us. Let's keep in touch and move forward as friends. Jon
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August 17, 2009 11:36 AM
August 26, 2009 9:05 AM
This has all been discussed before. Is repeating it going to make a difference?
I want to make it clear to all that read this. That I am not looking for one dime from Phil or the town. I also know that Phil had done good while in office. He helped my mother for several years leading to her death. My parents also donated numerous items to eldery affairs after she passed. I am not out to sling mud against the chief. I am only writing fact. This man obviously felt he was doing the right thing 20 years ago. He and Dale Childs only investigated for aprox 6 hours. If he had spent a week, my name would have been clear. Do any of you understand the humiliation of being taken off in handcuffs and brought to state prison. I was put in a jail cell for hours. Imagine what it feels like to have your parents bail you out and not even speak to you for days after. Imagine when many of your friends turn their backs on you and label you a felon. Imagine when your younger sister in HS, has to endure everyone approaching her and bad mouting her. Imagine having people being afraid of you because you are an accused criminal. The combination of this girl and shoddy investigations by the APD almost destroyed my life. It also embarassed and hurt my parents and family deeply. There are still people that bad mouth me and consider me to be a criminal. I have never asked for anything from this man. I even wrote him a thank you for taking care of my mother. This man owes me an apology for playing a large part in ruining my name, forcing me to leave a hometown that I loved, and hurting those who loved me. Again.. this is not about money! It is about this man officially clearing my name publically. In the case file that I still have, it was clear that he knew he blew this case. One quote stated, "If this girl doesn't start cooperating soon, we will have to drop the case and can be sure of a civil suit". The case was dropped, but we never sued the town. We are better than that. Once again.. I will ask for my apology.
Dear Anonymous... If you had this happened to you, it would not be considered a discussion. It would be the situation that almost ruined your life. As you can see there are several additional emails listed below. I have still not received an apology from the Chief. I am sorry to bring this up again.. but I deserve justice!
One more comment. I will not continue to clutter this blog with my stories. This will be my last time. I just felt my story needed to be heard. Thank you to my many Atkinson friends! I miss living in Atkinson every day. Sincerely, Jon
Be happy that you don't live here now. He has affected many others in town besides you.
Unfortunately, I doubt that you will ever get your apology but either way, it is up to you to let go of the past. Evidently you have not let go, but please don't wait for him to apologize before you do so.
If we don't need a FT Chief, we sure don't need a FT Deputy Chief. That's ridiculous, the voters will never go for it. If they present a warrant article, we can amend it into nonsense.
What we need is for the town to give the current empoyees raises before they hire anyone else for the PD.
I heard a rumor that they replaced the bullet proof glass window at the PD with two way glass. I wonder how much that cost and why they did it. Was there an accident?
Who paid for this?
I don't remember any discussions in public meetings about paying for new glass. Changes to a town building must be done in a public meeting.
Jon, I am sorry for what our keystone cop did to you and your family. But you are not the first, and you are surely not the last, and nobody else has ever gotten an apology either. He doesn't work that way.
As to the question of a full time deputy chief, my question is what the hell is he going to do?
Why don't just fire phil, hire a competent part time chief, maybe somebody retiring after 30 years on some city force, and get some professionalism in the dept. leadership.
I understand that he does not work that way. I am actually very happy in my life. I have a great family and overall life. I like to believe in the good of people. I have gotten over that this happened to me. But I cannot forget that the shoddy police work of Dale Childs and Phil Consentino almost cost me everything. It still cost me alot of respect. It also cost my parents money. I do not want a dime from him. But he should not be allowed to operate recklessly without having to ansewer to anyone. For the people that I feel I need to forget about what happened.. I ask you to walk in the shoes that I was forced to walk in. You can't be arrested, stripped of your name, ripped in the papers, forced from your home, endure ridacule from once friends, have your sister bashed in school because I was her brother, even see the look of doubt in your parents, grandparents, and good friends eyes. Not to mention spending months considering the possibility of spending 10-15 years in state prision. This all happened at the age of 21. My twenties were a complete wash. I was a mess. My self esteem in the toilet. How could it not be? How can one expect to forget that? I could have gotten a lawyer and sued the town for 5 million dollars.. I have not. I could call the Tribune and offer my story up. I have not. The Chief actually called me house after I sent him the first email and letter. He mentioned he would send me something. I am still waiting.. that was six months ago. I do NOT want to make this about money. It cheapens the whole ordeal and there is no price on my reputation. There is no amount of money that can pay for the suffering I had to endure over 10-20 years since this happened. All I want is for this man to apologize to me. I can get over it.. But I will never forget what went through at the hands of the APD.
Jon,
I remember the whole story. My Brother Scott remembers some of it as well. I am sorry that you had to go through all of that, and speaking as someone who has had similar though less drastic results merely from questioning an act that even the Court Ordered him to stop doing, It sucks to be terrorized out of your own home town because you questioned a town official., Or in your case because a town official didn't do their job.
Good luck with everything else.
- Mark Acciard
Thank you Mark. I have very fond memories of Scott. You were a couple of years ahead of me. It is truly a shame that you have also been terrorized by the people that support the chief. When I hear that your house and car was vandalized and you were forced out of town, it shows me a very sad pattern of people who have been wronged in that town. The people in town all sit back and hope the next lightning bolt does not hit them. I am here to tell you when it hits.. it hits hard and it can happen to anyone. Good luck and thank you for your words of support. I have also gotten private messages from a few supporters as well. I really appreciate the support.
And still, we put up with selectmen who will not dare put any thing right.
How dare these officials ,that are scared of their own shadows, not defend the people they are supposed to be representing.
What will it take for any sort of justice to happen in our town. There are so many things in this town that should never be allowed to go on but keep happening again and again.
There is only one lieutenant. There is only one full time sergeant...he is the detective. The corporal position is open and has not been filled since john lapham passed away. The part time seregant position was held by dianne kinney who also passed away.
Currently, you have three (3) full time patrolmen...one (1) full time dective sergeant...and one (1) full time lieutenant / executive officer. Those are your five (5) full time police officers.
I do not know where you are getting your information, but your sources are wrong...probably on everything you have posted. It is almost correct but not quite. Do some fact checking
Perhaps with this latest lawsuit, it will be the Town Official(s) that have their lives ruined, hopefully jailed for their actions. Wouldn't it be poetic justice if Consentino's life was ruined for the injustice he has leveled at his PERSONAL and political enemies all of his life.
Consentino and Childs need to apologize to Mr. DiVito NOW!
Concentino MUST be FIRED immediately.
To Anon August 26, 2009 11:30 PM
Thanks for the FACTS Phil, now when are YOU going to apoligize to Jon?
Dale Childs is a loser! I can still hear her screaming at a town meeting at a speaker during the whole time he was trying to talk. It was unbelievable that she was not reprimanded by Frank. This showed me just what this little pimple of a town is really like on the political side of things. There are a lot of good and fair minded people here and they need to ban together to over turn the pure corruption.
Just to prove a point not even I will sign my name, but hope in the near future that we all can without fear of retaliation.
I want to thank all of you for your kind words. It means a great deal to me. None of you can understand the pain this has caused myself and my family. Why haven't I come out earlier? I was afraid. When you almost lose your freedom, it is a scary thing. I completely understand why you all need to write in as anonymous. I have decided to be out there with my name. Because I know that alot of the people who lived in town when this happened, know me. By not suing the town, no one can claim that I have a financial agenda. As I mentioned, this is not about the money. This is about the Police Chief and Dale Childs apologizing for shoddy police work that not only got me arrested, but ruined me in my hometown. Believe me I understand that the young woman is responsible as well. she was a 19 year old girl at the time. She made a horrible decision that was forced by an abusive boyfriend that I did not know existed. As you can see, she has apologized and I accepted. Another example of shoddy police work from the casefile that I have. It was reported that the girl did not know me. If the Police Department had investigated for two minutes, they would have discovered that I played baseball with her brother, worked with her at the old Gibbs Gas Station for two years, and even double dated with her and another friend. I set her up with a good friend of mine. So.. it is another example how if they had spent 1 week investigating they would have known this troubled young woman was not telling the truth. In the case files, it also mentions the momment the APD found out that the girls boyfriend packed up and moved to California without notice. Could this be because she told him the truth? He was worried that they were going to be held accountable for the lie? This is not a case of me being angry because the APD arrested me. It is a case of the APD not doing their job and investigating the case properly. I was with this person late one night. I was called the next AM and asked to go to the APD, which I did. I was arrested that AM with little police investigation. Again, I go back to the Caylie Anthony case.. The Scott Peterson case. The police investigated these cases for MONTHS before they arrested the murderers. For me, it was 6 hours tops! I have tried to put this behind me. I have written letters to the chief over the years. He helped to care of my sick mother for years through the Atkinson Elderly affairs program. When she passed, I wrote the chief a long letter thanking him. No response. We bought a room for my mother at the new Atkinson library. On the night of the dedication.. I shook hands and talked with the chief. When I said hello to Jodi his wife and tried to introduce my wife, she looked at me like I was an insect. She was embarrassed to talk to me. How dare she treat me that way when her husband nearly ruined me. I will be the first to say.. I am not perfect. Far from it. But what have I done in my life? I was a good son to a sick Mother. I got a full scholarship to college for football. I have been a big brother in the big brother program for 9 years. I have 4 happy, well adjusted children. I have a wife that I love and she loves me. I have always tried to be a good person. In my twenties, I had a hard time. it took me 8 years to get off the mat and begin to put my life together. Still today.. could I ever live in Atkinson? Do I want my children to hear the "stories" about the Dad that they love? I have forever lost my hometown. No matter where I move to, nothing is like living in Atkinson to me. I just want everyone to understand the level of what I have lost.
Jon, I totally understand. I traveled around the world in the Air Force, always knowing that I would some back to Atkinson to settle down. I maintained my house on Christine dr. as my residency all through my AF career. When my mom passed I moved back, bought the house from the estate, and moved my family here. I ran for and was elected twice to the budget committee, coached football, and got involved in the community, but the act of filing an conflict of interest complaint after asking him to stop voting on police matters as a selectman, and he refusing to stop, has led to all of this. MY wife and kids will not live in town anymore, and I have to admit, I don't even feel comfortable driving through town anymore. So much for living there for 42 years, and raising my kids in the same town.
So, I understand, and I sincerely hope that you get your apology.
For some reason my name didn't show on that last post, Jon, but I am sure you realize it is me.
Mark Acciard
well.. all I can say is that I know what kind of life I have lived. I am not sure how Mr. Consenstino can sleep at night knowing what happenened to me. But he knows that I was wronged. He knows the case was botched. If I got an apology, I would accept it and move on. It is a shame that he cannot admit the mistakes that were made. I think people would respect him for it. But.. he has to live with the choices he has made. Good Luck Mark! Thank you for serving our country. Instead of being attacked, you should be honored for serving us all in the armed forces. Good Luck. Jon
Can we get back to the subject?
You mean the same subject that has perpetuated since the blog started? It's kind of like ground hog day. Over and over and over again.
I love in when people who don't show their name criticize my trying to get an apology from the Chief. Hopefully you are not the next person to suffer the wrath of the chief. You think it feels like groundhog day.. try walking in my shoes.
One apology and I go away. Maybe you should encourage the Chief to apologize.
Jon, the ground hog day comment wasn't directed at you. If you've been around this blog long enough, you'll know the general subject matter that gets discussed. The comment was directed at the poster who wanted to "get back to the subject." The same subject that's been rehashed since this pitiful blogs existence. Unfortunately your story must have rudely interupted their ground hog day.
The only Ground Hog is YOU trying to undermine the purpose of this blog, while giving support to the Chief and his Atkinson Mafia.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, It's a duck. Stop trying to make it look like a Hog.
Just my opinion.
The blog undermined itself a long time ago with the consistent rant and posting of unsubstantiated rumor. It certainly didn't need me or anyone else who pointed that out to undermine it. Just my opinion.
Hey Mr. Groundhog, you are right. the chief does get discussed here a lot, but are they wrong? Is the crap that he does to people he doesn't like using his police dept. to do it right? Should he be able to harrass people the way he does? Should people be thrown in jail, or have their houses vandalized because they pissed him off? You make it sound like the people who talk about him are all out to get him, maybe until this blog, there was no plce they could talk about the stupid shit he does without fear of retaliation.
Faciem durum cacantis habes.
Who has the face of a man with severe constipation?
My apologies. "Groundhog". It is a shame that the only way I will get attention from the town is to file suit. I will most likely not do that. I do not feel the taxpayers should have to pay for mistakes made by the Chief and Dale Childs. Anyway.. I am sorry to clog up the blogs with my long emails. If I do not get my apology. I will stop posting here and either choose to to move on or get an attorney. Best Wishes to my friends in Atkinson.
There is already a civil rights suit in progress against philly, maybe you should see about joining it.
I agree with this statement 100 percent!!!!
The blog undermined itself a long time ago with the consistent rant and posting of unsubstantiated rumor. It certainly didn't need me or anyone else who pointed that out to undermine it. Just my opinion.
"The blog undermined itself a long time ago with the consistent rant and posting of unsubstantiated rumor. It certainly didn't need me or anyone else who pointed that out to undermine it. Just my opinion."
Really?
I have been reading this blog off and on for a year, and have only seen one story that was "unsubstantiated rumor".
One out of what, 150 or so?
That is less bullshit than I hear at selectmen's meetings.
"That is less bullshit than I hear at selectmen's meetings."
Anon @ August 29, 2009 11:33 AM says as he stands in the cow pasture up to his knees in it. Let's see, we had the Lt getting fired in Kinston story, except that he didn't. We had the tower being resurrected story, except that it wasn't. Then we had the Polito suing the chief story, except that he isn't. Other than that, he's really on the ball with his wholesale lifting of Eagle Tribune stories. Of course, what the moron running this thing doesn't realize is he's engaging in copyright infringement, but I wouldn't expect our brilliant moderator to even know what that means.
Meanwhile, the chief will retire when he's good and ready. Sapia has gotten out of the mix on his own accord except for the appearances at the BOS meetings and deliberative sessions, and Frank will once again run unopposed because none of you "heros" here are really willing to do anything. So in the end, you'll have accomplished nothing.
But you sit behind your computers in your circle jerk bitch sessions thinking you're some kind of patriot posting anonymously on a blog. If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be hilarious. The DiVito story was the first interesting thing I've read on this blog, but the circle jerkers didn't like him interrupting their bitch sessions.
Carry on my truly patriotic circle jerkers. Keep up the good fight! ROTFLMAO
The TOPIC is, Does Atkinson NEED a FT Deputy Chief or a FT Chief?
I repeat, can we get back to the topic? With all due respect Jon, I would like to hear what people think of the topic.
It doesn't take anything away from your story but this IS the topic.
I am sorry that I chose this blog to post my story. I certainly did not intend to minimize the topic at hand. Best Wishes to all.
Of course Atkinson doesn't need a full time Deputy Chief. This is just another scam by Phil to protect his turf and spend more taxpayer money. With Billy in place, Phil will continue to run this town, even if he pretends to retire. He'll continue to Bully people until he is gone permanently.
Long Live The Bully With The Badge, and Long Live The Sheep He Fleeces! One will go to Hell with all the wool, they others will go to hell naked. They deserve one another.
Just my opinion.
"We had the tower being resurrected story, except that it wasn't. Then we had the Polito suing the chief story, except that he isn't."
except that Polito DID file a suit on June 11, 2009, in Federal District Court, NH. against Consentino, for "copyright infringement" And the case was immediately sealed by Order of the Court upon motion filed by one of the parties. Link was included in article.
When this new communications issue first arose, it was a discussion about a tower, and the selectmen decided, wisely, to have real engineers look at it, without political interference.
So that is STILL one story out of hundreds.....
Nice try
Polito didn't file suit. He's not suing Phil. Ask him yourself if you don't believe me. As for the tower, the selectmen wanted the issue looked at without going with a tower option. Their opinion was that the residents clearly didn't want that so they were going in a different direction. There NEVER was any tower "resurection", regardless of what the brilliant moderator of this circle jerk blog wants to have you believe. Carry on circle jerkers! Carry on!
The moderator does a wonderful job of cutting and pasting ET articles. It's when he does his "Heard Around Town" he messes up, badly. I don't know where he gets this information, or where he's standing (hiding behind the bread rack at the General Store maybe) when he hears it, but he was way off the mark on most, if not all, of them.
He hasn't done one since the Spring. Either things got real quiet or he learned his lesson. Time will tell on the latter.
Here is the link to Franks lawsuit.
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-nhdce/case_no-1:2009cv00204/case_id-34013/
Methinks franks speaketh with forked tongue.
SOMEBODY filed this case in his name.
Maybe his evil (or good) twin brother?
Try a clerical screw up. There is no suit.
A clerical screw up? That can only mean the people filing legal paperwork screwed it up.
I feel bad for the dedicated town employees that work so hard and got no raises. but the bloated PD budget continues to bloat bloat bloat. Maybe if they did something to reign in PD spending the town could afford raises for everyone.
CLERICAL SCREW UP???
Somebody filed a suit in Federal Court, paid the filing fee, made a motion to have it sealed, and the judge granted the motion and ordered it sealed. Doesn't sound like a typo, sounds like a case. Maybe Frank is lying to you, thinking it is sealed and you cant find out the details anyways.
So, you still have one rumor story, we are waiting to hear of all the others....
Hey that budget guy asked a great question at meeting this year, that nobody ever answered. He asked why the police dept. needed $775,000 this year when they worked last year for $630,000?
I would like to know that too.
There's a suit all right. You can call the clerk and verify it.
Didn't say that there wasn't a suit, said that it was filled incorrectly. Think about it. What in the world could Frank sue Phil over for copyright infringement? Speaking of suits, I wonder if the Eagle Tribune will sue the blog admin for copyright infringement. Now that would be funny!
To answer the "one rumor" poster, no, there still are three big ones. I didn't even dive into the smaller stuff. Lt Balwin fired? Wrong. New "tower" attempt? Wrong. Frank suing Phil? Wrong. Stealing content from the Eagle Tribune? Correct!
Like I said, have your circle jerk bitch sessions all you want. In the end, you'll have accomplished NOTHING. LOL!
I am sooooooo confused first there wasnt a suit, and that was a lie, now there is a suit, but saying that there is is still a lie. Frank is not suing phil, but the suit says he is, but you say it was filed incorrectly... so what is the correct filing? what is frank really suing phil for? and if he aint suing phil, who filed the suit, paid the fee, and why is it on the court papers?
I believe the court before I will believe phil or frank.
You said...
Anonymous said...
Try a clerical screw up. There is no suit.
September 1, 2009 10:49 AM
Now you say ....
Didn't say that there wasn't a suit, said that it was filled incorrectly.
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
hehehe
To Anon September 1, 2009 1:47 PM
You are unrefined. The rest of us didn't grow up in your circle, so why don't you go back there to feel at home.
The good people of Atkinson do not appreciate your lack of sophistication. You sound like an X selectman.
My opinion
I may not fit in with your wine and cheese parties, but that matters none to the topic at hand. The "brilliant" moderator has been wrong on three big issues and all the pitiful postings bitching about this one or that one accomplish NOTHING.
To the poster before you, do try to follow along. There is no suit with Frank suing Phil. I'll give you all a clue, Frank is supposed to be listed as a defendent.
I know it must be tough for you pitiful people to see that the armor the moderator wears is tarnished and rusted, but pull yourselfs up by your bootstraps and deal with it. Better yet, try to do something that is actually meaningful. Nah, probably too much to ask from this group of heros. LOL
"To the poster before you, do try to follow along. There is no suit with Frank suing Phil. I'll give you all a clue, Frank is supposed to be listed as a defendent. "
I wouldn't be surprised if they were both defendants AGAIN but you are very rude here and need to get a clue about manners. Maybe an anger management class would help.
8:13
I disagree;
1.) Frank lawsuit against Phil;
Court says there is one. Court says it is sealed by order of court. Until We have some PROOF that there isn't a lawsuit. This is the best evidence. This means story was accurate as far as current evidence shows.
2.) Tower Resurrected story;
Story repeated that Phil was asking about a tower for communications. Selectmen chose the smarter move of having engineers look at it, hmmm, didn't we PAY for this to be done TWICE? The fact that selectmen chose a smarter course doesn't mean story false, story was about the return of the communications issue.
Again, accurate as far as evidence showed at time.
3.) Baldwin story;
Still no evidence he was fired, or not fired. Only facts known is that he doesn't work there anymore. Doesn't mean story was wrong, until someone shows that he wasn't fired. And re-reading that story, author was clear to say that it was a rumor from a Kingston Cop, not hard fact.
This one..... ok, I will grant you this one, so far, but, this is one story out of hundreds, still better batting average than CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, Boston Globe.....
Do you have any PROOF, or evidence to back up your claims?
1. I know otherwise, but I can't provide proof. I'm sure I'll be proven correct soon enough.
2. Why are you clinging onto this "tower" thing? The selectmen never intended to resurrect the tower as was claimed, but do want to solve the communications issue in a different fashion. I stand by my statement that the moderator is wrong. Oh yeah, and wasn't there supposedly some sort of quiet pressuring of the technology committee? While the guy who heads it said they would do it, how is asking them "pressuring"? Pure spin.
3. The Kingston Chief of Police said it wasn't true! Good grief, how much more do you want?
As far as the "one story out of hundreds", you can't be serious. He's ILLEGALLY reposting Eagle Tribune stories. Those are NOT his and therefore he can not be credited for them. The crap he does post usually misses the mark.
September 2, 2009 1:16 PM, if you had bothered to go back in time here is one of those "Rumors" posted by the Moderator. Me thinks he got it slightly wrong.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Atkinson looks for solutions to radio communication woes- Selectmen to discuss TONIGHT!
For those who thought our article on the resurrection of the Tower debate was merely "conspiracy theory and rumors", here is your answer. Tonight on the agenda at the selectmens meeting is going to be the discussion of either putting together a committee of police and firemen to look at the tower issue, headed for the third time by Lt. Baldwin!
Or having the technology committee look into it, preferable with Lt. Baldwins direction and guidance!
Third bite at the Apple, coming up!
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Yes, a committee was formed. No, the Lt.'s name did not enter into it and he's not running the committee. Moderator got that part wrong, wrong, wrong. What I'd like to know, how did he come up with this Lt. part and why was it completely wrong?
If you watched the enire May 18th meeting, the Lt.'s name was brought up and it was decided that an engineer would run the new committee. It was also decided that a rep from FD, PD and Highway would be non-voting members.
A tower WAS discussed too, but the committee was formed to examine the communication problem. Everyone knows a tower in and of itself will solve nothing, it's the equipment that needs to be selected AFTER the problem is defined. This is why the other committees failed, they did not address the actual problem in an objective fashion. They just threw a tower at us.
hmmm, so the moderator said that a discussion was going to be on the agenda, and it was....
yup, he must have got it wrong. selectmen had discussion, decided to go in a different direction, but the original claim was correct.
That the moderator got part of it right, the part that was already in the public domain, does not make the whole claim right.
The parts that contained, "headed for the third time by Lt. Baldwin!"
"Or having the technology committee look into it, preferable with Lt. Baldwins direction and guidance!"
were pure fantasy by the moderator. I'd say on a whole he got it wrong.
The "Tower" came up with Jack Sapia showed up mid discussion and interrupted the proceedings (Robert's Rules don't apply to him I guess) and tried to defend the last proposal. Not sure what his goal was but what part of the public's "NO" did he not understand? You had to love the part where Bill Bennett told him he got snookered.
Jack has been kinda quite since then. Maybe he's finally spending that quality time with his kids he promised.
To Anon September 3, 2009 9:57 AM
Don't worry, Sapia will show up again anytime deceit and deception is required by the establishment, and talk endlessly about nothing repeating each point, in order to divert the valid discussion to another direction. What else would you expect of a “Consentino Rump Swab”?
To all citizens of Atkinson
I would like to show support and hope that all of you do as well for Lt. Bill Baldwin, his Family and all troops that fight each and every day for your rights, freedom and Country. I am honored to refer to Bill Baldwin as a friend and I certainly respect all that he does for the community as well as our country.
Now this comes strictly from me. To M.Acciard and Brian Boyle as well as others that are there puppets. Please, I am begging you, move on in life, quit your bitching and complaining because nobody is interested. If you don't like life here in Atkinson, Move. If you think things are not fair, to bad, life is not fair. As a lawyer once said to me, "If you want fairness go to heaven. Please, enough bitching.
My name is Jay Alper. If you want to discuss or respond in person, I am am only to happy to talk like civil human being in person.
Best of Luck Bill Baldwin. Stay safe.
Jay Alper
Dear Mr. Alper,
I, too, wish Lt. Baldwin nothing but success in Kuwait. I, myself have a son who recently returned from Iraq, and is heading to Afghanistan in November. He is a US Marine. A combat vet. If you have actually listened to anything I have said publicly you would understand that Atkinson, and Veteran's issues are among my most passionate.
I find it funny that you think me a "puppetmaster". If I were such a puppetmaster, then perhaps my family would have felt secure enough to remain living in Atkinson after someone gouged into my car, and spray painted on my home that I should move. And why? Because I had the temerity to tell the police chief that he could not vote as a selectman on police issues.
As for my feelings about Lt. Baldwin, I have always found him to be professional in the 10 years that I have known him through my position on the budget committee, and his on the police dept. My only two criticisms of his performance, and I have asked him this personally, although I did not receive an explanation, are his lawsuit against the town for a Lt. position that did not exist when he was only 5 years out of the police academy at the time, and his obfuscation about his military pay in 2003. My feeling was that your employer does not have to pay you, you should be grateful for what they give you, and if they ask for your paystub to verify pay, you should give it to them.
BTW< Mr. Alper, I have lived in Atkinson since 1967. I grew up in this town, graduated from Timbrlane, and went into the USAF from here. I left the USAF and moved back here when my mom died, and bought the house from her estate. I have always been a resident, and when I moved back became involved in town government. I have always tried to do the best for Atkinson, without regard for my own best interests. I found that if doing a good job means you have to questions the means in which the police chief operates, you can not continue to live and contribute here. I am sorry if you do not believe that but that has been my personal experience. NO ONE should have to MOVE because they ask a town official to obey the law.
Any time you would like to have a personal conversation about these issues feel free to give me a call, or drop me a line.
Mr. Acciard,
Nice job with your reply to Mr. Alper. My guess Mr. Alper doesn't take the time to "Get His Facts Straight" before he believes anything the Chief tells him. He will never contact you and has had his "fifteen minutes of fame" by bashing you.
Since Mr. Alper has no problem asking you to move because you want to protect your rights, I would like to ask him if he was the one that spray painted your home and keyed your car.
How about it Mr. Alper, are you the lawless person who sneaks around in the dark vandalizing peoples personal property when you disagree with them? If so, there are some REAL law enforcement people in this State that would like to talk to you.
If you don't like taxpayers defending their civil rights, I suggest you move out of town immediately. Sounds like YOU are right up the Chief’s butt.
That’s my opinion of you.
Hi jay.. I loved life here. I moved because of what was done to me. Should I stop complaining because of the poor police work done in my case that almost cost me my freedom and certainly cost me my good name. I do not know Lt. Baldwin. So.. I cannot speak about him. But I certainly know the other guy
Mr. Acciard,
See I told you Jay isn't capable of an intellectual conversation. He's just another Chief's butt kisser looking for his "fifteen minutes of fame. He's Sapia's quarter brother, so pay him no mind.
My opinion
If people did not complain about things that are unjust or unfair the Queen of England would be gracing our dollar bills, not George Washington.
A lot of the complaints expressed here are really trivial. However, some are serious and when you hear the same complaints over a period of years, hey, you think there might be something to them?
You are a brave person Mr. Alper for posting your name here. I tip my hat to you. But, it also tells me you're in good with the town fathers. The only people who post their names here are those with nothing more to loose, or haven't pissed off anyone yet.
I like living here, and I want to continue living here. But, there is more than ample examples of what happens to people of question certain aspects of town government. Mark is one. Look up Brian Kaye for another example.
So, complaints will continue to be made regarding certain issues until those issues are resolved. We have people like Mr. Washington to thank for that right.
To Anonymous,
Are you for real. You spend the better part of each day on this blog and you don't have the backbone to put your name on what you write? I would not lower my self to your ignorant level when you accuse me of injustices done upon Mr. Acciard and his family. And you make these statements strictly because I find more advantages to moving on from negative situations than harboring those same negativities year after year. Tell me, where has it gotten anyone. I never said to move, I said, if you don't like what is going on, then move.I am well aware of those that have been part of the political process and I appreciate all that Mr. Acciard and others have done, but the beauty of the process is that we can respectfully disagree and still have a beer together. As for one of The Chief's butt Kisser's, Clearly I am dealing with a 5 year old to make such a comment. The Chief wouldn't know me if he was standing in front of me. Next time you decide you want to acuse me of criminal activity, you had better have backbone to back it up. Clearly I am being more kind here than I would in person, but then again how could anyone have any respect for someone like yourself that is afraid to put your name to the words you type all day long.
I am positive you don't have the nerve to accuse me of criminal activity to my face though. Only spineless and gutless beings hide behind signing anything Anonymous. "Just my opinion". You know what they say. Opinion's are like _____________, everybody has one.
My name is Jay Alper. I could care less of 15 min of fame, if you call this fame. I consider fame providing for my family.
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