JANUARY 11, 2012-I DID RECEIVE THE MUNICIPAL GAS USAGE FOR CHESHIRE CT FOR DECEMBER. THEY SAID IT WAS TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME TO GET JUNE 2011 THROUGH DECEMBER 2011 SO BE IT. I KNOW THE POLICE DEPT USED ALMOST $5,000 WORTH OF GAS DURING DECEMBER 2011. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS THE NORM BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF GAS USAGE. THE PUBLIC WORKS ALSO USED OVER $5,000 WORTH OF GAS IN DECEMBER 2011 BUT THEY WERE DOING THAT BRUSH PICKUP SO THAT PROBABLY EXPLAINS IT.
I DO HAVE THE COST OF THE GAS WHICH IS AT A LOWER RATE THAN YOU AND I WOULD PURCHASE IT FOR. I AM ALSO TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH GAS THOSE TAKE-HOME CARS USED. I WILL UPLOAD THE DOCUMENTS LATER ON WEDNESDAY. SO STAY TUNED.
ALSO-IF THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE CT HAD PUT UP THE SPRUNG INSTANT STRUCTURE THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS BLOG TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE LOST THREE MONTHS WORTH OF REVENUE. SPRUNG INSTANT STRUCTURES IS OUT OF ALBERTA CANADA AND IS SNOW AND WIND LOAD TESTED. WELL AS THEY SAY IN FRENCH-C’EST DOMMAGE!
JANUARY 9, 2011- I did request the Cheshire CT municipal gas usage log from June to December 2011. You know this issue really burns me because D who is a Revenue Examiner for the CT DEPT of LABOR and does FIELD AUDITS, HAS TO USE HIS OWN VEHICLE!! NO TAKE HOME CAR NO STATE CAR AT ALL FOR THAT MATTER.
POINT OF INTEREST-TAKING YOUR TOWN VEHICLE TO DUNKIN DONUTS OR STOP AND SHOP OR HOME FOR LUNCH-WHICH IS CONSIDERED PERSONAL USE-IS CONSIDERED TO BE TAXABLE BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. WELL MAYBE THE REVENUE EXAMINER SHOULD START EXAMINING. THEN AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN QUIET FOR QUITE SOME TIME. A GOOD DEFENSE IS THE BEST OFFENSE I ALWAYS SAY.
DON’T TELL ANYONE “YOU ARE ON CALL” THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE THE TAKE HOME CAR. YOU ARE NOT ON CALL WITH YOUR KIDS IN THE CAR-YOU WOULD NOT TAKE THEM ON A POLICE OR FIRE CALL BELIEVE ME. THIS WHOLE ISSUE WITH TAKE HOME CARS AND FREE GAS FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE HAS GOT TO STOP. IT JUST SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE. ALL ARE EQUAL. NO ONE IS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. IF YOU JUST WENT TO WORK IN CERTAIN FIELDS TO GET “PERKS” AND ARE REALLY NOT DEDICATED BECAUSE IT WAS A CALLING FOR YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE-THAT IS REALLY SAD AND DISTURBING.
MORE LATER.
JANUARY 8, 2012-OK-WELL IT IS 8 p.m. ON SUNDAY JANUARY 8 2012 AND I AM ABOUT TO KILL MY DAUGHTER-SOMETIMES I WONDER.
MY DAUGHTER STARTS TELLING ME HER NEW GARMIN 1490 LMT WHICH I PURCHASED FOR HER FROM QVC FOR CHRISTMAS DID NOT WORK. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL GARMINS AND NO PROBLEMS. I DID HAVE A FEW ISSUES WITH UPDATING BUT I GOT IT RESOLVED. THE UNIT ALWAYS WORKED-WHEN YOU USE IT OUTDOORS!!!!!!!
MY DAUGHTER APPARENTLY TRIED THE UNIT OUT INSIDE THE HOUSE WHICH I DID NOT REALIZE. FYI: IN ORDER FOR A GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) TO WORK-IT MUST RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM AT LEAST THREE SATELLITES. YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS WHEN YOU TRY THE SYSTEM OUT. YOU CANNOT RECEIVE A SATELLITE SIGNAL FROM INSIDE A BUILDING. CASE IN POINT-DO YOU HAVE DIRECT TV OR DISH NETWORK? THIS IS WHY YOUR DISH IS UP ON THE ROOF (OUTDOORS). UGH!
I AM GOING FOR THAT INTERVIEW FOR THE TOWN HISTORIAN IN CHESHIRE CT THIS THURSDAY AT 8:30 p.m. IN THE TOWN HALL. WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
JANUARY 6, 2012-I wanted to run this video to remind everyone (like you forgot), what was happening this time last winter. This is from WTNH last January-Cheshire receives 30 inches of snow. I understand this Saturday, January 7, it will be something like 55 degrees. What a difference a year makes. No snow anywhere and believe it or not-some people in the news media ARE COMPLAINING!
WHERE IS THE SNOW YOU ASK?
WHO CARES!
OH, SEE IF YOU NOTICE WHAT I DID ABOUT SOMETHING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS VIDEO.REMEMBER, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THIS SIDE ROAD IN CHESHIRE CT IS 25 MPH.
UPDATE: K-STATE LOST TO ARKANSAS 29-16. WASN’T A BLOWOUT BUT A COSTLY FUMBLE BY K-STATE QUARTERBACK COLLIN KLEIN DIDN’T HELP. OH WELL-IN TWO YEARS KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BE ONE OF THE TOP 50 RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE OVER 2,500 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S.
OK, I found out the Waterbury CT Republican-American newspaper had run an article on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 about the local resident’s lawsuit against the Cheshire CT Police Dept. I went to the Cheshire CT library and guess what? THAT EDITION WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!
Do you remember a few months ago there was an article about the police in the Meriden CT Record Journal. I spoke about this same situation on the blog then. I went to try to read the article in the library only to find the LOCAL news insert where the article appeared TO BE MISSING!
A SCANDALOUS PATTERN?
Well, I went to WATERBURY AND GOT THE JANUARY 4, 2012 edition of the paper and lo and behold the article about the local resident’s lawsuit was in there under Section B (Local News). But this time, the attorney representing the Town of Cheshire CT rebutted some of the accusations.
I read further and the article went on to say something to the effect that this was not the local resident’s first brush with the Cheshire CT Police Dept. since the death of his mother in 2009. The article said he was arrested on Nov. 19 at 1074 S. Main Street for creating a public disturbance.
OH REALLY?
I CONTACTED THE CHESHIRE CT POLICE RECORDS DEPT. THEY TOLD ME INITIALLY THE CASE WAS NOT DISPOSED OF YET AND COULD NOT RELEASE INFORMATION. I WENT HOME TO DISCOVER A VOICE MAIL ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE STATING THAT THE PUBLIC DISTURBANCE CHARGE WAS AN ERROR!!
I called back the Records Dept. They said that charge was from 2009. I said no, the article states it was Nov. 19, in fairness, the article doesn’t state the year. But, if you remember, the “accident” the local resident had occurred on NOVEMBER 19 2011 at 1074 S. Main Street and the local resident was given a ticket for “FAILURE TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN.”
HERE IT IS ON CT JUDICIAL BRANCH.
I KNOW I HAVE THE ACCIDENT REPORT. I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OF THE OFFICER GIVING THE LOCAL RESIDENT THE TICKET AND CLEARLY STATING IT WAS FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN.
IF THE CHARGE WAS INCORRECTLY PUT IN ON THE POLICE ARREST LOG-WOULDN’T IT HAVE SHOWN UP “INCORRECTLY” ON THE JUDICIAL BRANCH WEBSITE? I MONITOR IT AND DID NOT EVER SEE “PUBLIC DISTURBANCE.”
THE REPORTER DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE. SHE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT THE YEAR IN-BUT THE REPORTER GETS INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE DEPT ARREST LOG. PUTTING IN THE “WRONG CHARGE” IS NOT THE REPORTER’S FAULT. CAN YOU IMAGINE? BEYOND UNBELIEVABLE!
BESIDES, CREATING A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE IS AN INFRACTION. IT WOULD NOT TAKE FROM 2009 to 2012 TO RESOLVE IT. SO WE KNOW FROM THE STATEMENT MADE TO ME BY THE POLICE THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A RECENT EVENT (LIKE WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IF IT WERE NOT RESOLVED YET-NOT NEARLY THREE YEARS). MAKE SENSE??
BESIDES, I NEVER SAW THAT PUBLIC DISTURBANCE CHARGE MISTAKE OR NOT, OR EVEN THE ACCIDENT ON NOV. 19 2011 LISTED IN ANY OF THE MEDIA AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT ALLEGEDLY HITTING A PEDESTRIAN WOULD BE FAIRLY BIG NEWS, ESPECIALLY IN A TOWN THE SIZE OF CHESHIRE CT.
WHAT IS GOING ON? I KNOW THE CHESHIRE CT POLICE RECORDS DEPT IS VERY THOROUGH. I HAVE DEALT WITH THEM MANY TIMES AND THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL AND ACCURATE. THEY DON’T WRITE THE REPORTS AND COME UP WITH THE CHARGES-THE POLICE DO. THIS DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL-THINK ABOUT IT. THE ARTICLE (WITH THAT “CREATING A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE) MAKES IT LOOK AS IF THE LOCAL RESIDENT IS A TROUBLEMAKER AND HE IS JUST BEING VINDICTIVE BY SUING. I NEVER SAW THIS CHARGE IN THE ACCIDENT REPORT-I HAVE THE REPORT AND THE VIDEO OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE INFRACTION FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO A PEDESTRIAN. THAT CHARGE IS ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT-WHERE DID CREATING A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE COME FROM?
NO ONE CHECKED THE REPORT BEFORE IT WENT OUT? THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
EXAMPLE: YOU GET TICKETED FOR JAYWALKING AND IT IS LOGGED IN AS “PROSTITUTION” OH IT WAS MISTAKE? THAT IS SOMEONE’S REPUTATION ON THE LINE-IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MINOR OR WHAT YEAR IT OCCURRED IN, A MISTAKE IS A MISTAKE. WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN???
“OH I OVERREACT AND FIXATE ON THE POLICE” I WAS TOLD-GOOD THING!! LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON? NOW HOW CAN ANYTHING THEY WRITE BE CREDIBLE? GETTING A CHARGE WRONG AND THE PUBLIC SEEING IT? YOU’D BE BEYOND FURIOUS AND SUING FOR DEFAMATION AND YOU KNOW IT. THIS IS WHY I CARRY A VIDEO CAMERA WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH CHESHIRE CT. YOU SHOULD ALSO.
GOD ALMIGHTY!
LIKE THIS INTERVIEW FOR THE TOWN HISTORIAN-YOU DON’T CHECK THE CALENDAR? COME ON. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE? LOOK, YOU KNOW ME-I DON’T CARE WHAT THEY THROW AT ME, I OVERCOME IT. WHEN I GET SOMETHING IN MY MIND-I DRIVE UNTIL IT IS COMPLETED. I DON’T CARE IF THAT INTERVIEW WAS IN A MINE FIELD IN AFGHANISTAN. I WOULD BE THERE!
