UPDATE ON YANKEE GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION:
CLICK HERE
STILL TRYING TO SCAN THE GAS USAGE DOCUMENTS. DEFINITELY ON WEDNESDAY. SORRY FOR THE DELAY.
ALSO: THIS IS DEDICATED TO MY DAUGHTER CINDY–YOU BECOME UNIVERSITY OF CHESHIRE OOPS YEAH RIGHT–YOU BECOME UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT!!! MY MOM, MY COUSIN, MY BROTHER AND NOW MY DAUGHTER. WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU.
I WILL BE POSTING THAT POLICE MUNICIPAL GAS USAGE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 31st I HAVE HAD A BUSY SCHEDULE BESIDES TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH WHICH I WILL NOT BE DOING AFTER MID SEPTEMBER. I AM SORRY I COULD NOT SCAN THESE IN ON MONDAY. I GOT REALLY BUSY BUT STAY TUNED.
CLICK HERE FOR ACLU NEWS.
ALSO: HERE IS AN INTERESTING STORY ON “GLASS ROADS’ YES BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS AN IDEA TO PAVE ROADS USING GLASS.
UPDATE: My spouse will be contacting the town of Cheshire CT and asking to see certain documents we know they don’t have (because I asked for them in the past) and then another FOI complaint will be lodged. Also, there will be no compromise with the Ombudsman. My spouse wants the Officer arrested for confiscating documents in violation of the SEARCH AND SEIZURE CLAUSE OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
Also we hope to have Federal funding cut off to the West Main Street project and the bridge project on West Johnson Avenue and any future projects this town tries to get money for from the State or the Government.
The town of Cheshire knows how all of this can be stopped-a phone call and a pen.
ALSO: Back by popular demand: CAK’S Photos from Flickr. Sorry some of the photos are scanned sideways. Prints are available. Click HERE
I just received this reply via fax that my spouse sent to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission regarding the inability if you will of the Town of Cheshire CT to come up with a State Statute that allows the police to confiscate and hold onto and drive around with a persons auto registration and insurance card.
Hey pal, guess what?? I AM hearing voices now: The ACLU, The Attorney General’s Office and now the Freedom of Information Commission. You will be hearing them also REAL SOON IN PERSON!!!
Click on the document to enlarge.
Let’s see how good you are at U.S. History. My minor in college was U.S. History. Of course I came from trailer trash so it is amazing I was able to get anywhere in life. But, I took the test and scored 100 on guessing the correct dates in history. I am REALLY good at that for some reason. Dates seem to stick in my head. It took me several tries to match events in chronological order. Hopefully you will get it on the first try. Some of you are so old you probably lived through this history so you will be cheating. Whatever.
Click HERE for “Today in U.S. History.
Also, my spouse contacted me and told me he received a letter from the CT Superior Court regarding my infraction ticket for driving over the yellow line. GEEZ can these people get a life?? The court date is Sept. 14th in Meriden so I will HAVE TO RETURN. DAMN!! I knew it. Better to get it over with now I guess instead of waiting till winter. It is odd though, because I have been checking the Judicial website and nothing shows up. Maybe they don’t update it anymore, I don’t know. I am sure the Cheshire Police Department knows when I have to go to court!!!
Oh, I found my hamster so I can scan those gas usage documents. I will do it this Wednesday night.
GOODBYE FOR NOW.
I am having problems posting the Cheshire CT municipal gas usage because my pet hamster ran out of my trailer so I have no electricity!!! Anyway, here is an interesting article for all of you trailer loving people out there.
Click HERE.
August 24:2010-I will be posting the Cheshire CT Police Dept. Municipal vehicle gas usage for June and July 10. June and July 09 are too light because of the dot matrix printer that was used. Also, my suspicions were confirmed. Apparently, the Town of Cheshire has decided to ban some town departments from accessing certain websites, mine and TWL included. I understand apparently the Police Department still has access. Well something like this must be true because I banned the Town of Cheshire’s IP address and if they could not access from their end, I would not see an increase in the figure I had a few months ago when I banned them after the license issue. I see several attempts from Monday, August. 23 to access the site. I mean let’s face it, it is pretty scary when you have a police department monitoring blogs.
HERE IS AN ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT MUNICIPALITIES ALLOWING SOME EMPLOYEES TO ACCESS CERTAIN WEBSITES WHILE OTHERS MAY NOT. MY ATTITUDE-EVERYONE OR NO-ONE.
August 23, 2010: I have been blogging USING MY NAME on Tim White’s blog regarding the unemployment figures. Then of course, a moron WHO REMAINED ANONYMOUS has to make moronic comments like how many voices do I hear in different states or something to that matter.
Let me ask you something moron: HOW MANY VOICES DID YOU HEAR SCREAMING IN JULY OF 2007? OR WERE THOSE SCREAMS JUST IN YOUR HEAD??? YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A MAN!!!
Of course I listed all of my properties WHICH I OWN THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET!!!
Here is an excerpt from an interview from April 2010 with author Brian McDonald who wrote the book: “In the Middle of the Night.”
Interesting observation halfway into the interview regarding the motive for the crime.
Click HERE
August 22, 2010: There is an interesting article in the Meriden CT Record Journal about a former Town Council member whose e-mail was hacked. Although I did not receive the “hurt in Wales please send money” hack email, I did receive a Cialis email with this person’s name as the sender. As I stated previously I realized this person’s email had been hacked. The person had Yahoo. I did for a while but canceled it. Yahoo is VERY EASY to hack. You click on “change password” But in order to do that, you must know WHERE the person resides and SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS PERSONAL. VERY SUSPECT because it is not about hacking code. There are people who have TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS and I don’t think it was some random hacker but that is my opinion.
Also, who is driving a municipal vehicle to Westbrook CT just about every day?? FESS UP!!!
YET ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF “WHAT WOULD YOU DO?”
You KNOW what I would do in all these situations–GET INVOLVED. I taught my children that also. In fact, a few days ago, my daughter came home and told me she saw an elderly woman sitting in a car alone in front of the Cheshire CT library. My daughter said it appeared the woman was slumped over. I asked her what should she do? She called the police. They responded right away. My daughter called back a few minutes later to check. The police said the car was gone. You know what?? BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?? IGNORED IT?? PROBABLY!!!
Friday,August 20, 2010: I did take some photos of really RUSTED FIRE HYDRANTS on LANCASTER WAY, JARVIS NEAR LANCASTER, MOSS FARMS NEAR DEVONWOOD DR.
THE HYDRANT ON LANCASTER NEAR THE CORNER OF JARVIS STREET IS ALMOST ENTIRELY RUSTED THROUGH, THAT IS PHOTO NUMBER THREE. THE FIRST PHOTO IS THE ONE ACROSS FROM MY HOME, THE SECOND ON UPPER LANCASTER AND THE REAL RUSTED ONE IS ALSO ON LANCASTER NEAR JARVIS STREET. THE FOURTH IS ON THE CORNER OF DEVONWOOD AND MOSS FARMS. THE FIFTH PHOTO IS ON JARVIS STREET ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE BEFORE THE JAIL.
I DID STOP BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY SAID EITHER PUBLIC WORKS OR I HEARD THE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY PAINTS THE HYDRANTS. I SAW A PW TRUCK THE PERSON SAID REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY PAINTS THEM. OH NO!! I SHOULD NOT HAVE MENTIONED THAT A PW EMPLOYEE SPOKE TO ME NOW THEY PROBABLY WILL BE OUT OF A JOB!!! THEN AGAIN, THEY MAY BE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT IS BANNED FROM ACCESSING UTH AND TWL. CAN SOME STILL ACCESS AND NOT OTHERS?? I HOPE NOT. NO ONE OR EVERYONE. TALK ABOUT CENSORSHIP.
From what I understand, if the Regional Water Authority paints the hydrants, they charge the town. So, maybe over a certain period of time, the really rusted through hydrants can be painted. If the town goes on Rt 10 and Jarvis, the corner there near the jail they can see what a maintained hydrant in perfect condition looks like. The paint I am told is chrome yellow and according to town ordinance MUST be painted that color.
Also, a reader sent me a photo THAT DID NOT COME OUT UNFORTUNATELY, of that gas line work being done on RT 68 in Yalesville. I don’t think he wanted to take the photo of the STATE POLICE OFFICER that was directing traffic (NOT THE LOCAL POLICE), so he took a photo of the STATE POLICE CRUISER!!! WHY?? WHY DOES THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE CT INSIST ON HAVING LOCAL POLICE STAND ON RT 10 A STATE ROAD AND DIRECT TRAFFIC WHEN WALLINGFORD HAS THE STATE POLICE DO IT??
Remember, even though a utility is paying the extra duty, that money goes towards that officers pension THAT YOU THE TAXPAYER IN CHESHIRE PAY FOR!! At least with the State Police, the ENTIRE STATE PAYS, NOT JUST ONE MUNICIPALITY!!! WAKE UP!!!
Now the entire saga at this police department in Cheshire CT has come into focus. I sort of knew what had transpired because the Town of Cheshire is VERY PREDICTABLE- they do everything quietly. They do not like issues brought out into the open-and if they are they will quietly and covertly try to take care of the PROBLEM. Well, the PROBLEM may have been taken care of-but from I heard from a source on Thursday, a problem from the past may have thrown themselves into the who will be the next police chief ring.
I will scan as many of the gas usage reports from the Police Department before I leave. I will be returning probably shortly to address that ticket issue that has remained up in the air since June 3!!!! I am ready. I wish I knew something so I could plan, but what can I tell you. I will live with it.
Special Request: Featured Video: The Ramones: “I Just Want To Have Something To Do” (or what the Cheshire Police Department will be singing after I leave). I am sure they will be singing something else.
More later.
UPDATE: AUGUST 19, 2010: I WAS DRIVING ON WEST MAIN ST CHESHIRE CT AROUND 2:45 p.m AND WENT BY THE WEST MAIN ST SIDEWALK PROJECT. I SAW A WORKER USING THAT HAMMER TO CRACK OPEN THE PAVEMENT. HE WAS WEARING A MASK!!!
YEA!!!
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?? GAY COUPLES REFUSED SERVICE AT A RESTAURANT.
CLICK HERE
IN THE PROGRAM IT WAS NOTED THAT 38 STATES HAVE LAWS WHERE SAME SEX COUPLES CAN BE REFUSED SERVICE. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:Alaska Arizona Texas Utah Oklahoma Idaho Wyoming S.Dakota Nebraska Montana Kansas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Mississippi Alabama Tennessee S Carolina N Carolina Kentucky Florida Georgia Virgina Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan.
You notice one of the states in this list is Kansas. I am sure around the college towns or larger population areas the sexual orientation would probably not be a problem. But you might have a problem in a rural area-MAYBE NOT I don’t know. People from Kansas are either a or b-they like you and accept you or they don’t. Plain and simple. They judge you by how you are as a person, your character.
I remember years ago there was a restaurant in Bridgeport, CT called “Bloodroot.” It was a real good restaurant, they served organic food and was owned and operated by two lesbians. They had gay and lesbian calendars, art work, photography. NO ONE CARED. We went there to eat and many of the clientele were straight. I used to go there a lot with people from the paper. No one bothered the restaurant or felt threatened. It was just a restaurant. What if you went in there and were refused service because you were straight? I remember they used to have “women only” nights which was fine with me.
Remember the saying from my old friend Barbara S: “Money to money and shit to the dummy.”
AUGUST 18,2010-I WILL BE POSTING SOME OF THE POLICE CAR GAS USAGE. UNFORTUNATELY AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, THE DOT MATRIX PRINTOUTS ARE TOO LIGHT TO SEE-BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT MANY OF THESE PATROL CARS ARE GETTING 8 to 9 MPG BECAUSE THEY ARE IDLING. IT IS BETTER TO DRIVE AROUND. ALSO, IT IS POSSIBLE TO ADJUST THE IGNITION TIMING BUT ON NEWER CARS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR. I ASKED THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN CHESHIRE CT ABOUT THE USE OF SUPER UNLEADED AND WHETHER REGULAR UNLEADED CAN BE USED. HE SAID THE DEPT. USES MID GRADE. ACTUALLY, AFTER RESEARCHING AND ASKING SOME PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE BETTER BELIEVE IT OR NOT TO USE SUPER UNLEADED AS FAR AS ENGINE WEAR AND TEAR GOES.I KNOW THE CHIEF SAID THE DEPT IS NOT BUYING FORD CROWN VICS ANYMORE BECAUSE I GUESS THEY ARE NOT MAKING THEM. IT IS DODGE AND CHEVY NOW.
ALSO: Boy, I could have cut it with a knife on Tuesday night when my spouse and I went to the Police, Fire, WPCA and several other departments Capital Budget hearing. “OH HURRY UP” when I asked to speak. My spouse was upset over someones attitude. You try to show up and offer constructive criticism and in part HAS BEEN TAKEN and put into effect. The PD doesn’t get cars every year-they drive what they have. And I am tired of hearing that old story about the tire falling off the car. ATTENTION: PATCH THAT HOLE I ALMOST FELL IN AT THE POLICE DEPT PARKING LOT WILL YOU??
But then again, it was Officer Sexy so they should get him a new car immediately!!! Really though, hey I was driving on the CT Turnpike years ago when the seat I was in FELL THROUGH THE FLOOR!!. I was dragging my behind on the pavement and it was snowing to top it off!! My dad just took a steel plate and welded in onto the bottom beneath the driver seat and presto–good to go!!!
What input do some people who run this town want?? Only criticize the departments THEY DON’T LIKE (i.e. the Board of Education and for some people-the Fire Department??
Worried about the cost of a new fire engine?? Consider this: $614,000 in overtime times two-would have PAID FOR A NEW FIRE TRUCK CASH!!! NO CNR FUND (BORROWING) NO NOTHING. CHANGE YOUR PRIORITIES!!!!
I don’t believe it is because of being shorthanded-it is poor planning (scheduling). I believe a lot of the overtime at the PD was because of swapping shifts!! Plan ahead for this because you know it is going to happen-it is not as if this were the first time EVER this was done.
Someone doesn’t want any drama for the next few months-HELLO!! DON’T START IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!
Oh when I DO FINALLY GO TO COURT AFTER WAITING FOR THREE MONTHS FOR AN INFRACTION TICKET (CAR TIRE SUPPOSEDLY WENT ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE) I AM ASKING FOR A TRIAL!! THE COURT ASKED ME TO SEND “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION” I DID. I SENT PHOTOS, STATEMENTS, ETC. NO DICE-WELL NOW PAY THE PRICE. EVERY 42 SECONDS IN THE UNITED STATES, A PERSON IS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER!!! BUT I WHO HAVE NEVER HARMED ANYONE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE EVER AND HAVE A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD-NO POINTS NOTHING FOR OVER A DECADE, COULD NOT DRIVE FOR OVER TWO MONTHS WITH NO END IN SIGHT UNTIL MS. ESTY INTERVENED, BECAUSE AN OFFICER MADE A STATEMENT. “THE OPERATOR BEGAN YELLING AND CURSING, “MOST” OF WHICH I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND”!!!! AND MY LICENSE WAS TAKEN JUST ON THAT!!! WHAT DID YOU HEAR, WHEN YOU STATED YOU COULD NOT UNDERSTAND MOST OF WHAT I SAID?? THAT IS WHY THE DMV COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE ERASED THE WITHDRAWAL (MEDICAL) FROM THE RECORD-ALL GONE!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU THINK DMV DOES THAT?? NOT TOO OFTEN!!
CASE CLOSED!!!
WHEN WILL THE STATE OF CT AND OTHER STATES IN THIS COUNTRY STOP PROSECUTING VICTIMLESS CRIMES?? THE COURTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT YOU AND I FROM HARM!!!! MEANWHILE THE DOCKETS ARE FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ‘BREACHED’ THE LAW AND HURT NO-ONE AND DR. PETIT HAS HAD TO WAIT HOW MANY YEARS TO SEE TWO PEOPLE WHO ALLEGEDLY HARMED THREE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS TO JUSTICE?? AGAIN, WHERE ARE THE PRIORITIES??
THE BOTTOM LINE I WAS TOLD-”OH JUST GET A LAWYER, PAY HIM THE FEE ($500) AND YOU THE “OFFENDER” DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO SHOW UP TO COURT AND WE WILL PROBABLY NOLLE IT.” THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE FROM THE CENTRALIZED INFRACTIONS BUREAU.
SO, IF I WERE SUCH A DANGER ON THE ROAD WHERE A COMPLAINT TICKET HAD TO BE WRITTEN OUT, WHY DO I NOT EVEN HAVE TO SHOW UP IF I SHELL OUT MONEY TO A LAWYER?? THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED-BOTTOM LINE-MONEY!!!
I GUESS IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD THE ATTORNEY FEE, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP. IF YOU CAN, YOU DON’T. IT IS DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. IT IS ALL MONEY!!! MONEY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO I GUESS YOU ARE NOT THAT MENACING OR DANGEROUS IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO “PAY” THEIR PRICE. WHAT DOES THAT SOUND LIKE TO YOU?? YES, EXACTLY!!! REMEMBER IT IS “with liberty AND JUSTICE FOR ALL”!!! NOT “with liberty and justice (FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE CASH”)!!!!
ALSO, MY SPOUSE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEST MAIN ST PROJECT NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THERE, HE DOESN’T CARE AND I DON’T EITHER. IT IS WHETHER OR NOT THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID THE PREVAILING WAGE AND THE CORRECT PREVAILING WAGE. THERE ARE THREE PREVAILING WAGE TIERS, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL AND MASONRY. THE MASONRY WORK GETS PAID THE HIGHEST PREVAILING WAGE. WERE THESE PEOPLE GETTING THAT WAGE?? WERE THEY TOLD TO USE THE DUST MASKS TO GUARD THEIR HEALTH?? REMEMBER, MY SON LIVES AS A LEGAL ALIEN IN CANADA. HE KNOWS HOW IT FELT AT FIRST NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE WHEN HE WENT TO QUEBEC AND THE CULTURE AND HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IT MADE HIM FEEL WHEN HE FIRST WENT THERE. HE KNOWS WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE TRAIN AND QUESTIONED ABOUT RETURNING TO CANADA AFTER HE HAD GRADUATED. HE HAS A WORK PERMIT AND DOES FINE. CANADA HAS BEEN VERY KIND AND GRACIOUS TO HIM. BUT AT CERTAIN TIMES IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM AS I AM SURE IT HAS BEEN FOR OTHERS WHO COME HERE TO EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE AND TO MAKE MONEY. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE-IT IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE TREATED FAIRLY NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. I WANTED TO GET THAT STRAIGHT.
Now, as far as the Monthly Gas Distribution Report goes: for June 2009 “Police Dept. Pumps” 2,787. 2 gallons were purchased and 28,081 miles were driven. The printout states the old price of gas at 51 cents or so, but I believe the Chief said the gas is purchased at around $2.37 some odd cents per gallon. I guess they could not update the price on the pump, besides everything is based on gallons used.
In June 2010, the Police purchased 2,621.0 gallons and drove 27,333 miles. In July, 2009, 3,072.7 gallons of gas were purchased and 33,949 miles were driven. In July, 2010 , 2,758 gallons were purchased and 25,538 miles were driven.
MORE LATER.
CLICK HERE
Really great photos of Kansas. She shows herself in so many different ways. These photos are just a few glimpses:
Click HERE
I picked up (gas usage for EACH vehicle) for June,July 09 and June, July 10. I will go through it and try to put on as much as possible over several posts, it IS 48 pages. I did notice the 2009 printouts for the police INDIVIDUAL VEHICLE gas usage is in that nasty dot matrix. The 2010 is a regular laser printer so it will be easier to see. I also noticed the one pump the police have uses SUPER UNLEADED!!! Now, I know the cars are V-8, but if the ignition timing is adjusted from TDC (top dead center) these cars SHOULD RUN on REGULAR UNLEADED. Also I am fairly sure one of those SUV’s I keep saying they should stop using so much is a FLEX FUEL VEHICLE which uses a blend of gas and ethanol. BETTER GAS MILEAGE??
Check it out
Flex Fuel is Cheaper but you get bad gas mileage and you cannot go as far on a tank of gas. What’s the deal with Flex Fuel. You see those big suv’s rocking the little badge on the back, but what exactly is “Flex Fuel.” Well Flex Fuel is also know as E85. The “E” is short for Ethanol which make up 85% of the mix, the rest is gasoline.
Flex Fuel Cars Get Better Fuel Economy – Nope!
Gasoline has a lot of stored energy, but the Alcohol that is contained in Ethanol has less. Since Flex Fuel is mostly Ethanol the result is less bank for the buck. Car that use E85 get 10-15% less fuel economy than their regular brothern. Take for example the GMC Yukon, the Flex Fuel gas mileage is much lower. And I grabbed this from fueleconomy.gov!
Yes, keep staying home. Remember, YOU the taxpayer ARE PAYING FOR THIS.
Stay tuned.
THIS JUST IN:
Derf and Cindy,
The Police Department and the Finance Department have completed the compilation of this information that you requested – it was quite a time-consuming process, especially since they were working with two different financial systems. The document is lengthy – 48 pages, which, at $.50 per page totals $24.00. It is available for you to pick up at the Police Station, or we can send it to you through the mail. However, since the cost is over $10.00, we would require pre-payment either way. If you prefer to do this via mail, simply send a check for $24.00, payable to Town of Cheshire, to either Chief Cruess (500 Highland Ave.) or to me in the Town Manager’s office (84 South Main St.), and we will mail the document out immediately upon receipt. Should you choose to pick it up at the Police Department, you can pay at the records window with cash or check.
Thanks – hope you are having an enjoyable summer.
Arnett
I am having “what is left” of the enjoyable summer now that I have my license.
I WANT TO SAY HI TO MY FRIEND ED AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME-I APPRECIATE IT EITHER WAY.
AUGUST 16,2010: I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ARNETT FROM THE CHESHIRE CT TOWN MANAGER’S OFFICE REGARDING THIS GAS USE PER VEHICLE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I CALLED AROUND 3 P.M. ON MONDAY, AUGUST 16th TO SEE HOW IT WAS GOING. HERE IS THE RESPONSE:
Cindy and Derf,
Our system only tracks and allocates gas usage by department, but we are waiting to hear back from Chief Cruess to see if he might be able to provide this information by vehicle – I will let you know when we hear back from him if we have this info available in any form. Thanks!
Arnett
I AM BACK IN CHESHIRE FOR A WEEK TO CELEBRATE MY UPCOMING BIRTHDAY AND MY ANNIVERSARY BEFORE EVERYTHING STARTS NEXT WEEK. I AM DELIBERATING WHETHER OR NOT TO ATTEND THAT CAPITAL BUDGET HEARING ON PUBLIC SAFETY. I KNOW MY SPOUSE IS ATTENDING. WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS-HOPEFULLY WE WILL RECEIVE ANSWERS.
THAT IS ALL FOR NOW.
UPDATE: AUGUST 12, 2010- My spouse just read me a letter dated August 10, 2010 from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles office regarding that June 3 2010 incident with the CHESHIRE CT police department where my license was taken for OVER two months even though I have a clean driving record-NO POINTS and has been that way for OVER 10 years. Thanks again to MS. ESTY our state representative who helped me get my driver license returned on July 20. I guess the Commissioner of Motors Vehicles must has seen through the smoke ( and the inaccuracies) because here is the letter I received a few days after I mailed the Commissioner my driver history, all my medical records which indicate NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF ANY TYPE AND A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH TO DRIVE!!! I also mailed that farce of police report which states “the operator began yelling and swearing MOST OF WHICH I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND”!!! AND THAT ALLOWS THESE PEOPLE TO TAKE A LICENSE AWAY AND KEEP A THE REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE CARD FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHICH VIOLATED THE FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCH AND SEIZURE CLAUSE. I HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO HAS DIRECTED HIS STAFF TO INVESTIGATE. I AM HAPPY BECAUSE NOW EVERYONE IN POWER IN THIS STATE KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND THEY KNOW THE REAL REASON-YOU ARE READING IT-UNDERGROUND TOWN HALL!! ALSO INCLUDED WAS ANOTHER COPY OF MY DRIVER HISTORY. REMEMBER THE ONE I PUT ON THIS BLOG HAD THE “WITHDRAWAL FOR MEDICAL REASONS” INDEFINITE.
THE LATEST ONE HAS THAT ALL ERASED. IT IS CLEAN AS A WHISTLE. THE DRIVER HISTORY STATES: “NO VIOLATIONS ON RECORD”
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WARD FOR SEEING THROUGH THIS. YOUR DRIVING RECORD CAN AFFECT GETTING EMPLOYMENT. MINE IS CLEAN-NO REFERENCE TO THE WITHDRAWAL- THAT WAS MY REQUEST AND THEY HONORED IT-RIGHTLY SO!!! NOW I CAN GET MY CDL!!!
MY DRIVING RECORD IS CLEAN AND GUESS WHAT?? IT IS STAYING THAT WAY!! WHY?? BECAUSE I WON’T BE DRIVING IN CHESHIRE ANYMORE SO I KNOW WILL HAVE NO PROBLEMS. AND FOR MR “SHOULDN’T YOU BE WORRYING ABOUT THE KANSAS POLICE BY NOW”
I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU-”SHOULDN’T YOUR STUPID LITTLE TOWN BE WORRYING ABOUT OSHA VIOLATIONS,PREVAILING WAGE AND IMMIGRATION ISSUES BY NOW”???
LUCKILY IT HAS BACKFIRED BIGTIME. I FIGHT BACK AND I WIN!!! GET READY CHESHIRE TO WRITE THAT $8,000 CHECK. MY SPOUSE WILL BE ATTENDING THAT CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE POLICE. IF THE TOWN COUNCIL EVEN TRIES TO GIVE THEM ONE ITEM, THE TOWN WILL BE CONDUCTING YET ANOTHER REFERENDUM!!!
AND ALSO, IS THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE CT OVERTAXING MOTOR VEHICLES?? THE TOWN IS STATING OUR 1991 CAMRY IS WORTH $2000 AND WAS PURCHASED SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR $1,200?? COME ON!!! ALSO THE 1997 TOYOTA COROLLA IS NOW WORTH $4000 AND WAS PURCHASED IN EIGHT YEAR AGO USED FOR $4000??? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS THEIR POLICE VEHICLES ARE WORTHLESS AFTER A FEW YEARS!!! GO FIGURE!!!
Here is Edmunds value on a 1997 Toyota Corolla base model-air, power steering, rear window defroster, am/fm cd, 1/4 liter at 100 percent value. Remember, the Town of Cheshire CT has my vehicle assessed at $2,900 at 75 percent value which comes out to $4,000 full value 100 percent assessment. So literally the town says my vehicle never lost value.
 1997 Toyota Corolla CE 4dr Sedan |
 |
||
| Trade-In | Private Party | Dealer Retail | |
| National Base Price | $1,299 | $1,907 | $2,920 |
| Optional Equipment | $130 | $171 | $265 |
| Power Steering | $21 | $27 | $42 |
| Air Conditioning | $72 | $95 | $147 |
| AM/FM/CD Audio System | $23 | $30 | $47 |
| Rear Window Defroster | $14 | $19 | $29 |
| Color Adjustment Black |
$-3 | $-4 | $-7 |
| Regional Adjustment for Zip Code 06410 |
$-35 | $-52 | $-79 |
| Mileage Adjustment 237,000 miles |
$-649 | $-649 | $-649 |
| Condition Adjustment Clean |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total | $742 | $1,373 | $2,450 |
I don’t have my scanner-but here is the letter from the DMV MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION CHIEF KATHLEEN F. BEAL IN ITS ENTIRETY.
August 10, 2010
Cynthia A. Kleist
Dear Ms. Kleist;
I am in receipt of your recent letter to Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Robert M. Ward concerning issues involving the Cheshire Police Department and the status of your Connecticut motor vehicle operator’s license.
A review of your driving history indicates NO VIOLATIONS on your record; I have enclosed a recent CERTIFIED COPY of your driving history for your benefit. It confirms you have NO OUTSTANDING ISSUES PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES RELATIVE TO YOUR OPERATOR’S LICENSE.
Your letter also expresses concerns about events relative to a stop by the Cheshire Police Department. The Department of Motor Vehicles has no jurisdiction over law enforcement and will take no further action regarding that aspect of your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Kathleen F. Beal
MV Division Chief
UPDATE: AUGUST 10, 2010-My spouse DID HEAR from Arnett in the Cheshire CT Town Hall regarding the municipal gas usage for the police vehicles. She said she was going to work on it right away.
ALSO I DID GET A PRIVATE COMMENT FROM A READER WHO THINKS THERE MAY BE A POSSIBLE OSHA, PREVAILING WAGE AND ICE (IMMIGRATION) ISSUE GOING ON AT THE WEST MAIN STREET STREETSCAPE PROJECT IN CHESHIRE CT. THE READER SAID THEY WERE CONTACTING THE STATE OF CT LABOR DEPT.PREVAILING WAGE DIVISION OSHA AND IMMIGRATION. IF THERE IS A VIOLATION THE PROJECT COULD BE SHUT DOWN. THE PERSON WILL BE CONTACTING THE PRESS.
We are out of Cheshire CT so HERE is some NEW NEWS from MANHATTAN KANSAS HOME OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS IS THE KSU EDITION OF THE MANHATTAN MERCURY FROM 2009 but it is still good reading. Also I will let you know if my spouse hears from the Town of Cheshire CT regarding this municipal gas usage for the police vehicles.
CLICK HERE FOR CRIME STATISTICS ON MANHATTAN, KS POPULATION 45,000. REMEMBER THIS IS A COLLEGE TOWN AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOCAL POLICE DEPT THEY HAVE A COUNTY POLICE DEPT.
Click HERE to read more.
Photo of the Kansas line. Kansas is 411 miles long. Which in perspective-from Cheshire CT to roughly Ottawa Ontario Canada is about that distance. Cheshire CT to downtown Montreal Quebec is 336 miles.
