AUGUST 9, 2010: MY SPOUSE JUST INFORMED ME THAT HE HAS SENT VIA EMAIL,  A REQUEST TO THE TOWN OF CHESHIRE CT FOR THE MUNICIPAL GAS USAGE FOR EACH POLICE CAR FROM JUNE THROUGH JULY 2009AND JUNE THROUGH JULY 2010. THIS OUGHT TO BE GOOD!!!

MORE LATER.

OK I just sent the info to the Attorney General’s  Office regarding my driver license and that INACCURATE police report TWO DAYS AGO. I GOT A REPLY ALREADY!!! It came in the mail on FRIDAY, AUGUST 6th and is dated AUGUST 5th. I SENT IT AUGUST 4th.

Basically the letter reads as follows:

Dear Ms. Kleist,

I very much appreciate your letter bringing your concerns and questions to my attention. My staff will review your letter and will contact you as soon as possible.

We hope to help address these issues, and will do everything possible within our legal authority to assist you.

Your inquiry, recorded as Public Inquiry #360264 has been assigned to the Consumer Protection Department within the Attorney General’s Office. The phone number for this department is 860-***-****.

Again, thank you for contacting my office. If you wish to provide any additional information relating to your letter, please refer to the Public Inquiry number indicated above.

Very truly yours,

Richard Blumenthal

Attorney General

A friend asked why the issue was being referred to the Consumer Protection Department. It is-but it is WITHIN THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. This is the correct department because let’s face it-we have a DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IN CHESHIRE!!! Well let us see what happens. I also wrote DMV Commissioner Ward and requested a hearing. I want these people who write inaccurate non factual reports BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES as we would as civilians if we LIED about an ISSUE to the police !!!

It is not different strokes for different folks.

HERE IS THE 911 CALL FROM THE MANCHESTER SHOOTER OMAR THORNTON. THIS IS SO SAD.

THIS PERSON COULD NOT HANDLE THIS STRESS NOW PEOPLE ARE DEAD. PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN TO CHANNEL THEIR NEGATIVE FEELINGS. IT IS SO HARD FOR SOME. NOW INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE GONE. I AS A WOMAN KNOW HOW IT IS TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS MOST OF YOU WOMEN OUT THERE DO. BUT SEE THE DIFFERENCE WITH ME IS THAT I CONFRONT PEOPLE. I GET IN THEIR FACE STRAIGHT UP AND ASK THEM. I CALL THEM OUT. I AM HONEST IN MY FEELINGS AND ALWAYS TALK FROM MY HEART.SO SAD.  MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THINGS ON THE CHIN AND MOVE ON.

WHEN I STARTED WORKING ON NEWSPAPERS OVER 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO, YOU THINK THEY ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET? SOME OF THE GUYS SAID THINGS, WE ANSWERED RIGHT BACK BELIEVE ME!!! WE INSULTED THEM WHERE THEY DON’T LIKE TO BE INSULTED. WE STOOD OUR GROUND. NOW THERE IS A LAW AGAINST THAT.  A LAW HAS TO PROTECT YOU.  PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING PROSECUTED. WE CALLED PEOPLE WE DID NOT LIKE THAT BOTHERED US NAMES THAT WOULD BE DOWNRIGHT NASTY TODAY BUT GUESS WHAT? WE DID NOT SEE THIS HAPPEN.

THIS IS A SAD EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE TAUGHT THAT NOTHING THEY DO IS WRONG, THAT LIFE IS NOT UNFAIR BECAUSE IF IT IS IT WILL BE MADE FAIR FOR ALL. THEY WERE TAUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR ACTIONS. NO ONE LOSES-EVERYONE MAKES THE TEAM. AS BILLY IDOL SAID IN ONE OF HIS SONGS:

“THERE IS NOTHING FAIR IN THIS WORLD.”

911 call to police by Omar Thornton

THIS JUST IN: CAR STRIKES DUNKIN DONUTS ON WEST MAIN ST IN CHESHIRE AUGUST 5. Ten get you one that person will still be able to drive.  OH IT WAS A 79 YEAR OLD LADY WHO APPARENTLY DROVE FROM ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT INTO THE WINDOW OF THE DUNKIN DONUTS. I ALWAYS SIT AT THAT TABLE RIGHT BY THE WINDOW. I WAS THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO. HEADS UP THAT IS WHEN YOU TAKE A LICENSE AWAY.

AND THEN APPARENTLY THE CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST MAIN WAS ROBBED A FEW DAYS AGO AT 5:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE ROBBERS WERE ARRESTED IN WALLINGFORD BY THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT FIGURES.

This town is so dead in the water legally it isn’t even funny. I challenge the people at the police department to JUSTIFY why my license was taken based on that SLOPPY LIBELOUS POLICE REPORT THEY WROTE!!!  You are paying for it with your taxes. They rake it in and you pay!! You’ll get tired of it one day.

Click HERE for details

My spouse told me he had seen a piece on Cheshire CT’s town government channel about how the Mixville playground was fixed up. Remember last JULY 2009 when I went to Mixville right before they started charging an entrance fee and interviewed some out of town people? I don’t have that video anymore unfortunately but I did zoom in on flooding in the Mixville playground area. Then of course some others picked up on it. I guess the town did too. This is what makes this driver license incident so nasty. I took the time to care about the town, I gained nothing from it financially or politically and look what happened. I mean I have had to take on nasty comments and emails but this took the cake. I will never forget what happened and I will seek out justice THE LEGAL WAY.

And those signs on the telephone poles better come down or I will have people put up signs and the Police will NOT LIKE THE CONTENT believe me and guess what? It all is legal-covered by the First Amendment-FREE SPEECH and backed up by the ACLU.

PUBLIC WORKERS ENJOY GOLDEN NEST EGGS

Manchester CT Police Chief Marc Montminy gives press conference on shooting. Look how professional and at ease he is with the press. He knows how to handle questions and is very relaxed and secure.  You can tell he is used to doing this. Something needed in Cheshire CT.

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UPDATE: I did hear on Monday, Aug. 2 from the Attorney Generals Office. I have to send some additional documentation but it appears they are interested. I sent the report the police filed, my medical records-FACTS. I also am billing the town of Cheshire CT for $8,000 in damages and lost wages for the nearly two month period I was without a license. AND, I also will have to come back to Connecticut to answer this “Failure to Drive Right” infraction which has still not been settled by the court since June 3 2010!!!! Many friends are telling me they don’t see the police driving around as much ever since I got my license back. Because, it was a contest I believe, this is just my opinion. See who can catch her driving and then we can justify having her license taken.  The police report is what is the caveat here. I mean look, they had THREE DAYS to write it-you would think they would get it right. When a person writes from emotion THEY MAKE MISTAKES!! I hope they did not write some other police report as they did mine or two people may walk!!!

Another interesting article on overtime-from 2007-Windsor CT Town Council meeting. Scroll down to the “police” category and see what one of the Town Council people says about overtime. You would NEVER read that in Cheshire.

Click HERE

A friend just contacted me on Monday, August 2, 2010 and told me she had just driven down Peck Lane towards Carmody’s Farm stand and there is paving going on. She noticed the WORKERS were directing traffic NOT the Cheshire Police Department because that is NOT EXTRA DUTY and would be TOWN OVERTIME. Maybe someone is getting the hint. $614,000 IN OVERTIME for 09/10 fiscal year-this NEEDS TO STOP!!!

Also, here is a real nice website of the Gilford Police Dept., Gilford, New Hampshire. Some department should take note and update THEIRS!!! It is very community oriented.

Click HERE.

I just had to share this article about STATE DEBT. CONNECTICUT IS NUMBER ONE!!! THIS REALLY TIES INTO THIS OVERTIME SPENDING IN CHESHIRE. I DON’T WHERE THE TOWN THINKS THEY CAN CONTINUALLY COME UP WITH MONEY FOR THIS.

ANYWAY: CLICK HERE.

THAT IS ALL FOR A WHILE. MY BAGS ARE PACKED.

I WILL LET ALL OF YOU KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THESE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE FILED. I WILL KEEP THE BLOG UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER. I WILL BE BRINGING BACK OLD POSTS THAT WERE POPULAR. SO JUST KEEP CHECKING BACK. I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE COURT ABOUT THE INFRACTION AND IT HAS BEEN TWO MONTHS!! SO I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO COME BACK BUT I HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT.

CINDY

To my readers: this is THE END-THE LAST POST. I will keep the blog on “maintenance mode” until September when it will go down for good. I am not going to bring the blog back.  The events of the past few months have really now cemented the idea that I have to go on and I AM !!!

The authority in the town of Cheshire CT are not getting away with what they did, believe me, blog or no blog. I just hope the next police chief that is appointed KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH CRITICISM AND SCRUTINY FROM THE PUBLIC, SOMETHING SORELY LACKING RIGHT NOW.

FYI: I sent out at least a dozen letters to members of Congress,  the Senate, the ACLU, the Attorney General’s Office, the State Legislature, the DMV Commissioner, so something will come of it, I know.

My spouse also has filed A WRITTEN COMPLAINT against the Town of Cheshire whom he claims violated the Freedom of Information Act when they could offer NO EXPLANATION of why our registration and insurance cards were kept for several hours (several meaning more than two). The police could have put the documents back into the car (even under the seat out of public view. In fact, a few days ago, I FOUND my little black wallet STUFFED down between the driver and passenger seats!!! So I MAY come back to post the outcome. So just keep that in mind.

THIS IS WHAT CAUSED ALL THE PROBLEMS. JUST ONE PERSON ASKING QUESTIONS AND SCRUTINIZING CAUSED ALL OF THIS.

THIS IS NOT 1950-THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS TOWN CANNOT GET AWAY WITH USING A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THINGS QUIET IN  THEIR LITTLE PERFECT TOWN.

CHESHIRE IS NOT A LITTLE TOWN ANYMORE. IT HAS BECOME MORE DIVERSE. CHESHIRE NEEDS TO DEAL WITH ISSUES AND STOP TRYING TO WHITEWASH OR IGNORE THINGS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE LOCAL PRESS OR THE PRESS FOR THAT MATTER IS NOT HELPING BY TRYING TO RUN CUTESY STORIES INSTEAD OF THE REAL  HARD HITTING TRUTH.

LITTLE BY LITTLE THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH ON NEWSPAPERS YEARS AGO ARE SEEING OUR WAY OF DOING THINGS DYING. NOW PEOPLE RELY ON BLOGS AND OTHER WEBSITES TO GET THE REAL TRUTH.

I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN CHESHIRE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I HOPE FOR THE BEST.  I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING QUESTIONS WILL CONTINUE. I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO AREN’T WILL START!!!

TAKE CARE,

CINDY.