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Don't drink the water in Hyannis. Obviously the school committee did last night with all their bitching and moaning about the rising costs to run the schools to the tune of half a million dollar deficit. At the same time they appear to be on track to rubber stamp a new teacher contract that gives them 10 times that in future conpensation. Hmmm.....Cut everywhere else but their own pocketbooks. Lovely....Just lovely

Gary, thanks for enlightening us all on this......HOW MANY times did we tell the truth on all this corruption on the water. Back in 2005 I personally wrote to several state agencies with a mountainload of PROOF and everyone did the Massachusetts thing: They all looked the other way. No surprise in this wonderful state!

Here, let's look back at one simple detail:

John Klimm and his administration WASTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in taxpayer money to have the law firm of Palmer & Dodge to help 'negotiate the purchase of the water company. They actually did little to nothing in their 'help'. MOST of the negotiations were done by JOHN KLIMM DIRECTLY with Marshall Chiarluce, the former CEO of Conn Water, the former owner. The negotiations STARTED around 2.5 MIL or so and took over two years. The price mysteriously went to some $ 11 MIL. And I still have ONE direct communication from Mr. Chiarluce to John Klimm that begins with:

Dear John:

"I am sending this letter to you as a personal letter as I do not want it to be a record as communication between us."

It should also be noted Mr. Chiarluce had sent countless letters and correspondence to Mr. Klimm and ALL had been sent apparently from the BUSINESS address of Conn. Water. Funny how that letter dated Oct 21, 2004 if I reall correctly, came from another DIFFERENT address and I presume it was his HOME address. MY 64 thousand question was WHY Mr. Chiarluce would write such a letter to ANY town manager in the middle of a MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR purchase of a municipal water company, and STILL to this day, NO ONE has ever answered ME!

I even asked John Klimm and Johnnie has NEVER been able to provide an answer.

I also sent that letter to the Attorney General's office, the Inspector General's Office and one or two more. Look, the water company deal was a total RIPOFF and as far as I am concerned this fiasco was filled with corruption from the getgo! I asked everyone to HELP, the state agencies, the council and others and EVERYONE closed their eyes and let John Klimm RIP off the taxpayers here for a piece of garbage water company worth MAYBE one third of what he GIFTED to Mr. Chiarluce & Co.

Then, some months LATER AFTER we got ripped off, Klimm was STUPID and arrogant enough to come out and say that any supposed water increases would only be "about 5% or less a year. Then Master klimm, mind telling us all WHY so far the rates have gone UP by over 45% in the last 3 years or so? See, another LIAR politician who eventually gets nabbed with hs LIES. it ALWAYS catches up with LIARS!

And even though the STATE LAW called for ELECTED water board members, John KLIMM HAD to be the POWER man. Naturally he HAD to CONTROL this board or else the real TRUTH might come out on what a SCAM this all was. So the MASTER had Town Attorney Bob Smith tout how "home rule" allowed for Master klimm to basically APPOINT and CONTROL HIS water board. Hell, the HYANNIS Water Board even has a WEST BARNSTABLE resident on it. Just another of Johnnie Klimm's PUPPETS!

So to the moron town councilors who READ this (and we KNOW many DO!), isn't it about TIME to remove this clueless INCOMPETENT Manager from office so this town can START to get back on its feet? or will te council allow Master Mr. EGO Klimm to continue running our town into the toilet?

Council, GET SOME GUTS and send Mr. Klimm packing. It will be a good start, trust us!

As for the former ZONING BOARD, yes, we welcome them back but I DO agree that they only MIGHT reconsider IF Joakim and Klimm are GONE! So we begin by sending Janet bye bye and it will be up to the council to send Mr. Klimm bye bye. Unfortunately the VOTERS have NO SAY in HIS future, but IF they did, I promise he's be LONG GONE. Don't believe that? Then go stand outside ANY town Post Office and TALK to people. TALK to the VOTERS. ASK them what THEY think of this PUTRID form of town government. Hell, I stood there at MOST post offices in town and I could NOT even repeat in print about SOME of the things people said to me. And what do they think of Manager klimm? John, I hate to blast your ego BUT....... I never came across very many people who had much good to say about you. And YES, Master Klimm too, reads this here on a VERY regular basis. John, we do hate to hurt your ego but in most cases the TRUTH is the best.

See, we hate to waste and spend our time on all this but anyone from Hackstable knows all too well that when ANYONE goes to speak at PUBLIC COMMENT and has anything critical to speak about, bang! Your two minutes is up! Yes, THIS IS THE CONTROL these maggots THINK they have. ALL to pretect their kingdoms.

Nice try folks but COG has been here to stay and we won't go away until we get these asswipes gone, one by one.

WE ALL DESERVE BETTER! All of us!

Good day.

RECALL MUNAFO and Klimm won't have the votes for a contract renewal.

One recall at a time, PLEASE!!!

;-)

Way back when, if people remember, Jim Munafo sent emails to John Klimm asking some questions about the water company........ little did his 'questions' do anyone. Jim SHOULD have kept asking more questions but when Gary and I asked MORE HARD PRESSING questions, jim backed off and let the water company filthy rotten deal go untouched, as did all the other councilors.

If you remember, the useless so called 'experts' wrote in their EXPENSIVE SEA Rport that the czapital improvements would be about 12 MIllion. HOW MUCH? I later told the morons that it would be more like 50 to 75 MILLION in capital improvements and they all laughed. Since back in 2004 the INCOME from the water company was about 2.4 and the EXPENSES were also about 2.4, even a ninth grader knew that disaster was coming for the water company. Since the water company had never had any real improvements made in dozens of years, Gary and I TRIED to tell these idiots what would happen. YET, this clueless Manager and council STILL gave the Conn Water $ 11 MIL and screwed all the Hynannis water rate payers by giving the sweetheart deal to the Conn Water Co, AND to the folks in Barnstable (Cummaquid).

Basically John Klimm and the council allowed the sweetheart deal to BENEFIT the former owner of Conn Water Co and wasted hundreds of thousands on a law firm who did NOTHING at all. Furthermore, at the time, we had THREE TOWN ATTORNEY's ALL very handsomely PAID and yet JohnKlimm and the clueless council STILL WASTED hundreds of thousands to PAY AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM when the Town Attorney's office SHOULD HAVE BEEN helping the knowitall town Manager negotiate that water company and if ANY of them had even half of a brain, they SHOULD have known that water company was nothing but a piece of GARBAGE and NOT WORTH even one third of what Manager John Klimm GAVE away.

SO NOW, does everyone see the picture? We SHOULD have had a huge INVESTIGATION a long time ago but these morons had all the right people in all the right places. Till now. I only HOPE that every voter here now sees what COG and its followers have been saying now for HOW LONG?!

Hank Farnham voted for the acquisition of the water company without once reading the financial.

How can a man who calls himself a banker vote to authorize a $10 million dollar acquisition without looking at the numbers.

You'd have to be nuts or totally negligent.

JOAKIM IS BOTH! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz01ckH9sII

Hutch just reported 55 signatures were certified. Starsky is looking over petition in legal. Poo-bahs have been in meetings all day trying to figure out how to kill the recall.

James Munafo has dropped the ball on the water company time and time again.

Munafo and Farnham campaigned as the "good news" boys.

Less than 10 days after their re-election the Hyannis Water System issued a boil water notice. At subsequent hearings before the Town Council Munafo bent over backwards to appease the Town Manager and commend the Water Supply Division for their heroic works.

All the while, we were drinking chorline.

And, now we find out that we won't get a new water tower for 3-5 years.

Why?

Because the system is broke.

Revenue is down 5% and collections are down 7%. The Town is living on connection fees for new developments and those are far and few between these days.

The appointed Water Board is unable to muster the courage to challenge the Town Manager and demand action.

This water system is a travesty.

Joakim voted for the acquisition, but it is the Town Manager, the Town Councilors for Hyannis and Hank Farnham who must be held responsible for running the system into the ground in three short years.

Bugsy, good points! Yes, Hank Farnham DID in FACT ADMIT that he never read any of the FINANCIALS. NOT one of these morons did! They were all too stupid! And WHEN we questioned these clowns there was basically not ONE who agreed with us NOR did any one of them even care!

I gave the entire council a mountainload of PROOF that the water company was not only a huge RIPOFF but also that it was on its last legs. Gary posted volumes of proof and yet the clueless John Klimm and the useless clueless council could have cared less! Why should they? It is NOT THEIR MONEY!

So YES,when we look back, they are ALL culpable. EVERYONE of them! And still to this day I think a complete investigation should happen on the entire fiasco. Bring back Marshall Chiaraluce, former CEO from CONN Water and ask HIM WHY he wrote the letter to John Klimm that said he did NOT want his letter to be 'made part of the communication between them'. I will dig out that letter tonight and have Gary RE-POST it again. All the proof is right there, trust me.

Next, Manager Klimm made a PUBLIC STATEMENT about the water rates: Go back. it was published in the local PAPERS. Klimm stated that there would be water increases but in his words, " not more than 5% a year."

Now really, let's look at Klimm's words, or should I say, LIES? Naturally John Klimm KNEW FULL WELL that the Hyannis Water Company was BARELY breaking even. After all, the annual income was about 2.4 MIL and GARY had the actual financials sent to him. I READ THEM PUBLICLY to the morons on the council and STILL not one of the clowns got it! The EXPENSES back in 2004 were about 2.4 MIL and a ninth grader would KNOW that IF something was BARELY breaking even, and the company needed MILLIONS in capital improvements, then NATURALLY disaster was down the line now, WASN't IT!

Jim MUnafo, hello Jim? Anyone home? Hank Farnham, anyone home? Forget about the big man councilor from Auuuusterville Jim Crocker. HE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT the water in Hyannis. Neither could Ann Canedey from Baaaaarnstable Village. And the two 'ladies' from Marstons Mills, Leah Curtis and Janice Barton? THINK either of them could care less about the WATER in Hyannis? Think again.

The point is that all this helps PROVE two things:

1. The town NEEDS and DESERVE a NEW MANAGER and MORE COMPETENT LEADERSHIP!

2. We NEED BADLY a brand NEW town CHARTER!

Oh, and 3, we need to get RID of Janet Joakim and John Klimm. THIS will be a good start, for us ALL!

Just so everyone knows this:

THE ASSWIPES from town hall are playing their games again. Word has it that Town Attorney Ruth Weil is playing her games and HOLDING the SIGNATURES AFTER the Town Clerk certified the signatures..... Seems that Ruth wants to do some 'research'.

HERE WE GO AGAIN with the ABUSE OF POWER from ANOTHER TOWN OFFICIAL! See, RUTH THINKS she too, is ABOVE THE LAW! Gee, what a surprise!

Maybe what we need to do is start flooding John Klimm and Ruth WEIL with phone calls DEMANDING that they ALL RESIGN! Here we have the NECESSARY number of signatures from the VOTERS in precinct SIX to RECALL Janet Joakim and now these asswipes THINK they have the power to do what they want! It is sickening how these morons think they can be ABOVE the LAW and think they can make their OWN LAWS!

Who knows? We might have to do ANOTHER TEN TAXPAYER LAWSUIT. THIS is again, PURE corruption at its BEST!

I just spoke to Town Attorney Ruth Weil and asked what her little GAMES are all about and she tells me that she is now "writing an opinion to Town Clerk Linda Hutchenrider." I demanded that Ruth do this ASAP since the clock is ticking! She told me that she has been in "meetings all day". Sure Ruth, SURE you have been in meetings all day. THE WASTE in the TOWN ATTORNEY's OFFICE is as putrid as those who work in there, and Ruth, this goes for you also!

We have another town OFFICIAL playing more games making up more of her own rules and laws. Ruth Weil. Ruth, we will remember that you need to go also. The filth at town hall is getting worse, by the day!

GARY WILL KEEP ALL POSTED

Hey John - Do you still have Klimm's cell phone number? Why don't you give him a jingle and ask him WTF?

John,

When you call Klimm on his cell ask him if he moved to Yarmouth because he didn't want bat sh#t in his laundry.

He lives in Hyannis. I delivered to his house several weeks ago.

If you don't like the way things are done in Barnstable, join the exodus. There goes little girl genius!

Did she take copies of your websites with her?

Don't forget your meds, dear.

The State is now onto Weil and Co. efforts to stop the recall. Powerful folks have had enough of the corruption. FEDS might be next to take a look. It's going to get ugly.

The key moment in this recall will be the subsequent race for the seat. People should be beating the bushes for a new and plausible candidate. Joe Pino is a fine man, but he has lost repeatedly to Joakim. Precinct 6 is the town in miniature. Without a system for identifying and developing political talent in every precinct, the same old mediocities will continue to prevail. Find an alternative to Pino. Even in the very unlikely event Joakim resigns, Precinct 6 and the town as a whole need fresh voices.

COGgers understand the dynamics because we just went through the process with the charter petition.

Lots of COGgers collected signatures to begin the process.

Once the measure was official, the race was open to everybody in town.

Six COGgers ran 11, 12, 13, etc.

Once the recall is official, the race to replace Joakim is open to all voters in her precinct.

COG hopes there will be lots of candidates, and possibly a primary to spur interest.

The recall election must attract at least 510 voters to turn out, otherwise the recall fails.

We see out job after Janet refuses to resign as one getting out the vote.

Today at 4pm the ZBA damage control crew will meet to consider potential aplicants. There is a story Tony Shepley has been approached to apply. No possible conflicts there! It sounds as though some of the names being proposed are simply outrageous, lots of cronies, etc.

The ZBA damage control team meets at 4pm. There are rumors about potential applicants, including Tony Shepley. No possible conflicts there! Look for additional inappropriate choices to emerge.

Shepley's plus as a person with a sea of knowledge of construction, is negated by a colossal conflict of interest.

Shepley sells building materials, and his pro vote for a special permit would go far in convincing proponents to buy their materials from him.

But then nothing the council does should be a surprise to anyone.

If the appointment committee are even considering nominating Tony Shepley then Hank Farnham has not learned one thing from COG over the last three years.

The ZBA is supposed to be an independent board.

Shepley is an unelected political hack. He's worse than Skip Simpson and probably more dangerous.

Hope you have a good attorney.

just the thought of that makes me ill.

First, look,keep things here clean. No one really cares about the personal lives of anyone here and any 'personal attacks' on people in their private lives is uncalled for.... WHO CARES? All we care about is getting BOTH Janet Joakim and John Klimm GONE from OUR town government. ALL DUE to their Pisspoor performance and disgusting ABUSE of power and their positions! PERIOD! No one really cares about anything else! Both are complete MORONS when it comes to HOW they represent anyone in this town and THIS is the ONLY reason people want them gone! Which is what Janet's RECALL is about!

As for John Klimm, it will be up to the town council to have the ###### to REMOVE Mr. INCOMPETENCE from town hall! he is INCOMPETENT and UNQUALIFIED to run ANY town. The council SHOULD tune in and see HIS WASTE of close to $ 175K a year on his latest new garbage PROPAGANDA show on channel 18. Is it TRUE that he hired a former news director for around 70K a year? Is it also true that he has a Mr. Gobeil working on his 'propaganda show' and he gets 70+ as well? and is it true that there is another videographer for another 30K or so a year, ALL to spew Klimm's propaganda to make HIM look great? and to make OUR town great?

Let's see........ 75+70+30 is now, let's see, hmmmmm...

$ 175,000 PER YEAR!!! Master KLIMM WASTES another 175K a GD year to SPEW his propaganda WHILE the ROADS in town go untouched. While parents pay for BUS FEES and SPORTS FEES! And john klimm gets this past what, The COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND! Because this is what this council IS, if they can't SEE this crap!

So to ALL Town Councilors, PLEASE....... REMOVE the MANAGER as the town CURRENT CHARTER allows you all to do! IS the entire council BLIND? Yes, I do believe so....

If anyone doubts any of this, just watch the propaganda show. It comes on channel 18 I think at 5:30 every evening.... Talk about a sickening WASTE! This is almost as bad as Klimm's other garbage waste, his "Growth Management Dep't" which RIPS off the taxpayers here over another ONE MILLION $$$ a year! And yes, the council is also TOO STUPID to figure out that one too!

Last, Say THANKS to Taryn Thoman for a fabulous job in the recall effort. Taryn deserves all the THANKS and CREDIT and is doing a FABULOUS job!

More later. I have to get back to work!

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