While I have serious concerns about how the ZBA handled the Blanchard's situation, I have serious concerns about all issues concerning the entire board.
There are members (who recently resigned) who had served since 1973.
There were multiple openings, positions left unfilled by the Town Council, and members who had served for over a year waiting for a replacement.
There were qualified Alternate Members who were passed over for entirely new people and there was serious politicking in the election of the two newest ZBA members, whose qualifications are not what I am here to discuss.
There needed to be change and restoration on this board long ago. The Town Council and its Appointments Committee dropped the ball.
Meanwhile, back in Barnstable's Blogosphere, Blanchard's had been a topic of discussion just before the mass resignations. Now, of course, this overturning of the ZBA has become Topic #1. Even the Cape Cod Times actually mentioned it in an article.
Meanwhile, in COGland, the Main COG Blog and Eric Schwaab's blog have returned to their COGer roots.
Schwaab, desperate for another COG friend, called Councilor Hank Farnham a COGer. Schwaab based his invitation on a post on Barnstable Beat that claimed that Farnham, NEVER a member of the COG clan, had called for Council President Janet Joakim's resignation. Schwaab forgot about the names, allegations and comments that COGers have made about Councilor Farnham in the past (especially when he served as Council President). Yet, because Farnham reportedly agreed with the COGers on their one pseudo-issue - Joakim's removal from office - Schwaab was ready to initiate him into the ranks.
Elsewhere, lead COGer Gary Lopez was busy drumming up false accusations against a fellow blogger. This is the ULTIMATE COG trick - when you don't agree with someone or they have proved you wrong - accuse an blogger or commenter of being a Town Councilor. I know, because I have been called so many different names and been accused of being so many different people, that I have lost track. Of course, as of the last couple years, the COGers love to accuse is Janet Joakim.
TJ, over at Barnstable Beat, has now been accused (again) of being Ms. Joakim. Lopez brings no EVIDENCE, only hopeful theories that may even have been altered to prove his point.
This kind of game is COG's favorite thing to do, and I wish the best to the falsely accused. However, they are not done with the game-playing.
Remember the "outrage" near the end of the last election cycle where people reportedly made "nasty" ethnic slurs against the COG candidate in Precinct 3 (Schwaab)? Remember how it was shown that COGers make more slurs and "nasty" attacks than any commenters have EVER been accused of making against COG?
Well, COG is making slurs again. On Sunday, Lopez created a follow-up post to his original post accusing TJ of being Joakim. Here is his title:
"SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED; Janet Joakim is a sicko femme Nazi...."
(My sincere apologies to Councilor Joakim for posting this, but people need to know what is being said.)
I am greatly disturbed by the nature of comments and posts made by COGers. TJ and I are not always on the same page, but we always have stood firm against the COG machine. TJ has been put through a purgatory online recently, and has come out stronger than ever. I know TJ will emerge victorious in this case, too.
As for Councilor Joakim, we rarely agree on larger political issues. Yet, in local politics, there are many instances of common ground. In the blogosphere, there are even more. Councilor Joakim does not deserve the treatment she has received from COG. She has stuck it out through treatment that no one in this town deserves.
The COG group will always resort to their typical tactics. They are:
- False Accusations
- Personal Attacks
- Lies and/or Manipulation of Facts
- Racial, ethnic or other Slurs (aka "cyber hate-crimes")
Let's take a stand as a town and not let them get away with it.
15 comments:
I couldn't agree more!
TJ is a copy and paste mule for the despot Joakim and the status quo. TJ messed up, and many took snapshots of the WE word before he changed it. Denying he made the change was stupid, but that was probably written by Joakim as well. Any credibility he had is lost forever, since he is clearly just another Joakim puppet.
Lopez knows TJ is not physically Joakim. The guy writes to incite. He did, you all bit, and now you don't like the taste.
You might want to jump off the Joakim train as it is about to have a head on collision with reality very soon.
''Lopez brings no EVIDENCE'' - WRONG! Lopez was called by several people who picked up the line in the TJ post that said ''WE really felt...'', which clearly indicated that the post was written by a town councilor. The only town councilor TJ seems to know is Joakim. She obviously wrote this for TJ, who simply copied and pasted it. The guy should really proofread his posts. He's been busted, and is about to be outed. Not too bright.
FACT: TJ copied and pasted an e-mail from Janet Joakim onto his blog and claimed authorship for himself.
FACT: When he discovered he posted Joakim's ''we really felt'' in the text, he changed it to ''it was felt'' .
FACT: He then proceeded to call Lopez a liar and accused him of doctoring the post.
FACT: TJ is a 41 year old male who graduated from Barnstable High School.
FACT: TJ communicates regularly with Janet Joakim, who is essentially ghost writing his blog.
Hey P3 why are you allowing these attacks on TJ?
Because TJ is a LIAR! He was forced to admit it because snapshots were taken of his post.
Look at how he accused Lopez for forging the post. One can only assume that Joakim has been writing most of his material all along.
Seriously folks, TJ did not tell a small lie, just look at what he wrote and now admits is not true:
''After I wrote that first post on Thursday, I wrote the follow up post Yesterday which included more details behind the ZBA story. Apparently Gary Lopez did not like what I wrote because he attacked my blog again today, this time he crossed a line by resorting to flat out lying. In his blog post today he included two paragraphs cut and pasted from my post yesterday. He then had the nerve to edit what he copied to make those paragraphs read in way to support his blog post.
I take tremendous pride in my work on this blog and the information I present, whether it be about Barnstable or not. I also take extreme offense at my work being altered to support to make me out as a liar, when I am not. They presentation of my work on the Lopez blog along with his claims that Janet and I are one in the same are flat out falsehoods.''
What you hate is the truth. You wouldn't know it if it crawled down your throat! Folks associated with the COG are truth seekers. Unlike Joakim, TJ and their ilk, they do not feign superiority. Most have families and a history of success in doing business in this Barnstable.
The reason this town does not have more innovative and passionate people willing to serve on boards is because of small minded people like you who jump to pidgeon-hole people into your idea of loserdom or crazy people so that you do not have to look at the truth.
TJ lied, covered up his blunder, and then accused Lopez of altering his post. Now he admits he was guilty after all. That is some pretty sick stuff.
Joakim is incapable of speaking the truth, and seeks to demonize and even criminalize anyone who criticizes her gestapo tactics.
There will be plenty of people asking for Joakim's resignation on Thursday night. Are you going to call them all lonely losers? Are Gail Nightengale, Hank Farnham, Sheila Geiler, and the other dozen people expected to speak all going to be called lonely losers?
BTW, if you are going to insult someone in writing, you might want to learn how to spell, Janet. LOSER!
And he accuses others of being delusional!
A number of comments in this post have either crossed the line or come very close.
Personal attacks are not allowed, nor is guessing the identity of any individual. I have reviewed the comments, and will repost any comments I can edit to conform to the rules.
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Anonymous said...
Cogsters [have] nothing to do with their lives but to fashion themselves a conspiracy or two or three.
Life is too short to hate so much.
July 16, 2008 1:14 AM
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Anonymous said...
Pigsy the Pup is currently laboring under the delusion Klimm would actually consider him for the Hyannis water board. Klimm would grab someone from behind the armory before he'd let [him] near a position of responsibility.
July 17, 2008 2:08 PM
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