The following letter was forwarded to the office of Senator Edward Kennedy after concern over public safety for his grandniece and grandchildren playing in the Hyannis area became public. Many have expressed concern for a number of innocent and vulnerable children have been jeopardized by malfeasance and mismanagement of funds provided by the taxpaying public to the human services. A slide show is presented below of clients living in the wooded areas in tents, attended to by human service providers. Senator Ted Kennedy did offer to meet with me. Apparently, the meeting was intended to be a little more casual than I expected, and I declined the invitation.
Mary Clements
75 Pearl Street #2
Hyannis, MA 02601
June 25, 2008
Senator Edward Kennedy
2400 JFK Building
Boston, MA 02203
Dear Senator Kennedy,
You may be aware of substantial problems created by a breach in public safety in the Town of Barnstable. Although democratic town officials claim to maintain child-friendly policies in government, demonstrated practices indicate a serious compromise to the health welfare and safety of children.
We are sympathetic to the current condition of your health. Many have refrained from asking for your help with these issues out of deference. Obviously, I am relying on your staff to resolve these problems expeditiously. Your summer home in Hyannis Port is considered part of a locality referred to as “Brockton by the Sea” by the Barnstable Police Department. Narcotics use is rampant on Sea Street and there is a propensity for violence in the area. I am aware of the near abduction of your niece, Soirse Kennedy Hill last summer. Unfortunately, the problems related to public safety are compounded by a human service organization operating at a negligent standard within walking distance of two schools and a daycare center. The local shelter, sober house and adjacent crack houses that are proliferating in downtown Hyannis have been the subject of great concern for residents of Cape Cod.
A number of local elected officials are aware of the abysmal standard for public safety in the area. Unfortunately, instead of resolving these problems, they exacerbated conditions by ignoring the concerns of good citizens and in some cases, began to harass and intimidate the concerned parents. Barnstable recently received recognition winning an award as an “All-America City”. Patrick Princi, a former constituency writer hired by your office was also employed by the NOAH Shelter and is well aware of problems created by the substandard operation of Housing Assistance Corporation. His father, Michael Princi, Esq. of Wynn and Wynn, PC represented Housing Assistance Corporation of the Dana’s Field Project in Sandwich. The organization lobbied for funding for expansion that would have greatly jeopardized the residents of Barnstable. Materials were delivered to Senator Robert O’Leary’s Office in 2003. Rick Presbrey referred to me as irresponsible for suggesting that convicted felons including Level III Sex Offenders were associated with the local shelter. It was later determined that a number of high-profile homicides were committed by convicted felons harbored by Housing Assistance Corporation.
Please review the previous postings on this website. The safety of children has unfortunately been endangered by the actions of the sitting Barnstable Town Council President Janet Swain Joakim. Although President Janet Joakim claimed to serve as a committed advocate for children, her actions toward specific children have endangered the lives of small children in a neighborhood of an adjacent village. President Joakim has begun to slander adversaries over the Internet. Representative Demetrius Atsalis, Senator Robert O’Leary and Ruth Weil, Esq. of the Office of the Town Attorney have been apprised. Materials indicating of the involvement of the Joakim and Atsalis families in impropriety have been forwarded to your office via certified mail. I have been referred to as “The Town Extortionist” by Barnstable Town Council Vice President Frederick Chirigotis for insisting on a higher standard for public safety. My expectations were modest and quite simple. Any threat to any child or group of children in any community is threat to all children. I am asking you to use the appropriate degree of influence to remove Barnstable Town Council President Janet Swain Joakim from office.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
Is he dead, yet?
