Consider the videoclip of Christine Howell posted on YouTube and various harassing Internet sites, including www.barnstable411.com, and other web/blogrolls developed by local gadfly wannabe, Taryn Thoman. Thoman insists on intimidating a qualified and respected maternity nurse from campaigning against her for charter commission, disapproving of her tirades and charades at the "No Place for Hate" Committee Meetings, support for existing town councilors, Councilor Janet Joakim and Councilor Janice Barton, and attacking members of the School Committee, including Chairman Ralph Cahoon. Thoman set out on a campaign of terror, harassment, intimidation and litigation of any and all parties who disagreed with her efforts as a charter commissioner. Thoman had little understanding of municipal politics and realized an opportunity to receive financial support and funding from candidate Eric "Bugsy" Schwaab in 2007. Thoman dropped non-meritorious litigation against a number of innocent neighborhood families when afforded an opportunity for a political career.
Taryn Thoman offerred paltry support for the ground effort of Open Meeting of the Voters and the effort to Recall President Janet Swain Joakim of Precinct 6. Less than one week out of court, Eric Schwaab and Taryn Thoman publicly press David Still II of the Barnstable Patriot for an apology, and Taryn Thoman immediately reverts to Internet harassment and making phony phone calls to the Barnstable Police Department in regard to the Howell family.
Talk about unsavory political characters...Meet the Inane and Always Insane, Taryn Thoman!
(Click on to enlarge) Court Documents Generated by Thoman's non-meritorious litigation)
(Reputable People know the Howell family, and speak up for their cause)
(Click on to enlarge) : Financial Motivations for Thoman's Antics
Mary Clements
75 Pearl Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
July 23, 2008
David Still II
The Barnstable Patriot
4 Ocean Street
Hyannis, MA 02571
Dear Mr. Still,
There are significant developments and complications in regard to the current recall effort designed to remove President Janet Joakim from office. You may be aware that a number of attorneys with interests in public safety are examining the convolution of human services with law enforcement. I have been advised that the information forwarded to multiple parties has proved to be credible. In addition, I have been asked to remain in Barnstable in regard to an ongoing matter.
Parties with interests are utilizing conventional means to record impropriety in Barnstable. This includes monitoring all communication including Internet and telephone. Unfortunately, recall initiator assistant Taryn Thoman has engaged in gross illegality that included suggestions of “breaking in” to President Joakim’s home and removing her computer system. Thoman was attempting to confirm the identity of the author of www.barnstablebeatblog.com. Ms. Thoman stated that this would be easy to do as she does not have the “surveillance cameras” that “she does”. She suggested that it would be easy to hire “a couple of thugs” to cheaply break in through a window of Joakim’s home at 206 Donegal Circle. As far as I know, this exchange was recorded. Ms. Thoman abruptly terminated this telephone conversation when I became extremely upset. I emailed her later that day and printed and maintain a copy of the correspondence. Thoman emailed me in return and I saved her written response. I am sure that you now understand the urgency by which I was trying to establish the identity of “TJ”. Taryn Thoman suggested that you confirmed that you graduated from Barnstable High School with TJ, and that he was your age. Thoman has contacted the school library and has asked to see the photographs of your graduating class. She states that you are forty-one years of age and graduated in 1985. She also suggested that I go in and research this matter. She stated that she would make arrangements.
I noted that Thoman was leaving my name to postings one day from a public computer terminal that she suggested that we use to protect anonymity. I discovered that she registered several sites to my name. She was harassing Janet Joakim and Christine Howell. She insisted on setting up my domain name for www.barnstablesafetynetwork.com and kept all of my passwords, private information, and credit card numbers handy. She insisted on obtaining my social security number and stated that she would be also confirm it to set up my website. Much of the start of my website was done from the Centerville Library.
Ms. Thoman set up my email accounts and retained the passwords. She insisted on asking me each time I changed my password to let me work on my site. She was reading my email and posting onto the site.
On Sunday night, I noted that the passwords kept changing on my email site. My sister logged onto my blog and discovered that the blog had moved to a “registered viewer only” site. She changed the information on my email account so that I cannot access my email. She had previously floated disturbing and obscene graphics onto my site and stated that I should post them. She claimed Seth Rolbein of the Cape Cod Voice emailed them to her site and that they were being floated around as a joke. Thoman suggested that Rolbein stole her satire ideas for the O’Keefe graphic after the outstanding job she had done on the Osama Bin Laden graphic. I contacted the Cybercrimes Unit of the Attorney General’s Office and reported the offensive graphics to Trooper Corey Daelhstadt. I also forwarded them to Chief Paul MacDonald and gave him the contact number for Ruth Weil’s Office.
Arlene Crosby reviewed them with me and expressed how disturbing they were to her. My younger sister viewed them and stated that Thoman must be sick. She transferred them onto my family’s desktop and they have been forwarded to my attorney. President Janet Joakim was warned that disturbing graphics were being floated around the Internet. Thoman suggested that I use this to gain support for Joakim’s inability to negotiate and reneging on her promise to meet with me to discuss topics maturely. Much of the scurrilous libel of me was precipitated by Joakim.
Ms. Taryn Thoman had me collect the majority of the signatures for both “Open Meeting” and the recall effort. At times, she was extremely aggressive and did shove the clipboard in the face of an elderly lady and left and went to the car. Her daughter had “power of attorney” and happened to call as we were at the door. The lady forgot about the clipboard and finally signed stating she was blind. I suggested to Thoman that we remove this signature. She refused.
Ms. Thoman was shaking and intimidated by you at one point as you had accused her of harassing Joakim. I assumed as much fault and blame as possible as Thoman kept claiming that her child was harmed by these events. I recall writing to you and claiming responsibility for Thoman’s actions. I told Trooper Daehlstadt of the Attorney General’ Office that I would not turn on Thoman as she is obviously a distressed mother. I reviewed the comments posted on www.sevenvillagesblog.com last February and saved President Joakim’s site on removable hardware before she was told to sanitize it. I saved and printed my own website and have made multiple copies of the site.
Taryn Thoman completely collapsed my website on Monday morning without my permission or knowledge. I have contacted Cybercrimes Unit of the Attorney General’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
