Posted here is a smattering of the correspondence forwarded to law enforcement pertaining to violence, narcotic addiction and rape/homicides associated with downtown Hyannis and Greater Barnstable. Most of the admonitions fell on deaf ears. Many politicians and public officials advanced their careers, political platforms, and policy agenda issues, however the correpondence and items for concern were never acknowleged. I became a "pawn in the system", but at least I'm not a "political puppet".
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,
E. Mary Clements
Note the new police substation, no longer situated on Main Street where the action is, Hyannis, but closer to Demetrius Atsalis office on Barnstable Road and adjacent to "Marjon Frame", the Atsalis family business.
Mary Clements
241D Stevens Street
Hyannis, MA 02616
April 6, 2004
Chief John Finnegan
PO Box Office B
1200 Phinneys Lane
Hyannis, MA 02601
Dear Chief Finnegan,
Enclosed are documents and materials that have been provided to Mr. Gary Brown in regard to public safety issues in downtown Hyannis. As you can see, there are a number of financial records from the Office for Campaign and Political Finance demonstrating contributions made by Housing Assistance Corporation and Community Action Committee to candidates such as Senator Robert O’Leary and District Attorney Michael O’Keefe that present a conflict of interest in regard to public safety in downtown Hyannis and throughout the region.
Records provided indicate that Michael Princi, Esq. of Wynn and Wynn, PC. representing Housing Assistance Corporation increased his campaign donations to the District Attorney during the proceedings in Sandwich at the Zoning Board of Appeals as the decision regarding Dana’s Fields became imminent. The effort to secure the Mildred’s Chowder House occurred contemporaneously and was intended not only to provide housing for clients that cannot apply to this project but also clients that fail at rehabilitation in Sandwich. Mr. Presbrey emphatically promised the residents and abutters in Sandwich that failed clients would be driven back to Hyannis.
As you know, there are significant public safety issues regarding clients not rehabilitated by NOAH and Duffy living unrecovered on the streets of Hyannis contributing to public health and safety concerns. I have spoken with an attorney in regard to my suspicions regarding the influence of these campaign contributions and he has cautioned me not to arrive at any conclusions as it is common for political organizations and candidates to contribute to campaigns in order to gain influence and curry political favor. I have been tracking offenders in the organization for some time and I have severe doubts concerning the methods and treatment for these clients in downtown Hyannis.
I am forwarding these documents to you as I have in the past. I realize that the authority in which you have been entrusted requires great responsibility. I also know that there may be a confluence of ideals and philosophy that can persuade decisions on a number of public safety issues. The role of politics in law enforcement is often ambiguous and underestimated. District Attorney O’Keefe is on record as requesting “deference” to the organizations in question. I am aware you instructed your Pubic Relations Officer Sergeant Sean Sweeney to sign off on the Mildred’s Project as a reasonable accommodation in regard to this population and their advocates. Fire department and law enforcement personnel voiced concerns and were unhappy with the decision you made in regard to this initiative. Both departments were voicing continued frustration with repeated calls to NOAH and organizations in the vicinity including the crack house in which I was placed by HAC. Although both departments maintain a high degree of professionalism both often appeared exhausted with the number and magnitude of calls and social difficulty with which they must constantly contend. I provided your department and the District Attorney with materials, documents and information about the organization three days before the decision on Mildred’s was made and final agreement formally signed. At this point it was clear that information regarding public safety was documented and available for public perusal. It indeed appeared quite difficult for your spokesman instructed to follow your directive.
I have forwarded the information provided to Nancy Paccia, the mother of the child who was accosted in Way’s News and to the family of Jonathan Wessner. The shelter is denying they knew Mr. Quick and states that I am “lashing out at them for being unable to follow their rules.” As you may know, I was banned for drinking a soda that I donated to the shelter. A copy of the “thank-you note” that enabled them to apply for matching funds was forwarded previously. I spent the next four nights in a crack house fearing for my life. There was a staff member living on the premises using narcotics who has since been terminated from NOAH. I was told not to speak with law enforcement about my experience. A counselor at The Duffy Clinic named Reverend Joe told me that I would have to attend mandatory “anger management” if I did not stop speaking with law enforcement. Arlene Crosby and Bob Lynch were present when I was disciplined.
I was able to trace a payroll check that demonstrates that Leon was not only at the shelter but that the clinic also employed him to do handy work on the premises. Mr. Quick entered my car without my permission and demanded a ride to the bank upon receipt of his paycheck drawn on The Duffy Clinic account. I was uncomfortable giving Mr. Quick a ride because I had recently discovered he was required to register as a sex offender. I cashed the Duffy payroll check for Mr. Quick with funds I had available and deposited it into my bank account. Leon Quick proceeded to the Duck Inn Pub where he imbibed despite his state mandated alcohol rehabilitation counseling.
At the time this incident occurred I was aware Leon was a sex offender and an alcoholic. I did not know that he was indeed a child molester and would proceed to leer at women and children on Main Street. Mr. Quick had a history of stalking vulnerable women at NOAH. Please refer to previous correspondence forwarded to your department before the event regarding the Paccia child. Mrs. Paccia states that she has observed him stalking children at the Sturgis Charter School with binoculars where her child is enrolled. She lives in fear for her child and her friends. She wonders if she should remove her child from The Sturgis Charter School. She states she doesn’t feel any better about Mildred’s knowing that the system enables the proliferation and expansion of substandard services and expansion to Sandwich where her family makes their home.
Please reconsider the directive you have issued to Sergeant Sean Sweeney. Although the District Attorney is attempting to placate both the human service organizations and the business community, it does not appear prudent to sacrifice the safety of the general public. I realize that the District Attorney did not intend to jeopardize the community by suggesting such deference but inadvertently compromised the public interest in supporting this project.
I have forwarded the information to the parties mentioned and intend to increase the circle maintaining public information in regard to the organization to the parent teacher organizations of the local schools. I am hoping for some resolution on this matter soon.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
(508) 790-7980
cc. David Daly, Esq.
Michael O’Keefe, Esq.
Michael Trudeau, Esq.
Paul Niedzwicki
Sergeant Sean Sweeney
Gary Brown, President of The Barnstable Town Council
Nancy Paccia
Philip Tracey, Esq.
Mr. William Henchy, Esq.
Chief John Miller
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