Note the proximity of children to the road indicated by the white line on Sea Street. The children in the stroller are positioned behind their mother, and Officer Jennifer Ellis, as a car approaches the children. Mom and Officer were participating in the clean up of "Brockton by the Sea" in 2007. The event was supervised by Chief Paul MacDonald of the Barnstable Police Department and attended by Barnstable Town Manager, John Klimm. The photograph was titled "The Long Arm of the Law".Mary Clements
75 Pearl Street #2
Hyannis, MA 02601
March 27, 2007
Mr. John C. Klimm
Manager of the Town of Barnstable
The Barnstable Town Hall
367 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Dear Mr. Klimm,
Please note the proximity of the two young toddlers to oncoming traffic. Could you let Chief Paul MacDonald and Officer Jennifer Ellis know that the children are a little too close to the road for my liking?
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
...and now for the politics
Klimm Joins Neighbors for Sea Street Clean-Up
Written by Paul Gauvin
March 30, 2007
Town Manager John Klimm and Police Chief Paul Macdonald could have been sitting on the fantail of the new MV Iyanough high-speed ferry last Saturday morning, rubbing elbows with special guests and enjoying a free, sun-drenched, snack-filled ride to Nantucket for the ship's commissioning ceremonies.
But as the Iyanough slowly slid out of her slip at 9:45 a.m., Klimm was bending to the task, yellow bag in hand, smile on his face, with about 20 of his neighbors collecting litter off public property up and down Sea Street, the gateway to Hyannisport and the beach area.
The chief and the manager had invitations to the Iyanough festivities, but asked why he chose to collect litter instead, Klimm replied: "My neighborhood is here, not in Nantucket."
Klimm's participation was more than symbolic. As he worked, Klimm spent quality time getting to know the neighborhood and the neighbors better while the ubiquitous Chief Macdonald, who recently helped form a Sea Street Neighborhood Watch, was on hand with several officers to assure the safety of the volunteer crew.
Sea Street Market provided coffee, applesauce walnut and strawberry-banana breakfast cakes prior to and during the three-hour cleanup that filled a large DPW dump truck.
"In one place on Nautical Way," Cullum said, "we collected 10 bags of litter. In all, we filled a DPW truck. Unfortunately we found a couch (it wouldn't fit in the bags) and a leaking car battery (too heavy for the bags)."
One woman who showed up to help was recuperating from a double hip replacement. The effort inspired some homeowners along the way to "get out and clean their yard," Cullum said.
What did the volunteers do after three hours of litter picking? "Most went home to clean their yards," Cullum replied.
Now that's a neighborhood.
In March of 2006, Officer Jennifer Ellis responded to a "Breaking & Entering" @ 75 Pearl Street. Ellis noted my new address, and apparently reported this, to then, Chief John Finnegan. I had recently moved my address from 241 Stevens Street. Judge Donald Carpenter suggested that an address adjacent to Cape Cod Child Development was "not appropriate" for me in March of 2008. After witnessing perpetual violence at this address, I moved from 75 Pearl, to Boston, at the end of last month. Left behind, at 75 Pearl Street, is a house of narcotics offenders and violent perpetrators.
Arlene Crosby of the Duffy Clinic considers tenants in this "slummy apartment" (Taryn Thoman) recovered and appropriate for this placement. Crosby is a childhood friend of Judge Carpenter. Neither Carpenter, Crosby, Thoman or Ellis challenged the substandard quality of the human service establishment, nor associated negligent medical and psychiatric care of clients. These brave people all consider themselves to have good judgment. Chief Paul MacDonald and Town Manager John Klimm supervised the clean-up of Sea Street and the compromise to the safety of the toddlers. Obviously, neither is any brighter than Officer Ellis.
(Children Welcome at Your Own Risk)
