The slide show presented on this post includes repairs on a Section 8 Building, referred to as a "slummy apartment" by the Recall Organizer of the 2008 Effort against President Janet Joakim, Taryn Thoman. Assistant Town Manager Tom Lynch and Joe Chilli of the Housing Authority both signed the Charter Commission Paperwork of Recall Organizer, Taryn Thoman. Barnstable Town Councilor Janet Joakim lobbied for expanded services to clients of Housing Assistance Corporation in 2003. A number of violent offenders were tracked to the area. There are a number of homicides related to Housing Assistance Corporation that remain convoluted with impropriety. Allegations of influence peddling are under investigation. Councilor Janice Barton of Precinct Ten is the liaison to the Barnstable Human Service Needs Committee. Chief Paul MacDonald now has an integral role as a member of this committee. All are aware of the substandard nature of Barnstable Housing, provision of services to convicted felons, violent offenders and habitual narcotics addicts. The organization is financed with both municipal and federal monies.
Please note the criminal record of handyman, David Gorman. Gorman is a former client of the NOAH Shelter, Cape Cod Psychiatric Services and Baybridge Clubhouse for the Mentally Ill. Gorman was considered the official building repairman for 75 Pearl Street. His arrest record for firearms possession is posted below recent correpondence to Attorney General Martha Coakley. There were several police calls to the building for narcotics related violence. A death on the premises occurred in April of 2009. The Barnstable Housing Authority Terminated the subsidy of the tenant who complained about drug trafficking and violence. Kim Gomez, Leased Coordinator for the Section 8 Program mentioned that Barnstable Town Councilor Janet Joakim of Precinct Six was unhappy with the participation of the tenant involved with the recall effort. Gomez suggested that the decision to remove the Section 8 Subsidy from this tenant involved municipal officials.
Gomez, a former candidate for the Yarmouth Committee on Housing, and Sandra Perry are both former employees of Housing Assistance Corporation. Housing Assistance Corporation and the Duffy Clinic provided housing services and clinical treatment to a number of convicted felons and violent offenders in downtown Hyannis. The tenant evicted is considered a "material witness" in an ongoing investigation involving executives, public officials and law enforcement agents.
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Mary Clements
75 Pearl Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
September 9, 2009
Attorney General Martha Coakley
Office of the Attorney General
One Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
Dear Attorney Coakley,
You may be aware of substantial impropriety regarding Housing Assistance Corporation and its convolution with law enforcement in Barnstable County. Negligent and substandard services provided by this organization have compromised safety in downtown Hyannis and Greater Barnstable. Photographs and court documents indicate that the Barnstable District Attorney’s Office is aware of convicted felons, violent offenders and narcotics addicts in proximity to schools, daycare centers and neighborhoods full of children. The human service sector, public officials and law enforcement continue to jeopardize the health, welfare and safety of an unsuspecting public. A number of public officials including law enforcement officials have accepted campaign contributions from these organizations and agencies.
Perpetrators known to The NOAH Shelter, Chase House, O’Neill Center, Pilot House, Duffy Clinic include a number of high profile murders and offenders. Christopher McCowen, convicted in the rape and murder of Christa Worthington, Michael Gentile, serving life for the rape and murder of Melissa Gosule, and Paul Nolin convicted in the rape and murder of young Jonathan Wessner of Falmouth were all clients of the local shelter and patients of community clinics providing services to the indigent. Notorious felons were associated with the Friends of Prisoners Program of Hyannis, The Salvation Army Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen, and Cape Cod Psychiatric Services. In addition, there were a number of violent homicides occurring within the homeless community spanning several decades. Nurses, clinicians and practitioners often prescribed narcotics liberally to patients. This practice succeeded in compounding violence associated with the downtown area.
In 1999, the probation of Christopher McCowen was surrendered by Judge Welsh after he failed to appear at this mandated counseling sessions at Cape Cod Psychiatric Services. McCowen was a patient of Cape Cod Health and Human Services, the outpatient clinic of Cape Cod Psychiatric Services. Cape Cod Psychiatric Services operates a clinic in Orleans, and McCowen was seen as an outpatient at this satellite clinic prior to the homicide of Miss Worthington. Christopher McCowen was diverted into treatment for non-violent offenders at Gosnold Inc./Chris Judson’s Drug Court after her rape and murder in 2002. McCowen lived at three different addresses in Hyannis and was arrested three times by the Barnstable Police Department while on the lamb for her murder. My cooperation with local authorities was elicited in this case, as it was in the homicide of Jonathan Wessner of Falmouth. The arrest of the perpetrator was made after there was a change in the course of the investigation after I provided substantial work product to a number of law enforcement agents including the District Attorney’s Office. Christopher Worthington told me that I should consider myself a “material witness” in an ongoing corruption investigation of Michael O’Keefe and his involvement with the Barnstable Human Service Needs Committee. Mr. Worthington also has copies of the campaign contributions accepted by public officials and law enforcements agents. He was upset about the difficulty this has created for his family and the death of his daughter. I have enclosed receipts for the materials forwarded to Mr. Worthington. He told me to “consider everything relevant.” Mr. Worthington stated that he had connections with you, and was working in cooperation with your office.
In May of 2007, David Gorman, a handyman employed part time in my apartment complex threatened me with a weapon on the premises of this tenancy. I have enclosed his record for weapons possession. He was also a former client of the NOAH Shelter and a patient of psychiatric services at Cape Cod Hospital. Gorman began to stalk and harass me. When I rebuffed his advance, he began making noise complaints about the quality of "church music" I listened to in the mid-morning hours. When the Gorman threatened me, I began to make arrangements to move from this tenancy and from the downtown area.
The Housing Authority was notified of my intent to leave. I was informed that I was aware that I had witnessed impropriety in Barnstable. Kim Gomez, of the BHA told me that their office was told to continue to provide me with services. She also asked me once if I was a “witness”. Gomez stated that she had connection with law enforcement that indicates that this was so. Kim Gomez told me specifically in December of 2008 not to forward any more information to her, not to contact her by telephone or email, and not to visit the office unannounced or without notice. This is a policy of the BHA, and Gomez told me that she did not want to be involved in anyway with my complaints about this tenancy, difficulty with the client/handyman, accounts of violence in the building, or notice of increased narcotics trafficking with specific tenants.
In May of 2008, The Honorable H. Gregory Williams evicted me from my most recent residence. The rent was fully paid at the time I was evicted. I notified the New Bedford Housing Authority that maintains my Section 8 Voucher two days after vacating this unit. Once again, Gomez instructed me to direct all correspondence and concerns to Linda Ramos of the New Bedford Housing Authority. After cooperating with the landlord, Gomez then claimed I did not notify the Barnstable Housing Authority properly. Not only did I forwarded substantial documentation of impropriety to Ramos and the Executive Director of the New Bedford Housing Authority, I immediately made an appointment to discuss concerns with the Leased Housing Department of the New Bedford Housing Authority that granted me this voucher.
On August 5, 2009, Sandra Perry of the Barnstable Housing Authority conducted a review of Gomez decision to terminate my Section 8 Housing Voucher. I presented items that clearly demonstrated that the apartment was not only in disrepair; it became infested with narcotics and associated violence. Numerous documents and photographs indicating that were a number of police and rescue calls were presented to Perry and Gomez. There was a death on the premises after alcohol intoxication and photographs of the coroner removing the body and the Death Certificate of this Duffy Clinic client expiring on the premises was provided. Tenants of this placement were all clients of The Baybridge Clubhouse for the Mentally Ill and The Duffy Clinic. Extensive photographs and documentation of imminent danger, narcotics trafficking, and violence were given to Ms. Perry. These items can be reviewed on www.welcometobarnstable.com.
Sandra Perry, Director of the Barnstable Housing Authority and Kim Gomez, The BHA Leased Housing Coordinator answer, ultimately, to Barnstable Town Manager John Klimm and Assistant Town Manager Tom Lynch. I have enclosed an item that indicates Lynch is closely tied with Housing Assistance Corporation. Both Sandra Perry and Kim Gomez of the Barnstable Housing Authority are former employees of Housing Assistance Corporation. Assistant Town Manager Tom Lynch is the former Executive Director of the Barnstable Housing Authority. Perry and Gomez are both aware of the allegations of impropriety.
Does eviction of a material witness from public housing for insufficient reason constitute witness tampering?
Sincerely,
Mary Clements
Cc.Christopher H. Worthington
Judge Gregory Williams
Representative Stephen Lynch
John Klimm, Manager of the Town of Barnstable
Tom Lynch, Assistant Manager of the Town of Barnstable
Donna Ayala, Director for the Office of Public Housing
Kristine Foye, Regional Director of Housing and Urban Development
Robert Yablonski, Office of Revitalization of Housing and Urban Development
Sandra Perry, Director of the Barnstable Housing Authority
Kim Gomez, Leased Housing Coordinator
Sergeant Sean Sweeney, Public Relations Officer. Barnstable Police Department
Michael K. Loucks, Esq., US Attorney
David Gorman, photographed wearing hunting gear, defendant in firearms charge posted above.
Note John Kerry, Rick Presbrey and former Executive Barnstable Housing Authority Tom Lynch at a conference for housing services and federal monies in 2001. Tom Lynch is now the Assistant Manager for the Town of Barnstable.
