PS I enjoy my boat thus the name Searay240. I have told you all who I am, and if you wanted to know my name you simply look at the tape from the meeting, my name is Steve Holmes.

You and I are not anonymous hate bloggers, but VERY concerned  citizens. I for one will chip in for the rental of the school for the meeting!!!

Although bobo, how can you write the complete opposite this week and not acknowlede it contradicts what you wrote last week?

Last week: town gives crime watch NO money & and crime watch signed waiver so the town would not be responsible.

Today: town gives them gas money and covers them under THE TOWN liability insurance.

For Christ's sake you can't get your lies straight!

So either the BOS and the ITA are not being honest or the Observer is mistaken in it' story.

Mr Slager mentioned a debate, well let's have him debate the BOS and ITA at our meeting:

1- does the town pay any money to Crimewatch (BOS and ITA say no) Slager story says yes.

2- is the town liable for harm caused to these folks or by these folks (BOS and ITA say no) Slager story says yes

3- there was mention by Chairman last night the crimewatch will continue to hand out tickets with no exclusion of their Director. Mr Slagers article states that the Director cannot participate in this program, since he is still driving the vehicles around he is very much part of the ticketing patrol.

If we could pull off this debate it would be fun to watch.

I would be more than happy to moderate the debate

They told Steve Baptiste to write a letter to ITA, he handles day to day operations dealing with Crimewatch.

As I was leaving the arraignment Monday Robert Slager and a uniformed Wareham police officer with the name tag "Baptiste" were standing just outside the door talking.  I asked Baptiste that what would happen next and he said that there would be a bail hearing.

Unless there are two officers with that name I assume he is the one referenced above. Don't you have a right to have a copy of that letter?  Maybe someone could get it and publish it here.

As for the executive session, I wrote about this on another thread as have others. It is clear what the open meeting law says.

As for Coleman continuing in his role as director of Wareham Crime Watch, while a legal opinion would be of value, it seems only common sense that if he is driving a Crime Watch vehicle with ticket writers who are under his supervision he is still writing tickets (if by proxy) even if he never leaves the car.

searay240 wrote:

The Steve Baptiste at the meeting is a retired police officer that owns Pier View restarant. He was upset over Coleman tracking him then giving him a ticket.

Bruce told him to write a letter about the incident and send it to th ITA.Bruce also mentioned that Coleman was not pesent to defend himself.

The BOS can rip anyone they want cops,dept heads etc and they are not there to defend themselves. But let a private citizen have a complaint and that's not allowed

The Baptiste I talked to briefly after the arraignment, who was chatting with Slager, was a Wareham police officer in uniform.

There is an officer on the WPD named Carl Baptiste. Perhaps this is the officer who was talking to Mr. Slager. Heresay is that during a recent court hearing, Mr. Slager identified this gentleman as his "informant".

Wasn't he, Baptiste, listed as a witness for the defense in the Joyce vs. Slager case?   If my memory does not fail me he was.  I also believe Baptiste was fired from the WPD by Joyce some time ago and then sued for his job back.  Joyce refused to issue him a LTC firearms.  It was in the local papers and quite a mess.  Eventually, Baptiste got his job back.

Searay, maybe you can sue Ragboy?  If what he wrote interfered with your job, then you have damages.

This idiot claims to be the best ace reporter around, he doesn't even know who Capt Cardalino is, who is a bit of a local Wareham legend.  He reported that he worked at the restaurant too.

The story was better if it was Stevie came in with 2 of his employees instead of what really happened, 3 independent citizens.

He always goes with the story that sounds better, not the story that is true.

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spideratc wrote:

I also believe Baptiste was fired from the WPD by Joyce some time ago and then sued for his job back.  Joyce refused to issue him a LTC firearms.  It was in the local papers and quite a mess.  Eventually, Baptiste got his job back.

This short ride to E Wareham was the weirdest 20 minutes I ever want to spend.

slager is bad

Last edited by ihateliz (2009-07-23 14:49:29)

One of my famly members went to Walmart a couple of weeks ago, on a Saturday, and there were three members from Crime Watch standing out front soliciting donations. She was approach by one older gentleman, whom she described as very rude and abrasive. He asked if she would like to make a donation to Crime Watch. She is a very polite, well mannered person, and simply replied, "I'm sorry, I don't have any cash on me." This rude gentleman then asked, "Well ! How do you intend to pay for your purchase at Walmart?" She replied, "I use a debit card when I shop."  So he said to her, " We can take your debit card information." She was taken aback. "Why would I give out my debit card information to total strangers?"

She is still sputtering.

The Observer posted a retraction to my employment issue today. It took a few emails, I had a meeting with my Human Resource Dept. Finally done.

All this because I went to a meeting in Town and asked a few simple questions.  And according to the Observer reports about paying for gas, and including the Crimewatch group in our Town liability, it appears the entire BOS and the ITA lied to me during the meeting.

Maybe it is time for some changes, and being from Onset maybe I need to consider putting my name on the ballot!!!

I am looking forward to next Thursday to see what others have on their minds about making this a better place to live and how we can work more cooperatively with our Town Govt.  Because we do live here and this is our Town!!