January 15, 2009
\nby Ed Naile<\/p>\n
Every citizen has the right to redress \u2013 except of course in Atkinson, NH. They have limited rights because of a thuggish, ego-powered, part time police chief, Phil Consentino.<\/p>\n
In a normal town, a citizen has only to walk around and get signatures on a petition if he or she wants to have a warrant article placed on the Town Warrant for Town Meeting.<\/p>\n
Ah, but in Atkinson you need a doctored up, used Atkinson Police cruiser to drive elderly residents to the drug store, and along the way, to collect signatures.<\/p>\n
Without matching hardware, any taxpayer competing with the small time hood Consentino would soon be bankrupt. You see Consentino has a nifty little pay to play deal in town where his PRIVATE non-profit 501c3 gets to use Atkinson\u2019s resources to politic and \u2013 anti-politic. A nice weekly pay check comes from the town \u2013 the Bulgers should have had it so good.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnti-politic\u201d is a word I have coined to describe what the chief is up to as you are reading this blog. Anti-politic means: to engage in politics on your own behalf and to use a public position to undermine anyone else\u2019s, preferably a citizen without government resources.<\/p>\n
Chief Constantthuggo is driving around town in an arrogant panic, escorting people to the Selectman\u2019s Office to withdraw their names from a petition, circulated by taxpayers, to make the Police Chief\u2019s position FULL time.<\/p>\n
This citizen\u2019s petition makes the hair on the back of Consentino\u2019s neck stand up (gee, must look like a hog hair paint brush). See, the standards for full time police are a bit higher than part time police standards. Could Consentino pass a full time police chief test? Is he qualified?<\/p>\n
Consentino is certainly sneaky enough to run a vote buying deal such as using town equipment to \u201chelp\u201d people who sometimes donate to his non-profit and vote for his candidates and issues.<\/p>\n
But what to do, what to do, when things get out of control \u2013 like someone actually gets a legal petition submitted with which voters could challenge the scam Consentino has worked on so long?<\/p>\n
Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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