I am often very embarrassed about issues that hit the local papers that reflect how incompetent our current elected officials are. I happen to be the one and only person from Peabody where I am employed, and holy mackerel...do I hear it! I happen to work in an environment with a few "ex-Peabody-ites" whom now reside in Salem and Beverly, so boy do they all let me have it! Ya, we can sit here and talk about transvestites going to the bathroom and how the Anti-Education Mayor's brother will be soon sworn in as the person to replace the person that is going to replace...(STAY TUNED!)
But all of that stuff is gonna happen and neither you nor I can stop it! So let's talk about the complete embarrassment that happened at last week's City Council meeting... and that would be:
ENFORCING THE SPECIAL PERMIT VIOLATIONS AT A WEST PEABODY / WARD 6 RESTAURANT. WITH FACTUAL EVIDENCE FROM THE PEABODY POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WERE OPEN WAY PAST THEIR SPECIAL PERMIT HOURS OF OPERATIONS.
Those whom are not already aware; I watch closely what is going on at the meetings and in this case several members of the "Aggregate Neighbors" where there to both support their councilor and support their friends on Samos Circle that have issues with the restaurant in question are also friends of mine! So I have all of the details of what transpired that night and MANY of these folks are disgusted! So I strongly encourage any/all Peabody businesses to pay absolutely no attention to their special permits because apparently they do not apply!
Michael Garabedian whom has been coined here in the past as being "The dumbest man in Peabody" has once again out-done himself by totally shitting on the Peabody Police Department (in my opinion) by describing their efforts as "wondered why it took police three weeks to follow up on the March 6 incident and argued that there were no arrests, fights or other crimes committed and that the owners were under no obligation to violate the privacy of whoever made the reservation." As quoted in the Salem Evening News. Perhaps he is too stupid to realize that he just lost probably close to 500 votes? Just an estimate.
James Liacos whom has been coined here many times as "The Grouch" left his fellow colleagues with: " uncomfortable with the council holding "show-cause hearings" to discuss special permit violations. He called it "tantamount to a public flogging."
"The idea that you drag someone through all of this is totally disgusting to me," he said. Another quote from the Salem Evening News. So why have rules Jim? Do you not have the testicular fortitude to uphold the special permits that are passed down to the business owners? Later in the evening councilor Liacos (and I use that title VERY LOOSELY) wanted to impose a violation on another property and used the possibility of a fire as reason for his concern!!! Oh, so having NEARLY 100 PEOPLE LOCKED IN A RESTAURANT WITH NO ACCESS IS NOT A FIRE HAZARD??? THE STATION NIGHT CLUB COMES TO MIND! Jim, maybe you should brush up on your knowledge of fire department access and emergency exit access in public places before you make a complete ass of yourself next time! Should we mention the fact that the lights in the parking lot were all off too? A real safe scenario!
Dave Gravel takes the time to listen to the owner's view of how he cleaned up the area with the new building and how he is working really hard.... yada yada yada! But when one of the neighbors has a chance to talk she is told to stick to the violations at hand or she will be escorted out of the room by a police officer! I can spell O U C H for David Gravel whom has been coined here as "The Rat!"
So...there you have it folks, a complete embarrassment and a large failure / mark against these previous mentioned folks as the 2011 election cycle nears!
**Hope I didn't miss anything, Until Next Time!
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