TGIF and guess who's back
Ah, yet another anti-fan letter has arrived, this time through one of my email accounts.
This email account was the same account that received a harassing email sent by the unidentified sociopath traced back to the city's very own ISP last summer. This latest person (if it's indeed a different person) however considering themselves much smarter utilized a different means of communication which still involved them knowing my email address. This person did so to harass me because they can no longer do that through the comments function which have been turned off for nearly a year now because of harassing comments. As far as mechanisms of harassment go, is it original? Perhaps. Was it smart?
Actually, no it wasn't.
It didn't take long to pick out an ISP that today made its first appearance in quite a while, the same day that I happen to receive a harassing email. The last comment likely posted from this particular ISP in 2007 was one in which I was called a "whore" apparently from a different individual based on the use of different spellings of one particular word present both in this email and that earlier comment. This ISP which is consistently Verizon posted quite a few comments in late 2006 and early 2007 that used servers located around the cities of Pomona and Upland. It's curious to see its return then followed by harassing activity. The city that its server is based in did provide some clues.
It was joined by another PacNet account which showed up several hours earlier that used a server based near Los Angeles and Whittier that was used by the individual who authored the last approved comment in May 2007 bashing Mexicans or more accurately, justifying the bashing of Mexicans at McArthur Park by Los Angeles Police Department officers on May Day. This PacNet account still shows up once or twice daily, most days and tried to leave a comment several weeks ago. As long as this ISP along with three other flagged ones appear, comments will remain closed. And as always, hard copies will be kept of any harassing email or posting.
It's interesting that this individual who possibly has harassed me quite extensively on the internet including here in the past has now chosen to do so by email. After all, comments have been closed since May 2007.
Of course, maybe it's the person who had harassed me through email last summer (through a city-based ISP account). That unidentified individual later inadvertently appeared on my site through the ISP they used in sending me an "apology" email (through a Riverside-based Charter account) while doing a search on a well-known blog search engine for one of the city's departments. One of the city departments that I blogged about yesterday as a matter of fact. One that's now the center of controversy because of disagreement about plans to renovate it from different factions of City Hall. It's interesting to receive a harassing email within 24 hours of blogging on that issue and think, is it from the individual who was so interested in finding out what any blogger might be writing about that city department? What was just as interesting was the city's nonresponse to my inquiries about why an email traced back to it was sent as harassment, several days before I received that "apology" email.
If it's not this individual (and most of the tips I received on last summer's email pointed to one individual in that case), then when did this latest harasser by email obtain my email address and how? Was it recently and that's why it took that long? Most likely, it was an individual who didn't want the email traced back to the ISP they were sending it from. Oh well.
The link that was emailed back to me was for the posting which discussed among other things, the City Hall evacuation and the sale of a liquor store in the Eastside. It's posted below.
There was obviously something in this article he or she didn't like and indeed taking a second look at it, there most definitely is something in there that could have upset some folks. Something several sentences long that was referenced once before, something very few individuals know about but something that still unleashed four angry and disgusting comments in the autumn of 2006 by someone or some people using a Road Runner ISP based around Highland and Fontana including two that were so vile they didn't pass the moderation test including three under a particular moniker.
Just another city hall evacuation day
Of course it could have been the article below that pissed him or her off as mentioned previously.
City Hall: Lead, follow or get out of the way.
It's hard to say with these cowardly sociopathic misogynists, what rock they crawled out from under and why. The interesting thing is that they think using my full name gives them power, because they've kept their own hidden. But if by harassing from beneath a rock perhaps because others can't stand them either, that gives them power, then that's pretty damn pathetic indeed.
At any rate, this latest sociopathic loser calls himself or herself "Old Friend" and drops off the following endearment. As far as monikers go, it's not very original and probably not that accurate. We're most definitely not friends. If we've even been introduced or interacted in real life, only the coward knows this and he's too busy poking out from beneath his rock to tell anyone who he or she is and probably lacks the gonads to do so. Perhaps because I might know who this person or people are and why they insist on ejaculating on my blog or through email.
This is what he or she did blurt out:
Mary Shelton: You're still the same bitter cunt that I knew back when. Some things never change...
Okay, I'm thinking if it's true that I'm the same "bitter cunt" that he or she knew back when, how could we possibly be friends? I mean, doesn't that say a lot about unidentified sociopath's taste in friends? It certainly wouldn't say much about mine but I don't customarily befriend cowardly misogynists like this person.
Anyway, what can I say? Unfortunately, this blog does attract cowardly misogynist losers and blogging about Riverside is going to attract them because there are people who out there who would much rather someone didn't blog about this city. Still, blogging produces greater rewards. And this guy or gal or plural has been possibly harassing for what, possibly up to 2 to 2 1/2 years now? The longer this person harasses, the shorter the list grows of people who it could possibly be. Maybe that's what they mean by "old". They certainly have a high level of endurance for harassment which in itself is telling. That's probably all they have.
Some people say it's best to ignore people like this and not "encourage" it. But to that, all I can say is that with one particular individual, I did that for several years and he escalated his behavior to the point where I had to take action. No, consider this a written record of the harassment that I'm keeping in case any of these people move their sick behavior up a notch including potentially harming me or my family in any way. If I were being harmed on the street, would I be silent? No, I would draw attention to the person trying to harm me. Consider this a similar situation because silence doesn't protect anybody only the sociopaths who engage in sick behavior. For all I know, perhaps it's a form of silence which has allowed them to continue engaging in this behavior this long.
This site supports:
Is it worth over $500,000 to save Grant Elementary School? That question is being asked and answered. So if you have something to say about it, check it out.
With only three months to go until the filing deadline, the election involving the Western Municipal Water Board is already heating up. The more the merrier, so if you're thinking about running to do some good or use it as a springboard to move up in politics, go ahead and think about throwing your hat in the ring.
Speaking of election years, ad hoc committees and task forces are really the rage during election season. It's a bit early, but there's already one set up by Mayor Ron Loveridge to discuss and offer recommendations on the planned renovation of both the downtown library and museum. But since its creation, the city manager's office has apparently declared end game, picked up its latest toy and gone home so it's not clear exactly what this task force filled with quite a few of the mayor's choices will be doing. If the latest power struggle at City Hall has you confused, go check out some early childhood studies classes at the local college and it will all make sense soon enough.
One committee addressing the military tradition of Riverside was established during an election cycle four years ago and will be presenting this report of recommendations at the city council meeting on Tuesday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m. This was a joint creation of two elected officials who had reelection bids that year and have paved out different political paths for themselves for upcoming election cycles.
It's the only discussion item on the incredible shrinking city council meeting, so I guess everyone meets, greets, discusses, votes and then runs off to the eating spot and/or drinking hole of their choice. Sire's restaurant is a popular one for elected officials in the days of GASS. Art's Bar and Grill was another for the common folks, especially given that it's Taco Tuesdays which coincides real nicely with city council meetings, short or long.
In related news, although there's no civic elections until next year, there's a sure sign that governmental officials are aware that one is on the horizon because you're already seeing as mentioned a flurry of proposals to create ad hoc committees or task forces for various projects. Ideas for future ad hoc committees will be forthcoming in future postings of this blog. There will also be a Task Force Watch set up to keep an eye on all future ad hoc committees and task forces, which are sure to come.
In Riverside, the Community Police Review Commission met this week and discussed implementing changes including the dissolution of the long-standing Policy and Procedures Committee which had floundered in the past several years. Given that it hasn't met regularly since 2006, it was hard to miss it. The Outreach Committee on the other hand was expanded to include all members of the commission and will hold its meeting after the commission has concluded its business at its general meetings. The trouble with that is that the meetings tend to run long especially when the review of officer-involved deaths is included on the agenda so the Outreach Committee discussions will take place when everybody wants to go home.
It's not clear how that will work out given that the CPRC barely had a quorum by the time it had reached the point in its meeting when it was receiving a report by Outreach Committee Chair Chani Beeman.
What was most controversial was a proposal for the commission to host quarterly forums in different neighborhoods to hear comments about police-related issues. Several commissioners supported it, but several others had reservations about it.
Commissioner Jim Ward called it an "explosive issue" but that it would provide an element that he felt was missing from the commission. He said that he felt commissioners were examining complaints from the officers' perspectives. The commission wasn't established because the community was concerned about how the officer was represented, he said, but out of concern by the community in regards to how it was represented in that process.
Commissioner Sheri Corral said it was about "going back to the basics, back to the beginning" which was when there were meetings conducted at local churches years ago to provide information about community members' accounts of encounters with police officers in Riverside.
"That's what it's all about, " Corral said, during discussions which looked back at the commission's earliest days.
Newer commissioner Ken Rotker was concerned about the issue.
"Have we bitten off more than we can chew," he asked.
That's hard to question unless you like, hold one of these forums.
The commission also voted 5 to 2 to receive a return visit from consultant Joe Brann to answer questions on his report on the CPRC which he presented in February. Brann also was the monitor who worked on the stipulated judgment which State Attorney General Bill Locker imposed on the police department.
The Los Angeles Times wrote this editorial about the furor around the Rate My Cop site and urged more open dialogue about the proposed changes to the department's SWAT division.
(excerpt)
Indeed, intimidation flourishes at precisely the point where public scrutiny ceases. Here, the Protective League has taken a more constructive stand, urging that Bratton's touted transparency be applied to the department's SWAT deliberations as well. It's a reminder that not only does the public benefit when police open themselves to examination -- police often do too.
Corona's city council received some bad news about its economic picture. They actually needed to pay a hired expert to tell them that things don't look so good.
(excerpt, Press Enterprise)
Though home sales and prices are down, many homeowners have continued to overprice their homes, and the market appears poised to continue its slide, Inland Empire economist John Husing said. Still, homes remain unaffordable for much of the region's labor force. Unemployment is up, office and industrial building vacancy rates are up, and retail sales are down, he said.
"I think '08 will be the worst year," said Husing.
The good news is that an economic recovery could come in 2010, and the drop in home prices will make the area more affordable and attractive to companies, he said. City leaders could use this downturn as an opportunity to plan for more affordable housing options and to encourage a shift in the labor force from largely blue collar toward more of a white-collar work force, Husing said.
Over the next months, Husing plans to study and report on economic factors specific to Corona. The regional picture he painted for city leaders this week was bleak.
But some experts are undecided about whether the glass is half full or half empty.
More court proceedings are being heard at local schools. No, it's not more backlogged civil trials, it's Outreach Plus.
Was Sean Bell's eyesight compromised when he was shot by New York City Police Department officers. This question was addressed during testimony by Bell's optometrist.
(excerpt, New York Times)
The optometrist, Daniel Friedman, testified that he examined Mr. Bell on May 18, 2006, six months before his death, and that Mr. Bell had less than 20/400 vision in his right eye. Someone with that vision could see less from 20 feet what a person with 20/20 vision can see from 400 feet.
Mr. Bell — who was hit by four of 50 police bullets fired that night — had 20/30 vision in his left eye, better than the 20/40 minimum in one eye required for licensed drivers, Mr. Friedman said.
But if Mr. Bell had used only his right eye, he would not have been able to read the largest letter on the standard vision test from the normal distance, Mr. Friedman said, adding, “He wouldn’t know it was an E.”
Testifying at a criminal grand jury proceeding in Will County was the pathologist who did the autopsy on Kathleen Savio.
The grand jury is looking into the 2004 drowning of Savio in her own bathtub which was initially ruled an accident but currently is considered to be a homicide after a second autopsy was done on Savio's body after it was exhumed.
(excerpt, Chicago Tribune)
Dr. Larry W. Blum is the forensic pathologist who performed the Nov. 13 autopsy. In his report, he determined that "compelling evidence exists to support the conclusions that the cause of death . . . was drowning and further, that the manner of death was homicide."
Savio was the third wife of former Bolingbrook Police Department sergeant, Drew Peterson and her questionable death received a second look after the disappearance of Peterson's current wife, Stacey, last October. Stacey's family announced recently that they will resume their search for her.
The Derby Dozen
True love didn't last. Petra has returned to the paddle boat.
This email account was the same account that received a harassing email sent by the unidentified sociopath traced back to the city's very own ISP last summer. This latest person (if it's indeed a different person) however considering themselves much smarter utilized a different means of communication which still involved them knowing my email address. This person did so to harass me because they can no longer do that through the comments function which have been turned off for nearly a year now because of harassing comments. As far as mechanisms of harassment go, is it original? Perhaps. Was it smart?
Actually, no it wasn't.
It didn't take long to pick out an ISP that today made its first appearance in quite a while, the same day that I happen to receive a harassing email. The last comment likely posted from this particular ISP in 2007 was one in which I was called a "whore" apparently from a different individual based on the use of different spellings of one particular word present both in this email and that earlier comment. This ISP which is consistently Verizon posted quite a few comments in late 2006 and early 2007 that used servers located around the cities of Pomona and Upland. It's curious to see its return then followed by harassing activity. The city that its server is based in did provide some clues.
It was joined by another PacNet account which showed up several hours earlier that used a server based near Los Angeles and Whittier that was used by the individual who authored the last approved comment in May 2007 bashing Mexicans or more accurately, justifying the bashing of Mexicans at McArthur Park by Los Angeles Police Department officers on May Day. This PacNet account still shows up once or twice daily, most days and tried to leave a comment several weeks ago. As long as this ISP along with three other flagged ones appear, comments will remain closed. And as always, hard copies will be kept of any harassing email or posting.
It's interesting that this individual who possibly has harassed me quite extensively on the internet including here in the past has now chosen to do so by email. After all, comments have been closed since May 2007.
Of course, maybe it's the person who had harassed me through email last summer (through a city-based ISP account). That unidentified individual later inadvertently appeared on my site through the ISP they used in sending me an "apology" email (through a Riverside-based Charter account) while doing a search on a well-known blog search engine for one of the city's departments. One of the city departments that I blogged about yesterday as a matter of fact. One that's now the center of controversy because of disagreement about plans to renovate it from different factions of City Hall. It's interesting to receive a harassing email within 24 hours of blogging on that issue and think, is it from the individual who was so interested in finding out what any blogger might be writing about that city department? What was just as interesting was the city's nonresponse to my inquiries about why an email traced back to it was sent as harassment, several days before I received that "apology" email.
If it's not this individual (and most of the tips I received on last summer's email pointed to one individual in that case), then when did this latest harasser by email obtain my email address and how? Was it recently and that's why it took that long? Most likely, it was an individual who didn't want the email traced back to the ISP they were sending it from. Oh well.
The link that was emailed back to me was for the posting which discussed among other things, the City Hall evacuation and the sale of a liquor store in the Eastside. It's posted below.
There was obviously something in this article he or she didn't like and indeed taking a second look at it, there most definitely is something in there that could have upset some folks. Something several sentences long that was referenced once before, something very few individuals know about but something that still unleashed four angry and disgusting comments in the autumn of 2006 by someone or some people using a Road Runner ISP based around Highland and Fontana including two that were so vile they didn't pass the moderation test including three under a particular moniker.
Just another city hall evacuation day
Of course it could have been the article below that pissed him or her off as mentioned previously.
City Hall: Lead, follow or get out of the way.
It's hard to say with these cowardly sociopathic misogynists, what rock they crawled out from under and why. The interesting thing is that they think using my full name gives them power, because they've kept their own hidden. But if by harassing from beneath a rock perhaps because others can't stand them either, that gives them power, then that's pretty damn pathetic indeed.
At any rate, this latest sociopathic loser calls himself or herself "Old Friend" and drops off the following endearment. As far as monikers go, it's not very original and probably not that accurate. We're most definitely not friends. If we've even been introduced or interacted in real life, only the coward knows this and he's too busy poking out from beneath his rock to tell anyone who he or she is and probably lacks the gonads to do so. Perhaps because I might know who this person or people are and why they insist on ejaculating on my blog or through email.
This is what he or she did blurt out:
Mary Shelton: You're still the same bitter cunt that I knew back when. Some things never change...
Okay, I'm thinking if it's true that I'm the same "bitter cunt" that he or she knew back when, how could we possibly be friends? I mean, doesn't that say a lot about unidentified sociopath's taste in friends? It certainly wouldn't say much about mine but I don't customarily befriend cowardly misogynists like this person.
Anyway, what can I say? Unfortunately, this blog does attract cowardly misogynist losers and blogging about Riverside is going to attract them because there are people who out there who would much rather someone didn't blog about this city. Still, blogging produces greater rewards. And this guy or gal or plural has been possibly harassing for what, possibly up to 2 to 2 1/2 years now? The longer this person harasses, the shorter the list grows of people who it could possibly be. Maybe that's what they mean by "old". They certainly have a high level of endurance for harassment which in itself is telling. That's probably all they have.
Some people say it's best to ignore people like this and not "encourage" it. But to that, all I can say is that with one particular individual, I did that for several years and he escalated his behavior to the point where I had to take action. No, consider this a written record of the harassment that I'm keeping in case any of these people move their sick behavior up a notch including potentially harming me or my family in any way. If I were being harmed on the street, would I be silent? No, I would draw attention to the person trying to harm me. Consider this a similar situation because silence doesn't protect anybody only the sociopaths who engage in sick behavior. For all I know, perhaps it's a form of silence which has allowed them to continue engaging in this behavior this long.
This site supports:
Is it worth over $500,000 to save Grant Elementary School? That question is being asked and answered. So if you have something to say about it, check it out.
With only three months to go until the filing deadline, the election involving the Western Municipal Water Board is already heating up. The more the merrier, so if you're thinking about running to do some good or use it as a springboard to move up in politics, go ahead and think about throwing your hat in the ring.
Speaking of election years, ad hoc committees and task forces are really the rage during election season. It's a bit early, but there's already one set up by Mayor Ron Loveridge to discuss and offer recommendations on the planned renovation of both the downtown library and museum. But since its creation, the city manager's office has apparently declared end game, picked up its latest toy and gone home so it's not clear exactly what this task force filled with quite a few of the mayor's choices will be doing. If the latest power struggle at City Hall has you confused, go check out some early childhood studies classes at the local college and it will all make sense soon enough.
One committee addressing the military tradition of Riverside was established during an election cycle four years ago and will be presenting this report of recommendations at the city council meeting on Tuesday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m. This was a joint creation of two elected officials who had reelection bids that year and have paved out different political paths for themselves for upcoming election cycles.
It's the only discussion item on the incredible shrinking city council meeting, so I guess everyone meets, greets, discusses, votes and then runs off to the eating spot and/or drinking hole of their choice. Sire's restaurant is a popular one for elected officials in the days of GASS. Art's Bar and Grill was another for the common folks, especially given that it's Taco Tuesdays which coincides real nicely with city council meetings, short or long.
In related news, although there's no civic elections until next year, there's a sure sign that governmental officials are aware that one is on the horizon because you're already seeing as mentioned a flurry of proposals to create ad hoc committees or task forces for various projects. Ideas for future ad hoc committees will be forthcoming in future postings of this blog. There will also be a Task Force Watch set up to keep an eye on all future ad hoc committees and task forces, which are sure to come.
In Riverside, the Community Police Review Commission met this week and discussed implementing changes including the dissolution of the long-standing Policy and Procedures Committee which had floundered in the past several years. Given that it hasn't met regularly since 2006, it was hard to miss it. The Outreach Committee on the other hand was expanded to include all members of the commission and will hold its meeting after the commission has concluded its business at its general meetings. The trouble with that is that the meetings tend to run long especially when the review of officer-involved deaths is included on the agenda so the Outreach Committee discussions will take place when everybody wants to go home.
It's not clear how that will work out given that the CPRC barely had a quorum by the time it had reached the point in its meeting when it was receiving a report by Outreach Committee Chair Chani Beeman.
What was most controversial was a proposal for the commission to host quarterly forums in different neighborhoods to hear comments about police-related issues. Several commissioners supported it, but several others had reservations about it.
Commissioner Jim Ward called it an "explosive issue" but that it would provide an element that he felt was missing from the commission. He said that he felt commissioners were examining complaints from the officers' perspectives. The commission wasn't established because the community was concerned about how the officer was represented, he said, but out of concern by the community in regards to how it was represented in that process.
Commissioner Sheri Corral said it was about "going back to the basics, back to the beginning" which was when there were meetings conducted at local churches years ago to provide information about community members' accounts of encounters with police officers in Riverside.
"That's what it's all about, " Corral said, during discussions which looked back at the commission's earliest days.
Newer commissioner Ken Rotker was concerned about the issue.
"Have we bitten off more than we can chew," he asked.
That's hard to question unless you like, hold one of these forums.
The commission also voted 5 to 2 to receive a return visit from consultant Joe Brann to answer questions on his report on the CPRC which he presented in February. Brann also was the monitor who worked on the stipulated judgment which State Attorney General Bill Locker imposed on the police department.
The Los Angeles Times wrote this editorial about the furor around the Rate My Cop site and urged more open dialogue about the proposed changes to the department's SWAT division.
(excerpt)
Indeed, intimidation flourishes at precisely the point where public scrutiny ceases. Here, the Protective League has taken a more constructive stand, urging that Bratton's touted transparency be applied to the department's SWAT deliberations as well. It's a reminder that not only does the public benefit when police open themselves to examination -- police often do too.
Corona's city council received some bad news about its economic picture. They actually needed to pay a hired expert to tell them that things don't look so good.
(excerpt, Press Enterprise)
Though home sales and prices are down, many homeowners have continued to overprice their homes, and the market appears poised to continue its slide, Inland Empire economist John Husing said. Still, homes remain unaffordable for much of the region's labor force. Unemployment is up, office and industrial building vacancy rates are up, and retail sales are down, he said.
"I think '08 will be the worst year," said Husing.
The good news is that an economic recovery could come in 2010, and the drop in home prices will make the area more affordable and attractive to companies, he said. City leaders could use this downturn as an opportunity to plan for more affordable housing options and to encourage a shift in the labor force from largely blue collar toward more of a white-collar work force, Husing said.
Over the next months, Husing plans to study and report on economic factors specific to Corona. The regional picture he painted for city leaders this week was bleak.
But some experts are undecided about whether the glass is half full or half empty.
More court proceedings are being heard at local schools. No, it's not more backlogged civil trials, it's Outreach Plus.
Was Sean Bell's eyesight compromised when he was shot by New York City Police Department officers. This question was addressed during testimony by Bell's optometrist.
(excerpt, New York Times)
The optometrist, Daniel Friedman, testified that he examined Mr. Bell on May 18, 2006, six months before his death, and that Mr. Bell had less than 20/400 vision in his right eye. Someone with that vision could see less from 20 feet what a person with 20/20 vision can see from 400 feet.
Mr. Bell — who was hit by four of 50 police bullets fired that night — had 20/30 vision in his left eye, better than the 20/40 minimum in one eye required for licensed drivers, Mr. Friedman said.
But if Mr. Bell had used only his right eye, he would not have been able to read the largest letter on the standard vision test from the normal distance, Mr. Friedman said, adding, “He wouldn’t know it was an E.”
Testifying at a criminal grand jury proceeding in Will County was the pathologist who did the autopsy on Kathleen Savio.
The grand jury is looking into the 2004 drowning of Savio in her own bathtub which was initially ruled an accident but currently is considered to be a homicide after a second autopsy was done on Savio's body after it was exhumed.
(excerpt, Chicago Tribune)
Dr. Larry W. Blum is the forensic pathologist who performed the Nov. 13 autopsy. In his report, he determined that "compelling evidence exists to support the conclusions that the cause of death . . . was drowning and further, that the manner of death was homicide."
Savio was the third wife of former Bolingbrook Police Department sergeant, Drew Peterson and her questionable death received a second look after the disappearance of Peterson's current wife, Stacey, last October. Stacey's family announced recently that they will resume their search for her.
The Derby Dozen
True love didn't last. Petra has returned to the paddle boat.
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