"Chilling" is right. For me especially since I just recently saw The Lives of Others, a 2007 Oscar winner about life in East Berlin. In a message dated 9/2/2007 11:18:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And meanwhile, the horrible bungalow on 1st. Ave near the corner of Kingsley sits there rotting away. Why isn't the owner of that in jail also? Meanwhile, Weldon gets to continue living his cushy, system bucking lifestyle. It's ridiculous, and disgusting. I've never heard of somebody going to jail for failing to make repairs to their own home. Here in Asbury Park, the prostitutes get a slap on the wrist, and Werner goes to jail. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycheech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "2fine4u" <sharon_b283@> wrote: > > > > Thanks Frank! I found this report "chilling"! Does this incident > > sound similar to someone else leaning on Freedom of Speech? Very > > oppressive and MEAN-spirited, to throw him in jail, for what? Can > > someone tell me? Terry Weldon, won't spend this much time, for all of > > the bribes he's taken! > > > > Werner has been to court multiple times and has already paid $6000 > or so in fines as a result of complaints that his property is not up > to Asbury standards. Much of the trouble stemmed from a bogus > complaint that came through Howell Twp. that was interpreted to say > that Werner was hiding a body in his basement. As Werner told the > police who showed up that day without a warrant to search his house: > "I may have skeletons in my closet but no bodies in the basement." > Trying to be cooperative, Werner allowed them to search his house > without a warrant. (Let that be a lesson to all of us.) Of course > they found no dead body there. That pretext allowed them to cite him > up for every violation under the sun, even though Werner was the only > person to live there (it could accomodate five small apartments). I > will say it again: it was all a pretext to get him at last for what he > had been saying for the past several years. > What he presented to the judge in the way of contracts to fix the > deficiencies, the judge found inadequate and sent him directly to > jail. They took his cell phone away immediately, so he did not have > the ability to call anyone until he was able to call collect ($2 a > minute) the next morning. On top of all that, Werner was extremely > ill with a flu. They did give him a bologna sandwich. > Why didn't the judge give him a heavier fine or at worst confine > him to his house under house arrest with a leg bracelet like they did > with corrupt former Mayor Butch Saunders? That would not have > satisfied their motives. > Cordiali saluti, Mario ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
