Seven Villages, Janet Joakim

correct voter/poll information

Where is my poll? What poll do I vote in?  I am an independent, can I vote in the primary? Continue Reading correct voter/poll information…

14 local south shore newspapers endorse rob o’leary

Endorsement from GateHouse Media New England’s South unit – Abington Mariner, Carver Reporter, Cohasset Mariner, Duxbury Reporter, Hanover Mariner, Hingham Journal, Kingston Reporter, Marshfield Mariner, Norwell Mariner, Old Colony Memorial, Pembroke Mariner and Reporter, Rockland Standard, Scituate Mariner, Weymouth News

There are many people mad as hell at government and they aren’t going to take it anymore. A few of them have decided to run for office and are building a platform on their anger.

While they may be well-intentioned, they are short on specifics, action plans and what they can do about their anger beyond shouting it to whomever will listen.

Fortunately, for voters who make up the 10th Congressional District we have a Democratic candidate in Robert O’Leary who has a proven track record of getting things done in the state Legislature, has been a champion of important causes as state senator from Cape Cod and the Islands and has the political fortitude to best represent the needs of the 10th district. That’s the way we see it from our vantage point and why we are endorsing O’Leary for the Democratic primary on Sept. 14.

O’Leary has been a vocal and tireless advocate for education, the environment, our beleaguered fishing industry and economic opportunity. He is credited with rewriting legislation that in the end not only sought to boost state support for life science businesses, but also Continue Reading 14 local south shore newspapers endorse rob o’leary…

flash flood and other watch/warning

Flash flood watch:

http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/02632?phenomena=FF&significance=A&areaid=MAZ022&office=KBOX&etn=0004

mema reports state of emergency

advice from barnstable rec – and an outdoor watering ban?

From Patti Machado:
“With the weather being so hot we are trying to make sure as many people stay safe and hydrate properly with large amounts of water. Other liquids just don’t do it. We have had 4 serious heat stroke incidents at our Barnstable beaches one resulting in a death.”

Please stay hydrated and Continue Reading advice from barnstable rec – and an outdoor watering ban?…

join the community in a unity rally tuesday november 10

Rabbi Alperowitz is working with community leaders to put together a unity rally in response to the anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalism at the Chabad Center on West Main St.

The hope is that people throughout our community will get word and join us as we celebrate our unity and hope.

The rally will begin at 6pm on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the Barnstable High School Performing Arts Center.

Please spread the word and join us.

thank you!

Thank you to all of the residents of precinct 6, and especially to the 401 who made the trip to the polls to vote for me.

I have heard from a few people that it was difficult to find the polling place.

Please let me know if this was an issue for you.

Regardless of whether you voted for me, for the incumbent or forgot to vote, I am your councilor and I am here to represent you.

Please call me or email me if there is anything I can do for you.

janetjoakim@aol.com

both home and cell -564-542-2632    or    home – 508-420-2153

see you at the 99 tomorrow night!!!

If  you didn’t get an email, please consider yourself  invited!!

We will begin to gather at 6:30-7:00 … see you there.

signs don’t vote

In five elections we have lost 240 signs.  They are disappearing as fast as Continue Reading signs don’t vote…

lock your cars

There has been rash of car break-in’s in the past couple of days.

Multiple cars on Cedric Rd. were hit last night.

Until the police are able to catch the latest car burglars, keep Continue Reading lock your cars…

political yard signs cost $

I just drove home through the neighborhoods and found that all of my signs on two main roads were stolen.  Between last year and this year that makes almost Continue Reading political yard signs cost $…

have you returned your residential exemption form to the tax assessor’s office?

If your home’s assessed value is less than $900,000 and is considered your first home or primary residence, you are saving between $400 and $600 a year on your property tax bills. Your home should be assessed based on the value MINUS $105,000.00 — saving you money.

This year in order to validate that your home is your primary residence you received a form in the mail that needs to be filled out and mailed into the assessors office. If you didn’t receive this form or misplaced it, or if you have any questions at all about this, please Continue Reading have you returned your residential exemption form to the tax assessor’s office?…

summer break

I have taken some time away from this blog for the summer.

There are several important issues in the pipeline and in the coming days I’ll update this site w/details.

In the mean time – enjoy this summer weather!

political signs are personal property

Sunday – Last night two signs were stolen from our yard and the property across the side street.  Signs on the neighborhood triangles were stolen a few nights before. Those islands, or as we call them, the triangles, are NOT public property. The owners have approved those signs.  As of today we have new measures in place to try to catch this  — tall as one witness described her – person. If you see anyone removing signs, please let us know or call the police. This is a crime – it is considered stealing personal property.

This year our yard signs cost us, with the wires – a more than $6 a sign.

The amount of signs that have been stolen is creeping into the hundreds of dollars.

This is sad.

It is also a crime.

Signs are personal property. If you steal a sign, you are stealing personal property.

There are claims by the people behind this recall, that people on this side, the vote no side of this campaign, are also stealing signs.

I only know of constituents who have contacted me, who found signs in their yards that were not invited.

No one has “stolen” signs that we know of, but there seems to be wide reaching level of support that I am only just becoming aware of and I am asking that any who is against this recall who feels inclined to steal or damage signs belonging to the others side, please don’t.

Lots of great people have stepped forward with donations, some of whom I know have more important places they need to put this money. Out of respect for them, I am asking for decency from the other side: stop stealing signs.

We have added a level of security to several of our signs that we are changing from sign to sign daily and in some cases a couple of times a day.

We have already had interesting results that we will share after the election. Additionally, signs that were found on property where the owner’s of the homes found them placed w/out permission reveal some interesting handiwork that might explain where some of my signs, and Demetrius’s Atsalisis’s signs, are going.

If you have one of the other side’s signs because it was somewhere it shouldn’t be, please leave it out in public someplace, but get in touch with me first. We need you to take a close look.

If you would like a sign in your yard, we have a list and will be putting them out in the next few days as well as replacing signs that were stolen.

If you would like to help with the campaign, we still have a lot to do, so please get in touch.

I am very busy and come home to loads of messages each day, but I WILL get back to you.

Thanks for all of the support.

Janet Joakim
508-420-2153  janetjoakim@aol.com

(I had intended to give positions on this blog regarding the petition etc… but the reasons for this recall keep changing, despite what is on the petition, I am done posting and providing fodder for the unscrupulous. This campaign, along with my own family and work responsiblities, don’t allow enough hours in the day to post right now.)