I would like to first give commendation to Officer Coffay
and those he leads. They have done nice work in the past few weeks and have endangered
themselves in the process. In the short term pulling heroin off the street may
have saved some lives.
It is unfortunate that this was not the thinking of Chief
Dessoye. His actions could have prevented the death of a 38 year old mother of
three – Jennifer Conniff. Unfortunately Dessoye was only capable of thinking of
himself as he protected a drug house on McLean Street.
It is important for an honorable officer to be
courageous. And it is also in their interest if they work smart. Please read
carefully what I have provided below.
SUMMARY OF LEIGHTON PLAN:
1)
Supply and Demand See
analysis above. This plan is doomed to fail.
2)
Civil Liberties
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Innocent tenants (including children) will be punished
for the crime of another.
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Decisions based on “opinions” of officers. This
introduces specter of massive foul play.
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Landlords may have no way of knowing of tenant’s
activities. Yet they are punished.
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In fact, civil liberty laws prevent a Landlord from
encroachment.
3)
Conflict of interests
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LEGAL This
flimsily written plan could be a boon to lawsuit activity. This will provide
work for Leighton’s cousin Bill Vinsko as well as Rosen, Jenkins, and Greenwald.
Remember… not a dime will come from Leighton’s pocket.
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LEIGHTON AS LANDLORD
Boarding up competitor’s properties will increase both the price and
supply of tenants for Leighton. He will benefit financially.
4)
Playing favorites We already
have a case study of how the Chief of police protected a drug house because he
had an interest in the “heroin honey.” The Landlord yelled and cried to have
this drug house shut down and nothing was done. How can we possibly expect that
things are different?
5)
Personal conflicts of interests What is perhaps the most bitter of ironies
is that Magisstrate Marty Kane, Police Chief Gerard Dessoye, and Mayor Thomas
Leighton are all Class A alcoholics and/or drug addicts. The citizens deserve
at a minimum to have sober and clean persons to execute and administrate a plan
on drug policy. We have no idea if these individuals are already being serviced by drug houses or not. Until they can PROVE that they are clean and sober – not only
should they not be part of this process… but they should not be serving the
public AT ALL.
6) DANGER TO THE POLICE Throwing people from their homes unlawfully is one of the most dangerous actions i can think of.
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