Log of E-mail Correspondence with ACS Asst. Coordinator
Regarding Secret ACOEM / NWS Meetings
February, 2007
NOTE: Wherever I have added personal comments not part of the original email,
I have enclosed them within brackets in an italicized red font. -Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:31 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alisa
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:28 AM
> To: skywarn@fireline.org
> Subject:
>
> > Ignore it and do nothing with it.
> >
> > I removed Jeff's moderator priviledges, and the moment you post something he
> > requests you to, he'll grin. You understand why? He's testing you to see
> > if he can use his charms to get you to post to the list underneath me. All
> he has to DO is ask ME. But for some reason, that idea eludes him.
> >
> > But do me a favor and don't SUGGEST it to him, either. I don't want to post
> > one bulletin from him. The moment I post one, he'll take that to mean we're
> > buddy-buddy again, and I don't want that. Jeff sees everything as "time
> > limits". If you tell him to stop bothering you, that means try again in a
> > month. If not, then try in two months. If not, then three. Jeff never
> > gives up. Therefore, I'm not giving him any leeway. Jeff abuses his
> > priviledges and posts things without going through me first...not just
> > generic bulletins such as the ARRL one. He'll post notices of policy change
> > that never went through me. He'll do end runs around me and post things I
> > told him not to. His priviledges are gone for a good reason. He's
> > deliberately insuboridinate, deiberately confrontational, he can't take
> > "no", and he can't stand losing. He took too many chances with me and he is
> > now read-only...forever.
> >
> > Todd
>
> Todd,
>
> Don't worry. I haven't responded to Jeff, nor will I, ever. I
> couldn't care less about what he wants so you are right, the
> best thing to do is just ignore him. Anyway, I read all your
> emails about your mom. We're all praying for her.
>
> Alisa
Things keep happening so often that I've stopped blogging about her.
When I started blogging people used to leave sympathy comments and such.
Now no one leaves anything. I understand why. I don't blame people.
It gets old.
That's fucked up how Jeff et al have so much control that when I ask for
a spotter training class they go to HIM now instead of responding to me.
[NOTE: Jeff's Asst. Coordinator status had been
revoked some time ago due to constant insubordination, and due to him
causing me too many problems with people in ham radio circles and in
emergency management and even in the NWS, by trying to work them up to
the point where many began to think that I was actually a problem, and
to the point where some of the hams would actually engage in real stalking
and harassment of me. NWS was contacting Jeff for all matters regarding
Alachua County SKYWARN, and everyone had been told that his Asst.
Coordinator status had been revoked - for good reason. Jeff on the other
hand, had apparently worked up a relationship with EM and NWS now, and
they now preferred to deal only with him, unawares that he had been
engaging in some of the stalking and harassment himself.]
In fact, they never responded to me. They responded to you because
you're a name they weren't familiar with that they couldn't at first
attribute to ACS, so he thought he was safe. Now that he knows, he
probably won't respond to any more emails from us.
Can you call Steve Letro there and ask him why ACS seems to be being
ignored, and Jeff Capehart is being notified of every request Todd makes?
(But I mean, ask it in a nice manner. I want a woman's voice, here,
because it'll be responded to more kindly. Just answer any questions he
may have, and back me up a little - tell him that I'm not exaggerating
things and that people really are harassing him. Tell him your personal
experience with Scott West diverting from his route to work and screeching
to a stop in front of us at the EOC, and how he insulted me to try to get
your attention; and how Jay wanted to ruin your career to try to force me
to do what he wanted and how that scared you to death. I need to get
these guys to understand the seriousness of the situation and to realize
that they're punishing an innocent person.)
Todd
From: Alisa
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:47 AM
To: skywarn@fireline.org
Subject: RE:
What's Steve's #?
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 3:27 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
The NWS number is 904-741-4370. Don't know his extension.
Yah, Al is the sort who likes to jump to conclusions and call people
crazy. So, Steve is probably best bet.
If he needs some sort of proof that people are harassing me, Scott
West was questioned regarding my current case and while he denied
having anything to do with THIS one he was stupid enough to admit to
the cop that he DID harass me before. So that's now permanently on
a POLICE report. :) As well, I can show him the email header from
the email Melissa used to harass me and it will show him the IP
address of their account.
This is important because these people have deep connections within
Emergency Management, and EM doesn't believe me, either. They're
shutting me out, too. Without even bothering to ask for any proof
everyone is just taking these idiots at their word that they didn't
do anything. No one is even asking what proof I have. It's not fair.
I'm did everything I did with SKYWARN because I actually cared about it
and these people are doing what they're doing because they just want
the attention. I've not done ANYTHING to these people. And YOU'VE seen
some of the long, long arguing emails Jeff has sent me. When I ASK that
man to stop he actually refuses and ARGUES with me, instead. Anyway...
Todd
From: Alisa
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 3:57 PM
To: skywarn@fireline.org
Subject: RE:
Todd,
That was the most unproductive phone call I ever made. Steve sounded
irritated that I had called. First I spoke as nice as I could and I
started off asking a very non-intrusive question about if they had any
plans for a spotter training class coming up soon for AC SKYWARN. He
said (in a very annoyed manner) that no, and the reason why is because
Dave Donnelly and some other people (he wouldn't name names) have to
have a meeting with some city government officials about the "fate of
ACSKYWARN." Whatever the hell that means. Then I let that lead into the
conversation you wanted me to have and he immediately said he couldn't
discuss it and that there are some major problems with ACSKYWARN that
need to be discussed some other time. Todd, this doesn't look good.
Because they are acting like SKYWARN is none of our business and we are
supposedly the coordinators, this means they are trying to cut us out of
it and take SKYWARN away from us. Somehow, someone, and I don't know if
it was Jeff, Scott, or whoever has decided to try and block us out of
it. I don't understand what is going on, and no one will tell me and I
doubt they will tell you too.
What are your thoughts?
I'm sorry, I tried...
Alisa
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:11 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
Unbelievable. :( I'm so depressed about this. I can't believe they're gonna win.
Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:11 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
I may actually have to fight these people in court.
Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:11 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
I'll try to see when this meeting is and tell them that I would like
to attend. Do you want to attend too?
Todd
From: Alisa
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:25 PM
To: skywarn@fireline.org
Subject: RE:
Todd,
I already asked Steve if we could attend and his answer was decidedly
"NO"
And then he pretended like he didn't know anything about it but I swear
I could hear the guilt in his voice too.
From: Alisa
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:25 PM
To: skywarn@fireline.org
Subject: RE:
Todd,
Don't worry you can't win them all. And who cares? What is it going to
get them? NOTHING!! IF they do choose someone else to manage SKYWARN,
those people will crash and burn and then they'll come back crying to
you
From: Alisa
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:26 PM
To: skywarn@fireline.org
Subject: RE:
This whole thing is so upsetting. I wish for once the bad guys would be
punished.
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:52 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
This was my whole life. It was the one bright, shining, really MAJOR
accomplishment for public GOOD and I was SO proud of it. I can't believe
no one will even stop to ask what PROOFs I have. They just took the bad
guys' word for it without question. :( I'm so upset. I can't believe
they're pulling this NOW, with what's going on with my mom and stuff.
I'm so TIRED.
Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:53 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
They've even convinced the Florida Division of Emergency Management that
I'm a nut. They won't talk to me anymore. They OWE me for that trip to
Birmingham and they won't pay me back for it, now. They're completely
ignoring me. :(
Todd
From: Alisa
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:56 PM
To: skywarn@fireline.org
Subject: RE:
Screw them, I believe in karma and they'll get theirs for being so
shortsighted. Maybe I just read 'Steve' wrong because I am a pessimist
by nature. I don't trust in the good of human kind but I know a good and
bad human when I see em now. Don't worry. Maybe it will work out that
the meeting is to punish Jeff and Scott and reassert you as coordinator
and they just don't want us there because we'll get upset about all the
crap you've been thru.
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:07 PM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE:
(I miss you SOO much.) :(
Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:55 AM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: RE: Screw them...
> Screw them, I believe in karma and they'll get theirs for being so
> shortsighted.
(sigh) But that's the thing, Alisa. I've been around a while and I know
that in REAL life, karma DOESN'T exist. The evil guy doesn't always gets
their uppance. MOST often, screwed people DON'T get their justice. The bad
guy usually always WINS, and the good guy usually always ends up six feet
under (be it literally or figuratively). I prefer to think this way, and I
wish people of all religions would DARE to think of this possiobility even
if but for a SECOND so that they might have another way of looking at things:
To me, there IS no heaven. There IS no hell. Thus, there IS no Judgement
Day after you die, and the wronged ones DON'T get their justice and recompense.
Religious leaders too often preach the wrong religious philosophies and and
so we end up trivializing life. Life is so rare and special and precious.
It comes only once and to me there is no reincarnation. There's just that
one lucky accident called "you" and if destroyed it doesn't EVER come back.
It's lost forever. That person's last moment of life falls farther and
farther behind us all in the rotation of the earth, on that point in the
orbit about the sun, in the sun's orbit about the galaxy, in the galaxy's
motion through infinity. I personally can't STAND that so unpalatable
realization about death. If only people understood life in THAT way, then
maybe we'd be that much less likely to harm one another, because life would
be more serious a thing. To me religion is a hinderance to advancement of
the human condition, not an aid. As long as we see an afterlife, we take
things less seriously down here. As long as we think we'll be forgiven
every time we wrong someone, then we wrong someone that much more easily.
I like to think of things in ways like this, deliberately, so that I
constantly remain of a serious mind about life. As long as I think like
this, I will NEVER deliberately harm someone, or ALLOW harm to come to
someone. I will always be fair, and good, to others as long as I can help
it. I keep thinking that if others thought like this once in a while,
just pondered this possibility even for a SECOND, then things might be
better in the world. BUT, for one of religion to think this way is
usually a "blasphemy" and so it would never even be READ or CONSIDERED
unless one was one of the more open-minded of religious followers.
Anyway... This is so bad. I thought THIS kind of insurrection only
happened on *TV* and in the *MOVIES*. But OH my GOD!...they've actually
got LOCAL emergency management involved, the FLORIDA Division of EM involved,
NWS-*JAX*, and probably NWS-HQ!!! Who ELSE??? Is the reason my case filed
with GPD is going so slowly and so incompetently because Emergency
Management actively *INTERFERED*??? I'm slowly being blackballed on
EVERY LEVEL!!! I just gave a few words to TV-20 last night regarding the
use of weather radios. I'm sure this will piss off some people and they'll
call TV-20 and tell them next that I'm not anyone to be listened to. I'm
being cut off at all levels, here.
This just keeps getting WORSE, and WORSE, and WORSE!!! First it's one
person, then it's two, then it's four, then it's SIX. NOW...even local
and state and possibly FEDERAL government agencies are hopping onboard!!! WTF!!!
No offense, Alisa...but karma is NOT doing it's job, here. Karma right now
seems to be attacking ME, not them.
> Maybe I just read 'Steve' wrong because I am a pessimist by nature.
How do you mean?
Honestly though, Steve is "GOD" there at NWS-JAX, Alisa. If they've convinced
STEVE that I'm a problem, then that's it. NWS-JAX sends the WCM's who do the
spotter training classes. If NWS-JAX won't cooperate with me, then it's
already over, because they're not going to be doing any more classes for ACS.
Which makes us web-page-only, pretty much. :(
> I don't trust in the good of human kind but I know a good and
> bad human when I see em now.
I don't, either. Humans are bad (read "selfish/my satisfaction first") by
their instinctive, born nature. Most were TAUGHT to be good. On rare
occasion, someone is born who seems to have an inate understanding of good,
and who adheres to it no matter what...at least until the world corrupts
that perfection and it too becomes bad. What prevents us from being bad
to one another is a conscious choice. Most of us don't make that choice.
We instead choose to hate to make us feel better, to get back at someone,
to harm someone in some way for some "wrong" they believe they committed
towards us. This is how the world really works.
> Don't worry. Maybe it will work out that
> the meeting is to punish Jeff and Scott and reassert you as coordinator
> and they just don't want us there because we'll get upset about all the
> crap you've been thru.
HAH! I WISH! But realistically, no...it's not like that, Alisa. This is
real. If NWS acted UPSET, Alisa, then this is real. It means NWS, and
local *and* Florida Emergency Management have been in real discussions back
and forth. FDEM OWES me reimbursement for that trip I made, and I cannot
get them to acknowledge me regarding reimbursement, now. It's gone SO far.
...SO far.
This is such a bad nightmare. It's an unbelievable dream. Something that
only occurs to...to...to...MOGULS and stuff of that sort. I guess I must
have seemed that powerful to some. That's the only reasoning I can see in
this. It's either that, or it's pure hatred and pure evil in the hearts of
these people.
I wish I could understand why my whole life has been like this in some way
or another, and so repeatedly. WHY do people always end up HATING me with
such a PASSION all the time, ATTACKING me...so FIERCELY? WHY? My parents,
cousins, teachers, employers...and now, the Alachua County Office of Emergency
Management, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and the National
Weather Service. What did I DO??? WHAT???
Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:21 AM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: By the way...
I think...had *I* called, I wouldn'thave received any information but threats,
or perhaps even a hangup in my ear. So I think in this case it WAS a good
decision to use the femanine voice on the phone. Though I'm sure you feel
like you didn't get much, it probably got us a LOT more than wed otherwise
would have. :)
Know what we SHOULD do, just to piss these people off?
We should arrange a presentation under Alachua County SKYWARN's name. :)
Todd
From: Todd L. Sherman / KB4MHH [skywarn@fireline.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:59 AM
To: 'Alisa'
Subject: So, okay...
(sigh) I guess I'm going to have to try to get with the City and/or County
Commissioners and see if I can't set up a meet with them of some kind to
discuss all of this. I really don't think that if they were aware of what
was going on that they would actually condone it. This is actually going on
behind closed doors and I think out of the wind of the Commissioners. If
they knew, they'd probably shit because of all the nightmarish legal
ramifications. You can't just "take over" another organization...even if
unincorporated or the name is unregistered. ACS has been around for eleven
years and has an established web presence that cannot be hidden. That alone
will prove it's existence. It's famous all over the country. If they want
to try to claim that we can't use the name "Alachua County" because it's
reserved for county government use, they'd have a hard time proving that.
One look in the phone book will prove why.
We may yet have our day. Just have to keep trying. I'm assuming that it will
for sure be a difficult uphill battle, though.
It would be nice to be able to prove they've interfered with an ongoing
investigation into harassment...if it turns out that's what actually happened.
Todd