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Leesa 12:41 pm UTC 07/02/07
In reply to: re: Hello...hello....hello....(simulated echo sound) - Leesa 12:40 pm UTC 07/02/07

See what I mean? I posted a reply just know and everything I wrote was omitted--just the original post reprints.
I don't know why that happens..
Leesa

> >
> > Why are the 840 households so apathetic? That seems a bit
> > unusual. Isn't the city council meeting like an excuse to
> > get coffee and cake together? The town I refer to as
> > Cypherd's/Mine, is a very active volunteerism community
> > which I think is natural for a small town. People get
> > together at the meetings like it is a regular planned
> > event. Most of them don't have much of a sense of humor,
> > but between friends they do quite alot of celebrating.
> > There is the city council and more attended than that is
> > the citizens association. They have a big 4th of July
> > celebration this weekend, every 4th of July....the
> > weekends are usually better for them but I'm sure that
> > they put something in the park this weekend, and then on
> > the 4th they will have their parade. I used to live on the
> > parade route. There are about 5000 households there, so I
> > guess it is a little bit lively. And churches! Jeez, you
> > never saw so many churches fill up one small space
> > before!
> >
> >
> >
> > > Oh, and anything that comes into West Branch concerning
> > > 'animals' falls on the police chief's desk as he's the
> > > chief animal control officer. We are only the advisory
> > > commission that deals strictly secondhand with anything.
> > > We offer advise to animal control; we are NOT animal
> > > control--HUGE difference.
> >
> > So, okay, in the technicality, but not in the actual fact,
> > because you don't catch the dogs but you set the policies,
> > and you should have known what I meant. In the town I was
> > briefly drafted to be the Treasurer of the Friends of that
> > library, given the huge set of books and all that, and the
> > Prez told me what to do and I was to record it and
> > disburse it, and what turned out to be the scandal of the
> > century was the thing that turned me off of that job right
> > away. Imagine a function that costs just as much as the
> > amount of the proceeds? At least they didn't lose money on
> > it. So, I was at the library all the time getting mail,
> > checking on things, writing checks for the library, and
> > all of that, and if someone suggested then that I was
> > connected with the library I would have had to say hell
> > yeah, because it was the checkbook I carried which funded
> > them, the memberships were taken there, the mail went
> > there, and they let me behind the counter because of that.
> > Just because I wasn't the one checking in the books and
> > issuing the library cards didn't mean that I wasn't part
> > of the library.
> >
> > And, I wouldn't be dumb about what someone meant by the
> > library. Oh you mean the building that has those kinds of
> > books or the other kinds of books? See what I mean?
> >
> > > My e-mail's off the City's website? Too damned funny--they
> > > just can't get their shit together..whatever. They e-mail
> > > every month for the monutes and I send them back from the
> > > same address!
> >
> > I didn't mean to suggest they don't have it, just that
> > they no longer publish it.
> >
> >
> > > I can't for the life of me tell you way no street address
> > > wasn't listed last year. Check with the clerk of court in
> > > Tipton, Iowa under my name and see how many years I've
> > > paid taxes on my 'street address', 626 East Main--believe
> > > it's been since about, oh let's say, 1985...?
> >
> > :) That really does not help much. Anton Fig has been the
> > drummer on Letterman since 1985 or so, and was the actual
> > real Anton Fig from South Africa until he started doing
> > the shuffle with Cypherd, and so for awhile Cypherd had
> > alot to show for being Anton Fig for a really long time,
> > while he wasn't Anton Fig for very long at all. One day
> > I'll make that alot clearer on the site because I have
> > some really great videos of the real Anton also from the
> > site. I'd put them up now but the computer with those
> > archives has crashed. It's easy to tell them apart,
> > actually. But history reigns supreme in the sorting. So,
> > the property taxes are not really good for me.......and
> > maybe you could blame Jim for that :) It does not matter
> > to me what Cypherd calls himself, and I know the
> > difference, because at the present time we can't be
> > together anyway. As long as he doesn't ride into space he
> > could do anything he wants, almost.
> >
> >
> >
> > >I mean my
> > > name's the same, address the same--who knows why?
> > > This shit is really splitting hairs. I'm here, on the
> > > Animal Control Advisory Commission, not employed in animal
> > > control and never met a Thaya.
> >
> > I'll let a little bit of perspective enter this at this
> > point, and give it some time. I haven't wanted to
> > frustrate anyone, but as you could see and understand it
> > is confusing. Thaya is not someone whom has given leeway
> > for trusting, and it is not just her. You have seen the
> > photos of what she has done. You also see that you have no
> > idea why you should believe that Cypherd wrote RH. Thaya
> > is the reason why you don't.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Christ, sue me...
> > > Leesa
> >
> > You are not as present on the internet as you once have
> > been. I recall the birthday tribute from long past's
> > research, I saw your dog's photo back then too....but
> > neither of these things are up on searches now. The only
> > results that gallytrotter seems to get these days is on
> > the message board your saying some awful thing to me, or
> > the mention of the email on my website. I looked at bull
> > terriers and gallytrotter or your name and couldn't find
> > anything. I found a photo of supposedly you I've seen once
> > but it is from a page that no longer exists. Why do you
> > need diets?
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > The city council, who votes on appointments here, has
> > > > > their own twice monthly meetings where such business takes
> > > > > place. We don't have alot of direct contact with them
> > > > > unless a situation arises or one of us has NOT been
> > > > > reappointed!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So then you should not have been surprised that your name
> > > > was "updated" on the city's website. It was surely then,
> > > > not something you needed to learn from here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Our agenda doesn't include reappointment
> > > > > items--that is found on the city council's agenda--and I
> > > > > rarely attend those meetings!
> > > >
> > > > Even if you don't attend your city council's
> > > > meetings...why not? Every active member of Cypherd's/Mine
> > > > town goes to the city council meetings like its church or
> > > > something. If one is active in the town it is their duty
> > > > to see about the town's business, as a member of a town
> > > > commission you surely had a responsibility to be present
> > > > for answering citizens' questions and speak on the
> > > > interests of your own council's concerns. I know about
> > > > small town politics a little better than what you are
> > > > describing. A bedroom community does not mean that
> > > > everyone in it is perpetually asleep. And someone had to
> > > > have asked you if you wanted to be reappointed. When you
> > > > write your monthly minutes do you wonder what to call
> > > > them? Do you say, hmm, what are these, the typing
> > > > competition notes, the arts and crafts club minutes, oh of
> > > > course, its the Animal Control Commission. Doh.
> > > >
> > > > And you thought I meant the other Animal Control
> > > > Commission?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >We worry about the need for
> > > > > cat ordianaces, pet shows and whatnot.
> > > >
> > > > And what part of that is not Animal Control?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >But you have a
> > > > > valid query--but such are the politics of small town
> > > > > government...
> > > >
> > > > Like I said, I've lived with small town politics to know
> > > > what small town politics is about. I find it is a smaller
> > > > version of large town politics. Are you suggesting that we
> > > > could re-appoint a city official without his knowledge? I
> > > > doubt that anyone wanting such position in his stead would
> > > > allow the absence of an opportunity.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >oh, and me taking minutes of the commission's
> > > > > meetings and not wondering about my reappointment is
> > > > > called 'no news is not changed news' because it wasn't on
> > > > > our agenda!
> > > >
> > > > Again, if it was no news is not changed news, then you
> > > > needn't have been surprised here.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > And no, Animal Control in and of itself is very different.
> > > >
> > > > If it is called Animal Control, and every month it is
> > > > called Animal Control, and your forms come in to Animal
> > > > Control, and it is the controlling of situations that
> > > > arise concerning Animals, it is Animal Control. What comes
> > > > about in your town concerning Animals that does not fall
> > > > into your commission's jurisdiction?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I was chair of the Bull Terrier Club's legislative
> > > > > group--our focus was fair dog laws. As a concerned pet
> > > > > owner with experience working with city councils who were
> > > > > recodifying their laws, I got more involved with West
> > > > > Branch's recodification process which involved a
> > > > > tremendous amount of education. In 2002, our chief animal
> > > > > control officer, the then police chief, shot a dog (in the
> > > > > dog's fenced yard)which he thought to be the dog at large
> > > > > in question. It wasn't and all hell broke loose over where
> > > > > our 4 yr old dog laws went wrong. West Branch was under
> > > > > scrutiny of the entire state, so our little group was
> > > > > formed at the-then mayor's request.
> > > >
> > > > Animal Control. I understand you replaced the role of the
> > > > then police chief as you describe, but you didn't form a
> > > > knitting club to do that.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Animal control per se is not something that I'm really
> > > > > involved in to a meaningful degree--the education of
> > > > > cities in regards to breed specific laws, especially as
> > > > > they pertain to my breed is what I'm better versed in.
> > > > > Other people do animal control, I don't I advise our
> > > > > animal control here as a hobby.
> > > >
> > > > What do you mean by this? Animal Control is not a hobby by
> > > > anyone's standards. Some would argue that Animal Control
> > > > is anywhere between the welfare of animals and the killing
> > > > of animals, but wherever the philosophy or actions arise,
> > > > there is Animal Control as the banner heading. Thaya had
> > > > grown up with, as she said, two hundred cats, and she
> > > > objected to my giving healing treatment to my own cat who
> > > > had a terrible injury on his paw. She said I should put
> > > > the animal to sleep and I argued with her. She told me
> > > > that she wanted to be in Animal Control to put all the
> > > > animals out of their misery. She nearly killed my cat
> > > > later on when I sent him to live with her family when I
> > > > was not able to care for him. But he managed to live by
> > > > some graces of a caring vet, which is rare these days. I
> > > > advocate the life of animals, and to me it is not an issue
> > > > of misery, but of living. There are analgesics for pain,
> > > > and pleasures beyond illness. I feel very strongly about
> > > > this. Thaya has a flippant attitude about animals, like
> > > > they are throwaways. I hope you are not her. I hope you
> > > > really care about animals.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I do apologise if I have misled you--you thought I was IN
> > > > > /wanted to be IN animal control and was a PART-TIME Iowa
> > > > > resident.
> > > >
> > > > I was not able to find a street address for you a year
> > > > ago, and the only listing I found for you when I looked
> > > > previously was the address of city hall. Therefore I had
> > > > the impression that you were "living" there for
> > > > appearances. I'm still not sure of that even now, because
> > > > in the year, now you have an address, and your email has
> > > > been taken off of the Animal Control listing. Things were
> > > > changed, and who changed them?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Do you have any idea how many people in Iowa fit
> > > > > that more specific bill? We have 2 other 'Leesa's in West
> > > > > Branch alone! As soon as gallytrot/ter was mentioned, hey,
> > > > > that's me. Sorry for confusion.
> > > > > And as for the phone number, oh good god--319 is the area
> > > > > code--that's an Iowa landline area code.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it is a landline phone. Some people keep houses for a
> > > > phone itself.....it is a very complicated world...not
> > > > saying you are, but these are thoughts I have to filter
> > > > past. I don't want to be nit-picky, and I am glad that you
> > > > have a landline phone. What kind of DSL does Liberty
> > > > provide?
> > > >
> > > > >You call, someone
> > > > > picks it up---have a little faith--odds are it's eastern
> > > > > Iowa. Again, why would someone like me put in the added
> > > > > effort to hide my damned location?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I mean after a while
> > > > > you just have to trust...if I didn't want to be tracked,
> > > > > I'd list my cell number! Call Liberty Telephone in West
> > > > > Liberty, Iowa--I've had the same landline since 1984--why
> > > > > would I reroute it? Believe me--if that number rings, it's
> > > > > ringing in Iowa.
> > > > > I again don't have a clue about a Dennis Radar--he was
> > > > > involved with animal control in Kansas? I have most
> > > > > contact with the Bull Terrier Club of America, the AKC
> > > > > club affiliate--names in our club I can trace and
> > > > > recognise. Our breed club hasn't had tremendous problems
> > > > > with Kansas, say opposed to Ohio...but individual names in
> > > > > different states/cities don't really matter with the
> > > > > involvment I've had with this situation. I honestly have
> > > > > no connection with Wichita--been there once driving
> > > > > through on a family vacation about 40 years back---just a
> > > > > coincidence. Again, why should I lie?
> > > > > I'm glad you found the Yearbook--that was such fun. My
> > > > > 'Elvis' was placed with Andy Hamen (a pretty famous
> > > > > wrestler fron U of Iowa) and his family had such fun with
> > > > > that puppy! They never showed him, but they did dress him
> > > > > up and printed tons of stationary-type things with his
> > > > > image. Palm Press bought that wonderful likeness and he
> > > > > was such a marvellous breed ambassador. So yeah, I wanted
> > > > > Jim to see MY life's proudest work--my 'Bad Moon', my
> > > > > 'Bat'...and yeah, I did flirt shamelessly. I'll never stop
> > > > > loving Jim...I'm glad you found that site--the Yearbook
> > > > > was a labour of love.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > As for my driver's license, I just rather not have that on
> > > > > the internet.
> > > >
> > > > I'm understanding of that.
> > > >
> > > > I don't want to insist on it, being as I am working on
> > > > other issues anyway, but just to say that photos on the
> > > > internet do not always represent the real person.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >If I'm so clever as to be rerouting landline
> > > > > phone numbers and whatnot, I could forge photos on a
> > > > > supposed license posted online.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, that is true, but most people with success fooling
> > > > people online don't feel the need to have an actual
> > > > drivers license, because there is no traffic cop here
> > > > saying pull over, etc. When you need to have ID for any
> > > > number of other situations chances are you are not in West
> > > > Branch Iowa, and any other ID would do. Thaya's legal
> > > > address is in Idaho, and her Magoch address is in Arizona.
> > > > Her brother's address is in some other locale, and her
> > > > sister's address is at an old address of Thaya's so she
> > > > may still even have her California ID. I would say, that
> > > > of the things I would least expect her to have, is an Iowa
> > > > driver license.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >I don't want some numbers
> > > > > out there--actually, who cares how I look? What added
> > > > > proof is that? I think there might still be an old photo
> > > > > on the West Branch Government site
> > > >
> > > > I saw that photo awhile ago and didn't trust it. The town
> > > > is too small for a lack of internet ha-ha's between
> > > > friends.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >--or e-mail any
> > > > > prominent sounding person on the BTCA's site and ask
> > > > > who/what I look like! I do still look much as I did on the
> > > > > Yearbook photo.
> > > >
> > > > And you can tell me what Jim Cypherd looks like, too.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > But I did give you about as much proof as to who I am/not
> > > > > as I can. I've been honest and positive. I deny nothing
> > > > > that is true and have elaborated willingly as I have
> > > > > nothing to hide. I only get my back up when you accuse me
> > > > > of something I know nothing about.
> > > >
> > > > Well, let's see where the roads split and separate you
> > > > from her, and that would be good. I've shown some things
> > > > that you have not replied to. You may help by commenting.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Don't know what else to do...
> > > > > Leesa
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hey they updated it! I knew I was up for reappointment 2
> > > > > > > months back, but I'm always the last to know--gotta learn
> > > > > > > it from the Rockman!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's quite a shame that they didn't tell you in the May
> > > > > > 8th Meeting. Not only that, but it wasn't even published
> > > > > > on the June 12th Agenda. But really, do you actually have
> > > > > > so large and formal a burearacy that you can't know these
> > > > > > things? You've been on this commission already, and should
> > > > > > know that amongst the coffee klatch of you, you would have
> > > > > > continuity. And I find this far from your statement as not
> > > > > > ever wanting or having been in Animal Control, to the
> > > > > > point of a direct and known contradiction.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >And that's my phone as well--if the
> > > > > > > kids are off the line people can even call me and hear how
> > > > > > > boring I am in person!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Phone numbers don't mean anything. I have an Ohio phone
> > > > > > number, and when I was in New York for a year I had three
> > > > > > phone lines set up for me and Cypherd, where he could call
> > > > > > me locally from Los Angeles, and I could call him locally
> > > > > > from New York. Phone numbers, there are such a thing as
> > > > > > service numbers, remote call forwarding, standard call
> > > > > > forwarding, switching stations re-routing, and all of
> > > > > > that. Just because someone can call you in Iowa, doesn't
> > > > > > mean you are in Iowa.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >They keep me on because no one else
> > > > > > > wants to take minute notes at the monthly meetings!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So while you are busy taking minute notes once per month
> > > > > > you don't know you are on the Commission? Hmmm.....what
> > > > > > does someone call that?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >The
> > > > > > > city website should also have us archieved.
> > > > > > > But no, not to split hairs or contribute to confusion,
> > > > > > > we're a community ADVISORY commission and none of us are
> > > > > > > employed in nor do we participate full time an animal
> > > > > > > control capacity.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well that's pretty standard for a small town commission,
> > > > > > but it isn't the ceramics club.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > This became a hobby of mine born out of
> > > > > > > my involvement with the Bull Terrier Club of America which
> > > > > > > was actively involved in combatting breed specific
> > > > > > > legislation in the mid 90's. I know an awful lot of
> > > > > > > people in animal control in Iowa and we come from pretty
> > > > > > > different places. I do rescue for the national club--I'm
> > > > > > > pretty specialised! I'm also involved in wildlife
> > > > > > > rehabilitation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One of those places Wichita? Did you know Dennis Rader?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thaya was three people removed from connection with Dennis
> > > > > > Rader, one person the man who she was very close friends
> > > > > > with named Jon, the second person Jon's friend Brian, and
> > > > > > Dennis Rader is Brian's younger but otherly named brother.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Between Wichita and West Branch is a bit over 500 miles
> > > > > > and it is less than an eight hour drive.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The significance of Rader is multi-fold, not just his
> > > > > > infamy now, but his brothers' penchant for trouble,
> > > > > > starting in my experiences with Brian when I was
> > > > > > introduced to him in 1979. It was a horrid deal knowing
> > > > > > him, and Jon insisted he should join the committee for the
> > > > > > science fiction convention that I had founded, but Jon
> > > > > > placed him there without any particular job, calling it
> > > > > > "logistics". What those logistics turned out to be was
> > > > > > direct sabatoge of my involvement with my own convention.
> > > > > > During this time Brian told me of his two brothers in
> > > > > > almost the same conversation, or at least same location,
> > > > > > at one or two of the meetings, held at his own home in
> > > > > > upper Manhattan. He said of his two younger brothers
> > > > > > different things. The first he described was David
> > > > > > Westerfield, who became infamous in 2002, and the second
> > > > > > he described was Dennis Rader who became infamous in 2005.
> > > > > > Brian said he wants to cause the world as much trouble as
> > > > > > he can. Sick man. I could only suspect but believe I have
> > > > > > traced their lineage and other members of their family.
> > > > > > One of them seemed to marry into the family of one of the
> > > > > > men connected with starting up the assignment for making
> > > > > > the RH cult. It all is like a bad map, instead of all
> > > > > > roads leading to Rome, these lead to hostile and
> > > > > > imperialistic members of my family, through their own
> > > > > > associations. I would never choose to meet or know such
> > > > > > people.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dennis Rader was in Animal Control in Wichita. You say
> > > > > > that you met others in part of your National interests in
> > > > > > Animal Control.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > One place you may not have stumbled on that alot of on the
> > > > > > > Rockman who were here in 2000 are listed and detailed on
> > > > > > > (at least where we were 7 years back)is the Jim Steinman
> > > > > > > Pacifica Yearbook that an very cool Australian fan put
> > > > > > > together.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I saw that card. Very cute where you flirted with Jim to
> > > > > > the effect that you can't have him, etcetera. I found it
> > > > > > interesting that the first time I met Thaya, she flirted
> > > > > > with the boyfriend I was with, when I was with him, and
> > > > > > then told me I was being possessive. She had that way
> > > > > > about her, flirting the same as saying hello.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >Do a google and it should pop up. My photo's
> > > > > > > there along with Elvis, one of my favourite dogs
> > > > > > > ('Gallytrot's Guy at Graceland') out of my last litter
> > > > > > > from '93. It's still floating about and JD should link it
> > > > > > > if she hasn't already.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Whatever photo you have there I will look for it again,
> > > > > > but at the present time I'm most inclined to accept the
> > > > > > photo that is on your drivers license with proof that it
> > > > > > is on your drivers license.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Gotta go chase the horses now...
> > > > > > > Leesa
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >nor was I ever/wanted to be in Animal Control.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Leesa,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Here is something of a kind of problem that I run into.
> > > > > > > > West Branch, Iowa shows Leesa Johnson on the Animal
> > > > > > > > Control Commission with a term to expire in 2009. See
> > > > > > > > photo of site:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >


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