I don’t know anything about who Judge John Duryea is? Where he came from? Where he was educated? When was he was appointed or elected? And, what kind of character he has. There is no biography listed in the Court’s web page, and requests for information made to the Court Clerk were not answered. This book pertains to a disclosure of corruption within the City of Cape Coral Florida; abuse of authority by government employees; the prohibition of religious practice; the unlawful taking of private property; a deliberate filing of a Strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) to censor, intimidate, and silence the City’s opponents; violations of both the State and Federal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; denials of Due Process of Law; and equal Protections of the Law. For a Judge, sworn to protect the Laws of the Constitution, to attempt to sweep such issues under the carpet is unacceptable. I may not know who Judge Duryea is, but I know what he did, was trying to do, and, more importantly, didn’t do.
Marni Sawicki (Retzer) is the Mayor of Cape Coral and is expected to be the good will ambassador representing the citizens of her community. As the Mayor, she also reigns over the City Council and has a great deal of influence over the Council’s action. While Mr. John Szerlag is the Prime Minister, she is the Queen. As such, I elected to name my book, “YES MARNI, THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE CAPE CORAL” after her. (Poor Marni, I do feel for her sorrows in her personal life, but as a journalist, my concerns are in disclosing the atrocities that inflicted the victims of this book) For a City to conduct it’s affairs in such a deplorable manner, violating the very Constitutional Rights of a devout Religious Community that provides such a valuable service to it’s community; Take the side of a known felon over such a entity; violate Due Process and Access to Court guarantees; violate The Freedom and Restoration Act of 1993 as well as the Florida Statutes; File unlawful SLAPP litigations to deter objections of their constituents; and disregard the health and welfare of its most vulnerable residents, both the Queen and the City should be embarrassed. There is no credible excuse that either Mayor of City Council can use, as they all received copies of all correspondence, objection, complaints, and protests made by The Nelsen. There is no one in the entire City Government that should not be aware of the valorous amount of letters and documents submitted.
Jeff Person is the Utilities Director and manager and supervisor of William Boyd, Holly Goyette, and Joette Domaleski. Although numerous correspondences were direct to Mr. Pearson pertaining to the improper activities of Boyd, Goyette, and Domaleski, not one response was ever made.
Robert Burkett
Burkett Law Office
5237 Summerlin Commons Blvd., Suite 217
Fort Myers, FL 33907
(239) 275-2145
John Gunter was the prior Councilman for District 1 of the City of Cape Coral who was elected in November 2017 and replaced Council member Jim Burch. He is now the current Mayor who was awarded The Krampus award for 2021. Although Mr. Gunter did not participate in the unlawful SLAPP litigation filing, he has been privileged in receiving various notices of the events since taking office, and has never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. since taking office. Mr. Gunter cannot be held responsible for the unlawful acts committed prior to his taking office, but he can, and will be held accountable for actions thereafter. This author personally contacted Mr. Gunter on December 22, 2017 to inform him of this book and requested him to inform me of any indifferences he may have. As of March 13, 2018, he has not responded and is therefore included as a character of this book.
While the Mayor knocked knees with the rich and famous, bathed in the limelight, and was glorified for her brilliance and accomplishments, the lowly citizenry of Cape Coral cried out in pain. Mayor Sawicki condemned a House of God! Trampled on the freedom of religious practice! Denied her peasants Due Process and Equal Protection of Law! 32 low income senior citizens and disability citizens of her community lost some or all of their subsidized housing! Some lost the only roof they had over their head! 112 striving students from low income families of her city lost their scholarship grants! Dozens of destitute and depressed lowly soles seeking spiritual guidance were denied consolation! Your damage is finished. Go now and tend to your other businesses, fore your legacy as Mayor has already been etched in stone.
Marni Sawicki was elected the 2015 GRINCH THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS and probably did more damage to innocent vulnerable parties than any Grinch in history.
PRESIDENT SECRETARY
JEROME F. VALENTA KWAN CHAN
OUR RESIDENTS
Dennie Hamilton, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of LCEC was instrumental in the disconnection of electrical services, condemnation of a House of Worship, displacement of the resident clergy, and the interference of a religious entity’s religious practices. In collusion with Mr. Paul Dickson of the City of Cape Coral, Hamilton acted without questioning the validity of Dickson’s abuse of authority actions, and caused irreparable damages to hundreds of innocent parties.
CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT
of the City of Cape Coral making false and misleading claims of impropriety. Benjamin Yormak is the sole managing member of his firm, Yormak Employment & Disability Law. A recent litigation in the US Federal District Court indicates that Benjamin Yormak’s father Steven Yormak contracted with him to teach Benjamin how to be an Employment lawyer, but Benjamin refused to pay him, and the father sued the son. Must be catchy, Michael Anagnos sued his father, and the father filed a protective order against the son for beating him up. Birds of a feather?
Dave Stokes was the prior Councilman for District 5 of the City of Cape Coral who was appointed to replace Council Member Rana Erbrick. Although Mr. Stokes did not participate in the unlawful SLAPP litigation filing, he has been privileged in receiving various notices of the events since taking office and has never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. since taking office. Mr. Stokes can not be held responsible for the unlawful acts committed prior to his taking office, but he can, and will be held accountable for actions thereafter. This author personally contacted Mr. Stokes on December 22, 2017 to inform him of this book and requested him to inform me of any indifferences he may have. As of March 13, 2018, he has not responded and is therefore included as a character of this book.
conditioning) for his use, and his demand to be paid a large sum of money or he would cause a lot of trouble were rejected by the community, Michael Anagnos went on a rampage of destruction. He made statement that he was “going to fall down the stairs and sue this place for everything they got,” that he was going to “destroy him and the Residents of the Divine Love, no matter what it takes.” And he was “going to take him down by all means possible.” Michael contacted the City of Cape Coral’s Code Enforcement, claiming that a stairway was defective and had caused him a unsubstantiated injury; filed false complaint with the City's Building Department that the Community was doing construction without a permit; Blocked entrance to the Community’s Chapel attempting to deter other residents from entering; Filed a false complaint against the Entity with the Internal Revenue Service; Filed a false complaint with the Florida Attorney General; Filed a false complaint with the Florida Department of Revenue; Filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court claiming he was an employee and was not paid wages; Filed a false claim that the Haven of Divine Love was a “RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY;” Secretly stole and/or was in possession of over 80 corporate documents belonging to The Nelsen Residence Inc.; Committed perjury in over two dozen incidents of testimony under oath; (A jury in the trial found that the Haven of Divine Love was not a Residential Care facility and Michael was not an employee and not due any wages); Filed a false complaint in the local Circuit Court claiming defendant was stalking him; Filed a false Police Report claiming he was being threatened with violence; And, Filed a false complaint with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office claiming improper activities;
Mr. Anagnos succeeded in his threats and revenge. In conjunction with the City of Cape Coral Florida, as of this date, 32 low income seniors and persons with disabilities lost some or all of their subsidized housing allowances; 112 low income students lost their respective scholarship grants; Over 100 innocent parties lost spiritual guidance and humanitarian services; and a House of worship was condemned and religious practices were deterred. Michael Anagnos’ complaints to the City of Cape Coral Florida and the City’s respective discriminatory activities in collusion with a known con man against a Religious Community that provided a viable service to the Cape Coral community, is the basis of the story of “Yes Marni, There is no place like Cape Coral.”
Jessica Cosden
John Maher was the acting Battalion Chief Fire Marshall at the time of the activities portrayed in this book. However, 2 years prior, on August 20, 2012, The Nelsen Residence Inc. filed a formal complaint against John Maher (who was at that time a Fire Inspector) with Mr. Bill Van Helden, the City of Cape Coral Fire Chief, pertaining to Mr. Maher’s drop-in inspection and his unfounded claims and citations that the residential building was a “commercial property.” Upon investigation, Mr. Van Helden and Mr. Maher visited the property and met with Mr. Michael Anagnos who impersonated to be Mr. Jerome Valenta, the President of The Nelsen Residence Inc. After investigation, it was found that the building was in fact a residential and not a commercial property, and not subjected to commercial requirements. Mr. Maher’s unfounded citation was rescinded, and Mr. Maher was instructed to never have contact with The Nelsen Residence Inc. again or enter the property. However, in December 2014, after Chief Van Helden retired, Mr. Maher was acting Interim Chief; Mr. Maher apparently thought he was no longer required to not be
Paul Dickson
John Carioscia is a City Councilman of Cape Coral representing District 2. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilman Carioscia and separately to the entire City Council, Mr. Carioscia never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Although Mr. Carioscia, as well as the entire City Council, was well aware of over two dozen violations of civil and religious liberty rights; violations of Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Freedom, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Law, and violations of both the US and Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act committed by various city employees, he, and the Council in totality, looked the other way and did nothing.
Vincent Cautero
Anthony Sizemore was a Captain with the Cape Coral Police Department and was under the direct supervision and control of Chief of Police Bart Connelly. Captain Sizemore was indicated to be in charge of the Internal Affairs Department of the Cape Coral Police, however, there is no record that he ever investigated any of the Citizen Complaints against Officers Roody and Kuhn, and Sargent Moreal. No witnesses were ever contacted, no evidence was ever examined, and no response was ever reply to the complainants. As a direct result of the refusal and failure of Chief Bart Connelly, Ms. Bonnie Demuth, and Captain Anthony Sizemore’s dereliction of duty, countless of innocent and vulnerable citizens of the Cape Coral community were victimized by the terror inflicted by Michael Anagnos.
The Assistant City Attorney of the City of Cape Coral Florida, and an Attorney at Law, Member of the Florida Bar Association, and Officer of the Court. Mr. Griffin is a direct subordinate of City Attorney Menendez and performs much of the legal processing. The record shows that Mr. Griffin was predominately responsible for filing the SLAPP litigation against The Nelsen Residence Inc., and leading the way to prevent embarrassing discovery in an effort to deter The Nelsen from litigating the SLAPP case. Mr. Griffin was elected one of three KRAMPUS OF THE YEAR for Christmas of 2016. (A Krampus is the horned evil twin of St Nicholas)
A supervisor in the City’s Code Enforcement Department, and the husband of the City Clerk, Rebecca VanDeutekom, Mr. VanDeutekom was the overseer and supervisor of Code Enforcement Officer Marilyn Buck. Although it was indicated that Mr. VanDeutekom participated in Ms. Buck’s allegations, he also never contacted any Officer, Director, of Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc., as to any violations, and only met secretly with Mr. Anagnos. After numerous requests to the Code Enforcement Department by The Nelsen for the name of the inspector, Mr. VanDeutekom finally disclosed Ms. Marilyn Buck’s name on August 18, 2014, 3 months after her alleged inspection.
IN THE NOVEMBER 2017 ELECTIONS, MAYOR MARNI SAWICKI WAS REPLACED BY JOE COVIELLO; JIM BURCH WAS REPLACED BY JOHN GUNTER IN DISTRICT 1; AND RICHARD LEON WAS REPLACED BY JENNIFER I NELSON IN DISTRICT 4. PREVIOUSLY DAVE STOKES REPLACED RANA ERBRICKIN DISTRICT 5 UPON HER RESIGNATION.
THE OFFICIAL MUTT AND JEFF OF ATTORNEYS*
THE LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM OF THE NELSEN RESIDENCE INC. DBA HAVEN OF DIVINE LOVE
*Mutt and Jeff is a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns
Withstanding that a copy of every single letter, notice, and/or complaint sent to Chief Connelly, was sent to the City Council, City manager, and City Attorney, there is no chance that the predominate city authority was not aware of what was going on during this period. On February 26, 2016, The Nelsen Residence Inc. submitted a letter of complaint to Chief Connelly, informing him that as a direct result of his, and his Department’s failure and refusal to provide the required protection, The Nelsen Residence Inc., its Officers, Directors, Community Members, and vulnerable Residents have been victimized at a greater scale. “One only needs to look at the previous 2 year activity reports prior to May 1, 2014, and those after that date to see the radical changes that occurred. The actions and inactions of the Cape Coral Police Department have now created a ripple effect and chain reaction of additional crimes perpetrated against us by those who feel that we are vulnerable.”
The sole purpose of publishing this book is to disclose to the public the draconian activities perpetrated by various City of Cape Coral public servants against its public as they abuse the power invested in them. Believe me, with 1000’s of documents at my disposal, it won’t be a very difficult job.
Steven D. Griffin
Connie Barron was the Public Affairs Manager of the City of Cape Coral. Ms. Barron’s function was to be the spokeswoman for the City of Cape Coral, and attempt to divert any negative information from damaging the four and a half billion dollar tourist trade the city enjoys. As the direct spokesperson to the local media, Ms. Barron had a practice of tainting the news to the city’s benefit. Connie Barron was once arrested for disorderly conduct and a DUI. It appears that she never sobered up from that incident. In direct collusion and conspiracy, Connie Barron provided special treatment to reporter David Culbreth of WINK News and other media outlets in a deliberate attempt to distort the news reports and discredit the reputation of The Nelsen Residence Inc., making statements that she knew or should have known to be false, misleading, or erroneous. Connie Barron tainted the local jury pool preventing The Nelsen Residence Inc. from ever having a fair and impartial trial. Knowing full well that a private residential house with a private Chapel, does not make it a commercial or mixed use property. It is a well known fact that Ms. Barron knew, or should have known, that the principal permitted uses
When our forefathers implemented FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, it was for the explicit understanding that the press would be the "Check and Balance" of tyranny of our government against the people they governed. Yet, one can find no better example of the dereliction of duty by the local media in Lee County Florida. No local newspaper, radio, television or other media outlet reported or questioned the acts committed. It is truly shameful that the local news media outlets have continuously failed or refused to be the check and balance of the Cape Coral Florida local government’s abuse of power and disclose this atrocity to their community. Nowhere in America has a government entity condemned God’s House and interfered with religious practices and got away with it, EXCEPT IN CAPE CORAL FLORIDA. When a city refuses to provide the viable services to its most vulnerable citizens (failure to provide a homeless shelter; allow the operations of substance abuse treatment facilities; and build affordable housing) and the local media ignores it or looks away, it is equally as shameful. Although minor sparce was originally reported by WINK NEWS, it was overwhelmingly biased and prejudiced to a point that they appeared to be The Pravda controlled by the government. Countless notices and press releases were continuously submitted to all of the local media outlets with no response or coverage.
Richard Aiken
John Szerlag
Jeff Pearson
Utility Director
Sgt. Mark Moreal
Rick Williams is a City Councilman of Cape Coral representing District 6. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilman Williams and separately to the entire City Council, Mr. Williams never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Although Mr. Williams, as well as the entire City Council, was well aware of over two dozen violations of civil and religious liberty rights; violations of Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Freedom, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Law, and violations of both the US and Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act committed by various city employees, he, and the Council in totality, looked the other way and did nothing.
Chief Bart Connelly
(Retired)
CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL.
JOHN GUNTER
Kent Eric Liebegott
20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
THE JUDGES INVOLVED AND PRESIDING OVER THE UNLAWFUL SLAPP LITIGATION FILED AGAINST THE NELSEN RESIDENCE INC. AND NELSEN'S COUNTERSUIT AND COMMITED GROSS JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Robert C. Shearman is the private attorney for the City of Cape Coral Florida, and is with the Law Firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes, & Holt, P.A., in Fort Myers, Florida. Mr. Shearman is an Attorney at Law, a Member of the Florida Bar Association, and an Officer of the Court. His representation was primarily retained by the City after the City filed their SLAPP litigation against The Nelsen Residence Inc., in a deliberate attempt to dissuade The Nelsen from defending the City’s erroneous claims. The record overwhelmingly demonstrates that his participation was intended to discredit The Nelsen; deter The Nelsen from obtaining embarrassing discovery; and cause emotional, financial and economic harm to force The Nelsen into giving up and submit to the abuse by the City of Cape Coral. Mr. Shearman’s deliberate erroneous and improper statements to local media effectively tainted the local jury pool against The Haven, and denied them the God given right to have a fair and impartial trial. As such Mr. Shearman was elected as the GRINCH THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS 2016 from the Religious Community and all of the vulnerable parties they assist.
Joette Domaleski is a CST II with the City of Cape Coral and was directly responsible for the preparation of a lien document in the amount of Thirty Two Thousand, Six Hundred Forty Eight dollars and three cents for water and/or sewer and/or irrigation services that were neither owed, nor ever supplied as claimed. Said false document was subsequently filed and recorded against the Nelsen Residence Inc. properties by Holly Goyette on May 27, 2016. Ms. Domaleski is managed and supervised by William Boyd and Jeff Pearson. The City Clerk’s Office refused to provide a personnel photo of Ms. Domaleski.
Bonnie Demuth
Richard Leon
CITY OF CAPE CORAL UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Magistrate Harold S. Eskin
John Maher
Frank Cassidy
Derrick L. Donnell
Marilyn Stout
Robert C. Shearman
David Culbreth
WINK News
Lenny Nesta was a City Councilman of Cape Coral representing District 3 until December 2015. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilman Nesta and separately to the entire City Council, Mr. Nesta’s response was rather bizarre. He did not act as a representative of his constituent as one would expect. As a retired fire department employee, he came out and initiated a complete “Fire Inspection” on all of the Nelsen Residence Inc.’s properties. When he was unable to find any discrepancies, other than the stairway in question, he E-Mailed The Nelsen telling them that “Everyone must submit to governing authorities” in a misquote from the Bible. Mr. Nesta never investigated any of the facts or questioned the actions of the city employees.
Paul Dickson is the Director of the Cape Coral Building Department. Dickson is the immediate supervisor of John McDonnell and overall supervisor of Kent Liebegott. He is subordinate to Mr. Vincent Cautero, the Director of the Department of Community Development. Not only did he not properly supervise Kent Liebegott and John McDonnell, but was pertinent in their unlawful actions. Paul Dickson was the party who ordered the disconnections of the home’s electric and water, condemning the use of the Religious Community’s private Chapel even though said Chapel had no connection to the City’s claim of a defective stairway to the second floor balcony. It was Paul Dickson’s actions that predominately violated the First and Fourth Amendments of the US Constitution, and the provisions of The Religious Freedom and Restoration Acts of both Federal and State statutes. Although the violations inflicted against The Nelsen Residence Inc. were consorted and colluded with numerous other parties, it was his malicious and vindictive abuse of authority that cause over 100 innocent victims emotional, financial, and mental damages. The documentation, evidence and testimony shows that at no time prior or thereafter did Mr. Paul Dickson ever properly investigate the activities, visit the property in question, or contact any Officer, Director, or Community Member, before perpetrating his action. Although Dickson was considered for nomination and election of the annual Grinch and Krampus awards, it was determined that his vile actions were so egregious that it would be an insult to the Grinch and Krampus image.
Richard Aiken is an attorney with the Law Firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes, & Holt who assisted in the prosecution of the unlawful SLAPP litigation the City of Cape Coral filed against The Nelsen Residence Inc. in a deliberate attempt to force Nelsen into submission of their improper abuse of authority and the Nelsen’s adamant objections. Originally assigned to attorney Shearman, Aiken became involved after numerous complaints were filed with the Court and the Florida Bar Association against attorney Sherman.
of a single family residential zoning category includes single family dwellings, churches, schools, parks, and community facilities. To discriminate against a Religious Community for having a private Chapel in their home while professors, attorney, or teachers would have a library; gymnast or athletes would have a exercise room; or Wilt Chamberlain had a basketball court in his house, is just that, discriminatory. Knowing full well that a personal residential dwelling, sitting on a commercially zoned lot, does not, nor can ever, make that residence a commercial property. Connie Barron knew, or should have known, that the Department of Business and professional Regulations (DBPR) and the International Building Code (IBC) does not require a permit of any kind to paint or repair a stairway, or replace a stairway tread as was being done by The Nelsen Residence Inc. when ordered to stop work; and the subsequent turning off of their electricity and water for refusing to do so. Yet, Connie Barron, on numerous occasions, stated such to all media in the area. To say such wrong, erroneous, false, misleading, or unfounded statements is one thing, but to be quoted by the media, absent any investigation, corroboration, or verification, is inexcusable. Connie Barron never met with, spoke to, or visited The Nelsen Residence Inc., yet she sure had a lot of false things to say, especially to the media in an attempt to discredit The Nelsen. This author firmly believes that it is the job of a public affairs officer to offer transparency for the agency they work for. Our Democracy depends on public servants to act with integrity and hold transparency in the highest regard. It appears that Connie Baron ignored the facts because it was more convenient for her and the city to do so.
Mayor Marni Sawicki
Judge Alane Laboda
20th Judicial Circuit
Fort Myers, Florida
DEACON AND DEACONESS
ANTHONY & SARA RODRIQUEZ
Holly Goyette is the Assessment and Billing Manager for the City of Cape Coral, who on May 27, 2016, filed and had recorded a lien against the properties of The Nelsen Residence Inc., falsely claiming that the Nelsen owed Thirty Two Thousand, Six Hundred Forty Eight dollars and three cents for water and/or sewer and/or irrigation services that were neither owed, nor ever supplied as claimed. Goyette is managed and supervised by William Boyd and Jeff Pearson. Demand letters to Ms. Goyette, William Boyd, Jeff Pearson, City Manager, John Szerlag, City Attorney, Delores Menendez, and the entire City Council to correct and remove said false lien were ignored and never responded to. The City Clerk’s Office refused to provide a personnel photo of Ms. Goyette.
Patrol Officer Heath Lee Roody was employed as a Cape Coral police officer since June 2001, On July 7, 2014, The Nelsen Residence Inc. contacted the Police Dispatch and filed a formal 5 page detailed complaint against Michael Anagnos for alleged acts of extortion, blackmail attempts to defraud, and thefts. Officer Roody, the reporting office, made the conclusion within 5 minutes of arriving on the scene and receiving the complaint, that it was a civil matter, not a criminal matter. Stating that he spoke with his supervisor, Sargent Mark Moreal, Officer Roody stated that Sargent Moreal concurred with his decision. Evidence shows that Officer Roody failed to take a proper report and investigate the allegations as claimed. Documentation is overwhelming that Officer Roody not only falsified his police report, but used conjecture and uncorroborated erroneous information supplied by Mr. Anagnos that was not included in the complaint. The subsequent filed police report was completely contrary to the report Officer Roody was given, and was the most instrumental in indicating his conspiring with, colluding with, and actually aiding and abetting Michael Anagnos in his
Jim Burch
JOE COVIELLO
The Director of the City of Cape Coral Florida’s Code Enforcement Department. Mr. Cassidy was known throughout the City of Cape Coral Florida as “Gestapo Frank Cassidy,” because of unethical and abusive tactics of operating his department in a dictatorship form of aggression. He was the immediate supervisor of Mr. Michael VanDeutekom who was the direct supervisor of Ms. Marilyn Buck. Mr. Cassidy failed or refused to oversee the improper actions of personnel under his direct supervision and control, and failed to prevent discriminatory actions against a Religious Community. His actions furthermore colluded, aided and abetted the criminal actions of a known felon, and he conspired with numerous fellow city employees in covering up the illicit activities by city personnel. Although Mr. Cassidy’s employment was terminated on December 18, 2014 under questionable circumstances, his supervisors and the City of Cape Coral in general failed to correct his, and his subordinate’s wrongful acts.
Bart Connelly was the Chief of police for the City of Cape Coral Florida from January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2016. Chief Connelly joined the Cape Police Department in May 1988. From July 7, 2014 through February 8, 2016, The Nelsen Residence Inc submitted 25 separate letters, notices, filed formal criminal complaints of various activities, and filed Citizens Complaints for improper conduct of police officers. Not one letter or complaint was ever responded to, addressed, or the actions involved corrected. Not one act was ever investigated, not one witness was ever interviewed, and no evidence was examined. During this time, Bart Connelly had failed miserably to provide proper service and protection to the Officers, Directors, and Religious Community Members of The Nelsen Residence Inc. During a recent deposition of Chief Connelly, he testified that all correspondences addressed to him were diverted by his Executive Secretary, Bonnie Demuth, and reportedly channeled to various parties to address and handle. He also testified that he never questioned or verified that said complaints were being properly addressed. Although the “Buck stops here,” it raises the question as to if proper policies and procedures were in place. Serious flaws of a properly oiled chain of command exist with the City’s Police Department.
Officer Heath Lee Roody
Jennifer I. Nelson is the current Councilwoman for District 4 of the City of Cape Coral who was elected in November 2017 and replaced Council member Richard Leon. Although Ms. Nelson did not participate in the unlawful SLAPP litigation filing, he has been privileged in receiving various notices of the events since taking office, and has never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. since taking office. Ms. Nelson can not be held responsible for the unlawful acts committed prior to her taking office, but she can, and will be held accountable for actions thereafter. This author personally contacted Ms. Nelson on December 22, 2017 to inform her of this book and requested her to inform me of any indifferences she may have. As of March 13, 2018, she has not responded and is therefore included as a character of this book.
A CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING MANKIND
Officer John A. Kuhn
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The City Attorney of the City of Cape Coral Florida, and an Attorney at Law, Member of the Florida Bar Association, and Officer of the Court. As the head legal advisor for the City and city employees, Ms. Menendez oversaw the legal issues that arose out of the discrepancy of the Code Enforcement allegation against The Nelsen Residence Inc. She was privy to everything going on and received copies of all correspondence, objection, complaints, and protests made by The Nelsen. As an Attorney at Law, Ms. Menendez is well aware of the violations of the Freedom and Religious Restoration Act that prohibited the religious practices of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Rather than address and correct the unlawful and abuse of authority acts of numerous city officials, Ms. Menendez elected, with full City Council and City Manager’s approval, to file a SLAPP litigation against The Nelsen. Although a SLAPP litigation is unlawful in the State of Florida, it is often done by government authorities in an effort to intimidate, threaten, and harass a party who objects to objectionable conduct of the government in a blatant attempt to financially cripple dissidents into submission. Ms. Menendez was elected one of three KRAMPUS OF THE YEAR for Christmas of 2016. (A Krampus is the horned evil twin of St Nicholas)
DAVE STOKES
Jessica Cosden is a City Councilwoman of Cape Coral representing District 7 effective January 2016. Although Ms. Cosden did not participate in the unlawful SLAPP litigation filing, she has been privileged in receiving countless complaints, objections, and notices since taking office, and has never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Ms. Cosden can not be held responsible for the unlawful acts committed prior to her taking office, but she can, and will be held accountable for actions thereafter.
Alan Hamisch
The Hamisch Law Firm PLLC
501 Goodlette-Frank Rd.
Naples, FL 34102
(239) 216-4783
Bonnie Demuth was the Executive Secretary of Chief Bart Connelly who received 26 letters of criminal complaints, complaints against officers, and notices of impropriety from The Nelsen Residence Inc. that were personally addressed to Chief Connelly. Pursuant to the sworn deposition testimony of Chief Connelly, Demuth rarely disclosed the correspondences to the Chief, ignored the issues of concerns, and filed them without ever addressing any of the complaints or notices. None of the Citizen’s complaints against improper activities of personnel under the supervision and control of Chief Connelly were ever turned over and addressed by the required Internal Affairs. The City Clerk’s Office refused to provide a picture of Bonnie Demuth, claiming her exemption as a law enforcement officer. (This author is not sure how a secretary becomes a law enforcement official)
As to this current publication, it will cover the issue of the unlawful and unethical actions of Mr. Boyd in the disconnection of The Nelsen Residence Inc.’s water service at their residence at the instruction from Mr. Paul Dickson; the consequence of the poor, disabled and disadvantaged residents who suffered emotional, physical and economic harm; the 112 low income disadvantaged students, up to this time, who have suffered economic educational losses to their scholarship grants; and the countless poor souls who suffered emotional, physical and mental damage from their denials of spiritual assistance and guidance as a result of the violations therein inflicted of The Nelsen Residence Inc.’s religious practice. Mr. Boyd’s action are no different than if he was told to shoot someone, or push a person over a cliff by Mr. Dickson, he does so without question of moral principles. The fact that he committed the act instructed by others makes him more liable than the party instructing him to do so. At no time did Mr. Boyd, or at least there is nothing in the record indicating, do any investigation of the facts or purpose of his reasons for his actions. No record exists of where he contacted any Officer, Director, or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc., and/or questioned the detrimental damage of harm he was inflicting. The purpose of this book is to openly publicize Mr. Boyd’s actions, as well as all the other participants of the constituents they serve as public servants .
Delores D. Menendez
There is nothing in this world that is worse than a dishonest judge, or a judge who is biased, prejudiced, or discriminatory for or against any party who comes before him/her. When that happens, the public loses all faith and trust in our judicial system. Judge John Duryea made that kind of improper biased decision. On November 15, 2016, Judge Duryea arbitrarily ruled, contrary to the evidence in existence, that there was due process provided but that The Nelsen Residence Inc. slept on it. A California Advocacy Organization filed a complaint against Duryea with the Florida Judicial Commission when they learned he ignored 100’s of critical evidence documents noticed to him previously. After formal objections and complaints were filed by outside parties, Judge Duryea was removed from the case by Judge Alane Laboda, the Administrative Civil Judge and Ex-Partner of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, the attorney firm representing the City of Cape Coral, and appointed Judge Jay B. Rosman. Judge Duryea was elected one of two KRAMPUS OF THE YEAR for Christmas of 2017 (Krampus is the evil twin of St. Nicholas)
Judge Jay B. Rosman is a Judge in the 20th Circuit Court of Florida located in Fort Myers. The evidence shows that Judge Jay B Rosman is possibly the most dishonest, unethical, and immoral judge sitting on the bench of the corrupted 20th Circuit Court, especially with his recent arrest for soliciting prostitution and resisting arrest. Apparently, Judge Rosman thought he was above the law and could use his position to evade being arrested. In collusion with Judges Duryea and Laboda, Rosman violated his oath of Office to uphold the Florida and US Constitution and abide by the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct. By doing so, Rosman questioned the integrity and independence of the judiciary; demonstrated impropriety; and failed to perform his duties impartially and diligently. He arbitrarily denied the claimants their proper Due Process of Law, Access to his Court, and covered up the City of Cape Coral’s unlawful filing of a SLAPP litigation and their violations of the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act. Documents indicate that Rosman was hand picked by Judge Laboda, the ex-partner of law firm Henderson, Franklin (the firm representing the city) to quash litigation against the City of Cape Coral. In addition, numerous reports of his collusion with his wife, attorney Cathy Reiman, with the law firm of Roetzel & Andress, of their improper handling of probate and guardianship cases in his courtroom have been alleged. Allegations claiming that Reiman, who has been married to Rosman for over 30 years, amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars of attorney fees from the impartial hearings in both Rosman’s or associated judges courtrooms, and both deceitfully hid their relationship from the public. Judge Rosman was elected one of two KRAMPUS OF THE YEAR for Christmas of 2017 (Krampus is the evil twin of St. Nicholas)
Judge Rosman's picture on top, taken from the official 20th Judicial Circuit Court's page, appears to be his high school graduation picture in an apparent attempt to deceive the public of his current appearance. (Maybe so he would not be recognized when he made illicit solicitations) The picture below is more accurate of his 64 year old image.
Officer John A. Kuhn was a Patrol Officer with the Cape Coral Police Department and was instrumental in reporting 7 separate incidents pertaining to The Nelsen Residence Inc., the majority pertaining to alleged criminal activities of Michael Anagnos. A cocky, arrogant, and defiant officer, Kuhn grinned like a “Chelsea Cat,” and appeared to always be delighted in deterring the safety and security of the Residents of the Haven of Divine Love. Numerous Citizen Complaints were lodged against Officer Kuhn directly to Chief Bart Connelly; however, no investigation was ever conducted by the Cape Coral Police staff, no discipline was ever applied, and no correction to his attitude and character was made.
THE CITY REFUSED TO PROVIDE A PERSONNEL PICTURE
Chief David Newlan
Captain Anthony Sizemore
JENNIFER I NELSON
Mr. William (Bill) Boyd is the manager for the Water Department’s Customer Billing Services for the City of Cape Coral. Although there were over 100 documents examined pertaining to Mr. Boyd, the majority of them pertained to deliberate discriminatory water billings and unlawful annoying, threatening, and harassing collection telephone calls in violation of the Federal Trade Commissioner’s Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA). It appears that Mr. Boyd, as well as the City of Cape Coral in its entirety, believe that they have the God given right to turn off The Nelsen Residence Inc.’s water, yet bill them for water and sewer usage, and initiate threatening, harassing, and annoying telephone collection calls in an attempt to collect money for services refused to be render. Only in Cape Coral Florida does such thinking exist. Numerous other discriminatory and deliberate retaliatory actions have been initiated by Mr. Boyd and his entire department that it would take a complete separate book to delineate. This book will only report a portion of said activity as there is an indication that a separate and more entailed litigation of the abuse of authority of both the water and Police Department will be filed, allowing me to publish a third volume of “Yes, Marni, There is No Place Like Cape Coral.”
Dennie Hamilton
CEO of LCEC
The City Clerk of Cape Coral Florida, and the wife of Supervising Code Enforcement Officer, Michael VanDeutekom. As the City Clerk, Ms. VanDeutekom is responsible for maintaining the public records and for making them available for public disclosures. But, she doesn’t do that, at least the part about disclosing to the public. Whether it is her own decision, or is mandated by others in authority, Ms. VanDeutekom fails to disclose the required municipal records, pursuant to The Open Government Laws of Florida that shall be open for a personal inspection. At least she did not, nor does not do so when it pertains to record requests from The Nelsen Residence Inc., and to this reporter. On numerous occasions, she denied pertinent records of issues pertaining to her husband and his Code Enforcement Department, and records of Code Enforcement hearing recordings or transcripts. When asked in the discovery requests, “What is the relationship of Michael VanDeutekom and Rebecca VanDeutekom?’, the reply was, “They both work for the City of Cape Coral.” How evasive.
Rana Erbrick
John McConnell
IN THE NOVEMBER 2015 ELECTIONS, LENNY NESTA WAS REPLACED BY MARILYN STOUT IN DISTRICT 3, AND DERRICK L DONNELL WAS REPLACE BY JESSICA COSDEN.
CITY OF CAPE CORAL OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS
AFTER FILING THE UNLAWFUL SLAPP LITIGATION AGAINST THE NELSEN RESIDENCE INC. ON JUNE 15, 2015, THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL RETAINED THE LAW FIRM OF HENDERSON, FRANKLIN, STARNES, & HOLT, P.A. ON OCTOBER 2, 2015 IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO FORCE NELSEN INTO SUBMISSION BY INITATING COSTLY LITIGATION.
The lead character is an ex-convict, convicted of a violent crime with the use of a gun, and who had a previous history of extortion, blackmail, and attempts to defraud many parties, including the US Department of Homeland Security. After being released from prison, he sought residency at the Haven of Divine Love’s Senior and Disability Center, arriving in a wheelchair and falsely claiming to be disabled. It was later found that he had filed a lawsuit against his father, claiming that his 86 year old father had beat him up and he was disabled, suffering from non-existing injuries and trauma. In reality, the suit was about his attempt to extort a pre-death inheritance or gift from his father similar to those given to other siblings. Disowned by most of his family, including his father, Michael was a loner. He was an Atheist who hated God, Jesus Christ and all forms of organized religion, and did not fit in well with the religious community of The Haven and most of the other residents. Regardless, Michael engaged in volunteer work around the complex and was in turn given free subsidized rent and a food and necessity stipend. However, after he was refuted from being appointed as a Director of the Religious Entity, denied his request for the entity to purchase him a new car (with air
Rick Williams
Corey Lazar
WINK News
Marilyn Stout is a City Councilwoman of Cape Coral representing District 3 effective January 2016, and the personal representative of The Nelsen Residence Inc. and The Haven of Divine Love Senior and Disability facility located in her district. Although Ms. Stout did not participate in the unlawful SLAPP litigation filing, she has been privileged in receiving countless complaints, objections, and notices since taking office, and has never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc., constituents of her area. Ms. Stout can not be held responsible for the unlawful acts committed prior to her taking office, but she can, and will be held accountable for actions thereafter.
Residence Inc. filed a formal complaint against Liebegott, and requesting several times of the supervisor’s name, no one in the entire Building Department replied, as if it was a big secrete. In Mr. Liebegott’s recent Deposition, he perjured himself 4 times before he finally responded with what was known to be the truth. When asked if a person painting or repairing require a permit, the reply was no. When asked if a person required a permit to replace the treads of a stairway, his reply was again No. The fact that the entire issue surrounding the persecution of a ReligiousCommunity and the Religious Entity of The Nelsen Residence Inc., as well as the subject matter of this book, turns out to be the work of a few abusers of the authority vested in them, is sickening. The fact that Mr. Liebegott’s supervisors, later be found to be a Mr. John McDonnell and Paul Dickson, failed to properly supervise and control his abuse, is even more deplorable.
A ruthless employee of the City of Cape Coral’s Code Enforcement Division, Marilyn Buck was the initial agent who made false and erroneous claims against The Nelsen Residence Inc., claiming their outside stairway was not structurally sound. Previously arrested and convicted of shoplifting in Westborough, Massachusetts, Ms. Buck eventually moved to Florida were she held several jobs prior to obtaining employment with the City of Cape Coral citing residents for violations of building codes even though she had no experience in construction, plumbing, or electrical. Although Buck had no experience or knowledge in construction, Ms. Buck took the word of ex-convict Michael Anagnos’ false claims that a stairway of The Nelsen Residence Inc. was structurally unsound, starting a series of events that discriminated against The Nelsen; condemned a House of God; and unlawfully interferred with and prohibited the religious practice of a Religious Community, in serious Constitution violations of Freedom of Religion and violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. Her immediate supervisor, Michael VanDeutekom, and her overall
THE EXISTING CITY MAYOR AND COUCILMEMBERS WHO VOTED TO FILE AN UNLAWFUL SLAPP LITIGATION AGAINST THE NELSEN RESIDENCE INC. ON JUNE 15, 2015 IN AN ATTEMPT TO COERCE THEM INTO SUBMISSION OF THEIR FALSE CLAIMS.
Referred as “Kangaroo Court Magistrate Harold S. Eskin,” Eskin is an Attorney at Law, Member of the Florida Bar Association, and Officer of the Court who contracted with the City of Cape Coral Florida to act as a Magistrate Judge overseeing City’s Code Enforcement claimed violations. Attorney Harold S. Eskin’s private practice is in the fields of Family Law, Adoptions, and Trusts. Although as a private practice attorney, that has no prior experience as a Judge, Eskin ironically always finds in favor of the City against the alleged violators, and often denies the accused Due Process of Law and Access to his often referred to “Kangaroo” Court hearings. When The Nelsen Residence Inc. demanded a hearing on the unfounded charges, Eskin scheduled a hearing date that he knew The Nelsen could not attend, held the hearing anyway, and found The Nelsen guilty as charged. He did, however, arrange to have Mr. Michael Anagnos available to testify without rebuttal. Mr. Eskin was elected one of three KRAMPUS OF THE YEAR for Christmas of 2016. (A Krampus is the horned evil twin of St Nicholas)
extortion and blackmail schemes, and his attempts to defraud The Nelsen Residence Inc. A Citizen’s complaint was lodged against Officer Roody and Sargent Moreal. No investigation was conducted, no witnesses were interviewed, and no evidence claimed was examined. Officer Heath Lee Roody, and Sargent Mark Moreal, are the only 2 police officers in America who believes that extortion, blackmail, and attempts to commit fraud are civil matters and not criminal matters. On September 12, 2016, in the US District Court, Middle District of Florida, Officer Roody committed perjury 22 times while under oath, in a direct attempt to cover up his illicit acts. THE CITY REFUSED TO PROVIDE A PERSONNEL PICTURE
Derrick L. Donnell was a City Councilman of Cape Coral representing District 7 until December 2015. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilman Donnell and separately to the entire City Council, Mr. Donnell never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Although Mr. Donnell, as well as the entire City Council, was well aware of over two dozen violations of civil and religious liberty rights; violations of Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Freedom, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Law, and violations of both the US and Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act committed by various city employees, he, and the Council in totality, looked the other way and did nothing.
Vincent Cautero is the Director of the Department of Community Development. The DCD consists of three divisions, Building, Planning, and Code Enforcement. As the Director of the DCD, Mr. Cautero is responsible for all of the actions of all of the above parties. The buck stopped here for all of the actions of the persons under his supervision and control. He at no time could not attempt to disassociate himself of their actions, nor can he ever claim he was not aware of them as the presented chronological documents in this book were well distributed throughout the entire employee and management structure.
William Boyd
Holly Goyette
Joe Coviello was the prior Mayor of the City of Cape Coral who was elected in November 2017 and replaced Mayor Marni Sawicki. Although Mr. Coviello did not participate in the unlawful SLAPP litigation filing, he has been privileged in receiving various notices of the events since taking office and has never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. since taking office. Mr. Coviello can not be held responsible for the unlawful acts committed prior to his taking office, but he can, and will be held accountable for actions thereafter. This author personally contacted Mr. Coviello on December 22, 2017 to inform him of this book and requested him to inform me of any indifferences he may have. As of March 13, 2018, he has not responded and is therefore included as a character of this book.
Chief David Newlan is the newly appointed Chief of Police for the City of Cape Coral after he was appointed Interim Chief in May 2016 upon the retirement of Chief Connelly. Like his predecessor, Newlan operates one of the most ineffective, mismanaged, and dysfunctional Police Departments within Florida. Although he was privy to the numerous correspondences, complaints, and notices submitted to Connelly by The Nelsen Residence Inc., Newlan likewise ignored said improper behavior of the Department, and directly attempted to cover up the dysfunctional operations under his supervision and control. Upon receiving Citizen Complaints of impropriety of his staff, Newlan, like Connelly, failed to enforce the required examination and investigation of a proper Internal Affairs operation, effectively covering up illicit conduct of personnel under his command. Newlan’s famous quote, “You’re only as good as the team around you,” speaks for itself, as the Cape Coral Police department is synonymous to “The Keystone Cops” reputation. The information, documents, and evidence described in this book clearly represents that
“There IS No Place Like Cape Coral.”
Joette Domaleski
According to the evidence, Kent Liebegott is a arrogant abuser of his position. A Prima Dona. The record shows that the power of his authority has overwhelmed him to a point where he actually thinks he is some kind of god. A god that thinks he can bend the truth, falsify and fabricate the facts to his liking. The existing documents, evidence, and testimony prove that he was contacted by Mr. Michael Anagnos, a man who was attempting to defraud The Nelsen Residence Inc. by claiming a faked injury by “falling through the stairway” in question, a fact that never happened. When first asked who called him?, his reply was that he was just driving down the street and saw the construction in progress. When it was determined that a vehicle with a passenger could not see the rear of the residence, he changed his statement. When he first appeared on the scene, he stated, “Who’s running this job? This is a commercial job; You have to have an engineer draw up the plans; You have to have a building permit; and, all work must be done by a licensed contractor. When asked, “who is your supervisor?”, he refused to disclose the supervisor’s name. Even after The Nelsen
Judge Alane Laboda has a local reputation of dishonesty and manipulation in her application of law. In collusion with Judges Duryea and Rosman, Laboda, who is an ex-partner of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes, & Holt, the law firm that represents the City of Cape Coral, and employs attorneys Robert Shearman, Richard Aiken, and Traci McKee, she demonstrated act of impropriety and impartiality. After questionable judicial misconduct was raised against Judge Duryea, whom she had previously assigned to preside over the City of Cape Coral’s litigation, Laboda forced the recusal of Judge Duryea and arbitrarily assigned Judge Rosman in the deliberate attempt to favor her prior associates and law firm. Judge Laboda was elected as the 2017 GRINCH THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS.
Michael VanDeutekom
John McConnell is the Chief Building Inspector, direct supervisor of Kent Liebegott, and subordinate to Paul Dickson. He was one of 5 City personnel who unlawfully entered the private home of the clergy of The Nelsen Residence Inc. in December 2014 without a required warrant. Not only did he not properly supervise Kent Liebegott, he actually encouraged him to Red Tag the residence and orders the repair work to stop. Evidence points to his attempted cover up and not disclose that he was in fact Mr. Liebegott’s immediate supervisor. Pursuant to information and documents obtained from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and the International Building Code (IBC), no permit was ever required to paint and repair the treads on the stairs in question. Now that the evidence and testimony proves that no permit of any kind was due, and his subsequent actions led to the disconnection of the home’s utilities condemning the Houses of God and the interference of The Religious Community’s religious practice, John McConnell violated the most sacred of basic rights, Religious Freedom and Due Process of Law.
Judge Michael T. McHugh
20th Judicial Circuit
Fort Myers, Florida
Tracie McKee
John Szerlag is the City Manager for the City of Cape Coral Florida. He oversees and is responsible for the entire operations of the City. Although he attempted to claim he was not involved or that he was not informed as to what was going on, he received copies of all correspondence, objection, complaints, and protests made by The Nelsen. The final approval to file an unlawful SLAPP litigation rested on Mr. Szerlag. Of all the people involved in the condemnation of a "House of God," the deliberate interferrence of religious practices, the unlawful filing of a SLAPP litigation, and the ruthless violations of the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act of Florida, Mr. Szerlag is the TOP DOG who brought a dark evil cloud over the City of Cape Coral where Christianity is currently under attack. Mr. Szerlag received a copy of every one of the 27 letters to Police Chiefs Connelly and Newland; 15 letters to Frank Cassidy and Harold Eskin (individually and jointly); 7 letters to William (Bill) Boyd; 6 letters to John Maher 4 letters to Paul Dickson and John McConnell; and 1 letter to Mayor Marni Sawicki (12-30-14) which none of them were ever responded to. In addition, 1 letter to him personally on December 30, 2014, was never answered. He is a fine example of what is referred to as a "derilict manager" of city affairs. And the sad thing is, he actually gets paid to do this.
Jim Burch is a City Councilman of Cape Coral representing District 1. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilman Burch and separately to the entire City Council, Mr. Burch never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Although Mr. Burch, as well as the entire City Council, was well aware of over two dozen violations of civil and religious liberty rights; violations of Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Freedom, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Law, and violations of both the US and Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act committed by various city employees, he, and the Council in totality, looked the other way and did nothing.
THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF THE NELSEN RESIDENCE INC.
Michael Harwood Anagnos
in contact or enter the property. (Although it is alleged that Mr. Maher thought he could seek revenge for his prior reprimand) When it was apparent that the Code Enforcement and Building Department had improperly initiated false claims against The Nelsen Residence Inc. for erroneous allegations, and as a direct result of the numerous complaints filed against Marilyn Buck, Frank Cassidy, Kent Liebegott, and others over the incidents, they, along with their supervisors and managers conspired with and colluded with John Maher in an effort to retaliate and attempt to improperly enforce their wrongful actions. On December 12, 2014, under the false pretenses that the home in question was a “commercial property,” (the same as in 2012 when Maher was reprimanded) and that it was somehow classified as a “multi-use building,” John Mayer along with 4 other parties, (VanDeutekom, McDonnell and 2 other unknown persons) unlawfully entered the private residential dwelling and proceeded to write up citations for commercial fire code building violations. The report, although it was eventually discarded as invalid, was used by Mr. Dickson in an attempt to justify his authority to disconnect the dwelling’s utilities, falsely claiming “Fire Code Violations.”. John Maher’s employment was terminated under suspicious conditions on February 26, 2015, a little over 2 months after his unlawful entry.
Richard Leon is a City Councilman of Cape Coral representing District 4. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilman Leon and separately to the entire City Council, Mr. Leon never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Although Mr. Leon, as well as the entire City Council, was well aware of over two dozen violations of civil and religious liberty rights; violations of Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Freedom, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Law, and violations of both the US and Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act committed by various city employees, he, and the Council in totality, looked the other way and did nothing. This author personally corresponded to Mr. Leon, seeking his input, but never received any reply.
Lenny Nesta
Benjamin Yormak
Judge Jay B. Rosman
20th Judicial Circuit
Fort Myers, Florida
Rana Erbrick is a City Councilwoman of Cape Coral representing District 5. Under a guise claiming the property in question had a defective stairway; that the property was a “commercial property;” that the property had fire code violations; and that they were only trying to get the owner to “repair” the stairway, the City Council voted to file a lawsuit on June 15, 2015 against The Nelsen Residence Inc. to get a judge to order them to do so. Yet, in all reality, the suit was a SLAPP lawsuit. A SLAPP (Strategic lawsuit against public participation) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. Such lawsuits are illegal in many jurisdictions, including Florida, on the grounds that they impede freedom of speech. The intentionally filed suit’s attempt was to force The Nelsen Residence Inc into submission after they filed countless complaints, objections, and notices of the City’s erroneous and unlawful behavior. Although a copy of every single complaint, objection, and notice was hand delivered to Councilwoman Erbrick and separately to the entire City Council, Ms. Erbrick never investigated the facts or contacted any Officer, Director or Community Member of The Nelsen Residence Inc. Although Ms. Erbrick, as well as the entire City Council, was well aware of over two dozen violations of civil and religious liberty rights; violations of Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Freedom, Due Process of Law, and Equal Protection of the Law, and violations of both the US and Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act committed by various city employees, she, and the Council in totality, looked the other way and did nothing.
Rebecca VanDeutekom
Judge John Duryea
20th Judicial Circuit
Fort Myers, Florida
Marilyn Jean Buck
John Carioscia
Judge Michael T. McHugh is the Chief Judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit and was arbitrarily assigned (Actually he intentionally did so as the Chief Judge) to The Nelsen Residence Inc. case after Judge Jay B. Rosman was arrested for solicitation of a prostitute and resigned in disgrace from the court. As the Chief Judge, one would think that he would be of the most honorable and just of the entire court. Unfortunately, he is not and his actions have become entirely complaisant in the possibility of raw corruption. As a judge, he swore to follow the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees that “no person” (not “no citizen”) is deprived of due process of law. Accordingly, he was obliged to conduct hearings that guaranteed respondents a full and reasonable opportunity on all issues raised against them. He purposely did not, making him the most shameful of the lot. The devil is in the details. Well aware of the situation of The Nelsen and fully knowledgeable of the dishonest, corrupt and gross judicial misconduct acts of Judges Duryea, Laboda, and Rosman, Judge McHugh perpetrated the cover up of the illicit activities of his colleagues and ruled accordingly, effectively denying The Nelsen all just “Due Process of Law.” Words alone in this book cannot describe his immoral character enough to describe Judge McHugh's unethical behavior, and I think it is time people start questioning our judiciary.
An Attorney at Law, Member of the Florida Bar Association, and an Officer of the Court who is often referred to as an “ambulance chaser” and who continuously commits act of barratry by falsely demanding exorbitant amounts of money payments under the treat of costly litigation. Although the majority of his recipients pay off attorney Yormak rather than engage in expensive litigation, the Nelsen Residence Inc., doing business as the Haven of Divine Love, refused to be subjected to extortion, blackmail, and attempts to be defrauded, and challenged Mr. Yormak’s unethical, unlawful, and unprofessional conduct. Although he knew, or should have known, that his allegations and claims were false, Yormak proceeded to force expensive litigation against The Nelsen Residence Inc. in the Federal Court. Mr. Yormak furthermore conspired with, colluded with, and aided and abetted Mr. Michael Anagnos’ attempts to extort, blackmail, and defraud The Nelsen Residence Inc., and initiated over a dozen of the acts of perjury by Anagnos in the Federal Court. In addition, Mr. Yormak, in his attempt to cause irreparable harm to The Nelsen Residence Inc. for their defiance, secretly contacted numerous members
Connie Barron
manager, Frank Cassidy did little in reigning in her overzealousness. Never during the entire course of her claimed investigation of alleged code violation did she ever contact any Officer, Director or Member of the Religious Community she was citing. All communication and correspondence were made secretly with Mr. Michael Anagnos, a disgruntled resident. It almost appeared to be some kind of quest to purposely inflict damages upon The Nelsen Residence Inc. in her abuse of her power and authority. A NOTICEOF VIOLATION of Ms. Buck’s unfounded claims of a sign violation was written up on June 3, 2014, and posted on the property door of the next door facility on July 8, 2014. Although Ms. Buck’s employment was terminated shortly thereafter, her supervisors and the City of Cape Coral in general failed to correct her wrongful acts.
Traci McKee is an attorney with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes, & Holt Law Firm and assisted attorneys Shearman and Aiken in numerous filings and procedures of the unlawful SLAPP litigation.
Sargent Mark Moreal was the immediate supervisor to Officer Heath Lee Roody, and not only knew of his improper conduct, but encouraged it as well. Not only did Sargent Moreal condoned Roody’s unethical conduct, but instructed him to do so. Subsequently, numerous notices and complaints made to Chief Bart Connelly via Assistant secretary Bonnie Demuth and Captain Anthony Sizemore, the unprofessional conduct within the Cape Coral Police Department was covered up. No investigation was made, no witnesses were interviewed, and no evidence was examined. THE CITY REFUSED TO PROVIDE A PERSONNEL PICTURE