I have rarely complained and find it very difficult to ask for help and I have discovered I have a fear of police and like to avoid confrontations. I got a calendar parking ticket on a warm summer evening and I thought how foolish. This is my first blog and I thought I would experiment after receiving the first threatening letter. This has escalated to threats of suspension of my drivers license, up to a $1000 fine plus costs and 90 days in jail. I asked for some logic and got none plus dictator thinking, such as just pay it. That would be the easy way out, but I am an experiential thinker and it is not fun to just roll over. I did feel insulted and it approaches being hard to believe this could happen.
I was forced to act. I called the writer Sharon Anderson, who said she is only doing her job and referred me to the Chief of Police, who is unavailable at that time, so I left a message. Today, Michael P. Musich, Chief of Police, called me and then his phone went dead. I called him back, just to show I was not afraid. I was pleasantly surprised how professional he was in handling the problem. He listened patiently, offered some general logic, agreed that it is strange, communicated these actions are all quite legal and listened some more. Wow, I have been training executives for 30 years and he did excellent. His wisdom was obvious and I can feel confident that this type of leadership will flow down to all that work under him. You are lucky to have him as your chief of police.
I now have to deal with myself. Why do I fear the police? I have tried to be near perfect and dislike criticism. My Int'l. Falls dad was drafted into the army and he had 4 kids. When he got back, I saw him seldom as he had two jobs. Then one warm day, I was a sleeping 4 year in the porch by myself. The door burst open and a man came into the porch with a police officers uniform. He did not knock, just burst in and scared the &^%$ out of me. How was I to know he had started his 3rd job as a part time International Falls Police officer. Later, we shared a boat house with 7 other cops and they were quite normal, but you better not be messing around because a cop could be here soon. They did act like true friends and helped each other whenever they could. My dad did not have any money and only a high school education, but he knew how to work and keep his agreements. I recently learned that he needed a home for his 4 kids after the war, so he built his own at 1300 11th street. He had 3 jobs and in his spare time he built a 4 BM 2 Bath home and the International Falls cops all pitched in and helped him. Thank you very much.
It has been a great life, all 4 kids have college degrees and now some of the grandchildren are spectacular. One does advanced computer programs for over 270 major corporations. He is the creator and the thinking man. I would like to participate in a project that creates well paying computer jobs in the Falls. They would require advanced math skills, peak edge computer programming skills and confidence that you are doing it right. Yes, you could also create some lower level data entry jobs too. With modern computer thinking, you can do these jobs anywhere, but you had better be accurate and follow logic that gets good results.
Enjoy your experience in International Falls and be aware that the many long term relationships that you have are rare on planet earth. We might be jack pine savages, and we are trainable. Try to make the world a little better each day because you are in it.
I forgive myself again, I need it.
