Seems a local businessman had a check of mine that was returned years ago posted on a wall. For $45. I didn’t know about it, don’t have a record of it… $45, I would have paid him.

He gave the check to taryn thoman who then copied it and posted it all over lopez’s blogs and apparently several other blogs she has going about my family etc…

I had a disagreement with this business person about an order 10 years ago. I won’t share the details of that disagreement, as that was between he and I. He does a lot of business with schools and other local organizations. And, just like he did with this check, I didn’t even tell him the whole issue, just donated the stuff.

Despite the fact there is some attempt at telling the story on Lopez’s site, the story lopez tells is all wrong. (I never ordered a $300 uniform.)

I didn’t read it all but one of the messages said there is actually a comment about my mother somewhere in his story. My mother does’t live around here, and has nothing to do with any of this, beyond what she has stumbled on on the internet. She has more important things to worry about right now.

So we will go to his store and thank him for this new way of letting people know they had a check returned, and pay him. Perhaps we will get copies of the other checks he has posted from others who have cut it too close, and let those people know what they are in for. Seems like small claims or a collection agency would work. I had to use collection agencies in my own business, and they simply take a cut, it keeps the losses down and gives people a chance to make good in installments.

Further, a while back when she was running for charter commission, someone left a post about our check copying friend on my blog. I think if gave details of some unpaid bills, various leins etc that are attributed to her directly, all public record. I might have deleted it but one of the emails I received tonight gives details of all of this again.

Lopez hasn’t got leins because despite his “fight for the home-owners”, he isn’t one. He doesn’t own a home here in Barnstable. Several people have done that research.

There is more to that story, but I haven’t wanted to get any further into the gutter with these people.

It makes it safer to libel when you have no property at stake. As other have learned in past examinations of his blog, it seems that attorney’s won’t work on contigency if there is no property to collect from, thus making a civil suit costly for those who file.

But, after a quick look at that mess he has posted, and thoman’s part in it, it is time to examine each case again, in a future post that will be something about black pots and kettles.

the sunk really low today, with the help of a local business owner.

We need to start looking closer at the pots who are calling the kettle black.