Chelsea HartmannPaynesville, MN, United States
7 Nov 2022

Chief of Paynesville police called not me, but Zach my fiancé today while Zach was donating his time to the city…..telling him the city isn’t in charge of this and more or less your voices DO NOT matter! He threatened the 8 Ball be removed today even though the original letter never stated that car individually or named it. Obviously we hate grandpa’s car! I hear you chief!!!! He wanted it removed by the end of his shift 4pm. or he will charge Zach with two counts misdemeanor fine and a $180.00 fine to start. He said the licensed nursery truck needs removed by tomorrow. All before a major election this coming week. If we don’t remove them, he will call a wrecker and have it impounded himself. Oh my! Wow! Threats!!! Shut her up quick!!! Right!?!
The fact my grandpa’s car has caused this much anger amongst big wigs says so much! Mind you, the Hartmann’s graded your streets and harvested your ice back before this town really ever was a town. The fact the troubled sad individuals in this town hide behind their screens anonymously complaining and one for sure on the council says so much about who we have representing this town. It’s a lot of honchos but no heart or willingness to create change. My motto is Change = Cheer! It’s a lot of throwing us as a family around and then throwing us to the dogs. It’s a lot of we’ll hear your cries but never create change. It’s a lot of no backbone and a lot of bullying through so called authority. The hatred has won today and will make us go dark. We will see how much cheer and excitement this town will have once it has now followed through with it’s agenda. 
I see no growth here and a bunch of empty living as this whole shut me up process went into full swing today! Let this be an example. They can do this to me, they can do to you also. I also know who I am NOT voting for! That is definitely for sure!

 This town thrives off bullying certain names and certain people then gaslighting to make you nuts. It thrives off honchos and who gets to place their name on things. Well Chief, this one is ALL YOU!! Hope you truly feel you delivered true honor in your authority in all of this! I’ll never call you for ANYTHING! This was no heart and ALL BADGE PERIOD! Three others of you within administrative authority…. Congrats � this is ALL YOU TOO!!! To the haters that had nothing better to do besides take the cheer and joy away from our yard and heart and the people whom loved it and expressed that over and over… this is ALL YOU & CONGRATS!!! What will you complain about next!?!?

TO THOSE WHO LOVED OUR YARD TRULY & saw our creative passion to create happiness and hours of time spent to create a magical corner on Spruce & Stearns, I hope you speak up and out. I hope you  make phone calls to the honchos and administration and demand change. This was I feel the last little piece of “out of the ordinary” we had left in our town. It sat under our GIANT maple tree on the corner of our yard. It was always meant to be a memory and a place to see historical value. It was a place I once called home but now feel destroyed by it’s absence. My grandpa will be gone 3 years November 14th and this town made sure to rid it of his memory not harming anyone! That in itself is sadness. 

 I hope the streets of Paynesville feel safer now knowing my grandpa’s historical 8 ball race car was removed from my lawn and yard threatening my fiancé not even me making him be at your mercy…. If it were me, it wouldn’t have ended so quickly and this is not the end. This won’t be over. This was a political ambush done to my family. I will attend meetings and make sure this isn’t over. Even though I’m aware most on our city admin won’t be in my favor. They would rather us be dark and that tells me what a sad community we are a part of. You can’t be artistic or show off a family heirloom or display or bring a piece of your spirit and share it with the ones who truly love it! My kids didn’t even get to say goodbye to 8 ball today. They will ask me why those people are so mean to me! My kids lose their piece of their great grandpa. They upon returning from their dad’s up hunting will ask me why is grandpa gone??? I hope that makes this city happy and the haters so concerned happy! Congratulations for closing the minds of little people and our future not allowing them to preserve their roots and history.
It’s just so meaningless anymore. 

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