"HOW CAN THIS TOWN HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS ALWAYS ?"
Hamburg City Councilmember & 'Vice' Mayor Tim Tracy
(If The City's "VICE MAYOR" Is Asking That Question, IMAGINE what the CITY'S RESIDENTS are thinking !!)
As
Revealed By
RETIRED
31 YEAR
CAREER POLICE OFFICER
&
DEPUTY SHERIFF
RICHARD ODOMS
INVESTIGATING
And
EXPOSING
The 'COVER-UP' Of
MISCONDUCT,
CORRUPTION,
MALFEASANCE,
MISFEASANCE
And
NON-FEASANCE
Of
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
In
MINNE$OTA'$ RICHE$T COUNTY !!
FORMER CITY COUNCILMEMBER & RETIRED
POLICE OFFICER/DEPUTY SHERIFF
EXPOSES CORRUPTION, MISCONDUCT & 'COVER UP' IN CARVER COUNTY THAT LOCAL MEDIA REFUSES TO
REPORT BECAUSE OF WHO'S INVOLVED !!
ABOUT THE WEBMASTER
And Author Of The Book
Born In 1943, I Am Now A Retired Law Enforcement
Officer Whose Career Began in 1966.
In addition to attaining the rank of Sergeant with the MAPLE PLAIN (Minnesota) POLICE DEPARTMENT (now WEST HENNEPIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY), I joined the HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (Minnesota's Largest Sheriff's Office) in October 1969 as a Senior Deputy Sheriff and attained the rank of Sergeant in both the RADIO/COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION as well as in the WARRANT/FUGITIVE DIVISION.
While continuously maintaining a valid MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS & TRAINING BOARD (P.O.S.T.) License until it's expiration in 1997, I retired from the Sheriff's Office in September 1984. I am also a former EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (E.M.T.) and a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST.
In 2012, I was elected to a four year term on the HAMBURG (Minnesota) CITY COUNCIL, I currently host THREE Websites as well as a regularly scheduled hour long, five times a week Internet Show and a series of Internet Programs that primarily feature current & retired Law Enforcement and other Public Safety Officials.To order a copy of my book, CLICK HERE.
ME, TWICE; BAN ME FROM ALL CITY (PUBLIC) PROPERTY, TAKE AWAY MY 'CITY KEYS', AND BAN ME FROM
TALKING WITH CITY EMPLOYEES; THINKING THAT I'D RESIGN. I DIDN'T !! THAT WAS THE CITY'S
FIRST FAILED EFFORT TO 'FORCE' MY RESIGNATION'.
ADVISED THE CITY TO GET AN 'ORDER OF PROTECTION' AGAINST ME. IF I 'VIOLATED' ANY OF THE CITY'S
'GUIDELINES' IMPOSED UPON ME, THEY COULD HAVE ME ARRESTED !! AGAIN; I DIDN'T RESIGN !!
TO FILE A 'BOGUS' FORMAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST ME WITH THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THINKING THAT
I'D RESIGN INSTEAD OF UNDERGOING A THOROUGH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION !!
I DIDN'T RESIGN & THE FULL, VERY REVEALING 45 PAGE TYPEWRITTEN TRANSCRIPT OF MY TWO HOUR
SHERIFF'S INTERROGATION IS CONTAINED IN MY BOOK !! (And will also be made available on my Website.)
IN THE CITY OF HAMBURG'S FOURTH FAILED EFFORT TO 'FORCE' MY RESIGNATION', WHEN THE SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RULED AGAINST THE CITY, THE CITY'S WACONIA BASED ATTORNEY, WITH PERHAPS OTHER HAMBURG
CITY OFFICIALS; MET WITH AND ASKED THE SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY TO CHANGE HIS MIND !!
THE SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REFUSED THE REQUEST BY THE CITY OF HAMBURG'S WACONIA BASED
OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO WHICH ALL LAWYERS MUST COMPLY !! I DIDN'T RESIGN !!
YET, THE WACONIA BASED LAW FIRM, MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, GOT PAID $50,000.00 HAMBURG
TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THEIR FOUR FAILED EFFORTS LISTED ABOVE, OF THE ATTORNEY THAT
CITY ATTORNEY WHO PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE AND 'DIRECTION' TO THE CITY OF HAMBURG !!
(I SUBMIT THE CITY NEEDS A NEW 'COMPASS' !!)
HAMBURG TAXPAYERS ALSO SHOULD DEMAND THE RETURN OF THEIR MONEY.
READ WHY THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T NOTIFY THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CITY'S
FIRE TRUCKS HAD BEEN 'SABOTAGED' !!
READ ABOUT MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF INAPPROPRIATE, UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR & EMBARASSING MISCONDUCT OF A CITY HALL EMPLOYEE THAT TOOK PLACE AT CITY HALL
THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FAILED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ABOUT AND, INSTEAD;
'SWEPT EVERYTHING UNDER THE RUG' !!
PRIVATELY FUNDED WEBSITES !!
NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS INVOLVED
I Had, And STILL HAVE; 100% IRRUFUTABLE, ABSOLUTE PROOF And EVIDENCE Of WHAT
TOOK PLACE And WHO WAS INVOLVED. EVEN THOUGH I Sent NUMEROUS PERSONAL
LETTERS & COMMUNICATIONS, To CARVER COUNTY ATTORNEY MARK METZ, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON, The OFFICE
OF LAWYER'S PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, MINNESOTA
GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, F.B.I. DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER
WRAY And UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL
MERRICK GARLAND,
NOT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL Or AGENCY Listed, EVER TOOK THE TIME To EVEN
CONSIDER MY COMPLAINT; Because LAWYERS ARE INVOLVED, As Well
As Because Of The IDENTITY Of The PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED;
And The POSITIONS, ELECTED And OTHERWISE;
That THEY CURRENTLY HOLD !!
More Information Available At
For Those Website Visitors Who May Be Interested About My Background, My Professional Resume Is Available At
PLEASE NOTE: Visitors To My Many Websites May Have Noticed That There Is An 'Issue' With The Audio Associated With Every Webpage Of Each Website. Simply Put, The Audio On Each Webpage. Is SUPPOSED To Begin Playing When
The Webpage Is 'Opened', But That Doesn't Always Happen.
To Hear The Audio Imbedded In The Webpage !!
COPYRIGHT 2024
RICHARD ODOMS
No Portion Of This Document May Be Photocopied, Duplicated,
Recorded Or Reproduced In Any Manner Without The
WRITTEN Permission Of The Webmaster.
SOME UNDERHANDED ACTIONS Of The CORRUPT HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS:
1. The SON of the CORRUPT and DISHONEST HAMBURG MAYOR, CHRIS LUND, VANDALIZED CITY PROPERTY. The CORRUPT and DISHONEST HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER, JEREMY GRUENHAGEN; AIDED AND ABETTED HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND, 'COVER-UP' the CRIMINAL ACTS of the HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND'S 'S SON so that the HAMBURG MAYOR'S SON could ESCAPE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION for his CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST THE CITY !!
2. When it was 'FOUND OUT' what had taken place, INSTEAD of ACTING APPROPRIATELY and RESPONSIBLY, HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM , of the Waconia based LAW OFFICE of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN; and HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TIM TRACY (Councilmember Tracy also serves as VICE MAYOR for the CITY IOF HAMBURG), JESSICA WEBER,
MITCH POLZIN and ERIC POPPLER, ALL TOOK NO ACTION and ALL 'LOOKED THE OTHER WAY' !!
3. For MORE THAN FIVE YEARS and COSTING HAMBURG TAXPAYERS $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 (the CITY OF HAMBURG REFUSES TO PROVIDE THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT !!) in LEGAL FEES alone, the CITY OF HAMBURG has been UNSUCCESSFUL in its MANY ATTEMPTS TO 'RUN A CITY RESIDENT OUT OF BUSINESS' !!
4. In ADDITION to the $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 TAXPAYER DOLLARS SPENT in LEGAL FEES, the VINDICTIVE ACTIONS of the CITY OF HAMBURG have PERSONALLY COST THE CITY RESIDENT ANOTHER $40,000.00 (approximately.)
5. The LATEST TRICK IN THEIR 'BAG OF TRICKS' by the CITY OF HAMBURG was discussed at the TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024, & TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 2024 HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS (check back to HEAR the ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUDIO !) is to try and ENTICE THE CITY RESIDENT to APPEAR BEFORE THE HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL W I T H O U T his lawyer, so that the CITY can FOIST their INTENTIONALLY DISHONORABLE, DESPICABLE and DUBIOUS MISDEEDS UPON HIM SURREPTITIOUSLY and UNKNOWINGLY; in an EFFORT to FURTHER DECEIVE HIM !!
6. I ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION ABOUT VANDALISM IN THE CITY; here are the CITY'S AMBIGUOUS RESPONSES: "Thank you for your email inquiry seeking answers to questions from the city as opposed to seeking the production of municipal data. The city is not in possession of any data that would contain answers to your below questions. The city is unable to provide answers to your questions. The city would refer you to the county for data that may contain answers to your questions. Thank you for your inquiry." Jeremy Gruenhagen, Hamburg City Clerk-Treasurer
"The City does not have any data in its possession regarding your specific (above) questions and for that reason, the City will not be providing to you any responsive answers to your above questions." Jeremy Gruenhagen, Hamburg City Clerk-Treasurer
7. The 'COVER UP' CONTINUES !! The City's VERY POOR, IRRESPONSIBLE RESPONSE, To My MARCH 29, 2024 Letter To HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND, was RECEIVED A DAY AFTER, I sent my SECOND LETTER TO LUND On MAY 29, 2024 !! "The City does not have a responsibility to simply answer all questions as you have posed them in your correspondence dated March 29, 2024, unless the answer to the questions can be found in municipal data. “Government data” does not include unrecorded mental impression of government employees or city council members. Keezer v. Spickard, 493 N.W.2d 614 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993). As stated by the Court of Appeals, “we cannot believe the legislature intended the term ‘government data,’ to be literally interpreted to include unrecorded data that exists only in a human brain. Interpreting ‘government data’ to include mental impressions formed by public employees during the course of employment would lead to absurd results.” 493 N.W.2d at 617. The City provides the following responses as to your questions contained within your March 29, 2024, correspondence to the City." Jeremy Gruenhagen, Hamburg City Clerk-Treasurer
8. My requests for PUBLIC INFORMATION were then followed by ... "Response: The City is not interpreting your question to be data practices act request and therefore is not providing a response to the above question. Your question is also vague and ambiguously drafted." Jeremy Gruenhagen, Hamburg City Clerk-Treasure
NOTE: The letters, requests and e-mails documenting my requests to the CITY OF HAMBURG and the responses by the CITY OF HAMBURG
DELTA'S DICTIONARY
Learn The Definitions Of Words & Phrases That Are Used On
My Websites About The
CITY OF HAMBURG.
A Couple Of Examples:
CORRUPT:
Guilty of Dishonest Practices, Lacking Integrity, Crooked, Dishonestly Using Your Position Or Power
To Get An Advantage.
"COVER-UP":
An Attempt To Prevent People's Discovering The Truth About A Serious Mistake Or Crime.
CONSPIRE:
To Join In A Secret Agreement To Do An Unlawful Or Wrongful Act Or An Act Which Becomes Unlawful As A Result Of The Secret Agreement.
AIDING & ABETTING:
To Assist Someone In Committing Or To Encourage Someone To Commit A Crime. Generally, An Aider And Abettor Is Criminally Liable To The Same Extent As The Person Committing The Crime.
2024
MINNESOTA STATUTES
Chapter 351
Section 351.14
DEFIN ITIONS
MALFEASANCE:
The Willful Commission Of An Unlawful Or Wrongful Act In The Performance Of A PUBLIC OFFICIAL's Duties Which Is Outside The Scope Of The Authority Of The PUBLIC OFFICIAL And Which Infringes On The
Rights Of Any Person
Or Entity.
NONFEASANCE:
The Willful Failure To Perform A Specific
Act Which Is A
Required Part Of The Duties Of The
PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
MISFEASANCE:
The Negligent Performance Of The Duties Of A PUBLIC OFFICIAL Or The Negligent Failure To Perform A Specific Act Which Is A Required Part Of The Duties Of The PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
YOU CAN'T INTENTIONALLY DO THINGS WRONG,
& THEN HOPE THAT THINGS WILL COME OUR 'RIGHT' !!
My Webpages Exposing The ' COVER UP' Of PUBLIC OFFICIAL
MISCONDUCT & CORRUPTION Taking Place In The
CITY OF HAMBURG That I've Uncovered In
MINNE$OTA'$ WEALTHIE$T COUNTY
Have Now EXCEEDED 120,000 'HITS' !!
'LINKS' To Some Of Those Very Popular WEBPAGES Describing
WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE And WHO IS INVOLVED Appear Below:
MUSKETEER #1
Read The ACTUAL (But UNANSWERED) LETTERS Sent To HAMBURG'S MAYOR
Seeking ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS To WHAT'S TAKING PLACE !!
MUSKETEER #2
Read The ACTUAL NEBULOUS, VAGUE And EVASIVE RESPONSES By The CITY OF HAMBURG
Trying To FURTHER 'COVER UP' What's Taking Place In The City With It's PUBLIC OFFICIALS !!
DRAMA QUEEN DEFINITION:
"A person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions."
Read How Hamburg's City Clerk/Treasurer Jeremy Gruenhagen
'WENT OFF THE RAILS' In Another One Of His UNCONTROLLABLE 'FITS OF RAGE'
In Front Of A Vendor Who Was Simply Trying To 'Transact Business' With The City !!
Hear The ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUDIO When Hamburg City Clerk/Treasurer
Jeremy Gruenhagen 'LIT THE FUSE' And Verbally 'AMBUSHED' Me At A City Council
Meeting In An Effort To PUBLICLY EMBARASS And HUMILIATE Me Because Of
His Petty 'Jealousy' In My 'Spearheading' The Rebuilding Of The 'Jacob Street
Grinder Station' In Which He 'DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE' of
'WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE' or 'WHERE TO BEGIN' !!
MUSKETEER #3
Hamburg's 'ANSWER' To Hennepin County Attorney MARY MORIARITY.
GOLD DIGGER DEFINITION:
A gold digger is someone who pursues and forms a relationship with someone
else for the sole purpose of using or taking that person’s money and wealth.
Learn how CARVER COUNTY MARK METZ and his 'DEPUTY', PETER IVY;
IMPEDED JUSTICE, instead of FURTHERING it.
Lawsuit brought AGAINST CARVER COUNTY because of RECKLESS &
INDIFFERENT CONDUCT by COUNTY ATTORNEY; SETTLEMENT
COSTS CARVER COUNTY TAXPAYERS
$450,000.00 !!
Political, Predjudicial CORUPTION Results In A MASSIVE FAILURE
Of The CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM In CARVER COUNTY !!
'Companion Website' To My Book By The Same Name About
WHAT'S TAKING PLACE In The CITY OF HAMBURG By It's PUBLIC OFFICIALS !!
Are The MINNESOTA GOVERNOR Who IGNORED REPORTS of MISCONDUCT and CORRUPTION
By PUBLIC OFFICIALS In His State And The PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE That SELECTED
HIM As Her 'RUNNING MATE', The Type Of People That Americans REALLY Want To Be
IN CHARGE Of OUR COUNTY'S FUTURE For The NEXT FOUR YEARS ??
Are There 'Things' That You Don't Know About GOVERNOR TIM WALZ That You Should Know BEFORE
You 'Go To The Polls' This Fall ?? Things Like his FALSE CLAIM that he "..... Received An Award From
The Nebraska Chamber Of Commerce For Your Service To The Business Community."
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce: "We researched the matter and can confirm that you
have not been the recipient of any award from the Nebraska Chanber of Commerce."
Or, How About An EXPLANATION Of WHAT HAPPENED TO THE $8.9 MILLION That The STATE OF MINNESOTA
RECEIVED TWO YEARS AGO That Is OWED TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTA
RESIDENTS But Was NEVER DISTRIBUTED BY THE STATE ??
The 'List' Goes 'On And On' !!
See A 'Sampling' Of Some Of City DOCUMENTS, City E-MAILS and
NEVER BEFORE RELEASED TEXT MESSAGS BETWEEN CITY OFFICIALS,
LETTERS And Other 'SUPPORTING EVIDENCE' That Provides
UNEQUIVOCAL PROOF Of WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE
And WHO IS INVOLVED !!
A 'READER'S DIGEST' Synopsis Of What's Taken Place And Has
COST HAMBURG TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS !!
You WON'T HEAR About WHAT'S TAKING PLACE In The CITY OF HAMBURG On TWIN
CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION's CHANNEL 2 Or Any Other TWIN CITIES TV or RADIO
STATION And You WON'T READ ABOUT IT In ANY Newspaper Because Of
The IDENTITY Of The PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED
And The ELECTED POSITIONS THEY HOLD !!
Currently In The Process Of Being 'Resurrected'.
What's Taking Place BEGAN MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO When I Was Elected To The HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL
And Started 'DIGGING UP' The FACTS And INFORMATION About What Was Taking Place !!
Especially Intended To Inform the 566 Residents Of The CITY OF HAMBURG FURTHER INFORMATION
And DETAILS Of The 'UNSAVORY ACTS' Of HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS, Who Can Actually
VIOLATE THE LAW WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF PROSECUTION, REPRISAL Or Any
CONSEQUENCE Because Of NO ACCOUNTABILITY Of The PUBLIC
OFFICIALS That Are Paid TENS OF THOUSANDS Of
TAXPAYER DOLLARS EVERY YEAR !!
This NEW WEBPAGE Is A Real 'EYE OPENER' For NOT ONLY HAMBURG RESIDENTS But Will
Also Serve As A 'Guide' As To What 'WARNING SIGNS' Residents In Other Small 'Cities & Towns'
Should Look For To Detect Similar 'SINISTER ACTIONS' Of THEIR PUBLIC OFFICIALS !!
My Initial September 16, 2020 Letter To Them Because The CARVER COUNTY
628.61 Involving The UNLAWFUL ACTS & MISCONDUCT Of The
PUBLIC OFFICIALS Of The CITY OF HAMBURG !!
Read Some Of My Letters To The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) Reporting
MISCONDUuICT, CORRUPTION and 'COVER-UP' By PUBLIC OFFICIALS In
MINNE$OTA'$ WEALTHIE$T COUNTY !!
From The Website Of The FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
PUBLIC CORRUPTION:
"THE FBI's TOP CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE PRORITY BECAUSE IT POSES A
FUNDAMENTAL THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND WAY OF LIFE."
The F.B.I. Also Investigates Violations Of Federal Law By Public Officials
At The Federal, State, And LOCAL LEVEL Of Government.
After Reading My Webpage About My Experience With The F.B.I., You May Form The Opinion That
Maybe Their 'TOP CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE PRIORITY' ISN'T A 'TOP PRIORITY' After All !!!
Because The F.B.I. REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY LETTERS TO THEM, I 'Escalated' My Efforts
To MERRICK GARLAND, The UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL In WASHINGTON D.C.
Read Some Of My Letters To The UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (DOJ)
Reporting MISCONDUCT, CORRUPTION and 'COVER-UP' By PUBLIC OFFICIALS In
MINNE$OTA'$ WEALTHIE$T COUNTY !!
"We Have One Set Of Laws In Those Country And They Apply To Everyone."
Jack Smith, Department Of Justice Special Council
Appointed By U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland
That CLEARLY DESCRIBES The Initial And INAPPROPRIATE
ACTIONS, CONDUCT & BEHAVIOR Of
HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN !!
A RETIRED DEPUTY SHERIFF FROM MINNESOTA'S LARGEST SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ELECTED
TO A LOCAL, SMALL TOWN CITY COUNCIL AND STARTS DOING SOME 'DIGGING' INTO
MINNE$OTA'$ WEALTHIE$T COUNTY
"GOING WHERE NO MAN HAS EVER DARED TO GO BEFORE" IN THE CITY OF HAMBURG !!
A Minnesota City With A Population Of 566 (Mostly Good) Residents.
Meet The
HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS
Also Referred To As
"THE HAMBURG SEVEN"
(And They're ANYTHING But Magnificent !!)
Mayor:
CHRISTOPHER M. LUND
Hamburg City Councilmembers
TIM TRACY, JESSICA WEBER, MITCH POLZIN, ERIC POPPLER
The CARVER COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Is RESPONSIBLE For PROSECUTING
ANY PERSON(s) Charged With COMMITTING A CRIME In Carver County.
So; WHY DON'T THEY CHARGE, AND PROSECUTE; The
HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS For THEIR CRIMINAL ACTS ??
CARVER COUNTY ATTORNEY
MARK METZ
'DEPUTY' CARVER COUNTY ATTORNEY
PETER IVY
"THE 'COVER UP', MORE THAN THE INITIAL WRONGDOING;
IS WHAT IS MOST LIKELY TO BRING YOU DOWN."
MADELYN ALBRIGHT, (Former) UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE
City Clerk/Treasurer
JEREMY GRUENHAGEN
The PERSON RESPONSIBLE For Everything
That You've Been Reading About For
OVER TEN YEARS !!
'Contract' City Attorney
KELLY C. DOHM
Representing The Waconia Based Law Firm Of
MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN.
(But NOT very well !!)