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TO: Fareed Amin Deputy City Manager

Famin@toronto.ca

From: Frank Gallagher


34 Riverglen Dr Keswick, On franklyone@hotmail.com

January 5 2006 On May 26 2005 I dropped some papers off at the Mayor’s office for his attention
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RECAP

May 26 2005 I dropped off the corespondence at the Mayor’s office with a request that he let me
know of his intentions.
August 12 2005 I drove back down to the Mayor’s Office to find out that my inquiry was passed on
to Carmen Smith so I wrote her.
October 5 2005 I received her e-mail informing me that my package has been received by the
Mayor’s Office.

It took 4 and ½ months to be informed of that which I already knew.

As of at least October 5 2005 the file has been in your hands. Carmen never mentioned when it went
to you
It is now January 5 2006 at least 3 months since you were handed the file and I remain patient to
hear from you.
That would be 7 ½ months since I dropped off my package.

Imagine my surprise

I went to my e-mail to send the above to you where I noticed that you had already responded to me.
I have been extremely busy on other pressing matters for the past 2 months not allowing me time to
attend to my e-mail. I had forgotten that I had e-mailed you October 18 2005.

I have attached a copy of your response (page 6)

Being of sound mind I conclude that the Mayor’s office is not the office to deal with
this matter.

FYI

There are several copies distributed around in safe locations should there become no record of me.
By the time you receive this letter copies of it will have been distributed likewise.

I thank the Mayor’s Office, CITY of TORONTO for their cooperation and actions providing more
evidence lending credence to that which was contained in the 2 inch thick package that you have no
record of receiving through the Mayor’s Office.

Recent news of the War VETS finally winning their quest after death suggests to me that the
Federal level is not a reasonable avenue to pursue so I will look else where.

I will now expand and hasten my quest to seek out persons who can help in my endeavor to help
mankind help themselves.

Today I stand alone .Tomorrow………………….

Sincerely

Frank Gallagher
To: Irene Schneider To: Fareed Amin
Office of Mayor Deputy City Manager
David Miller famin@toronto.ca
ischnei@toronto.ca

To: Carmen Smith To: Dalton Djantzi


Special Assistant to the Mayor Office of Mayor
csmith7@toronto.ca djantzi@toronto.ca

From: Frank Gallagher


franklyone@hotmail.com
http://groups.google.ca//group/franklyone

April 3, 2006

Re: gallagher papers

Dear Irene Schneider

I thank you for meeting with me and my friend Dave at the Mayor’s Office last Thursday 30 2006.

We had just dropped in at the Mayor’s Office without appointment where we were greeted by Joanne
Miller (Receptionist) who looked up the whereabouts of my papers. Joanne was sitting in for Dalton who
was on vacation. I noticed the name plate attached to the counter. “Dalton Djantzi” but it did not identify
his position.

On the computer screen she pulled up the e-mail from Carmen Smith, Special Assistant to the Mayor
dated October 5 2005 which I showed you.

Joanne Miller had called Mathew Lee upon my request to find my papers and I assume he referred the
matter to you.

You mentioned that you had already seen this on your own computer before coming to meet with me.

During our conversation I asked you to read a copy of the e-mail I received from Fareed Amin, Deputy
City Manager which you did rather quickly.

You didn’t see anything out of the ordinary which I questioned and asked you to read it again.

You did and explained to me that the Deputy City Manager is from a different department.
You were from the political department and I offered that Fareed was with the bureaucratic department
which you confirmed.

I asked again if you didn’t see anything particularly unusual with Fareed’s e-mail which you still replied
NO.

The evidence obviously indicates that my papers came through the Mayor’s office and got as far as
Carmen Smith who informed me that they were forwarded to Fareed sometime before October 5 2005.

I am just an ordinary person who reads things in ordinary English and am not gifted in political speak and
must assume that both Carmen and Fareed are coherent to that fact.
In ordinary language I interpret Fareed’s e-mail to state that his office had communicated with the
Mayor’s Office on more than one occasion
and yet Fareed had no idea that that my paper’s had been forwarded to his office by Carmen Smith who
states so in her e-mail.

If they disappeared in transit from Carmen to Fareed I would have expected a response in that fashion and
if that really was the case I would like an explanation as to how the papers were delivered, by whom, to
whom etc.

I sent an e-mail to Carmen Smith on January 15 2006 requesting answers to the obvious questions that
would arise when documents go missing but Carmen did not respond. I have attached a copy of that e-
mail.

It is readily apparent that the contents of these papers which are of a serious nature regarding huge wastes
of the tax payers money doesn’t
concern the Mayor’s Office. That, I suspect is not unusual to his Office.

It is also apparent that Carmen Smith had plenty of time to read my papers and I suggest that she must
have done so to decide where the papers should be redirected.

If she did not read my papers, one would wonder why?


If she did read my papers then one would wonder why the Mayor isn’t concerned, wouldn’t you think?
If he was concerned there would have been an attempt to look for the documents, wouldn’t there?

It is now my understanding that you would have me believe that the missing papers are missing as a result
of the Mayor’s Office incompetence.
The City Manager’s Office has not seen the papers, is how you read it, so they can not be involved.

If the Mayor’s Office is concerned then please show the attachment to Carmen Smith when she returns
from where ever she is and ask her to respond to it immediately

While we are waiting for her I request that you show this and the attachment to the Mayor immediately
and ask him to respond to me.

I ask that you keep me informed once again even though you feel it is a too much of a bother.

Thank you,

Frank Gallagher
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Dear Fareed

I request that you show this to the City Manager and provide me with the details of your efforts to find the
missing papers.

Thank you

Frank Gallagher
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Dear Dalton

Please deliver a copy of this to the Mayor and let me know when you have done so.

Thank you

Frank Gallagher

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To Whom It May Concern:

gallagher papers

On Friday the 7th of April 2006 I shall start posting the papers on my web site
http://groups.google.ca//group/franklyone
There are 19 separate writings that you should find interesting. You might even get a laugh.

You can go there now for a copy of this letter ,

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The following is a copy of the January 15 2006 e-mail to Carmen Smith, Special Assistant, Office of the
Mayor
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TO:Carmen Smith
Special Assistant
Office of the Mayor
csmith7@toronto.ca
(416) 338-7116

From: Frank Gallagher


34 Riverglen Drive
Keswick,On
franklyone@hotmail.com

January 15 2006

Dear Carmen

I have attached a copy of an e-mail that I sent to Farid Amin January 5 2006
(Note that his name is Fareed Amin)

Please pay particular attention to page 6(see copy below from Fareed Amin dated November 4 2005)

Now, this is very important.


It matters naught to me how and when you respond to these questions, however, I suggest that your
response is of the utmost importance to you.

(1) Have you seen page 6 before now and if so when?


(2) Did you, or did you not send me an e-mail on October 5 2006? (See copy below)
(3) Is the copy below, a true copy of the e-mail you sent me?
(4) When did you first receive my package and correspondence?
(5) Who gave it to you?
(6) Did you read the correspondence addressed to the Mayor from me?
(7) Did you read my 19 writings of the package or any part of it?
(8) Did you discuss the contents with anybody?
(9) Who did you discuss the contents with?
(10) Who instructed you to give the documents to Fareed Amin, Deputy City Manager?
(11) When did you give my documents to Fareed personally?
(12) If not, who did you give them to?
(13) What is that persons e-mail address?
(14) What is Dalton’s full name?
(15) What is his position with the City?
(16) What is his e-mail address?
(17) Are you required to bring matters like this to another’s attention before you
respond or do you act on your own and if so,who?
(18) Did you consult with someone before responding to this?
(19) Who?
(20) Are you aware of any other occurrences similar to mine?

I have no doubt that you are an intelligent person with a respectful background with City Hall.
I have brought a serious matter to the attention of the Mayor’s Office which I presume that you are aware
of just how serious it is. It is escalating.
FYI

The Mayor’s Office has now provided evidence to confirm that my concerns mentioned in my 19 writings
to the Legal Surveys Property Management Department are inherent to the whole system.

I do not know if you are aware that I have other matters pending which the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police are involved with. I await their report.

I also have other matters going on with the York Regional Police, the Province of Ontario, Housing
Rental Tribunal, Investigations and Enforcement and the Sherriff’s Office.

All of my concerns are well documented and they all are related and come to the same conclusion.

I have forwarded the e-mail from Farid Amin dated November 4 2005 to various newspapers, Toronto
Sun, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, York Region Advocate and four of its affiliates.
I have sent to all the branches of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and I will be sending the City of
Toronto Police department a heads up on the matter should anything happen to me.

I have many copies distributed to many acquaintances, and friends who can not be traced by confiscating
my computer.

I will also be forwarding the matter to the Ontario Provincial Police.

All of the above will have been informed before you receive this.
So far, I have been unsuccessful in bringing this information to the public but let me assure you that I am
a determined man.

I will begin my search for a lawyer immediately to take over from here.

So, the 20 questions I have asked you to respond to are of a simple nature which require a simple answer.

You will have opened it on January 16 2006 and given the importance of this matter it would generally be
presumed that a competent person could and would respond immediately.
I expect you to do so
As they say, Opportunity knocks but once

Frank Gallagher

PS
I have also sent it to Jack Layton. N.D.P.

I will now send it to Liberals and the Conservatives.


RECAP

May 26 2005 I dropped off the correspondence at the Mayor’s office with a request that he let me
know of his intentions.
August 12 2005 I drove back down to the Mayor’s Office to find out that my inquiry was passed on
to Carmen Smith so I wrote her.
October 5 2005 I received her e-mail informing me that my package has been received by the
Mayor’s Office.

It took 4 and ½ months to be informed of that which I already knew.

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gallagher papers to follow beginning April 7 2006

To: Fareed Amin


Deputy Manager
City of Toronto
famin@toronto.ca

From: Frank Gallagher


franklyone@hotmail.com

May 31 2006

Hi Fareed

On November 4 2005 you sent an e-mail to me requesting I resend my papers and that
you would respond accordingly.
Your office had been communicating with the Mayor's office and you regretted to
inform me that there was no record of my papers coming through the Mayor's office.

On April the 5th 2006 I sent an e-mail requesting that you detail your efforts to
find these papers which I have yet to receive your response.

In fact I requested many at the Mayor's office to do likewise but no response either.

In that e-mail I stated that my papers would be available on April 7


2006
for all to see on my site
http://groups.google.ca/group/franklyone

I did so to remove the possibility that they may get lost again and to assure that
there be no doubt as to which papers are on the table.

19 papers in all. gallagher papers 1- 19 They are still there for


Your perusal.

I request that you respond now to confirm that you received my April 5
2006
e-mail and whether or not you have read my
19 papers.

Assuming that you have had sufficient time to look at them I ask that you bring me up
to speed as to the actions you have taken to address my concerns.

I remind you that it is now over a year since I first delivered these papers to the
Mayor's office and I have every reason to be concerned as to the manner which the
importance of the subject matter is being dealt with.

Thank you

Frank Gallagher

-----Original Message-----
From: Fareed Amin [mailto:famin@toronto.ca]
Sent: June 1, 2006 9:24 PM
To: frank gallagher
Subject: Re: gallagher papers

Mr. Gallagher:

Thanks for the e-mail and my apologies for being so tardy in my response. I have
been completely swamped over the last few months addressing budgetary items and other
day to day issues.

I would like to reiterate that my office has no record of receiving your package of
related correspondence which you claimed you have dropped off to the Mayor's office
on May 26, 2005. My Executive Assistant has repeatedly contacted Carmen Smith of the
Mayor's office to track your papers but without success.
I have retrieved your papers through the website and will respond to you upon
completion of my review.

Fareed Amin
Deputy City Manager

June 5 2006
Mr. Amin:

I appreciate your prompt attention to my 30 May 2006 e-mail .I am sorry you have been
swamped with budgetary items and other day to day issues.

I have been experiencing the same.

Please note that I do not claim to have dropped off a package and related
correspondence to the Mayor's office.

I did drop off a package and related correspondence to the Mayor's office on

May 26 2005 and Dalton Djantzi received me and provided me with a receipt and stamped
it "Office of the Mayor 05 May 26 PM 4:00"

On August 12 2005 I went back down to the Mayor's office with my mother where Dalton
greeted me again. He went to his computer and within a couple of minutes informed me
that Carmen Smith now had my papers and then wrote her name, e-mail address and phone
number on an identical piece of paper to the original receipt, stamped it "Office of
the Mayor 5 Aug 12 PM 2:57"

I e-mailed Carmen Smith the same day when I got home and she e-mailed me October 5
2005 to acknowledge that she had received my package and related correspondence and
any further inquiries should be directed to you.

Please see page 4 of the attached e-mail that I had originally sent to you on January
5 2006 which confirms this.

Carmen did not state that she had passed on my package and related correspondence to
you and I apologize for making what seemed to me a logical presumption.

I have also attached a copy of the e-mail I sent to Irene Schneider and you April 3
2006.

In it I mentioned that a friend of mine Dave Kirby accompanied me and witnessed that
the e-mail from Carmen Smith was called up on the computer by Joanne Miller, acting
receptionist standing in for Dalton Djantzi at the Mayor's office.

I apologize in advance now for my next presumption.

Perhaps a little less reiterating will find you less swamped.

Frank Gallagher

June 21, 2006

To: Farid Amin


Deputy City Manager
City of Toronto
famin@toronto.ca

From: Frank Gallagher


franklyone@hotmail.com

Dear Mr. Amin

Re: Survey and Mapping Operational Improvements

I know that it would have taken a considerable amount of your valuable time to
read through my papers and I appreciate very much your prompt attention to my
concerns.

You are correct in identifying two areas of concern dealing with standardization of
procedures and technical surveying issues and certainly must be dealt with,
however there are other issues more important which are the reason there is so
much waste of the Canadian tax payers money.

The two areas of concern which you have identified are symptoms of the more
important issues.
These symptoms run rampant throughout the public offices and I have quite a pile
of correspondence with public offices to prove my allegations.

The more important issues

General Attitude of Public Employees (see gallagher papers 1)


This paper was submitted to the survey management team in July 2003

You will note that I make reference to the protection of homeowners and taxpayers
there.
The City Survey Management team never considered the people who pay their
salary.
Not one of the supervisors who were asked to comment had the taxpayer
in mind.

I should also mention that I was not invited to comment. I just nosed my way in.

I have written 19 papers to the surveys management team asking for a response to
each paper.
Each paper contains issues that need to be dealt with and each paper requires a
response.
Each of those responses are the main issues.

It took a considerable amount of work and research to present these


papers and the questions that arise are the culmination of my 40 years of
extensive survey experience in both the public and private sectors.

It has been 3 years since I first wrote the Surveys Management team and I have
yet to receive a written response to any of my papers.
They are the main issues at this time.

To be succinct as I possibly can with my limited vocabulary I, to this day am waiting


for written responses from Bruce Mcpherson, Property Surveys Manager, for each
and every one of the 19 gallagher papers which should have been dealt with by him
in a timely fashion.

They are all important issues, they deserve answers and I will not rest
until I get them.

Please inform me immediately as to your course of action regarding the main


issues.

Thank you,

Frank Gallagher

July 4, 2006

To: Farid Amin


Deputy City Manager
City of Toronto
famin@toronto.ca

From: Frank Gallagher


franklyone@hotmail.com

Dear Mr. Amin

I am inquiring as to the whereabouts of your response to my June 21


2006 e-mail.(see below for copy)
I also refer to your e-mail of June 1 2006.(see below)

You state

“I would like to reiterate that my office has no record of receiving your package of
related correspondence which you claimed you have dropped off to the Mayor's office
on May 26, 2005. My Executive Assistant has repeatedly contacted Carmen Smith of the
Mayor's office to track your papers but without success.”

I have experienced the same problem.

So, do we just say, “Oh well, I guess that’s how it is. C’est la vie?”

Is this the norm or just special to my papers?

Considering the importance of the subject matter “Waste of taxpayer’s money” I ask if
you are going to follow up on this matter?

Is Carmen Smith, Special Assistant, Office of the Mayor allowed to just ignore your
efforts to track my papers?
Is Carmen Smith, Special Assistant, Office of the Mayor allowed to just ignore my
efforts to track my papers?
If this is the norm then I would have to ask why and I suggest that your Executive
assistant had to waste taxpayer’s money attempting to get information from the
Mayor’s Office due to the uncooperative Carmen Smith.

This begs the question “Why is she uncooperative?”


Again considering the subject matter and the matter as to how concerned your office
is about the waste of taxpayer’s money it begs the question, Why do you not bring
the matter to the attention of the Mayor?
Assuming Carmen Smith has consulted the Mayor on this matter and this is the
direction they have chosen to take I would have to think they have made the right
decision to avoid responding.

If the Mayor’s office is without guilt why would they clam up? Why would they not
forward you the papers? Why would they just not say they lost them if that was the
case? I suggest that it is too late for that response now.

Why are there so many questions to ask?

Why haven’t you asked them?


I request that you pursue this matter.

Proper questions directed to the right people may someday leave you left less swamped
in budgetary items and day to day issues.
You may say “Ya right, I’d be fired and you would be swamped with personal budgetary
items and day to day issues.”

Please respond to each of the questions I have asked.

Each unanswered question multiplies itself, you may have observed, hence more work.

Tis a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Frank Gallagher

PS

I am forwarding this to Carmen Smith, Special Assistant, Mayor’s office to provide


her the opportunity to respond.

September 5, 2006

Carmen Smith and Dalton Djantzi Mayor’s office have declined to respond

September 5 2006

To: Farid Amin


Deputy City Manager
City of Toronto
famin@toronto.ca
From: Frank Gallagher
franklyone@hotmail.com

Dear Mr. Amin

Well, here we are, summers passed and I have not heard from you.

Hope you had a chance to get away.

There are a couple of matters which you have not yet responded to .

Please review our correspondence beginning at page 159 of the attachment.

In my June 1 2006 e-mail to you (pg 174 ) I am responding to your letter in which you had identified 2
areas of concern and you had stated that you have forwarded my concerns on to the Director
of the Surveys Property Management section I believe.

I have misplaced my copy of that e-mail you sent me and I would appreciate if you could resend me a
copy for my records.

In addition I request that you bring me up to date on this matter.

I also request that you respond to my email of June 21 2006 and my July 4 2006 (pages-174-176)

I would appreciate very much if you could do so ASAP so that I can enclose them with my inquiry
beginning on page 178 so that I may keep some semblance of order with my papers.

I have forwarded these papers to the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty and he will have received them
by the time you read this.

I have much more information that I will be adding to this file but will not be forwarding until the end of
the week allowing time to place your returns in their proper place.

This more complete file consisting of 400 pages + or – will be widely distributed should the Premier not
be the person to deal with these concerns.

Thank you
Frank Gallagher

PS

Has the City Manager been brought up to speed?

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