Saturday, October 28, 2023

YELLOW JOURNALISM: Exposing & Refuting False Information & Defamation Against Barbara Hartwell by Ramola D aka Dharmaraj

 


Ramola D aka Ramola Dharmaraj, publisher of The EveryDay Concerned Citizen, has been promoting defamatory falsehoods against Barbara Hartwell since 2022.


To my knowledge, it began with sending defamatory messages to at least two (2) of my (then) friends, behind my back, making false accusations against me and sowing discord in efforts to turn these individuals against me and enlist them in support of her own agenda. By that time I had broken off any association with her, since mid-2021.


She then escalated to sending unwanted messages to me personally, copying these individuals, AS IF they had anything to do with her unwarranted meddling and defamation, which they did not. Or, AS IF there were some involvement of a collective group of associates (these two individuals, as well as Ramola D and Barbara Hartwell), which again, there most certainly was not.


At no time was I ever personally involved in any group activities with any of these individuals, but solely as regarded separate personal and/or professional relationships with each one. Period.


By such aggressive interference, she way overstepped, showed no respect for their personal boundaries and invaded their privacy, just as she did to me.


When I realized that she was not going to stop this aggressive behavior, I addressed these issues publicly by first exposing her unscrupulous actions and issuing a warning for her to stop meddling in my business, to stop gossiping, sending defamatory e-mails to others, making false accusations against me (July, 2022).


I did not use her name in my report, but by the content there was no doubt that she would have known that she was the person it referenced. She chose to disregard it, and later, falsely claimed I was “slandering” her.


In June, 2023, she sent a lengthy letter to me by e-mail, again copying the same individuals, and weaving a false tale about them into the message, again AS IF all individuals referenced were part of some group, and spewing yet more defamation against me, more false accusations.


She denied the statements of fact, backed by evidence (in the form of exact quotes from her) exposing her defamation of my good name, and tried to pin the blame on me for her own indiscretions and unscrupulous actions.


I do not respond to such defamatory and insulting messages. My policy is to publish them, exposing the wrongful actions of the sender and refuting the libelous content for the public record. But, in respect for the privacy of the copied individuals, I deleted their names from her letter.


But she was evidently hell-bent on stirring up as much trouble as possible. She then published the letter to me on her website, naming the individuals copied, further invading their privacy and disregarding their personal boundaries, just as she was doing to me.


By her actions she had made one thing crystal clear: She has absolutely no respect for the personal boundaries, the privacy, or even the fundamental rights of others. This is the behavior not only of an extremely intrusive busybody, but possibly even of a sociopath. She will keep pushing to get what she wants, no matter how wrongful, no matter the expense to others.


Of course, I was outraged at the arrogance, the lack of integrity and the aggression of her behavior. So once again I published a rebuttal, refuting her false accusations and exposing her wrongful actions against me.


To add further insult to injury, she then decided to add my name to a section of her website, titled “SWANS AGAINST SLANDER” (how stupid can she get?) and create a public section of her website for the purpose of defaming my name and making further false accusations.


I have taken the time, tiresome as it has been, to publicly expose her unscrupulous actions against me, and to refute her many lies and false accusations, in reports on this site. (See bottom of report for links.)


Her injurious actions are a serious concern for me; my good name and my decades of professional work have been entirely misrepresented and my honor trampled in the dirt by an individual who has shown herself to be an unscrupulous opportunist and publicity hound seeking public acclaim for herself, no matter at what expense to others, including Barbara Hartwell.


Some of this defamatory material has been permanently and prominently displayed on the front page of her website, under the very silly title, the aforementioned “SWANS AGAINST SLANDER”, in which she makes accusations against a number of others, lumping my name in with these characters; and additionally under a separate heading, publishing libelous falsehoods against the name of Barbara Hartwell.


The primary false accusation of “slanderer” has been fraudulently affixed to my name, along with other false accusations. As for being a “slanderer”, it is clear that, being the only one promoting defamatory falsehoods, she is projecting her own wrongdoing and character flaws on me.


For the record: As long as this plethora of false and defamatory information against Barbara Hartwell remains prominently displayed on her website (or elsewhere) I will continue to cite it and refute it. The longer it stays, the more it is accessed by her readers, the more damage to me it causes.


Then, there are those who take the defamatory material from her website and run with it, posting it all over social media, where it is then scavenged yet again by the hordes of busybodies and scandal-mongers, who have no better use for their time than to compete for hit counts, click bait and “likes” at the expense of great damages to a legitimate person (that would be me) they do not know.


This is absolutely despicable, and utterly dishonorable, under even the most lax of standards. Ramola has shown herself to be a practitioner of yellow journalism. I can no longer attribute the slightest credibility to anything she publishes.


NO QUARTER GIVEN, NONE ASKED


She is the one individual responsible for all the damages she has set in motion, and who will be held accountable by me.


There is an old saying from the military: It doesn't matter who fired the bullet. What really matters is who paid for it.


And then, there is 'first blood'. The person who draws first blood is the aggressor. And the aggressor is always in the wrong, without exception.


In all this, I have only defended myself against an aggressor. Which I will continue to do.


The more damage her defamation causes to me, the more I will do all in my power, by any and all lawful and ethical means available to me, to counter the falsehoods with facts and evidence.


I have no dealings with Ramola Dharmaraj.


I am asking nothing of her, nor am I making any demands.


No quarter given, none asked.


In a public warning I stated that there would be consequences for her wrongful actions against me. This was not a threat, only a statement of fact. Actions (for good or ill) always have consequences.


FACTS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD


I find it necessary to state the facts (once again) for the public record, so that anyone who has been reading or hearing the defamatory falsehoods promoted by Ramola Dharmaraj will have the opportunity to know the truth, whether they choose to believe it, or not. As always, the readers may make of it what they will.


For roughly three years, between 2018 and 2021, I was a frequent guest on her podcast and I considered her a friend. However, I realized to my dismay that she was a busybody who was meddling in my business, disclosing private information I had shared in confidence, talking about me behind my back, and exploiting my name on her website, podcasts and social media by linking my name to people and subjects which were irrelevant, and even in some cases antithetical to my views and the principles I support.


These individuals included New Agers, leftists/progressives, advocates for the evil United Nations, and Jew-haters (for whom I have zero tolerance), a number of whom she herself heavily promoted. If she herself wants to promote/support such individuals, that is her prerogative, but to drag my name into any connection with them and their political views, which are anathema to me, is entirely unacceptable and wrongful.


From my observations over a period of time, Ramola is sorely lacking in both discretion and discernment, and has serious 'boundary issues', with a tendency to show no respect for, and thereby overstep, the personal boundaries of others, both strangers and acquaintances. Put bluntly, she is an aggressor.


She also tends to arbitrarily lump various and disparate persons into one broad group, thus negating the differences which make them individuals. For example, she will often use phrases such as: 'we ALL'; 'ADVICE TO ALL' 'notice to ALL'; 'ALL of us'; 'every single person'; 'everyone who has experienced' (fill in the blank) such and such...


Such sweeping generalizations only muddy the waters of any subject and present commonalities where none exist, rather than accurately distinguishing between very different persons or groups.


Her subjective perceptions and/or opinions reached by consensus (such as the panel discussions she frequently hosts) do not equate in any way to objective reality, though her presentations on various issues would seem to indicate that this is what she believes.


Disagreement with a person's opinions and viewpoints, and directing them to stop meddling in my business and exploiting my name, is solely my prerogative.


And, as a former profiler for US government entities (including various agencies, police departments, internal affairs, DA's offices, etc. etc.), I am qualified to offer a psychological analysis, based on my observations. Stating a professional opinion on the character of an individual certainly does not constitute any form of 'slander', contrary to any of her subjective beliefs.


During the time I was associated with her, I explained repeatedly that protecting my privacy was very important to me; that my life is not an open book; that I do not use social media; that I am a recluse with no interest in socializing or networking with strangers; and that I do not allow anyone to speak for me, or on my behalf, without explicit permission.


But for whatever reason(s), she disregarded my clearly stated policies and wishes, and that became a serious problem for me, as my name was bandied about, grossly exploited, misrepresented by her and by some of her associates, amateur wannabes and gatecrashers, participants in the social media culture of snoops, snitches, gossips and busybodies, with no respect for the personal boundaries of others.


Many of these persons (including Ramola) called themselves “targeted individuals”, and considered themselves members of the so-called “targeted individual community”.


As far as I am concerned, I've never been involved with them and I want nothing to do with these people, or their 'TI community'. I have nothing in common with them, I do not share their stated values or beliefs, and many are leftists who advocate for “appeals” to the evil United Nations, in the false belief that this entity is a protector of human rights.


This group includes Ramola D herself, who traffics with the UN via appeals by letter and publicly encourages (even implores) others to do the same, claiming that her “life is in grave danger” and that “all journalists” (that ALL again) should be making appeals to them on her behalf.


From where I stand, as a defender of Liberty and true human rights (not the so-called “human rights” of UN standards), no promoter of such an evil entity as the UN (whether out of ignorance or skewed leftist values) could ever be trusted to adhere to moral absolutes. As she has certainly proved by her actions.


Suffice it to say that after some time of knowing her, I realized that my beliefs, my values, my principles, were in many cases the exact opposite of those espoused by Ramola. By her actions and by what she supports, promotes and endorses, it appears that she is a New Ager, a progressive/leftist who holds to anti-Christian values and ideologies. She is a collectivist who shows no respect for God-given unalienable individual rights, most especially including the right to privacy.


And worse, she was projecting her own views on me, falsely assuming I shared them, and in some cases, even attempting to impose them on me. What a nightmare.


I had no intention of getting into a conflict with her about these issues, privately or publicly. I decided that just quietly walking away would solve the problem. But unfortunately for me, she didn't respect my right to do that, either.


I should make it abundantly clear for the record that I have never once done anything wrongful to her. The fact that I have been falsely accused of this (by Ramola, and by at least one former “friend” whom she managed to influence to turn against me) was cause for righteous outrage at this terrible injustice.


But I can't control what others believe, nor would I waste my time trying to change their minds.


I can only say this: For those who do understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. 


They will either perceive and discern what is true and what is false, or they will not.


They will either act with integrity and honor, or they will not.


And they will live with the consequences of their decisions, right or wrong, good or evil.


On principle, I mind my own business and never presume to interfere with that of others.


I have no wish to bring discredit on anyone, unless by their own acts of aggression against me and/or others, it is warranted.


In this case, it is certainly warranted. I have only, by necessity, acted in my own defense by publicly setting the record straight about the falsehoods she was promoting and by warning her to stop the gossip and the meddling, the defamatory messages she was sending behind my back to certain of my friends.


She disregarded my warning and instead began to publicly drag the names of unrelated third parties into her self-created drama, while exploiting my name where it was entirely unwarranted. A drama in which she cast herself as the innocent and persecuted victim of every imaginable government and non-government entity, domestic and foreign.


She has shown herself to be an extremely aggressive character, a prolific self-promoter ambitious for worldly fame. She uses many venues to promote herself, primarily a website called The EveryDay Concerned Citizen, and numerous social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter (aka X), plus several video platforms for a podcast called Ramola D Reports.


She loudly touts herself as a “truth journalist”, claiming to publish “fact-based” articles. But in actuality, “truth” or “facts” are rarely to be found among her preposterous claims. Not the many self-aggrandizing claims about herself, nor the idiotic claims she has been making about Barbara Hartwell, in the form of defamatory falsehoods.


Among these bogus claims about herself are:


[NOTE: Those in quotation marks are her exact words, not mine.]


That she is a “Human Rights Attorney”.


That she is the subject of "Whistleblower Retaliation on the World’s Pre-Eminent Journalist Exposing MK ULTRA, DEW, and Neurotech Classified Mil/Intel Crimes"


That this so-called “Whistleblower Retaliation” is "The Story of the Century".


That she is “the Prime Victim of Satanic Ritual Abuse”.


That she is “exposing classified information”.


That she is “the ONLY journalist”, or “the one lone journalist” or “the top journalist”, covering any number of subjects. Including ones I can guarantee she knows virtually nothing about.


Such as:


She has no expertise whatsoever on: “Black Ops”, “MK Ultra”, psychological operations, counterintelligence.


She has never, at any time, had access to any form of “classified information”. She cannot “expose” what she herself does not have, and does not know.


Yet to hear her boastful claims, a gullible person with no discernment might believe she has cornered the market on “exposing” these topics.


Given her prolific promotion of all these falsehoods, anyone with even a modicum of intelligence and discernment, will understand that, contrary to her claims of “fact-based” articles and “”truth journalism”, rather, she is a braggart, a liar and a fraud. And/or is laboring under delusions of grandeur.



DEFAMATORY FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST BARBARA HARTWELL BY RAMOLA D AKA DHARMARAJ


Here are some exact quotes from Ramola D. These messages were sent to two of my friends, behind my back, in attempts to influence them against me. My comments follow, preceded by my initials, BH.


"I am afraid she is in my view damaging the testimonial and fact-based journalism I and others have done on the subject of targeting and fusion center and intelligence operations against people."


BH: My reports (published on the Internet since 1995) preceded anything published by her by more than two decades. My actual investigations go further back than that, to the 1980s.


My work is based on professional expertise in certain areas, most notably psychological operations and counterintelligence.


What expertise has she to offer on these subjects? None at all. At best, she is collecting the stories of other people making claims about being “targeted individuals” and publishing the material, along with her own subjective opinions and rank speculation.


And to suggest that a former intelligence professional such as myself is “damaging” to her articles on “intelligence operations”, which it is clear she knows nothing about, is utterly absurd, as well as arrogant as all hell.


My work has nothing whatsoever to do with her, nor any material she publishes, nor her viewpoints on “targeted individuals”.


Her claims are absolutely preposterous!


"Amazing how it Never ends -- because so many are protecting these operations. And sadly it looks like Barbara is too, now, with these absurd statements!"


BH: Now, I am accused of “protecting operations”. Based on what evidence, exactly? Again, as usual, she has nothing. To accuse me of such a despicable thing is grossly insulting to my honor, and I will defend my honor, even if no one else will.


After all I have lost (most of everything I owned), shedding blood, sweat and tears to defend Liberty and stand against government corruption, my honor is about all I have left.


I won't allow some arrogant little upstart with pretensions of her own importance to brand me with such a label, when nothing could be further from the truth.


"She seems to be claiming that only government whistleblowers are persecuted the way she describes and all else are fabricating things....so wrong!"


BH: Yet more speculation here, based on her subjective opinions. Not a fact to be found.


For those interested in actual facts, I have never at any time made any such claims. I have accused no one of “fabricating” anything. Nor have I ever stated that “only government whistleblowers” were the targets of any particular type of persecution.


She is certainly free to believe what she will, including that I am “so wrong!”. But once she publishes it by sending defamatory messages to others and/or posting in any venue, then I will certainly make sure to counter it with the truth and the facts.


Bottom line: She has nothing whatsoever on me, which could possibly discredit me or my work. No facts. No evidence. No legitimate witnesses. Certainly nothing at all that even comes close to the “truth”.


So much for her “fact-based” articles, touted as “truth journalism”. She wouldn't recognize the truth if it slapped her right across her smug face. Her outsized ego and delusions of her own importance are standing in the way.


DEFAMATION AGAINST BARBARA HARTWELL ON THE EVERYDAY CONCERNED CITIZEN


Here are some links to defamatory content against Barbara Hartwell published by Ramola Dharmaraj.


https://everydayconcerned.net/


SWANS AGAINST SLANDER


https://everydayconcerned.net/disclosure/swans-against-slander/

 

EXCERPTS


"Listing the articles here written over the years in response to defamation and slander directed against this writer and journalist in apparent and misplaced COINTELPRO (counter-intelligence disruption and discrediting programs classically aimed at political organizations, by their definition) for standing up for Americans, citizens worldwide, human rights, and exposing government crimes against many. These articles are being collected here for archival purposes and to set the record straight on all the many encounters recorded herein."


"Each of these articles addresses the specific situation they have described, and presents the truth of each as well as the opinions of this writer, all being written and published only in response to public and private campaigns of defamation and slander run by the parties named against this writer. In addition, the writing and publication of these reports (and podcasts accompanying them on occasion) has been attended by much whistleblower retaliation, described within them as well as in other reports and social media posts. These reports of slander therefore are very closely linked to the intense COINTELPRO-style actions of physical DEW/Neurotech retaliation, cyber-hacking retaliation, online-platform-takedown retaliation, social-harassment retaliation, reputation-assault with false psychiatric labels by miscreants, family-hacking and life-takedown retaliation, as well as numerous death-hits, assassination attempts and other forms of retaliation compounding grievous, untenable retaliatory harm this writer and whistleblower journalist has reported and is reporting elsewhere."


BH: First of all, as I have stated many times, Ramola Dharmaraj is not a “whistleblower journalist”, as she boasts.


She entirely lacks the qualifications.


She was never an insider, never an employee, in any government entity or corporation.


She has no background, no training, no direct personal or professional knowledge of any “operations” which she claims to be “exposing”, because she was never involved in any way, shape or form.


She has never, at any time, had any access to “classified” information, which she boasts she is “exposing”. This is an outrageous lie.


She holds no credentials whatsoever which could possibly qualify her as a "whistleblower" or "whistleblower journalist".


She has never been more than an ordinary civilian, like many others, doing research on the Internet and publishing articles.


She has not published or “exposed” any factual information which is new, unique, extraordinary, proprietary, exclusive, or otherwise not available to the general public, to anyone with a computer and access to the Internet. A high school student could easily come up with any of the information on the topics she covers.


I have no reason to believe that anyone would be “retaliating” against this woman, and certainly not any government agency.


As former intelligence, and as an experienced professional, I can guarantee that CIA (nor any other gov entity) would not have the slightest interest in the likes of her. She's an amateur-wannabe, trying to make a name for herself by making preposterous false claims about herself and by latching on to people who do have the credentials. In the eyes of any US (or foreign) intelligence, she would be regarded as a nobody.


ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY RAMOLA DHARMARAJ


Listed are some of the articles published on The EveryDay Concerned Citizen, in which the name of Barbara Hartwell appears.


Some are defamatory, others were published before I broke off my association with her, for cause.


As previously stated, I am not requesting nor demanding that she remove these articles. I only want it on the record that I do not any longer endorse or support anything coming from this woman, or published on her site, including anything using my name.


I now regret having done any interviews on her podcast, though obviously at the time I was not aware of her lack of legitimacy and her lack of integrity.


In closing, I should make it clear that I have no animosity against Ramola, and never have had any malice in my heart.


But I do have every reason for righteous outrage, at having my name trashed for no other reason than that I have defended myself against falsehoods being promoted about me, and rightfully protested the exploitation of my name, for a self-serving agenda.


Barbara Hartwell

October 28, 2023


 

Regarding Barbara Hartwell, CIA Whistleblower | June 13, 2023


https://everydayconcerned.net/disclosure/swans-against-slander/regarding-barbara-hartwell-cia-whistleblower/


Ramola D Reports | Report # 106: CIA and FBI Whistleblowers Barbara Hartwell And Geral Sosbee Discuss The Truth About Surveillance Abuses


https://everydayconcerned.net/2019/01/06/ramola-d-reports-report-106-cia-and-fbi-whistleblowers-barbara-hartwell-and-geral-sosbee-discuss-the-truth-about-surveillance-abuses/


No Morals, No Scruples”: Barbara Hartwell on CIA’s Mission of Psychological Warfare, Propaganda, Illegal Domestic Covert Operations, and Extreme High-Tech Retaliation Against Whistleblowers


https://everydayconcerned.net/disclosure/no-morals-no-scruples-barbara-hartwell-on-cias-mission-of-psychological-warfare-propaganda-illegal-domestic-covert-operations-and-extreme-high-tech-retaliation-against-whistle/


Secret Slander: “Dr.” Katherine Horton’s 2020 Sabotage & Defamation of Ramola D & Barbara Hartwell as She Lied to NSA Whistleblowers Bill Binney & Kirk Wiebe Exposed



https://everydayconcerned.net/disclosure/ramola-d-personal-reports/secret-slander-dr-katherine-hortons-2020-sabotage-defamation-of-ramola-d-barbara-hartwell-as-she-lied-to-nsa-whistleblowers-bill-binney-kirk-wiebe-exposed/



RELATED REPORTS

 

CYBERSTALKING, HARASSMENT & DEFAMATION BY RAMOLA D/DHARMARAJ


http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/09/cyberstalking-harassment-defamation-by.html



FLAGRANT IDIOCY OF ADDITIONAL FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST BARBARA HARTWELL BY RAMOLA D/ DHARMARAJ: “GHOST WRITER” HAS TAKEN OVER BARBARA HARTWELL VS. CIA


https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/08/flagrant-idiocy-of-additional-false.html



"Swans Against Slander"? Or Delusions of Grandeur? Outlandish Falsehoods of “Truth Journalist” Ramola D/Dharmaraj


 

http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/07/swans-against-slander-or-delusions-of.html


 

Refuting More False Accusations Against Barbara Hartwell by Ramola D: “Slander”, “False”, “Defamatory”, “Misrepresentative”

 

https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/06/refuting-more-false-accusations-against.html

 

Ramola D Launches Public Complaint Against Barbara Hartwell: “Defaming Posts” & “Slander”


https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/06/ramola-d-launches-public-complaint.html


PREPOSTEROUS, SENSATIONALIST BOASTS & BOGUS CLAIMS by Ramola D: "The Story of the Century", "Whistleblower Retaliation on the World’s Pre-Eminent Journalist Exposing MK ULTRA, DEW, and Neurotech Classified Mil/Intel Crimes"


http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2022/12/preposterous-sensationalist-boasts.html


WARNING: ZERO TOLERANCE FOR GOSSIP & MEDDLING BY BUSYBODIES: Ramola D False Accusations and Defamation Against Barbara Hartwell


http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2022/07/warning-zero-tolerance-for-gossip.html

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Message from Archbishop Carlo Vigano: Awaken from Your Slumber

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?


Psalm 27:1


 

United Nations. One world government. “Woke” culture. LGBTQ+ aggressive agenda. Genital mutilation. Gender identity. Tranny freak shows as "entertainment" to indoctrinate innocent children. Sexualizing children by hard core pornography in schools. Pedophilia. Child trafficking. Open Borders. Invasion by illegal aliens. Medical tyranny (UN-Constitutional mandates for masks and toxic shots). Marxism. Socialism. Communism. New World Order. New Age. Global Totalitarianism...and on and on the evil and diabolical filth goes...


Ungodly. Anti-Christian. Anti-family. Anti-Liberty. Anti-American. 


Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,


If you are a true Christian (from any denomination or none) then no doubt you are horrified and outraged at the utterly demonic, godless “cancel culture” pushed by radical leftist lunatics which has become pervasive and is destroying America, sabotaging the practice of the Christian faith and undermining the principles on which this nation was founded.


Please take the time to listen to this message from the great and courageous Archbishop Carlo Vigano, one of my personal heroes.


He speaks the unvarnished truth that many know in their hearts but dare not stand up for, for fear of being persecuted, blacklisted, or “cancelled”.


Share it with your family, friends, colleagues, and members of your church.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1wMfS-6Pwk


Speak out and stand up for your Christian values and glorify the Holy Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Prince of Peace.


Barbara Hartwell

His servant

October 17, 2023

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

INVASIONS OF PRIVACY, HARASSMENT & THREATS AGAINST TENANT BARBARA HARTWELL ON RHINEBECK PROPERTY OWNED BY SLUMLORD

 

 

This report serves as documentation of events related to a rental property where I have lived since January 1, 2014.


For now I will decline to name the landlord or his management company. Depending on events, I may find it necessary to do so in future.


But I must say that after nearly ten years of living in substandard conditions, with an ever-increasing rent, now so high (since April, 2023) that it requires more than my monthly disability check to pay it, I want it known that I am dealing with a slumlord, who displays callous disregard for his tenants and thinks he can treat them like serfs on his plantation.


During my time here, I have heard the stories of other tenants, now long gone. Poor people, disabled people, people with young children, who were forced to leave because the landlord neglected to make repairs. They were living with toilets that do not flush, flooding inside their homes, floors that were cracked and sinking, septic tanks that were not properly pumped and maintained, the roofs leaking, bad water and bad plumbing....


I too have been living with such horrible conditions. I have documented all of these conditions, I have reported them to the landlord's office, by telephone and by certified return receipt letters. All of which have been disregarded.


But what he clearly does not know is that where I am concerned, I can guarantee that he picked the wrong woman if he thinks he can intimidate me with his bluster and bullying tactics.


I publish this report for my own protection. I find it necessary to have it on the public record that I have been targeted for invasions of privacy, harassment, and threats by tenants (known and unknown) on this property, and by the landlord and his hirelings from his office.


I have spoken to pro bono legal counsel serving the elderly, the disabled and the poor, all of which categories I fit in, and have been advised. I know my rights. I know that there are no legal grounds whatsoever for any complaints to be made against me, by the landlord, or by his workers, or by tenants on this property.


I have always paid the rent on time, no exceptions, for which I have evidence.


I have never at any time caused any disturbances on this property, nor committed any offenses, civil or criminal, against anyone.


No legal action has been taken by the landlord or by me. If he chooses such a path of action then I will respond with my own action, yet to be determined.


I have suffered grievous damages and am now at risk of worse damages, and am under threat of losing my home, being forced out due to fraudulent complaints by tenants and the landlord's office. I am now living in a hostile environment, through no fault of my own.


I have done nothing whatsoever which could possibly justify these false and unwarranted complaints, the slander against my good name, or the threats and harassment directed against me.


LANDLORD CITED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT


The Health Department recently visited this property. The Building Department contacted them after they visited my home at my request, due to the unsafe and substandard conditions for which the landlord provided no relief.


I was told by the inspector from the Health Department that there was a “health hazard” on my rental property. He was very clear that I had every reason to be concerned for my safety and that the landlord would be cited for violations of the code. (More detail will be given later or in future reports.)


I had been patiently waiting for the landlord to rectify the situation for over a year. I had sent several letters with specific complaints about the conditions, starting in September, 2022. But it only grew worse and worse and nothing was ever done, despite false promises by the management.


Meanwhile, he raised the rent, even though he did nothing to make the property habitable.


In desperation, with no relief in sight, I finally called the authorities in the town of Rhinebeck, because after more than a year of making complaints in writing and by telephone, nothing was done to rectify the substandard conditions from which I was suffering and which I had duly reported to the landlord's office.


The landlord's office had acknowledged the need for renovation of the plumbing, the septic system, and the entire bathroom, over a year ago, but all my subsequent letters were ignored and nothing was ever done. I was told in September, 2023 in a phone call from the landlord's office that these jobs were scheduled for “early October”.


(Note the date: it is now past “early October”. No calls, nothing scheduled, nothing done.)


The landlord has been negligent in making necessary repairs for the entire time I have lived here. The property has been deteriorating over time and is now unfit for habitation.


INCIDENT OF HARASSMENT & THREATS BY LANDLORD


The latest event occurred on October 11, 2023. At 8:30 AM there was knocking on the door. I was sleeping at that time. I do not ever answer my door unless I am expecting someone, so I ignored it. A few minutes later there was more aggressive banging on the door. I ignored it.


After the fourth time of loud banging, I went to the door but did not open it. I was dressed in night clothes, as I was woken from my sleep by the intrusion. I spoke through the closed door, asking, Who is it?


The landlord identified himself. I told him that I am not available. He had been notified several times, in certified return receipt letters to his office, as well as in telephone conversations, that I require a minimum of 24 hours notice if I am to be available for a service visit. He was well aware of this, but chose to disregard it, repeatedly, with no respect for my privacy or my rights as a tenant.


I told him there was no notice given and that I was not available. There is a notice posted on my door:


NO TRESPASSING


NO SOLICITING


SERVICE VISITS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY


This very notice was included in a recent letter sent to his office in September, 2023. Yet he disregarded it with no respect whatsoever for my rights.


There is no excuse whatsoever for him to invade my privacy or violate my rights by banging on my door, shouting at me and demanding to be let in. This is harassment, and even qualifies as menacing, considering his threats.


I told him he must make an appointment and directed him to leave.


He refused to leave and all the while he was shouting at me through the door in a hostile tone and making a scene on the property, disturbing the peace.


He yelled, “I've been trying to reach you!”


That is a falsehood. He had never responded to any of my formal complaints by letter, including the latest. As I discovered later that day, I had received a voicemail from him at 7:30 AM that morning, while my phone was turned off, asking me to call him, that it was “important”.


A phone call, one hour before an unannounced visit, in the early morning, is not acceptable. I was not available. In fact I was sleeping when he first came to the door.


He continued shouting demands that I let him in, and banging on the door, but I refused to open the door. This behavior is outrageous! I have never in my life seen anything like it.


He continued shouting outside and claimed that he had received complaints from 4 different tenants claiming that I was “harassing” them.


He shouted that he has “30 e-mails” from these unidentified tenants making these claims. He shouted at me, “You have been harassing them!”


No, I most certainly had done no such thing, but I was not about to be provoked into having a point-counterpoint argument through a door with a person behaving like a lunatic. I only said that these are false complaints.


He shouted, “They are all against you, I am the only one standing up for you. Everyone is against you!”


This is absurd. If in fact he was standing up for me, as he claims, why is he harassing me and attempting to intimidate me (which can't be done); why has he not even acknowledged any of my complaints of actual harassment and false complaints by his tenants?


And I don't give a tinker's damn who among his hostile tenants is “against” me. My only concern is the facts and the law. If liars decide to make false complaints it's nothing to do with me, but I will not tolerate harassment and threats from the landlord because of it.


Here are the facts:


I do not know any of the tenants on this property except for those in two (2) houses on either side of my house, with whom I am on perfectly good terms.


There is one tenant across the way, one Tracy Krawitt, on the other side of the property, who has made false complaints against me on more than one occasion.


I do not know her, she is a total stranger. I have never harassed her in any way. However, she has been an aggressor against me. She made a false police report (a criminal offense) in 2019, lying to the police in her claims that I had "threatened to kill" her.


This, after a disturbance entirely of her own making, outside my house, as she and her associate were driving large commercial vehicles, shouting and coming close to hitting my car. No such threats were made by me. Krawitt is a habitual liar.


She later made a number of false complaints to the landlord's office, lying again that I had trespassed into her yard. I have never, at any time, trespassed into any yard on this property.


I called Dog Control to stop Krawitt from disturbing the peace. She is the negligent, irresponsible owner of a dog that was howling all hours of the day and night.


The fact is, since 2019, Krawitt has committed civil and criminal offenses against Barbara Hartwell. She is the only aggressor, the only offender. I am the only injured party who has sustained damages. I have published several reports exposing this woman, in my own defense. (See reports at bottom of page.)


As for other tenants making false complaints against me of “harassment”, I do not know any one of these individuals, nor have I ever spoken to them at any time, nor have had any interactions with them. I have never harassed anyone on this property, in any way, shape or form.


These liars are clearly accomplices of Tracy Krawitt who are acting in malice by making false complaints and slandering Barbara Hartwell in order to try to force me out of my home. They (whoever they are) have created a hostile environment on the property which prevents me from the “quiet enjoyment” to which I am entitled as a tenant.


The landlord has shown that he is in collusion with these offenders, by falsely accusing me of offenses I have not committed. He has shown a clear bias against me which is totally unwarranted.


More harassment, threats and hostile shouting from outside my door by the landlord:


"You are going to talk to me right now!"


I don't take orders from him. Who does he think he is?


"What, have you got a board meeting going on in there?"


AS IF it is any of his business why I am not available when he has not given proper notice and thinks he can just barge his way in any time he pleases. No, he cannot. He is entirely in the wrong.


"You don't want to be in an adversarial relationship with me!"


No, I would rather not be in an adversarial relationship. But he has made the choice, as an aggressor against me, engaging in intimidation tactics, harassment and threats, to declare himself my adversary. His message is loud and clear. He wants an adversary, he's got one. One who will never back down but will fight for justice.


"We are either going to work together or else you will not be able to stay here!"


He thinks he can just show up at my door, with no prior notice, banging, harassing, threatening me, and that will force me to talk to him, or “work with him”? No, it does not work that way. Nobody intimidates me.


"I had to drive an hour to get here!"


Meaning: his time is valuable, mine is not. As I have stated in letters to his office, my time is no less valuable than his, nor any of his workers. He has no right to expect that I am available any time he decides will suit his convenience, no matter the inconvenience to me.


He was shouting, threatening eviction.


On what grounds? He has no grounds whatsoever.


He said he has to do the renovation and the tenant can't be on the property. He should have done the renovation long ago. He is to blame, not I, for the fact that he has been cited for violations and now will be forced to rectify the situation.


He can't just force me off the property so he can do his renovation, just because the Health Department has now cited him for violations. That is not my fault. He and he alone is to blame. I am the victim, as the tenant who has been forced to live in substandard conditions due to his negligence.


I told him that I will not tolerate this disrespectful treatment. He yelled that I was the one who was disrespectful, which is an outrageous lie.


Defending myself against his aggression is not disrespect.


Holding him accountable to rectify substandard conditions, under which I am suffering and forced to pay for, is not disrespect.


Telling him he has no right to come pounding on my door and demanding to be let in, and that he must make an appointment, is not disrespect.


Standing up for myself against his false accusations and those of his tenants is not disrespect.


It is he, and he alone, who is disrespectful. And it will not be tolerated.


Is he living in a fantasy world? A world where he is the Lord of All He Surveys and his tenants are serfs on his plantation, to be subservient to his every whim.


It is none of his business why I am not available at his whim.


More arrogant statements, shouted through the door:


"I have million dollar properties, I don't care about a few thousand dollars!"


So what? His boasting about his million dollar properties has nothing to do with me or the rental for which I am paying. It is a totally irrelevant issue.


He's made it clear he cares nothing about his tenants, or the condition of the property. He doesn't care about anything, except getting his money. But his tenants don't get the value they are paying for, that is not a problem for him. Not until the Health Department shows up to cite him for violations. Then, he has a problem. And blames it on an innocent tenant.


He shouted that he will call the Health Department, and report that I will not let him in.


If he had given proper notice, as he is required to do, I would have made myself available to let him in, at a mutually convenient time, that is. Again it is all on him, and I have done nothing wrong.

 

He shouted, in a state of apparent hysteria: “If you think you are so smart, I am smarter than you!”


Where this idiotic comment came from, I have no clue. He is free to believe in his fantasies about his own intelligence, but this is completely irrelevant to the issues at hand.


Then, a truly unbelievable and outrageous false accusation, delivered in a snide and mocking tone: He claimed there were “mental health issues” because I would not let him in.


Only a moron would make such an accusation. And he is the one behaving like a lunatic, shouting and making a scene outside my house. It is likely he has some “mental health issues.” Like maybe, delusions of grandeur and omnipotence, that he can get away with forcing his will on others. Unbelievable!

 

He shouted, “I will go knock on doors right now!”, of those tenants who claimed harassment.


What did he expect to happen? That they would form a lynch mob? That they would come out brandishing pitchforks and torches? A real life witch hunt, with all the drama!


I finally told him to get out of here, leave. Just do what you have to do and I will do what I have to do. Next time, make an appointment.


He left, hurling insults and laughing at what he seemed to think was his own cleverness.


Frankly, I don't think he's very bright, if he believes this is the way to deal with his tenants, harassing and bullying them into submission. It may work with some, but never with me.


He thinks he can just disregard the rights of people who are forced to live in substandard conditions because he doesn't concern himself with anything but money (his “million dollar properties”), while he rips off the tenants and fails to maintain the property. He lacks the most common decency and concern for others.


But before I wrap up this report, just a few more comments, including excerpts from a letter to an attorney who is advising me.


GENERAL ISSUES:


Failure to make necessary repairs in a timely manner, or not at all.


Failure to provide proper maintenance of property on an ongoing basis (inside and outside).


Disregarding Tenant's complaints, both by phone and by letter, including certified return receipt, over a period of years. I have never received a response to any letter.


The only way to get anything done is to keep calling the office repeatedly. Unless it is an emergency (overflowing toilet, water backing up under the sink, roof leaking, etc.) he will do nothing at all. Unacceptable conditions persist for months with no relief.


Failure to notify Tenant before sending workers for maintenance/repairs. I have made it clear in writing and by telephone, repeatedly, that I require minimum 24 hours notice if workers need access to my house. No one is to enter my home when I am not there, unless by explicit permission. I have explained that I am disabled, that I do not keep 'regular' hours, that I work at home, that I have an indoor cat who is afraid of strangers, and that I am entitled to my privacy and reasonable notice.


Yet he sends workers when convenient only for him. In most cases I do not allow them access, as I am not prepared to make myself available. Then his employees from the office try to place the blame on me in the false belief that I must be available 24/7 or suffer the deprivation of necessary repairs.


Allowing the property to become a hostile environment for Tenant by failing to control aggressive/violative behavior of other tenants.


Such as:


Tenants creating regular disturbances on property which disturb the peace and/or pose a threat to Tenant.


Harassment by tenants against Tenant.


Tenants making false complaints to landlord's office against Tenant, which results in false complaints against Tenant by landlord's office. This is harassment by landlord.


Landlord has been advised (in writing and by phone) that I will not be interrogated, nor my privacy invaded by his office, that the false complaints are made by liars, and there is no actual cause for bias against me.


I have always paid the rent on time, no exceptions.


I have never, at any time, caused any kind of disturbance on the property.


I have always been quiet and respectful of others on the property.


I have never entered any tenant's yard or home, except by invitation or explicit permission.


The landlord's office refuses to name the person(s) who made the false complaints, but have falsely cited me for offenses I have not committed as a result of this.


In general, I have been prevented from my right to quiet enjoyment of the rental property for which I am paying a high rent by the landlord's failure to make repairs and the hostile environment created by other tenants.

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I understand that this type of report may not be of interest to my regular readers. However, this website is the only venue I have to make reports on issues of concern to me.


This harassment has caused extreme stress as well as emotional distress for me and has negatively affected my health. 

 

I have spent this entire day since the harassment by the landlord at 8:30 AM on the phone with attorneys, the Health Department and others who have all been apprised of the situation.


I want this on the record in my own defense, as I have no idea what any of these hostile individuals might do out of malice against me.


I will continue to report on these issues with updates as they happen.


All I ever wanted and had every reasonable expectation of having is the quiet enjoyment of the rental property for which I am paying.


This includes habitable living conditions and an end to all harassment.


I intend to have that, whatever it takes.


I intend to pursue justice and hold all offending parties accountable for their actions.


Let this be a warning to any such parties (named and unnamed) that I will pursue any and all lawful and ethical means to protect my rights and in my own defense.

 

They are hereby warned: CEASE & DESIST


Barbara Hartwell

Injured Party Under Threat in Hostile Environment

October 11, 2023


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