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See also:   Complaints to the Police re Ashu Solo   (a collection of actual complaints.  No evidence that the Police did anything more than talk to Ashu.)

 

TITLE:  The Police can’t help

January 9th & 10th:

1.  Zimmerman:

I learned the hard way that harassment through social media is not taken seriously by local police, so I’m really not worried about it.  I went to the police with all of the harassment that Solo has thrown at me, and they said there’s no way to prove it was really Ashu Solo who said and did these things.  (Even tracking IPs is dicey now, given all the IP rerouting software there is online–which is why before I deleted my social media accounts, I would routinely use HotSpot Shield, so that Solo would be unable to triangulate my home address).

 

2.  Conversation with Gormley’s producer, Bryn.  

We discussed the matter of the Police (Ashu’s laying of complaint against me).  I phoned the Police to give them my contact information.  I really want them to be able to track me down, if they are investigating the complaint.

Bryn:  In the end, the Police will not deal with the complaints about Ashu.

 

3.  I was contacted by Saskatoon City Police in late winter 2014.  I gave them the password to this on-line documentation regarding the cyber-bullying by Ashu.

 

4.  I told the jailer woman about this character we are dealing with.  Invited her opinion.  She started with what Tonia identified:  the justice system (police) won’t be able to do anything about it.   I suspect that Ashu knows that, too.   He tries to scare people by threatening to go to the Police.

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December 8th –  I forwarded the complaint from Tonia Zimmerman

January 9th – I added my own complaint after almost a month of  disparaging emails from Ashu, and then his tracking me down at the Airport at 6:00 – 6:30 AM on December 28th.

 

THE SECOND COMPLAINT:

From: Sandra Finley
Sent: January-09-14 8:00 PM
To: VictorGRN Lau; PatriciaGRN Farnese
Cc: Valerie Finley; Marlene Wells
Subject: Further to the complaint I sent to you on December 8, re Ashu Solo

TO:

• Patricia Farnese in her role of GPC Rep for Sask
• Victor Lau, in his role of leader, GPS

 

Dear Victor and Patricia,

 

As you know, the complaint process of the GPC was not engaged regarding the complaint I submitted on behalf of Tonia Zimmerman, on December 8^th because Ashu Solo discontinued membership in the GPC.

 

I am submitting this further information to you in case at some time, his membership in the GPC is renewed.

And also because Ashu’s participation in the GPS needs to be dealt with.

 

I am now adding my own complaint to Tonia’s:

My Mother asked (again!) today if I had done anything regarding Ashu’s actions on December 28^th.  She continues to feel badly that, when awakened by a 5:30 AM phone call, she gave him the time of my departure from Saskatoon, from which he showed up at the airport, making unfounded accusations.

The long and short of it:

–          He telephoned senior citizens in Saskatoon and in Luseland at 5:00 o’clock in the morning, one of them my Mother who is 85 years old.

–          At that hour of the morning people are alarmed that something bad has happened to a family member.

–          He then lied about who was calling (gave a false name – “Mike from the Green Party”).

–          And proceeded to the Airport in Saskatoon to make false allegations against me.  This was when I was leaving Saskatoon, standing in the line-up with my daughter, between 6:00 and 6:30 AM.

–          He left the Airport when the Westjet attendant started to call Airport Security.

 

Ashu would have obtained the day of my departure from Larry.

 

But he didn’t know the flight time.  He phoned people with a “Finley” surname in Saskatoon, I do not know how many, saying he needed my phone number.

 

One helpful senior relative, awakened, advised Ashu to phone my Mother in Luseland, told him that she would know my phone number.

 

Awakened from sleep, still half-asleep, Ashu asked her,  “At what time does Sandra’s flight leave?”.  She replied that she didn’t know, but she knew I was going to arrive at the airport around 6:00 AM.  Becoming more awake, she asked, “Who is this?”.   Ashu at first declined to give his name.   Later, when pressed further, he said “Mike, from the Green Party”.

 

At the Airport, people in the vicinity of Kelly and I in the line-up, of course witnessed  Ashu’s actions.  One gentleman said he would remove Ashu out the door. I said I should call the police or the security people.  Ashu left the terminal when a Westjet attendant stepped in and started to call Security.

 

He came to the airport (6:00 to 6:30 am) as described, and made accusations, “You gave my Father’s name to Tonia Zimmerman”. I replied, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”  Which I didn’t.  I have not given Ashu’s father’s name to Tonia Zimmerman.  (But I now know how it came to her, if that matters – it’s not hard to find his Father’s name.  All you have to do is to google Ashu Solo and name changes (there are two).)

 

He repeated the accusation, later moving to another theme – – “You lied. You do not have a copy of the exchanges between me and Tonia Zimmerman”.   Which in fact I do have (but which I did not have and didn’t know about on Dec 28):  I replied, “I do not make statements that are not true”.

 

I discovered on December 31^st that it was John Gormley who gave Ashu’s Father’s name to Tonia Zimmerman (actually, I am not clear on that specific point – she may have found it herself).   What Gormley DEFINITELY did:  he provided information to Zimmerman so that she could defend herself against Ashu’s attacks, should they resume after Gormley sent an email to Ashu, telling him that if he heard of another attack on Zimmerman, or on two other women, Gormley would have a member of the Military on his show who would testify that the military titles Ashu claims are fictional – –  they don’t exist.  John also threatened exposure of an assault made by Ashu (I believe it happened when Ashu was much younger).  He sent the email thread to Tonia, with Ashu’s accusations and insults against Gormley and the culmination – – Gormley’s threat to expose Ashu.    The thread is in the period Nov 29 to Dec 04.  I communicated with Gormley and his staff for the purpose of authentication;  the email thread IS from John Gormley.

 

Ashu turned off his attack on Zimmerman after Gormley’s intervention (Dec 4);  he later turned it on myself and then on Daeran Gall – – anyone who stands up to him.

 

It was Tonia who phoned Ashu’s Father, to implore him to talk some sense into Ashu, make him stop the onslaught.   Which might be why the attacks on her were renewed by Ashu after Christmas, and why he came after me at the airport.

 

Zimmerman’s story checks out.  My experience with Ashu Solo is a repeat performance.   In my case he has not put up blogs that disparage me.  A little hard to do because I have an existing web presence that would help override what he might put up.

 

His innocent assertion, “All I see is an empty blog” (other people are putting up the disparaging Zimmerman blog, claiming it’s him) are easily refuted, especially since he put the blogs back up after Christmas with the renewed attacks on Zimmerman.   There is a November Archive on the blog – it’s easy to see that he put it up, then took it down (“all I see is an empty blog”) and then put it back up after Christmas.  I did screen-capture.

 

Should you desire further proof, for example of the email assault on me,  I have a complete file.  I started counting – there are well over a hundred in the period December 10 to January 3^rd.    False allegations, lies, threats, name-calling.

 

If he was innocent, he would have welcomed an arms’ length investigation by the GPC regarding the Zimmerman complaint.   Zimmerman was ready to proceed, without hesitation.  And she put the documentation related to Ashu up on a password-protected blog of her own, immediately, in preparation for the investigation that did not happen because Ashu would not participate.

 

I was told by the Gormley people that Ashu is relentless in his emails to Saskatoon media.  They are exasperated.

 

He is giving the Green Party a bad name, in addition to putting people in fear for their safety.  If you live in Saskatoon, if you say anything that questions him, if he gets your phone number and your address, you will worry.

 

Please add this complaint to your file, for action in the case of possible membership renewal by Ashu Solo.

 

I also request that this be tabled at an Executive Meeting of the GPS for assessment and action.

 

Thank-you for your consideration.

 

Sandra Finley

 

 

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From: Sandra Finley
Sent: December-08-13 10:35 AM
To: PatriciaGRN Farnese; VictorGRN Lau
Cc: Marlene Wells; LarryGRN Waldinger; MarkGRN Bigland-Pritchard; VickiGRN Strelioff
Subject: Complaint received, serious, re Ashu Solo

 

TO:

–          Patricia Farnese in her role of GPC Rep for Sask

–          Victor Lau, in his role of leader, GPS

 

 

A young woman who I do not know contacted me via facebook.  She is a dedicated Green, and concerned about Ashu’s role in the Green Parties.  I presume she approached me because my association with the Greens in Sask. is known.

 

More seriously:    she submitted email exchanges.  My quick interpretation  is a case of cyber bullying to the point where the woman is fearful of what Ashu can do to her by what he is posting, including and up to material on a blog – – she says the material Ashu is posting about her is unfounded.

 

My interpretation of her handling of the situation is that she is intimidated to the point of inaction because she is powerless in the face of the attacks – – afraid that if she takes more steps, Ashu will make it worse for her.  (You would have to be savvy with internet technology, and have a whole lot of time to spare, to be able to launch a defence against the attacks.)

 

In making an initial determination of whether her fears are justified, I did a search on her name:  the web presence that has been created is such that everything that comes up is the (false and defaming) statements by Ashu, about her.

 

IT suggests to me that this is a serious allegation, demanding of our attention and speedy resolution.

 

There are some steps that should be taken ASAP.  I think that control of the Green Party facebook pages should be put into secure hands pending the outcome of investigations.

 

I invite your input.

 

Sandra

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(The stream of emails Ashu sent in the hours leading up to his confrontation of me at the Airport, see   http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=11427.)

 

December-28-13  Ashu came to the Airport 

Ashu came to the Airport between 6:00 and 6:30 am, when I was departing Saskatoon with my daughter.   People adjacent to me in the line-up heard the exchange, Ashu making allegations.

One gentleman said he would remove Ashu out the door.  I said I would need to call the police or the security people.

A Westjet attendant stepped forward, taking control of the situation and saying “I am calling Security.”  She started to dial.  Ashu left the terminal.   This was on December 28th.

(On January 9th I laid Complaint #2 , regarding Ashu’s actions.

On January 11 Ashu concocted    a lie    about the Airport. He knows how to work “she said” / “he said”.)

 

But back to the Airport:

Sequence of events  (I found out some of this later): Ashu phoned people with the surname “Finley” in Saskatoon at 5:00 – 5:30 AM today.  He wanted my phone number.   One of the people he reached is the cousin of my Father, a man in his late seventies with an unwell wife.   At 5 o’clock in the morning people think there is an emergency.

He told Ashu that my Mother (in her mid-eighties) in rural Sask would have my phone number.  Ashu phoned her around 5:30 am and asked when I was leaving Saskatoon.  She told him my departure time, before figuring out who he was and what was going on.

In the beginning he did not/would not provide a name.

Later, when pressed he said he was “Mike” from the Green Party.

He came to the airport (6:00 to 6:30 am) and made accusations,   “You gave my Father’s name to Tonia Zimmnerman”.   I replied, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

He repeated the accusation, later moving to (words to effect, a theme repeated from the email exchanges)  – – you lied.  You do not have a copy of the (exchanges between Ashu and Tonia Zimmerman).   I replied that I do not make statements which are not true.

People in the line-up near my daughter and me were, of course, watching and listening.

As mentioned, a man stepped forward saying, words to effect: “I’ll show this guy the door (of the Terminal)”.

I replied that I needed to call the Police or Security.  A Westjet attendant then stepped forward, taking control of the situation and saying, “I am calling Security“.  She started to dial.  Ashu left.

Ashu called my Mother again, around 10:00 AM.   She declined to provide my phone number to him, and asked whether there was a message she could pass along to me.  He replied along the lines,  Tell Sandra to stop spreading lies about me.

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This is in the same time-frame as the renewed attacks against Tonia Zimmerman.

It appears that the possibility that his Father’s name will emerge is a real button-pusher for Ashu.   It was the first thing out his mouth.  The accusations at the airport and the messages today demonstrate a kind of panic that that is what has happened.

The other serious threat to him appears to be that Tonia Zimmerman disclosed material he authored, to me.    Calling people at 5:00 in the morning, coming to the Airport at 6:00 – 6:30 to make allegations of which I could make no sense, is extreme.

 

NOTE:  At the time of writing, I did not have the information to understand more specifically WHY Ashu was desperate to the point of tracking me down at the Airport.   See:   There’s a reason.

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