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60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY 13126-6512
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Chris Chrusher's Go-Kart Blog
(This section has nothing to do with Galletta's Greenhouse, just the few poor sports who have raced with us, said bad things about us, and don't race with us anymore):

Last week, we sort of cleared up an issue where people were accusing others of cheating and stealing go-karts (though we never did get an apology for being called cheaters and distributing out-of-context segments of our website to everybody and badmouthing us in general). It was all semi-clarified and everything was quasi-worked out. But now a new bag of worms has been opened, as former volunteer flag-person/donation collector, Kris Pitsley learned of her indefinite suspension from race day events (because of repeated fighting & losing rental donations) and seemed angry with the decision. Let us get to that email right now. But first, let us get to the emails, which we shall respond to now:

----- Original Message -----

From: Howard Seabrook's email
To: Galletta's Go-Karts website email
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:57 AM
Subject: Galletta's Go-Karts website email

HI THIS IS SHERRY,ARE YOU RACING THIS WEEK ON SUNDAYS OR SATURDAYS,HOWARD HEARD A RUMOR THAT OSWEGO IS RACING A WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY,YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK IT OUT,IF YOU DO PLEASE LET US NO.WE WOULD LIKE TO RENT A FAST KART.THANK-YOU
CHRIS: Hi Sherry. We have used this format for years.:
  JUNE, JULY & AUGUST: We race on Sunday afternoon/evenings.
  LABOR DAY WEEKEND: We usually either take it off or run on Monday. This year we plan on Monday, unless the Oswego Speedway's Classic rains out and runs Monday instead.
  SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER: We usually race on Saturday afternoons/evenings, with Sunday rain-dates. Weather permitting. The 11th Annual Galletta's Kart Klassic is always in mid-to-late September, weather and driver-count permitting.

As for at Oswego Speedway, we are leaning against racing there because of problems that have to be resolved. I explained the on last week's page. They must allow us to race in our own 5hp stock class, allow us to go in for payouts, and stop forcing us to

-Chris
 

...and now....

----- Original Message -----
From: kris pitsley
To: Galletta's Go-Karts
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:00 PM
Subject: galletta's go-kart website email

KRIS PITSLEY: i am really sick of everything that you write about me on the computer.
CHRIS STEVENS.: Like what? You broke the rules by fighting. Did you not fight? We have it on tape and have seen it in person. I am sorry but we must enforce the rules. You fought, and this means that you are indefinitely suspended. We looked the other way several times under the condition that it would stop. You were warned on many occasions. You fought again, and with more than one person last Sunday. In addition, you also owe money in rental and 50/50 funds that you have not yet repaid. You were responsible for them, Kris. We do not accuse you of stealing it, but you must honor your obligation to repay it because you lost it. You also said that you are never coming back anyway after fighting with people last weekend.

KRIS PITSLEY: but you may want to know that you have lost kenny and robbie.
CHRIS STEVENS: Robbie has told me on more than one occasion that you do not speak for him, and he will race without you if you "pull any more of the bullshit." He also said that his grandfather will buy Ken's engine and wheels, and he'll still race the #5 (which is my frame that I won 2 championships and Classics in, and I graciously allow Rob to race it because he's a friend, and improving driver, and we love racing him - otherwise I'd drive it!) if you and Ken don't want to come and threaten to take all of your parts off of the #5's frame. Neither Ken nor Rob have ever done anything to warrant suspension, Kris... just you. This isn't about them, so don't manipulate them into doing your bidding. This about the rules that you broke on our property. Please respect them.

KRIS PITSLEY: ...at least my family knows that all i did was stick up  for  you guys
CHRIS STEVENS: First off, you also accused me of "pulling bullshit" to my face. I take offense to that. First off, do you know what the word bullshit means? Click here if you don't. It means, "nonsense, lies, or exaggeration." Kris, that is bullshit. Because I am a God-fearing Christian and I do not lie and I do not try to screw anybody. If you can please point out where I have lied or broke the rules (that I created so I know them better than anybody), then by all means do. I have been more than lenient with you and the rules, and in addition to the way you accuse me of bullshit and every single week accuse other drivers of wrecking people or cheating (when the tape CLEARLY proves that you lied on almost every single occasion), I am also deeply offended how you take advantage of my brother's hospitality. He has always been so nice to you and you do terrible things to him, like not paying him back the 50/50 and rental money. Do you know what responsibility and accountability are, Kris? Click on each word and read if you do not. It grieves me, in fact, to suspend anybody. But still, it is an indefinite one. This means, it isn't permanent. But if you want to fight and complain and accuse me of things, then maybe that will change. Also, at least ten or fifteen different people said that they would race if you weren't there. We've defended you in most cases, but you make it harder all the time, Kris. So, even if you fought someone defending us, you still broke the rules. You cannot fight. Period. Plus, I have heard the contrary about you always sticking up for us because we never do anything to warrant people yelling or needing defense for, and several people have told me how you constantly say bad things about us, you tell people not to ever come back (when we never banned them - nor even knew that YOU did and you had no right to).

KRIS P.: and all i got in return is get wrote up about on the computer and kicked out.
CHRIS S.: Kris, you know our rules. What are rules? Click here if you don't know. And no, I do not change them every week like I personally heard you telling visitors. Since day one, there was a "No fighting on our property" rule. And, you have been the one and only go-kart guest to ever break that rule. And you have broke it many times. We all wanted to look the other way, and did so several times. We gave you a warning that if you did it one more time, you'd be suspended. And you fought, not with one, but two or three people! Including your own father! And Kris, I don't lie.

KRIS P.: kenny is very sick of all the bull that people talk about his wife.
CHRIS S.: Please point out "bull" that I talk about "his wife." Kris, do you even know what it means to say bullshit? I already told you that I do not lie, and we made rules to enforce. Kris, the Oswego Speedway doesn't let you there because you owe them money and fought there. And The Woodworth's don't allow you at their trailer park because, according to them, you broke a contract with them. Blaming everything on Ken's sister doesn't alleviate you from your responsibilities. You and Ken brought Ken's sister here, so if she stole it, as you say, then you and he are responsible for this. We trusted you to collect the 50/50 money, rental money, and also NOT to fight with people nor falsely accuse people of intentional wrecking (when they clearly didn't). And how have you responded? By calling it "bullshit!" Please know the meaning of the word bullshit before you use it, ok? When that money isn't in Matt's hands, what does that mean? It means that Matt has no money to maintain and fix nine go-karts with nor fill them with gas and oil. It also means that we can't hand pay-outs at the end of the year for the top points visitors, which we get scolded for. Kris, why does this happen? I haven't came up short once with the rental money since I've collected it... and if someone didn't pay, I wrote down how much they owed and they have to pay it back - to which most have or will do (or else they can't race). Why did you come up short? You betrayed our trust, Kris. You fought with people. You made your own bed.

KRIS: robbie is also.
CHRIS: Robbie already told us before, and on more than one occasion, that he can race without you and you do not speak for him. We have no problem with Rob, and always treat him very well, Kris. The only thing that you would be doing is taking the motor and wheels away from the #5, and punishing your own son for wanting to race. That would be unfair to him. He hasn't broke any rules, Kris. Nor has Ken, who loves the races and helps out a great deal. You have. Stop manipulating this into something against anybody else but you.

KRIS: i usally don't say anything but this time i did speak up. we have brought you drivers and you still write things on the computer. you say that your our friend then why would you write things about your freinds on the computer instead of talking about it in person. cause this is something that i would really like to know and so doesn't my family.
CHRIS: OK, let's get a few things straight;
1. I've told you not to fight any more. More than once. You fought. More than once.
2. We told you that you are responsible for the missing money. You still didn't re-pay it and then more wound up missing. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice? Three? Four times?
3. You accused me of bullshit and having conflict of interest/house rules to my face, yet never once pointed out anywhere where I broke my own rules, cheated, fought, or stole. Instead, every time I reviewed the tape because you accused one person of intentionally wrecking another person, never once was it true. Either you saw it incorrectly and made an honest mistake or you lied for personal gain. Either way, it is unfair to everybody to do that!
4. Many people have told us the terrible things that you said about us behind our backs and that you told people not to race here, and more than one person told us that you printed up the pages of the website out of context to distribute them to everybody and told people not to come here.

KRIS: this is not towards matt. matt you and kenny will contine to be freinds in spite of what your brother writes.
CHRIS: Matt agrees with the decision because you left him with no other choice, Kris! You have betrayed his trust on several occasions. Kris, we don't hate you and we don't want to ban you; you broke the rules so many times that we have no other options! We feel bad about it. We feel sorry about it. But rules are rules. Fighting is not allowed on our property. And it is not the 1st time that you have fought on this property. Last year, we go a visit from the police because of a domestic dispute brought here. Now, that's the bullshit, Chris.

KRIS: ...also you will never see me around the gallettas ever again.
CHRIS: You've said that before, just like you promised that you would never fight again and pay back the missing money.

KRIS: yeah by the way what goes around comes around.
CHRIS: What, is that a threat, Kris? We've already been told that you badmouth us to our backs, which I wasn't sure whether to believe or not. Is this proof? Please clarify. Also, my mom had a problem with this too...

MARY A. STEVENS: This is an indirect quote of the Bible; "What a man sows, that shall he also reap." By this sentence, you are condemning yourself because you are the wrongdoer, and are not repentant for your actions. We have been kind and hospitable to you and you lied to us, cheated us, and now... threatened us. If anything happens, we will show this to the proper authorities (sheriff). What did anybody ever do to you? You came here, your son wanted to race, we let him, we gave you food, let you do Halloween parties, and trusted you with many things. We banned you; why? Because you've done nothing but cause trouble since you've been here, and had the sheriff here last year about that poor kid's (Tom Murray Jr.) kart. How can you change if you never admit that you've done wrong? It's true that you broke the rules and money come up missing under your watch. In any other situation, you would likely be arrested for doing the same anywhere else - you'd be responsible for that missing money. And we've always had drivers come and go for over 15 years of my sons racing go-karts... we've never had fights and the police up here until you were involved. I hope you are smart enough to not try to pull something. I could go on and on, but that's enough.

KRIS: just don't blame me if you don't have that many drivers cause remember you kicked me out. thanks          kris pitsley
CHRIS: Kris, at least five to seven people told me to my face that they will not come here because of you. One said that we would have ten more drivers here every week if you weren't there. I defended you and said all the help you do, and especially all the help that Ken does. But when you fight and don't re-pay money that you were responsible for, and accuse people of things that are not simply true, he there is nothing else I can do, ok? This suspension is indefinite, meaning that it may be repealed in the future based on good behavior and some paybacks for that missing money that you were responsible for. And it is just you. Not Ken or Rob, neither of whom did anything to warrant suspension, so don't try to manipulate this against us and make us out to be the bad guys just because you broke the rules, Kris. It is dishonest. And if Ken and Rob stop coming, then we know that you were again responsible for manipulating people, and prove what everybody says about you. Please prove them wrong by abiding by the rules, paying back what come up missing under your watch, and stop badmouthing us. Otherwise, you prove them right.

-Chris
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PS- Update: Kristina Pitsley never apologized, never paid back missing funds, and continued to badmouth us behind our backs (and I heard her badmouthing Matt, so she can't lie to me, considering that Matt had to pay for broken karts due to her "losing" rental donations over the last few years, and people TELLING US about how she would pocket and redistribute the money). She also stopped her husband and son from racing here, and allegedly plotted out a scheme to get us in trouble by getting her son's 17/18-year-old friends to purposefully break karts, drive hazardously, wreck at Galletta's and demand their money back a few weeks later. Kris Pitsley is banned from all three local dirt go-kart tracks (Galletta's, Oswego, and Woodland) for a reason... she is an untrustworthy, loudmouth, bickering, backstabbing, thieving menace. It is too bad that we lost friends and drivers (her husband and son - whom we liked racing with - stopped coming, which, IMO, implicates them via appearing to have guilt over their alleged innocence over this whole debacle) over her, but we gained more talented drivers and more trustworthy friends since she was banned.