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Hi - Thanks for the posted link. I happen to catch it yesterday after reading further into your blog and found it very very enlightening! The gavel to gavel site lead me to my former state - which I have since fled in fear of their abuse as well as my ex husbands abuse. I did find some useful information. Useful in only the sense that it was just more or the same .... pass a law to appoint yet another committee ... blah, blah, blah! Useful because I know why in part why they are going through the motion: a well researched, published and somewhat scathing (but buried) document of domestic violence and how the courts can hurt and help. Call me a cynic - but I have been passively observing for 6 + years and uncovering what I believe is more than bureaucratic procedural problems the courts naturally face and more of way in which to distract the real problems at heart - the publics lack of REAL due process and rule of law. Having said that - the report I found does show an continued and ongoing pattern of behavior - always helpful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI posted a comment in your blog section called "comments" and thought I should point this out as I am not sure how or if it will come to you.
Keep up the good work!
Hi Catharine - moi from ME again. Have read further into your previous posts (while I scan my docs with the goal of helping other be forewarned) I continue to be impressed with your blog. In particular, your ability to remain neutral and not go the partisan route. Why? I am convinced when a political/partisan allows itself to creep into a/any discussion - the original intent is now open for distraction ... leading to abuse ... etc. I've clicked along a few of your links and find some are new to me yet after 6+ years of learning to understand just what the heck is 'the rule of law' in both state and federal gov. (Short answer - those in power decide, just like our home lives, the one who has the money to control and have power over.)
ReplyDeleteThat said - I think (hope) you have really helped me make a decision I have been struggling with since Nov. 3, 2008. What is the best way for me to take what I suffer(ed) through and move forward with my own life to help others with greatest impact. Family Law (ha ha) and family issues (he said/she said/they said) has a way of tuning out all those yet unaffected while increasing harmful powers to those who do and may abuse it in the future. Meanwhile, the most basic of individual rights of people who possess any respect for the truth, care about social moral, and the freedom to choose how to conduct their lives WITHIN the parameters of the law is violated beyond comprehension. I KNOW I will never be able help everyone understand this - nor would I attempt to try. However, I made a promise on the above date that I can not break - for doing so will break me for good and I KNOW that. So I have been doing what I do best all my life with laser focus on this issue for the past 4 years: by thinking out the box. I'm mature enough to understand know what will get in the way of shedding light on judicial discretion and deference and the rampant abuse.
Question for you. If I create a profile on a social network would it be possible for me to pass along to privately (ha ha google and big brother gov!!) my contact info to start a limited conversation to initially discuss a few issues? I would be happy to provide you my phone number as well - as long as it would not be published. Your writing skills, ability to remain above the fray, and what I believe to be a commitment to a decent standard of ethical and morals - privately and socially - is impressive for me personally. Likewise - I understand we both have lives to live and don't expect to solve any problem overnight or in the near future - but I do believe their is a wider audience to reach who can be helped by our similar experience and knowledge we have come to learn.