Showing posts with label Legal Information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Legal Information. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Excuses to Not Decriminalize Sex Work? It's In The News

Friday, February 14, 2014

Even Knowing About This Law Might Prevent You From Serving On A Jury

Jury Duty (film)
Jury Duty (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



Guilty or not guilty? Well, there's a third option you might not know about.  In the United States, if you are called to jury duty, (SSHHH!) you have the right to override the judge on what you want to hear from either side irregardless of what the judge may say.  (It's in the handbook that you do not get a copy of).  You have the right as a juror to bypass any order of suppressed information or evidence.  But that's Constitutional law, and we all know that the Constitution is nothing more than a piece of paper except when it can be used against us. 
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Legal Fraud? Are Lawyers Liars?



Attorney License Fraud from Chuck Thompson

I am not backing any of this.   I found this during other research and was floored by it.  The author authorized the sharing by any means so we turned the post into a PDF file and uploaded unto our Slideshare site.  Some of the research on this article is very well done and to the best of my knowledge, true.  I have not researched the entire article for accuracy however and can not fully back it.  However, the opening statements on the first page are very difficult to deny.

  In defense of lawyers, the legal system is very regimental.  Filings, petitions, motions, orders, charges and on and on gets very complex very fast.  Compiling facts and knowing case histories is tedious work.  Knowing where to look for the proper information to present a regimental case is time consuming and at times beyond difficult.  The practice of law is nothing like what everyone sees on TV.  It's not even close.

  I would not recommend that most people try and act as their own lawyers without a great deal of information and some heavy experience first.  You will only have your head handed to you on a silver platter that you will have to pay for and give back after paying for it anyway, even if you are right.

  You are free to download a copy of this from our slideshare site.  Use it more as interesting information and a great party story.  Otherwise, hire a good lawyer.  It will end up being well worth your time.  On the other side, it's also a great way to prevent being bullied by the legal system as well.
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Friday, August 2, 2013

Gloucester, VA To Get Illegal Middle School? What To Expect - Part 4

Part 4 in our series asking the question; is Gloucester, Virginia going to get a potentially illegal middle school?  



  As we understand it, it is not the state's job to monitor every little aspect of law and or code at the local level of every locality.  The state depends highly on the people to report potential waste, fraud and or abuse and then the state investigates if the argument has merit.  We believe that we have already shown merit to warrant a state investigation should the Board of Supervisors vote and approve the new bond as it presently stands.

  From what we see, Gloucester officials have created implied contracts so strong as to potentially warrant violations to state codes.
http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com/2013/07/gloucester-va-to-get-illegal-middle.html

  The above is an internal link to part one of this story where we explore a number of the issues we see.  In our opinion and looking at all the facts, we believe that the Board of Supervisors will be pushing this plan through no matter what the citizens of the county say.  We expect a vote of at least 5 to 2 on approval if not a full swing across the board 7 out of 7 approval.

  Even if you show up and voice very strong concerns, what can you expect?  The board will thank you for your input when you are done speaking and tell you that they will take it under advisement.  (In other words, yeah yeah, who cares attitude).  They will be very polite about it, but it's their vote that will tell you the truth of the matter.  As we said, we expect them to vote it though no matter what.  We have shown through their own documents that they have every intention of moving forward with this.

  The only way to stop it would be to request state investigations after they approve the bond.  File a waste, fraud and abuse report.  We encourage Gloucester government employees who have more knowledge about the inside workings to file these claims as well.  (Don't worry, you will be protected under whistleblower laws).


WFA Hotline Policies Manual from Chuck Thompson





Here is the Hotline information.  It is available for download from our SlideShare site.  Click the bottom right hand corner icon to enlarge the PDF file for viewing.



The Blueprint in printable form for stopping this particular issue from going forward.  We all have to let the Board of Supervisors know what we think about how they are handling these plans and that they can each, be held personally liable and financially liable for making the wrong decisions.  It must be made clear that they had better make sure what they are doing will stand up against a state investigation.  We will be watching the Board of Supervisors on this.  Once the vote is in, if they approve the bond, we will start filing for a state investigation and suggest everyone else do so as well.

Now we are not attorney's and none of this is to be considered legal advice.  Only a competent attorney can legally advise you.  We are simply questioning everything we see, researching what we can and asking tough questions.  Please weigh your own actions appropriately.

The bond hearing meeting will be on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 at the Gloucester County Courthouse in the historical courthouse circle.
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