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Washington State Senate
Sen. Pam Roach

For immediate release
January 15, 2009
For interviews contact:
Sen. Pam Roach (360) 786-7660

Senator Pam Roach to call for DSHS Accountability at February 5 Rally
10:00 AM PRESS CONFERENCE TO PRECEDE RALLY, CHERBERG BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM ABC
Auburn…Sen. Pam Roach (R-rural Auburn) has announced her Families' First rally at the Capitol Rotunda in Olympia on February 5, 2009 at 12:00 noon.
The subject will be the need for justice and accountability within DSHS Child Protective Services.
Roach believes CPS is out of control, and she is giving voice to the thousands of children and relatives hurt by the department.
Roach led the successful 11 month effort to return the granddaughter of Doug and Anne Marie Stuth to their Enumclaw home. (Please see: KING 5 [Stuth stories at King 5]
"It is time the citizens of Washington stand up against the atrocities of this department," said Roach. "We expect hundreds, if not thousands, of people will join their voices to publicly be heard by the Legislature and Governor."
Washington Families United, Grandparent' s Rights of Washington, legislators, and citizens demanding accountability will be in attendance.
"Of the Stuths," Roach said, "we have become family after our year-long struggle. These are good people who fought and won. So many others have had their children stolen."
"Doug and AnneMarie Stuth, the Enumclaw couple recently awarded third party custody of their grandchild, will be in attendance," Roach said.
"Their horrific story shows just how intent CPS has been to separate good families from their children," said Roach. "On the other hand, they often leave children in harm's way."
"Just one month ago, between Christmas and New Year's, two infants returned to their respective homes, died by shaken baby syndrome," said Roach. "This is absolutely atrocious."
"The rally is intended to give hope to the thousands of families injured by the negligence of CPS," Roach added.
"As in other cases, the Stuths have been terribly hurt by the system," said Roach. "They deserve vindication for all the untruths told in court and should be compensated for the $50,000 they spent trying to get their granddaughter back."
"It is not a coincidence that both DSHS Secretary, Robin Arnold-Williams, and CPS Director, Cheryl Stephani, announced their departure from the department just three weeks ago, and two weeks prior to a scathing report on CPS practices they knew would be released by the State Ombudsman," Roach added. "Out of the hot seat, but not out of the fire."
"The leadership in the department has not addressed accountability within the system," Roach said.
"I will be proposing legislation to break DSHS into smaller agencies to increase accountability and efficiency," added Roach. "Another piece of legislation includes creating a Citizens Review Committee of CPS.

For more information contact Senator Pam Roach at (360) 786-7660 or via e-mail at Roach.pam@leg. wa.gov She may be reached at her home office (253) 735-4210.
PAMROACHREPORT. BLOGSPOT. COM OUTLINES THE STUTH CASE IN DETAIL


She's Fighting For Us

A Moment Of Silence ....Fort Hood, TX....Home Of The Brave

Please gather your families together sometime today and take the time to grieve as a nation for the young Americans gunned down at U.S. Army Base, Ft. Hood, TX and their families also affected.

I have spent a good deal of time on bases this year. The faces are young. There are MANY children on base. Young soldiers have young families.

Pray for all of those we have lost or have been wounded around the world each day. No prayer should be said without remembering our military.

Here Is The Case Of The Spokane Dope Counselor

The man called several months ago. He decided he would talk on a professional basis to CPS to get visitation and his granddaughter.

Senator Roach.

As a follow up. I just want contact with my daughter and grandchild while they are in treatment. I don't even care if we discuss the case. CPS is just paranoid.

I have:
1. Reported this to my local senator and 1 representative
2. Spoken with the office of constituency management......they never called me back.
3. Make a complaint to DASA....they are investigating.
4. Asked the case worker to lift the "ban." She said her supervisor said to stop speaking with me.
5. Written the Spokane area Director....no response.
6. Written the Ombudsman.........takes two weeks for them to even get started they say.

Is there anything else you know of that I haven't tried? This is just crazy!

Thanks for your help in advance'

Ron

Answer: Yeah Ron. Pray. The government has your grandchild.

Pam Roach Apologizes....

My aide, Brian, called this evening to ask how the evening had gone at a homeowner's meeting in Buckley. I was totally aghast! I had attended a 4 PM meeting with area principals in Auburn and at 5:30 headed for home. When he called I was like: "What?? Tonight!!???" I had the Google instructions but had not put the event date on the calendar. I am terribly sorry for this. I had been to three appointments today and headed home...but since it was not on the calendar there was no way I was getting there.

I don't want to presume I can have a second chance...but if the kind people at Golden Valley Estates will give me another one...I will bring all the refreshments. Again, I am very sorry.

NOTE FROM CONSTITUENT: I was attending a meeting this evening in my community (Golden Valley Estates) where you were to be the guest of honor, - - at 7 pm, but see you were blogging from another location at 6:49. We had around 30 folks here in Buckley, who waited patiently for you until well after 8 pm. We are disappointed, to say the least.

P.S. Brian was pretty bummed out too.

County Auditors Delay Election Results

The public would like quick, fair and accurate election results. But we would also like them in a timely manner. The public has noticed that you are doing first runs at 8:05 PM on election night and then don't plan on releasing any more results until 4:30 PM the following day! What's up with that?

The taxpayers spend MILLIONS on new equipment and then get slower results???

Reader Comments On CASAs Using Aliases...Hmm....I Wonder Why They Would Do That

Posted in October, the meeting has already occurred.

Off topic somewhat, but did you know that CASAs can use alias names? They are having a conference in Spokane on the 16th and 17th. The registration says that they can use their CASA alias names for everything but a certain section of the registration form.
Interesting. I guess they really do NOT want openness.(READER)


The CASA in Councilwoman Mowery's case involving the taking of her granddaughter sided with taking the child, recommended a restraining order against visits for Mowery, and did not take in the state law while working to keep Mowery from her biological grandchild. It was a battle between the CASA and Mowery. Even CPS sided with Mowery.

And these unelected, uncertified, non-professional people have this much power?

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Legally Kidnapped

14-year-old Fitchburg girl accused of trying to kill foster sister

14-year-old Fitchburg girl accused of trying to kill foster sister

Police say the girl was armed with a knife on Wednesday afternoon and threatened to kill her foster sister.

Anishinabek Nation to Develop Own Child Welfare Law

Anishinabek Nation to Develop Own Child Welfare Law

“Every one of us has been affected by the child welfare system in Ontario,” says Adrienne Pelletier, Social Services Director with the Union Ontario Indians, about the native population in Ontario. “I don’t think you’ll find one person in this room that hasn’t been affected,” she says about the group of people gathered at the Garden River Community Centre Thursday afternoon.

Note: I want to make my own child welfare laws too...

NRA Backs Law Against Adoption Agencies' Gun Questions

NRA Backs Law Against Adoption Agencies' Gun Questions

Adoption agencies are violating gun owners' rights by asking prospective parents whether they keep guns and ammunition in the home, according to a Florida state legislator trying to ban the practice.

Constitutional Law

Norse v. City of Santa Cruz

(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law) In a First Amendment action based on plaintiff's ejection from city council meetings, judgment for defendants is affirmed where the ejection was not on account of any permissible expression of a point of view, and plaintiff was protesting the good faith efforts of the chairperson to enforce the council's rules.
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Arar v. Ashcroft

(U.S. 2d Cir., Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law) In an action under the Torture Victim Protection Act and the Fifth Amendment based on plaintiff's detention at a U.S. airport and subsequent removal to and alleged torture in Syria, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where 1) plaintiff insufficiently pleaded that the alleged conduct of defendant U.S. officials was done under color of Syrian law; and 2) in the context of extraordinary rendition, allowing a Bivens action against policymaking federal officials would have the natural tendency to affect diplomacy, foreign policy, and the security of the nation.
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Arar v. Ashcroft

(U.S. 2d Cir., Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law) In an action under the Torture Victim Protection Act and the Fifth Amendment based on plaintiff's detention at a U.S. airport and subsequent removal to and alleged torture in Syria, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where 1) plaintiff insufficiently pleaded that the alleged conduct of defendant U.S. officials was done under color of Syrian law; and 2) in the context of extraordinary rendition, allowing a Bivens action against policymaking federal officials would have the natural tendency to affect diplomacy, foreign policy, and the security of the nation.
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Brown v. City of Pittsburgh

(U.S. 3d Cir., Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law) In plaintiff's section 1983 action against city challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance which establishes two different kinds of zones around health care facilities providing abortions, district court's judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in part, vacated in part, dismissed in part, and remanded where: 1) district court's denial of preliminary injunctive relief with respect to plaintiff's facial challenge is reversed; 2) the combination of the ordinance's buffer and bubble zones is invalid but either zone, individually, is valid on its face; 3) district court's denial of preliminary injunctive relief with respect to plaintiff's claim of selective enforcement is affirmed but vacated with respect to her claim that the ordinance is unconstitutional as applied to particular clinic locations; and 4) plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order partially dismissing her complaint is dismissed.
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Guillemaro-Ginorio v. Contreras-Gomez

(U.S. 1st Cir., Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Insurance Law) In plaintiffs' case against the Office of the Insurance Commissioner of Puerto Rico and two consecutive Insurance Commissioners claiming that they were investigated and sanctioned for Insurance Code violations solely because of their political affiliations, district court's judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $4.7 million and a permanent injunction is affirmed as all of defendants' grounds for relief are without merit.
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ACTION ALERT! Please help this man find his little girl

Please take a moment to get the facts from the website, then call the Moultrie County State's Attorney Marvin Hansen and ask him to enforce Donald Tenn's visitation order with his daughter Madison. It has been two years since he was given the court ordered visitation by a California family court judge, yet it is not being enforced in Illinois.


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Posted by teri stoddard on October 28, 2009 at 1:19pm

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ABOUT GOV JON CORINE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE VIDEO FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

OMG...ARE MY EYES DECEIVING ME? THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A HUMAN BEING ON A VIDEO FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS JOKER DID TO NEW JERSEY'S CHIDLREN AND OUR SENIOR CITIZENS?

CORZINE HAD PUT A STOP FOR THE HOMESTEAD REBATE; SOME OF OUR SENIORS NEEDED THIS MONEY (BETWEEN 500 TO 1000 BUCKS), AS TAXES HAD SOURED IN THE STATE OF NJ....MOST SENIORS WERE FORCED TO SELL THEIR HOMES AS THEIR TAXES WENT FROM 5 THOUSAND PER YEAR TO 10 THOUSAND PER YEAR;

YEARS AGO, THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK HAD PUT… Continue

Posted by LIsa on October 12, 2009 at 8:20pm — 1 Comment

Lisa NJ Grandma

class action suit............everyone take notice, please join us!

we are in process of gathering people to join the class action suit;

I have the form to be filled out by destroyed parents/grandparents;

please respond to me at:

njgrandma4justice1@gmail.com

for the forms and for more info...
which I also have on my yahoo group:
Families Against Corruption

the link:
groups.yahoo.com/group/FamiliesAgainstCorruption
thanks:

Lisa:NJGrandma4justice

njgrandma4justice1@gmail.com

Posted by Lisa NJ Grandma on October 11, 2009 at 7:17am — 1 Comment

Lisa Smith

what a joke they dont even give parents copies of files

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DCS Open Records Requests: A Primer
Released on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 - 10:53 am under

* Children's Services

Tennessee law enables state residents to have access to government records. And while in most cases, child- and case-specific DCS information must remain confidential under state law, the department is committed to being as open and responsive as it possibly can. In some instances, there are even ways for certain interested parties to gain access to child and fam… Continue

Posted by Lisa Smith on October 6, 2009 at 11:44am

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THE GOOD LAWYER LIST

If you know of an attorney that is honest please share with us the name and why you believe this lawyer is honest!

Posted by Felicita Luna on October 2, 2009 at 7:15am — 1 Comment

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Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. Visit often for the latest on a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption...
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The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.

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In re: Smith

(U.S. 1st Cir., Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Family Law, Government Law) Order of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversing an order of the Bankruptcy Court is affirmed as a late alimony payment penalty was not a domestic support obligation, and as such, the ex-wife's claim was a general unsecured claim not entitled to priority status and consequently dischargeable.
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Miller v. Nichols

(U.S. 1st Cir., Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law) In plaintiffs' constitutional challenge to the state's removal of their child after termination proceedings and motion for injunctive relief to prevent a foster family's adoption of the child, district court's dismissal of the case is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly determined that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review plaintiffs' motion for injunctive relief to prevent the child's adoption pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine; and 2) the factual issues underlying plaintiffs' claims were addressed by the state court and are barred by issue preclusion.
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M.T. v. Sup. Ct.

(Cal. App., Family Law) Petitioner's request for an extraordinary writ review of a juvenile court's order for a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 hearing to consider modifying the permanent plan for two of his three children from long-term foster care to adoption is denied as petitioner did not have a right to a contested hearing.
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In re Calvin P.

(Cal. App., Family Law, Juvenile Law) Juvenile court's decision requiring the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency to provide family maintenance services for plaintiff and her children is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the order requiring family maintenance services for father and the children is affirmed; but 2) the order for family maintenance services for mother is reversed and instead ordered that she be provided reasonable reunification services.
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In re J.B.

(Cal. App., Administrative Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law) Juvenile court's findings and orders regarding defendant's two children is affirmed as there was sufficient evidence to support the jurisdictional findings and the orders removing the children from her custody.
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FAMILY COURT REFORM NOW

Judge Reprimanded for Jailing Guy Who Gave Him the Raspberry

I think I’m with the judge on this one, even if the state supreme court said he screwed up. Municipal Court Judge Emery Toth was reprimanded last month for violating the New Jersey Code of Judicial Conduct by "speaking disrespectfully and intemperately to a litigant" and for abusing his contempt power by throwing the litigant in [...]

Jury set to decide if boy’s death was intentional or accidental

Posted: Oct 16, 2009 8:02 AM EDT Friday, October 16, 2009 8:02 AM EST Ken Taylor By ERICA ESTEP 6 News Anchor/Reporter ROGERSVILLE (WATE) — A Hawkins County jury is scheduled to begin deliberations Friday morning in the trial of a Morristown man accused of strangling his foster son. Ken Taylor is accused of [...]

Civil Rights Law –

or civil liberties – derive themselves in the original Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and have been expanded since with the several amendments to the Constitution, most notably the 13th through 15th Amendments, though many might argue that for the first time in American history, our civil liberties are [...]

Federal Civil Rights Statutes

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241Conspiracy Against Rights This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the [...]

Owner of Tennesse Salvage and Demolition Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes

Company Violated Clean Air Act and Defrauded the United States  Sept.29, 09 WASHINGTON—The owner of a Chattanooga, Tenn., salvage and demolition company, Watkins Street Project LLC, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Chattanooga, Tenn., for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act and to defraud the United States. Gary Fillers of Chattanooga, Tenn., pleaded guilty before [...]
 
 

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FACT SHEET: KNOW YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS!

THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) enforces Federal laws that prohibit discrimination by health care and human service providers that receive funds from the DHHS. Such laws include Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Community Service Assurance provisions of the Hill-Burton Act.

Discrimination Is Against the Law!

This Fact Sheet explains your rights to receive services and benefits in programs and activities funded by the DHHS. There are Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in such programs and activities based on:

Race Color National Origin

Disability Age Sex

Religion

Some of the institutions, programs and service providers that may receive funds from the DHHS are:

* Hospitals
* Medicaid and Medicare
* Physicians and other health care professionals in private practice with patients assisted by Medicaid
* Family Health Centers
* Community Mental Health Centers
* Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers
* Nursing Homes
* State agencies that are responsible for administering health care
* Foster Care Homes
* Day Care Centers
* Senior Citizen Centers
* Nutrition Programs
* State and local income assistance and human service agencies

HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT OF DISCRIMINATION WITH OCR

If you believe that you have been discriminated against because of your race, color, national origin, disability, age, and in some cases sex or religion, by an entity (recipient) receiving financial assistance from the DHHS, you or your representative may file a complaint with OCR. Complaints must be filed within 180 days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act. OCR may extend the 180-day deadline if you can show "good cause." Include the following information in your written complaint, or request a Discrimination Complaint Form from OCR:

Your name, address and telephone number. You must sign your name.

If you file a complaint on someone's behalf, include your name, address, telephone number, and statement of your relationship to that person--e.g., spouse, attorney, friend, etc.

Name and address of the institution or agency you believe discriminated against you.

How, why and when you believe you were discriminated against.

Any other relevant information.

Send the complaint to the Regional Manager at the appropriate OCR Regional Office or to OCR Headquarters at the following address:

Director
Office for Civil Rights
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
H.H.H. Building, Room 509-F
Washington, D.C. 20201

Telephone : (202) 619-0403

E-Mail : ocrmail@hhs.gov

Website : http://www.hhs.gov/ocr

For information on the addresses and telephone numbers of OCR's Regional Offices, or to obtain information of a civil rights nature, please call the following toll-free OCR hotline numbers. OCR employees will make every effort to provide prompt service.

Voice : 1-800-368-1019

TDD : 1-800-537-7697

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