Kaiya Walker, a woman who ran off with her two daughters and a loaded handgun last fall, needs mental health treatment, not incarceration, a Jackson County judge has ruled.
Wacko Wisconsin Pt. 2, the Walkers (piecemeal post, published 10/01/2010, updates 7/2017)
Post title (with with wordpress-generated, case-sensitive shortlink ending “-z5”) Wacko Wisconsin – Pt. 2, the Walkers — (piecemeal post, published 10/01/2010) (format cleanup to accommodate recent comments 7/21/2017)
There was a “Part 1” on Sept. 15, 2010. See comments on “Part 1” for likely kinds of updates, although I did fewer here than there…
Post title: Wacko in Wisconsin — and no, I’m NOT talking about the Parents/Litigants (with wordpress-generated, case-sensitive shortlink ending “-z8”) (published 9/15/2010, format cleanup/standardization, 7/21/2017)
At the bottom of this post, I’m going to file (links) to the Wacky Walkers case. I searched on Kaiya, a kidnapping (?) Mom now in serious trouble, but at least it’s only “psycho counseling” and “take your meds”, and will after that search on her husband. I tell you, I always learn something valuable from a “wasted” time looking up dockets, or judges, in a weirdly-reported news case. Things are OFTEN not what they seem.
This blog was a draft that didn’t make the first cut (now you KNOW that’s an incomplete one.) This one was certainly complex. Meanwhile, an utterly (one would think) clear one surfaced – a D.A. in wisconsin Sexting a woman he was supposedly saving (by prosecuting her ex-boyfriend who tried to strangle her). It was classic ass-_ole (pardon my French) and a lot easier to blog. I am VERY tired, & not too impressed for my laptop’s rate of “Saved” (I hit the “Update” button) to “REALLY Saved” (the edits actually posted before wifi, or timeout) rate. So what you get is out of order, but information.
HOWEVER, for those really curious (or like me, desperate for how the hell did this happen and has it continued so long in the U.S., under our very eyes?), the post is illuminating. IF you look at the details, and the pattern of the cases, especially.
WISCONSIN STATE CIRCUIT COURT ACCESS (Kaiya Walker — article below)
(Link is to the court access/search site. Repeat the search, but results will be current, may not match those in 2010 unless there’s been no more activity since…//LGH 2017)
File this alongside “Wacko in Wisconsin” — after drafting this, below, I saw how very political Wisconsin is, how there is nearly NOTHING for which SOMEONE will not be ordered to receive psychological counseling of some sort, and/or meds?
Then a restraining order on campaign ad (which would seem real “out there,” right?) — however the campaign ad was actually for one of the top financers of WI elections, and Danged if I could trace who they actually were, on-line.
Then (this is what happen when I notice an “anomaly” in reporting — more than the usual stuff — and actually — yes I did — I looked up, I think ALL the related Walker Dockets in this case. And a helluva lot on the two judges involved (Lister, here, Damon, earlier).
Here comes another one, different results:
Reader Quiz below — how many times is reference made to:
- Mental health (hers)
- Domestic violence (“abuse”) (his)
- The gun
AND, pick up on this, if you can:
- Did the formerly battered woman/wife, or the batterer father have custody?
Treatment ordered for Wisconsin mom who ran off with daughters to Bloomington
Updated: 09/13/2010 08:25:20 AM CDTWalker, 36, was released from custody late Friday morning after Judge Thomas Lister withheld sentence and placed her on six months probation with strict conditions of treatment and supervision.
Walker was earlier found guilty of two felony counts of interfering with child custody.
Lister said Walker was intelligent and compassionate but added there is no question she suffers from mental illness, which would best be treated in a probationary setting. He said she is not a threat to the public.
Walker did not return her two daughters, then 9 and 11, to their father, Jon Walker of Fairchild, on Nov. 1. She was given a handgun and ammunition by a friend in Fall Creek, hid her cell phone at an Eau Claire convenience store and took the girls to a Bloomington, Minn., hotel, where they played at a waterpark and in their room before Walker took an overdose of prescription medication with a loaded gun in the bathroom.
The girls awoke Nov. 2 to find their mother incapacitated and notified hotel officials. Authorities took her and the children into custody, releasing the girls to the care of Jon Walker, who has legal physical custody of the girls.
“I have to assume at one point she was prepared to take the lives of her children and her own life,” Lister said during the sentencing hearing.
But Lister called Kaiya Walker a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of her former husband and said her mental instability may be related to those incidents. Lister also said custody hearings and accusations between the Walkers and their families have harmed the children.
“There is no way to measure the mental harm done to these children,” Lister said, adding that he believes the influence of Jon Walker and his wife, Terri Walker, has “poisoned” the girls’ minds toward their mother.
Yeah, that’s right. (Was Mr. Walker said former husband? If so — ) they witnessed her being abused, their mother, causing possibly mental instability. They had been also living with a couple and exposed to families accusing their biological Mom of (doesn’t say), and kids can’t take sides, but clearly the court already has. How’d you like to be under 12 and figure that out?
Kaiya Walker has not seen her girls since she was jailed Nov. 2, or 313 days, and Lister urged authorities to make arrangements to rectify that situation while safeguarding the girls.
Kaiya Walker apologized for her actions, saying she had an “emotional meltdown” when overmedicating with the gun in her car and later in the hotel. She said at one point she took the gun out and looked at it, and said she did not leave a suicide note but instead wrote notes in a journal not intended for others to read.
District Attorney Gerald Fox recommended a three-year prison term be ordered but stayed, meaning she would go to prison if she violated probation.
Twenty-six letters of support were presented, and three relatives testified on Kaiya Walker’s behalf, while Jon Walker and his mother, Diane Walker, testified as well.
Defense attorney Taavi McMahon referenced the “dysfunctional communication pattern” between the Walker families, adding that “court orders not being respected led to the situation here today.”
McMahon said Kaiya Walker simply wanted to treat the children to a good time at the waterpark but had a panic attack when hearing what the girls were saying about their home life. She said she accepted the gun for safety reasons. No charges were filed in Minnesota.
The girls wrote letters to the judge. McMahon questioned the admissibility of the letters, saying the girls were not victims, and Fox questioned whether the girls formed the entire wording of the letters.
Jon Walker said his oldest daughter wanted to read her letter to the court but was advised by Fox not to.
OK, I didn’t highlight, underline, or comment on anything. What did YOU pick up on ?
Note: This stems from a family law case but is now in Criminal court for custody interference.
Reader Quiz below — how many times is reference made to:
- Mental health (hers)
- 3 times. While I admit this judge was generous, He was also testifying, which is not a judge’s position. Judges are to HEAR testimony, not give it. And BUT besides testifying she was mentally unstable (she related a panic attack on hearing what was happening in the home) (we are not told WHAT prescription medication, but is it related to this? Or a sedative? We don’t know. If it was an antipsychotic, surely this might have been exploited, but wasn’t.) he also admits this was caused by prior abuse, although how, is not clear.
- Domestic violence (“abuse”) (his)
- The gun
- about 4, two saying it was for safety, and MN did not file charges for carrying a gun illegally, assuming she was. The Judge didn’t think she was a risk to public safety, meaning she differs from Dads often in this situation, and is not about to take out his family as well as him and/or herself and/or bystanders.
AND, pick up on this, if you can:
- Did the formerly battered woman/wife, or the batterer father have custody?
- The father apparently has SOLE legal AND physical custody, although the Judge has acknowledged his former “domestic abuse.” Nov. 1. 2009 was Monday morning, so guess she had weekend visitation.
- Get this: Defense attorney brings up “court orders not being respected.” I doubt if he was referring to her actions that weekend; I’d bet it was the converse. IF so, then why wasn’t he charged with custody interference? Because he didn’t run off to a hotel with a gun? Another question — if he was committing “domestic abuse” where is the criminal prosectuion for that?
- “Lister also said custody hearings and accusations between the Walkers and their families have harmed the children.
- “There is no way to measure the mental harm done to these children,” Lister said, adding that he believes the influence of Jon Walker and his wife, Terri Walker, has “poisoned” the girls’ minds toward their mother.”
This judge, amazingly, just admitted reverse “parental alienation,” assumed she was ready to take her life (I admit safety is the best policy, but despite overdose and emotional meltdown, she deferred into WRITING, rather than acting on it. Currently (at least in my state) “Risk Assessments” are being peddled to the courts. I really don’t approve , but wonder where this woman would’ve come up on risk assessments had she received custody, or been granted Enforced court orders, and not subject to ongoing accusations from his side of the family.
I really don’t have time to analyze this one, it’s got so many indicators of classic custody-switching following domestic abuse allegations (or convictions) following which, the “shared parenting” theory is tossed out the window, even though the one wishign to share might very likely be the Mom.
{{Comment, several weeks later, WELL, Let’s Get Honest, I DID analyze — at least look at the docket – in this one. I really wonder how any judge could actually take time to read a case history, he (or she) must be so preoccupied with watching his back, patting others’ backs, and not stepping on the wrong toes. I’m not saying Kaiya was a pretty picture either, but good grief — looks like those kids never got child support ordered, practically, and the financial debts her husband kept getting wrtten off, huge in amounts… You do NOT know what’s going on in many stories without taking a look at the court dockets. LOCAL info is usually more accurate. AS I RECALL — THIS is a link to the judge that made Kaiya Walker noncustodial:
http://fightcorruptioninamerica.blogspot.com/
She links to a case, shows how a son of legislator repeatedly “case
closed” for drug use and intent to sell, Sex with a Child over 16, and
etc. And how her own daughter was illegally removed from her by people
with connections to a certain judge after she left the state. I have to
say, the story (only one post got out) appears to fit the profile on
the court docket, and other commentary on same judges.
click to enlarge (shows “Blog has been removed Sorry, the blog at fightcorruptioninamerica.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs.”)
(Note — also shown on Wacko In Wisconsin Pt. 2 — FightCorruptionInAmerica.blogspot.com is no more, or at least is no more viewable by the public):
The description is my own comment on Parenting News Network}}
{{which domain name is now for sale again..2017}}
The Wayback Machine (internet archive) may have some saved pages, I DNK how that works with expired websites, though. Site checked mid-July 2017 during post update.
On her behalf, APART from this incident:
- 26 supportive non-family and 3 family letters for her to only one from his mother, for him.
- For the father (who holds the power at this point) only his mother. We can presume that if his mother raised him, she raised an abuser. Good job, Mom.
26 to 1 means obviously the dysfunctional communication lies squarely between them, half her responsibility and half his, although previously she suffered domestic abuse and no one is speaking up for him in this matter.
- She is being subjected to “parental alienation” (not mentioned by name of course, because that term is designed for use by fathers, mostly, except protedtive fathers).
- The defense attorney mentions court orders being disrespected (probably by the father and his new wife)
- The JUDGE mentions prior abuse caused her mental instability.
- The judge calls her compassionate and intelligent, and a suicide risk, he has to assume.
- But she is not a risk to the public.
- The daughters (9 & 11) BOTH wrote letters, which were not admissible (although they were eyewitnesses. No GAL mentioned here, although this is criminal proceeding)
- The prosecuting DA says letters can’t be read because the girls were not victims.
- Therefore, if this is really “about the children” and it really is a felony (which it clearly is), then the victim must be the father, who is being deprived of his custody rights. The mother being deprived of visitation, apparently, doesn’t count.
What would tell more of the story in this case — (1) the case history (docket), both criminal and family law, and (2) the state of the Access/Visitation and Fatherhood programs in this area, and in the state of Wisconsin.
This is not a Melinda Stratton case** — for one, it’s in the U.S., where we do things a LITTLE differently. We have fatherhood grants to the states based on the crisis in fatherlessness. We also do have in common with international cases, however, that acknowledged batterers DO get custody even if their violence towards their first wives caused most of her problems.
** This post was, most of it, about the Stratton case, obviously a recent post as of 10/1/2010…
The Truth, Half the Truth, and Only Half the Truth — Australian “Ad hominem” Disgrace in Stratton/Thompson case (with WordPress-generated, case-sensitive shortlink ending “-zg,” published 9/18/2010, some format cleanup/clarifications so as to reference, 7/22/2010)
The Truth, Half the Truth, and Only Half the Truth — Australian “Ad hominem” Disgrace in Stratton/Thompson case (with WordPress-generated, case-sensitive shortlink ending “-zg,” published 9/18/2010, some format cleanup/clarifications so as to reference, 7/22/2010)
AGAIN: — unless she is on antipsychotics, it would seem that she is concerned about the wellbeing of her children, and made some real bad choices in how to handle it. BUT — what were the options? What would You do if you heard some horrific things about “home life” and knew the courts were going to ignore this?
Her responsibility — I think in most states — would be to inform the DA’s office (the one that didn’t want to read the letters from the girls) that there was imminent risk and keep it legal, that’s what. Otherwise, she WILL be hunted down and IS disobeying a court order, which is worse for women in this country than for men, it would seem. Search “Oconto” on this blog for more on WI.
Searching: Judge Thomas Lister, (appointed 2008):
Posted on Judge Bans Campaign Ad/Political Speech (in “sweetness-light.comm,” by an anonymous blogger (monetized, conservative PAC-approved in 2009, etc.) link still valid. (//LGH 2017).
In the rush of events, few are noticing how our basic freedoms are quietly being taken away
Judge Lister was appointed in July 2008. By Nov. 2008, he has issued a gag (restraining) order on a (evidently republican, right-wing type) radio ad on request by the ad without a hearing . This blog (not exactly neutral either) has several typos, but the message gets across. POLITICS:
Posted on Doyle-Appointed Judge Tom Lister puts Partisan Politics over the Bill of Rights (from expired blog “badgerblogger.com”)
Monday, 3rd November 2008 by Roland_MelnickThis weekend saw another assault on our basic rights. Thomas Lister, a Jackson County, Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, called an emergency halt to a radio ad from the “Coalition For Amerca’s Families.” The ad criticized Democrat Mark Radcliffe, who is competing for an open seat in the 92nd State Assembly District of Wisconsin.
I haven’t found a copy of the actual ad critical of Radcliffe, but there are two links (one audio, one video) at the “Coalition” website. The audio link seems to make the same criticism, but is directed at a different Democrat.
Mark Radcliffe filed for a court injunction/restraining order on October 31, 2008 in front of Judge Lister. So what does Lister do? Does he err on the side of protecting free speech? NO…he slaps down the gag order right away, without a hearing. The hearing is scheduled for today, November 3rd, 2008 at 12 noon.
Some facts that will surprise no one:
The election in the 92nd District is a key contest that could help decide who controls the State Assembly. Doyle/Democrat Party heavy-hitter, Michael Maistelman has joined in the fight…a lawyer who is nothing more than a hired hitman.
It just so happens that Lister was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle. We’ve seen the level of success other Doyle appointees have had, so Lister has nothing to lose by paying tribute to his benefactor by doing as much damage as he can before the electorate tosses him out.
Does anyone think we won’t see more stifling of dissent, opinion and free speech if we have an Obama White House, Pelosi House and Reid Senate? Doyle, a mainstream Democrat supporter of Obama, is already drunk on his power here in Wisconsin…just wait until this strategy goes national.
Is this the Hope and Change we really want?
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Don’t expect the ACLU to weigh in on this…they are very selective when they decide whose rights are worth protecting.
(BLOGGER — posts a graphic of Obama with “Communism 2008” which I simply don’t feel like reproducing here today!
UPDATE: Charlie Sykes talked about this today right after the 10am newsbreak. Check out his podcast if you want to hear it. He has additional info on this and an interview with U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wi) regarding a mini-campaign by Democrat Party of Wisconsin to file for similar gag orders statewide.
{{Update: I thought to look up “Council for America’s Families” at the Wisconsin Court Access site, and found what looks like this docket: (see image). This is an easy search; anyone could’ve linked to it. I also include a post of what the link “Coalition4families.com” (main domain of link in article) looks like now, see image with lots of pink and no English words:}}
(from link “coalition4families.com” found in news articles re: a Wisconsin case).
Wow. Lousy track record staying legit in WI…
I then went looking for the WI corporate registration search (“WDFI” — “Dept of Financial Institutions“) for
Coalition for America’s Families, to find a VA (foreign company registered in WI) which (a) registered in 2002 (b) didn’t file again until several months AFTER it was revoked for non-filing (annually, as required) in 10/2006; repeated this scenario again in 2007 (was noticed it’d be revoked, was revoked, re-instated, changed agent) and finally withdrew in 2/2010. Too bad I hadn’t looked that up while blogging this the first time; it’s a lesson I eventually learned…ALWAYS, as much as possible and as soon as possible, look for that corporate registration when hearing from or dealing (including writing, or dealing with others writing) about any entity. Many of them aren’t legitimate entities; others are, but not for long,and one thing people should know is how to tell the difference, and why doing so is so important!
Here’s a more thorough account, with some links: “Chilling Effect on Free Speech.” and we learn that this judge was a former district attorney:
Judge orders halt to group’s radio ads in Wisconsin Assembly Race by Dave Umhoefer, Nov. 1, 2008 in “JSonline.com” (Journal-Sentinel)
A judge’s apparently unprecedented decision Saturday to order a halt to political ads before hearing from the ad’s sponsors drew immediate criticism as an unfair restraint of free speech.Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Lister defended his emergency order, which was requested via telephone Friday by state Democratic Party attorneys representing an Assembly candidate in a hotly contested race in western Wisconsin.
Lister will hold a hearing with all parties on the case this morning.
Lister said he was justified in issuing a temporary stoppage until a full court hearing could be held because state election laws might have been violated.
But the Coalition for America’s Families, an independent group airing radio ads critical of Democrat Mark Radcliffe, said Lister’s actions reeked of partisanship. The group was not notified of the court challenge until it learned of the ruling Saturday, said R.J. Johnson, spokesman for the coalition.
“If that’s not banana republic, I don’t know what is,” Johnson said.
The emergency order, known as an ex parte decision, is without precedent nationally in political speech cases, according to Mike Wittenwyler, a Madison lawyer with long experience in such cases. The coalition tapped him Saturday to try to overturn the order.
Donald Downs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and First Amendment expert, said Lister’s approach was problematic because the group could suffer irreparable harm without even getting a hearing.
“He’s not getting the full story,” Downs said of Lister.
But the Democratic Party hailed Lister’s emergency order as a “historic day for clean elections in Wisconsin” and asked all media to stop playing what it calls the false ads.
“The people of Wisconsin have had enough of these lies by outside groups,” said Milwaukee lawyer Michael Maistelman, who along with David Halbrooks represents Radcliffe.
Maistelman made the judge’s order public Saturday morning. The order said a formal court hearing would take place Monday on whether the emergency order should stay in place.
Later Saturday, Lister agreed to hold that hearing this morning, at the coalition’s request. The radio spots in question were not set to resume airing until Monday, Johnson said.
Johnson said his group was prepared to defend the ad’s various criticisms of Radcliffe’s support for Healthy Wisconsin, a proposed health care overhaul. The ad says the plan would double Wisconsin’s taxes to give benefits to out-of-state residents and illegal immigrants. It says the $15 billion plan would make Wisconsin the highest-taxed state in the country.
Radcliffe and a Republican, Dan Hellman, are competing for an open seat in the 92nd Assembly District. The outcome could help determine whether Republicans retain control of the Assembly.
Lister was appointed in July by Gov. Jim Doyle to fill a vacancy. He is a former Jackson County district attorney and private-practice attorney. Doyle’s announcement cited Lister’s “broad legal experience and commitment to fairness.”
Johnson accused Lister of taking sides, citing campaign donations by Lister – before he was a judge – to Supreme Court candidates Louis Butler and Linda Clifford. The coalition ran ads criticizing both candidates.
But campaign records also show that Lister gave to Republican Terry Musser, the incumbent in the 92nd District who is not seeking re-election.
Lister said Saturday that he thought the emergency order was justified, considering that election day is so near.
One of the standards for issuing such an order is whether the plaintiffs can show a likelihood of success in proving – at a full court hearing – violations of law.
“The law, I think, called for it,” he said of his order.
He declined to respond to allegations about partisanship, saying he could not do so while the case is pending.
Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said the ruling had a chilling effect on free speech.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
EIN#030384091, FY2006, Coalition For America’s Families ($2M revenues that year). $574K granted out, $99K in professional fees that year, etc. Click IMAGE this time, to see the whole return for that year.
This is another 2017 update, I looked up the tax returns (see above images showing they didn’t file annual reports 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006. There few available tax returns in WI, show moderate sizes (a few hundred thousand a year maybe) but over $2M of support suddenly in 2006. Overall, the quality of the tax returns (something I’m more into later on this blog) is fine print, poor quality, and boilerplate (i.e., full of “See Statement #___” where there’s ample space on the return itself):
Here’s from the 2006 return (not shown in “last 3” table below it):
Total results: 3. Search Again.
| ORGANIZATION NAME | ST | YR | FORM | PP | TOTAL ASSETS | EIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition for Americas Families | WI | 2009 | 990EO | 18 | $0.00 | 03-0384091 |
| Coalition for Americas Families | WI | 2008 | 990O | 30 | $47,238 | 03-0384091 |
| Coalition for Americas Families | WI | 2007 | 990O | 16 | $51,338 | 03-0384091 |
This article (2013 in PRWatch) “Kohler Heir and Walker Backer Plumbs Dark Money Depths” Submitted by Brendan Fischer on November 5, 2013 –wow — has a lot to say. I do know the website and posted on it in late 2016 (or 2017; see around January, discussions of Left/Right debates or other search terms). Apparently Club for Growth (with “Kohler” connections) passed money through the above 501©4 to a United Sportsmen of Wisconsin nonprofit (which I did see as a grantee in those tax returns), and after the above (table) entity “withdrew” or dissolved or whatever it did (if it did, in home legal domicile of VA, not WI), the assets went to “Citizens for a Strong America,” whose table looks similar (look at the pattern in “Total Assets” column).
I’m also posting the top part of the article quoted from “PRWatch” (a project of “CMD,” Center for Media and Democracy; again, search function in this blog will show I posted on it, and its conservative counterpart (“DiscoverTheNetworks,” I believe it was) while encouraging people to remember to follow the money in a “Bipartisan” manner, not just on the pre-determined political “bad guys” (whether Right, or Left in orientation):
Total results: 3. Search Again.
| ORGANIZATION NAME | ST | YR | FORM | PP | TOTAL ASSETS | EIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITIZENS FOR A STRONG AMERICA INC | WI | 2015 | 990O | 16 | $3,026.00 | 27-1204594 |
| CITIZENS FOR A STRONG AMERICA INC | WI | 2014 | 990O | 15 | $20,561.00 | 27-1204594 |
| CITIZENS FOR A STRONG AMERICA INC | WI | 2013 | 990EO | 5 | $58,783.00 | 27-1204594 |
EIN# 27-1204594, CitizensForA Strong America (1st yr 2010 &/or 2015 Grants) not even trying to pretend to not be a front group (money sloshes straight through it from the start!)
EIN# 27-1204594, CitizensForA Strong America (1st yr 2010 &/or 2015 Grants) not even trying to pretend to not be a front group (money sloshes straight through it from the start!)
EIN# 27-1204594, CitizensForA Strong America (1st yr 2010 &/or 2015 Grants) not even trying to pretend to not be a front group (money sloshes straight through it from the start!)
~ ~ ~ ~A search on “United Sportsmen in Wisconsin showed first return, 2011 (not filled out that well), and half ($118K) of the $235K initial contributions was spent on a communications firm in Utah; only 3 board members, and so forth. Oh, and a new “Foundation” then formed after just two or three years in operation, with a treasurer (Ann Olson) in common. See screenprints from FY 2011 return (link is in the table) and next table:
Image 1 of 4, United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…
Image 2 of 4 (3 bd members named), United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…
Image 3 of 4, Indep. contractor [the money quickly moved out of state to UTAH] United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…
Image 4 of 4 (Revs 235,000 – expenses 195K = $39K left) United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…
Total results: 4. Search Again.
| ORGANIZATION NAME | ST | YR | FORM | PP | TOTAL ASSETS | EIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED SPORTSMEN OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC | WI | 2013 | 990EZ | 10 | $923.00 | 46-1633617 |
| UNITED SPORTSMEN OF WISCONSIN INC | WI | 2013 | 990EO | 6 | $0.00 | 45-1425710 |
| UNITED SPORTSMEN OF WISCONSIN INC | WI | 2012 | 990EO | 5 | $10,088.00 | 45-1425710 |
| UNITED SPORTSMEN OF WISCONSIN INC | WI | 2011 | 990O | 17 | $39,044.00 | 45-1425710 |
(Time looking at Form 990s will help in seeing the patterns //LGH 2017!)
From FIRSTAMENDMENTCENTER.ORG (by Nov. 4, 2008) the ACLU got involved, and an “appeal” made the order unenforceable. Here’s the commentary:
Wis. appeals court: Group can run campaign ad
By The Associated Press
11.04.08 MADISON, Wis. — A conservative-leaning political group can continue to run an ad accusing a Democratic Assembly candidate of supporting free health care for illegal aliens, a state appeals court ruled yesterday.Mark Radcliffe of Black River Falls faces Republican Dan Hellman of Onalaska for an open Assembly seat in today’s election. His campaign asked Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Lister on Oct. 31 to ban the ad by the Coalition for America’s Families, calling it false and defamatory.
If I have this right, facing [——?? incomplete 2010]
Lister issued a temporary restraining order against the ad on Nov. 1, barring it from the airwaves. He refused to lift the order during a hearing the next morning, but set another hearing for yesterday. The Coalition for America’s Families asked the 4th District Court of Appeals yesterday morning to erase the order.
Minutes before yesterday’s proceeding, the appeals court decided to stay the restraining order. That means the order still exists but is unenforceable. The court said there was no basis to prohibit the group’s free speech before the merits of the case were decided.
“This is a victory for the First Amendment, our right of free speech, and due process of the law,” coalition spokesman R.J. Johnson said in a statement. He did not return messages asking whether the group would rerun the ads.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin ripped Lister, saying his restraining order was impermissible.
“Judges should not be in the business of deciding which political speech is acceptable for public consumption and which is not,” ACLU of Wisconsin Executive Director Chris Ahmuty said in a statement.
Radcliffe conceded he couldn’t do anything more about the ad before the election. He said he’d decide after the race whether to pursue the matter. Perhaps he can spare future politicians from dealing with lies, he said.
FACTCHECK.org described the ad as a cartoon-style story (obviously inflammatory)
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From Wisconsin Circuit Court Docket:
JON B. Walker, FIRST, then Kaiya Below. For reference:
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05-01-2009
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Jackson
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B
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11-1971
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State of Wisconsin vs. Jon B Walker
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02-20-2009
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Jackson
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B
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–
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Capital One Bank USA NA vs. Jon B Walker
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12-26-2008
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Jackson
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B.
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11-1971
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Petitioner vs. Jon B. Walker
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10-08-2008
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Jackson
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B
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–
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FIA Card Services NA vs. Jon B Walker
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07-30-2007
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Eau Claire
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B
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–
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Hsbc Bank Nevada NA vs. Jon B Walker
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10-03-2005
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Jackson
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B.
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11-1971
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State of Wisconsin vs. Jon B. Walker
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10-03-2005
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Jackson
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B.
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11-1971
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State of Wisconsin vs. Jon B. Walker
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09-05-2003
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Trempealeau
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Closed
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Walker, Jon B
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In Re the Support of: M M W & T M W
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WHAT I SAW (other than that the 1995 order starts out with retail theft, around $1,000, then a bankruptcy, OK dude, you don’t have to pay child support (any fatherhood groups involved??), and what APPEARS to me, he gets off witharound $26,000 more debt (after bankrupcty and being given a free ticket out of supporting his own two daughters); there are miscellaneous car fines (hey, I’m not perfect either), Oh, a Battery & Disorderly charge (Guilty, petitioner unnamed) and another Domestic Abuse TRO — nothing too unusual – EXCEPT that someone that is being forgiven that much debt by prosecutors (Lister used to be a prosecutor, I believe) might be induced to think he owes something to someone….
What I saw was — HEY, does it make sense to steal, go bankrupt, run up more debt, and then demand custody of one’s kids? (Did I mention, have a battery charge against him? How do women get with these guys?). Oh well, read on:
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Party Name Walker, Kaiya
Party Name Walker, Kaiya
{{Screenprint of the same search, re-run July 2017 as I was reviewing this post for formatting and expired links cleanup…//LGH}}
NB: The first entry her names shows up on is the MARRIED
couple seeking a restraining order (together, as Plaintiffs) against 4
Walkers, including I think his mother (who appears, above supporting
him against his ex-wife). Now THAT’s unique…. Man & Wife versus his family? The NEXT is Judge Damon, on behalf of “State of Wisconsin” — closing a support action; the father is bankrupt…. Did those girls ever have a chance?
Then, Divorce (begun 2004, I think completed later) and SOMEONE gets around $8,000 — certainly not the girls. Half as much from Mama as from papa (wlthough he’s remarried, he has custody now…)
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She had two attorneys, both for relatively brief period; he had one, for longer, and withdrawn later. This is typical for women…. In 4/2008 she attempts a civil harassment order on Theresa Walker (his new woman) and fails. This gets interesting later:
Kaiya M. Walker vs. Theresa Walker (APRIL 08, dismissed)
Jackson County Case Number 2008CV000059
Kaiya Marie Walker vs. Theresa M. Walker (12/29/2008- granted. Hmm)
Jackson County Case Number 2008CV000246
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(Next image from a search run July 22, 2017, and not guaranteed to all represent the same Jon B. Walker, although it seems like it probably does (see birthdate). At search site, any column could be clicked to sort by that column’s category (date, county, case status, etc.). A search not keying in any birth year at all brought up one more result, from 2017, I didn’t look at it.//LGH 2017 update):
Let's Get Honest! Absolutely Uncommon Analysis of Family & Conciliation Courts' Operations, Practices, & History 
I’m back here August 2011, noticing that some people are very interested in this post (spending hours on it).
FYI this was the first state in which I began researching the court dockets to see how XYZ news report happened. One reason I looked into Wisconsin was when someone I knew did jail time when a daughter, for whom CPS had twice shown there was abuse, not to mention the father was caught DUI, and lying about minor things — like using ONE fish to win more than one fishing contest (!! Oconto, WI post, Lorraine Tipton). I mean how responsible fatherhood is THAT?
And also, because people don’t go off the deep end overnight. There is a court file somewhere.
While I don’t know if anyone was on Title-IV in here, you can definitely see * * major leniency * * * in financial matters towards the Dad and then giving him custody after he ran up those bills and despite his criminal history (theft, DV) and clear financial irresponsibility, or at least incapacity.
I can identify as this happened in my case as well — run up the arrears then switch custody and abate arrears, end of child support for my kids. This is called, I suppose “responsible fatherhood” and the theory that more contact with one’s children will produce better child support payments.
This part of the post stood out — judges (including related judges) in the same area who appeared to lack certain moral standards, and another case (I looked up docket ,as best I could, in that one also) where the first activity was to (as I recall) lose the common home — i.e., financial pressure FIRST. Then she moved to another state which child/ren — probably to survive, she had relatives there? — and others involved in government persuaded her to let an almost-adult daughter stay in the state. With a family where the son in the family was getting HIS criminal charges repeatedly written off. I haven’t heard anything more about this case and hope the mother is OK, not to mention the daughter.
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http://fightcorruptioninamerica.blogspot.com/
She links to a case, shows how a son of legislator repeatedly “case
closed” for drug use and intent to sell, Sex with a Child over 16, and
etc. And how her own daughter was illegally removed from her by people
with connections to a certain judge after she left the state. I have to
say, the story (only one post got out) appears to fit the profile on
the court docket, and other commentary on same judges.
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Just a casual off-hand mention: AFCC has a group in Wisconsin, and it’s basically their headquarters, apparently the main one.
Also, per DADS AMERICA, in the year 2000, Wisconsin was sitting on about $6.5 million of child support garnished, but not distributed, i.e., collecting interest for them. See “http://www.dadsamerica.org/ucs.htm”
They preface it:
“States report an undistributed funds pool of over $634 million at the end of 2000 in
collected but undistributed child support. Most states cannot explain the existence
of the fund pools nor do they know to whom the money rightfully belongs. For
example, in California, there is an unexplainable $192 million or so that is
reported to the Federal Office of Child Support as net undistributed funds, but only
$45 million in actual cash. The other approximately $148 million cannot be accounted
for. It is quite possible that money has been diverted to general fund accounts. In
Michigan, the amount of undistributed funds doubled from about $20 million in 2000
to $40 million in 2001 and Tennessee has the highest rate/case of undistributed
funds at $71 million at the end of 2001. (See Chart 2)”
What does the HHS think Wisconsin has (now) undistributed?
Other links:
2004 WI Legislative Council summary
Click to access lca_2004_01.pdf
Notice a domestic violence restraining order is NOT listed as a motion provoking any child support order.
HERE is a reference to part of the Child Support Enforcement apparatus (Milwaukee County):
“Printable Version http://county.milwaukee.gov/ChildSupportEnforcem7706.htm
County of Milwaukee › Child Support Enforcement
Child Support Enforcement
The Department operates the State of Wisconsin’s child support program for Milwaukee County. In doing so, the Department locates absent parents, establishes paternity, and establishes and enforces child support orders.
The Department of Child Support Enforcement’s employees are dedicated to the goal of ensuring that all children are supported by both parents whenever possible. The Department manages over 138,000 IV-D cases for Milwaukee County. Support disbursed for Milwaukee County cases averages over $13,500,000.00 per month (2004 figures).
The Department has five divisions: Establishment, Enforcement, Financial, Legal, and Operations. Establishment is responsible for establishing paternity, obtaining support orders, and maintaining the Customer Service unit of the Department. The Enforcement Division handles income withholding, contempt actions, modification reviews, interstate enforcement, and tax refund in terception. The entry of family court orders on Wisconsin’s Kids Information Data System (KIDS) and the proper disbursement of support payments is the focus of the Financial Division. The Legal Division represents the Department in family court hearings. Operations is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure of the Department: its human resources, computers, supplies, and budget.”
Here is a (random) case of a short marriage (separation less than 2 years after one child born) and the mother was a hair-stylist, Dad, a self-employed carpenter and beneficiary of a number of trusts, including one he formed himself worth around $1.5 million as of 2006. She was going for increased child support’ he’d been paying child support as if was earning $38K/year when actually had been earning around $115K. He appealed, and this appears that he lost his appeal. Most notable is, attempt to conceal assets.
http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=35410
NOTE: The couple separated in 1996 — this action is dated 2009 ! ! !
“¶10 At trial, Jeffery confirmed his current net worth to be approximately $17 million. Specifically, he confirmed: that he established a fifth trust in 1999 and it is valued at approximately $10 million with an estimated annual income of $267,000; that the Jeffery Stevenson 1990 Trust is still in effect and is valued at approximately $95,000 with an estimated annual income of $3200; that the Stevenson Children’s Trust is still in effect and is valued at $658,000 with an estimated annual income of $14,900; that the Stevenson 1976 Trust is still in effect and is valued at $1.5 million with an estimated annual income of $32,190; and that the Jane B. Cook 1968 Trust is still in effect and is valued at approximately $1.7 million with an estimated annual income of $41,000. Jeffery confirmed his other assets as well: vehicles with a total value of approximately $275,000; a $3.3 million home in Key Largo; other real estate valued at approximately $600,000.
¶11 Jeffery testified that he first “found out about” the trusts in 1994 or 1995 when he was approximately twenty-five years old. However, on cross-examination, he admitted that he began receiving distributions when he started college, which was when he was approximately nineteen or twenty years old.”
Here’s another (to represent two outcomes) where income from investments in an S Corp. are involved, and the court supports his protest, citing several cases (as I read it quickly…) It brings to mind that the majority of the child support programs, i.e., fatherhood/marriage/abstinence etc. and 1996 Welfare Reform related — seem to be geared to the situation where what a Dad earns is from his job, only.
Not that it appears to relate to the Walker case (in my post), clearly that’s not the only situation in the family law courts. And child support personnel also appear in family law courts, too:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/wi-court-of-appeals/1046506.html
Divorce: 1993. This appeal: 2005…. yegads!
I’ll post the HHS/OIG report for Wisconsin in the next comment….
LetsGetHonest
August 28, 2011 at 9:58 am
REPORT A-05-06-00018, May 2006 letter from HHS “Office of Audit Services” (Chicago / Region V) to wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development on Undistributed Child Support Collections, from 1998-2005 in Wisconsin:
Click to access 50600018.pdf
“Report Number: A-05-06-000 18
Ms. Roberta Gassman, Secretary Department of Workforce Development
201 East Washington Avenue / P.O. Box 7946
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7946
Dear Ms. Gassman:
May 24, 2006
Enclosed are two copies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (RHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) final report entitled “Review of Undistributable Child Support Collections in Wisconsin From October 1, 1998, Through September 30,2005.” A copy of this report will be forwarded to the HHS action official noted on the following page for review and any action deemed necessary.
The HHS action official will make final determination as to actions taken on all matters reported. We request that you respond to the HHS action official within 30 days from the date of this letter. Your response should present any comments or additional information that you believe may have a bearing on the final determination.
In accordance with the principles o f the Freedom o f Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended by Public Law 104-231), OIG reports issued to the Department’s grantees and contractors are made available to the public to the extent the information is not subject to exemptions in the Act that the Department chooses to exercise (see 45 CFR part 5).”
3rd page describes purpose and practices of the HHS/OIG in protecting “the integrity of HHS programs, as well as (note order) the health and welfare of the beneficiaries served by those programs.”
That must be why they didn’t do annual audits between 1998, when an entire system was switched to statewide Distribution Networks, and 2005….
“Office ofInvestigations
The Office of Investigations (01) conducts criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of allegations of wrongdoing in HHS programs or to HHS beneficiaries and of unjust enrichment by providers. The investigative efforts of01 lead to criminal convictions, administrative sanctions, or civil monetary penalties.”
(reminds me of the accusations Maximus, Inc. faced in Wisconsin… search on privatization of welfare / profiteering, Bill Berkowitz report).
“BACKGROUND
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Child Support Enforcement program is a Federal, State, and local partnership, established in 1975 under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, to collect child support payments from noncustodial parents for distribution to custodial parents. Within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) provides Federal oversight. Within the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the Bureau of Child Support (the State agency) administers the child support enforcement program.
OCSE requires States to offset Child Support Enforcement program costs by recognizing and reporting program income from undistributable child support collections and interest earned on program funds. Undistributable collections are those that are considered abandoned under State law.
In Wisconsin, child support collections that remain unclaimed by the owner * * *for more than one year after becoming payable or distributable are presumed abandoned.* * * While State regulations require the State agency to report abandoned funds to the Office of the State Treasurer and transfer unclaimed funds to the Department of Administration annually, county agencies must report and transfer unclaimed funds to the county treasurer on every odd numbered year.
OBJECTIVES
Our objectives were to determine whether the State agency appropriately reported program income for undistributable child support collections and interest earned on program funds.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
For the quarters ended December 1998 through September 2005, the State agency did not recognize and report program income of $162,701 ($107,383 Federal share) for undistributable collections. This amount consisted of (1) unclaimed collections totaling $125,704 ($82,965 Federal share) that one county agency (Milwaukee) did not identify as abandoned and transfer to the county treasurer and (2) undistributable child support collections of $36,997 ($24,418 Federal share) that were identified as abandoned and appropriately transferred, but not reported as program income by the State Agency. These deficiencies occurred because the State agency did not provide sufficient oversight of State and county agency reporting of unclaimed collections or have adequate procedures to ensure that undistributable collections were identified and reported as program income.
That’s a minor amount, however the same audit concludes that between 1997 & 1998, a previous audit showed that not reporting interest had been habitual: LOOK AT THE AMOUNTS;
“Prior Audit of Wisconsin Child Support Costs Claimed
The OCSE Division of Audit conducted an audit of selected program costs that Wisconsin claimed from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998 and issued a final report (WI-98-AC) on June 19, 2000.
The report identified unclaimed collections of * * *$1,366,439 * * * that should have been transferred to the county treasurers on or before the date of the report in accordance with the State’s abandoned property requirement. Because these collections were not properly transferred, these undistributable collections were not used to reduce Title IV-D program expenditures.
(nationwide, it’s running to about $4 billion per year, this child & family support apparatus — that’s just the apparatus).
The OCSE Division of Audit recommended that the State agency make an adjustment for program income not reported.
Additionally, the OCSE Division of Audit determined that the State did not report any interest earned on collections retained at the State level. * * *Between November 1996 and December 1998, the State earned but did not report interest to offset program expenditures. The OCSE Division of Audit recommended that the State agency report interest totaling $476,649 as program income. * * *The State agency agreed to properly report unclaimed funds and interest earned as program income.”
REsponsible Fatherhood Grants, (old) OCSE site brings up familiar characters — MDRC, Mathematica Policy Research, and in authors of some of the reports cited, I’m sure Jessica Pearson, David Price ,and/or Nancy Thoennes will show up, Jessica also being AFCC.
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/Development/reports.shtml
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has its foot in on this as well:
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This guide lays out a detailed six-step strategy for promoting father involvement, especially among low-income, unwed men. The guide will be most useful for state legislators, governors, and agency officials looking for ways to better serve fathers. But local government officials, businesses, community-based organizations, and the faith community will find ideas they can use as well. [in PDF format] By Kathleen Sylvester and Kathy Rich, Social Policy Action Network. The report also available from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Other projects that include Wisconsin (see http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/Evaluation/index.shtml)
Partners for Fragile Families
HHS has a continuing partnership with the private-sector initiative, Partners for Fragile Families (PFF).
This initiative is * * *aimed at * * * ((how close to target is it?) helping fathers work with the mothers of their children in sharing the legal, financial, * * *and emotional * * * responsibilities of parenthood.
{{sounds like too many cooks in the kitchen to me…}}
In March 2000, HHS approved ten state waivers for the Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration projects. Working at the community level with non-profit and faith-based partners to provide employment, health, and social services, these projects will test new approaches to involving young fathers with their children and to helping mothers and fathers build stronger parenting partnerships. Projects sites are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
. . . . . .AND . . . .
OCSE Responsible Fatherhood Demonstrations
OCSE Responsible Fatherhood Programs: Early Implementation Lessons,
OCSE Responsible Fatherhood Programs: Client Characteristics and Program Outcomes (in PDF only)
Eight states (California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Washington, and Wisconsin) received Responsible Fatherhood demonstration grants or waivers through the Office of Child Support Enforcement to allow them to test comprehensive approaches to encourage more responsible fathering by non-custodial parents.
TESTING behavioral modification practices, good business if you’re in it.
“Parents’ Fair Share
Sites in seven states participated in Parents’ Fair Share (PFS), a demonstration project ~ ~ ~ conducted by MDRC ~ ~ ~that provided employment-related training, parenting education, peer group support, * * * and mediation services * * * to encourage low-income fathers to be more involved with their children and increase their payment of child support.”
“Mediation includes sometimes county-paid mediators in cases involving child support determinations. If the access/visitation system is bringing money into the county and the purpose of it is more fathering parenting time, how is this not a conflict of interest in every single case involved?” AFCC’s middle names are (1) parental alienation and (2) mediation-promotion (when more professional level of evaluators can’t be called immediately onto the scene).
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MDRC gets as I recall about 70% of its work from the Federal Government. See my site, or see its site. Major contractor.
Did I mention, I think I saw Ron Haskins (of CRC, Brookings — fresh from HHS where he helped jumpstart the access/visitation grants system that produces things like this, and Fatherhood movement in general) on the MDRC board, too. Yep: http://www.mdrc.org/about_board.htm
“Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families
Brookings Institution”
PROFILE — this is a NONprofit:
Financial Profile
With an annual budget of more than $80 million, MDRC derives its revenues from a wide variety of sources. * * *About 67 percent of MDRC’s funding comes from federal, state, and international government contracts.* * * The rest comes from foundations, corporations, universities, individuals, and other sources. MDRC uses these funds to support the work of its five research policy areas: K-12 education, youth and postsecondary education, families and children, low-wage workers and communities, and health and barriers to employment.
Well, I find this all very interesting, but DNK who else does. For one, I’ve talked about Maximus, and it contracted with Los Angeles in 1988 to administer a GAIN program, focusing on education and skills-boosting for welfare recipients. Then in 1993, it became Jobs-First GAIN, and in 1998, CalWorks.
Meanwhile, Maximus, Inc. was administering part of this and MDRC was evaluating it. And around this time — exactly around this time, a lowly (? well, not exactly) attorney named Richard Fine, representing a father who was paying his child support, discovered that Los Angeles County, as part of this JOBS-First and pay your dues to society, go into low-paying jobs that are easy for us to garnish wages from . . . .
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UNDISTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS:
Was sitting on $14 MILLION of collected child support (earning interest) not being distributed to people that were easily located, such as Mr. Silva’s ex-wife….. See Silva v. Garcetti, Garcetti being the L.A. D.A. at the time. His son I think is (now) a D.A.
SLUSH FUNDS IN PART CENTERING AROUND MEDIATION TRAINING
And around this time Marv Bryer started locating, with help from others (I believe Liz Richards was involved, and California NOW eventually reported very well on this) a nice Los Angeles County Judges’ Slush fund (I’m going to be upfront and call it that). Part of the HOW of this slush fund (and I’ve been posting corporate filings recently –see posts around late August 2011) was training for mediators.
FRINGE BENEFITS PAID BY THE COUNTY TO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
Not to mention the county-paid $47K/year benefits to superior court judges affecting rulings when the County was itself a party to a pleading before one of those judges, resulting eventually in (well, Mr. Fine in jail and disbarred for outing this) SBX-211 (if I have the# right) granting judges throughout the state retroactive immunity for this (lest it bring down the entire justice system) and telling them not to do it any more. That has to be one of the FASTEST bills ever passed in California legislature, to protect criminal judicial activity and then attention was turned to punishing the whistleblower, Mr. Fine.
SUPERVISED VISITATION PROMOTION:
Part of the Ron-Haskins-promoted Access visitation legislation included, in California, the promotion of supervised visitation. Supervised visitation funding (I’m talking grants, program administrators) has be
en involved in conflict of interest cases and what I deduce to be fraud and double-billings in the Karen Anderson (Amador County), Genia Shockome (NY, was it Putnam or Dutchess county?), and who knows how many other counties across the nation.
As the states / counties are doing a very poor job of accounting for what they collect, overall, who knows where that money is going anyhow?
PRIVATIZATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (etc.) TO MULTINATIONAL MAXIMUS, who continues to receive major complaints, have to pay millions in settlement, not just once, on fraudulent billing, and still gets contracts. Canadian nationals (who Maximus also serves) are concerned because of the U.S. Patriot act that their personal information could be compromised because of the US-basis of this company (Virginia).
PARENTING EDUCATION COMPONENT — to help the kids:
KIDS’ TURN, KIDS’ TURN SAN DIEGO (and related KIDS’ FIRST) — all AFCC-type operations and promotions are operating with without proper charity status, and/or without a business license. The SF branch had inappropriate (I’ll have to conjecture here) grantor/grantee status with the SFTC (San Francisco Trial Courts), when the nonprofit was founded by SF judge, attorneys, to start with.
Lest we forget, see http://www.CRIIS.COm, select San Francisco, search “recorded documents” and key in “KIDS TURN” to the “Last Name” field. If you have a case in SF, key in your last name, who knows what may show up! The latest of these liens — Kids Turn PAYING the court, although in earlier years, the City and County of SF actually paid Kids Turn around $45,000 (3 years in a row, I believe 2007-2009 or thereabouts) — which I found in one report (comptrollers site) listed, unbelievably, under “Violence Prevention.” Kids Turn focus is to reduce parental alienation, which is code for domestic violence PROMOtion (they just got the word wrong). As here:
Show Detail 12/14/2010 J099605-00 NOTICE LIEN R KIDS TURN
Show Detail 12/14/2010 J098917-00 NOTICE LIEN R KIDS TURN
Show Detail 12/11/2009 I887047-00 NOTICE LIEN R KIDS TURN
Show Detail 01/27/2004 H647258-00 NOTICE LIEN R KIDS TURN
Kids Turn was the grantOR, the courts, the GranTEE in the one I just clicked on.
I have to honestly ask, WHO were these programs supposed to support, really?
It never ends. How many middlemen & women are going to take a cut (like a large cut, sometimes 100%) of the action between a low wage earner noncustodial parent’s paycheck and the children designed to support? And/OR between a very WEALTHY noncustodial parent’s income distributions and the outmatched, out-gunned, and STILL affected most likely by fatherhood policies aimed a different kinds of parents noncustodial single mothers?
“Guidance on Federal Resources
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Labor, have issued a joint guidance, Meeting the Challenge: What the Federal Government Can Do To Support Responsible Fatherhood Efforts, January 2001.”
LetsGetHonest
August 28, 2011 at 11:06 am
I can give you 3 more cases just like this that all mirror each other. Jackson,Tremp and La Crosse counties are pulling these scams.
Did you know one of the assesors in these, is daughter to an Assistant Attorney General that worked alongside Doyle who appointed Lister,theres a very serious integrity issue with records and what it all amounts too is tripple dipping DOJ, Insurance and other funding.
How does a county contracted assesor-court officer claim fees as a therapist from insurance companies and Badger Care, whilst working for Social Services and being paid on a contract with Jackson County. Another commin factor is assets. The reason its judges in multiple counties is they are playing pickle to churn fees and collect funds!
Look into the Melissa Abbott case……
They abuse the disabled,children and use them as tools to fraud innocent parents and tax payers. The connection in the school is a counselor who abuses and influences the kids involved and a principal who is so to someone with their fingers in guardian and public defender billing,they hide it by manipulating records and ine of the people theyve done it too has enough to prove its all a graud that includes multiple law firms!
john
July 17, 2017 at 3:32 am
Look it up listers sealing of cases was questioned,its online. Sealing of cases is how they hide the pattern of practice,civil conspiracy and crimes of fraud,thats a fact.
The cop they prosecuted for sex crimes in Trempealeau County was only one of many commiting those and many other crimes. The cop was involved in these set ups and threatened to drop the dime when he was facing 33 years- Dan Wineski, his deputy friends that were going to testify ended up dead when the Collins friend,the prosecutor gave them up to those they were going to inform on.
Its all one big crime full of heroine addicts,pedophiles,perverts,racketeers and oath taking criminals in the Tri-County area,a numberof them are police and Sheriff. The FBI has know,just like they did about the 300+ females,many minors raped and photographed by these people.
The truth is comming and its obvious they will kill to cover it up!
john
July 17, 2017 at 3:42 am
An aquantance of mine had them do they samething to him as they did to the others,they love taking advantage of the disabled. A divorce is filed in one county and bs charges in another,they play off each other while alienating the children and churning fees. This is the systematic abuse thats used- manufactured evidence and charges,one to influence the other. This acquaintance found out what they were doing and documented it all. Sure they destroyed and made up records like the other cases,see they band together to back each other up so any complaint thats made can be discounted, like the sex crimes cases.
While they prey on the communities innocent parents and children suffer at the hands of criminal oath takers.
The Melissa Abbott and others are prime examples of what happens to those who stand up.
Its an organized crime syndicate..
They can rest assured god will judge them,if the public doesnt get its chance to first. Its the samething with the sandmining,its all a sham,making money.
Even if the victims have no assets they graud tax payers and split the dough.
They did it to too many people and thats part of the reason for the sealed cases aswell as to hide other crimes right guys?
john
July 17, 2017 at 4:02 am
http://trempealeaucounty.blogspot.com/?m=1
http://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/news/36393204.html
http://wislawjournal.com/2013/07/06/jackson-county-judges-sealing-of-records-raises-concerns/
http://www.wqow.com/story/32765856/2016/08/Monday/former-jackson-co-da-accused-of-sex-with-clients
john
July 17, 2017 at 4:10 am
Now under the guy Lister blocked ads for aswell as related races,look up the people who donated to their campaign’s,then review the attornies involved in these cases aswell as the counselors,assesors and others. How many are related to one another?
I guess Id wonder what a contracted court officer thats daughter to a former attorney general,who sat alongside Doyle, who appointed Lister is doing in the middle of it,someones gotta write the assesments I guess.
Add to that the attacks on Scott Walker by Lister and his pals. What were they looking for in the John Doe investigations anyway.
Dont be mad at me its all on the internet,I didnt make it up,just pointing it out.
john
July 17, 2017 at 4:21 am
Sounds like you should blog some of this information. The amount of work you’re suggesting take place (look up, maybe write up), who would do this? Do you know of any blog where it might be posted? (Before potentially being gagged).
I’m not focused on Wisconsin specifically (don’t live there). I’m in Northern Calif, and we have plenty of nepotism and conflicts of interest here, too. (See “OaklandNorth” reference in either this post, or Wacko in WI (9/15/2010).
The information you mentioned might fly better in article or post format.
Please say what you mean by “graud” in a few other comments. It’s not a word I recognize; searched, it comes up in “warcraft” context.
Year after year, state by state, case after case, people talk about the conflicts of interest in their personal cases, and expend major energy writing about it, researching individual judges, attorneys, etc. I don’t feel this is the most efficient way to take care of that kind of corruption, and as this blog has developed, talk about the system organization, and specifically nonprofit private-sector partnering with the courts or other public institutions, for money-movement and money-laundering practices, sold as “services.” I focus research more on organizations (and gov’t entities) than individuals; the organizations tend to coach and mentor people in how to get that referral business, and practice churning the cases by flipping terminology (from criminal to mental/behavioral health) and jurisdictions (not just between different counties or states, but also between types of courts. When this conflict is bubbling along merrily, like any meal being prepared in multiple burners on a stove, then the push comes for, for example, “unified family courts” to straighten out the mess, with those straightening it out having direct, association connections to those who stirred up the conflict in the first place. Classic co-opt and control tactics…
Let's Get Honest
July 23, 2017 at 12:43 pm
Updates: This post, now almost seven years old, isn’t even in the table of contents for the blog. I remember writing it, but am focused on, I guess, macro-economic systems facilitating the kinds of insanity, animosity, and apparently continued criminal behavior via basic public institutions (including the family courts, district attorneys’ offices, etc.). Am currently putting out about two (complex, show-and-tell, pro/con, narrated, etc.) posts a week, while continuing to figure out how to reconstruct (and working on it) my own life after a decade and a half of cycles of continued building, demolition, building, demoltion, possibly ONLY as first jumpstarted in the family court “case-churning,” federal-to-state incentives, public/private partnerships etc. confusion about what is, and what is not, legal (i.e., when acts criminal in one venue, whether or not prosecuted — another huge “whether”, are considered minor “disputes” for which counseling or treatment should be ordered, in another)….
The followers of the blog have multiplied tenfold (why, I’m still not sure!), but almost no one comments anymore, and it’s always a surprise to get a comment on some of the more volatile (perhaps) earlier posts.
Anyhow, to the person who just submitted several interesting, and links-provided comments on 7/17/2017, I just noticed checked “comments” today and noticed. They will be approved/posted I hope within an hour or so — or at latest by end of the day. I just want to review my own two related posts for content and readability (formatting) and your links in case content too graphic (it doesn’t look like they are, but there are PTSD factors at times for readers).
Also encourage people to read on the front end of the blog (see calendar under “Archives” or sidebar for most recent posts: posted on July 18th and 19th), as it took some time to figure out some of the power balance and does represent now eight years of consistent research/investigations on the systems.
Thanks for taking the time to submit the comments and patience in seeing them posted.
Let's Get Honest
July 21, 2017 at 1:23 pm