Child support is suppose to be for a working mother like myself who is raising 3 children on her own and struggling every inch of the way financially. I struggle financially because I don't make enough money to survive for myself and 3 children who are teenagers. The main reason I can't get by with my wages is Child Support and Collections of the Washington County Courthouse has fought me every step of the way in getting my monies from my x-husband Frank Flaherty, the dirtball scum bag who will not report his different jobs to the agency.
Yes, he plays games like a lot of male Minnesotans do to women they had children with and had supposedly said they loved at one time. Frank Flaherty is the nastiest human being and should be reprimanded for not full filling his obligations of paying what the courts told him to pay myself, the mother of his children 5 years ago when the divorce was final. What he does is work for Carpenter's local Union as a Millwright. He goes on different jobs all the time and doesn't report employment to the support agency. By the time the agency finds out where he works, he's through and his last check is complete and no time for support money to be issued for my children.
Now although this is very mean and nasty, Washington County Child Support and Collections is just as bad as the men who do not pay. What Washington County Child Support and Collections does is this. They play games with women like myself, who count on the monies they are suppose to receive for their children from their x husbands. Instead of finding out where men who work various jobs from local unions work, they let it go until no monies can be collected, once the man is laid off from the position. Child Support and Collections of Washington County Minnesota has said to me it's my responsibility to find out where my x husband is employed not theirs. If I wanted to be a support work, police officer, FBI agent, analyzer, etc., I would be one right now. This is the support unit's job and they are not doing what they were hired to do. They are NOT DOING THEIR JOBS.
Because I have been through financial ruins in the last year I have not been able to pay my children's medical bills which the courts said 5 years ago at the time of the divorce that I was responsible for paying half and my x husband the other half. My x husband paid 5 bills in full when he was suppose to split them with me. He contacted Child Support and Collections and asked the Support Worker Nancy Johnson to give him the monies from the bills he paid. He was only suppose to pay half and me the other. The support unit gave him $390.00 today of the $600.00 arrears he owes me to pay for the medical bills. The Washington County Support Unit was told by myself that I was filing a motion to modify child support and the medical bills which I did. I filed this with their office and the Washington County Clerks of Court.
Today, Nancy Johnson claimed there was no court date filed and no papers so she went ahead and release my arrears ofchild support that I have been waiting to receive and should be receiving on a monthly basis to the dumb donkey x husband who has done everything in his power to prevent me from receiving the court ordered support. Nancy Johnson stalled my monies by not trying to find employers my x had previously been working for and also by lying, stating she called district court and was told there is no court case or date. Mary's papers have been sent back.
Well....my papers are with the clerk and judge waiting to be signed if I qualify for free court filing fee's. The court date is set for November 19 as originally planned and the Support and Collections unit knew this all along and still paid my x-husbands arrears of child support back to him for past medical bills, while they were suppose to wait to pay him until the modification hearing was heard which is November 19, 2008.
The crooks fraud and deception of the Washington County Court House Child Support and Collections unit in Stillwater Minnesota is full of people who are against womens rights and want women to falter and go down and lose what belongs to women and is rightfully mine. The loss will never HAPPEN and I will never go down!!!!! They want women to hit rock bottom, have nothing. The good news is women are tough cookies, tougher then the establishment, the Minnesota Courts, The Child Support Enforcement Workers, the whole darn system and in the long run WOMEN RULE which means I'm going to beat the system and their trickery and game playing. I am ready to beat the system at their own game!!!!!!!!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
John Edwards is a disapointment!
Not to long ago, I dedicated my blog to John Edwards, the then be candidate, who was running for President.
This blog is also dedicated to John Edwards, although this one is not full of compliments like the last John Edwards blog I wrote. This blog is about John Edwards, who I now believe is the scum of the earth.
Everyone knows by now that John Edwards had a girlfriend on the side, and possibly may be the father of her unborn child while Elizabeth Edwards, his long time wife and mother of his children was campaigning continually, even though she has terminal cancer and tires easily.
Shame on you John Edwards!!!!! I thought you were one of the moral politicians that made good choices, and was an authentic family man.
You are a fraud just like many of them who can't keep faithful to the one person in the world they call their "Best Friend". Remember on a recent interview with your wife present, talking about her cancer and how strong of an individual she is and you called her your best friend. Plus the bad press and media your wife and children have to listen to and hear about.
I suppose your political future is over now because of this bad choice and if your wife is smart she will dump you and leave you to rot!
This blog is also dedicated to John Edwards, although this one is not full of compliments like the last John Edwards blog I wrote. This blog is about John Edwards, who I now believe is the scum of the earth.
Everyone knows by now that John Edwards had a girlfriend on the side, and possibly may be the father of her unborn child while Elizabeth Edwards, his long time wife and mother of his children was campaigning continually, even though she has terminal cancer and tires easily.
Shame on you John Edwards!!!!! I thought you were one of the moral politicians that made good choices, and was an authentic family man.
You are a fraud just like many of them who can't keep faithful to the one person in the world they call their "Best Friend". Remember on a recent interview with your wife present, talking about her cancer and how strong of an individual she is and you called her your best friend. Plus the bad press and media your wife and children have to listen to and hear about.
I suppose your political future is over now because of this bad choice and if your wife is smart she will dump you and leave you to rot!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Excel Energy - A Servent to Capitalism at it's Best
When an individual finishes their work day, usually going to their own house, relaxing for a bit, and unwinding from a long day at work is not out of the ordinary thing for a person to do. The other day, I arrived to my house after work to find my electricity turned off by the Excel Energy Company.
For any of you reading this having had your electric or gas shut off, this is not the most pleasant of experiences. First of all, if you get into your house by the garage door, your openers will not work. If you didn't bring your keys to your house, and locked all your windows your really out of luck. Fortunately, this was not the case for me. I did have the keys to my house and was able to enter.
I called Excel Energy hoping this could be rectified ASAP. I ended up calling the company 6 times total.
The first agent I spoke with told me my electric had been shut off because my bill was 7 days late. I told the agent I was going to pay Friday of this week, when my paycheck from work was deposited into my bank account. The agent was unsympathetic toward why the bill was late, or when the payment would be made. All she cared about was getting the payment right there and then, before any service would be reconnected.
After I explained I do not have any credit cards but a visa from my checking account which didn't have the funds that were needed to make the payment, she said sorry - find someone to help you.
I called my boyfriend, asked for his assistance in paying my bill. He called to make the payment with his visa charge. Excel Energy would not accept visa, only mastercard, discover, or checking account. Because he didn't have enough funds in his checking account and only had visa's this was a no go for his help.
I called Excel Energy and complained again, talking to a manager this time around. Same answer given to me, so sorry, nothing we can do. However, this time she said to me the reason service was shut off was because my payment last month was a $1.06 short, not because I was late this month with the payment. Yes....I said $1.06 short. I wrote the check for $220.00 rather the the $221.06 that was suppose to be paid. I was $1.06 short. Yes....this was my fault for not looking at the bill more closely . I surely had the full amount in my account to pay the full $221.06 but was too busy to look closely and wrote the check $1.06 short.
Excel Energy shut my service off because of a measly $1.06.
In the 24 hours of being shut off, my food spoiled, I was inconvenienced by the living arrangements, and I had to go an hour to my mom's in order for her to go to her bank and pay $390.00 to have my service turned back on. Luckily her bank was also the bank which accepted Excel Energy payments and was still opened in the evening until 7p.m.
Now mind you, Excel did not charge me a reconnect fee like I hear they charge most others to reconnect. The $390.00 went for the bill I owed from this month, which I was on a payment plan for.
After my dear mom paid the bill, I called Excel and they told me at the end of the business day tomorrow my service would be reconnected.
I made sure I called and bothered the company all morning the next business day, asking to speak to managers, complaining about what they did to me the day before, making sure the service would indeed be re connected on this given day. Excel Energy knew I was very upset with their services and company, and although I remained calm through all my dealings with them, I let them know in no uncertain terms I would be writing a blog about this experience so others would be aware of how capitalism fits in with Excel Energy. Excel Energy let me know in no uncertain terms that the number that I keep calling was going to Texas and that Minnesota was the one who did this to me. They were a calling center in Texas.
Now....if Excel Energy isn't capitalism at it's best, by the way they treat their customers, I don't know what is. For being a mere $1.06 short on my bill, I had to pay dearly, not only money, but inconvenience, emotionally. This was a very draining experience. I couldn't even talk to a person in my own State, and all calls go directed to Texas. What kind of service is this.
To all of my blog readers, or whoever comes across this blog, hopefully this will help you realize how business operates and how Excel Energy or any other business you make regular payments to in your everyday life does not care about you, your situation, or even if you were only $1.06 short on your bill.
For any of you reading this having had your electric or gas shut off, this is not the most pleasant of experiences. First of all, if you get into your house by the garage door, your openers will not work. If you didn't bring your keys to your house, and locked all your windows your really out of luck. Fortunately, this was not the case for me. I did have the keys to my house and was able to enter.
I called Excel Energy hoping this could be rectified ASAP. I ended up calling the company 6 times total.
The first agent I spoke with told me my electric had been shut off because my bill was 7 days late. I told the agent I was going to pay Friday of this week, when my paycheck from work was deposited into my bank account. The agent was unsympathetic toward why the bill was late, or when the payment would be made. All she cared about was getting the payment right there and then, before any service would be reconnected.
After I explained I do not have any credit cards but a visa from my checking account which didn't have the funds that were needed to make the payment, she said sorry - find someone to help you.
I called my boyfriend, asked for his assistance in paying my bill. He called to make the payment with his visa charge. Excel Energy would not accept visa, only mastercard, discover, or checking account. Because he didn't have enough funds in his checking account and only had visa's this was a no go for his help.
I called Excel Energy and complained again, talking to a manager this time around. Same answer given to me, so sorry, nothing we can do. However, this time she said to me the reason service was shut off was because my payment last month was a $1.06 short, not because I was late this month with the payment. Yes....I said $1.06 short. I wrote the check for $220.00 rather the the $221.06 that was suppose to be paid. I was $1.06 short. Yes....this was my fault for not looking at the bill more closely . I surely had the full amount in my account to pay the full $221.06 but was too busy to look closely and wrote the check $1.06 short.
Excel Energy shut my service off because of a measly $1.06.
In the 24 hours of being shut off, my food spoiled, I was inconvenienced by the living arrangements, and I had to go an hour to my mom's in order for her to go to her bank and pay $390.00 to have my service turned back on. Luckily her bank was also the bank which accepted Excel Energy payments and was still opened in the evening until 7p.m.
Now mind you, Excel did not charge me a reconnect fee like I hear they charge most others to reconnect. The $390.00 went for the bill I owed from this month, which I was on a payment plan for.
After my dear mom paid the bill, I called Excel and they told me at the end of the business day tomorrow my service would be reconnected.
I made sure I called and bothered the company all morning the next business day, asking to speak to managers, complaining about what they did to me the day before, making sure the service would indeed be re connected on this given day. Excel Energy knew I was very upset with their services and company, and although I remained calm through all my dealings with them, I let them know in no uncertain terms I would be writing a blog about this experience so others would be aware of how capitalism fits in with Excel Energy. Excel Energy let me know in no uncertain terms that the number that I keep calling was going to Texas and that Minnesota was the one who did this to me. They were a calling center in Texas.
Now....if Excel Energy isn't capitalism at it's best, by the way they treat their customers, I don't know what is. For being a mere $1.06 short on my bill, I had to pay dearly, not only money, but inconvenience, emotionally. This was a very draining experience. I couldn't even talk to a person in my own State, and all calls go directed to Texas. What kind of service is this.
To all of my blog readers, or whoever comes across this blog, hopefully this will help you realize how business operates and how Excel Energy or any other business you make regular payments to in your everyday life does not care about you, your situation, or even if you were only $1.06 short on your bill.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
John Edwards for President - You have my vote Mr. Edwards
I now have a candidate to support. I can safely say I would trust John Edwards to be president of the United States and handle to the best of his ability the mess of war, budgets, morals, crimes, and the basic important decisions every president has to make. Up until now I was very bewildered and didn't have a clue on who I really wanted to run our country and be the next President.
The other two front running democrats for President I wouldn't give the time of day. They are both hypocritical, wishy washy, and unreliable. The 3 front running republicans are conservative christian right wingers who only accept people who think just like they do.
Here is a letter from John Edwards I would like to share with everyone. I was touched and moved by what he wrote: Wall Street Journal January 2, 2008 My Plan to Stop Corporate Abuses By John Edwards The basic bargain of America -- that everyone should have a chance to work hard and build a better future --is falling apart. Families are working longer hours, but skyrocketing education and health-care costs, the foreclosure crisis and stagnant incomes have made it harder for working Americans to provide a better future for their children. Not everyone in America is struggling. Investors on Wall Street took home a record-setting $38 billion in bonuses this past year, even after losing millions in the credit melt down. In 1960, the average CEO made 41 times what the average worker made. But in 2005, the average CEO made over 400 times the average worker's salary. The share of corporate profits going to CEO pay has doubled since the 1990s. Meanwhile, the value of the minimum wage has plummeted 30% since 1979. Don't get me wrong -- it is a good thing that some Americans are doing well. The son of working class parents, I have been blessed with extraordinary success in my own life and now want for no material thing. The problem is that the successes of our economy are no longer shared. Forty percent of all economic growth over the past 20 years has gone to the top 1% of American families.The success of our own economy demands that we uphold our country's values: fair reward for work and opportunity for all. To meet these goals, we must renew America's basic bargain with the middle class and remove the stranglehold that entrenched corporate interests have on Washington.The first thing we need to do is to make affordable, high-quality health care a part of the social compact.Not only are health-care costs putting a huge strain on American families and our competitiveness in the global economy, but a system that leaves 47 million Americans without health care is a moral disgrace. As president, universal health care will be my number one domestic priority. Second, we also need to adapt retirement savings to the modern work environment. In the past, it was common forpeople to stay with the same company their entire career, and so it made sense for pensions to be connected to employers. Today, the average worker will probably hold jobs with multiple companies.As president, I will create a new universal retirement account requiring every business to automatically enroll its workers in at least one plan: a traditional pension, a 401(k) or an IRA. Workers will be able to choose to have their contributions deducted automatically from their paychecks, and they will beable to carry these accounts with them from job to job. We can't allow fundamentally healthy companies to go into bankruptcy just to avoid keeping their promises to employees, or to emerge from bankruptcy with millionsfor executives and nothing for workers. As president, Iwill ensure that corporations honor the pension promises they've made to workers, by giving workers aclaim for lost pensions, just like lost wages. Third, our companies should be run for the benefit of workers and shareholders as well as insiders. Today, too many companies in America are putting far too much of their earnings into excessive CEO and executive pay,when this money could be going to increased worker salaries, better benefits and investments in plants andequipment.As president, I will immediately cap untaxed deferred compensation for executives. I will also give shareholders new rights and responsibilities so that they can call shareholder meetings, remove directors who aren't acting responsibly, and have a say on executive pay. Globalization, technology and demographic change have transformed our economy. Corporations have adapted, but our basic bargain with America's workers has not. We are living in a 21st-century economy, but are asking our workers to compete with a 20th-century set of tools. In order to fulfill our obligation to future generations of Americas, we must restore balance between America's corporations and America's working families. Only then will we be able to guarantee that anyone who is willing to work hard and do the right thing has the opportunity to share in our nation's prosperity. ____Mr. Edwards, a Democrat and a former senator from NorthCarolina, is running for president.
Go get them Mr Edwards. You can beat those other democratic candidates. Your the one with the right ideas and are for the working class people. And then, after you beat the other candidates and become the next president of the United States, people can all rest a bit easier because a better system will be around the corner with a president who has good ideas and actually cares about his world.
I would love to invite Mr. Edwards to see the Ford Plant located in the Highland Park area in the city of St. Paul. He would be amazed at the sight and the progress that has been made by people who want to save the plant. What a tour we could give him and a discussion we could have with him.
Good luck Mr. Edwards - I'm rooting for you!
The other two front running democrats for President I wouldn't give the time of day. They are both hypocritical, wishy washy, and unreliable. The 3 front running republicans are conservative christian right wingers who only accept people who think just like they do.
Here is a letter from John Edwards I would like to share with everyone. I was touched and moved by what he wrote: Wall Street Journal January 2, 2008 My Plan to Stop Corporate Abuses By John Edwards The basic bargain of America -- that everyone should have a chance to work hard and build a better future --is falling apart. Families are working longer hours, but skyrocketing education and health-care costs, the foreclosure crisis and stagnant incomes have made it harder for working Americans to provide a better future for their children. Not everyone in America is struggling. Investors on Wall Street took home a record-setting $38 billion in bonuses this past year, even after losing millions in the credit melt down. In 1960, the average CEO made 41 times what the average worker made. But in 2005, the average CEO made over 400 times the average worker's salary. The share of corporate profits going to CEO pay has doubled since the 1990s. Meanwhile, the value of the minimum wage has plummeted 30% since 1979. Don't get me wrong -- it is a good thing that some Americans are doing well. The son of working class parents, I have been blessed with extraordinary success in my own life and now want for no material thing. The problem is that the successes of our economy are no longer shared. Forty percent of all economic growth over the past 20 years has gone to the top 1% of American families.The success of our own economy demands that we uphold our country's values: fair reward for work and opportunity for all. To meet these goals, we must renew America's basic bargain with the middle class and remove the stranglehold that entrenched corporate interests have on Washington.The first thing we need to do is to make affordable, high-quality health care a part of the social compact.Not only are health-care costs putting a huge strain on American families and our competitiveness in the global economy, but a system that leaves 47 million Americans without health care is a moral disgrace. As president, universal health care will be my number one domestic priority. Second, we also need to adapt retirement savings to the modern work environment. In the past, it was common forpeople to stay with the same company their entire career, and so it made sense for pensions to be connected to employers. Today, the average worker will probably hold jobs with multiple companies.As president, I will create a new universal retirement account requiring every business to automatically enroll its workers in at least one plan: a traditional pension, a 401(k) or an IRA. Workers will be able to choose to have their contributions deducted automatically from their paychecks, and they will beable to carry these accounts with them from job to job. We can't allow fundamentally healthy companies to go into bankruptcy just to avoid keeping their promises to employees, or to emerge from bankruptcy with millionsfor executives and nothing for workers. As president, Iwill ensure that corporations honor the pension promises they've made to workers, by giving workers aclaim for lost pensions, just like lost wages. Third, our companies should be run for the benefit of workers and shareholders as well as insiders. Today, too many companies in America are putting far too much of their earnings into excessive CEO and executive pay,when this money could be going to increased worker salaries, better benefits and investments in plants andequipment.As president, I will immediately cap untaxed deferred compensation for executives. I will also give shareholders new rights and responsibilities so that they can call shareholder meetings, remove directors who aren't acting responsibly, and have a say on executive pay. Globalization, technology and demographic change have transformed our economy. Corporations have adapted, but our basic bargain with America's workers has not. We are living in a 21st-century economy, but are asking our workers to compete with a 20th-century set of tools. In order to fulfill our obligation to future generations of Americas, we must restore balance between America's corporations and America's working families. Only then will we be able to guarantee that anyone who is willing to work hard and do the right thing has the opportunity to share in our nation's prosperity. ____Mr. Edwards, a Democrat and a former senator from NorthCarolina, is running for president.
Go get them Mr Edwards. You can beat those other democratic candidates. Your the one with the right ideas and are for the working class people. And then, after you beat the other candidates and become the next president of the United States, people can all rest a bit easier because a better system will be around the corner with a president who has good ideas and actually cares about his world.
I would love to invite Mr. Edwards to see the Ford Plant located in the Highland Park area in the city of St. Paul. He would be amazed at the sight and the progress that has been made by people who want to save the plant. What a tour we could give him and a discussion we could have with him.
Good luck Mr. Edwards - I'm rooting for you!
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