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Tag Archives: Post-Standard
Some of Us Don’t Even Have Feet
Letter to the Editor, Post-Standard (continued) Do you know who comes to the [Public Transportation Advisory Committee] meeting? Linda McKeown, director of Call-a-Bus. Fifteen disabled people sit there and try to make some sense out of the system, and Linda … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Transportation, Values
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, Linda McKeown, paratransit, Post-Standard, transportation
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I Am Her Job
Continuation of letter to Centro Operations Director: I repeatedly asked [the call-taker in Centro Operations] for the information [about when my ride would arrive]. She refused to give it, repeatedly demanding to know if I wanted to cancel. I said, “I’ve … Continue reading
The Contractor and the Contractee
No, as it turned out, the ACLU could not help me. The local branch apparently consisted solely of an executive director with no staff. I was sitting out there battering my head against Mike Addario, general manager of Rural Metro; … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Onondaga County, political corruption, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged ACLU, conspiracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, John Mulroy, Kathy Hart, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Mike Addario, Nick Pirro, Onondaga County, political corruption, Post-Standard, poverty, power, Republican Party, Rural Metro, Stephen A. Rogers, Stephen Rogers, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, Wayne Freeman
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Rural Metro and Poor People
The first thing wrong with the letter from Rural Metro was that it was post-marked June 20, 2003, but noted at the bottom that it had been revised July 8, 2003. Okay, we have just moved into the surreal world of … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, disability, God, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Onondaga County, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Values
Tagged deadbeat dads, Dept. of Social Services, Dr. Robert Friedman, DSS, MAS, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, moral, poor people, Post-Standard, poverty, Rural Metro, Syracuse.com
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Resume of an Activist
Anne C Woodlen Syracuse NY 13210 ribs2007@yahoo.com “Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, ‘How many positions did you hold,’ but rather, ‘How many people did you help?’” ―Thomas S. Monson In 2001 I began the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, disability, Government Services, Medicaid, Mental Illness & Health, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, antidepressants, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, Citizens Review Board, citizenship, City of Syracuse, Crouse Hospital, David Sutkowy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, God, HUD, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS DOH, NYS OMIG, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Office of Medicaid Inspector General, Onondaga County Legislature, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse Police Dept., values, Visiting Nurses Association, VNA, Welfare
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The Witness
I contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and got from them test protocols. I took these to Dr. Sidney Orgel, a psychologist on the staff of Upstate Medical Center. He had a private practice run out of an office in … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged democracy, depression, doctors, Edward Gerber, FAA, Governance, mental disorder, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Peter Andreoli, Post-Standard, power, psych manipulation, psych testing, Psychiatrist, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, Sidney Orgel, special prosecutor, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, witness
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Trial Preparation
So I kicked the offending travel voucher back to the head auditor and she returned it to Dick Sheeran and a couple weeks later I asked the auditor what had been the outcome. She gently replied, “Oh, you’d have to ask Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged democracy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, Governance, Guido Viseone, John Bachman, mental disorder, Onondaga County New York, political corruption, Post-Standard, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, shakedown, special prosecutor, testimony, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, William Day, witness
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The Conspiracy
According to news reporters and the Special Prosecutor’s Office, around 1970 the officials of the Onondaga County Republican Committee entered into a conspiracy with the bureaucrats of the Onondaga County government whereby department heads were to produce contributions to the … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged Civil Service, conspiracy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, Dr.William Harris, extortion, Governance, official misconduct, Onondaga County New York, political fund raising, Post-Standard, power, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, special prosecutor, The Syracuse Newspapers, values
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The Indictment
So I testified before the grand jury in the matter of the People vs. Richard Sheeran and life went on. The only person I talked to about it was my mother. I had been hired by Dr. Gerald Grant to work … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Government Services, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged Citizen Power, civic literacy, conspiracy, democracy, Governance, grand jury, indictment, Onondaga County New York, Peter Andreoli, Post-Standard, power, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, shakedown, special prosecutor, values, Warren Zeigler
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The Grand Jury
All people share the right and the responsibility to make the decisions that affect their lives together. And so the stage was set: my ancestors, the Hopes, had set to farming in the Valley before the country was born and … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Government Services, Onondaga County, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged Governance, democracy, values, power, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, special prosecutor, Peter Andreoli, witch-hunt, citizenship, Hope, Guido Viseone, grand jury, Bob Dobrow, sheeran
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