FightCPS Guestbook for January 2008
This is the guestbook for January 2008. You’re welcome to tell us about yourself and why you’re here.
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Child Protective Services, CPS, has devastated and destroyed hundreds of thousands of families in America during the last thirty years leaving a trail of broken hearts, broken dreams, and shattered childhoods. Rather than helping families, government agents have used unconstitutional laws in Juvenile Court to rip children away from their loving parents, break asunder God-given, natural, parent-child bonds, and adopt the children of the grieving out to others who profit financially with large monthly adoption subsidy payments. Child Protective Services must be stopped! The law that started this, CAPTA, must be repealed. We must work tirelessly to inform the public of this very dangerous travesty of justice. We must keep faith knowing that if there is a God, there is an answer and a way to end this heartache. Child Protective Services Agents - please come to your senses! Family destruction on false or trivial grounds is wrong, reprehensible, and inhumane. Fosterers - be aware that for the money you get you are holding much-loved children away from their grieving families while the parents are forced to perform a service plan that is anything but a service to them. I call this hostage holding for the government. This is not kindness - to help misguided government agents destroy family relationships and break loving bonds. CPS workers and fosterers - I ask that you now let the children of the innocent return to their homes where they are truly valued, adored, and loved by the parents God gave them. Family rights are God-given rights. And they should not be ignored or postponed. Every moment these loving parents and children spend separated from one another is a torment beyond what anyone should ever have to bear. It is unworthy of human dignity to allow this terrorism and torture of families to go on without saying something, speaking out, and trying to make a change. Site mission: To provide information and support for families attacked by Child Protective Services and child welfare agents, especially those families facing false or trivial accusations of child abuse or neglect; and for researchers working to protect natural family rights.
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Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations Home :: Message Forum :: Document Library January 1, 2008 FightCPS Guestbook for January 2008This is the guestbook for January 2008. You’re welcome to tell us about yourself and why you’re here. Filed under: Guestbooks — Linda @ 1:09 pm
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My son is 7 mos and was taken away last month. i need help to get him back, i’m getting no help from my social worker or lawyer and i don’t want my son lost in the system. PLEASE HELP!!!
Comment by Naomi Ma'ae — January 1, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
My son is 7 mos and was taken away last month. i need help to get him back, i’m getting no help from my social worker or lawyer and i don’t want my son lost in the system. PLEASE HELP!!!
Comment by Naomi Ma'ae — January 1, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
I am so grateful to have found this website. Although our investigation by cps began due to a relapse of drug use, the cps worker really explained very little to us, nor did our court appointed lawyer. I am disabled and she failed to research my medical limitations. we later found out it was her first case and another DHS employee has indicated that she knew our case had been mishandled. You have given me hope and knowledge that I can use to get my children back at home. We just recieved an unfounded disposition in regards to my oldest child who was traveling back and forth between my home and my mothers, at the time of the original investigation, but could no longer be at my mothers due to the mental abuse. although that is 1 of the 2 places that my babies are allowed to be without supervision. IT IS A CORRUPT SYSTEM THAT TEARS FAMILIES APART!!! Godbless all who struggle with these people who claim to work in the best interest of children!!
Comment by ajl — January 1, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
Dear Ajl:
Please register on the Message Board portion of this site to network with others in your state who have similar problems with CPS.
First case by worker?: Incompetent—may not be aware of pain meds and their legal use. Disabilites, of course, represent a specialized area of the law.
Much is involved with the legality of medications.
Linda has done a wonderful service for folks all over the US.
To your successful resolution in ‘08.
Comment by fern — January 2, 2008 @ 8:57 am
Here to determine what my course of action will be with CPS and their actions. My entire family was removed from my home on November 21st, 2007. No reason(s) were stated only a “worker” and 2 sheriff deputies showed up to get clothing.
Comment by Joe — January 2, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
THIS IS WORTH READING AND SOMETHING WE ALL SHOULD DO.
It was published in the December Guest Book but it is a sample of how to BEAT the CPS Corrupted System.
The problem in America is that we are lazy, hope that someone else will resolve our problems, and we forget too easy or are scare to use our rights.
Read what this person handle the situation. My hats off for him/her
know that it helps to share our stories with people who suffer as much as we do, but that is not enough, if you are really interested in having your love ones back into your arms not for a few hours but for the rest of your lives.
My question to you is this. Besides writing in this website, which by the way is one of the only one in the entire country that has the guts to support us, what are you doing? Maybe you are looking for a lawyer to help you. Great! Give your money to the lawyer who may or may not help you. He or she can care less about your problems, although they have the right words to convince you that they do. Do you really think that they will do anything against the hand that feeds them? Of course the CPS, DFPS, or whatever you want to call that corrupted group of unscrupulous individual FEED THEM. How? By doing exactly what they are doing to you, and to hundred of thousand of other people just like you, and me. THINK!
This is what I have done.
1) I wrote a LOOOONG and VERY DETAILED e-mail including the names and telephone numbers of every person involved in the case and stating each action by that individual, including their emails, and the transcription of the conversation with that person which I taped in with a tape recorder. DO NOT LIE, but emphasize what is wrong and what is illegal specially what illegal action the Case Worker, his/her supervisor did or said to you. You can follow my example if you want, but if I don’t know what is legal or illegal, I just called “ILLEGAL.”
2) Look in the Internet, in your local, state and federal government website, for a list of people who represent you, the Senators, the governors, the attorney general, everyone you can imagine and find out their e-mail address. THEY ALL HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES AND IT IS THEIR DUTY TO PUBLISH THEM, but they normally don’t, because if they do, they will have to start working instead of playing golf, or going to the next party. You should find at least 20 to 30 people who YOU are paying to represent you. (Your taxes maintain them, remember?) I even sent a letter to Mrs. Barbara Bush, and Vice President Cheney, and believed or not, I got an answer.
3) Look in the internet for every main television broadcast network, every single radio station and get the email of every single person in that company, who might spread the word or talk on the radio or on their TV Program. DO NOT ASSUME THEY WON’T BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL IN NEED OF “NEWS” AND YOUR E-MAIL CAN BE “VERY BIG NEWS FOR THEM” This can be local, state of country wide. I recommend you do it countrywide.
4) Look in the internet for the representatives of the opposite party to those who are in power not, and get THEIR E-MAIL.
5) I DID LOOK FOR A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS, INSTITUTIONS, LIONS CLUB, ROTARY CLUB, COMPANIES, CHURCHES, CLUBS, ETC. but I guess you got the point.
6) Sit down and create a DISTRIBUTION LIST for ADDRESS BOOK IN YOUR E-MAIL SYSTEM.
7) Attach the loooong letter to the DISTRIBUTION LIST AND HIT THE “SENT” BUTTON.
Hit the same ‘SENT BUTTON’ every day from now on. Repeat it until you find help.
9) This is NOT A SPAM. This is a letter from desperate people asking for help.
10) You will receive some letters that tell you that this is a SPAM. If that is the case, reply to the sender and send a copy to the ATTORNY GENERAL of your state.
This is a lot of work, but if you are really interested in the wellbeing of your love one. DO IT.
I DID, AND I GOT THEM BACK IN LESS THAN A MONTH. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL, THE 3 CASE WORKERS WHO GAVE ME HARD TIME, WERE FIRED AS WELL AS THEIR SUPERVISOR AND NOW THE ENTIRE DEPARTEMENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
REMEMBER,
L. Immunity from civil damages.
A CPS worker is not liable for civil damages
arising from “a recommendation made
or an opinion given” in the capacity of
guardian or attorney ad litem. TFC
§ 107.009(a). That subsection does not
apply to “an action taken or a
recommendation or opinion given” in
bad faith, with malice, with conscious
indifference or reckless disregard to the
safety of another, or “that is grossly
negligent or willfully wrongful.” TFC
§ 107.009(b). Note that the immunity
applies only to “recommendations or
opinions” but that the exception for bad
faith applies also to “actions” taken in
the role of custodian.
CPS ACTS IN bad faith, with malice, with conscious
indifference or reckless disregard to the
safety of another, AND IT is grossly
negligent or willfully wrongful.” And what is very wrong, THEY DISCRIMINATE.
Start your letter with a sentence such as this and then explain why you state that.
ALSO REMEMBER, THEY ARE COUNTING WITH YOUR FEAR, AND THEY DON’T EXPECT FROM YOU ANYTHING ELSE BY STICK YOUR TAIL UNDER YOU LEGS AND DO WHAT THEY SAY, JUST LIKE A DOG. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY THINK YOU ARE.
It is time that people start exercising the rights that the Constitution of the USA grant them, and expose this cancer that is destroying family after family.
Go ahead and consult with a Lawyer, most likely he/she will tell you not to do it ( it happened to me). Remember, he/she wants your money.
Comment by Richard Newman — January 3, 2008 @ 7:46 am
My family and I are being harassed by a New York City Police Officer. After I evicted him from my home, he and his girlfriend called ACS on me on December 22. These people know the system so they are banking on remaining anonymous. For a police officer to blatantly use the system to seek revenge is abusive and does not deserve to remain anonymous. I have a right to face my accusers. Now I have a permanent unfounded record with ACS. HELP PLEASE.
Comment by Monique Howerton — January 3, 2008 @ 8:00 am
Richard:
Excellent advice! You obviously are a determined and committed person.
However, caseworkers may hold ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR MALPRACTICE INSURANCE.
Or call those attorney$ up. Folks must utilize this to make it profitable for atty$.
Yes, you almost need a course in Family Law to outwit the cw’s.
Best advice is first advice: Do not volunteer information.
Happy New Year—Thank you.
Yes, even Texas allows caseworkers to purchase such.
Inherent in the capacity in which they work is the ability to make mistakes.
KEYWORDS: ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE, MALPRACT
ICE INSURANCE.
Linda, we need a site which details in which states cw’s can PURCHASE SUCH INSURANCE.
Texas did ( as of 05)
Now, go after them on those illegalities.
Best. F.
Comment by Fern — January 3, 2008 @ 9:11 am
Richard.
You are nuts.
1) It is tooooooooooooooooo much work.
2) Why should we get involved in someone else problem?
3) Nobody wants to confront the goverment
4) Hire a lawyer and let him handle the situation.
5) CPS is not corrupted. It is an organization that defends children agains corrupted parents.
6) You are nuts.
Comment by John Grishmanns — January 3, 2008 @ 11:41 am
Richard is right!
My granddaughter was taken away and almost died in Foster Care.
CPS was hiding her from my daughter… she would show up for her visit and they told her whoops, forgot the baby. How do you forget a baby?
She was in desperate need of medical attention. They (CPS) blatenly denied her of the medical help she needed.
We got an Investigative Reporter to call CPS and get my daughter a visit.. And it was video taped.
I (the grandmother) was able to get custody of her then. Attorneys psssht!
Fight them, DO NOT BACK DOWN! If you do then you will never see your child again. After every phone call send a fax or a letter..
They do not return calls and then will go to court and say it was you who did not return the call or cooperate.
We just recently sued the person who called the report in on Judge Judy’s show… and WON!
It hasn’t aired yet.. She did it because her brother (my granddaughters father) will not party with her anymore.
This site has helped us in so many ways! Thank you!
Have a meeting with another reporter on Monday..
Don’t forget the DC Rally in August of 2008.
Comment by Diando — January 3, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
Have I known what Richard and Diando did, I would have done that long time ago. CPS took our children (4) away because we brought my wife mother from Spain and she did not speak English. There was absolulety nothing else that they could find wrong with our family. The judge ordered CPs to return the children, but after 5 weeks they did not do it. We called every Monday, and the monkey from CPS said that they were extremely busy, had other concerns about us, and would meet with her supervisor (the orangutan) either monday or Tuesday and would call us on thrusday or Friday. They never did. After calling them, on the last Monday, I went and parked my car in front of the CPS building where I could see both of them thru the windows and check what they did. It was not surprise that by 9AM, both of them left the building laughing and jumped into a car. I called the office and asked to talk with the sMonkey and they told me that she and her supervisor had gone to the field to visit parents. Well, I decided to follow them and the first stop they did was a
beauty parlor. They spent 3 hours in the beauty parlor and from them they went to have a relaxing lunch of 2 hours in a fashionable cafe. From there they went to see a “B” movie and at 5PM they returned to the office. I was furious and I went into the office and confronted them. They denied everything to the point that hey have a witness, the supervisor secretary, who never left the office, that they worked all they.
The next week I got a call to appear in court because they accused me of attacking them in anger and they told tthe judge that they could not put the cchildren in a house where the father was undergoing anger management.
As usual, my lawyer look and me and said “It is the decision of the judge”
He is not my lawyer anymore and I am suing him for malpractice.
Then It click to me. I was scare and shame that those bunch of decrepetics, F..S., took my children away. Why. I though. They are nothing but a bunch of (You can put here the word you want.)
I am telling you now, and watch the newspapers and the TV- I sent an e-mail to Glen Beck and for sure he aswered. He is the only one who will stand for us. The I will sue the CPS and name as defendants, everyone BY NAME starting from the Commisioner who never returned my call. I am tempted to sue them for at least 25 million dollars, but I might even go to 40. One for every kid.
Hell. We are so dammed scare of that system that we do nothing. Come on, guys,. start sterring up and let everyone, i MEAN EVERYONE KNOW WHAT THOSE SIPHILITICS ARE DOING WITH THE MONEY THEY GET (rICHARD IS RIGHT) our money.
Wake up, This is the right time to start action.
Comment by A desperate father — January 3, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
Mr. richard, Fern, diando and Deperate father, I would like to hug you and sing the national anthem in your honor.
Please let me join you in your quest. Nothing will be done unless we, all united, working togheter deface this group of criminals.
I will write fiSrt to Jay Leno, Letterman, and all the other night talkers. theN I will will continue with the radio shows, and
the President, the vice president, the govenor, the senator, the respresentatives. finally I will offer to speak in any women’s club interested in filling a blank in the speakers calendar. continuing with the Newspapers and the radios. Any one for ideas of where will to e-mail of write first? Please let me know.
What it is important here is to continue every day sending the e-mail, phone calls or mail, until they are swamp with our concerns.
E-mail is easy. if you built a list, you can send the same e-mail to the same person EVERYDAY BY JUST ONE CLICK!
Comment by Janet from Texas — January 3, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
I AM WRITINGS MY STORY IN HOPES THAT THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME,MY SON WHO IS 5 YEARS OLD WAS TAKEN FROM ME IN APRIL 2007,I HAVE HAD MY RUNINS WITH CPS IN THE PAST AND I HAVE HAD SO MANY FALSE ACCUSATIONS SAID ABOUT ME THAT IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY.I AM A RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT,BEEN CLEAN ALMOST 2YEARS.I GRADUATED DRUG COURT IN OCT.2007 WAS IN THE PROGRAM FOR 18 MONTHS. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME TO HAVE MY SON RETURNED,I HAVE BEEN IN TOTAL COMPLIACE WITH THE STATE,I’M REALLY TRYING TO KEEP MY SANITY AND MY SOBRITY.I AM IN FEAR OF LOSING MY SON FOR THEY ARE GOIN ON MY PAST AND NOT WHAT I HAVE DONE NOW,I HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET WHERE I AM TODAY.I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LETTING MY EX-BOYFRIEND BACK IN MY LIFE,I THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAN AND SOBER.NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS IN COURT FIGHTING TO GET MY SON RETURNED,WHILE IN COURT THEY RAIDED MY HOME LOOKING FOR GUNS,THEY DIDNT FIND ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT THEY FOUND SOMETHINGS THAT I HAD NO KNOWLEADGE WERE EVEN THERE.SO I WENT AND TESTED 3 TIMES IN A WEEKS TIME.THEY WERE ALL CLEAN.MY HOME VISITS WERE COURT ORDERD NO MORE.THEY WERE TO BE AT A SCAN HOUSE.THIS HAS BEEN A PAIN IN THE BUT FOR I HAVENT SEEN MY SON SINCE THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS,I HAVE HAD COURT ORDERED VISITS NOT HAPPEN,THEY HAVE HAD MADE IT SO HARD ON ME AND MY SON. I’VE HAD A SCAN \DRIVER TELL MY SON THAT IF HE DIDN’T BE GOOD HE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK TO SEE ME. I WAS ASKED TO GET INTO A PARENTING CLASS,I ENROLLED ME AND MY SON IN THE CLASS IN 47 AND IT TOOK THE STATE 4 MONTHES TO EVEN GET HIM TO HIS FIRST CLASS.I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING…THE STATE IS DRAGGING THERE FEET ON RETURNING MY SON AND I AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME.I DON’T WANT TO LOSE MY SON .I DONT HAVE THE MONEY FOR A PRUIVATELY PAID ATTORNEY,AND I I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT HE WOULD BE WITH ME RIGHT NOW IF I HAD THE MONEY.BECAUSE I TRULLY BELEIVE IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY..PLEASE I NEED SOME HELP TO FIGHT THESE PEOPLE,I AM NOT GETTING ANYWHERE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO ,BECAUSE I’VE DON EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME AND STILL MY BOY HASN’T BEEN RETURNED, THIS SO WRONG I JUST WANT MY BABY BACK..ANY THOUGHTS.IDEAS SUGGETIONS WOULD BE TRULLY GRATEFUL AND APRECIATED…..THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS MICHELLE MCDANIEL…..riverrunsthru69@yahoo.com
Comment by michelle mcdaniel — January 3, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Michelle McDaniel
Unfortunately you right it is ALL about the money. CPS picks on the lower classes because they know we can not fight them. Prime example, why do you think they have not been involved with all the allegations made against Britney Spear…because they know she has the money to fight them. We hired an attorney for our case which gets worse at every turn and all out lawyer basically says is lay down and take it. Too many scared to fight them unless of course youhave a lot of money to put in the pot.
Comment by Karen — January 3, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
To Fern:
It does not matter if the Case Wrorker has ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR MALPRACTICE INSURANCE.If they have that kind of insurance is just one more fact that they are doing a lousy job.Let the Insurance pay, that’s why they are there. Do not let that frighten you to stop distributing your letters, or e-mails or whatever to the rest of the world.
People like John Grishmanns, who wrote the comment above, are the best example of how we americans think and how we americans are going to loose our rights if we don’t fight for it. The “no see, no hear, no say” syndrome is typical of 95% of americans, it is killing our democracy and it is being abused by activists for the wrong cause.
To Michelle McDaniel. You have done what you were directed to do. OK you have a past. Remember what Jesus said :” Let the first without sin throw the first stone.”
Everyone has a past and you can be sure that most CPS caseworkers have not one but 10 past actions to hide.
Now what you need to do is to follow the advise of Richard above. Stop being sorry for yourself and start working for your SON. If he is not worthy of your sacrifice, you are not worthy of him.
If you don’t know how to write, (80% OF AMERICANS DON’T) get someone who does. State the facts, including the most insignificant errors commited by the CPS. State dates, times, and actions. No one is asking you to write a Shakespeare dissertation, but to write what is Right and what is Wrong.
Don’t let people convince you that you should play low and do nothing.
That’s what CPS wants, so they can sell your kid to the those who pay the best. It happened, Believe me.
And you have the right to be angry. Even Jesus was angry and throw the money exchangers and thiefs from the temple. Well CPS had invided your temple (your family) and you have the right to throw them out.
Comment by Leon T. — January 4, 2008 @ 8:21 am
To John Grishmanns:
1) It is tooooooooooooooooo much work.
Do you even have children? I do not think so because if you did you would understand that something for your children is NEVER too much work.
2) Why should we get involved in someone else problem?
THAT is exactly one of the problems in America today stay hidden behind closed doors and don’t give a crap about fellow Americans or any cause, that is until is PERSONALLY affects you.
3) Nobody wants to confront the goverment.
THAT is another problem we should not be scared to confront even the government when they do wrong!
4) Hire a lawyer and let him handle the situation.
Most lawyers are scared of CPS and the ones that are not cost too much money. The kind of money most Americans do not have.
5) CPS is not corrupted. It is an organization that defends children agains corrupted parents.
LOL have you been hiding under a rock? So CPS taking children illegally to get government funding, lying to judges, violating Amendment Rights, etc. is not corrupt?I pray, even though it would enlighten you, that you never have to go through a CPS investigation to see what a nightmare it can be. And just go ahead and keep your eyes closed and your door shut to the fact that many children are dying in CPS care because oh thats right you don’t want to get involved in anyone else’s problems and by all means we would not want to bother you. It is people like you that have given CPS the tremendous power they have. CPS is now the law not our judicial system. Don’t believe me sit in on a few CPS court cases.
6) You are nuts.
You are in clueless. Do some research. There are plenty of unbiased statistical sites you can review.
Comment by Karen — January 4, 2008 @ 10:07 am
Thank you GOD for Senator Nancy Schafer. FINALLY someone in the right place knows what CPS is about!!!!! thank you Senator for listening to people and actually investigating you are a true God send.
Comment by Karen — January 4, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
Dear Karen,
I am sorry to rain on your parade but, could you tell me ONE, just ONE thing that your God sent Senator Nancy Schafer did, apart from making “RECOMENDATIONS” that in real life actually means nothing?
She is laughing of all of us who think she actually did something, when in reality she only ran a political show for their voters.
If she was as concern as she said she was she has the legal power to demand d-e-m-a-n-d a reestructuration of that organization. Did she? Or didn’t she? It is going into two months now from the date of her God Sent Letter. Have anything changed?. She will not do anything against CPS. I do not know who is worse.
I will bet you a million dollar that she wil not move her little finger to support us when it comes to make a selection.
Think again and open your eyes. She is a politician, and like Robin William says in his movie “The Man of the Year” : Politicians are like diappers, you need to change them often, both for the same reason.
Comment by Marla Dawn — January 4, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
Dear Marla,
I will not get into an debate with you about religion. I believe in God and that is that I never asked you to. I do not care too much for politicians either. But, open your eyes. With this paper she gives us something to back up what we are saying. Did you even read it? There is a lot more then just recommendations in there. What are you doing? I have personally sent letters to all my reps and have included a copy of the paper. If enough people continue to complain eventually something will be done. Today I plan to send her a letter thanking her for the paper and asking her why she has not demanded reconstruction. So what will you do? Sit there and continue to complain and attack God, or DO something to help? My parade will continue rain or shine
Comment by Karen — January 5, 2008 @ 7:02 am
Dear Karen.
Lets not make this website a fighting ground among us. I do not sit and complain, I act.
Here is part 1 of 79 of the list of people I write (email or regular mail) every other day, normally from 11:30PM to 12:30AM and sometimes on saturdays because I work from 6AM to 2:30 PM in one job and 3:PM to 11PM in another job to maintain my family. I never had any problem with the CPS, They never took anybody from my home, but I believe that they are a corrupted system that are taking my tax money to spread their criminal activities around our country. I am a widow with 3 children ages 12. 14 and 16 for whom I will kill. I am not sending you all the list because it will take too much space but here is a sample.
Bob Riley
Alabama
List
Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Sarah Palin
Alaska
List
Republican 2006 2010
Janet Napolitano
Arizona
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Mike Beebe
Arkansas
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Arnold Schwarzenegger
California
List
Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Bill Ritter
Colorado
List
Democratic 2007 2010
M. Jodi Rell
Connecticut
List
Republican 2004 2010
Ruth Ann Minner
Delaware
List
Democratic 2001 2008 (term limits)
Charlie Crist
Florida
List
Republican 2007 2010
Sonny Perdue
Georgia
List
Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Linda Lingle
Hawaii
List
Republican 2002 2010 (term limits)
Butch Otter
Idaho
List
Republican 2007 2010
Rod Blagojevich
Illinois
List
Democratic 2003 2010
Mitch Daniels
Indiana
List
Republican 2005 2008
Chet Culver
Iowa
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Steve Beshear
Kentucky
List
Democratic 2007 2011
Kathleen Blanco
Louisiana
List
Democratic 2004 2007 (retiring)
John Baldacci
Maine
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Martin O’Malley
Maryland
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Deval Patrick
Massachusetts
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Jennifer Granholm
Michigan
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Tim Pawlenty
Minnesota
List
Republican 2003 2010
Haley Barbour
Mississippi
List
Republican 2004 2011 (term limits)
Matt Blunt
Missouri
List
Republican 2005 2008
Brian Schweitzer
Montana
List
Democratic 2005 2008
Dave Heineman
Nebraska
List
Republican 2005 2010
Jim Gibbons
Nevada
List
Republican 2007 2010
John Lynch
New Hampshire
List
Democratic 2005 2008
Jon Corzine
New Jersey
List
Democratic 2006 2009
Bill Richardson
New Mexico
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Eliot Spitzer
New York
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Mike Easley
North Carolina
List
Democratic 2001 2008 (term limits)
John Hoeven
North Dakota
List
Republican 2000 2008
Ted Strickland
Ohio
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Brad Henry
Oklahoma
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Ted Kulongoski
Oregon
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
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Ed Rendell
Pennsylvania
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Donald Carcieri
Rhode Island
List
Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Mark Sanford
South Carolina
List
Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Mike Rounds
South Dakota
List
Republican 2003 2010 (term limits)
Phil Bredesen
Tennessee
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
Rick Perry
Texas
List
Republican 2000 2010
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Utah
List
Republican 2005 2008
Jim Douglas
Vermont
List
Republican 2003 2008
Tim Kaine
Virginia
List
Democratic 2006 2009 (term limits)
Christine Gregoire
Washington
List
Democratic 2005 2008
Joe Manchin
West Virginia
List
Democratic 2005 2008
Jim Doyle
Wisconsin
List
Democratic 2003 2010
Dave Freudenthal
Wyoming
List
Democratic 2003 2010 (term limits)
In addition to the states, several other areas belong to the United States. The governors of those areas are:
Picture
Executive
Territory
Past
Party
Took Office
Seat Up
Togiola Tulafono
American Samoa
List
Democratic
2003 2008
Adrian Fenty (mayor) District of Columbia
List
Democratic 2007 2011
Felix Perez Camacho
Guam
List
Republican
2002 2010
Benigno R. Fitial
Northern Mariana Islands
List
Covenant
2006 2009
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
Puerto Rico
List
PPD (Democratic) 2004 2008
John de Jongh
U.S. Virgin Islands
List
Democratic 2007 2010
Senators of the 110th Congress of USA
What is a class?
Akaka, Daniel K.- (D - HI)
Class I
141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6361
Web Form: akaka.senate.gov/email.cfm
Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Class II
455 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4944
Web Form: alexander.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Class II
521 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5941
Web Form: allard.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Barrasso, John- (R - WY)
Class I
307 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6441
Web Form: barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs…
Baucus, Max- (D - MT)
Class II
511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2651
Web Form: baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue
Bayh, Evan- (D - IN)
Class III
131 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5623
Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/WebMail1.htm
Bennett, Robert F.- (R - UT)
Class III
431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5444
Web Form: bennett.senate.gov/contact/emailmain.html
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE)
Class II
201 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5042
Web Form: biden.senate.gov/contact/emailjoe.cfm
Bingaman, Jeff- (D - NM)
Class I
703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5521
E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Bond, Christopher S.- (R - MO)
Class III
274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5721
Web Form: bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm
Boxer, Barbara- (D - CA)
Class III
112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact
Brown, Sherrod- (D - OH)
Class I
455 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2315
Web Form: brown.senate.gov/contact/
Brownback, Sam- (R - KS)
Class III
303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6521
Web Form: brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.cfm
Bunning, Jim- (R - KY)
Class III
316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4343
Web Form: bunning.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email
Burr, Richard- (R - NC)
Class III
217 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3154
Web Form: burr.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Byrd, Robert C.- (D - WV)
Class I
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3954
Web Form: byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html
Cantwell, Maria- (D - WA)
Class I
511 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
Web Form: cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html
Cardin, Benjamin L.- (D - MD)
Class I
509 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4524
Web Form: cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Carper, Thomas R.- (D - DE)
Class I
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
Web Form: carper.senate.gov/aemail.htm
Casey, Robert P., Jr.- (D - PA)
Class I
383 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6324
Web Form: casey.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Class II
416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3521
Web Form: chambliss.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactU…
Clinton, Hillary Rodham- (D - NY)
Class I
476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4451
Web Form: clinton.senate.gov/contact
Coburn, Tom- (R - OK)
Class III
172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5754
Web Form: coburn.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Class II
113 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5054
Web Form: cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Class II
320 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5641
Web Form: coleman.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Class II
413 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2523
Web Form: collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=Contact…
Conrad, Kent- (D - ND)
Class I
530 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2043
Web Form: conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm
Corker, Bob- (R - TN)
Class I
185 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3344
Web Form: corker.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Class II
517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2934
Web Form: cornyn.senate.gov/contact/index.html
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Class II
520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2752
Web Form: craig.senate.gov/email/
Crapo, Mike- (R - ID)
Class III
239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6142
Web Form: crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
DeMint, Jim- (R - SC)
Class III
340 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6121
Web Form: demint.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Dodd, Christopher J.- (D - CT)
Class III
448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2823
Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3130
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Class II
555 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6342
Web Form: dole.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.C…
Domenici, Pete V.- (R - NM)
Class II
328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6621
Web Form: domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactform.cfm
Dorgan, Byron L.- (D - ND)
Class III
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2551
E-mail: senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
Class II
309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2152
Web Form: durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Ensign, John- (R - NV)
Class I
119 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6244
Web Form: ensign.senate.gov/forms/email_form.cfm
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Class II
379A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3424
Web Form: enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInform…
Feingold, Russell D.- (D - WI)
Class III
506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5323
Web Form: feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html
Feinstein, Dianne- (D - CA)
Class I
331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3841
Web Form: feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactU…
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Class II
290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5972
Web Form: lgraham.senate.gov/index.cfm?mode=contact
Grassley, Chuck- (R - IA)
Class III
135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3744
Web Form: grassley.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Gregg, Judd- (R - NH)
Class III
393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3324
Web Form: gregg.senate.gov/sitepages/contact.cfm
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Class II
248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4224
Web Form: hagel.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Harkin, Tom- (D - IA)
Class II
731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3254
Web Form: harkin.senate.gov/c/
Hatch, Orrin G.- (R - UT)
Class I
104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5251
Web Form: hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact
Hutchison, Kay Bailey- (R - TX)
Class I
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
Web Form: hutchison.senate.gov/contact.html
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
Class II
453 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4721
Web Form: inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm
Inouye, Daniel K.- (D - HI)
Class III
722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3934
Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/abtform.html
Isakson, Johnny- (R - GA)
Class III
120 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3643
Web Form: isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Johnson, Tim- (D - SD)
Class II
136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5842
Web Form: johnson.senate.gov/contact/
Kennedy, Edward M.- (D - MA)
Class I
317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4543
Web Form: kennedy.senate.gov/senator/contact.cfm
Kerry, John F.- (D - MA)
Class II
304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2742
Web Form: kerry.senate.gov/v3/contact/email.html
Klobuchar, Amy- (D - MN)
Class I
302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3244
Web Form: klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm
Kohl, Herb- (D - WI)
Class I
330 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5653
Web Form: kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html
Kyl, Jon- (R - AZ)
Class I
730 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4521
Web Form: kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA)
Class II
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5824
Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)
Class II
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/
Leahy, Patrick J.- (D - VT)
Class III
433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4242
E-mail: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Levin, Carl- (D - MI)
Class II
269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6221
Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Lieberman, Joseph I.- (ID - CT)
Class I
706 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4041
Web Form: lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue
Lincoln, Blanche L.- (D - AR)
Class III
355 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4843
Web Form: lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html
Lugar, Richard G.- (R - IN)
Class I
306 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4814
E-mail: senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov
Martinez, Mel- (R - FL)
Class III
356 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3041
Web Form: martinez.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactIn…
McCain, John- (R - AZ)
Class III
241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2235
Web Form: mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home
McCaskill, Claire- (D - MO)
Class I
717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6154
Web Form: mccaskill.senate.gov/contact.cfm
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Class II
361-A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2541
Web Form: mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm
Menendez, Robert- (D - NJ)
Class I
317 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
Web Form: menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Mikulski, Barbara A.- (D - MD)
Class III
503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4654
Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html
Murkowski, Lisa- (R - AK)
Class III
709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6665
Web Form: murkowski.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Murray, Patty- (D - WA)
Class III
173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2621
Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm
Nelson, Bill- (D - FL)
Class I
716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5274
Web Form: billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Nelson, E. Benjamin- (D - NE)
Class I
720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6551
Web Form: bennelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Obama, Barack- (D - IL)
Class III
713 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2854
Web Form: obama.senate.gov/contact/
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Class II
255 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2353
Web Form: pryor.senate.gov/contact/
Reed, Jack- (D - RI)
Class II
728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4642
Web Form: reed.senate.gov/contact/contact-share.cfm
Reid, Harry- (D - NV)
Class III
528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3542
Web Form: reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Class II
109 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4774
Web Form: roberts.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInf…
Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)
Class II
531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6472
Web Form: rockefeller.senate.gov/services/email.cfm
Salazar, Ken- (D - CO)
Class III
702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5852
Web Form: salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Sanders, Bernard- (I - VT)
Class I
332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5141
Web Form: sanders.senate.gov/comments/
Schumer, Charles E.- (D - NY)
Class III
313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6542
Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/SchumerWebsite/contact/webform.cfm
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Class II
335 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4124
Web Form: sessions.senate.gov/email/contact.cfm
Shelby, Richard C.- (R - AL)
Class III
110 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5744
E-mail: senator@shelby.senate.gov
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Class II
404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3753
Web Form: gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm
Snowe, Olympia J.- (R - ME)
Class I
154 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5344
Web Form: snowe.senate.gov/contact.htm
Specter, Arlen- (R - PA)
Class III
711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4254
Web Form: specter.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInfo.Home
Stabenow, Debbie- (D - MI)
Class I
133 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4822
Web Form: stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Class II
522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3004
Web Form: stevens.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Em…
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Class II
111 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2841
Web Form: www.sununu.senate.gov/webform.html
Tester, Jon- (D - MT)
Class I
204 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2644
Web Form: tester.senate.gov/Contact/
Thune, John- (R - SD)
Class III
493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2321
Web Form: thune.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Vitter, David- (R - LA)
Class III
516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4623
Web Form: vitter.senate.gov/?module=webformIQV1
Voinovich, George V.- (R - OH)
Class III
524 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3353
Web Form: voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact….
Warner, John- (R - VA)
Class II
225 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2023
Web Form: warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Con…
Webb, Jim- (D - VA)
Class I
144 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4024
Web Form: webb.senate.gov/contact/
Whitehouse, Sheldon- (D - RI)
Class I
502 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2921
Web Form: whitehouse.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Wicker, Roger- (R - MS)
Class I
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6253
Wyden, Ron- (D - OR)
Class III
230 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5244
Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact/
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Comment by Marla Dawn — January 5, 2008 @ 11:47 am
Marla,
No fight intended you voiced your opinion I voiced mine. I am glad you have not had any problems with CPS. And I am glad you are taking action. However, slamming “my” God was uncalled for and I do not appreciate that.
Comment by Karen — January 5, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Karen: I do apologize if I slammed ‘your’ God. I would never do something like that intentionally, I do no have too much experience in theology. I am a modest working woman who has teached religious education every sundays for 17 years except the month when my husband died.
Will you be so kind as to point in my message where did I slammed your God, so I will be more carefull and don’t do the same mistake in the future.
Looking at your comment above, you stated “thank you Senator for listening to people and actually investigating you are a true GOD SEND”
My comment was 1) “could you tell me ONE, just ONE thing that your GOD SENT SENATOR NANCY SCHAFER did.apart from making ‘RECOMENDATIONS’…. ”
2) “It is going into two months now from the date of HER GOD SENT LETTER. Have anything changed?.”
I am trying to find where in either sentences did I slammed your God, because wheter you are a Christian or not There is only ONE God and HE is my God also.
Comment by Marla Dawn — January 5, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Ok guys or gals,
You are doing just what CPS wants you to do! They like to divide and concour! Take us down one by one…
That’s why they are winning this game… Ok, the power and the money also has alot to do with it, but,
Don’t let them do this to you!!!!!!!!!
As far as Nancy Schafer goes, she is the 50th Senator, and a WOMAN!
For one there are 49 other Senators fighting against her. And the fact that she is a woman? Hah, that even sets her back further!
I have written Senators, one did respond, and you know what I was told as my Granddaughter was dying?
We wish you and your family the best of luck.
That came from Senator Dan Patrick in Texas…
I have the e-mail if you would like to see it.
Comment by Diando — January 5, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
Keep notes, write down everything. Everytime you called….. Everything in the conversation and fax it over and don’t forget to get a fax confirmation so they can’t say that they didnt’ receive it.
If it is a real important conversation, fax it 10 times and get 10 confirmations… Cuz they are going to say they didn’t get it.
I have the State Attorney lying to the Judge, I got the court transcripts and a copy of the test results where they said that my daughter tested positive for marijuana…. Guess what? She didn’t test positive….
They flat out lied… I filed a complaint against him… I also told the Court Reporter after I got the transcripts that I had that report….
Guess what happened in Court the next date?
The Court Reporter wasn’t there. I wonder if she got fired. We were also taken to a court room across the hall…. MMMM, I think well, I’ll explain later…
I have hours upon hours of audio recordings… The last one being when the Case Worker that was fighting against us was asking me for advise on what to do with her own kids….
She doesn’t even know what to do with her kids, but she is telling mine that she can’t be a parent…..
The last words before she left were, “we mommies know whats best for our kids don’t we?”
I’m the grandmother, yes, I do know what’s best for my daugher and granddaughter—– for my granddaughter to go back home with her parents…..
Comment by Diando — January 5, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Everyone, Start saving now to attend the August 19, 2008, DC Rally…..
We need you ALL to attend…..
Comment by Diando — January 5, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
Let us support each other to deal with CPS.
My E-mail: Ilya1@netzero.net
Kindly connect to discuss the situations.
Cordially,
Ilya
Comment by Ilya — January 5, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Marla,
Thank you. I misread not only the intention of your reply but also misread your words (thought you had meant “tell me one thing “your” God sent the Senator to do”) and for that I am sorry.
I agree with what others are saying. Individually this could take forever. Lets band together compile ALL of our stories and issues and send them to EVERY Senator in Congress, EVERY Governor, EVERY Representative. Heck maybe even news stations. It may just have a lot more impact receiving many complaints at once then receiving them individually. I would LOVE to help with this in any way possible.
Comment by Karen — January 6, 2008 @ 8:53 am
Karen, you are a real LADY, in caps.
I am honored and glad I got to know you.
You said you want to help.
For starters we MUST educate the rest of the country and let them know, voice of mouth, articles in newspapers, magazines, radio, television,gossip,( whatever it takes, CPS rely on gossips, so why not us?).
People in the USA don’t know the truth about this corrupted organization and I have come to the conclusion that our Senators and Representatives are a bunch of chicken, because they don’t want to loose their play time, or loose their position by figthting for the truth.
That does not mean that I will stop sending them my letters and e-mails.
A strategy would be to select ONE senator to which we ALL (including those firends and relatives to whom we have told about the abuse of CPS) will send One letter (cost = 41 cents) ON THE SAME DAY. If we can get at least 500 letters it will make and impact.
The next day we send the same letter to the another senator, and we continue until we cover all of them.
The letter MUST DEMAND an investigation of the corruption in the CPS system and DEMAND a PUBLIC DISCLOSURE of the secret or not secret action. ALSO IT SHOULD DEMAND a list of the names of CPS people in each state.
This section of the campaing will cost approx 25 dollars. But it will be the best investment of $25 we have ever done.
The ideal situation would be to send the same letter to the state representatives, to the president of USA, the vicepresident, the governor of the state and to the media (Newspaper, radio, Tlevision, etc.)
I do not have too much timenow (I work 16 hours a day), but in 2 weeks I will be on vacation for 5 days(the first in 3 years) and I am willing to collect the names and addresses we need. This will probably make my list grow to a couple of hundreds from the 79 I have now.
When I have the lists ready, I am willing to compose a letter DEMANDING what I mentioned above and submit here for anyone to correct or add whatever they think.
Then we can set a day to start the campaing that will culminate on a PROPOSAL to dismantel the CPS to be included in the ballot during the Presidential election.
Which brings another strategy here. We MUST send letters to the CANDIDATES for president DEMANDING to address the corruption of the CPS in their campaing issues.
I am willing to do all of the above ONLY if I CAN COUNT WITH THE COMMITED SUPPORT OF EVERYONE WHO WROTE, WRITES OR WILL WRITE (in the next 2 weeks)IN THIS WEBSITE.
During the next 2 weeks I hope to see in this website the response from everyone who claim to FIGHT THE CPS, with a unconditional COMMITEMENT TO SUPPORT THIS CAMPAING.
Lets see who is trully on our side and who is not.
Comment by Marla Dawn — January 6, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
Marla,
Thank you again
COUNT ME IN I AM WITH YOU A 100 PERCENT!!! (I was hoping you would offer your list to help
but wow you offered so much more)
Ok y’all this is a great plan let’s do this! Marla is right, in order to do this we have to be united. She is willing do a lot of work for all of us (even willing to use her first vacation time in three years to do so) so let’s support her please.
To Diando:
I started saving for the 2008 DC Rally when I learned there WAS a rally. Unfortunately it was not in time to make the 2007 rally it had already passed. My husband and I along with our children plan to be there in 2008.
Comment by Karen — January 6, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
I’ve sent my story to everybody imaginable (talk shows, newspapers, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Senators, congress critters, the governor, the president, etc) & SO FAR, NOTHING! I’m gonna keep making noise until this injustice is covered by the media. This needs to be a campaign issue as well (vote 4 Ron Paul). I live in a corrupt, lesbian infested backwards hick town in Colorado, where even the ‘family court’ judge doesn’t have any family values and is a known dyke! Our caseworker is also lesbian (she lives with another woman) and she is against traditional families! This is the epitomie of cunt-trol. Sorry for the language, but that is the way it is here & the hell I am going thru. Please get me & my family the F*CK outta here!
Comment by Susan — January 7, 2008 @ 8:27 am
i have been fighting for my kids since the night of feb 21,2007 when they were illegally seized from my home without any kind of warrant or proof. Adjudication has been put off, postponed, knocked off the docket completely, and is currently being drug out till the 15 month mark when by federal law the have to start terminating our rights. No criminal charges are against us–the detective and car seat specialist from local sheriff’s office are some of our witnesses against the allegations that cps have yet had to even begin to prove.
I look forward to the 2008 rally and am trying to get a local rally going here to get media involved. Everyone I’ve contacted here have just passed the buck or not responded to me at all. mle2b1@yahoo.com
Comment by mary tidwell — January 7, 2008 @ 9:29 am
I live in South America for 31 years and I got used to the strong family ties and family respect everyone have, including the government. In Chile there is a saying, “Una golondrina no hace verano” wich means “a sparrow alone does not make a summer” which is very appropriate for this situation. Is everyone keeps going alone to talk shows, newspapers, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Senators, congress critters, the governor, the president, etc), it is one sparrow lost in the system, Why do you thing that great causes are won? Because the people who believe in them are united.
Just food for thoughs. All I see here are complains and winning, So far there is one one person who suggested something rational and nobody has yet signed up to accept her proposal. Maybe the same people who complain are of the same idea of that guy above who think this is sooooooooooooooooo much work!
i AM APALLED BY THE LACK OF UNITY AND COMMITMENT I SEE HERE. SHAME ON YOU ALL!
Everyone should Get his/her act together and join Marla in her crusade.
Marla, count with me. If you need help, just e-mail me.
Jack Lindberg
Comment by Jack Lindberg — January 7, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
To Jack:
Very well put. If you will look there was one that joined Marla’s crusade…me.
It saddens me too that only two of us have signed up.
It takes the masses united to make change and we have the wonderful opportunity to do that right here right now.
“United we stand, divided we fail!”
Comment by Karen — January 8, 2008 @ 7:12 am
im am 17 years old and i have been cps involved for a long time the first year i was in cps my family and i had 15 social workers and seens then i have had about four more thats not including the ones my brothers have well they took us from my mom split us up they told us we could be together that was a lie they did put us with our aunts but it was not the same.we wanted our family and the reson why we got put in the system i because my aunt keep calling and calling my mom did have a drug problem but we had no other problems she never hit us we never seen the drugs ya we knew that she did them but that was it she worked we ate i mean when i was 13 i weighed 238 is that not eating crap man she wanted me to go on a diet i said i did not want to so she started to make evey one eat healty but that was for like one day we where a fat happy healthy family yes we haed are diffrenses but what family dosent the cps want every faimly to be like the brady bunch it will never happen and they dont get that.they bounced me back to my grandmas they told my that she would get us iif she got clan she did but they did not give us back to her till after 2 years well then we found out that my father is a pig he went to court and was let go my mom fliped went home took some pills to help her relax they tested her the next day found it and took us on x mas eve well i went bak and forth to my family well my aunt no longer wanted me so she said i was crazy and put me well got me put in a mental hospital they said a fter five days i was fine and could gop home well she stll did not want me still so she called cps and when they came she said that she will do anything to get me put in a group home and they said no she is going to her grandmas my aunt almost died when she said thatwell i have top go im in school but ill write the rest later
Comment by sharron fonseca — January 8, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
Marla
Thank you for that list it should prove to be helpful. I am in Oregon anything I can do to help in this state please let me know. CPS actions are governed by a pre set listed course of action. Here in Oregon the CPS policies on assessments has had 4 different versions in one year. I know because every time they fail to follow their own rules I throw that back at them. In the process I have found the The GAO is useless. The GAO in theory is suppose to be the oversight to Oregon CPS. I have 1 letter from that office indicating that DHS/CPS has corrected misinformation in their file and apologized. I have multiple letters from said agency indicating the exact opposite, that no information will be corrected or apology issued. Ask the GAO to elaborate on their finding and I am told they don’t need to explain their findings to me. Comical.
I will use any means at my disposal to hold them accountable, we all should.
For those of you in Oregon here a link to DHS policies. Get to know them, when they fail to follow them call them on it.
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/policy/childwelfare/cross_index.htm
This a link to the executive policy DHS-010-005-01 regarding the handling of client complaints and how it is suppose to be done. They violate their own policies over half the time, the reason the get away with it is because we the people don’t know it.
James Fenimore Cooper said it best when he wrote:
“It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.”
While the basis for CPS originally was founded on good intentions it has now been perverted into something that needs to over hauled or abolished.
Comment by Kevin Fine — January 8, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/policy/admin/exec/010_005_01.htm
Thats the other link I forgot to paste it
Comment by Kevin Fine — January 8, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
God bless you all. If we fight this together we could change this horrible system. We have been targeted for false allegations of drug use and had to hire a lawyer. We took it apon ourselves to get hair testing done and shocked CPS with the negative results. It is a shame that they investigate our children without our knowledge and harrass for over 8 MONTHS NOW. They have nothing and keep probing. We are suing to make this better for everyone involved with these crooks.
Comment by Jason — January 8, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Also…this is the 4th investigation in less than 2 years. All with nothing found wrong.
Comment by Jason — January 8, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Haven’t been here for awhile, sometimes its to much. Our grandchildren were stolen almost 9 yrs. ago before anyone had started to talk about the one thing we all share in common, our loss. Count our family in Marla, we will help. Our e-mail is; rlloyd4jc at hotmail.com
Comment by .Rita, Carlys mamaw — January 8, 2008 @ 6:30 pm
Marla, let me bow to you for what you are doing. Although you have never a problem with this repulsive group or monkes, you are working 16 hours a day and sending mail and messages from 12:30 to 1:30 in the morning and saturday you want to help us. I did not know there were people like you out there. CPS took away my sister 6 ywears ago and we didn’t know anything from her during that time. One morning about 4 AM we have a call from a CPS shelter asking to go to their location TO PICK UP THEIR BODY.
You can imagine what we felt at that moment, but what we found out later was even worse. She was put for adoption 4 times but everytime the adoption was to be finalize the CPS retracted and pulled her back to a shelter where she lived for 6 years. 2 of the potential adopters file a lawsuit but they didin’t win because the judge was on CPS side.We found out that a few days before singing all the papers, the potential adapters were called by the CPS Manager and asked $12,000 IN CASH to proceed. Of course it was a surprise for the future parents and they some could not come up with that money or the ones that could told her that they would not pay, so the CPS supervirsor came out with some story “she found at the last minute” to discredit the adapters. The last adopter found about it and the day of the adaption they paid the CPS supervisor the 12,000 dollars she asked. They had an secret investigator follow the supervisor for 2 days until she went to the bank and deposit $3,000. While she was still at the bank, the new parents of my sister appear at the bank with the police and they arrested her. She denied any wrong doing but when they asked the cashier to show the money she deposited they fond that every bill was marked with a code number, the same code number that the parents wrote down in a list they gave to the police the day they adopted my sister.
Would you belive that the Judge rule in favor of the CPS worker. Oh! yes you can believe. He was in with her in the deals. Both are now under investigation but they both receive their monthly salaries and live happy without working.
The terrible part is that the same judge anulled the adoption papers and returned my sister to the shelter.
She could not take it any more and she killed herself. And the reason they called us is because she killed herself, Had she died for any reason caused by the CPS shelter, she would have been burried in a comon ground property of the CPS.
She died 3 weeks ago, For the past 2 weeks I am printing 1000 fliers with the picture of my sister and her story and distributing around the neighborhood. I am only 14 years old and I don’t have much money but I know that these criminals must pay and I plan to go downtown next saturady and distribute the same fliers from the mos popular corner in downtown.
Marla. Count with me. I’ll do whatever is necessary to crush and destroy the criminal CPS system.
You can write to me at danielscardale@gmail.com
Comment by Daniel Scardale — January 8, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
My story begins in June 2002, when social workers and the sherriff’s department showed up at my door after a domestic violence dispute with an unsigned paper from family court to remove my five children from our home. Since drugs were being used and it was after 5pm on a Friday that the Jugde signing it was just a “formality”. If I volunteered for a psych eval at a mental health hospital over the weekend that things would probably go well for me. So I checked myself in.{mistake #2}Mistake #1 was not slamming the door in their face for not having the forthought to get to the Judges office before he left for the weekend. Nor did I know that by law to take my kids they needed that court order signed. I was also not told of a court hearing scheduled for the following Monday where guardianship for our kids was to be decided. I was later told if I had been able to simply show up at that court date that the kids would have been place back in my custody. I was not discharged from the hospital until 4 that afternoon. Both my husband and I completed treatment. Monitered visits were a nightmare. On my sons 6th Birthday I was only allowed to see him although I was escorted into the daycare by the social worker in charge of supervising and each annd every one of my children flew into my arms the SW then told me that it was just to be the birthay boy whom I was allowed to see. The day care workers had to peel the younger three off me my 4 yr old boy sceaming for his mother.I begged her to allow all of them but she kept saying “It’s my understanding that it was just to be Jesse”. We were allowed t mett for 30 minutes in the Principals office at the school. Upon return to the daycare my other son was still sobbing and heaving uncontrolably so one of the daycare workers stopped me at the door and calmly explained that they had just gotten him to settle down a little bit and it would be best if he didn’t see me. I quickly ducked behind the door. We had gottten Jess a new suite for his BD and he wanted to show me what it looked like…So the thoughtless SW threw open the door and yelled for him, leaving me fully exposed to the room and there, right across from the door sat my youngest son who litrally flew across the room screaming MOOOOM! The daycare worker hurried to shut the door after which the daycareworke berated the SW for her insensitivity and the both our surprise and dismay the SW started laughing!!!!! Needless to say the daycare owner forbade her to go in her daycare anymore so a new SW took over visits. When she went on vacation I was again assigned the 1st SW. I showed on the scheduled Thurs only to find out that because of the change I would’ve had to call her personally to make another schedule, one that suited her. Unfortunately the school had not been apprised on the change either and one of my daughters was already in the office. I called SS offices to find out why the SW was’nt there yet only to be told that the visit wound;nt be happening because I had not called. I tried to pleed with said SW over the phone since my Daughter was already there and would be crushed if not allowed to have the visit. BY this time we both were crying. The visit did not happen and I had all visit revoked. because I had cause my 8 yr old girl emotionally upset by my crying in front her and thus “Making her cry”. MY hhusband and I went through 6 months of drug testing which happened at least 3 times a week, parenting classes,and 6 month of ater care drug consouling and were finally able to visit the kids at their Grandparents house. For my kids the eldest after 3 months orf counciling with anotherSW tried to cut her wrist he had her so despondant, the 2.5 yr old spent 6 weeks in a body cast after a broken femur,the eldest was eventually committed several time suffered axiety attacts and sent to a different town to live.
Comment by Deej — January 9, 2008 @ 12:09 am
my * yr old went from middle of the class to dang near flunking and just when things were stating to get back to normal cps got a report of someone seeing us in a restaurant “Looking drugged out and as though I had been beating on my husband” which was a crock. SO good old Social SErvices revoked our visits without even investigating the claim. We eventually on the advice of a laywer signed over legal gaurdianship to my in-laws but maintained all parental rights thus eliminating SS from the situation. WE started after school visits to help with homework and weekends staying at our house by the end of the school year they moved back permenantly. We,ve had them back now for3.5 yrs and things are going great. during the last yr we’ve been reported by “well meaning citizens” twice for concerns over extreme dicipline.Heck, we don’t even spank our kids. luckily both time its been deemed unfounded. But thanks to your website I found out just how they work and because of you my kids know their rights to have a parent present at any and all questioning.. The first couple of years this sight was my Bible. SO for all of you out there, there is hope and follow the advice found here..it really does help and bring peace of mind. THANK YOU LINDA AND CREW!!!!!
Comment by Deej — January 9, 2008 @ 12:27 am
Deej.
After all your kids and your family have gone thru, are you going to sit there and do nothing instead of helping to bring justice where justice is due. After the death of my sister I can’t stand people who winning but do nothing expecting others to do the work. I am 14 years old but I plan to do everything possible to destroy that sistem before I am 16. That’s why I joined the Cruzade started by Marla Dawn. (read above). You owe to your children to do the same.
My parents are working to expose the corruption of the CPS and also have joined Marla’s group.
Comment by Daniel Scardale — January 9, 2008 @ 8:28 am
Although I am a Canadian I believe we share a common foe, The CPS. It respects no boundries and I believe it is going to take a concerted effort on bothsides of the border to stop these NAZI’s. As a result of being raised in the system as a youth and later in life becoming a father I found that they haven’t changed but only gotten worse. Once they abuse your rights as a child they think they own you and your kids for the rest of your life. Along the way I found (or He found me) the Good Sheperd. The Lord Jesus has given us power over all the power of the enemy. Understand that many of these social workers are under the control of Satan whether they know it or not. Believe and receive, there is nothing the devil hates more than a praying believer. Its time to take our Rights back as Nations under God.
Comment by Brent Matthews — January 9, 2008 @ 9:48 am
this is sharron agein well my aunt never really said thats what i was told by some one my aunt was nice and sweet to me but when i was being dum she just walked away any how we got this supervisor that was sooo horriabel she was the one that said that about my aunt well any way she did all kind of crap to my family and said all kinds of mean things to my mom i am not aloud to see my little brothers only if its supervised i am 17 and sitll they wont let me work why i have no clue they want to kick me out when im 18 my family will hwlp but the point is they want to help when people dont need help they hurt me in so many ways i cant even list them all but i can say they messed my schooling up fro me and they labeld me as bipolar when im not they dont want to deal with the problems so they drug you and thats one of the reason they took me from my mom because she used drugs it makes no seens no they could not leave it there they messed up my aunts life and still are she did what she had to but they wont stop she got laweres everything she had to and they are trying to make up new shit for no reason my aunt had my brothers but they took them she got my youngest brother back but that was it and when he was in a group home they gave him so many drugs he would not play nothing it was like he wasent even ther with us but when my aunt had him he played had fun and everything they wont let my other little brother out of his home cps dose not help they hurt my life was great and fun they told me things that my family said they hurt my aunt and my family to this day my aunt is fighting to get my other brother and to get her kids case closed she needs help but no one will help her she will not stand and watch them hurt and lie about things that never happend in her family she did what they wanted but they still mess with her they need to stopshe is fighting back but she need info And help i told her to come to this web site and i hope she makes a diffrents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU AND CONNIE
Comment by SHARRON FONSECA — January 9, 2008 @ 11:12 am
By the way if anyone wants to read my story about my perspective of how the illegal system works you can find it at http://www.geocities.com/bmcedm/Tribute
I would appreciate any feedback anyone might have and that can be sent to bmcedm148@Gmail.com
Comment by Brent Matthews — January 9, 2008 @ 3:21 pm
Count me in with Marla. When do we mail the letter, and to what senator? Please let me know. My myspace is: social services suck.
Thanks
Comment by Susan — January 10, 2008 @ 6:58 am
Well this is just another situation where CPS was a failure. I have 3 children with my Xhusband one girl two boys, and to make it short one of my boys live with dad the other one(wich has bipolar) and my daughter live with me, during the boys weekend visit with dad my son came home an told me that he was awakend in the night to dads other son from before he was with me who was 13 at the time, pulled down his boxers and he was awoke to penetration. So it came out that my son who lived with dad had been being molested by dads son for many years and now pretty much raped my son that lives with me, family court did nothing CPS did nothing and said since it is child on child we can do anything but if it happens again it will go against dad, well about six months later when my son was there for a weekend visit it happend again , and yet again CPS did nothing nor did family court. Then also come to find out the dad has another little girl with another woman other than me and the girl he is with, she is 4 and she just told that the dads 13 year old son sexually abused her too, CPS did nothing and neither did family court, now the court is saying that my kids can be around the 13 year old but dad should not leave them unsupervised LMFAO, he already did when my son was sexually abused again. I am stuck not knowing what to do, my poor kids see nothing is done for what was done to them, and dad thinks its no big deal, my son who lives with me had bipolar and knowing that nothing was done for what happend to him is making thing worse. I want to do whatever I can to change things something has to protect the kids and it is pretty sad when the ones that are supposed to do NOTHING, yet they are taking kids away from parents for stupid things instead of helping make situations better. Ulster county cps and family court are a big joke, and I want to pursue this as far as I can if anyone has any advice on things I could do please let me know via email taintedlove51799@aol.com.
Also I just read in the local paper that a girl was taken into the bathroom at the local high school and raped by 3 boys , those boys are arrested, and they were pretty young why are they arrested and being dealt with and dads son just walks around with no consequences or any kind of help for what he has done.
Comment by Jennie — January 10, 2008 @ 9:01 am
My husband and I have been married over three years, after 30 yrs of marriage to others. My youngest son has always been a Mama’s boy and was so jealous, he hated him. He recently became engaged and she is pregnant. Son told me grandchild will not be allowed in our home because of alleged inappropriate touching. This is during hugging as they enter our home. My husband is 58 years old with a large family and many children he has helped raise. No one has ever accused him of anything until my children entered the picture.
I cannot believe I will be deprived of my grandchild because of my son’s erroneous perceptions and accusations. I don’t know the best plan of action. This is so vile, neither of us wants it to be made public, afraid someone will believe him and our other grandchildren will no longer be allowed to visit.
Comment by Sissy — January 10, 2008 @ 10:54 am
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, TELL ME WHERE THE CPS WAS WHEN A MOTHER IN WASHINGTON DC KILLED HER 4 DAUGHTERS AND A FATHER IN OHIO THREW HIS 3 CHILDREN OVER THE BRIDGE!!!!
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE NEWS AND YOU WILL FIND THAT THE CPS WAS INFORMED ABOUT THESE PEOPLE MORE THAN ONCE, BUT FOR THE CPS THESE WERE CONSIDERED “DIFFICUL CASES” TO BE TAKEN CARE “WHEN THERE IS TIME”
I’LL TELL YOU WHERE CPS PEOPLE WERE, THEY WERE SELLING CHILDREN FOR CASH UNDEER THE NOSE OF THE JUDGES THEY WORK WITH. iT HAPPENED TO MY SISTER.
THEY WERE WASTING THEIR TIME INVESTIGATION FALSE ACCUSATION ABOUT PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEIR FAMILY AND SACRIFICE FOR THEM. DO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY MORNING THE CPS MANAGER SEPARATES THE ALLEGATION INTO EASY AND DIFFICULT? THE DIFFICULTS ARE HANDLED WHEN THEY FINISH THE EASY ONES, WHICH MOST OF THE CASES IT NEVER HAPPENS.
THESE CRIMINALS MUST BE STOPPED. I AM WAITING EXPENTANTLY THE LIST AND LETTERS FROM MARLA DAWN TO START OUR CAMPAING AGAINST CPS.
PEOPLE, PLEASE JOING THE CAMPAING! IT’S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO CRASH THIS SYSTEM OF CORRUPTED PEOPLE.
I DON’T HIDE UNDER A FUNNY NAME, MY REAL NAME IS DANIEL SCARDALE AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS danielscardale@gmail.com
what is yours?
Comment by Daniel Scardale — January 10, 2008 @ 11:20 am
This site is ludricous. I worked for years as a CPs worker for the state of AZ. It takes an act of congress to pull a child unless the child is in obvious danger or serious risk of harm. If you want CPS to do a better job than start with our law makers on Methamphetamine abuse. I speak to CPS workers all over he country and all work the same and all have the same issue that is overwhelming. It is called meth addiction. Children are almost always tried to be put with family or relatives, after that it is close friends. The problem is most families are tired of putting up with these families and are burned out in trying to help. I don’t buy most of these comments. If a mom is suicidal then her children are at risk, look how many mothers/fathers who were suicidal took out thier children. I am so sick to death of hearing about CPS mistakes but never about the good we do. Do you know how many familes were reunited and lives were turned around because of CPS involvement. Do you know that many Social workes carry a load of over 50-100 cases when the standard of management is 17-20. I don’t mind hearing about CPS mistakes but get your facts right. CPS is not the problem here. They are not the bad guys lurking around every corner to take your children. If it were not for confidentiality I could name you plenty of names of families who were greatful for our help because their grandbabies were going to die if they stayed in the home, or their daughter was going to die if someone had not helped her to get off of meth or away from the abuse she was living under from the man who beat her and her chidlren constantly. I for one am sick to death of people bashing CPS when they have no idea what they are talking about. Get your facts, people lie, claiming alot of things, most of which is untrue. To the person who made the comments about where was CPS when a parents killed their children, they were probably on an investigation from a neighbor who was cooking methamphetamine while nursing her baby. Come live a day in our lives, than you got room to talk. The abuse we see done to children is unimaginble for most as many have told me I could not do your job.
Comment by Dawn Mac — January 10, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
WE HAD OUR KIDS TAKEN AWAY 7 YRS AGO BY OVERZEALOUS CHPS PEOPLE BECAUSE OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER LIED AND SAID I HAD DID SOMETHING TO HER WHEN I DIDNT ITS A MN. CASE BUT THE KIDS GOT SHIPPED TO WISC. TO LIVE WITH THEIR GRANDMA MY WIFES MOM. EVEN THOUGH WISC. NEVER APPROVED THE KIDS BEING THERE MN. WENT AHEAD AND PUT THEM THERE ANY WAY. I HAVE TO HAVE SUPERVISED VISITS WITH MY 11 YR OLD . SUPERVISED BY A SOCIAL WORKER . I HAVE TO DRIVE 2 HRS TO WISC. TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER FOR 1 HR AND THEN DRIVE BACK TO MN. 2 HR RIDICULOUS MY MOTHER IN LAW MADE A FALSE ACUUSATION AGAINST ME THATS WHY MY VISITS HAVE TO BE SUPERVISED EVERY TIME IN THE PAST WHEN WE WENT TO WISC. TO VISIT MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SHE WOULD CRY AND SCREAM AND RUN AFTER THE CAR FOR ME AND MY WIFE TO COME BACK AND GET HER IT BROKE MY HEART EVERY TIME WE HAD TO LEAVE HER. BUT I KNOW THAT IF WE WOULVDVE TAKEN HER BACK HOME WE WOULDVE BEEN IN JAIL FOR KIDNAPPING. WHEN IN REALITY IT SHOULD BE THE CPS WORKER AND JUDGE THAT TOOK OUR KIDS .THAT SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING . IT SHOULDNT BE CALLED CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. IT SHOULD BE CALLED I DONT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT YOUR CHILD/CHILD KIDNAPPING SERVICES!!!!!
Comment by SCOTT A. — January 10, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
Dawn Mac,
I couldn’t do your job! I’ve said that to the worker who comes here. I have no doubts in my mind there are families out there who need your help. I know meth is a big problem but don’t think every family has a meth problem. People post here because they are not abusive parents some simply made a mistake, some pissed off an ex friend or neighbor, some are going through a divorce and it is a custody issue where somebody decided to use cps to gain the upper hand and cps fell for it (my case), heck on some of the cases presented on the message boards people took something too far know it want help but can’t get it. Cps does some good in some cases the cases that are here are the cases where somehow a mistake was made and like it or not CPS makes mistakes in some cases. I have not seen a meth addict post on here probably to high to do it. I’ve not seen a wife beater post on here, probably doesn’t care enough to post or find help. What I have seen is people who love and care for their children trying thier best to find help to either get them back or get CPS out of thier life. So don’t lump us all into that meth addict group it is worse than us lumping ALL social workers or employees into the group of power hungry family distroyers because a few are doesn’t mean all are.
You know I’ve personally seen cases go both ways. I’ve seen cps do an investigation and leave kids in a home where mom’s boyfriend raped them every night. Or send a child who ran away because mom’s husband raped her back home to be raped again. I’ve also seen cps get involved in cases where they had no business being there and taking kids away when abuse was alleged but could not really be proven. I’ve also seen them straiten some people out and provide help to the kids and the family. I by no means think my case is the norm. I know its a horror story where something somewhere went terribly wrong and that is who posts here mostly. Check out the boards read around even if only some of it is true isn’t that too much? And hey, I hope you get all the meth head, child rapers and child beaters but don’t assume every home you go into is like that. They aren’t.
Comment by Debbie — January 10, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
Dawn Mac wrote:
“Do you know that many Social workes carry a load of over 50-100 cases when the standard of management is 17-20. I don’t mind hearing about CPS mistakes but get your facts right.”
This is the exact same garbage they use on my side of the border to justify all their family crimes. If only we had the true figures of all the abuse that happens under CPS. Most families have been to badly traumatized to even speak anymore. But thats the intent of the sick system. Censor all your crimes but there is a God in heaven that knows them all.
Comment by Brent Matthews — January 10, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
This refutal is directed to DAWN MAC
• YOUR COMMENT (YC)
• MY COMMENT (MC)
• (YC)This site is ludricous.
• (MC) This site is ludricous.(LUDICROUS) Learn to write.
• (YC) I worked for years as a CPs worker for the state of AZ. It takes an act of congress to pull a child unless the child is in obvious danger or serious risk of harm.
• (MC) Does your “AZ” states for ALLIEN ZONE? Only there will take an act of congress to pull a child from a loving home. What it’s repulsive is that most CPS workers treat their kids the same or worse than those parents from whom ‘They rescue children”. It must be because in the State of Arizona, congress doesn’t even know what is CPs and they believe that it’s an abbreviation for CHEAP POKER SOCIETY . I know, I lived in Arizona for 71 years and not once Congress was willing to focus in the topic of corruption in the CPS.
• (YC) If you want CPS to do a better job than start with our law makers on Methamphetamine abuse.
• (MC) Well said. Now, you work with these pseudo law makers who are on Methamphetamine abuse. Right? You know them. Right? It is YOUR DUTY to denounce them and make it public their “little sins.” Give me break; this is another cover-up, by CPS and the law-makers that work together. It’s the same old - “If you scratch my back, I’ scratch yours”
• (YC) I speak to CPS workers all over he country and all work the same and all have the same issue that is overwhelming. It is called meth addiction.
• (MC) And I am sure that you, and they all are running to the Newspapers to openly accuse those law maker on “Meth addiction”, Right? YOU and the CPS workers all over the country are employees of the state and/or federal government and it is YOUR DUTY to protect the people of the USA against those who break the law. You know what law is, right?
• (YC) Children are almost always tried to be put with family or relatives, after that it is close friends. The problem is most families are tired of putting up with these families and are burned out in trying to help.
• (MC) Yes, after,
o The CPS castigates the poor children with the FIRST IRREPARABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL SHOCK of the day, by forcefully pulling them from the people they are use to be with.
o The CPS throws them into the “office” or the shelter and tells them to stay put until they finish “the paper work” (SECOND IRREPARABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL SHOCK of the day. These poor children are so scare that they will do whatever the Case Worker (Or Investigator in this case) tell them to do. They are hungry, cold, desperate and wanting to run from the place.
o The CPS either finds a) an Agency that handles foster kids (the worse and most inhumane is “Mentors” or “Alliance with Children” as they like to be called, and they find a foster parent that will take care of the kid or Kids “for a wile” , or b) they cast off the children at a shelter (if there is room) or bring blankets so they can sleep in the floor. (Houston, Chicago and New York are famous for that)
o The CPS tries as much as they can to avoid putting the children in the care of family. (If that occasionally happen, CPS does not receive any money, and of course the Case Worker is reprimanded for that)
o The CPS presents to the “Judge” all the lies they have accumulated under the name of “evidence”, although for the judge does not matter whether they are lies or not, he already made his decision and he will turn the CPS to the CPS, so he can receive his little commission.
o The CPS abandons the children in the care of some strange people who tries to help the children. (Why do I say that? Because I WAS A FOSTER PARENT FOR 19 YEARS and ME, MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY worked VERY HARD to meet the parents of the kids and help them to get the children back by supporting them in their struggle with drugs, alcohol, temper, ignorance, lack of money or whatever was the case and most of all in their fight against the CPS helping them to find lawyers or advocates they would help them in their uphill battle with the little money we could gather. For those who think that Foster Parents are handsomely paid, I would like them to take care of those children for $ 0.87 an hour. Yes, Eighty seven CENTS and hour.
o The CPS finally accepts the fact that the parents have the divine right of raising their children.
87% of the children we cared about were returned to their parents, some as soon as a month, 10 % the parents did not want anything to do with the kids, 3% were adapted after we exhausted every venue we could to make the parents accept the responsibility God gave them.
NONE OF THE CHILDREN WANTED TO LEAVE OUR HOUSE OR OUR FAMILY.
• (YC) I don’t buy most of these comments.
• (MC) These comments are not for SALE. These comments come from the deepest place of broken heart, something that CPS is totally ignorant of. Dawn Mac, if you REALLY love the children like you say you do. You would take the time to listen to the parents and help them instead of destroying families and instill in the children the desire of revenge like you are doing today. Yes, REVENGE. Do you think that these children will ever be the innocent kids they were when they were pulled from their parents.
• (YC) If a mom is suicidal then her children are at risk, look how many mothers/fathers who were suicidal took out (ON) thier (THEIR) children.
• (MC) Please tell me HOW THE CPS helps the mother who is suicidal AFTER they took they children away. Does the CPS help the mother to deal with her problem? Does the CPS find a doctor, an hospital or a clinic where the mother can attend to help her regain mental health? Does the CPS help them with food, shelter and the indispensable things in life? And all of the above are just 3 of the million of things the CPS should do. IT COST MONEY you would say. YES IT DOES , and that’s were YOU and your colleagues should concentrate in asking the government or charities to help. DO YOU KNOW WHAT CPS STANDS FOR? It stands for CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE. The problem here is that the word PROTECTIVE is used wrongly. It does not mean to take away the children from the parent BUT PROTECT THE CHILDREN BY HELPING TO CREATE ARMONIOUS FAMILIES, WHERE THEY BELONG, WITH LOVE, SECURITY, AND HAPPINESS.
• (YC) I am so sick to death of hearing about CPS mistakes but never about the good we do.
• (MC) Well, here is YOUR opportunity to tell us. This is the place where you can dispute all the things we say and make you “so sick to death”. Tell us, Show us examples of the GOOD WORK of the CPS, especially when FALSE ACCUSATIONS are the PREFERR TOPIC OF CPS and the ones CPS takes care of FIRST. I can give you statistics of how many children died in 2006 BECAUSE of the involvement of CPS. You can find them in government reports on the Internet. Each city have their own list, here I will give you 3 main cities and if I am wrong, come back and dispute my numbers and give me the source of the data. Houston, Texas = 3617 kids died during 2006 because of CPS involvement . New York City, New York = 7221 kids died during 2006 because of the involvement of CPS, Chicago, Illinois = 6239 kids died during 2006 because of the involvement of CPS. It took me hours to go over WebPages and WebPages to find those statistics because, by law, CPS is responsible to publish them, but they are geniuses to hide them to the general public. Why don’t I give you the sources? It would be too easy for you. I spent my time, now you spend yours But I will publish them at the right time.
• (YC) Do you know how many familis (FAMILIES) were reunited and lives were turned around because of CPS involvement.
• (MC) No, I don’t know, and I am sure most people here don’t know either. So, please educate us ABOUT the number of families that were reunited and the lives were turned around. But, please, tell us ALSO what did they have to do TO BE REUNITED? I mean how many of those “funny papers”( You know what I mean) the CPS is full of, they were forced to sign? WHAT I ENCORAGE YOU TO DO is to find out exactly how many of the kids grew up to became criminals because of their exposure to CPS and the psychological baggage that they could not get rid of? Please let us know. And if you have any sense of decency, YOU WILL BE AS FURIOUS AS WE ARE.
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• (YC) Do you know that many Social workes (WORKERS) carry a load of over 50-100 cases when the standard of management is 17-20.
• (MC) And that’s why you ALL do such a lousy job. I could use the real word that applies to the kind of job you do, but I will stay with it. It is hard to believe a jump from 50 to 100 , it’s double, you know? And it is even harder to believe the jump between 17-20 to 50, That’s almost triple, you know? Assuming that you work every day of the week it means that you dedicate 1HOUR AND 44 MINUTES for each case (if you handle 100 cases) or 3HOURS + if you have 50 cases, and as little 16 HOURS if you have 20 cases. But I know, you don’t work just 8 hours a day, some times you work 16 hours a day so you can attend the beauty parlor, the movies, the personal phone calls and the personal activities that are necessary to do and at least 2 of the 350 improving classes that CPS gives every month. Right, AND CHARGE THE GOVERNMENT WHO USES O-U-R MONEY TO PAY YOU. I am so sorry for you. But remember, YOU accepted that routine. No one forced you to do it. Now, tell me, do you really believe that ONE HOUR AND 44 MINUTES, or 3 HOURS + or even 16 HOURS is enough to play with the fate of a family or a child? CAN YOU SEE NOW HOW CRIMINAL IS THE WAY CPS ABUSES THE SYSTEM?
• (YC) I don’t mind hearing about CPS mistakes but get your facts right. CPS is not the problem here.
• (MC) You are absolutely right here. CPS is not the problem. The people who abuses the system ARE THE PROBLEM. Unfortunately I don’t know one single CPS worker who has not abused the system ( of course, I only have 19 years of working with them)
• (YC) They are not the bad guys lurking around every corner to take your children.
• (MC) RIGHT AGAIN. “They are not the bad guys lurking around every corner to take your children.” They don’t need to. They rely in false accusations to pick up the children at will. Well, with 100 cases on their basket, they don’t have time to verify that the accusation is real or not. They as trained to “shoot first, ask questions later”
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• (YC) If it were not for confidentiality I could name you plenty of names of families who were greatful (GRATEFUL) for our help because their grandbabies were going to die if they stayed in the home, or their daughter was going to die if someone had not helped her to get off of meth or away from the abuse she was living under from the man who beat her and her chidlren (CHILDREN) constantly.
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• (MC) That’s exactly what we are fighting for. CPS has the duty to PROTECT those children, and NOT TO RELY ON FALSE ACCUSATIONS, which is 89% of the cases.
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• (YC) I for one am sick to death of people bashing CPS when they have no idea what they are talking about. Get your facts, people lie, claiming alot of things, most of which is untrue.
• (MC) Please feel free to point out to 2 or 3 of the “Untrue claims” posted in this website. If you can’t prove that it is false, the CLAIM is valid. (REMEMBER, that’s exactly what the CPS says when confronted with the heart broken parents in front of the “Judge”) Now it is your turn.
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• (YC) To the person who made the comments about where was CPS when a parents killed their children, they were probably on an investigation from a neighbor who was cooking methamphetamine while nursing her baby.
(MC) I completely understand you situation. When you dedicate the 1hour and 44 minutes you have at your disposal to investigate FALSE ACUSATIONS, there is not enough time to PROTECT the kids that really need. Especially when it is so much work to handle a case where the CPS was WARNED 5 times of child abuse, the CPS visit the house where 16 people live in one room, but found nothing wrong with it, until one day the poor children were taking to the hospital because they were dying of drug overdose (HOUSTON) . Or the mother in Washington who called CPS 3 times saying that she will kill her daughters and need help, but CPS workers were too busy attending personal matters to take seriously her desperate call. Or how about the Teacher in OHIO where he called the CPS because he saw wounds in the 4 years old child and the CPS workers ignore for 6 weeks and the father threw his 3 children over the bridge. God Bless the CPS, they were very busy preparing for a party to award diplomas to the workers for attending improvement classes. Well you see, 3 children are death but you guys have your diplomas.
• (YC) Come live a day in our lives, than you got room to talk.
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• (MC) No, I will not live one day of my life in a corrupted institution such as the CPS.
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• (YC) The abuse we see done to children is unimaginble (UNIMAGINABLE) for most as many have told me I could not do your job.
• (MC) It depends on what you call “unimaginable”. In this country, parents lost all their rights to educate their children. CPS takes advantage of that to keep on going.
• (YC) As many have told me I could not do your job.
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• (MC) I could not do your Job. I would not do your JOB. Hitler create the Gestapo. The United States government create the CPS.
Comment by John Phillipe — January 10, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
My case is a little different. We adopted a hard to place 8 y/o from the foster system -he was in the foster system for 7.5 years, d/t Iowa CPS mishandling this case we have not been able to reach our SON despite mulitple interventions paid for by our insurance. Long story short-our Son became more physically abusive with us (his big 6′ 190-were small) got arrested for burgularly refused to come home then after he was kicked out of multiple shelters reported us to CPS fin El Paso for neglect. The CPS caseworker filed a neglect charge soley on what our manipulative Son told him w/o an investigation. We are now forced to fight this battle in the courts. I am a nurse and these charges could prevent from ever getting another job again. Any advice?
Comment by debbie Dickson — January 10, 2008 @ 7:40 pm
Dear Debbie- You are a poster Mom for what is WRONG with the CPS system.
As an RN or LPN, you seem to feel you are vulnerable. May I reassure you that you are a PRECIOUS COMMODITY.
CPS statutes are so VAGUE, that almost anyone can be charged. And who is more pliable—a middle class family with much to lose or one who is familiar with lying and manipulating the system.
Since I understand that even addiction to hard drugs does not necessarily mean banishment from the profession…..I would chill out a bit.
Yes, CPS is very dangerous to the middle classes……After all, who pays their salaries through their taxes?
My dear, every *system whore* wins when laws are written unconstitutionally vaguely.
And that, too, is another failing of the CPS system—which is a gift to Family Courts and attorneys, too.
Educate yourself—and try to join a support group. Tough Love might help.
http://www.toughlove.org ( If they still operate in your state of IA)
Also Leonard has a great search engine on