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Sunday, February 11, 2018

Michigan Peter Lucindo Sucks & The 13th Exception


A fan asked me to take a look at two Michigan House Bills, 4486 and tie barred 4487, so I did.




HB-4486, As Passed House, February 8, 2018


  (8) Child abuse in the fourth degree is A CRIME PUNISHABLE AS

FOLLOWS:

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"I need those Bills to pass to fund my
political career!"
     (A) FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, a misdemeanor punishable by

imprisonment for not more than 1 year.

     (B) FOR AN OFFENSE FOLLOWING A PRIOR CONVICTION, A FELONY


     (11) IF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY INTENDS TO SEEK AN ENHANCED

SENTENCE BASED UPON THE DEFENDANT HAVING 1 OR MORE PRIOR

CONVICTIONS, THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SHALL INCLUDE ON THE

A fan asked me to take a look at two Michigan House Bills, 4486 and tie barred 4487, so I did.
COMPLAINT AND INFORMATION A STATEMENT LISTING THE PRIOR CONVICTION


OR CONVICTIONS. THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEFENDANT'S PRIOR CONVICTION

OR CONVICTIONS MUST BE DETERMINED BY THE COURT, WITHOUT A JURY, AT

SENTENCING OR AT A SEPARATE HEARING FOR THAT PURPOSE BEFORE

SENTENCING. THE EXISTENCE OF A PRIOR CONVICTION MAY BE ESTABLISHED

BY ANY EVIDENCE RELEVANT FOR THAT PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT

LIMITED TO, 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

     (A) A COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION.

     (B) A TRANSCRIPT OF A PRIOR TRIAL, PLEA-TAKING, OR SENTENCING.

     (C) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A PRESENTENCE REPORT.

     (D) THE DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT.

     (12) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PRIOR CONVICTION" MEANS A

VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION OR A VIOLATION OF A LAW OF ANOTHER STATE

SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THIS SECTION.


I became a bit alarmed at this point because of two items in the language of the Bills.

A "prior conviction", which is so obfuscated with the entire idea of this being a prejudicial assumption that the person was convicted under Michigan's Moral Turpitude Law in child welfare.

I can smell the stench of the imperialistic morality paraders kilometers away, so I go look into the definition of fourth degree child abuse.

THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)Act 328 of 1931

750.136b Definitions; child abuse; degrees; penalties; exception; affirmative defense.
(7) A person is guilty of child abuse in the fourth degree if any of the following apply:
     (a) The person's omission or reckless act causes physical harm to a child.
     (b) The person knowingly or intentionally commits an act that under the circumstances poses an unreasonable risk of harm or injury to a child, regardless of whether physical harm results. 
(8) Child abuse in the fourth degree is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year.

This is a more intuitive understanding of fourth degree child abuse conviction from a Michigan law firm:
Fourth-degree child abuseA parent or guardian who willfully fails to provide a child's basic needs (food, shelter, clothing), who abandons a child, or commits a reckless act which results in some physical harm to a child may be charged with fourth-degree child abuse.
"Failure to provide for the necessary needs of the child" is falls under multple types of abuses contained within federal law such as ecomonic abuse, environmental abuse, moral abuse, lack of medical care, having been reliant upon the state to protect the best interests of the child.

Poverty is the crime of failure to provide for the necessary needs of the child, having then to default on the grant of custody and guardianship from the state, triggering the penal conviction which produces a judicial determination which is needed to open the federal funding spigot in Medicaid, Title IV-B and E.

Tah dah!

Poverty is a crime because the state can make more money off the kid through federal funding schemes in fraudulent billing of privatized NGOs.

In furtherance to the fact that poverty has been codified as the crime of child abuse, these "prior convictions" are not criminal, which means there is no due process, allowing the court to hold secret administrative, closed door, tribunals to determine how long the next decree of conviction shall be for still hailing from the targeted population of "The Poors".

But, before I assign my favorite, most endearing sobriquet upon the Michigan law maker who introduced this bill, I thought I would be a bit iterative and do a few deep dives just to make sure I was parsimonious with my convictions, so I found this:

Lawmaker wants no repeat of Sanilac County rapist and child custody case

LANSING — A mid-Michigan lawmaker wants to make sure the controversial case of a man getting and then losing custody of the child that was conceived when he raped a 12-year old never happens again.

State Rep. Pam Faris, D-Clio, introduced a bill last week that would prohibit people who are convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct from getting custody of a child that is the product of an assault.

The bill came about after a Sanilac County judge gave twice-convicted rapist, Christopher Mirasolo joint custody of an 8-year-old boy he fathered with a 12-year-old girl in 2008.

The order, which came about because the mother was looking for child support from the father, caused an uproar in the community and caused the judge, who wasn't aware of the rape conviction when he signed the order, to reexamine the case and rescind his order.


Even though the case has been resolved and the mother will continue with sole legal custody of the child, Faris said, she doesn't want the same thing to happen to anyone else.

"This particular case fell through a lot of holes in a lot of different systems and ended up being a nightmare for this young lady and her family," Faris said. "We really don't want rapists who plead down to a lesser crime to have custody or visitation. This bill is for victims in the future. Everyone has seen the error of their ways in this case, but this woman has gone through three weeks of hell."

I see what is going on here.

This was one of those NGO opportunistic over night think tank of "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) who came up with a way to make some money from a tragedy, using kids, so I did another deep dive.

House Bill No. 5115

October 17, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Lucido, Marino, Canfield, Webber, Lasinski, Frederick, Chirkun, Bizon, LaGrand, Moss, Brinks, Camilleri, Wittenberg, Chang, Ellison, Green, Sabo, Liberati, Sneller, Sowerby, Pagan, Faris, Byrd, Yaroch, Scott, Hammoud, Geiss, Elder, Greimel, Zemke, Hertel, Yanez, Jones, Rabhi and Robinson and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

 SEC. 3107C. A PHYSICIAN, HOSPITAL, CLINIC, OR OTHER MEDICAL

INSTITUTION, OR OTHER PERSON, THAT PROVIDES A PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR

ACCOMMODATION FOR AN INJURED PERSON'S CARE, RECOVERY, OR

REHABILITATION IS ENTITLED TO PAYMENT OF PERSONAL PROTECTION

INSURANCE BENEFITS UNDER THIS CHAPTER ON BEHALF OF THE INJURED

PERSON.

It was at this moment I saw the model begin to emerge from the propaganda.

By enriching law to terminate parental rights, the state can then directly receive funding for providing for the best interests of the child through Medicaid, and then securing life insurance of the child under the aegis of the state to "cash in" at the most opportune attrition, whether by death, AWOL, or age out, all in the best interests of the child.

What a great way to invest in children for a profitable return in social impact bonds!

I bet that Medicaid money will be going through the Michigan Children's Trust Fund.


"I wonder what Michigan does with all that money considering the Trust Fund 
is under the purview of the State Auditor right about now."

I have always wondered if these NGO Public Private Partnerships take out multiple life insurance policies and annuities on kids.


EmancipationDid you know that mechanisms I have identified for poverty being a crime and the right of the state issue such penal conviction through ex parte hearings, without opportunity of facing one's accuser, being tried as guilty until proven innocent, through administrative determination, is all legal and is something I like to call the 13th Exception.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction".

Then there is the second part of the 13 Exception:

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Welcome to the world of UCC1, foreign nationals, shell companies and off shore accounts in child welfare.

If the principal agent, who is typically an attorney, is representing a client who has incorporated as a foreign entity through states like Delaware, actually contracting within the States, representing foreign national private investments originating from Israel, (oops, did I just say that?) or a structured NGO which just so happens to be a private contractor of child welfare services in Michigan, or, in some instances, a State agency which has filed UCC1 under the jurisdiction of international law, re-written for more privatization, there is nothing unethical nor illegal with criminalizing poverty, then of stealin' kids to make money, because indentured servitude, where the child can be emancipated at 16 or age out at 18 - 25 years of age. and slavery has nothing to do with the color of one's skin.

Ok, now you can take a breather.  That was a long one!  You should really see me do it as a stand up castigation routine.

The 13th Amendment is where the principal-agent theories warehoused under employment law, based upon law of chattels, or rather property law, including intellectual properties is all about who is the proper possessor of the "best interests" of think about that.

There are no appeals as the child abuse conviction proceedings have no parallel jurisprudence and one is placed on the State's Central Registry of Abuse before even being served with a court date because there are no indictments.

Child welfare convictions make "duly convicted" a judicial determination made behind a closed, administrative doors of the Public Private Partnerships.

Membership into the highly, non-exclusive club called "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth) is an act of civility, in a christian nation.

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever. Leviticus 25:44-46.

FINDINGS:  Peter Lucindo sucks and this is nothing but a real time construction for poor kids to be legally kidnapped and launch of another multi-billion dollar fraud scheme using the 13th Exception.


CHILD ABUSE: ENHANCED SENTENCE WITH
PRIOR CONVICTION
House Bill 4487 reported from committee as substitute H-2
Sponsor:  Rep. Peter J. Lucido
Committee:  Law and Justice
Complete to 12-28-17
BRIEF SUMMARY:  House Bill 4486 would amend the Michigan Penal Code to create enhanced penalties for second-, third-, or fourth-degree child abuse when the individual convicted of that crime has a prior conviction for child abuse in any degree. House Bill 4487 would place the new penalties within the sentencing guidelines. The bills would take effect 90 days after enactment.
FISCAL IMPACT:  House Bill 4486 would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on state and local units of government (see Fiscal Information, below, for a more detailed discussion).
THE APPARENT PROBLEM:
Currently, except for repeat second-degree child abuse violations, no matter how many times the same person commits an act constituting child abuse, the same penalty applies. Some feel, however, that if a person commits a second act, or a third, or more, the subsequent convictions should carry a higher penalty. One incident, they reason, may be an unfortunate mistake or may lead to a person’s getting help for a problem that played a part in the wrongdoing. But when the same person either deliberately hurts a child again or continues to engage in conduct that puts a child at risk of harm, he or she should face a harsher criminal sentence.

THE CONTENT OF THE BILL:
Under current law, a person is guilty of second-degree child abuse if the person’s omission or reckless act causes serious physical or mental harm to a child; if the person knowingly or intentionally commits an act that is cruel to a child or that is likely to cause serious physical or mental harm to a child, regardless of whether harm results; or if the person intentionally violates a licensing rule for family and group child care homes under Public Act 116 of 1973 and the violation causes the death of a child. A violation is a felony punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment for a first offense and up to 20 years’ imprisonment for a second or subsequent offense.
A person is guilty of third-degree child abuse if the person knowingly or intentionally causes physical harm to a child or knowingly or intentionally commits an act that poses an unreasonable risk of harm or injury to a child and that results in physical harm to a child. A violation is a felony punishable by up to 2 years’ imprisonment. 
A person is guilty of fourth-degree child abuse if the person’s omission or reckless act causes physical harm to a child or the person knowingly or intentionally commits an act that poses an unreasonable risk of harm or injury to a child, regardless of whether physical harm results. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year’s imprisonment.
House Bill 4486 would increase the sentence that can be imposed for second-, third-, or fourth-degree child abuse if the person convicted for that crime has a prior conviction. Under the bill, “prior conviction” would mean a violation of the child abuse law (i.e., child abuse in any degree) or violation of a law of another state that substantially corresponds to the child abuse law. (The penalty for first-degree child abuse is not increased for repeat offenders under the bill because it is currently life or any term of years.)
Under the bill, second-degree child abuse with a prior conviction for child abuse in any degree would be a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to 20 years; third-degree child abuse with a prior conviction would be a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to 5 years; and fourth-degree child abuse with a prior conviction would be a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to 2 years. The bill would not change the penalty for a first violation of any of these crimes.
The bill would require a prosecutor seeking an enhanced sentence for a defendant who has 1 or more prior convictions to include on the complaint and information a statement listing the prior conviction or convictions. The court would determine, without a jury, the existence of the defendant’s prior conviction or convictions either at sentencing or at a separate hearing before sentencing. The court would base its determination on any relevant evidence, which could include a copy of the judgment of conviction; a transcript of a prior trial, plea-taking, or sentencing; information contained in a presentence report; or the defendant’s statement.
MCL 750.136b
House Bill 4487 would place the new felony penalties for third- and fourth-degree child abuse with a prior conviction within the sentencing guidelines portion of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bill also specifies that the current penalty for repeat second-degree child abuse offenses would apply to second-degree child abuse with any prior conviction, and that the current penalty for third-degree child abuse would apply only to a first offense.
HB 4487 is tie-barred to House Bill 4486, meaning that it cannot take effect unless House Bill 4486 is also enacted.
MCL 777.16g
FISCAL INFORMATION:
House Bill 4486 would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on state and local correctional systems and on local courts. The number of people who would be convicted under provisions of the bill is unknown. The bill would likely decrease misdemeanor convictions and increase felony convictions as violations of fourth-degree child abuse shift from misdemeanors to felonies when there is a prior conviction. The bill could also result in increased sentences for second-degree and third-degree child abuse with a prior conviction.
Felony convictions would result in increased costs related to state prisons and state probation supervision. In fiscal year 2016, the average cost of prison incarceration in a state facility was roughly $36,000 per prisoner, a figure that includes various fixed administrative and operational costs. State costs for parole and felony probation supervision averaged about $3,500 per supervised offender in the same year. 
By comparison, misdemeanor convictions increase costs related to county jails and/or local misdemeanor probation supervision. The costs of local incarceration in a county jail and local misdemeanor probation supervision vary by jurisdiction. The fiscal impact on local courts would depend on how provisions of the bill affected caseloads and related administrative costs. 
House Bill 4487 amends sentencing guidelines and would not have a direct fiscal impact on the state or on local units of government. 
ARGUMENTS:
For:
Sometimes a person does a bad thing only once.  Through counseling, education, maturity, or even serving a criminal penalty, many are rehabilitated and never do that or any other bad thing again. For some crimes, especially ones that result or could result in serious injury to another person, a more stringent penalty for repeat offenses can distinguish between someone who made a mistake and someone who poses an ongoing danger to others. Some feel that the criminal penalty should be harsher for a person who commits child abuse after being convicted of the crime previously. House Bill 4486 would do just that. A prosecutor would still retain discretion over which charges to bring and judges, under the guidance of the sentencing guidelines, would retain discretion over an appropriate sentence.
Against:
No arguments were offered in opposition to the bill.
POSITIONS:
The Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (PAAM) indicated support for the bills on 10-24-17 and 10-31-17.
                                                                                        Legislative Analysts:   Rick Yuille
                                                                                                                           Susan Stutzky
                                                                                                 Fiscal Analyst:   Robin Risko

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Michigan Perpetuates Medicaid Fraud In Child Welfare With Orlene Hawks & Hubby

Oh my.

"The Gretch", Michigan's Pseudo-Governor Elect, has done it again, but this time, she has appointed a tag team of child welfare ragamuffins who are probably, romatically popping champagne bottles to celebrate the pilfering of Medicaid in child welfare when it comes to those private child placing agency contract that I like to refer to as the industry of trafficking tiny humans.

Yes, that is correct.

The incompetent Orlene Hawks, former Children's Ombudsman that Snyder 'politley' asked her to step down, is back and she brought her hubby, who just so happens to get some of those privatized child welfare contracts.

I bet she was nominated to be appointed to Michigan's Licensing and Regulatory Authority take the wrap of what is going on with the Detroit Land Bank Authority, too.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=orlene+hawks

A match made in heaven.

I guess this is "The Gretch's" way of getting back at the former administration!

FUN FACT! LARA SUCKS & I KNOW WHY & I SNITCHED.  JUST ASK BILL SCHUETTE

Smooches!

Welcome aboard, kiddos, I look forward to your formal testimonies, or indictments, which ever comes first.

Ask "The Gretch", she will explain it because I am quite sure this is going right over your pretty little heads.

Whitmer choice raises questions about state's conflicts of interest laws

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"These kids have no clue what they are in for" said
former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
LANSING — The official who Gov. Gretchen Whitmer named to head one of the largest and most far-reaching state government departments is married to an owner of one of Lansing's biggest lobbying firms — raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest related to industries such as marijuana, where both spouses have responsibilities or client interests.

Whitmer, a Democrat who took office Jan. 1, named Orlene Hawks director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) — a $518-million agency with responsibilities ranging from oversight of Michigan's lucrative new marijuana industry to liquor licensing, regulation of utilities, and licensing of doctors, hospitals and physical therapy providers.

Hawks, of Okemos, is married to Michael Hawks, an owner and principal of Government Consultant Services, Inc. (GCSI). The firm's clients include marijuana interests such as the Michigan Cannabis Development Association, CannArbor Inc., MedFarm of Michigan LLC, and PSI Labs, state records show.

GCSI also represents many other clients affected by the policies and rulings of LARA and its sub-agencies, such as the Liquor Control Commission, which handles liquor licensing, and the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities. While state records don't show which GCSI accounts are specifically handled by Michael Hawks, those clients include the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association, Consumers Energy Co., the Michigan Physical Therapy Association, and Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Michigan, to name a few.

It's not the first time in recent years that similar concerns have been raised. Marriages with lobbyists involving a former governor's chief of staff and a former state senator have also been questioned.
While not questioning the integrity of Hawks or her husband, a state government ethics expert said the potential conflicts raised by the situation underline a need for stronger financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest laws in Michigan. A state senator who has the power to hold hearings on Orlene Hawks' appointment said it raises questions about how she will handle conflicts with her husband's firm, if they arise.

"On its face, it is concerning," said Craig Mauger, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network and an expert on ethics and disclosure rules for state officials.

"LARA is a very important department that has its hands in a lot of different industries," and "lobbyists work with all types of industries to try to advance their interests," Mauger said.

"If you were someone who wants something from LARA, do you think you would be more likely to go to the lobbying firm that is connected to the director of LARA?"

Sen. Peter Lucido, R-Shelby Township, chairman of the Senate Advice and Consent Committee,which can hold confirmation hearings on Whitmer's cabinet selections but is not required to do so,said Monday that areas of potential conflict and how they would be handled would be examined if his committee convenes a hearing on Hawk's confirmation.

"These are things that you've got to look at," Lucido said.

"If there's an appearance of impropriety or a conflict of interest, then I think she has a duty to make it known."

Lucido said one of the issues he wants to explore is "how does a potential conflict get resolved in an administrative agency" such as LARA.

Orlene Hawks, who will be paid $165,000 a year in her new role, formerly served as director of the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, which deals with the state's child welfare system, and before that worked for the state health department. She holds a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.

“Throughout my entire career in state government, I have served the people of Michigan with the utmost honesty and integrity, and will continue to do so as LARA director,” Hawks said in a statement emailed to the Free Press by an aide on Monday.

Hawks did not respond in detail to an emailed question about how specifically she would respond to a conflict with her husband's firm, but said: “I will rely on all civil service rules and protocols to ensure that the laws under my department’s oversight are administered fairly, efficiently, consistently and transparently.”

Michael Hawks has been voted among the top two lobbyists in the state by Capitol insiders, according to his biography on the website of Eastern Michigan University. Snyder appointed Hawks to the EMU board in 2011. Before joining GCSI around 1990, Hawks worked for Democratic leaders in the state House. Hawks, who did not return a phone message Monday, holds a bachelor's degree from EMU and a master's degree from MSU.

Whitmer spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said the governor is confidentOrlene Hawks and the other cabinet members she selected "will be ethically conscious, serve with integrity and are committed to putting Michigan residents first."

Brown said Whitmer's expectations of her cabinet are clear, pointing to an executive directive Whitmer signed Thursday that points to state law governing conflicts of interest, none of which would prohibit the LARA director from being married to a lobbyist with interests before LARA, and adds other directives, such as that officials "not engage in outside employment or activities conflicting with their official government duties."

Whitmer "has set a high bar and has full faith in her cabinet," Brown said.

Mauger said Michigan is one of only two states that doesn't require some form of personal financial disclosure for top state officials, and the situation with the Hawks demonstrates the need for laws requiring such disclosure.

"This one is kind of obvious, but there could be many more of these situations that we don't know about," he said.

Lucido noted that potential conflicts involving top state officials and lobbyists are not new in Lansing, citing the example of Dennis Muchmore, who was chief of staff to former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder while his spouse, Deb Muchmore, worked as a Lansing lobbyist. She had served as a spokeswoman for Nestle, the company that obtained a controversial state permit to increase its pumping of Michigan groundwater, obtained at a nominal fee, after Dennis Muchmore left Snyder's employ.

State Sen. Joe Hune, R-Fowlerville, who left the Senate at the end of 2018 because of term limits, is married to Lansing lobbyist Marcia Hune. That relationship became an issue in a federal lawsuit involving electric car manufacturer Tesla, because Joe Hune introduced legislative language that Tesla alleges banned the insurgent company's sales model in Michigan, while the firm Marcia Hune worked for counted the established Michigan auto dealers among its clients.

Chuck Perricone, a former Republican House speaker who has worked as a lobbyist in the cannabis industry since 2011, said it's valuable to raise questions and concerns about such relationships because the approval process for various types of marijuana licensing "is just so subjective."

"I appreciate the scrutiny," Perricone said. However, "in my personal experience over the years and in this space, Mike Hawks is a straight shooter and I have no reason to believe that the new director won't operate the same way."

Let us not forget Peter "Asset Forfeiture" Lucindo and his lustful political career.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=peter+lucindo

Committee hearing uncertain for LARA appointee with potential conflict of interest


Lansing — The Republican senator responsible for reviewing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s appointments is unsure whether he’ll hold a hearing regarding a potential conflict of interest for the state's new licensing director.

A conflict of interest, when it arises, should be handled according to department policy and procedure, said Sen. Peter Lucido, not necessarily in a committee hearing to confirm the appointee.
“I don’t think it’s an appointment that needs to be questioned just yet,” said Lucido, the Shelby Township Republican who chairs the Senate’s Advice and Consent Committee.

Lucido’s comments come as Whitmer voiced support Tuesday for her cabinet members, including Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs appointee Orlene Hawks, whose husband, Michael Hawks, is a Lansing lobbyist.

Michael Hawks’ company, Governmental Consultant Services Inc., assists clients in several areas overseen by his wife’s department, including licensing approval, liquor control and regulatory items, according to the GCSI website.

He was named the second most effective multi-client lobbyist in the state by a 2017 MIRS/EPIC-MRA Insider Survey.

Licensing and Regulatory Affairs houses more than a dozen bureaus including the Michigan Occupational and Safety Health Administration (MiOSHA); the Michigan Public Service Commission; Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing; the Liquor Control Commission; Community and Health Systems; Professional Licensing; and Marijuana Regulation.
The former director of the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, Orlene Hawks said she is not a shareholder of GCSI and would comply with civil service rules and protocols to ensure the department’s laws were “administered fairly, efficiently, consistently and transparently.”

“Throughout my entire career in state government, I have served the people of Michigan with the utmost honesty and integrity, and will continue to do so as LARA director,” Hawks said in a statement issued by a LARA spokesman.

Michael Hawks did not return a phone call and email seeking comment.

Orlene Hawks will comply with all LARA rules, which enforce civil service rules, agency spokesman Jason Moon said. That includes rules that require LARA employees to submit forms within 14 days of hire that disclose potential conflicts of interest.

Department rules also specifically prohibit employees from exercising "any decision-making authority of the state regarding any regulation, enforcement, auditing, licensing, or purchasing with respect to any business or entity in which the employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family has any financial interest or management authority."

Whitmer has confidence that her cabinet members “will be ethically conscious, serve with integrity and are committed to putting Michigan residents first," according to a statement from her spokeswoman Tiffany Brown

“The governor's expectations for her administration and state employees are clear, as witnessed by the executive directive she signed just days after taking office, focused on assuring a good, ethical state government,” Brown said.

Advice and Consent Committee meetings, when needed for an appointee, would instead focus on experience, background and what makes the appointees “uniquely qualified to do the work for the people,” Lucido said.

All evidence so far indicates Orlene Hawks matches that description, he said.

"She has an impeccable background for public service," Lucido said

The Hawks dilemma is not the first in state government, nor will it be the last, he said. Lucido noted that another lobbyist, Deb Muchmore, helped Nestle during its fight to gain water withdrawal permits from state government after her husband, Dennis Muchmore, served as Snyder’s chief of staff.

Likewise, last week, former Lt. Gov. Brian Calley registered as a lobbyist with the Small Business Association of Michigan, where he will be able to lobby his own wife, Rep. Julie Calley of Portland.

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Friday, January 17, 2020

Pete Lucindo & His Co-conspirators Are In The Spotlight

Someone should definitely initiate investigation into Pete Lucindo for the simple fact that he has a personal interest in the well-being of children, when it comes to asset forfeiture and trust funds.

Just saying, because I know nothing, which is why there should be an investigation.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=lucido

You never know what you may find.

Michigan lawmaker apologizes for telling reporter boys could 'have a lot of fun with her'

Sen. Pete Lucido apologized for the "misunderstanding," but also said the incident was "blown out of proportion."

A rookie news reporter was heaped with praise Wednesday for standing up to a powerful Michigan lawmaker who she says humiliated her when he allegedly told a visiting group of Catholic high school boys that they could “have a lot of fun” with her.

But Allison Donahue, who is just 22 and has worked for the Michigan Advance for eight months, said the hardest thing about her confrontation Tuesday with state Sen. Pete Lucido outside the Senate chamber in Lansing, Michigan was telling her father about it later.

“He was upset,” she told NBC News. “I frequently call him after work and tell him about the crazy days I have. It was heartbreaking to tell my dad something like that.”

Donahue said something similar happened to her when she was 15 and “I had to tell him about that too.”

Lucido, a 59-year-old Republican, issued an apology Wednesday. But his mea culpa came after first telling The Detroit Free Press that he didn’t feel he owed Donahue an apology, saying the whole matter had been “blown out of proportion.”

“I apologize for the misunderstanding yesterday and for offending Allison Donahue,” he said in a brief statement.

Donahue said she appreciated Lucido’s apology and said she hopes he read her first-person account of Tuesday’s encounter.

“I hope he reaches out and we can talk more,” she said. “Maybe we can find some common ground.”

I tried to interview Sen. Peter Lucido. He told me a group of schoolboys ‘could have a lot of fun’...
I waited outside the Michigan Senate chamber to ask Sen. Peter Lucido (R-Shelby Twp.) on Tuesday for a comment about the Detroit Metro Times’ story reporting that he was a member of a violent,...

NBC News reached out to Lucido, but there was no immediate response. Leaders of his own party as well as the Democrats were concerned by the incident.

“I take this very seriously and intend to have a very intense and lengthy conversation with the senator as soon as we’re done with session,” Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Republican, told reporters. “If those words that were reported are accurate, it’s very unacceptable and that’s all I’ve got to say about it.”

Shirkey and Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, a Democrat who represents the city of Flint, later formally requested a sexual harassment investigation into Lucido.

Lucido is a married father of three whose district includes the state capital Lansing and who currently serves as the Majority Whip. He is also reportedly eyeing a possible run for governor in 2022 against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.

Donahue is from western Michigan and covers education, immigration, women’s and LGBTQ issues for the Michigan Advance.

In her account, Donahue said she was waiting to ask Lucido about his involvement in an anti-Whitmer group on Facebook which includes “posts about graphic violence against Democrats, anti-Muslim rhetoric and degrading comments about women.”

Lucido had been hosting a group of students from his alma mater De La Salle Collegiate, which is an all boy’s Catholic high school in the Detroit suburb of Warren.

“I asked Lucido for a moment to address the issue at hand, and he told me he would catch up with me after he was finished honoring the group of students,” Donahue wrote. “As I turned to walk away, he asked, ‘You’ve heard of De La Salle, right?’”

Donahue said she hadn’t.

“It’s an all boys’ school,” he told me, Donahue wrote. “You should hang around! You could have a lot of fun with these boys, or they could have a lot of fun with you.”

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Michigan Medicaid Targeted Population Cost Reimbursed Self Sufficiency Workforce Training Revenue Maximization & Asset Forfeiture Model

Whoever said the 13th Amendment abolished indentured servitude or slavery lied.

There is the exception of being duly convicted of a crime, where poverty, is codified in Michigan as a crime.


In our next exciting adventure into the national policy diffusion of  asset forfeiture model through an
access to health care model
 from"The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth), Medicaid, we have Michigan in play.

Michigan Medicaid Targeted Population Cost Reimbursed Self Sufficiency Workforce Training Revenue Maximization Model

It is about time we stop labeling people.  Seriously.  Stop it.  We have the technology to make it end.

I have no problems with generating opportunity for individuals to participate and flourish in society, however they ultimately decide; it is the lack of opportunity to discuss, or at least identify the doctrine of cui bono?"

Who benefits?  The Public Private Partnerships or the individual?

Michigan, being the privatization think tank of the nation, has been pushing the proverbial envelop on targeted populations, the formal term for Medicaid revenue maximization.


How to find a Medicaid revenue maximization free labor workforce.


 "ABLE-BODIED ADULT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO IS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CAPABLE OF WORKING.

Who determines the boundaries for meeting the criteria of able-bodied adult?

Is this an GAL model?

Is this the Shared Parenting model, where Jim Runestad refuses to address anything to do with the State sharing parenting through the current child welfare model in Michigan.

What does "capable of working" mean?

Is this the new low wage manufacturing workforce, human currency, with the hourly wages paid through Medicaid, as life self-sufficiency training through social impact bonds, of course.

Does this mean the "able-bodied adult" who is capable of working will have to work off the Medicaid debt for being previously classified as disabled, having received benefits, considering the disability criteria is about to change.

If this is the case, then we have ourselves asset forfeiture of the trust funds because every corporation should hire a child.

Well, actually, these Privateers really did want to convert children into its new workforce and even attempted to change child labor laws, but it did not go over so well.

So, what they did was start to change the entire concept of disability to include age, or rather, children.

This is an Industrial Organizational predictive analytical model to maximize revenues and seize assets.

Someone is going to make a whole bunch of money off this population of chattel through social impact bonds.

I am quite sure there will be those highly sought after, lucrative database, third party contractors who will eventually sell off our data and intellectual property.

Why would there be a penalty provision of stripping one of opportunity to medical access if there is a procedural error?




Whether you like it or not, I am going to make the world go blockchain. 

That way, if someone suspects you of stealin', we can trace it right back to the original mines the copper for the pennies you got by filing false claims for fraudulent cost reimbursements.

Oh, and if your programs suck, you will be shuttered, immediately because the world will know.

That is how you start building procurement policies.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Cocktals & Popcorn: Why Snyder Tells OCO To Review Child Protective Services, Again, The Feds Will Only Know

The Michigan Auditor General releases an audit report on Michigan Child Protective Services, and it is not pretty.


Then, this happened.


This was the response for the State Child Welfare Licensing Division:

Good Afternoon
A youth, a mandated reporter, an interested citizen, frankly anyone can file a complaint against a licensed foster home.  You say home provider so I assume you are talking about a foster home.  If there is a suspicion of abuse  or neglect the complaint  should be made to Children Protective Services Central Intake.  If you have a complaint  against a child placing agency or a child caring institution, it is handled through the Division of Child Welfare Licensing under the Department of Health and Human Services. DCWL investigates child placing agencies and child caring institutions around  compliance with specific rules.  You can make a complaint using the website if it is against a child placing agency or a child caring institution, or you can give me the information.  I hope this helps.  I am not aware of who investigates Protective Services.  I would suggest contact with a supervisor or the District Manager of the local office involved.
As you can read in the response, Michigan Child Welfare Administrators do not have a clue to what is going on in the system, or even how the system actually works, or even a personal passion to actually respond to the questions regarding the reporting of fraud or if foster kids have civil rights.

You can tell she has yet to read the Auditor General's Report on CPS.

Then, this happened.

Gov. Snyder Calls for CPS Review

Governor Rick Snyder is now calling for changes after the Michigan Office of the Auditor General released a scathing report last week detailing several faults in the state’s Child Protective Services program.

The audit found a number of glaring issues in the state’s CPS program, including failing to launch and complete investigations within the required timeframe and not referring investigations to prosecutors.

The governor has tapped Orlene Hawks to lead a review and improvement process of CPS.
Hawks is currently the director of the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman, though she will leave that post during the review.

Snyder hopes Hawks will be able to find ways to rapidly improve Michigan’s CPS program, having called the audit’s findings “unacceptable.”

In the spirit of fuchsia...

Snyder's hopes shall soon be dashed because Orlene Hawks has been put on notice, from the first day she took her Oath of Office, that the entire system sucks and has sucked since it was first conceived.

(NOTE TO SELF: Check to see if her Oaths of Office are filed in the Great Repository of the Seal

Orlene Hawks has not done a damn thing to improve the system, as the Office of the Children's Ombudsman functions as a strawman of oversight, on a shoestring budget, with no cooperation from the Attorney General or the Department of Health and Human Services.

Did you know DHHS has the power to refuse to cooperate with an OCO investigation?

I can prove it, you know.

Did you know the OCO does not possess powers of subpoena?

By the time OCO can review and present finding to the Legislature for the rulemaking process to commence, there is a term limit and another election cycle.

No one communicates with anyone up in Lansing.

The last time Snyder called for a special commission review, they lied to him, like they always do.

The Attorney General will not partner in investigations with OCO.

OCO does not have to refer any criminal activities to the Attorney General.

The Attorney General will not even appoint a Special Prosecutor.

The Attorney General refuses to investigate DHHS.

The Attorney General will not even investigation the Legislators on all their special interests child welfare legislation foreign dark money campaign contributions or those lucrative, privatized contracts these elected officials end up getting through their corporations.




As a matter of fact, the entire Michigan Child Welfare System has been under the federal monitor for over 10 years, yet Children's Rights continues to generate billing, without even advocating for the civil rights of these foster kids...because they cannot....because they are a private corporation and have not had the grant authority transferred, or rather parental rights...because these foster kids are under the jurisdiction of the state's legal guardian, Michigan Children's Institute.

To believe Children's Rights is advocating for anyone other than themselves makes a strong case to go to a drug rehab, because there is no other logical explanation to think otherwise.

Will Snyder Stop Medicaid Fraud In Michigan?

Children's Rights received the largest attorney fees payment in the history of the state and not one penny went to the children.

The Court was going to put Michigan Child Welfare under Federal Receivership, but the "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) talked Edmunds into letting them privatize the oversight where Kevin Ryan at his "neutral" Public Catalyst is doing nothing but expanding the operations to maximize his revenue.

Perkins Coie & Children's Rights Covered Up And Profited From Trafficking Tiny Humans In Arizona Child Welfare

Think about that for a few minutes then remember that Perkins Coie Sucks.


#perkinscoiesucks

There is no need to call for the OCO to review because all she has to do is read my work.

I have all the Auditor General reports, congressional hearings and reports, and international reports, lawsuits, original sources, and everything else you ever wanted to know about child welfare, right here.
Yet, Orlene has not once reached out to me and she should know me very well; if not, we have a serious problem with her remaining in her position of authority.


Get ready for the legal battle, Boys & Girls, because this is going to get really raw, or at least those are my plans.
Oups, je dis une bêtise!
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"Cocktails & Popcorn, anyone?"
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