Eureka Montana News by Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox: December 2012

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Congressional Testimony: Haley Mills to Bill Windsor of Lawless America

"What Separates a Blogger from a Journalist?" The Internet is more Mainstream then any Big Media. Google and Google's Blogger has a larger target audience then any one Traditional Big Media. No More Reporters Privilege just for BIG Media. the Crystal Cox Blogger Case will LEVEL the Playing Field for GOOD, of the Bloggers vs. Journalist Debate which is NOT Over Yet. Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is the Biggest Free Speech Case to HIT any ONE Individual and Affect the Rights of Every Individual, EVER.

What separates a blogger from a journalist? There are credible and non-credible bloggers, as well as credible and non-credible "journalists. There are bloggers posting more information than traditional journalists, and who are TRULY independent.

"The question of blogger vs. journalist has been the stuff of legends now. It has been discussed from as early as 2005, as far as I remember, and many blog posts have been written on it already."

"The most commonly cited reasons given to call someone a blogger (or a journalist) usually include the rigor in reporting/research (more rigor is assumed to be from a journalist), interactivity with audiences/readers (usually siding bloggers), the fact that someone has an opinion (works for both), the motivation to write about something and so on. I have briefly touched on this topic too, back in 2009 – Blogger engagement? What is a blog, but?

Other relevant resources to get a complete laundry list of criteria to tell the difference include,

1. What Separates a Blogger from a Journalist? (WebProNews)

2. Blogging vs. Journalism: The Ongoing Debate (TheNextWeb)

3. The Twisted Psychology of Bloggers vs. Journalists

While all those are valid, in some way or other, I believe we have at least gone past the print/TV vs online media reasons to call someone either a blogger or a journalist. There are many journalists who report/write online and many bloggers have started to write print columns too. So, since those lines have greyed, let me offer an updated, single-point criteria to know the difference between a blogger and a journalist, no matter where they write and if their publication (online or offline) has the word ‘blog’ in its name."

"So, you could be a journalist in the New York Times and have the power to directly upload content in NYT’s online website…like how bloggers do; in fact your column on NYT could also be called a ‘blog’. But do you own the platform? If not, you are a journalist. In essence, it means you are an ‘ist’ in a journal…a journal owned by someone else, to put it coarsely. You merely write for them, using their platform.

A blogger, on the other hand, owns the platform in which he/she writes.

By that logic, if you are a contributing author in TechCrunch (a blog, by most standards), you would still be a journalist, simply because you do not own the platform you are writing for. Michael Arrington, before the sale of TechCrunch to AOL, was a blogger. Now, in my opinion, he is a journalist."

Source of Above Quotes and More Information
http://itwofs.com/beastoftraal/2011/04/01/blogger-or-journalist-how-to-tell-the-difference/

Blogger Vs. Journalist Research Links

"Blogging is not a regulated industry because (for the most part) we don’t get paid. 99.9% of bloggers, even if they do get occasionally paid, aren't making a living at blogging. It's a hobby. A labor of love."

"Chris Bowers says blog posts are alive in ways that posts in other mediums simply are not, becasue hey are online discussions. The only reason you should be mad at a blogger for posting inaccurate information is if that person refuses to correct the story once they are presented facts to the contrary, or if that person did not even try to figure out the facts before publication. The only reason you should be mad at a blogger for not seeking a response from the subject of a post before publication is if that blogger refuses to listen to any comments or responses after the post has already been made. Personally, I love a healthy debate."

"The lines between journalism and blogging seem to not be black and white but shades of gray. I view blogging as an online conversation. Thoughtful but more casual. My stories might be one-sided at times, but that's because I am giving you my opinion on a subject.

I am not bound by journalistic ethics to be unbiased and just present the facts. And in my mind, that's the biggest difference between being a blogger and a "real journalist". And if you don't want my opinion, don't read my blog. I feel like I make an effort to be thoughtful and have an educated opinion.

I am a Google Ninja Master at scouring the internet for news, tweets, posts and comments to uncover bits of hidden gems. I'm not just receiving one person's text or email about something and heading off to the races, mindlessly blogging away. But, I don't wait for permission from the subject to give you my opinion on a bit of gossip either. Who do you trust? A tweet from a person who actually saw something happen or an official statement from a Publicist who's paid to protect that person's ass? I'm just sayin'."

Source and More
http://www.ohsocynthia.com/2011/10/blogger-vs-journalist-what-is.html

"Bloggers vs. Journalists is Over"

"Bloggers vs. journalists is over. I don’t think anyone will mourn its passing. There were plenty who hated the debate in the first place, and openly ridiculed its pretensions and terms. But events are what did the thing in at the end. In the final weeks of its run, we were getting bulletins from journalists like this one from John Schwartz of the New York Times, Dec. 28: “For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs.”

Full Article from 2005

http://archive.pressthink.org/2005/01/21/berk_essy.html

The Debate may be over, settled long ago, however the laws, the judges and main stream media sure are not up to date on this long ago settled matter ~ Crystal L. Cox

"Distinction Between Bloggers, Journalists Blurring More Than Ever"

"The time-worn debate of Bloggers vs. Journalists has finally run its course. For years, traditional journalists scoffed at bloggers as pajama-wearing screamers, while bloggers have pointed to MSM (mainstream media) as secretly biased and obsolete. While the extremists in this argument have had the stage shouting at each other loudly (and it continues to this day), what has happened quietly in the background has received less attention: Mainstream media reporters have started blogging in droves, while larger blog operations have hired seasoned reporters and focused on doing traditional journalism.

How indistinguishable are large independent blogs and traditional media sites? Take the following quiz:

1. Who won a recent Polk Award for investigative journalism, a blogger or MSM reporter?

2. Which big New York-based website has four editors and four reporters, and is looking to hire two more reporters -- a blog or traditional media outlet?

3. Which site hired a young blogger fresh out of college? Blog or MSM site?

4. Which site in Silicon Valley edits 80% of stories before being published online? Blog or MSM site?"

Quote Source and Full Article

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/02/distinction-between-bloggers-journalists-blurring-more-than-ever059.html

"I wrote my essay, Bloggers vs. Journalists is Over, in 2005. And it should be over. After all, lots of journalists happily blog, lots of bloggers journalize and everyone is trying to figure out what’s sustainable online. But there’s something else going on, and I think I’ve figured out a piece of it: these two Internet types, amateur bloggers and pro journalists, are actually each other’s ideal “other.” A big reason they keep struggling with each other lies at the level of psychology, not in the particulars of the disputes and flare-ups that we continue to see online.

The relationship is essentially neurotic, on both sides. Bloggers can’t let go of Big Daddy media— the towering figure of the MSM — and still be bloggers. Pro journalists, meanwhile, project fears about the Internet and loss of authority onto the figure of the pajama-wearing blogger. This is a construction of their own and a key part of a whole architecture of denial that has weakened in recent years, but far too slowly. The only way we can finally kill this meme–bloggers vs. journalists–and proceed into a brighter and pro-am future for interactive journalism is to go right at the psychological element in it: the denial, the projection, the neuroses, the narcissism, the grandiosity, the rage, the fears of annihilation: the monsters of the id in the newsroom, and the fantasy of toppling the MSM in the blogosphere."

Quote Source and Full Article
http://pressthink.org/2011/03/monsters-of-the-newsroom-id-why-bloggers-vs-journalists-is-still-with-us/

"Apr 17, 2012 - 8:36AM PT

So can we stop talking about bloggers vs. journalists now?"

Full Article
http://gigaom.com/2012/04/17/so-can-we-stop-talking-about-bloggers-vs-journalists-now/

NOPE, not time to quit talking about it Just Yet. We are Waiting for the Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox Case. First We wait and See if the "Appeal" is STOLEN as an Asset. Then we wait for the Decision, and then.. well we are Closer to "stop talking" "about bloggers vs. journalists now" ~ Crystal L. Cox

"Blogging vs. Journalism: The Ongoing Debate"

Full Article
http://thenextweb.com/us/2010/08/18/blogging-vs-journalism-the-ongoing-debate/

"SXSW 2011: Jay Rosen on bloggers v journalists"

"Six years ago Jay Rosen wrote an essay arguing that it was time to abandon the sterile opposition between blogging and traditional journalism. On Saturday at SXSW he was still trying to convince us. "It's one internet. The news system now incorporates the people formerly known as the audience.""

Full Article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2011/mar/13/sxsw-2011-jay-rosen-bloggers-journalists

"A federal judge in Oregon ruled that Crystal Cox, a blogger who was sued for defamation after she accused the founder of an investment group of acting illegally and unethically, cannot claim protections afforded to journalists under state shield laws. In his ruling, the judge noted that Ms. Cox was not affiliated with a “newspaper, magazine, periodical, book, pamphlet, news service, wire service, news or feature syndicate, broadcast station or network, or cable television system.”"

More on Obsidian V. Cox
http://www.crystalcoxcase.com/

Blog Post by Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox who is currently at the forefront of the "Distinction Between Bloggers and Journalists" Debate as it is seen in the courts of the U.S. and as affects the entire World. Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox is in the middle of a Legal Storm that will forever change how Bloggers are treated within the courts as it pertains to "Reporters Privilege", Equal Protection for Bloggers and Journalist, Shield Laws, Retraction Laws, the First Amendment, Qualified Privilege and More.

The Obsidian Finance Group vs. Crystal Cox Blogger case

FULL On Faces Big Media Privilege

and Stands in the Face of the

MONOPOLY that Big Media has on FREE SPEECH.

Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox has been harassed, threatened, lost her home, lost her life as she knew it and is continually pressured, threatened, defamed and attacked in attempt to STOP her Ninth Circuit Appeal.

Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox refuses to be intimidated, co-hearsed, bought off and continues to remain dedicated to Standing up to BIG Media's Monopoly on Free Speech. Even in the face of the Current Issue of David S. Aman and Steven Wilker of Tonkon Torp Law Firm Portland Oregon Seizing the "Assets" of Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox and the Asset they are Seizing in a Sheriff's Sale is Crystal L. Cox's "Right to Appeal", this 8 months after the Appeal Was Filed, and after two rounds of Appeal Briefs have been filed. And the PURPOSE is to steal the Verdict, and to Control the outcome for Big Media and the Co-Conspirators of David S. Aman, and Steven Wilker of Tonkon Torp Law Firm Portland Oregon.

David S. Aman, Steven Wilker, Tonkon Torp Law Firm Portland Oregon, Kevin D. Padrick, Obsidian Finance Group, David Carr of the New York Times, Kashmir Hill of Forbes, Jordan Rushie of Philly Law Blog, Kenneth P. White of Brown, White and Newhouse and their Co-Conspirators have recently been named in a massive legal action based out of the Nevada Courts and will soon be named in RICO Lawsuits, RICO Complaints, Criminal Complaints, Attorney General Complaints, FBI Complaints in more. Their Goal? To Silence Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox, in conspiracy, in Order to protect Big Media's Stronghold on Free Speech and to Suppress the iViewit Technology Story in which Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox has written about for years, and in which the Co-Conspirators Clients stand to lose Billions a year, if not a month.

Here is More regarding David S. Aman and Steven Wilker of Tonkon Torp Law Firm Portland Oregon Seizing the "Right to Appeal" as an "Asset" of Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox.

http://www.obsidianfinancesucks.com/2012/12/tonkon-torp-law-firm-portland-oregon_26.html

Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox, Truly Independent Blogger, Independent Media Says that Bloggers who run multiple blog sites, take in tips, dig deep into research, read documents, study videos, and truly report on a subject, along with adding their own style, flare if you will, and their opinion, certainly are Media and are most definitely a "Medium to the Public", certainly is news worthy and these bloggers should have the same Equal Protection under the Law as traditional media, big media.

Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox SAYS Real Investigative Journalism has no way to TRULY be Impartial, for the REAL Facts, lead to a real TRUTH, and thus a Real Opinion or Decision is bound to be made in the mind of the Real Investigative Journalist based on this deep research, and fact finding.

Distinction Between Bloggers, Journalists

What is a Qualified Privilege and Who Qualifies? What is Reporter Privilege and why should you care? Why is Obsidian V. Cox important to Every Citizen in America, in the World? Here are the Opening Briefs of the Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal L. Cox Appeal, take a look at the Issue that Affect YOU ALL.

Eugene Volokh, Crystal L. Cox Appeal. Obsidian Vs. Cox Appeal Opening Briefhttp://www.docstoc.com/docs/132977266/Eugene-Volokh-Crystal-L-Cox-Appeal-Obsidian-Vs-Cox-Appeal-Opening-Brief

ScotusBlog.com Amicus Brief Regarding Obsidian Vs. Cox Appealhttp://www.docstoc.com/docs/133576894/ScotusBlogcom-Amicus-Brief-Regarding-Obsidian-Vs-Cox-Appeal

Obsidian V. Cox Appeal; the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/133593941/Obsidian-V-Cox-Appeal-the-Reporters-Committee-for-Freedom-of-the-Press

EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation Amicus Brief
http://www.citmedialaw.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2012-01-11-EFF%20Amicus%20in%20Support%20of%20Cox%20Motion%20for%20New%20Trial.pdf

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox affects you all.

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is about the Free Speech, First Amendment Rights of all citizens, all bloggers, all new media, all citizen journalists and those who are out their investigating stories and bringing those stories into every corner of the world Via Blog.

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is not about EXTORTION. Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is not a Criminal Trial, nor was it ever a matter of extortion as a material fact of Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox.

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is about ENDING the Monopoly of Free Speech that Big Media has. And Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is about ensuring that bloggers, such as me, who investigate a story for years, interview dozens of sources, take years of tips, read thousands of pages and documents, watch and read depositions, listen to court audios, watch insider meetings, get information from courts and multiple sources and report on that story, are protected under the law equality, just as a New York Times Journalist Such as David Carr or a Forbes Journalist such as Kashmir Hill, or an NPR Reporter such as Bob Garfield, or an Oregonian Journalist such as Jeff Manning.

The Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox Ninth Circuit Appeal, run by Constitutional Rights Hero Eugene Volokh is about protecting your right to blow the whistle via blog, to have your own free press in the palm of your hands, to be an industry insider and share your story and have other bloggers pick it up and BE HEARD without the permission of ad based big media. And in that to have Equal Protection under the Law as any "Reporter" or "Journalist" associated with what is traditionally known as "mainstream" media, or "big media". This case will clear the way for you to report things as you see them, as you witness them, as the stories find you or you find them.

The Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox Ninth Circuit Appeal is poised to set a precedence that never existed before. A court precedence that once and for all defines what Media is and who has "Journalistic Privilege" and how that relates to the First Amendment and to the U.S. Courts. The Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox Case will lead to stronger retraction laws state to state and to a Federal Shield Law.

In 2012 and really for a decade, the INTERNET has been Mainstream Media and it is far past time that the courts catch up to this obvious FACT. Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox will catch the courts up once and for ALL.

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is not about your un-investigated "Opinion" of the Summit 1031 Bankruptcy, nor is its about your "Opinion" of Bankruptcy Whistle Blower Stephanie DeYoung nor her father Summit Principal Mark Neuman.

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is not about your un-investigated "Opinion" of Blogger Crystal Cox, in FACT Crystal Cox is irrelevant to the story, to the precedence and to this game changing legal matter.

Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox is not about your un-investigated "Opinion" or accusation that Crystal Cox is a Criminal, that should be left up to another court, another investigation and is simply not a matter on the table or a fact in the case what so ever. Extortion is a smoke screen, Investigative Blogger Crystal L. Cox was never charged with Extortion, never investigated for Extortion, was never on Trial for Extortion and NEVER committed Extortion.

Dig Deep Folks and Pay Attention to the Real Issue of The Obsidian Finance Group V. Crystal Cox Ninth Circuit Appeal. The Real Issue is YOUR Right to Free Speech as a Citizen and NOT as a "Big Media" paid Journalist or Reporter. And the Real Issue is to End the Monopoly of Free Speech that Big Media has over your Tax Funded Court System.

Crystal L. Cox
Investigative Blogger
SavvyBroker@Yahoo.com

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Corrupt Montana County Attorney Bernie Cassidy RUINS Lives with No Accountability. Make a Stand, Give Voice To Victims. Bernie Cassidy MUST be Held Accountable for His Actions. File Criminal Complaints, Start a Blog, Publish Documents, Speak OUT. Stand up for Each Other. do the Right Thing. Lincoln County Montana Corrupt County Attorney Bernie Cassidy is Destroying Families, Violating Civil Right and Endangering Lives.

"Dear Crystal,

I originally wrote this letter to Montana State attorney general. Rather than rewrite eh whole thing I am just forwarding on to you. It says what it needs to say. I am badly in need of some kind of help here.

Bernie Cassidy is about to eat me alive in court and I've lost my kids entirely thanks to this loser. Lost my kids to a man who already tried to kill them based on testimony that is not fact but is allowed into court without need for evidence and judged upon me as fact.

This man cares not for my kids lives. HELP!! My kids are going to die eventually. I'm facing jail time or worse. Please feel free to call me or write me or both.
Thanks,
Laura Glover

I am writing in sincerest hopes that this letter will make it through to you. I am a mother of two boys, ages seven and eight, Tristan and Robby respectively. We are located in Libby, MT. I left my boys father in 2008 because of his alcoholism and verbally abusive nature. I was with him for eight and a half years prior, in which I tried my hardest to make things work. When I left him, I stayed in Libby two years trying to find a job. Libby has one of the highest unemployment rates in our beautiful state sadly.

There are no jobs, or so few jobs and so many people in line hoping to be hired. One is lucky to find work at all here. So after two years of not being able to find work I did the next best thing and relocated to Washington State where I grew up because I knew I could find something there.

I did find full time work there eventually. My ex, my kids dad, hasn’t worked in around seven years now. He says he does, he rakes leaves and shovels snow for a few people and calls that good. He does not make enough to support the kids in the least, and lives off his mother. He won’t find work, isn’t even looking. During all this a custody battle ensued. Around a year ago we went to court for the interim parenting plan. The courts ruled in his favor even though I proved I was the more financially stable, mentally fit and better parent.

No, I don’t really know why the court ruled in his favor that being said. Let me give you a background on my ex, his name is Brant. He is diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder, which isn’t technically borderline anything. Rather it is a mental illness all of its own. With symptoms of uncontrollable anger and irrational emotions. He should be diagnosed with schizophrenia, but won’t discuss that he hears voices to his doctor.

He is a cutter, not of the high school variety. He still does it, and in fact has “Fuck you” and “Robby and Tristan” carved into his upper thighs. He has scars up and down his arms, crisscrossing. He is suicidal and has been committed to the state hospital on multiple occasions. He is an alcoholic who has had multiple DUI’s throughout the years.

One of those DUI’s, December 28th, 2006 our youngest son was in the Suburban with him when he got arrested for that DUI. It was not in the police report that Tristan was in the car seat in the back, I don’t know why. But Brant was pulled over that specific time for driving in the other lane. Yes, Brant drives drunk with our kids regularly.

Brant has threatened to kill my younger brother with a baseball bat filled with sharpened nails. Hand sharpened by Brant. He has threatened to beat my Dad up. He stalked me and would take pictures of me when I was out and about. I have, in fact, had three restraining orders against him in the past. In my initial argument about the parenting plan, I said “These things that occur in pattern, will continue to occur in pattern and as the set pattern of the past will get progressively worse. His next step is hurting someone else” which happened to be the kids. No one listened to me.

On March 3rd, 2012 Brant had an episode. The kids had gotten sick and he blamed his mom of poising them. He threw away the food the kids were eating and went into a rage. He smashed things around the house and head butted his large fish tank causing a gash on his forehead. He told the kids goodbye that they were never going to have to go to school again and cut Robby on the wrist.

His mother made sure to tell the family members to keep it hush hush that Brant had a knife at all, so that he wouldn’t get in trouble for it. (This isn’t the first time she has done this.) Brant was arrested that night for fighting with his family member, no knife was reported.

A week later my sons went to visit my parents. They told their Grandparents what had happened and my Dad called me. I called cps and spoke to Bob Webber, he said he would take pictures and do what was necessary. I called the cops who refused to take a statement, twice, saying that they thought it was coerced. Really??! So no cops heard my sons statements. Brant was in jail so I went and got my kids. I was allowed to take them out of state being that I lived out of state.

After I had the kids with me for about a week Bob Webber, of cps, said that it was the safety plan for the kids to be with me. I made sure to have a witness to this conversation. And she is willing to testify for me of this fact. I can provide any other documents needed in this case, so you can review it.

Anyhow, Brant gets out of jail and reports that I broke the parenting plan by keeping the kids from him. (Remember, I was told that it was the safety plan for them to be with me.) The county attorney, Bernard Cassidy, contacts my attorney, Charles Sprinkle, and asked about the reported custodial interference. My attorney said to Mr. Cassidy that he had personally heard the children’s statements and they were certainly not safe with Brant to please investigate this matter further, to get the facts.

Mr. Cassidy said he would and we heard nothing for some time. My boys and I were doing awesome in Washington during this. They were well taken care of, in school, loved and never cut off from any family member.

In fact I bought them both cheap cell phones and put all immediate family members on speed dial so they had absolute freedom to call any family member as they chose. Which they did frequently, at least several times a day. Then around the end of May, out of the blue and completely without warning I heard that there was a warrant for my arrest for custodial interference. They wanted me to return the kids to their Dad and turn myself in immediately.

I called and spoke with Mr. Cassidy and told him that I was under instructions from Bob Webber of cps to keep the children. He said that did not matter. I told Mr. Cassidy that he said he would investigate this matter further, he told me he investigated me only and called me a criminal. He said Brant’s Mother had more parental rights than me. I said that was not legal unless I had been proved unfit. He said a judge can do whatever he wants. (I recorded this conversation, legally. I would love to provide you a copy of it.)

This conversation ended with me near tears telling Mr. Cassidy that my kids dad tried to hurt my kids and this county was making it ok. I asked how he was going to guarantee my kids safety, he said he couldn’t. I am so ashamed this man works for this county. I am even more ashamed that any of my tax dollars may go to his salary. Mr. Cassidy did not care in the slightest that my son had been cut on the wrist. He didn’t care when I asked him what he would say to me if Brant finished the job next time.

This man, Mr. Cassidy, is in a position of trust. Our citizens rely on him to do a fair and complete job. To be passionate about his work because that’s what he has to be to make a difference. And most of all people trust this man to protect them and their family members. All these things he does not do or does a horrible job of. His seat needs to be vacated so someone capable of performing the tasks he refuses to can take the seat.

Someone who is capable of doing the job Mr. Cassidy WILL NOT DO! So anyhow, I went to jail for custodial interference. We just went back to court for the permanent parenting plan. Once again the judge rules in Brant’s favor. He did not care either that Robby had been cut on the wrist by his Dad.

I am now allowed one hour twice a week of supervised visitations. I don’t get to see them on Christmas, Thanksgiving, or any major holidays. I get them for a two hour block on Mothers day, and their birthdays and that is it. Thank you Libby Montana. This is how you protect my children!!! I am told to pay child support (Yay, I get to support Brant’s drinking habit now! This money will NEVER go to the kids. Not when their Dad can spend it on beer.)

I am told to pay court costs for Brant and all fees for both Brant AND his mother flying to California, where I was when I was arrested. Basically, in short the parenting plan reads that I only briefly get to see the children and I am supposed to pay, pay, pay…… Wow, I honestly have lost ALL faith in Libby through this. In fact, I want to move as soon as I am able. I am not a bad parent. Let me give you some of my background. I am 32, I have a few things on my record from when I was a teenager. But I grew up and left the wild child days in the past. I work hard, I support myself and my children, I don’t drink, I am mentally sound. I am a good mother who adores my kids and promotes them to have a healthy childhood. I want Brant to get help, psychological help and stick with it!

My hopes are that someday he can somehow be a healthy part of the kids lives. As for now I don’t want him to be alone with them. He has episodes at least once a week. He’s going to hurt the kids, he will harm them.

Why won’t anyone here listen to me? How many times throughout history has someone said that something was going to happen, maybe a husband killed a wife and she said prior that she was in danger, or other incidences. It happens all the time. Someone cries for help that their in danger and gets ignored, and that person ends up dead. This is and has been my cry for help.

My kids will someday end up dead at the hands of their dad. Someone needs to listen. Please, please be the one. Because in truth, all those who have chosen to ignore this issue are as guilty as if they’d help the knife to my sons wrist as well. Complacency in preventing crimes causes crimes! Thank you for your time. I hope this has reached you so that you have heard, but not just heard…. HEARD.

This town has done a poor job caring for my children’s safety and well being. You’re campaign commercials boast that you protect children. This is why I chose to write you. And I promise, if you do just that you have my vote. Not only that you will have my vote for any future endeavors you commence.

You say you protect children, prove it, protect mine from their death sentence passed down in the name of “justice”. It is a horrible travesty that the judges that sit on the seat and the callous cops who wouldn’t take my sons statements, and the cps worker who decided he didn’t believe my children are allowed to do these things and name them justice. It scars the very word to call anything so complacent “justice”. Please look into this matter and do what no one else has done. Protect my beautiful little men.

Thank you,
Laura Glover"

"Please feel free to share my story. She was an invaluable support to me. I know you aren't an attorney. I also know that you are awesome publicising such things as this. I need some of that publicity if I have any hope of fighting cassidy. I'm scared. My trial date is jan 24th. Cassidy will destroy me if he can. He hates me for the same reason he hates you and mary, we're a danger to him. I will definitely start a blog tomorrow and send you the link.

And I appreciate the help immensly. It is people such as you and mary and the wonderful friends in my life who have supported me that have kept shining a light for me in the proverbial dark hole that libby put me in. I am a great writer, artist and such and any way I can possibly help you in our joint causes I would be more than honored to do so.

I feel god has led me to this place because I'm meant to help others in fact, I want to become an attorney and work on a purely pro bono basis to fight for others in similar situations. I want you to know, I stumbled across your blogs randomly one day in my search for some relief. I was soooo excited that day. You arfe a stgrong and brave woman! I completely commend you, hats off to you lady! As I've said I am a very intelligent individual as well as multi talented. Use me please, I feel god leading me in this direction. Thanks again. :) -Laura"