After speaking with Judge Stuart’s clerk today, it was clear that the appellate volume was not in Judge Stuart’s courtroom. She then suggested that I go down to the 6th floor to talk to the file manager Ben, who is the middle man between files coming from the Appellate division to the Circuit Court.

After checking both his computer and the physical files, he came back with empty hands and an apology. No appellate volumes to be found at all for this case.

How do nine volumes of anything just go missing?

The Appellate volumes have many of the transcripts and court orders that seem to be currently missing from the file.

Any thoughts on what happened to the Appellate volumes? Be creative in the comment section below!

Dear readers;

This is from another probate blog but the descriptions are eerily similar to what is going on with Mary Sykes.

thanks

JoAnne

Any diagnosis makes someone at risk of enslavement in Cook County by Cook County Guardian under Illinois Probate Law in this case study. County takes away your right to decide for self
These are some human rights problems visitors/athletes face coming to a Chicago Olympics or to Chicago
1. Asking where parent or family is can result in restraining order and jail threat by Cook County judge and sheriff staff
2. Asking to visit, take family home can result in contempt charges by Cook County judge. The judge charges money to deny visits, deny phone, taking family from nursing homes. Letters from parent that she wants to go home, be visited, get phone calls are responded to with motions to strike, being pushed from the Daley Center, contempt orders and arguments that filings are repetitive
3. Wanting parent to avoid second hand smoke results in jail threats, arm twisting, being pushed from Daley Center by some Cook County sheriff staff. Wanting parent to avoid brief second hand smoke associated with cancer can result in harassment and false following to car allegations
4. Asking what chemicals are put into parent results in harassment allegations by Cook County guardian staff Nathan Goldensen and Sadeta Kalamperovic
5. Cook County guardian staff charges over $500 for routine services to be guardians over those who have injury or illness. Their staff charge for many concerns such as “can my parent come home” or “can my parent go to the zoo” or “can my parent go outside for Christmas services” or “where is my parent.” Cook County guardian charges $18 for phone calls to them sometimes
6. Cook County guardian takes most assets essentially for their own use. Cook County guardian staff wants someone to stay in a nursing home and they use the assets for the nursing home and to dispute the right to leave the facility, go home, avoid smokers, be visited, get phone calls
7. Cook County Guardian charges money to not reimburse food, dental, optical, transportation, medical, prescription bills paid by credit card by family for the parent’s care. Requests for reimbursement are responded to with jail threats sometimes
8. Cook County Guardian staff responds to concerns that they tax Boeing involved in the war in Iraq, other wars like WWII, Vietnam and Afghanistan with jail threats and confinement of parent. Boeing’s missiles dropped in many nations at Olympics and around world
9. Cook County guardian take family mail and federal court rules guardian has the right or state courts have rights and persons under guardianship do not have federal right to complain
10. Appeals about the rights to visit family, phone family and have family come home cost $200 in the Illinois Court of Appeals and $435 in the federal court. The contempt charge about trying to visit parent and have parent go home was $100. Athletes might face jail threats for trying to visit or phone or take family from certain nursing homes here.
11. Injured and some family are treated by Cook County Guardian as without rights. Cook County guardian staff Nathan Goldensen/Belko has rights to decide but none of family have
12. Nursing home director says “you will be dead if you say things like that” about contacting the US attorney about an elderly person being treated like a slave. In response to concern with “you are going to be dead” comment, access restricted for 6 months
13. Attempts to get parent fresh air away from second hand smoke is responded to with arm twisting, jail threat, 6 month access restriction and being pushed from Daley Center.
14. Nathan Goldensen asks “are you an anti-Semite,” because I express concern with the County treating persons with injury like disabled were treated in the 1930’s under National Socialism in Germany
15. County demands $30,000-40,000 to dispute reimbursement of bills, confine family, not let family get fresh air, come with police and take away parent’s place to stay, come with police and handcuff parent for running away trying to avoid second hand smokers
16. Cook County judge tries to make concern with these issues “harm to parent,” even though parent clearly says wants to live with son, phone son, visit son, go to zoo, avoid smokers, go to own doctors, likes living and being with son
17. Parent’s hands and head are shaking, and Guardian responds to concern by restricting access to see parent
18. Cook County guardian Nathan Goldensen say did not receive letters from parent even though she called him and I gave letters to him. Nathan Goldensen acts like not aware of smokers, even though I say many smokers repeatedly and show pictures she is not able to get fresh air away from smokers
19. Judge, Cynthia Farenga and Nathan Goldensen respond to concerns with second hand smoke by restricting access and having sheriff take family from building. Lawyers charge to deny rights requests
20. Any incapacity, mental illness, disability can result in this treatment by the County.
21. Cook County judge restricts filing of documents about these issues
22. Cook County judge uses diagnoses or injury to take away rights to decide for self
23. Cook County guardian staff withholds records of chemicals put into person’s body and takes away place to stay for issues like cold water in apartment, pipes that break in cold, broken elevator, cold temperatures, area involved in war, reimbursement requests
24. Cook County guardian staff and hosptals give shots without consent for trying to get expenses reimbursed, know what is put in body, be concerned over state taxing corporation involved in war
25. War crime concerns that state taxes corporation involved in war result in jail threats, visitation, phone restrictions and going home restrictions
26. Nursing home director says “mother probably not here” even though the person is there. Location withheld for 3 or more months

27. Nathan Goldensen and Sadeta Kalamperovic hold parent in facility for 17 months or longer and go through much of family assets. $4,300 is being charged each month at nursing home
29. Chicago Police and Sadeta Kalamperovic come and handcuff parent who was trying to avoid second hand smokers at nursing homeand ran away from County staff
Probate laws can make athletes and visitors’ injuries and limitations into reasons rights lost.
Diagnoses are reasons to enslave in Illinois. Mental Illness is a reason to enslave in Illinois. Why are the 13th, 14th , 15th amendment not seen as applying to guardianship even though the actions are not that different? When persons have to appeal to the US Supreme Court to visit family, phone family, get family away from smokers, get family fresh air, have family come home, similarities with slavery are seen. Many concerns in Cook County court are responded to with jail threats and being pushed from the Daley Center.
After you go to the doctor in the United States or at least Illinois, the determination of a diagnosis is legally used to strip you of a number of rights and liberties. Guardians take you as property to charge you money to express all your rights. The simple fact that you are scared of “evil people” or want to say a word like “I am from Heaven” or princess might be used to make you into a slave or County property.

My comments are who is the “judge” but then again, it can be any of the judges in Probate. Go find a list of Daley center probate judges and just insert any name. Pick a name. Any name.

There is no doubt that an oversight committee needs to be formed for what is going on in Probate. If you go to a nursing home, dozens and dozens of seniors are begging to get out of there and go home, yet no one is investigating that. I know if they get too vociferous, then they get drugged. They know they will get drugged for that and many start to shut up.

The reality is if you are a senior and you lose your driver’s license, and even then, you can be forced to live where you don’t and your home will be sold to put you in a nursing home and pay guardianship fees.

KDD is not kidding when he calls these clout heavy nursing home systems an evil cabal of corruption and the new Gulag in the US.

Whereas other countries consider it a shame to put grandma or grandpa into a nursing home, we have made it the sucking sound of a large vacuum cleaner here–wallets, homes, savings, jewelry. You name it and it will be sold to put grandma in a nursing home with a guardian that isolates here and continuously violates the ADA and her human rights.

We already have the right laws, but the implementation of these laws by the GAL’s and the court system is turning into a human tragedy and complete loss of civil rights.

JoAnne

Oversignt committe:

1) make sure that wards are not exposed to second hand smoke

2) make sure that a home is not being sold just to dump someone in a nursing home to make the nursing home money. Those are dangerous places that precipitously decreases the lifespan of seniors by half or more (3 years avg vs. 7 or more years at home when nursing care required). Guardians and GAL’s must sign a certificate of compliance that home care is not possible and/or the ward has consented to nursing home placement. Nursing home placements should be review each 6 month with a survey from the Guardian that the placement is acceptable to the ward, that there is no other home placement among relatives, and she has sought to find a nurse for in home care and that is not possible at the present time.

3) required the judges to make appealable written findings of fact and conclusions of law when a Power of Attorney for health care selecting a guardian is ignored by the court.

4) require the judges to inquire into Sodini, asking the petitioner if all the relatives are properly listed together with their names and addresses AND to file a certificate of compliance that Petitioner has served notice on all close relatives (spouse, adult children, siblings, parents) informing each of the hearing date, place and time 14 days in advance of the hearing on a Petition for Guardianship.

5) allow concerned family and friends to appoint an independent attorney who may question the court, the guardian and the GAL’s on each and all of the above. If allegations are proven, and the ward is able to pay from the estate, the court may order reimbursement of up to half the attorney’s normal published rate.

Dear Readers:

I have heard that Gloria did well in court on Friday, and that Carolyn was found in contempt of court because she refused, and continued to refuse to return Gloria’s property from the wrongful eviction from the White House. We will try to get a copy of the order and transcript for you all.

I was in the Probate court the other day, and I have since determined that 13 volumes of appellate transcripts are missing from the file. That’s about a box and a half of documents–and this is while the judge supposedly had those volumes securely locked away so papers from the file would not disappear.

However, the papers that have disappeared from the file, are only the ones that the miscreants want to have disappear–mainly my stuff, Gloria’s stuff and Ken’s stuff.

Since the judge has the file locked away, it appears to be an inside job and that exactly comports with Gloria’s story that the miscreants repeatedly go past the receptionist and are in the judge’s area. Since Greylord, there has been a court order in place to stop that, but does that stop the miscreants CF and AS? Not so, according to Gloria. Scott said he would check his notes but he is not sure he recorded when and how CF and AS have popped out of the judge’s private area. He wasn’t sure he recorded that at all, but he will let us know.

Also, coming up for August 16, 2012 is the next court date where Gloria will continue to cross Dr. Shaw on his testimony.

What I want to know is about those mini-mentals, what they comprise and how they’re supposed to be accurate regarding dementia and memory loss. How can you do that on a short questionnaire in your MD’s offices and they then use that to declare you incompetent.

FYI, those reports should not have been admitted, because they comprised hearsay on hearsay and Gloria could have easily knocked them out.. But maybe PS will forget he asked to have them admitted, and Gloria can make the argument again–they are too speculative to be of any use, no CBC was taken before which would detect hypoglycemia and other conditions which are temporary and indicate dementia, etc.

For next court date:

1) Gloria’s argument in written form that all of the evidence is too speculative and too old to be of any use in declaring a 2008 contract to be voided by the court.

2) Argument that this was not a private contract between two parties, as PS misrepresents to the court, but it is part of a valid entry of a court order. We now have the records that show PS did not file a Motion to Set Aside the apportionment agreement until May of 2011–a date far too late to come under section 1401 for attacking judgments. Kevin Salaam did an affidavit to that effect, it was a court order, and Gloria should get the file to the court and ask the judge to take judicial notice of the fact the agreement is indeed part of a court order.

3) Again, Gloria needs to get the declarations from Jo and Yo and get those on file with the court and set a time for their testimony they were not served with a time and date for the original Petition to declare Mary incompetent, and the court is acting without jurisdiction. There is also nothing in the file showing Mary received notice. A notice should have been put in the file and a certificate of service should have accompanied it setting forth it was 1) issued by the Petititon, Carolyn Toerpe; 2) it was mailed to all close relatives 14 days in advance of the hearing, namely Mary, Gloria, Jo and Yo. This was never done and I believe KDD knows the transcript date where PS or HW admitted it was never done. This court has no jurisdiction and is acting ultra vires. CT, by being well informed and continuing to participate in this charade has no business being guardian of anyone again–EVER. Gloria should be guardian, if a guardian is to be appointed, and that is only to protect Mary from Carolyn. Also, see the Table of Torts which I will be publishing on one of the pages of the website.

4) Gloria also has to put together a comprehensive response to PS’s Motion for Partition. The one that is on file now 1) does not mention the legal standards to bring a partition action; 2) she does not refute those standards, but engages in “other argument” and this is clearly marked in the judge’s comments, although the judge does indicate she thinks it is “too late” to bring up Sodini. NONSENSE. Jurisdiction can be brought up at any time–it is sooooo important.

So, let’s all keep the momentum going by encourging Jo and Yo to sign the declarations and get them back by the next August court date.

Gloria should motion up her Motion to Dismiss/Non suit for lack of jurisdiction, attach a copy of Sodini, a copy of the declarations and the transcript page clearly showing no jurisdiction.

take care all gentle readers.

Gloria can do this. She already whacked Carolyn upside the head with Judge Garber last week. She can do it again.

JoAnne

Dear Ken:

Well, spending 6 hours today working on that file was interesting.  Apparently the PS/HW are, as suspected, very light on taking care of paperwork.

I know you will be very surprised to learn of the following:

1)  PS’s Motion to Declare the Apportionment Agreement Null and Void was not filed until May 20, 2011–well past the sec 1401 two year limitations period.  No surprise there.  What is surprising is that Joel Brodsky told the court and PS that back in August of 2010, giving the miscreants a couple of months to file the motion, and they clearly blew it.  There are transcripts where PS has misrepresented to the court that the “apportionment agreement” was merely a private agreement between 2 parties, it was not a court order, and therefore it could be set aside.  All lies.  The miscreants have stood by and said nothing while PS lied about all that.  Kevin Salaam’s affidavit clearly said it was filed with the court and became part of the final settlement order.

2)  During the last hearing, PS told the court that all of Gloria’s witnesses and exhibits were stricken and he had a court order.  He said that Gloria did not turn over her list of exhibits and witnesses on time.  Gloria vehemently denied that.  I could find no court order providing a date for the parties to exchange witness lists and exhibits, I could not find anyone’s witness/exhibit list on file (tho Gloria said she emailed hers to PS, she should have offered to pop open her laptop and show the court on a secure server that she sent those off via email.

PS lies about the court records all the time.  Gloria objected to all of this at the last court hearing, and said PS was lying, but then later she forgot about all of it.

PS has also told the court that Gloria’s Requests to Admit were stricken, but again, there is no court order to that effect either I  could find.

3) Sometime in June 2010, Gloria brought up the issue of Sodini notices not being given and that the court replied “I believe that Judge Connors reviewed that issue and I will not do it again.”  However, the law is that jurisdiction is soooo very important it must be explored each time it is brought up and the court must patiently listen.  I have now very carefully reviewed the court’s records, I have spent about 6 hours, and there is no court order making any findings of fact or conclusions of law on subject matter jurisdiction.  We will provide declarations to that effect.

I personally think a motion for perjury should be in order against PS.  He has lied regarding just about every main issue that was presented in Probate–the jurisdiction, the apportionment, striking Gloria’s witnesses.  You name it, he lies about it.  Unfortunately, perjury is really not possible regarding an atty in court.  Opposing counsel (Gloria) should be filing pleadings and demanding justice on a regular basis.

For the next court date she should put all of the above in writing and bring it to the court’s attention and demand a date to bring her witnesses and exhibits to court.  She should have her own witness that mini-mentals casually mentioned in a medical report are not conclusive evidence of incompetency, etc.

thanks for all your help

joanne

Dear Readers;

I have to tell you I cannot figure out any of this at all.  Now LB is accusing Gloria of saying July 5, 2012 was a date previously provided to her, and that’s why LB is having fits because Gloria wants to change it?

What’s up with that?

Even assuming arguendo that Gloria told LB that July 5, 2012 was good for her deposition, when LB sent out the notice of deposition and Gloria responded it was not a good date, LB should have accommodated her.  After all, it’s not a hearing, it’s just a deposition and those are easily changed.  No one should care 5, 6 or 7 days in advance.  Heck, I’ve even had deponents that had to go to the hospital with a close family member at the last minute, and I’ve changed and accommodated the deponent.

Attorneys pretty much have to go to work every day.  I don’t understand what difference a few days or even weeks matter.  A true funny story.  I had a case where on or about February 1st, a Jewish deponent said holidays were coming up and he couldn’t do a deposition until 3rd week in April.  Not kidding.  And he wasn’t even a Rabbi or anything connected with a house of worship, he just wanted to skip 10 weeks!  We actually had to extend discovery to accommodate that one!

So I don’t get LB.  And the thing with the dog is even dumber.  Why should she care if Shaggy is trained, untrained, certified, uncertified or even decertified?  She knows that Carolyn took all of Gloria’s during the wrongful eviction action she filed and effectuated.  And Gloria wrote LB right away with a number of alternative dates.

What a crazy, out of control case.  The parties are supposed to work together on dates.  LB should be nice about the dog thing.  (Everyone in my building seems to have a dog, and those dogs go to work, and well, I actually like that.  We’ve had a chocolate lab, a standard poodle, a German shephard and a few other types of dogs that have come to work with doggie mom or dad and I see no problems).

I personally would NEVER ask anyone with a “service animal”–dog, cat, pocket pooch, bird, whatever, to produce documents and certifications.  How rude.  If someone needs a service animal that means they have an unfortunate condition and everyone should accommodate with the fewest questions.  Gloria is no exception.

Perhaps LB is worried Shaggy will make everyone laugh and smile and not worry about the ARDC’s dumb, trumped up case against an innocent, hard working attorney.  Well, that would be a benefit.

Read on for Gloria’s interesting response to all of this…

And again, LB is making a huge mistake to make a civil war out of deposition dates.  Most judges would never tolerate such behavior and they would force LB to take a date of Gloria’s choosing if it were brought to the court’s attention.  Nastiness, lack of understanding and accommodation against a member of the public is seldom tolerated in court.  An ARDC proceeding should be no exception.  Someone needs to stop acting shady and start acting like a lady.

take care

joanne

From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Jul 9, 2012 3:14 PM
To: probate sharks , NASGA , matt senator kirk
Cc: JoAnne M Denison , Lawrence Hyman
Subject: Fw: Ms. Lea Black – deposition of Gloria Jean SykesTh

Ms. Black,

Dear Readers;

As many of you know, corruption in our Cook County Circuit court costs all of us millions and millions of dollars per year.  That is what happens when justice is not done.

Attorneys are not just supposed to just “walk on by” when they see corruption, but sadly about as many do as the general public does when corruption is seen.  To complicate the matter further, when, as in this case the corruption is reported over and over but nothing is done because it apparently reaches the highest levels in the state, city and county, the costs and problems become harder and harder to solve.

Take a look below and see what corruption costs in terms of me running this blog when there are other consumer protection suits I want to be involved in.

take care

JoAnne

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4/1/2012    JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    0.75    $300.00/hr    225.00
Preparing 2 posts for blog.
JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    4.50    $300.00/hr    1,350.00
Emails regarding the taking of JMD’s computer, court sanctioned
elder abuse, and copyright infringement. (18 emails)
4/2/2012    JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    5.00    $300.00/hr    1,500.00
Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding the
ARDC witness list, updating the blog, and court sanctioned elder
abuse. (24 emails)
4/3/2012    JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    2.50    $300.00/hr    750.00
Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding the
ARDC Complaint and updating the blog. (16 emails)
4/4/2012    JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    1.00    $300.00/hr    300.00
Preparing posts for blog. (6 emails)
JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    0.25    $300.00/hr    75.00
Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding updating
the blog.
4/5/2012    JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    1.00    $300.00/hr    300.00
Preparing posts for blog.
JMD    MARY G SYKES BLOG    1.50    $300.00/hr    450.00
Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding the
ARDC Complaint (15 emails).
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Preparing blog posts and petitions post. (4 emails)
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Emails to and from Attorney Ditkowsky regarding elder abuse and
the ARDC Interview. (6 emails)
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Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding the table
of torts. (3 emails)
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Emails to and from Attorney Ditkowsky and client regarding table of
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Emails to and from Attorney Ditkowsky regarding the ARDC
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Preparing 2 posts for blog.
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Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding updating
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Preparing 2 posts for blog.
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Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding updating
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Preparing 2 blog posts and revising table of torts.
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Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding updating
the blog post. (6 emails)
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Preparing 2 blog posts and reviewing pleadings.
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Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding updating
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Reviewing emails from Attorney Ditkowsky for blog post.
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Emails to and from client and Attorney Ditkowsky regarding updating
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against properties and updating the blog and telephone
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July 7, 2012

Re: Seizure of attorney laptops in Probate court
And case no 09 P 4585 estate of mary g sykes

Dear Mr Connelly;

I was referred to your offices by Chief Judge Timothy Evans due to the constant seizure and interference by courtroom personnel in court room 1804 (Probate division, where else?) Whenever I simply want to take notes for a client on my laptop.

I think everyone knows that the courtrooms are supposed to be public and the ability of the public to take notes and disseminate news is very important.  I am an attorney running a blog on http://www.marygsykes.com/ which appears to be a very corrupt case, with corruption reaching to the highest levels, including the ARDC.

But when I go to court room 1804, the guardians ad litem complain to the judge “I am blogging.” Despite my best efforts to properly train court room personnel on first amendment rights and the rights and duties of attorneys to help their clients and others, they continually deny myself and my law clerk use of a laptop.

You might say, why?  There are hundreds of attorneys running around the Cook County circuit court at any given time using laptops, iPad thingies, laptops, whatever.  No one bothers them.  I practice there and in no other court room am I bothered.  I have conducted several trials weeks long and no one said anything when I used my laptop.  Opposing counsels all used laptops too.

Keep on asking questions, tho.  It’s obvious in this case.  Half the file is missing.  The court in 09 P 4585 has been acting without subject matter jurisdiction now for about 3 years.  The court and the GAL’s are working without authority and are engaging in gross tortious actions.   Any day now this will blow and it may very well create a scandal more far reaching than Greylord (yes, I’m old enough to recall Greylord, are you?)

Therefore, I need a response from your offices that attorneys should be allowed to use their laptops to take notes, compare their file stamped pleadings with the record, order needed transcripts, etc.

I also think a 9 volume appeal record is also missing from the courtroom, but I will try to confirm that on Monday.

How is this all happening? And when attorneys are trying to investigate and report the very important news our Probate court is utterly corrupt, we are told “no laptops.”

So please provide me with a proper response or letter indicating I can use my laptop and so can my staff and other attorneys, otherwise, please let me know when you are available for a pre-filing telephone discovery deposition to attach to a CPA (the Illinois Citizens Participation Act)  complaint for filing over with your buddies at 219 S. Dearborn.

Thanks

Very Truly Yours,

DENISON & ASSOCS, PC

JoAnne Denison

JoAnne M. Denison

PS– please respond by email or fax.  I see that Judge Timothy Evans likes to use expensive $50 per ream colored engraved bond paper.  I don’t need or want that.  That’s ridiculous when the country is now in a depression.  Are you guys kidding?  BS is the same on any type of paper, and is probably best left to the cyber junk on the internet.  Email and  Efax is fine by me.

PPS–you think this case is not corrupt on many levels?  Go ask the official court reporters offices who have now provided me with 3 affidavits of “lost” or “untranscribable” court proceedings.  If you believe that one, I have some swamp land for you in Florida that can be easily drained and Disney will buy it.

So, just let me know if you are on the side of cleaning up the courts or if you are a SOP patronage worker that fears every day to be thrown under the bus for whistleblowing.  You get a choice today.  I think Judge Evans made his choice.  Too bad it’s now permanently on the internet tagged under “corruption”.

PPPS–copies of correspondence to Judge Evans are attached hereto.

Cc: Hon Pres. Judge Timothy Evans

cc: http://www.marygsykes.com  And http://www.marygsykes.blogspot.com

tags: “timothy evans” “presiding judge cook county” “sheriff’s department cook county” “kevin connelly corruption”, “sheriff corruption” “failure to investigate corruption” “cook county corruption”, “seizure of laptops”, “whistleblowing attorneys”, “first amendment rights violated”, “public’s right to know denied”, “missing files cook county court”, “probate court corruption”, “judge jane louise stuart corruption.”

PPPPS– you should be able to google these tags in a day or two and see yourself in the search engines linked to corruption.  BUT the best part is most recent posts are listed first, so if you send out a mandate attys are allowed to use laptops to take notes in court and investigate corruption, you will be linked to new tags with your name and that you uphold constitutional rights, you assist attys in investigating corruption and you take the side of whistle blowers.  Whatever corrective tags you want, I will use.  Guaranteed.

Dear Readers;

One of the most disturbing aspects of the Probate case and the ARDC complaint against Ken is the complete lack of procedure and the pressing need to railroad everything and bypass normal and typical procedures.  Neither Ken nor I have seen this is any case before, and he has practices for over 40 years and I have practiced for over 25.

I will update the lack of procedures in this case, but my “Table of Torts” surely should be made a law school/CLE classic.  Just how much procedure can a court/tribunal ignore while supposedly doing its job?

Read below for lack of procedure in the ARDC on KD’s Requests to Admit, and the fact the ARDC never responded to any of his Affirmative Defenses, which must be denied or they are admitted and a Judgment on the Pleadings is called for and deserved.

But what the heck is really going on. Why are there being made serious mistakes in litigation by the ARDC that are being ignored.  There are no cases that say an ARDC tribunal is exempt from the Rules of Court–which according to Bright v. Dicke are not “aspirational”, the Rules of Court are to have the “same force and effect as any Illinois Law.”

JoAnne

Dear Readers;

Apparently this is what the miscreants have in store for Gloria.  As you are aware, there is supposed to be set a hearing on the Partition motion for July 6, 2012 at 2 pm.  No one knows if Gloria is participating.  The entire Probate matter is without jurisdiction, so Gloria has no obligation.  I could not find a summons/affidavit in the Probate file when I looked earlier, and as you all know, having previously published a copy of the Probate file from Mar of 2011 to present, it appears no where in there either.

Ken brings up good points below.  So where is the summons and affidavit served upon Gloria for the partition?  I believe Chase got a general one and I have seen that.  How can they proceed without Gloria.  What judge would proceed without a duly filed and sworn to Summons and Affidavit.

Perhaps this explains the recent bizarre behavior of LB allegedly calling up Gloria and being nasty to her AND serving her with a summons for her deposition in the ARDC on July 5, 2012, when Gloria has other plans and will not be available.  When Gloria said “no thank you” to that date, LB apparently did not take that well and things got nasty from her.  Gloria complained to LB’s superiors in Springfield, and got an apology.  Gloria sent numerous other dates.

What did the LB/Farenga party plan?  A deposition and the next day the Motion on Partition?

Pretty sneaky.  No one know what Gloria is doing about July 6, 2012.  I have not seen any summons for any of the court (wired) connected doctors that keep on saying Mary is incompetent despite the videos, despite having passed her driver’s exam in Jan. of 2009. 

The miscreants want her declared incompetent back to August of 2008. But how can that be with her passing a written driver’s license exam?

This crazy plot continues.  No jurisdiction.  Doctors that are paid handsomely for about an hour of work ($950 to one doctor according to CT’s 2011 accounting).

Too bad there are now waaay tooo many people besides Gloria noticing and publishing all the dirty little tricks and secrets of this case.

JoAnne

From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Jul 2, 2012 4:27 PM
To: JoAnne M Denison , NASGA , probate sharks
Cc: Tim Lahrman NASGA , states attorney , Cook County Sheriff , “Edward C. Carter” , “David (NBC Universal WRC) Silver” , “tips@tribune.com” , SUNTIMES , Joseph Hosey
Subject: escalation of intimidation on Gloria sykes in progress

www.ditkowskylawoffice.com

You go, Gloria!

Subject: RE: ARDC Lea Black — Subpoena deposition for Gloria Jean Sykes–please cross post!

From Ken Ditkowsky:

Yesterday I re-read the ARDC complaint that was filed concerning my protests and communications in regard to Adam Stern, Cynthia Farenga and the miscreants who acted under color of statute to deprive Mary Sykes of her liberty, property, civil rights and human rights.   The action taken is not even subtle.   It is a heavy handed attempt to shut me up.  My protest and exercise of my First Amendment Rights are particularly unpleasant to Mr. Stern, Ms. Farenga and those aiding and abetting their conduct.   I mentioned the fact that the breach of a fiduciary relationship is a ‘taxable event!’   When Stern, Farenga et al concealed the isolation and abuse of Mary Sykes by not filing reports to the Court of such conduct and instead defamated and castigated Gloria Sykes and those who protested they breached their fiduciary relationships to Mary Sykes.    When the plenary guardian drilled the safety deposit box and removed from it a large number of double eagle gold coins and other valuables and did not inventory the same it was not only a breach of fiduciary relationship but ‘theft!’    If the Federal and STate Income taxes have not been paid – that is tax evasion and possibly tax fraud.

As this has been now disclosed and made public we have called for an honest, comprehensive and complete investigation.   There is no just reason for Mary Sykes (aged 93) to be denied her civil rights and there is no reason why those persons who benefited by the non-inventory of the very valuable double eagle gold coins (worth about $3000 each) should not pay the Federal and State of Illinois taxes on the collectibles.

My continued mention of the fact that usually non-inventoried valuables in the possession of a guardian are not reported as income by the fiduciary has generated personal attacks on me from not only the two guardian ad litem, the plenary guardian and her attorneys, but now the ARDC.   Indeed, the fact that I undertook an investigation is the sole complaint against me.   I am also defending an attorney who is being investigated upon similar charges.  My defense to the Gulag is the First Amendment.    The following quote is particularly appropriate:

Like freedom of speech and a free press, the right of peaceable assembly was considered by the Framers of our Constitution to lie at the foundation of a government *523 based upon the consent of an informed citizenry-a government dedicated to the establishment of justice and the preservation of liberty. U.S.Const., Amend. I. And it is now beyond dispute that freedom of association for the purpose of advancing ideas and airing grievances is protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from invasion by the States. De Jonge v. State of Oregon, 299 U.S. 353, 364, 57 S.Ct. 255, 259, 81 L.Ed. 278; N.A.A.C.P. v. State of Alabama, 357 U.S. 449, 460, 78 S.Ct. 1163, 1170, 2 L.Ed.2d 1488.
3 Freedoms such as these are protected not only against heavy-handed frontal attack, but also from being stifled by more subtle governmental interference. Grosjean v. American Press Co., 297 U.S. 233, 56 S.Ct. 444, 80 L.Ed. 660; Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105, 63 S.Ct. 870, 87 L.Ed. 1292; American Communications Ass’n, C.I.O. v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382, 402, 70 S.Ct. 674, 685, 94 L.Ed. 925;

Bates v. City of Little Rock, 361 U.S. 516, 522-23, 80 S. Ct. 412, 416, 4 L. Ed. 2d 480 (1960)

Last week there was a protest outside a courtroom near Riverside California instituted by a group of persons protesting similar elder abuse and financial exploitation of senior citizens.   I understand that the Media blackout and political censorship of this ‘dirty little secret’ continues just as in a past decade the Gulag florished in Soviet Russia.   I hope that in the year 2012 the 4th of July celebration is all form and no substance.

Ken Ditkowsky
http://www.ditkowskylawoffice.com/
In response to Gloria’s reply yesterday:

Gloria –

I was just having the very same thought.    Rudy Bush wrote me and I remembered the situation with his mother and how her death was handled.

The League of Women Votes had a slogan – “democracy is not a spectator sport!”   Indeed, it is not and while we were complacent our democracy was hijacked!   Instead of protections for ‘grandma’ we have a gulag!    The Supreme Court decision of Buck vs. Bell was the legal precedent for the Holocaust.    Today we are more subtle however, like the National Socialists and the Communists we surround our miscreat behavior with Judicial CYA.    The distinction between the Sykes case and most of the others is the fact that because no one bothered to follow strictly the statute and provide the appropriate Sodini protections – i.e. naming in the petition the close relatives and giving them 14 days notice prior to the hearing to appoint a guardian the Probate Court lacked jurisdiction and the expropriation of approximately a million dollars of your mother’s (and your) assets lacks ‘judicial cover!’    In my opinion it is pure theft and if law enforcement believes in equal protection we will see some people in jail.   If our Federal Government is serious about enforcing taxes on an equal and equitable basis the unreported ‘income’ will be collected from the guardians (plus every penalty and interest due and payable).

We have only ourselves to blame!   We have the ballot but *****.    We have a right of assembly and free speech (except for me in the opinion of the ARDC).   Democracy is not a spectator sport!

From JoAnne:

What do the courts have to say about the First Amendment:

102 S.Ct. 929
Supreme Court of the United States
In re R. M. J., Appellant.
No. 80-1431. | Argued Nov. 9, 1981. | Decided Jan. 25, 1982.
Disbarment proceedings were instituted against attorney. The Missouri Supreme Court, 609 S.W.2d 411, issued a private reprimand. Appeal was taken. The Supreme Court, Justice Powell, held that the provisions of the Missouri Supreme Court rule regulating lawyer advertising which prohibit deviating from a precise listing of areas of practice included in the advisory committee addendum to the rule, which prohibit a lawyer from identifying the jurisdictions in which he is licensed to practice and which prohibit the mailing of cards announcing the opening of an office to persons other than “lawyers, clients, former clients, personal friends and relatives” violate the First Amendment where there was no showing that the advertising was misleading or that the mailings and handbills would be more difficult to supervise.
Judgment reversed.

Most notable quotes from this case:

Truthful advertising related to lawful activities is entitled to protections of First Amendment. U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1, 14.
Although potential for deception and confusion is particularly strong in context of advertising professional services, restrictions upon such advertising may be no broader than reasonably necessary to prevent deception. U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1, 14.
Under commercial speech doctrine, states may not place absolute prohibition on certain types of potentially misleading information if information may be presented in way that is not deceptive. U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1, 14.
Even when communication is not misleading, state retains some authority to regulate; but state must assert substantial interest and interference with speech must be in proportion to interest served. U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1, 14.
In regulating communication which is not misleading, restrictions must be narrowly drawn and state lawfully may regulate only to extent regulation furthers state’s substantial interest. U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1, 14
Restriction prohibiting attorney from mailing cards announcing opening of his office to persons other than “lawyers, clients, former clients, personal friends and relatives” violated First Amendment without indication that inability to supervise mailings and handbills was reason state restricted potential audience of announcement cards, nor was it clear that absolute prohibition was the only solution. V.A.M.R. 4, Code of Prof.Resp., DR2-102(A)(2); U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1,
Although states may regulate commercial speech, First and Fourteenth Amendments require that they do so with care and in manner no more extensive than reasonably necessary for their substantial interests. U.S.C.A.Const.Amends. 1,

Dear Readers;

The following is the probate file for 09 P 4585 between May1 and May 13, 2009:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwZG02MkVITlpVcms

cut and paste this if link does not work:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwZG02MkVITlpVcms

In any case, there is an accounting filed by CT for 2011 and there is also an Amended Petition for Partition.  I have not seen Gloria’s response to this, but there is no briefing schedule, so she has a few more days to prepare this.

With respect to the accounting, it looks fine except it is not explained why Hannah is so sickly and has $1000 in vet bills.  She is a young, healthy dog.  Her sister, Peanut, whom I have, is in perfect health and I think cost me about $70 in vet bills for just a check up last year.  Did anyone see this and wonder why Carolyn can’t take care of a simple 10 lb Pekingese, how can she take care of elderly Mary G?

Interesting.

Further, the mortgage payment doubled and that was not explained.  What’s up with that?

She also needs to revamp and refile her Motion to Dismiss or Non Suit for lack of jurisdiction.  I saw one in the file at one time. I will be finding that and redoing it for her next court appearance.  I have prepared declarations for Aunt Yolanda and Aunt Josephine and published them here and sent them off, but have heard nothing back.  All those declarations are necessary for 1) the Probate Court, 2) Gloria’s cases, most notable now the partition that will strip her of her brown house; 3) Ken’s ARDC complaint, 4) My ARDC complaint and a whole host of other reasons.

I’m hoping to get this all done soon so that justice may prevail and we can all go home soon!  Yeah!

JoAnne

see below.

please cut and paste link if it does not work in your browser.

Yolanda

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwSzNuZUpDR1ExMHc

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwSzNuZUpDR1ExMHc

Second declaration–Josephine:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwM2ZTVHNQOFZDOFU

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwM2ZTVHNQOFZDOFU

Now, if Ken wants to ‘CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION” and ask the GAL’s to inform the court regarding these declarations, it’s a whole new ballgame.

A Guardian ad Litem, doing her job properly, would immediately, upon seeing Gloria’s documents in the file, or having been served with them, brought them to the court’s attention and start an investigation.

But see my “Table of Torts”.  TEN PAGES of questionable behavior, corruption, misfeasance, malfeasance, perpetration of misdemeansors and felonies have occurred in this case and law enforcement and even the ARDC have swept it under the rug.   Okay, maybe Atty Lea Black does not do this law and she needs help in this area, but the table of torts that I sent her should have raised some huge, huge red flags, even to the casual observer.

I’m not the one that should be scouring the files and preparing these declarations–she should be, or her staff.

The probate court is upside down right now (see attached picture), and I just wonder if the ARDC isn’t just standing on its head so the view looks good and proper to them.

Is this our Probate Court on the the 18th Floor? Should there be signage when you get off the elevator at floor 18 “Welcome to Wonderwerks?”

Ms. Black, YOU have the ability to change all of this.  I know you can do it and let justice prevail.

Dear Readers;

Now that I have had some time to go back and read transcripts and look over the my computer files (yes, I do have practically all the court orders and documents in my records, so this is a QED, AND I do plan on making those computer files consisting of filed and unfiled pleadings, court orders, court transcripts, etc. complete so Gloria can pursue her claims against the miscreants).

As a result of that and the upcoming July 6, 2012 Hearing on Motion to Partition, I have drafted the below affidavits and will fax them to Lea Black at the ARDC.

Now it is my understand (from a little bird), that Josephine “might be reluctant to sign” because apparently she “took the wrong side” and is allowed to see her sister every couple of months and call her a couple times per month.  What?  Gloria gave Mary parties all the time and included her in EVERYTHING.  Her mom called her sisters all the time.

The most disturbing part of this comment is that it is clearly obstruction of justice and a further breach by the GAL’s of their duty to report to a court fairly and impartially on matters concerning the disabled person.

I, myself, cringe at hearing such comments being made out of the mouth of an Officer of the Court.  Disgusting.

When this situation occurs, I will let Ms. Black know and to put in her cover letter to the sisters that it is their important civic duty to come forward and present court testimony (an affidavit is used as an important precursor to court testimony, it allows the parties, their attys and the court to determine if the witness has something worthwhile to say or not), and inform the court fully of the truth before it.  It is similar to jury duty, an important and cherished civic right, but perhaps signing that affidavit might be even more important.

Ms. Black should further know these witnesses have been tampered with by the GAL’s.

JoAnne

From Ken Ditkowsky today:

From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: Jun 25, 2012 7:56 AM

Subject: Re: Request for Information on Incidents of The Use of Chemical Restraints on the Elderly and/or Disabled– from latifa . ring@comcast.net–she is looking for persons experienced with the drugging of elders to put them in nursing homes, keep them from family.  Generally these drugs are prescribed by physicians upon a complaint the elder is unruly and agitated.  Often this agitation occurs when they are put in a nursing home, personal effects and homes are sold–all to generate fees from lawyers, CPA’s and others that put them there.  The worst thing about it is that often these psychotropic drugs (Seroquel, Risperodol, etc.) are hard on the internal organs–heart, liver, kidneys, etc., and over time cause them to fail resulting in the death of the elder. An elder that would be perfectly fine in her own home, without money grubbing miscreants.

From Ken Ditkowsky

Dear Readers;

Okay, you know I just couldn’t resist a responsive fax to Judge Evans, so here it is:

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To: Hon Presiding
Judge Timothy Evans
Circuit Court Cook County

Fax: 312-603-5366
From:                      Admitted Ill., N.  Carolina and Patent Bars
JoAnne M. Denison,     Pat. Atty.  Reg.  No.  34,150
DENISON & ASSOCS., PC    FAX 312-553-1307
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June 23, 2012

Re: Seizure of attorney laptops in Probate court

Dear Judge Evans;

I am in receipt of your cursory letter sent my snail mail to my offices.

However, snail mail is very costly to the taxpayers and emails and efax are much more efficient and I strongly encourage you to use those.  I promise you I will respond promptly to all communications, generally in a day or two, so do not worry about non receipt of mail.

Further, the USPS readily admits from studies that are decades old and extremely consistent, that only 95% of snail mail reaches its destination in 5 days!  I think email easily beats that statistic hands down.

As you may or may not know, this issue is part of a much larger issue going on in the Probate Court right now and we have a very active blog on all aspects of a case which is extremely contentious and appears to be the center of substantial corruption and wiring.

Discussions among the attys that are helping out the client pro bono are lively and active.

The seizure of the laptop has become part of those discussions, and one of the attys on the blog is extremely active and eloquently outspoken, so I thought perhaps you might enjoy his comments.  Below is the post for today, of which you are a subject.

Ken Ditkowsky says that Judge Timothy Evans sent me a bug letter
Posted on June 23, 2012

Dear Readers;

As you well know, last December 2011 my laptop was seized when Adam Stern whined to Judge Connors that I was blogging (soon the transcripts will appear on the first page of this blog, I am working on that), So finally, finally I got a response from Cook County presiding judge Timothy Evans after 3 faxes and waiting about 2 weeks. (I guess he has no law clerks or staff).

in any case, see below:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwQVh3bm5fbWU3VkE (cut and paste link)

Obviously, the letter says nothing in response to consititutional rights, the ability to best serve your client, etc. but Ken Ditkowsky had an even better anecdote regarding a “bug letter.”

KD’s anecdote:
“Many years ago before the age of computers on every desk, the Illinois Central Railroad ran trains to Southern Illinois. The trains had windows that opened, and sometimes passengers were harassed by insects. On one such trip a traveler was so upset that he wrote to the Chairman of the IC to complain.
In the 40?s and 50?s Banks and large institutions had automatic typewriters – these were typewriters that we very much like player pianos. A secretary would type a master, and then another secretary would fill in the details such as name, address, etc.
Anyhow, our traveler received a letter very similar to what you received, and in the unsophisticated era the personal signature totally mollified him – until he turned the letter over and saw in pencil the words: “send bug letter.”
It is a shame that everyone is watching what appears to be a crime being committed, i.e. a 93 year old lady, kidnapped and robbed and the thieves acting in concert with the judicial system. The Illinois legislature enacted the Sodini protections and made the protections jurisdictional to prevent exactly what has happened in the Sykes case. Now for four years this Gulag has continued in full sight of law enforcement, the highest ranking judicial officials, and the world. Mary Sykes has been totally deprived of her liberty, her property, civil rights and even human rights in full sight. Approximately a million dollars in assets have been illegally sequestered by the thieves who have the temerity to brag in open court of the perfidy! (see Sykes transcripts)
The distinction between Chicago street crime and guardian crime is that the ‘thugs’ are not ‘minority individuals’ not Italian mafia etc. They are ‘clout’ heavy political types who have for many years ‘played’ the system to make their bread at the public expense. By targeting Grandma who they could characterize as senile they are apparently safe as their co-conspirators cover their tracks with CYA letters, intimidation, and deceit! These criminals are just as vicious as the gang member who grabs grandma’s purse and throws her onto the elevated tracks! The only distinction is the the judicial system protects them. Shame, Shame, Shame.
The attached letter from Judge Evans is a symptom of the corruption that gave rise to Watergate, Greylord, Sykes, etc. It is difficult to speak to deaf ears glued onto public officials whose sole aim in life is CYA. Rest assured, at some point in time the right combination of circumstances will occur. How many years did Sandusky prey on male children? How many responsible people watched? What did the public authorities do? How many lives did the SOB ruin?
Why are the public officials who ignored the problem not in the ‘dock?’ Every one of them Aided and abetted the criminal activities while they occurred – each should be independently prosecuted and sent to jail as an Accessory during the fact. Each public official who ignored a complaint letter or other communication had an affirmative duty (parens Patrie) and in ignoring his/her duty assisted in the crime. These elder abuse cases are identical. Today – all the is required of the public officials (who have nothing to hide – those who do should take the fifth) is to demand a complete honest and comprehensive investigation of all the facts of the Sykes case.”
Sigh, now I have to send him a fax saying that his letter was non responsive, I will make the security guy aware of the letter, but the reality is lawyers protect our rights and not security people.  I have yet to see a cop or security officer say, you have important constitutional rights and I want to protect those.  Nope, their mantra is “an arrest a day keeps the sarge away.”
I don’t think the Hon. Timothy Evans  knows that I am serious enough to sue him over this because it is a very important right to be able to take notes in court when needed and to do the best possible job for your client.
So more faxes. I will let you know if I get a real response from him or if I have to go to a federal court district judge to do it.
thanks all.
JoAnne

There were other comments I receive about your letter, but KD”s was clearly the best, hands down.

Kindly let me know if and when you decide to write a responsive letter that protects the rights of attys and their clients in the courtroom, and PULEEZE do not push off YOUR responsibility to “security” who know nothing of these rights, don’t know, don’t care, aren’t being paid to worry about anyone’s rights, and always seem surprised when a lawyer brings up the fact that due process and constitutional rights were supposed to be part of a class and exam passed in 6th grade!

I already had a discuss with the courtroom employees over constitutional rights, and they admitted security personnel knew “nothing about” that (due process and constitutional rights” and they said that was not their job to know these things or evaluate these things.
I agree.

So why are you passing something to a department that knows nothing of these things, readily admits it, and they say they take their direction from the court after the lawyers argue their respective points?

All good questions, but where are the good answers.

Very Truly Yours,

DENISON & ASSOCS, PC

JoAnne Denison

JoAnne M. Denison

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Dear Readers;

As you well know, last December 2011 my laptop was seized when Adam Stern whined to Judge Connors that I was blogging (soon the transcripts will appear on the first page of this blog, I am working on that), So finally, finally I got a response from Cook County presiding judge Timothy Evans after 3 faxes and waiting about 2 weeks. (I guess he has no law clerks or staff).

in any case, see below:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FbJzwtHocwQVh3bm5fbWU3VkE (cut and paste link)

Obviously, the letter says nothing in response to consititutional rights, the ability to best serve your client, etc. but Ken Ditkowsky had an even better anecdote regarding a “bug letter.”

KD’s anecdote:

“Many years ago before the age of computers on every desk, the Illinois Central Railroad ran trains to Southern Illinois. The trains had windows that opened, and sometimes passengers were harassed by insects. On one such trip a traveler was so upset that he wrote to the Chairman of the IC to complain.

In the 40’s and 50’s Banks and large institutions had automatic typewriters – these were typewriters that we very much like player pianos. A secretary would type a master, and then another secretary would fill in the details such as name, address, etc.

Anyhow, our traveler received a letter very similar to what you received, and in the unsophisticated era the personal signature totally mollified him – until he turned the letter over and saw in pencil the words: “send bug letter.”
It is a shame that everyone is watching what appears to be a crime being committed, i.e. a 93 year old lady, kidnapped and robbed and the thieves acting in concert with the judicial system. The Illinois legislature enacted the Sodini protections and made the protections jurisdictional to prevent exactly what has happened in the Sykes case. Now for four years this Gulag has continued in full sight of law enforcement, the highest ranking judicial officials, and the world. Mary Sykes has been totally deprived of her liberty, her property, civil rights and even human rights in full sight. Approximately a million dollars in assets have been illegally sequestered by the thieves who have the temerity to brag in open court of the perfidy! (see Sykes transcripts)

The distinction between Chicago street crime and guardian crime is that the ‘thugs’ are not ‘minority individuals’ not Italian mafia etc. They are ‘clout’ heavy political types who have for many years ‘played’ the system to make their bread at the public expense. By targeting Grandma who they could characterize as senile they are apparently safe as their co-conspirators cover their tracks with CYA letters, intimdation, and deceit! These criminals are just as vicious as the gang member who grabs grandma’s purse and throws her onto the elevated tracks! The only distinction is the the judicial system protects them. Shame, Shame, Shame.

The attached letter from Judge Evans is a symptom of the corruption that gave rise to Watergate, Greylord, Sykes, etc. It is difficult to speak to deaf ears glued onto public officials whose sole aim in life is CYA. Rest assured, at some point in time the right combination of circumstances will occur. How many years did Sandusky prey on male children? How many responsible people watched? What did the public authorities do? How many lives did the SOB ruin?

Why are the public officials who ignored the problem not in the ‘dock?’ Every one of them Aided and abetted the criminal activities while they occurred – each should be independently prosecuted and sent to jail as an Accessory during the fact. Each public official who ignored a complaint letter or other communication had an affirmative duty (parens Patrie) and in ignoring his/her duty assisted in the crime. These elder abuse cases are identical. Today – all the is required of the public officials (who have nothing to hide – those who do should take the fifth) is to demand a complete honest and comprehensive investigation of all the facts of the Sykes case.”

Sigh, now I have to send him a fax saying that his letter was non responsive, I will make the security guy aware of the letter, but the reality is lawyers protect our rights and not security people.  I have yet to see a cop or security officer say, you have important constitutional rights and I want to protect those.  Nope, their mantra is “an arrest a day keeps the sarge away.”

I don’t think the Hon. Timothy Evans  knows that I am serious enough to sue him over this because it is a very important right to be able to take notes in court when needed and to do the best possible job for your client.

So more faxes. I will let you know if I get a real response from him or if I have to go to a federal court district judge to do it.

thanks all.

JoAnne