I'm sorry that my wife has been exposed to this thuggery.
Unfortunately, these threats are misplaced. I have no interest or ability to shut down HLA and I have stated as much regularly. The only threat I personally represent to HLA is a potential one regarding their revenue stream. If prospective customers read commentary here, they may not buy the product. So what? there are plenty of sucker with plenty of money waiting in line to be fleeced. They'll get their money. No need threaten me with violence.
I had this to say on another thread. It sums up my position regarding HLA.
"I'm workin' it. It just ain't the same program.
Seriously though, these folks try to treat me as if I'm some scared kid that can be pushed around. I've been flamed, degraded, derided, defamed, harrassed, threatened, you name it.
I recently had threatening phone calls to my house in the middle of the night from a tip-traced line in Dahlonega, GA. My wife was failrly freaked out, and rightfully so.
Something these people are going to have to realize sooner or later is that I can't be sued, threatened, harrassed, intimidated or otherwise pushed off my position and if you fuck around with my family, you'd better be prepared to pay heavy in blood and treasure. I ain't no daisy.
The facts are what they are. HLA is an unlicensed RTC masquerading as a "traditional boarding school," and there's nothing short of obeying the law and treating the kids right that's going to make me stop jumping up and down and screaming about it.
There ARE some good people working there, I know that. I admire Len a great deal also for how he has built his business (business, not program). It's nothing short of phenominal when you look at what we started with there.
That being said, there has to be some measure of accountability, reason and sanity when dealing with young, fragile, developing minds. It would go a long way in my book if HLA just quit being so defensive and entrenched in denial about the real, palpable problems with their "program" (which doesn't work) and staff (that don't help) and put some of those remarkable profits into getting these kids some real help for their real problems.
I don't want to break anyone's ricebowl. That isn't going to happen anyway. Nobody is going to be "brought to justice" or any other silly notion like that. I just want to see these poor kids get what they need and deserve, and it isn't happening right now. And I'm not going to stop talking about it and reporting it to the proper authorities until it does happen."
How in the world this stance can justify threats of violence against my family is beyond comprehension. It just goes to show the type of people who are in this business. It's very sad commentary on their morality and principles.