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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy => Topic started by: Anonymous on August 24, 2006, 05:17:13 PM
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Standing by to take your calls.......
Matt Aiken
706.344.9874
http://www.thedahloneganugget.com/about_us/#Our_staff (http://www.thedahloneganugget.com/about_us/#Our_staff)
Mr. Aiken used to work at HLA as an English teacher. He left about a year ago.
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ok...again. have you actually spoken to the guy or just posting his info?
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ok...again. have you actually spoken to the guy or just posting his info?
Actually talked to him.
He's standing by for calls.
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My guess is no one will call him.
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I, for one, have called him.
Has anyone else?
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I called him as well. He said he's already received several calls and emails!
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So is there any indication of whether or not the Nugget is going to go with a story. My guess is they probably will not. Too much hearsay, too little provable fact.
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"hearsay" is i heard this from someone else while "evidence" is this happened to me.
i suspect that very little of what he discovers will be hearsay - not to mention that he worked there, so i'm SURE he's seen quite a bit of unethical and possibly illegal behaviors. if he hasn't, he's legally blind.
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Him working at HLA will be the reason this doesn't happen. He will come across as nothing more than a disgruntled ex-employee and HLA will sue the Nugget. He better be able to prove anything he writes about, which will be very difficult. This is why HLA has not been taken down yet. None of this can be proven. The best way for this stuff to make the papers is for this "lawsuit" that has been talked about to come to fruition and then the Nugget can report on its merits. But to this point it doesn't look like any kind of lawsuit is happening. That is why everyone is so anxious for them to be investigated. No one has any real proof that bad things have happened there. All you have is your stories, which is not good enough in a court of law.
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Him working at HLA will be the reason this doesn't happen. He will come across as nothing more than a disgruntled ex-employee and HLA will sue the Nugget. He better be able to prove anything he writes about, which will be very difficult. This is why HLA has not been taken down yet. None of this can be proven. The best way for this stuff to make the papers is for this "lawsuit" that has been talked about to come to fruition and then the Nugget can report on its merits. But to this point it doesn't look like any kind of lawsuit is happening. That is why everyone is so anxious for them to be investigated. No one has any real proof that bad things have happened there. All you have is your stories, which is not good enough in a court of law.
apparently you're not hip to the facts, nor do you understand reporting or lawsuits.
he can print any story he wants and use the word "alleged" to describe events reported. obviously, this leaves no avenue for HLA to sue. and he can certainly report on the ongoing investigations into HLA including CPS, ORS and private investigations.
i am aware of at least a half-dozen lawsuits that HLA has settled and they can be reported upon as well - they're public record now.
the old saw "disgruntled employee" is getting really old, because according to you, EVERY ex-staff is "disgruntled." your hackneyed response carries no weight whatsoever.
let me ask you this: are you going to be "disgruntled" when your workplace gets shuttered or you get fired because you don't meet the minimum requirements for employment once HLA is regulated?
get back to me on that.
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I am an ex-employee and I can honestly say that I am disgruntled as hell. Not so much for what they did to me there, more for the fact that I stayed as long as I did! Disgruntled or not, facts are facts. Everything that has been "gotten away with" in the past will catch up with them. More and more people are speaking up. I have spoken with several people already regarding what I saw when I was there. Things are FINALLY being done and I for one am very happy about that. Matt Aiken......expect my call!!!!!
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Him working at HLA will be the reason this doesn't happen. He will come across as nothing more than a disgruntled ex-employee and HLA will sue the Nugget. He better be able to prove anything he writes about, which will be very difficult. This is why HLA has not been taken down yet. None of this can be proven. The best way for this stuff to make the papers is for this "lawsuit" that has been talked about to come to fruition and then the Nugget can report on its merits. But to this point it doesn't look like any kind of lawsuit is happening. That is why everyone is so anxious for them to be investigated. No one has any real proof that bad things have happened there. All you have is your stories, which is not good enough in a court of law.
apparently you're not hip to the facts, nor do you understand reporting or lawsuits.
he can print any story he wants and use the word "alleged" to describe events reported. obviously, this leaves no avenue for HLA to sue. and he can certainly report on the ongoing investigations into HLA including CPS, ORS and private investigations.
i am aware of at least a half-dozen lawsuits that HLA has settled and they can be reported upon as well - they're public record now.
the old saw "disgruntled employee" is getting really old, because according to you, EVERY ex-staff is "disgruntled." your hackneyed response carries no weight whatsoever.
let me ask you this: are you going to be "disgruntled" when your workplace gets shuttered or you get fired because you don't meet the minimum requirements for employment once HLA is regulated?
get back to me on that.
Easy tiger. I am no longer an employee of HLA. I did not say that HLA would WIN a lawsuit, I am saying they would most certainly file one. Neither did I say that all former HLA employees are disgruntled. I just said that is how it would come across to others and why the Nugget might be reluctant to print such a story.
BTW...If people are really wanting to bring HLA down, why does everyone settle their suits with them? Why not take it all the way? I have always been curious about that.
Also, would you be willing to say what the lawsuits were for that were against HLA or tell me how I could look it up. I would like to learn more about them.
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I am an ex-employee and I can honestly say that I am disgruntled as hell. Not so much for what they did to me there, more for the fact that I stayed as long as I did! Disgruntled or not, facts are facts. Everything that has been "gotten away with" in the past will catch up with them. More and more people are speaking up. I have spoken with several people already regarding what I saw when I was there. Things are FINALLY being done and I for one am very happy about that. Matt Aiken......expect my call!!!!!
Is this Bill White? Nevermind. You don't have to anwer that. If it is, though, you have a right to be disgruntled. You got completely screwed.
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No, not Bill White. But he is not the only one that has "the right" as you call it.
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Matt Aiken
706.344.9874
maiken@thedahloneganugget.com
Matt is prepared to listen to your stories. He's taking calls now in regard to your HLA experiences.