Re: Letter to the Editor


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Posted by Kathy (63.23.113.41) on May 04, 2000 at 11:32:30:

In Reply to: Letter to the Editor posted by Kathy on May 02, 2000 at 21:31:03:

I got a message today that they want to publish my letter to the editor in their May 5th edition!

: Here is what I wrote:

: Dear Editor,

: I just read Rhonda Jones's article The Family Moves in on Monetta, from your
: online edition. I must say if I was part of this quiet farming area I would
: also wish this program to just stay away. I would be very scared to have
: this program invade my community. Though it isn't the so-called troubled
: children who will live in this so-called school that would trouble me, I
: would be much more frightened of having Tony and Betty Argiros running their
: The Family Foundation "School" in my community.

: Residents of the community, ask yourselves, why does the Argiros family
: admit that the school has between 7 to 10 runaways a year, if the reason is
: to try to find a phone to call their parents to pick them up? Why is it
: that the students are not able to speak to their parents from a phone within
: the "school" (to ask them to come pick them up or for any other reason?)
: Doesn't that sound rather odd? Why is it that if you shot a gun up in the
: air to scare them, you might be doing Betty Argiros a favor? Why does Betty
: care if one of the students is able to "escape" to call their parents? Is
: it because something might be going on inside those walls that Betty and
: Tony don't want the community or the "students'" parents knowing about? Do
: the Argiros have something to hide? Don't you wonder why they are running
: a program for troubled children who are NOT streetwise? It appears to me
: that there are quite a few contradictions in what the Argiros Family is
: claiming.

: I am a mother of four today and wouldn't want to let Betty and Tony anywhere
: near me or my husband or my children. They are part of a growing and evil
: trend which began in the early 1980's. As a child, I was subjected to the
: Straight, Inc. program endorsed by Nancy Reagan (et al.) which is also
: mentioned in the article. I endured many things no American child should
: ever endure at the hands of the vicious people who run these types of
: programs. So residents of Monetta, S.C. please do protect yourselves and
: your children, just be sure you know who the enemy is. Teenagers throughout
: history have gone through a series of bodily and emotional changes due to
: biology and they always will. Teens always have and always will go through
: some behavioral changes in a normal effort to assert their independence from
: their parents. So when Betty and Tony tell you your teen is in trouble,
: please, please don't believe them. Even if they succeed in putting a doubt
: in your mind, please do your family a huge favor; seek out methods of help
: other than Betty and Tony. Seek out PROFESSIONAL help. Ask Betty and Tony
: what their credentials are, then check them out for yourself.

: Your town is about to be attacked by a cancer whose bottom line is the
: almighty dollar. They want your money in their pockets at any and all
: costs. I'll bet they promised the Aiken County Planning Commission to bring
: money into the community hence, helping the community.

: Didn't you say nobody asked you, it was just shoved down your throats?
: Doesn't that seem unusual??
: Just some food for thought. Please consider yourselves warned and please
: consider questioning your county government about their decision.

: Sincerely,
: Kathy Martin





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