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Matt C. Hoffman:

Matt C. Hoffman:
Sorry  these computers sometimes bogle my mind .

It is sad that a man gets rewarded for abusing children (ambassadorship to Italy) in this day and age.

Yet I would also like to point out that Joe Ricci who split from Day Top Village to found The Elan Corp.ran for Gov.of Maine on the democratic ticket, Not once But twice.Thank God he lost .

Also something else we (the residents  at Elan ) also gave speaking Engagements about Elan to various schools in the real Community.

This was a way to further our re-education and make us feel that the abuse (insane physical and psychological abuse)was good for us and that we needed this type of treatment.(of course there were certain things that we could not talk about "because the real world would not understand") Pure brainwashing at its finest

Generally people that went on these false propaganda excursions were within 4 or 5 months of Graduating from the program .These were very well rehearsed  before we were sent into the real community as I am sure were Straights.

ladyjerrico:
It baffles my mind that these facilities stayed so long in full force without any repercussion from law enforcement or government officials.

Maybe than again, like anything else pending a trial case, it takes that long just to find out, "hey, there's a problem here".

I would think that the media would have been well aware about how shocking this facility was and want to blow it out of the water like anything else now a days, however, back in the 80's we were in a type of atmosphere (congressionally) trying to "save" those people from drug abuse, and the Reagans sure wanted to advertise.

I suppose when something as popular as a "fad" (such as "just saying no") is reflected on all communities, sure they will listen to that.. but never to the children who were "abandoned" and needed to fight every step of the way to survive.



[ This Message was edited by: ladyjerrico on 2002-03-14 18:38 ]

Matt C. Hoffman:
These men that ran Elan had Absolute control and power over the residents.



Whenever an investagator (or parent came on the premisis) things were sanitized to the point that Elan smelled like a rose .We were totally  afraid to say anything contrary to the program.



With this power that the Directors had over us they also had the ability to control what went out to the media .



for example there was a Dateline segment Nov. 2000 (if memory serves me well) that showed a young girl wearing a dunce cap in a classroom setting . This person is being yelled at by a young boy in the front row amongst15 or so other kids. (I recognized the young girl and the young boy was her brother .)



This was totally set up  and a gross misrepresentation of what really went on during General meetings. This tape was made back in the later part of 1974 or the very beginning of 1975 .



The thing that strikes me as strange is that if these men felt that what they were doing (the directors)was top of the line quality care and totally non abusive ,then why did they try to hide what was really going on inside that hell hole



The only two answers that I can come up with is 1 they would have been shutdown pronto haste and probably sent to prison.And #2 the money would have stopped coming in from 5 different states as well as the money that was paid by such companies like Blue Cross and Blue Shield as well as other

 insurance companies.



Absolute power over people .Total control of the information That was presented about the place and the money(lots of money)



And to top it off brainwashing at its finest

coupled with who in the hell is going to believe these people afterall we were the scourge of society ,Alcoholics and Heroin addicts and pot fiends.

Thats why I belive it has existed so long .

It is a shame that it took the murder investagation of Martha Moxely to shed a little light into a very dark place(in my opinion) that is Elan.







[ This Message was edited by: Matt C. Hoffman on 2002-03-14 19:28 ]

ladyjerrico:
what you said in the beginning reminds me of open meetings, during the time right before the parents came in the room we were "motivating".. when we were told to stop motivating and raise our hands, that is when the parents came in.. and all of them believed that the whole time we were there, that is what we did, just raised our hands!
I do know that Straight was all about money.. they had the power and control.. you are absolutly right!
I was thinking, the "directors" of this institution probably thought "how can we make a shitload of money, treat children like crap, and not let the public know about this" there had to be a lot of "mind games" and crafty thinking going on in someones demented brain.

[ This Message was edited by: ladyjerrico on 2002-03-14 19:27 ]

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