How did Trudy Schmidt's hb 288 get a last minute amendment that allows adults/managers/workers with a history of criminal offenses to have access to students in programs?
Last I read, everyone gets a background check, which can be waived if the employee has a professional/occupational license. :roll:
Who pressed for this amendment in the final minutes and why?
Good question. SB101 didn?t pass, sb288 did. Maybe because a Sen and Rep own programs? Neither bill was adequate. Leaves a lot to be desired. Inspections every TWO years? Program may not be inspected at all if certified by an outside organization, like JCAHO. :rofl:
What a waste of time and tax dollars.
Who is this Jim Dorrian guy from California who is hiring lobbyists and spending a bunch of money on hb 288 in Montana?
Good question. VC'ist. You know more than I, and I couldn't find any connections between him and the industry.
There are rumors locally that he is a part of Spring Creek Lodge. There are also rumors that he is opening a program named Whispering Pines that is located 10 miles away from Spring Creek. For some reason there is allot of secrecy around who is the MONEY behind Whispering Pines. There is a artical in the Sanders County Ledger, the local paper that Mike Linderman is going to be the new manager at Whispering Pines.
Post that article.
He worked at Spring Creek Lodge at the time the girl commited suicide there. He was is charge of their treatment program and I have heard had contact with the girl. Glen Schenavar also worked or was paid by Spring Creek Lodge and he is listed as manager of operation of Whispering Pines. There are several local people who have said that he had a serious incident with a female student at Spring Creek on a wilderness trip he was in charge of.There are several other Spring Creek employee's that are rumored to work there. Is there a chance that these 2 programs are 1. Or just another corporation with allot of money that thinks It / he needs more MONEY?
Do VCs every have enough money? Is Whispering Pines advertised anywhere? I couldn't find anything.
What irony. Looks at this book review I found:
By Evil Means : A Phoebe Siegal Mystery
From Publishers Weekly
Gritty realism and a modern sensibility permeate this promising debut set in
Billings, Mont. Half-Jewish, half-Irish Catholic, PI Phoebe Siegel is hired by farm wife Mary Kuntz to investigate the
extreme personality change that has transformed her formerly drug-abusing teenage daughter Jennifer since she began treatment with Dr. Victor Stroud at the Whispering Pines sanatorium. Initially reluctant, Phoebe takes the case when Mary discloses that a Stroud-induced complaint by Jennifer may have led to the suicide of Phoebe's beloved policeman brother, Ben, a few years earlier. Phoebe, who discovers Mary is the
daughter of one of the most powerful men in the state, sneaks into Whispering Pines and finds disturbing evidence of
coercion and blackmail. Another young Whispering Pines patient
dies under questionable circumstances after begging for help, further galvanizing Phoebe, who has been dogged by a mysterious police car and warned off the case by her cop uncle. Siegel, a tough and charming heroine with angst, unresolved conflicts and extensive family ties, is a welcome addition to swelling ranks of female PIs.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
As Phoebe Siegel (in her debut mystery)
investigates a drug treatment center near Billings, Montana, she is pushed to the limit both mentally and physically. Standard elements soon pile up: the foreboding medical facility, the malevolent director with his icy female assistant and terrified patients, evidence of a potential conspiracy and cover-up, and connections to the recent questionable death of Phoebe's policeman brother. As she nears the truth, Phoebe experiences the usual break-ins, threats, and sudden realizations. A routine effort, perhaps of interest to larger collections.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
