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Senior Democrat on the Committee on Education and the Workfo
Antigen:
Oh, for PETE's sake!
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U.S. Representative George Millar, Senior Democrat on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday requesting a federal investigation into allegations of abuse by the WorldWide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP).
One of Rep. Millar's congressional aids had told The Tico Times in September that the U.S. lawmaker was preparing to request a federal probe following the closure of Costa Rica's WWASP-affiliated Dundee Ranch Academy and allegations of abuse at other WWASP facilities in the United States, Jamaica and Mexico (TT, Sept. 12).
WWASP is the umbrella organization under which Dundee Ranch Academy, a behavior-modification program for troubled teens, operated here, before being closed last May following government interventions to investigate allegations of rights abuse (TT, May 23).
"I am requesting, in my capacity as Senior Democratic Member, that you initiate a formal investigation into allegations of child abuse, human rights violations, fraudulent and deceptive advertising, fraud and unjust enrichment under the Internal Revenue Code, and violations of other Federal civil or criminal laws by [WWASP] and its founders," reads the congressman's letter to Ashcroft.
Dundee Ranch was one of 11 WWASP programs in the United States and abroad. An estimated 2,200 children were enrolled in the residential programs, including 200 in Dundee Ranch.
"There have been serious allegations that hundreds of children have been mistreated or neglected and that their legal rights have been regularly flaunted. There are also hundreds of parents who assert that they were drawn into the program by misleading advertising. We believe that the Department of Justice should investigate whether federal laws concerning child abuse and neglect, interstate commerce or unfair or deceptive advertising have been broken by WWASPS or those operating these facilities," the letter reads.
The letter to Ashcroft mentions that "Dundee Ranch was closed after Costa Rican authorities charged the facility with violating children's civil rights," and quotes testimony of abuse by former Dundee Ranch director Amberley Knight, who first told The Tico Times last March that the academy "is poorly managed, takes financial advantage of parents in crisis, and puts teens in physical and emotional risk " (TT, March 14).
The letter concludes by asking Ashcroft to "please provide by Nov. 17, 2003, a written report on steps you have taken to initiate an investigation of all allegations."
http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story_two
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Antigen:
I thought some of you might want to write something similar to your elected officals. You can find them at:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_i ... m?State=KY
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:36 AM
Subject: WWASP Federal Criminal Investigation
Dear Senator/ Representive: ,
I wish this had been you, making this request. I hope you will now join ranks with Representative Millar in asking for this investigation. I have been writing and calling your office for a more than a year now, about this very issue. There is a related situation that may directly negatively effect the Republican party; Which is that these people who make up WWASP are the largest contributors to the party in Utah - and this is likely to be viewed as tainted money when the public understands the actions behind it. As a republican voter, this adds to my concerns; but first and foremost is stopping this business of warehousing troubled young men and women and subduing them by physical, emotional and mental abuse.
Most respectfully yours -
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ATTACH THE STORY - COPY & PASTE, THEY WONT TAKE ATTACHMENTS
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William Cowper, a British Christian poet & hymn writer (18th century)
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Antigen:
That was originally posted by Anon (oops, and too lazy to fix it right now)
Here's the committee page. The members are listed there. See if any are your congresscritters. See if anything else under the committee's responsibility and attention right now is somewhat related.
http://edworkforce.house.gov/
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--Hearst newspapers nationwide, 1934
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Antigen:
It's soooo ugly!!!
"Unprecedented Federal Funding for States. The bill includes legislative language written by Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) that would authorize a dramatic increase in special education aid to states and would result in the federal government paying an unprecedented 21 percent of the total cost of special education in America next year and 25 percent the following year. The Porter provision would authorize an increase of $2.2 billion in IDEA spending in FY 2004 over the current (FY 2003) level, and another $2.5 billion increase on top of that for FY 2005 - a total increase of $4.7 billion in federal IDEA grants to states over the next two years."
I can't look anymore! I think I'm going bliiiiiiind! :silly:
And that's just from the press release! I shudder to think what's in the actual legislation!
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Ginger Warbis ~ Antigen
American drug war P.O.W.
10/80 - 10/82
Straight South (Sarasota, FL)
Anonymity Anonymous
Antigen:
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