What am I supposed to do? I have to share this.
The NCRA has enlisted the help of Farragut Partners. I wish them well. This could be a big turning point in terms of the advocacy we’ve seen from the organization.
In time, I may even be willing to say that I was wrong.
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But then again, perhaps not, because certainly nobody that’s ever fucked me has ever expressed that they were wrong or that what they did to me was wrong. I was kind of thrown a bone, but nobody told me about it, I just kind of had to discover it myself. That’s like someone writing a sorry note and leaving it in the park where they know I walk occasionally.
We give to this entity because we associate it with good feelings and unity. I gave thousands of dollars and uncounted hours. If I could go back and undo that, I wouldn’t. That’s how strong those feelings are. The darker side of that is the ostracizing and othering of people that have been burned by the entity. I can only turn to my own experience. I was, at one time, guilty of that othering, guilty of believing that those that spoke against the organization were fostering division that would hurt our profession.
I have learned that I was wrong. Those people have a dedication to our craft and the students we mentor that transcends organizational loyalty.
Organizational loyalty in place of loyalty to our fellow reporters is a disease. It excludes the possibility of meaningful reform and/or the building of new organizations flexible enough to meet modern challenges. Would you keep grandpa on life support if it meant sacrificing your son?
Here I am in control of the premier alternative publication for the court reporting industry. All I can say is that if I grow with your help, I’ll remember those good feelings. If I grow despite your othering, I’ll remember that too.
P.S.
I heard there may be a judge in California reviewing my work. Should you find yourself arriving on this page ever, just know that I have spent years documenting what I’ve documented, I would testify to the things that can be testified to, and the situation is so deleterious to the health of the fraudster corporations that they have allowed me to publish unabated in my own name well beyond the statute of limitations for defamation even after I personally alerted them that I was doing what I was doing. Of course, I submit this is because what I’ve written is true.
I made myself so obnoxious that if the matter ever does reach a courtroom, the morons will have to explain why they harass court reporters for what they put on Facebook while letting me do this for years and years. The U.S. Legal reps will have their blatant sexism and bullying of women dragged out into the light.
But I still fear for this country. Many people have asked why SBF and others are able to get away with the things that they get away with for so long.
As it turns out, a 14-year professional in a field can document and publish extensively about a fraud being committed, including passing information to law enforcement and journalists, and nothing will be done.
Nothing.
For years.
On an issue impacting tens of thousands of people.
Because it’s not important enough?
Because we are not important enough.
States would rather wait until irreparable harm is done.
States would rather fight for their right to avoid enforcing the law.
And I’m going to put it on the record, that’s not justice. It’s not a nation of laws. It’s not anything I was raised to believe in.
I’m desperately searching for others like me.