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<h3 class="title"><a name="#top"></a>"Is Justice Possible?<br>
We'll Soon Find Out!"<br>
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<h4 class="titlesmall">UPDATE: June 8, 2006<br>
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<p>As you know, the domain name of this web site created in March 2005 is<strong>
“Justice at What Price!”</strong> I established this site as
a means of monitoring the path of justice (or what can more accurately be
described as the <strong>“path of injustice!"</strong>). I have
not hesitated to publish correspondence to and from the State Board of Registration
of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. I have not hesitated to publish the
irresponsible actions of the Mangsen’s, majority owners of Nordgren
Memorial Chapel in Worcester (a funeral home in which I still have an ownership
interest). I have not hesitated to present results of our investigation
into actions and comments of/by Mr. John Bresnahan, investigator for the
State Board and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I have not hesitated
to question what initially I believed to be gross incompetence on behalf
of the State Board – but have now found to be unsuccessful efforts
to impede the truth from being heard and to cover up unethical, biased,
prejudiced, and “downright unprofessional” actions on behalf
of those whose charter as employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
is to get all the facts and get to the truth before making assumptions and
drawing conclusions.</p>
<p>As GOD be my Judge, (and let me assure you; He, too, will be “your”
Judge), in the past 936 days (2 ½ years) I have not found this to
be the case in my dealings with the State Board of Registration of Funeral
Directors and Embalmers and Division of Professional Licensure. I shall
elaborate.</p>
<p>Without restating the facts here and now (but I will in subsequent updates),
on June 14, 2006 I will be afforded the opportunity after a very long period
of time wherein I have been held hostage by what I have alleged to be a
“corrupt, biased, prejudiced, and Yes! unethical” group of civil
servants that have compromised a system of government for their own selfish
means as they now try in vain to validate their irresponsible actions.</p>
<p>Mrs. Katherine Mangsen, (please note – the absence of the President
of Nordgren Memorial Chapel, Kurt J. Mangsen), made numerous inaccurate
and distorted statements to the State Board of Registration of Funeral Directors
and Embalmers at the December 9, 2003 meeting of the State Board. These
statements were followed up by Mrs. Mangsen filing three (3) complaints
against me with the State Board. I responded to each of the complaints with
detailed and voluminous documented facts, as my education and experience
in working for the Federal government for more than 30 years taught me the
importance of having a paper (audit) trail whenever possible.</p>
<p>Mrs. Mangsen referenced numerous families I had served over the years (both
at-need and pre-need), many of whom had lost loved ones in the complaints.
My extremely detailed responses to the complaints were submitted to Mr.
Bresnahan, investigator with a copy forwarded directly to each of the members
of the State Board. </p>
<p>Little did I know at the time that the Chairman of the State Board on December
9, 2003, Mr. John J. Kazlauskas (a funeral home owner in Worcester) in the
presence of all members of the State Board, employees of the State Board,
two (2) State Board attorneys, and members of the public, attacked me personally
and professionally, demeaning my character in the presence of all. Amongst
his comments were, <strong>“Haddad is a carpetbagger and a snake!”</strong></p>
<p>Yet here I am responding to personal, vicious, and malicious complaints
filed by a woman on a personal<strong> “witch hunt”</strong>
– all the while knowing her motives and wishes to personally harm
me and my reputation; but expecting an impartial, unprejudiced, and unbiased
investigator of substance (I have found this assumption to be a bogus “leap
of faith”) to investigate the allegations, meet with parties referenced,
and secure all the facts before referring his findings to the State Board.</p>
<p>Months later (6 + to be accurate – 29 June 2004), I am served with
an Order to Show Cause. Shocked Beyond Belief – (Mr. Bresnahan and
the State Board must NOT have read and investigated the accuracy of the
facts I presented), I respond to the Order to Show Cause with a request
for a hearing. </p>
<p>Very general statements were made in the Order to Show Cause and attempts
to get specific facts to validate the conclusions were not forthcoming.
For instance, “On at least one occasion after your termination from
Nordgren Chapel you attempted to enter into a financial arrangement with
a licensed funeral home for the purpose of referring pre-need customers
to the funeral home in return for a portion of the revenue from the pre-need
accounts.”</p>
<p>Through counsel, I asked for the name of the funeral director(s), the name
of the funeral home, the date and time the statements were made by the funeral
director and to whom and requested a copy of the signed and dated statement
from the funeral director making this allegation. The State Board refused
on several occasions to provide the information, using the excuse the funeral
director(s) were afraid I would retaliated against them. Although that may
well have been “a” reason, the true reason was Mr. Bresnahan
did not secure a written statement, no written or documented statement was
ever taken and verified, and in fact, no statement existed. Yet Mr. Bresnahan
jumped to an unsubstantiated position without facts to support his conclusion.</p>
<p>We were finally provided with the names of Kevin Mercadante (Mercadante
Funeral Home and Chapel - Worcester and David Pickering (Rand Harper Pickering
– Westborough Funeral Home of Westborough) as the funeral directors
making the allegations by the prosecution attorneys. By further correspondence,
we demanded copies of the statements – which as I have stated did
not exist. We were told by the prosecution attorney and subsequently by
the Administrative Hearings Counsel (“Presiding Officer”) that
if we wanted statements from the funeral directors, we should interview
them ourselves. <strong><em>“WHAT! Can this be true? Is Justice Possible?”</em></strong></p>
<p>At this point we could not identify the complete list of witnesses we wished
to call to testify and address the misconceptions identified in the Order
to Show Cause, but we did know that many were elderly in and less than good
health. We requested that the Hearing be held in Worcester or the immediate
area as all witnesses (for the prosecution and defense) with a rare exception
would be from Central Massachusetts; and to force them to drive to Boston,
find parking, get to the building, and attempt to drive back home was certainly
going to be an extreme hardship for all. I even agreed to arrange for a
conference room and adequate facilities at the U.S. Federal Building in
Worcester for the hearing. </p>
<p><strong>Request denied by the Administrative Hearings Counsel!</strong></p>
<p>It became immediately apparent we could not get a fair hearing. We were
told to interview the funeral directors whose comments and statements were
being used against me. We were denied the opportunity to accommodate witnesses
to some degree by having them testify in Worcester rather than in Boston.
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<p>We then requested an independent and impartial Administrative Hearing Counsel
(“Presiding Officer’) be appointed to hear the case, as every
fair and rationale request we made had been denied. <strong>Well, you guessed
it, this request for an independent Administrative Hearings Counsel was
also – denied! </strong></p>
<p>The State Board had more than 18 months to prepare their case and list
of witnesses. Without having the prosecution’s list of exhibits and
witnesses, we were unable to assemble our list of exhibits and witnesses.
We were given the aforementioned information 2 days before Christmas 2005
and had less than 3 weeks (to include Christmas and New Years) to present
our exhibits and list of witnesses. (Less than 3 weeks, and yet the prosecution
had 18+ months – Hummmmmm)!</p>
<p>As you know, Bowditch & Dewey LLP withdrew from the case without opposition
from me. I proceeded to represent and have represented myself. Numerous
extremely important documents and exhibits (to include the actual official
audio tape recording of the December 9, 2003 meeting of the State Board
where the conspiracy was clearly identified) as well as the request for
witnesses - were not included in the list of exhibits for the defense as
well as several witness’s names. Now comes Atty. James Read for the
Prosecution and he denies my request to call Ms. Patrice Buchanan, Atty.
Kathe Mullaly, and re-call David Pickering – yet I repeatedly am told
– “there is much more latitude in the Administrative Hearing
Process than in a court proceeding”. With few exceptions, I’m
having a difficult time finding this flexibility/latitude.</p>
<p>Quite frankly, had the State Board attorneys and the investigator done
their “due diligence” in the first place, this “Witch
Hunt” and “Character Assassination” would never have taken
place. If these parties could (and they should) have seen through the lies,
biases, and prejudices of the Mangsen’s and the Chairperson of the
State Board, we would not be where we are today. And now to deny me the
opportunity after 2 ½ years to present “ALL” the facts
as they are in my defense of this miscarriage of justice – is unconscionable
to say the least.</p>
<p>Come one – Come all! On June 14, 2006, Division of Professional Licensure,
239 Causeway Street, 2nd Floor, Boston at 9:45AM you will see, hear, witness,
and finally know the truth as will all in attendance, as I commence with
3-4 days of defense testimony that will clearly demonstrate the waste of
more than $1M of taxpayer money and resources; because those who are employed
to seek the facts and the truth were and are more concerned with obtaining
some sort of a conviction in this “Witch Hunt” than learning
and reacting to the facts. </p>
<p>Yes! “Justice, if it is possible, does come at a very high price!”</p>
<p><strong>Next Update – June 16, 2006</strong><br>
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