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<h3 class="title">Winners Never Quit & Quitters Never Win</h3>
<h4 class="titlesmall">UPDATE: August 30, 2007</h4>
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<p>Have you ever heard the expression, “You can’t fight City Hall”?
I’m sure you have. What does this statement mean? I asked a number
of civil servants at the federal and state levels to offer up their true
beliefs, understandings, and experiences and to tell me if they believed
it was possible to fight City Hall and win. I shall share a number of their
observations with you, while at the same time keeping their identities confidential.</p>
<p>As you may or may not know, I retired from federal service after 32 years
of exemplary service with the U.S. General Services Administration (15 years)
and the Department of Defense (17 years). During my time with GSA, I was
trained as a Grievance Examiner and served in this capacity for a number
of Grievance Complaints – each outside of Region 1 where I resided
and where I was employed. The federal government did not wish to give the
perception of bias, prejudice, or favoritism by having a Grievance Examiner
review a grievance complaint in the region where he/she could potentially
know or were exposed to one or more parties to the grievance issue. </p>
<p>With this in mind and sensitized to reality in the federal arena, I contacted
two federal civil servants at the federal level – one in Washington
and one in New England and asked each – “From your experience
and from your observations, can you fight City Hall”?</p>
<p><strong>Region 1 (New England federal employee)</strong> – “Mr.
Haddad, although it is difficult, yes, you can fight so-called City Hall
at the federal level, but it can be difficult (if not impossible) if you
haven’t kept accurate records and documented issues as they happened
with dates, times, and specific instances to support your position. The
Federal Government has “Fraud Hot-Lines” and direct lines created
to Inspector Generals (I.G.’s) for reporting adverse instances of
fraud and abuse etc.”</p>
<p><strong>Washington Federal Employee</strong> – “Mr. Haddad,
your question is very timely. Yes, you can fight City Hall at the Federal
Level, but you had better have deep pockets. You stand a better chance of
getting justice at the lowest levels, as the federal system looks unkindly
on adverse actions on those who can least afford to fight back. With that
said, all too often those at the lowest levels crack under the thoughts
of fighting the system and more often than not succumb to the self imposed
pressure of what it will take to fight City Hall”. If only they could
hang in and maintain their health and sanity in the process, they could
fight City Hall (the system) and ultimately win justice.” </p>
<p><strong>I then turned to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Former Attorney (Retired) at the State House in Boston</strong>
– “Mr. Haddad, I would not be providing you with my observations
were I presently employed by the Commonwealth, but your question –
“Can you fight City Hall”, assuming you mean at the State Level,
it is more difficult than most imagine when they consider seeking justice
when they believe they have been wronged. The State Administration has limitless
resources and along with its powers (real or perceived) can and most often
does “crush the individual” with the system, which is not consumer
friendly. My observation is the system is sound, but corrupt personnel within
the system compromise the system at the expense of the individual wronged
– and more often than not get away with it. I apologize for being
so negative, but unfortunately every word I have said is the absolute truth.”</p>
<p><strong>State employee (administrative position) in Boston</strong> –
Mr. Haddad, in response to your question, “I would not recommend fighting
City Hall at the state level”. I have been with the Commonwealth for
almost 20 years, and so often I return home from work sick to my stomach.
The in-fighting, the corruption, and the politics are getting worse, if
you can imagine that. I could write a book about the many instances where
a person wronged was forced into submission by the system – and those
in the system and behind the wrongful acts “gloat in their actions
because they beat up and won” using the system to cover up their incompetence.
More than once I wanted to expose these people; but if I did, my career
would certainly be over and with two in college my husband and I could not
afford for this to happen. (Yes, Mr. Haddad, the whole situation does bother
me greatly). </p>
<p>The overall response was<strong><em> “not the system, but corrupt
persons manipulating the system will beat up the wronged individual 99%
of the time”.</em></strong> It is a fact that although the individual,
who has been unjustly denied his/her rights, wishes to fight for justice;
corrupt persons within the system make this process to justice so difficult
and disconcerting for the individual to continue on that the wronged individual
“throws up his/her arms in surrender to preserve his/her health and
limited resources while justice evades them. </p>
<p>I must admit on more than one occasion, I too was ready to throw in the
towel. At one point, I had expended more than $300,000 and had little progress
to show for it. I had been advised that the corrupt persons manipulating
the system would bankrupt me (and that advice was more accurate than not).
Just prior to throwing up my arms and surrendering to the system, one morning
I looked long and hard into the mirror and realized I could not ever again
look with honor and integrity at myself in the mirror if I were to give
into a conspiracy, corruption, incompetence, and an attempt to blatantly
cover-up illegal and unethical actions by others who violated their oath
of office at my expense.</p>
<p>I do not necessarily profess to be a “Winner”, but <u><strong>I
will Not Quit</strong></u>; when I know I am right, and I have the truth
on my side. Were I to quit, and allow corrupt persons to win by beating
me down with all the “tools” and unlimited resources at their
disposal within the system, I would not only be a “quitter”,
but I would be a “loser”. As you know by now, if you are a follower
of this web site, I have expended almost $1M (while the Commonwealth has
wasted $3M est. of taxpayer dollars in their attempt to cover-up the conspiracy,
the corruption, and their incompetence). </p>
<p>Justice, and an endless array of sunlight, shall soon shine on each and
every detail of a corrupt process sanctioned by persons corrupted by their
own actions, and now faced with nothing but the truth – the same truth
for which they were blinded by the darkness they brought to the process.
</p>
<p>I leave you with this story, its origins certainly not mine, and I am unaware
as to whom to denote credit. It goes as follows:</p>
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<h2 align="center"><strong>“Can You Sleep While The Wind Blows?”</strong></h2>
<p align="center">Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.<br>
He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to
work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged
across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops.</p>
<p align="center">As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, <br>
he received a steady stream of refusals.</p>
<p align="center">Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached
the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him.</p>
<p align="center">"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered
the little man.</p>
<p align="center">Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for
help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn
to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.</p>
<p align="center">Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.
<br>
Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed <br>
next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the little man
and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! </p>
<p align="center">Tie things down before they blow away!"</p>
<p align="center">The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, <br>
"No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."</p>
<p align="center">Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire
him on <br>
the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.<br>
To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had <br>
been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were
in the coops, and the doors were barred. </p>
<p align="center">The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.</p>
<p align="center">Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what
his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the
wind blew.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Moral of this Story<br>
</strong>When you're prepared spiritually, mentally, and physically, <br>
you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your
life?<br>
The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he had secured the
farm against the storm.</p>
<p align="center">We secure ourselves against the storms of life by grounding
ourselves in the Word of God and prayer. We don't need to understand, we
just need to hold His hand to have peace in the middle of storms.</p>
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<p> I hope you enjoy your day and you sleep well even if "The Wind Blows".
<strong>MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS</strong>. “For many, you are going
to need God’s Blessings Now, <br>
if you are to ever sleep well again in this life or the next!”</p>
<p><strong>Next Update – September 10, 2007<br>
</strong><em><strong>“Where are the Massive Missing Documents and
Records?”</strong></em></p>
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