tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post385832871397433402..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Mental health spending, TYC 'regionalization' highlight juvie corrections budgets for 2010-11Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32855258383128764592008-10-17T18:13:00.000-05:002008-10-17T18:13:00.000-05:00Regionalization at work... why is it that there ar...Regionalization at work... why is it that there are at least 3 different "sets" of regions in TYC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68121073215968582672008-10-12T16:57:00.000-05:002008-10-12T16:57:00.000-05:00Whitmire may be judging some of these facilities b...Whitmire may be judging some of these facilities by the comments of some of the idiots who post here: people with for and against personal agendas, who conduct anonymous battles with each other ad nauseum. Perhaps he should make some personal, unannounced visits to the places he is so eager to close, like VFC, Corsicana and Crockett. He might be surprized at what he finds. <BR/><BR/>He might also want to make similar unannounced visits to places he does not want to close, such as Al Price and Evins. I know he held hearings in the Valley, but I don't think he has actually visited Evins. Again, he may be surprized with what he finds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81899925143470141022008-09-01T21:09:00.000-05:002008-09-01T21:09:00.000-05:005:06, did you just start reading the blogs today? ...5:06, did you just start reading the blogs today? For 18 months, TYC people have been back-biting, back-stabbing, and slandering each other right and left. Some have been anonymous and some otherwise. Some can't point the finger fast enough -- apparently thinking that if they point first, they'll be protecting themselves. I can't imagine what could possibly have been left untouched after all these months. <BR/><BR/>I didn't say "nobody did nothin'." I have said that most of what is reported is not true. That's not spin, it's just my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48396049107467960272008-09-01T17:06:00.000-05:002008-09-01T17:06:00.000-05:00"innocent people" That's the old TYC spin. "Nob..."innocent people" That's the old TYC spin. "Nobody did nothing; nobody knew nothing - and, if we stick together they can't prove a thing."<BR/><BR/>Who at TYC doesn't stick together?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58116057380208880402008-08-30T17:57:00.000-05:002008-08-30T17:57:00.000-05:00I don't think anyone waited to investigate. There...I don't think anyone waited to investigate. There was no conspiracy in the beginning. It's just that they weren't interested or paying attention until the media broke the story in 2007. Then, they (the legislators, the Governor, Alfonso, the Attorney General, the Rangers, the DAs) pointed fingers so other people -- innocent people -- had to pay the penalty for their shortcoming. That's the true underlying story of TYC over the last 18 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62191564876268567882008-08-30T12:33:00.000-05:002008-08-30T12:33:00.000-05:00No-one is going to apologize to TYC. Whitmire and ...No-one is going to apologize to TYC. Whitmire and the Guv cut TYC funding to the bone, and Whitmire needed a scandal to justify further cuts. That's why he waited two years before "investigating" the Brookins case. The Guv had to scramble to cover his own tracks. <BR/><BR/>There is a fundamental issue here that everybody needs to understand - these pols are only interested in themselves. They do not care one bit about TYC kids or TYC staff. Unfortunately, this attitude is a reflection of the constituencies that elected them. The people of Texas would just as soon turn all the kids into TDCJ inmates to "punish them as they deserve." People drive down the road and see workers leaning on shovels while one guy digs, and those workers become for them a symbol of all government workers. We are all lazy, incompetent and at least somewhat crooked in the eyes of most voters. The kids we serve are just criminals in their eyes as well. These pols know that and play on it. That is why Texas, one of the wealthiest states in the nation is 47th in the pay for correctional officers and 48th in the pay for juvenile correction officers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90731071693113992082008-08-30T11:28:00.000-05:002008-08-30T11:28:00.000-05:00I agree, 9:45. I have always viewed Royal's appoi...I agree, 9:45. I have always viewed Royal's appointment to the central office with a great deal of cynicism. I still am amazed at the temerity of the Governor when he did that. <BR/><BR/>Has Royal apologized to TYC yet? Someone let us know when he does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72617533143456103132008-08-29T21:45:00.000-05:002008-08-29T21:45:00.000-05:00Hey 9:32 - Why the heck do you think Goodhair sent...Hey 9:32 - Why the heck do you think Goodhair sent Alphonso over there to be the Chief of Staff? Duh! Keep the lid on. Keep the focus on the employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21794767629889343022008-08-29T21:42:00.000-05:002008-08-29T21:42:00.000-05:00Yes. We consistently wonder how it is the heads of...Yes. We consistently wonder how it is the heads of government remain so teflon regarding TYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86859805804346192262008-08-29T21:32:00.000-05:002008-08-29T21:32:00.000-05:00Hey folks, the chief of the cover-up claimed that ...Hey folks, the chief of the cover-up claimed that she is the cousin of the governor. She was one of the last ones fired. When she was finally fired, it was for transporting alcohol in a state vehicle, not for covering up the for Brookins. Do you really think Guv Goodhair wasnt this to all come out in court? Do you really think Whitmire wants it to come out that he knew two years before it became a public issue? Be real!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-59327646370646230252008-08-28T18:18:00.000-05:002008-08-28T18:18:00.000-05:00Hey yall, Sheri Townsed has been named executive d...Hey yall, Sheri Townsed has been named executive director. She was with TYC 18 years before we went Bush and got heavy in corrections. She has a residential comunity service philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6038710754750952022008-08-28T13:08:00.000-05:002008-08-28T13:08:00.000-05:00I bet you that they NEVER get prosecuted. It's no...I bet you that they NEVER get prosecuted. It's not a TYC coverup, its a STATE OF TEXAS COVERUP!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77294178602060727702008-08-28T12:20:00.000-05:002008-08-28T12:20:00.000-05:00Still no action? Please contact Carlos Ibañez. T...Still no action? Please contact Carlos Ibañez. There was all this talk in the press and what has actually come of it? I guess the most basic way to look at it is: Is the TYC cover-up OK or is it not OK? Is this how it's going to end? See below.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sent: 8/26/2008 5:36:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time<BR/>Subj: Re: Sex and physical abuse cover-up by TYC officials<BR/><BR/> <BR/>Dear Mr. Chance:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your recent message. We appreciate your contacting the Office of the Attorney General.<BR/><BR/>Your letter has been forwarded for criminal justice review. Please<BR/>understand that we cannot comment on possible investigations.<BR/><BR/>Again, thank you for writing. <BR/><BR/>Carlos Ibañez<BR/>Public Information & Assistance<BR/>Office of the Attorney General of Texas<BR/><BR/>>>> > 8/21/2008 3:12 PM >>><BR/>Hello. I was contacted by the governors office and updated that your office was now handling the cases about the top TYC officials that covered-up the sex and physical abuse of youth at the West Texas State School. The <BR/>governor publicly stated that those involved in the cover-up would be prosecuted. Since <BR/>this first case was almost allowed to expire from lack of prosecution, will the same happen to these cases? There were three in particular at the top of <BR/>the chain that denied any knowledge but it was revealed that they did know and they had the reports altered by the TYC inspector general.<BR/><BR/>The Texas Monthly Magazine is also interested in why nothing has been<BR/>done about this. Much of the public would also like to know the full truth.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>Randal ChanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28900101000554002532008-08-27T07:22:00.000-05:002008-08-27T07:22:00.000-05:004:12,Go to bed, you are staying up too late and ra...4:12,<BR/>Go to bed, you are staying up too late and rambling like a fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37037214035381955392008-08-27T04:12:00.000-05:002008-08-27T04:12:00.000-05:00Take the spilt milk blogging somewhere else. geez ...Take the spilt milk blogging somewhere else. geez This is just a MAJOR political swing back to the left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39393875176642522322008-08-26T22:35:00.000-05:002008-08-26T22:35:00.000-05:00I don't think you have to worry about either one o...I don't think you have to worry about either one of them coming back, although, I do believe Nicholson was screwed over and could have made a positive impact on the "reformed" TYC. He was never "loyal" to Freeman, and simply tried to do a good job for an Agency that eventually judged him based on his boss and that cost him his job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40520985741406323552008-08-26T21:25:00.000-05:002008-08-26T21:25:00.000-05:00In the end Freeman turned on Nicholson and tried t...In the end Freeman turned on Nicholson and tried to throw him under the bus, blaming him for everything that went wrong. So much for loyalty. Yeah, Freeman was a wonderful leader. Yes sir, we need more like him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49555556736342967022008-08-26T21:09:00.000-05:002008-08-26T21:09:00.000-05:00Sounds like a disgruntled ex-employee. I am with y...Sounds like a disgruntled ex-employee. I am with you 6:38, we need more like them. They were fearless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54665168453466716782008-08-26T19:11:00.000-05:002008-08-26T19:11:00.000-05:00You make my case... look at where the agency is to...You make my case... look at where the agency is today... Freeman and Nicholson's style and others like them got the agency into the situation it is in currently. They micromanaged the agency, covered up for loyalists, and burned others at the stake who bucked them, and would anonymous slander anyone who tried to hold them accountable...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5195399361441571612008-08-26T18:38:00.000-05:002008-08-26T18:38:00.000-05:0012:48,Most of the procedures that Freeman and Nich...12:48,<BR/><BR/>Most of the procedures that Freeman and Nicholson put in place at Crockett were adopted by the Agency and are still in use today. Get your facts straight, both got railroaded, and if TYC was smart, they would bring them back to help fix this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44689280168716315022008-08-25T19:03:00.000-05:002008-08-25T19:03:00.000-05:005:16 - perhaps you should do a little checking of ...5:16 - perhaps you should do a little checking of facts before you start talking about the "facts."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5226312356588022302008-08-25T17:18:00.000-05:002008-08-25T17:18:00.000-05:00That should have been What's the news at Ron Jacks...That should have been What's the news at Ron Jackson? <BR/>Without the enalsng.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13764235311476260822008-08-25T17:16:00.000-05:002008-08-25T17:16:00.000-05:00enalsngWhat's the news at Ron Jackson? "Mr. Thoma...enalsngWhat's the news at Ron Jackson? <BR/><BR/>"Mr. Thomas Adamski is now assigned as the Assistant Superintendent at Ron Jackson Unit I, moving from Ron Jackson Unit II." TS is covering RJ II.<BR/><BR/>Does that mean they have finally noticed the train wreck at Ron Jackson? If they have finally admitted the problem, they will make sure the truth is supressed. It will be up to someone reading this to let us know the facts behind this change. <BR/><BR/>If it is finally being dealt with, this is a big story. It's funny how TYC is still good at keeping these big stories covered up for so long. Contrary to what almost everyone at TYC believes, it actually is good to get the truth out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8532047514526115272008-08-24T12:48:00.000-05:002008-08-24T12:48:00.000-05:009:06/1:11Nope, never had my "ass" kicked. Just an ...9:06/1:11<BR/><BR/>Nope, never had my "ass" kicked. Just an objective observer who would never call "their" methods "cutting edge" or "within policy." <BR/><BR/>If anything their methods were "neanderthal" and the only time they utilized policy was when it suited them. <BR/><BR/>So again, you are deluded. It also shows how sad a state TYC is in when anyone would consider those two cutting edge or within policy. It was administrators like them that abused their positions following policy only when they suited them that got TYC into its present predicament to begin with. One only had to review and look at TYC's hx with Morales vs Turman and subsequent sunset reviews to have known better. Freeman, a long time TYC should have known better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31012274409574648242008-08-24T11:36:00.000-05:002008-08-24T11:36:00.000-05:00CRTC--Crockett or Corsicana?CRTC--Crockett or Corsicana?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com