tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4985995430526042230..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Nedelkoff will move quickly to find permanent TYC EDGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79856039703641353412008-08-21T20:26:00.000-05:002008-08-21T20:26:00.000-05:00well getting back to the pines, been around for al...well getting back to the pines, been around for along time at diffrent agencies and been part of "old boy" stories. Crockett is really just another story gone bad. Mike Davi was good but he stated he was looking for a job when he came so he didn't set us up. Wish he was here. The other hand about Blu....gee where do I start? I watched him destroy people and had to smile til I got a back bone and stood up to him then all of a sudden I was out cast becasue I was a tratior in disguise. Blu was as bad as a boss could be. No other words could describe him. As Lawson says Evil is Evil does. Lets talk about Gibbs..she is using a company car and we are paying for her gas from Huntsville to Crockett. She and Ware spends all her time in her office giggling and talking about staff. She has to stay til 7-8 at night because she gets nothing done. Ware is so full of herself she is not in this world. She won't do her job cause she is friends with all the six's/hell they all laugh at her and her weird faces. What the hell was Mike thinking when he allowed these two to run campus? Gibbs is scared to death. She was up Tracie's butt now its Ware's. The two males on the team are baling out. Driskell thinks he knows it all and Bell wont shut up long enough to hear himself think. Lawson is another story all herself. She is black and white and sees no gray. She has Security alright but she is not respected for she is to busy telling the six's they are wrong and to do their jobs. I know I was around when her Blu would get into it.She would tell him to kiss her butt that she was not changing her investigations for his needs. I don't know how she got along with Bluebell, I heard she told him she would take Security for a pay raise. Shes got balls but no brains. Wilson hasn't got a clue on what is going on.Ware came into the six meeting the other day and gave us all grievances that she is overdue on. No other PA does this. They all do their own plus hers. Crockett is in a sad place right now. No leadership. Gibbs isn't goingto give it she is not strong enough nor can she handled it without a "girlfriend" to hold hands with. Wish Mike was back. We need someone with guts and not afraid to get dirty. We got a good program coming in, we can't save all the kids but the rehab effect can help some. Just keep in mind they are criminals and they can hurt you. /for someone who has been around as long as I have and worked in Hamilton and San Saba, VC and now Crockett god bless us we need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-10862622222727072072008-08-21T20:25:00.000-05:002008-08-21T20:25:00.000-05:00well getting back to the pines, been around for al...well getting back to the pines, been around for along time at diffrent agencies and been part of "old boy" stories. Crockett is really just another story gone bad. Mike Davi was good but he stated he was looking for a job when he came so he didn't set us up. Wish he was here. The other hand about Blu....gee where do I start? I watched him destroy people and had to smile til I got a back bone and stood up to him then all of a sudden I was out cast becasue I was a tratior in disguise. Blu was as bad as a boss could be. No other words could describe him. As Lawson says Evil is Evil does. Lets talk about Gibbs..she is using a company car and we are paying for her gas from Huntsville to Crockett. She and Ware spends all her time in her office giggling and talking about staff. She has to stay til 7-8 at night because she gets nothing done. Ware is so full of herself she is not in this world. She won't do her job cause she is friends with all the six's/hell they all laugh at her and her weird faces. What the hell was Mike thinking when he allowed these two to run campus? Gibbs is scared to death. She was up Tracie's butt now its Ware's. The two males on the team are baling out. Driskell thinks he knows it all and Bell wont shut up long enough to hear himself think. Lawson is another story all herself. She is black and white and sees no gray. She has Security alright but she is not respected for she is to busy telling the six's they are wrong and to do their jobs. I know I was around when her Blu would get into it.She would tell him to kiss her butt that she was not changing her investigations for his needs. I don't know how she got along with Bluebell, I heard she told him she would take Security for a pay raise. Shes got balls but no brains. Wilson hasn't got a clue on what is going on.Ware came into the six meeting the other day and gave us all grievances that she is overdue on. No other PA does this. They all do their own plus hers. Crockett is in a sad place right now. No leadership. Gibbs isn't goingto give it she is not strong enough nor can she handled it without a "girlfriend" to hold hands with. Wish Mike was back. We need someone with guts and not afraid to get dirty. We got a good program coming in, we can't save all the kids but the rehab effect can help some. Just keep in mind they are criminals and they can hurt you. /for someone who has been around as long as I have and worked in Hamilton and San Saba, VC and now Crockett god bless us we need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36288705530953956842008-02-05T10:22:00.000-06:002008-02-05T10:22:00.000-06:00Glad to hear Donald is doing better. As for the fo...Glad to hear Donald is doing better. As for the folks at WTSS, Gee, right now it looks like the best thing going for them is Mr. Hollis and DOS Fair. It does not look like Wallace Brown is trying to secure his job, by getting rid of both of them and bringing back Anthony Moore, Wallace Brown is really going to sink WTSS! Hope you have a plan laid out for your future Mr. Wallace Brown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52783691991441295552008-01-30T18:08:00.000-06:002008-01-30T18:08:00.000-06:005:42 back again. Didn't forget my meds. Don't ha...5:42 back again. Didn't forget my meds. Don't have to take any...YET. You probably didn't read my lengthy post. I'm staying till they lock the gate. I love the facility and the job and really enjoy helping the kids. However, that doesn't mean that everything is fine and dandy here. You apparently are one of those who would rather cover up the crap than get it straightened out. You'd better be careful. You're starting to talk like those who don't do things the way they are supposed to be done (or at least one that kisses their butts) with your "go ahead and leave" statement. Haven't you figured out yet that's what's wrong with TYC in general. Too many people aware of what's wrong but sitting by and letting it happen and then either covering it up or defending it. Believe me, I would like to see us stay open forever. I would like to see us stay open (pray for it all the time) so we could help these kids and get rid of the abusive staff and the ones sleeping around, and/or trying to take advantage of the females with lessor rank, etc. They do nothing to really help us. I believe we can replace them with someone who would and be a lot better off. I'd put it this way, if you are going to defend these jerks (and you know what I stated is fact), YOU are the one who needs to go. We only need the ones here who like kids and want the best for them in the long run and not somebody who is going to take up for those who don't. Don't try to paint me as the bad person for wanting to get rid of those who ultimately are putting our entire facility and agency in a bad light and giving us a bad rep all over our fine state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80695525478839306372008-01-29T07:59:00.000-06:002008-01-29T07:59:00.000-06:00I don't pretend to know which facilities are closi...I don't pretend to know which facilities are closing, but it stands to reason that since there is nothing currently in place for receiving the kids that would be moved out of the closed facilities, I don't think they are going to close VFCA, WTSS or Crockett any time soon. <BR/><BR/>The main weakness at VFCA has been the physical plant, not the employees. Therefore, I would advise the employees at VFCA to keep working on the positive. Stir up a bunch of hate and discontent and you may well put yourselves on a list for closure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-657411234647223552008-01-28T22:34:00.000-06:002008-01-28T22:34:00.000-06:00I apologize that the rest of you had to endure 5:4...I apologize that the rest of you had to endure 5:42. Must have missed his/her meds today.<BR/>You need lots of sugar coating-real dark and stinky. Anyone as bitter as you seem to be needs to go ahead and leave and leave those of us who are proud to work at VFCA alone. We will be the ones with the last laugh at those who "KNOW IT ALL" about the closing..Ain't going to happen. You they are going to pitch tents or something at another facility. No where for those little darlins to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67650857143624457342008-01-28T17:42:00.000-06:002008-01-28T17:42:00.000-06:00I too am glad that Donald got that much needed kid...I too am glad that Donald got that much needed kidney.<BR/><BR/>However, don't be fooled into thinking that he doesn't know the fate of us at VFCA. He knows full well we're closing and he intentionally makes statements that try to make us think that's not the case. I'm staying until they close the gate because of where I live and family so I'm just going to hang on as long as I can, but I don't believe all of us will be singing his praises when we're out of a job and he's moved to wherever they have already promised him his next one. As far as his management style of only going after those who don't do their job.....I'll call Bullshit on that. I've seen him put people into bad situations that could have gone either way and then he roasts them for whichever way they chose to go. And, to yell and curse his management people is no less a violation of the PRS rules than many who he's shown the gate. Also, coming back to work at a Juvenile Correctional facility such as ours after his dialysis, while admirable, is completly wrong. Imagine how good he would have been in a restraint or his decision making? I've seen him many, many times sitting in important meetings flat assed asleep. I wonder if he would have allowed any other staff to come to work incapacitated as much as he was or sleeping through one of his management meetings??? I'll answer that for you. HELL NO!!! Completely different standards are expected of him from his staff. "Do as I say and not as I do" or else. Also, working the dorm on a Saturday. You must be kidding. He might have been there, but working it is a stretch. What have you been smoking? This guy sends youth to security for the way their boots are tied and any other reason he wants to but won't allow us the same degree of compliance. If we did that, he'd go completely nuts. All he or pretty much any other real management person has to do is step on that dorm and things are completely different (especially him). The youth aren't stupid (at least most of them). They know who really holds the keys to whether they get to go home or not. They act completely different around the upper management and their caseworkers and then they treat the rest of the staff like shit because they know they can get away with it. Isn't a ccf-225 supposed to be a legal document??? How many of those do you think have mysteriously disappeared? Supported Donald??? Of course!!! Would you want your head on a stick? The guy doesn't even have the balls to fire the staff who his wife is sleeping with and he knows it. How about firing his wife. Do you think he would do that? She is terrible in almost every aspect of the job. Think there might just be a conflict of interest there. Oh, no. Not with Donald. He's really an upright, honest, fair guy all the way around. NOT!!! Ask him how many times Anthony Moore has had sexual harassment grievances on him. He's still playing the good ole boy system and covering for all his friends who either can't or won't do their job. And by the way, they aren't the ones he's yelling at during the meetings. I think what we have is too many people knowing too much about the other one's business and not wanting all of it to come out so they cover for each other. What do you think. Yes, we're going to hold our heads high but only so we can keep it above the shit that's getting deeper all the time. I know, I know, you can suger coat a turd, but it's still a turd. That's what's wrong with this agency right now. Too many wanting to sugar coat stuff instead of standing up and telling the WHOLE truth and get the place straightened out. Haven't you read the emails from our new conservator?? While we can continue to hope and pray, there are still facilities going down the tubes. We've had a target on our backs from the beginning and all this singing praises isn't going to change it. We at VFCA can hope all we want, but we need to get our walking shoes on so we can hit the streets looking for that next job. And just so you know.....Donald knows it and is selling us all out. It's a matter of time and not much of that. We'll see real soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57954878620146707042008-01-25T22:27:00.000-06:002008-01-25T22:27:00.000-06:00Donald finally got his surgery!! That is outstand...Donald finally got his surgery!! That is outstanding and I thrilled to hear that his recovery is going well. <BR/>To those of you at VFCA you should be proud of the way you have stuck together and supported Donald through such a hard time. The large number of staff that were willing to step up for Donald when his health hit the critical point really speaks volumes. Keep your heads high!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49493567199731291642008-01-25T21:51:00.000-06:002008-01-25T21:51:00.000-06:00Praise God for Donald's new lease on life. He is ...Praise God for Donald's new lease on life. He is one man in TYC that we can all admire. Things like this put the rest of this into perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-66391247288781689822008-01-25T20:03:00.000-06:002008-01-25T20:03:00.000-06:00Perhaps I learned a different definition of troll....Perhaps I learned a different definition of troll. I feel they are being unfairly treated and maligned. My trolls livrd under a bridge in a mythical world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83403173353985924692008-01-24T23:13:00.000-06:002008-01-24T23:13:00.000-06:00Well P.A.-we don't miss you at VFCA. So glad your ...Well P.A.-we don't miss you at VFCA. So glad your new job is working out. <BR/><BR/>The only people that don't have to worry about Mr. Brooks discipline are those who are actually DOING their jobs the way they are supposed to.<BR/><BR/>Just an update-Donald Brooks was able to get a kidney transplant and seems to be coming along well. I have more respect for that man that any person in TYC. You try being in complete kidney failure with dialysis three times a week and come BACK to work every day after the treatment. Even worked the floor one Saturday when a shift needed coverage. That man gets my complete vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31971103940888392312008-01-24T22:31:00.000-06:002008-01-24T22:31:00.000-06:00I worked at VFCA for just a tad bit and here is wh...I worked at VFCA for just a tad bit and here is what I noticed:<BR/><BR/>Mr Moore is a worthless excuse for a human being! He made deals with some of the kids and stuck it to staff to affirm the deal with those students. I worked PAT team with him and he is one real piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>His outward staff to student behaviour is disappointedly but unprovably criminal in nature and lends itself to dangerous staff/student immoral positions.<BR/><BR/>Individual situations created by these techniques are what lead to staff compromisation!!<BR/><BR/>Wallace Brown---I worked with him for several years and found him to be an amicable guy. I don't know what he did to some of you but he was always real polite and nice to me. He'd always say "Hello" on his way in or out the gate and he even took the time to stop and talk with me for a few moments. I do admit that he had a penchant for the small detail of who did or who did not have their hat on. I didn't understand that one. <BR/><BR/>Maybe, just maybe, I'm not a dickhead like a whole bunch of you present yourselves. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Brooks---A whole lot of people don't like him because of his abusive management style. He never did this to me but the people that told me he was this way are 100% credibled.<BR/><BR/>Ms Pope---I went to one of the "State of the Agency" meetings with a fellow employee. I am an old SOB.<BR/><BR/>I wore the green shirt.<BR/><BR/>I asked the questions I needed to ask, and got the responses I needed to get, to make the decisions I needed to make.<BR/><BR/>The decision was instantaneous after looking into Ms. Pope's eyes.<BR/><BR/>I no longer wanted to work for TYC. I found employment elsewhere. It was their loss and not mine!!!!<BR/><BR/>What was this determinant?<BR/><BR/>I asked her the important questions while looking in her eyes. She gave her answers. <BR/><BR/>I cornerd Stan D. afterwards and asked him the questions. He gave his answers.<BR/><BR/>Here is what I got from that:<BR/><BR/>Stan D. --- Panty waste trying to save his BUTT!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Ms. Pope--- Power queen with a god like self image and a vast desire to rule over her kingdom. Commonly referred to as an excessive grandiose personality complex disorder: or more commonly known as; Whom shall bow to the queen.<BR/><BR/>Look into her eyes and you'll see what I mean.<BR/><BR/>For all you chicken shits and the one dipstick TROLL on here: I'm not a hard man to find. If she wants a piece of me, just come and get it sweet pea.<BR/><BR/>PAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67068087256035709792008-01-24T18:53:00.000-06:002008-01-24T18:53:00.000-06:00We at WTSS would not accept this man's return. We ...We at WTSS would not accept this man's return. We have all the hotline numbers ready to dial! He can stay where he's at and leave well enough alone. We all know what he did!! There is no welcome mat for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68073615256908294362008-01-24T05:11:00.000-06:002008-01-24T05:11:00.000-06:00Anthony Moore is a criminal, who should be in jail...Anthony Moore is a criminal, who should be in jail for choking that kid at WTSS. But because he took the rap for Harrison for an animal cruelty charge, he got to be suspended with pay for over 6 months, was demoted to JCO V,came back (when the heat was off), got promoted to JCO VI again, moved to Victory Field and became a PS II. This is a prime example of the Harrison, Ayo, Wallace Brown brand of corruption at its finest. A good ol' boy network of some of the dumbest, most incompetent, most corrupt individuals TYC has ever on its rolls. One would have to be crazy to allow these clowns to continue to drag TYC down. Take a look, Mr. Conservator, it's right there in front of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46388005576753462042008-01-23T22:59:00.000-06:002008-01-23T22:59:00.000-06:00I have to disagree with you 9:42. Blu was probabl...I have to disagree with you 9:42. Blu was probably the best and most experienced Asst. Supt. in TYC, and the way he was done was flat wrong. TYC lost a great manager, but then again, they have lost a lot of great people by doing them wrong. Wherever Blu is and whatever he is doing, I am sure he is just fine. TYC, however, is suffering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48358698089022019202008-01-23T22:44:00.000-06:002008-01-23T22:44:00.000-06:0010:16 There is a new rumor that Wallace Brown is ...10:16 There is a new rumor that Wallace Brown is hoping to get rid of Fair and/or Hollis to bring back Anthony Moore. Hope nobody checks the number of disciplinary files on that one... just how many allegations of sexual harassment was that? not to mention the demotion for excessive force? Heard he had his share of issues at Victory Field as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82567107891601918072008-01-23T22:16:00.000-06:002008-01-23T22:16:00.000-06:00Mean while, back in West Texas, it seems that Wall...Mean while, back in West Texas, it seems that Wally Brown has embarked on a campaign to depose David Fair, the new DOS and Billy Hollis, the Assistant. Rumor has it, he has already made the threat to terminate both men. Hmmmmmm!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54009389416665253312008-01-23T21:58:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:58:00.000-06:009:38,You think the lawsuits are gonna bankrupt the...9:38,<BR/><BR/>You think the lawsuits are gonna bankrupt the entire State of Texas' budget? Oh, I bet there will be plenty of monetary damages to bepaid to a ton of ex-employees that TYC messed over. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46629721224106324892008-01-23T21:51:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:51:00.000-06:00The Blu I know was always fair. He also seemed to...The Blu I know was always fair. He also seemed to care about the youth and staff. Some of you folks just blog to hear yourself complain. Blu must have really hurt your feelings for you to say some of those things, maybe you should seek some counseling to get this "insecure bully" out of your life, especially since he is no longer anywhere near Crockett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77929007833490981252008-01-23T21:47:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:47:00.000-06:009:38,It's been said once, and here it is again, yo...9:38,<BR/><BR/>It's been said once, and here it is again, you have no evidence of Blu doing anything wrong. And, Blu has polygraph results to prove he did nothing wrong. So let's not pretend that he was part of the corruption at Crockett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37559462431152338802008-01-23T21:45:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:45:00.000-06:009:42,You are som smart, maybe you should have been...9:42,<BR/><BR/>You are som smart, maybe you should have been the Asst. Supt. Sounds like you could run the Campus by yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79144115846856150602008-01-23T21:42:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:42:00.000-06:00I did my job and never had to be "held accountable...I did my job and never had to be "held accountable" and can you really say that all were treated equal and "held accountable". GT hasn't worked a full week in her 7 years at Crockett. Anyone else would have been tossed out the gate a long time ago. I guarantee Blu never made her take any of her leave during her 20 hour work weeks. Like I said, I did my job and still don't care for him at all. He was no manager, just an insecure bully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13042782849220042182008-01-23T21:38:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:38:00.000-06:009:31 - If he won't come back, that's fine with mos...9:31 - If he won't come back, that's fine with most of Crockett. As for his "wrongful termination" lawsuit - that's a load of crap. I'm not saying he was treated fairly, but let's not pretend he treated people fairly either. <BR/>Even if he was only doing Freeman's dirty work (while riding the coattails) he was wrong for a lot of things he did to people. <BR/>Just add his to the stack of lawsuits. They'll be lucky if there's any money left by the time those cases roll around. <BR/>9:23 - I am not tied to Marie - never worked for her, but I'm not fond of her either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12699611461091427342008-01-23T21:31:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:31:00.000-06:00I don't think Blu would come back to TYC if they m...I don't think Blu would come back to TYC if they made him an offer he couldn't refuse. It would be smart for TYC to make him an offer because I think he has a good case of wrongful termination. I for one, hopes he sues the hell outta TYC and wins. Someone needs to open the eyes of these pitiful politicians that are idling sitting by allowing dedicated employees to be tossed out of exemplary careers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3175261632909084682008-01-23T21:25:00.000-06:002008-01-23T21:25:00.000-06:006:29,Mike has been there less than a week and you ...6:29,<BR/><BR/>Mike has been there less than a week and you are already singing his praises. It will not take long for the snakes to come out of those woods and start attacking. Watch your back Mike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com