tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5605996772464274409..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: First steps from 3rd TYC conservator seem positiveGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24474894124678837652008-01-23T08:05:00.000-06:002008-01-23T08:05:00.000-06:00Close this agency down Governor and start over. If...Close this agency down Governor and start over. If field staff, administrators and JCO Managers cannot correct their own facilities then this agency is finished. It is obviously TYC is still to corrupt and has to many scared employee's for them to take on the tasks of changing what needs to be completed at their facilities. As I said yesterday, the Hell with Central Office. Document managers and then do what you all have to do to change your environment, or find another job people or simply walkout. <BR/><BR/>The only only people that have a right to complain or those that got canned for past criminal histories that change their lives. For those sorry individuals that continue to making up excuses regarding your workplace rights I'll give you a nother bit of information. Since TYC change to at will, you can walk out at anytime with cause due whatever you feel is wrong or unsafe in the workplace. Otherwise known as a strike if you will. The state now cannot invoke it's unlawful strike policy since "at will" is a two way street. Smarten up people and take care of business if you want changes!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25198074191791282542008-01-22T15:06:00.000-06:002008-01-22T15:06:00.000-06:00Common sense people, common sense. Reading this bl...Common sense people, common sense. Reading this blog spot some of us can easily see the reasons as to the plight of this agency. One major problem is politics the other is incompetence based on those politics. Yes, there will be politics in any venue such as this but the elimination of it should be focused on and paramount. Removing the head of the snake will bring about that change. When the Head, (CO) has no idea what needs are appropriate for a particular facility and they then focus on each facility working the same; basically telling administrators how to run and do things, otherwise known as a one size fits all. This is a recipe for disaster as history has shown. However, because we have "Politicians" in this agency as all others,(people that are concerned for their own well being)the agency as many others will fail. History proves it. <BR/><BR/>Field administrators, managers, caseworkersand JCO staff follow your hearts, use your common sense, do what you need to do to care or discipline the youth (legally). Run your facility as best you see fit. Use what works in your facility. The HELL with Central Office. Step up people fix this yourselves. Take charge of your facility. If you have a truely incompetent and provable screwed up manager or administrator document it and run them out of town. You have rights people. Beleive me you do have rights in state employment. Take this mess by the horns and twist it around, squash it like a bug. This is your agency and the taxpayers not central offices, not the governors, or any body elses. You have the power to do what it takes. Impower yourselves staff. Don't worry about your job, your pay or being fired. If you do what you need to do legally and in good faith no administrator or manager can fault you. If they do then I guess they will need an attorney not you. Turn the tables people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39688158612329732022008-01-18T21:17:00.000-06:002008-01-18T21:17:00.000-06:00the good news just keeps coming!!!the good news just keeps coming!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9543305252743043452008-01-17T13:01:00.000-06:002008-01-17T13:01:00.000-06:009:34, I mean Bluebell Williams, stay off of the bl...9:34, I mean Bluebell Williams, stay off of the blogs - don't you have some packing to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56045961377546817302008-01-17T07:10:00.000-06:002008-01-17T07:10:00.000-06:00Mike Davis to Crockett, Chip Walters is in Gidding...Mike Davis to Crockett, Chip Walters is in Giddings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36767655256186760892008-01-17T07:02:00.000-06:002008-01-17T07:02:00.000-06:00Chip Walters? I thought it was going to be Mike D...Chip Walters? I thought it was going to be Mike Davis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25626019081663462222008-01-16T22:19:00.000-06:002008-01-16T22:19:00.000-06:00Welcome to Crockett Chip Walters.Welcome to Crockett Chip Walters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64462196711799385552008-01-16T21:34:00.000-06:002008-01-16T21:34:00.000-06:00Sounds like you people at Crockett will never be h...Sounds like you people at Crockett will never be happy. Maybe you need to get one of your own home grown folks to be Supt., nah, ya'll would stab them in the back, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31912733393810228432008-01-16T20:34:00.000-06:002008-01-16T20:34:00.000-06:00To 8:10 and all the other Bluebell Williams suppor...To 8:10 and all the other Bluebell Williams supporters - I agree with you on some level. Hope you are in Central Office - you'll see him soon. <BR/>I hate that this move disrupted his family, etc. But he should have been man enough to admit this was too much for him. We had high hopes for him after breaking free from the Freeman/Nicholson shackles. But Bluebell made some unrecoverable mistakes. I hope he is a good person, father, husband etc and I hope he finds success in his new position. But while he was Supt, he was a power-seeking, arrogant liar. He told so many lies, he couldn't keep them straight. There is no excuse for some of the mistakes (oops I mean decisions) he made or decisions he refused to make. Happy trails Bluebell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40714051623231579722008-01-16T19:28:00.000-06:002008-01-16T19:28:00.000-06:00Conservator was out at Giddings last weekend. On t...Conservator was out at Giddings last weekend. On the dorms talking to staff about their experiences in TYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-35458167417491489652008-01-16T08:35:00.000-06:002008-01-16T08:35:00.000-06:00to 9:56 pm, you sound like Karen Lashbrook, bitter...to 9:56 pm, you sound like Karen Lashbrook, bitter as ever. Doesn't feel so good to be treated how you have treated your employees for years. You need to start looking at yourself before you start criticizing others. Plus, your jealousy is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5240287497651124822008-01-15T23:17:00.000-06:002008-01-15T23:17:00.000-06:00Will has done an amazing job with almost no resour...Will has done an amazing job with almost no resources. His main drive is helping the kids. I respect his ability to come into TYC with an open mind and not get caught up in the sweeping negativity. Will has made a point of acknowledging those hardworking staff. The men and women have hung in there with the hope that their battles will serve a pupose and things will get better. He has really embraced TYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40642674714522968592008-01-15T23:13:00.000-06:002008-01-15T23:13:00.000-06:0010:11, sounds like a plan. The only issue I have w...10:11, sounds like a plan. The only issue I have with Will is that he assumes kids and/or parents are telling the truth (not a bad assumption for an advocate, but he has too much power to be anything but objective). However, if the Conservator is the "judge", then having Will "advocate" might be a good approach. You can bet that current administration is trying to convince him that it is only corrupt and illiterate staff that are complaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64632951723591551212008-01-15T22:11:00.000-06:002008-01-15T22:11:00.000-06:00Well, we can all just hope that the New Conservato...Well, we can all just hope that the New Conservator will look at all aspects of his management team and make wise decisions. I would hope that he would call in an unbiased person like Will Harrell the Ombudsman to make comments and assessments that he has seen his he arrived at TYC. I have heard nothing but good things about him and the work he is trying to do with a limited budget and staffing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47715759479356690542008-01-15T21:56:00.000-06:002008-01-15T21:56:00.000-06:00We've all heard rumors that Bronco Billy's remaini...We've all heard rumors that Bronco Billy's remaining Regional Director that he hired???? are not competent to fill these positions. <BR/><BR/>Let's see here...we all know for a fact that Sylvia Martinez is incapable of combining any number of words from the English or Spanish language to construct a comprehensive sentence. When you can begin to understand her e-mails, you can bet your bottom dollar, her "personal assistance" Cindy Saldivar wrote it for her...but even her e-mails are chopped up!<BR/><BR/>Lucky for Ayo someone taught him the magic of cut and paste. The only e-mails that make any kind of bizrre sense are a direct result of him cutting and pasting from e-mails he received from Bronco Billy.<BR/><BR/>Along with being "somewhat" illiterate, she is just plain mean. She has her favorite staff -- Cepeda, Palacios, Tina Fuentes, Andrea Graham, Juan Gonzalez, Melody Viduarri to name a few. How does a JCO IV become the acting JCO VI of security, bypassing all JCO Vs? Now he is the case worker for security. Rumor has it, Sylvia has had an ongoing relationship with Cepeada for numerous years.<BR/><BR/>Sylvia Martinez has not been shy when it comes to abusing her authority. In the real world, it's called Abuse of Public Office. Her rude and hateful conduct is outrageous!!! Are these the traits that qualify a person for Executive Administrative positions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41573939555328575392008-01-15T21:14:00.000-06:002008-01-15T21:14:00.000-06:007:37 I have had the same thoughts, not moving to A...7:37<BR/> I have had the same thoughts, not moving to Alaska but just move out of TEXAS! Course can not do that, but I NEVER would have thought I would EVER say that to myself.<BR/> I believe that TYC will have to be closed before it can be repaired.<BR/> Quote from a recent book I read stated that " one will never know the damage one has done, until they are gone." <BR/>We will face the real damage this adminstration has done to TYC for many years to come after they are all gone.<BR/> Most of that will be the loss of good staff to carry on. It takes years in TYC to truly understand the kids that pass thru those sally ports. These new staff don't have a clue to what is really on the inside. Just listen to some of them speak about the kids and TYC. They just do not understand the kids, not that they want become good staff one day if they stay long enough to understand them or they even want to. Some will be just a paycheck until they find a better job. The good ones will be run off by supervisors or other non caring staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84761404664365837092008-01-15T20:07:00.000-06:002008-01-15T20:07:00.000-06:00There is a beautiful, new, giant water tank over a...There is a beautiful, new, giant water tank over at the Marlin facility, full of delicious, refreshing water. Unfortunately, TDCJ owns it now! <BR/><BR/>I feel so bad for my friends from MOAU who are now suffering through another water outage -- although none of Marlin's frequent outages lasted more than a few days. Everyone pray for the staff and students there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-65976094779374301292008-01-15T19:52:00.000-06:002008-01-15T19:52:00.000-06:00Talking about waste and abuse-it seems like everyo...Talking about waste and abuse-it seems like everyone in TYC has a state issued Blackberry? What a waste of money.<BR/><BR/>But this is Dementia at her best...new state car, new furniture, and Blackberrys for everyone. What a deal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72872971475185311042008-01-15T19:37:00.000-06:002008-01-15T19:37:00.000-06:00fortunately after reading this blog, leaving tyc w...fortunately after reading this blog, leaving tyc was the better option. what a mess. pope gets a car, jerome gets a boot, humphrey gets another boot, the teachers are getting some kind of kick, and the new conservator (who i think really has probably the best perspective as far as past work with juveniles is concerned) is keeping pope!! if he read this blog and just took 10% of the comments as true he would see that move is ill advised. what a deal!!! any discussion about how treatment and rehabilitation is going on in during all of this pandemonium??? when i worked with so called "dysfunctional" families we just went for the bomb shelter or safety plans in cases such as these. texans should be outraged. our state was build on much more conscience and fortitude than what i see. i think i will move to alaska where stength and perseverance of will seem to be appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42872170869824734772008-01-15T19:26:00.000-06:002008-01-15T19:26:00.000-06:00Go Richard Go!!! Post that ED position! Put it in ...Go Richard Go!!! Post that ED position! Put it in Elmer's ear and tell him we said hi because he was backing this BS from the beginning and deserves a good high if ya' know what I mean. Let TDCJ guards have at his ass next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44755973646289105602008-01-15T18:52:00.000-06:002008-01-15T18:52:00.000-06:00Mart is without water for up to three weeks! I am ...Mart is without water for up to three weeks! I am talking the whole town including the prison. It is porta-potty gross. Unbelievable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21453730199679354852008-01-15T18:42:00.000-06:002008-01-15T18:42:00.000-06:00Well, he was supposed to be in Crockett Monday or ...Well, he was supposed to be in Crockett Monday or Tuesday to "assess the situation" and we've seen no sign of him. Yet another disappointment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54720487752454917392008-01-15T17:35:00.000-06:002008-01-15T17:35:00.000-06:00Grits, I'm wondering if you've had any luck schedu...Grits, I'm wondering if you've had any luck scheduling that interview with the new conservator. I'm curious as to or not you'll get the same "beat around the bush" answers about facility closures as the last two conservators have provided. I for one am worried about keeping my job. I'm willing to stay until the place closes; however, it would be nice to hear an estimated time frame. I have a lot more car payments and house payments to make. thxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42346194855537864432008-01-15T13:11:00.000-06:002008-01-15T13:11:00.000-06:00Hopefully the new conservator will see how Lashbro...Hopefully the new conservator will see how Lashbrook is also. She is just as bad as Bronco Billy was. Talk about having cronies, holding grudges. Thank god she is now on the bottom of the organizational chart, now they need to remove her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81448376824424408252008-01-15T09:05:00.000-06:002008-01-15T09:05:00.000-06:00Lets see They hand you the pepper spray and you ar...Lets see <BR/>They hand you the pepper spray and you are trained and told when and how to use it by our great leadership.<BR/>Now we are at fault for spraying.<BR/>Past time to go...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com