Setting the Record Straight, Kinda

* I received an email from a reader who made several excellent points so I am following through here. Many of the stories I am relaying here are ONLY from one side of the story. Due to privacy and confidentiality laws it is very difficult to get the full story on each incident. In a number of cases, I am able to verify some points of each story and overall, the complaints I receive generally follow a common problem encountered which to me lends the complaint(s) as more valid than not, that is, more probably true than not. I don't know if my blog 'reads' as biased or one-sided although I do try to be fair and use words such as, "reportedly", "alleged", things like that.

* I do not use names out of respect for privacy, and the complaint not fully verified. Another aspect of this is I am not just a spectator in the stands, booing and jeering. I meet with county officials, court officers, law enforcement and other non-profits to resolve not just specific cases but overall organizational actions or inactions, so chastising them personally in a public forum doesn't help me solve things.

* In regards to Child Protective Services and the other agencies connected to this, I know that there are many dedicated people implementing programs to drastically improve the scene. They are aware of the faults and do feel very bad about injustices that occur. I work WITH them to forward those programs. But meanwhile, I have to deal with the bad parts and will undoubtedly have to for awhile as nobody is perfect.

* A purpose of this blog is let people become aware that injustices and abuses are occurring, to hopefully prevent further wrongs, and gain support in helping resolve them. What is not covered in this blog are the actions I take to contribute to solving the problems.

* In future postings, there will be more hopefully helpful hints on things that work in navigating through our system, so that my blog becomes more informatively helpful.