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From: "Luedtke" <jbrown

To: admin@savegrandma.org
Subject: Lost children
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 21:41:01 -0500

I am a school teacher. I teach 500 kids and I love what I do. I teach art to elementary kids and cannot think of a better way to spend my day. I have always been trained to trust DHS and call reports into them when I hear of abuse. I never thought I would be the one fighting for my kids' return from DHS. They are currently with their father, which begs the question as to why juvenile court is allowed to make a decision about permanent placement as they are already with a parent. I am allowed no phone calls and have not had them since last August. I had for a large part of this past year and some months only 18 supervised hours a month with my daughters, whom I raised from birth. They are 9 and 11. I am just now getting 2 days on my weekend visits. They were removed March 23, 2005. Today is May 9, 2006.
I have been accused of drug usage and DHS entered my home to search it. I let them search and there was nothing to be found. They demanded hair tests on my children paid for by DHS. Guess what the results were? They demanded I go to screening at a drug treatment center. Guess what the results were when I was handed a spotted cup and I was told that they did not have any clean ones there? It was do the test and fail or don't do the test and fail.
The day before they were removed, a worker associated with our case, Paula Welsh, entered our home and had access to my then 9 year old daughter for 20 minutes. I was on my way home and had to pick up my 7 year old at day care. She talked my daughter into letting her in. She promised my children they would not be removed and acted shocked when they were. She told me I should just admit and the kids will be sent home.
I cannot do that. I cannot add more confusion to my children than they already have by saying something they know is not true. I cannot risk their trust or my job with an admission that is FORCED on me. It is not legal. You are innocent til proven guilty or so I thought.
Over the many months this case has been going on, I have recorded 240 pages of things that have happened. I have changed attorneys and I have been accused of abusing my children sexually by a judge when that was never presented in court by anyone. I have been called a liar. I have been told that coloring my hair means I am a drug user who wants to evade testing. Judge Jane F. Spande recused herself after learning we had filed a complaint against her. SEND COMPLAINTS IN ON JUDGES THAT DO NOT UPHOLD THE CANONS OF LAW.
We have passed psychological tests, attended several counselors, passed numerous drug tests at both medical and DHS testing sites and yet my kids are still not allowed to call me or to spend the night with me. In 11 years of teaching, I have nothing but excellent evaluations and have never been suspended at work even when I told them of this allegation. They know who I am and do not punish me for DHS wrecking my life.
I have shouted and screamed for people to hear my children who want to come home to be called hysterical. But I love my children and wish only for their happiness, even if it means I have to fight til I die for that. They want to come home and I am fighting for that. DHS needs a major overhaul. They need to PAY for what they have done to families.

From: Tan6000@aol.com

Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:20:33 EDT
Subject: Department of heartless scumbaggs (DHS)
To: admin@savegrandma.org

My mother went through some hard times and the DHS took advantage of us,she was placed
at fluer hieghts due to a staff infection, and that place is hell between mercy and them I could
have killed some staff members my anger subsided thank god,my mom did not speak english that well being an itialian imigrent,several times there I found her in the hall ways just trying to go to the rest room with no staff around,one night she fell into conjested heart
failuer no one notified me until 10 the next day that she was on her way to Mercy. lucky
she survived, DHS tell you their there to help you but in order to do that they must rob you first over and over again.After mom passed In 2002 I was left with the house since the will
was in my name four months passed and I got a letter from DHS in the form of a bill
statement saying sorry for your loss but you owe us $21000, I got a lawyer they gave
me so much time to pay them. I lost the battle and ended up paying $25000 I had to pay
my lawyer and thiers.there is no justice ,they went as far as trying to sell my property
without me knowing thanks to a deed they failed but they added interest to the at 4%
I have no regrets my mom needed care and me being a male was the only one around
My bitch sister did not lift a finger so her hand remained empty after she seeked the will
all I know is that God helped get through this hard time in life, and all I can say is that
DHS stands for Department of heartless scumbaggs......