UPDATE: I find it interesting to go back over this blog as it seems a bit haunted, as I say things, and funny enough they happen. This post is no different as the June preliminary hearing was reset until August, as the court could not accommodate the continuance requested for one week by the Department of Justice who had an expert witness on vacation. Okay.
Boy, the Attorney General Jerry Brown did go on the path of the Governor's office. Great, now there's absolutely nobody to call if there are problems. I say this because the state's case is a "loser." There's no way Muni is going to get this botched investigation past our new lawyers for Ott, Donald Etra. Woops, he's Dr. Pormir's attorney or is it Hughes? If nothing else they like to take car rides together, all of them.
The cries for help, the botched investigation, the lack of interest other than a bid for the top office from the state.
It's sad.
But after Mr Etra and Ginsburg passed through our town a few months ago and had a visit with what they said was a simple gathering of support for Dr. Pormir, they ended up with a story and some documents. Not exactly a nice thing to do as the duo teamed up with Jim Faulkner and Bruce Blythe, helping the three left to face...the ominous, no...sloppy DOJ.
I'm going to open this thing up like a wound soon, and you the reader, the players, whoever you are, you're going to be up here on the plank.
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I, of course, decided to sleep in on this court date, let someone else do it, I thought rolling up in my comforter would be better. And there they were, the Kern Valley Sun, finally doing their job. ZZZZZZZZZ
Though, Bakerfield Now, had the early edition of the story, it was one long paragraph, with the facts. It was out on the internet before 2 pm.
The Sun came in later, but they had the best picture of Ott and her attorney, Jim Faulkner, it's worth taking a peek at as it seems the editor jumped out of bathroom or a hallway and scared the two of them. For Ott fans you may enjoy that look on her face, something out of a B movie.
Unfortunately, the facts were not correct as they tried to overwrite rather than sticking to the latest, basic facts, where you can't go wrong.
In the Sun article, Perfect said that Pormir, Hughes, and former defendant, Debbi Hayes, were all charged with assault stemming from an incident where a resident was held down and given an injection of Risperdal, a very strong antipsychotic which has to be given in slow, smaller doses, or the patient could possibly react and die.
However, It is former Director of Nursing, Gwen Hughes who has the assault charges, NOT DR. PORMIR (that's for the hard of hearing) or Ott. And Debbi Hayes has no elder abuse or assault charges against her, as she is a witness if the case goes to trial.
And the other error that admittedly the Sun would not know about was that the woman allegedly given this shot of Risperdal, Louise Zimmerman, the date is incorrect as to when it occurred. (That's a whole other story isn't it DOJ?)
Another thing that is irritating to a reader about an article of this magnitude is the repetitious information which came from last year or the year before. I think if you ask any nurse working in that hospital at the time, not that many work at KVHD now, but they will tell you the repeated mantra about the Ombudsman in 2007, makes people believe it was real.
All that is is a statement from the DOJ report in Feb. 2008, but the information has changed, and the truth is there were complaints early in 2006, all the way thru Jan. of 2007, and they went to Ott, the board of directors, the public health department, the Kern Valley Sun Newspaper, a freelance writer, yes, the state and local ombudsman, social services, and exactly how many other places were these people supposed to go?
That kind of reporting makes for slippery information which can't be backed up with paperwork, only by an ancient, inflammatory statement from the attorney general's office. That's selling cheap information, a second grader could do that with blunt scissors. A cut and paste job.
But as far as winning the race and bringing along a few good facts, and the best picture, the Sun, attempted the job and brought part of it home. ''
What about the timing of this
Though I wish the Sun had gotten a picture of mysterious attorney, Donald Etra, who came on with Dr. Pormir last month, I would love to hear some details about him rather than a press release sort of thing.
Since only two outlets covered the case, as I called the rest, and one called me, I'm assuming the Sun and Bakersfield Now (channel 29 and 58), are the only ones inside on this case.
I'll find out more.
Now, we have three months, and they have finally set up the preliminary hearing date which goes the day after the pre-preliminary where anything can happen and usually does.
But progress has been made, date sets, but what about that June date? (see update)
There are a lot of brides in June, could it be someone is getting married to say, an election bid for governor?
If current AG Jerry Brown goes on to win his parties' backing and go screaming for the mansion, doughnuts on the front lawn, it would be prudent that he prosecute our case since it has gotten so much publicity, right Diane Sawyer. And now, right Cathy Perfect?
But if he looks like a long shot come June, we could see our case dropped like a hot rock.
So, it comes down to politics, not justice.
And hey, Donald Etra, send me a pic, even your facebook pic, i don't care.
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