To my friends – yes it’s true I have the urge to speak and
speak loud. Dealing with the pressures within me and communicating with others
has created a need to communicate and say what’s on my mind. Is it a little
more expressive than before? Yes. It is. The challenge has been how to channel
my thoughts constructively and truthfully.
I have been dealing with things in the background that make
me sick because of the nasty things I have been learning about recent events
and the deception behind these attempts to not reveal the true nature of the
problem. People are getting hurt and hurt badly. Should I say what’s on my
mind? Not likely, criticism and being politically correct usually demands you
leave things best unsaid.
However, I am not worried about criticism and not
politically correct – I don’t gossip and go around rumors the best I can. I don’t
always express myself elegantly or eloquently. That’s for those that know the
language better than I do. I basically tell it like it is and let you make up
your own minds.
What is the plan you ask? The plan is simple – I will
continue to criticize and report to lawmakers, media and other sources the
problems that exist and that makes working inside these Arizona prisons unsafe.
In the past I did this effectively with others that joined the cause to make
things safer and it worked for a while as time took its toll on the memories of
those involved in the change. The OSHA project was a successful event and
brought things back into compliance for a short while.
I want to draw the ADOC into a smart reaction – I want them
to step out of their circle of denial and combine an action plan to make things
safe again. I want them to be proactive and not reactive in their decision
making. These wrong reactions can be disastrous and some of that is currently showing
up in Lewis. How we get this done is important and we need press coverage. However,
I can’t get anyone to speak up or out for fear of repercussions or other
negative disciplinary actions pending.
I don’t want to take anyone down. I don’t want anyone’s job.
I want to exercise my right to free speech and criticize what I know to be
legitimate problems and concerns. The election is near – there will be campaigning
and I would want a chance to talk to all the candidates for governor – this is
how change is made. I have to think how to approach this from a position of
credibility, strength, and be unapologetic in nature for the recent ADOC’s
stupidity in the execution of their policies.
I can’t be bought or brought into silence and neither should you. We could
face the issues and concerns together or I can try to do this alone. Needless to
say, the more who choose to stand united, the stronger the criticism and the more
coverage we get to express our concerns to the public, the lawmakers and the administration.
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