Path: bogie.dyn.ml.org!xs4all!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!het.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!btnet-peer!btnet!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!207.155.183.80.MISMATCH!global-news-master From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Losing Drivers Licence for being poor (was Re: Remember Dennis?) Date: 05 Oct 1998 08:09:28 PDT Organization: inFormer Ministry [a 501(c)3 non-profit, religious organization] "... in service of cult victims and their families." Lines: 79 Message-ID: <361dded3.2653228@news.concentric.net> References: <199810010439.GAA13420@replay.com> <3613FCE0.975@daisy.freeserve.co.uk> <36144b5c.624569@news.mindspring.com> <3619e51c.17998667@news.concentric.net> <36195e3a.114360790@nntp1.ba.best.com> Reply-To: informer@informer.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ts024d19.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: bogie.dyn.ml.org alt.religion.scientology:122325 dkeith@best.com (Ex Mudder): >In article <3619e51c.17998667@news.concentric.net>, >inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) wrote: >> >> My daughter is over 18 now. I made every required payment to her >>mother from the time Rosa slithered forth to help the scienos, til >>Holly was 18. So, on the basis of the $70,000 arrearage ($20,000 >>principle, $50K interest), which accumulated while my ex (now married >>to a San Diego County Sheriff) was in violation of a court order by >>taking the child out of the state, and depriving me of visitation, she >>has requested that the San Diego District Attorney suspend my drivers >>license. So unless I come up with 10% of the balance owed, and a >>payment plan to cover the monthly interest on it, which I can't do, my >>drivers license will be suspended on Dec. 14th. This is simply >>punishment for being poor. >> >> But what's new, eh? > > Upsetting, but not necessarily surprising. Is there anyone (like a >law firm or ACLU) interested in challenging this statute? I had intended to bring it to the ACLU. >Causing >someone to lose their DL (and with it any ability to keep and hold a >job) because they can't afford to pay child support? Seems to me >that any person stuck with this for non-payment would just leave the >state and make it harder for anyone to collect. > Counterproductive. Punitive. > No judge involved what so ever? Nope. The statute says they can do it if they want. >Just the DA saying so? Some bureaucrat in the DA's office, really. >That >sounds like a denial of due process, even if it is just a "privilege" Due process doesn't really exist in San Diego County. > Dennis, have you even ASKED MoFo if they'd be willing to get >involved in all this? Their help is limited to the copyright case since the scienos dropped their trade sekrit claims. >You (on the net at least) seem to be >flagellating yourself over this whole thing rather than trying to get >someone to help.. I would love to file suit in federal court against the San Diego County, the judges, the DA, Childrens Services, the therapist who helped my daughter create false memories, and anyone else who conspired to or assisted in depriving me of my daughter, alienating her and dragging me through their oppressive barratry. Perhaps I will. But I certainly have gained, if not an empathy, at least a subjective understanding of why acts of violence are committed against such fascistic institutions. I thought it would get better when the presiding judge and some of his cronies were taken down a couple of years ago by a bribery sting. But then, San Diego has always been a bust-their-heads-now-and-sort -out-the-damage-later kind of police state. No, not flagellating. I'm just a bit flustrated with how things work in the US. Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *