tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post3121990091667513024..comments2024-03-16T10:27:24.590-05:00Comments on National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse: Virginia mental health: Lawmakers have yet to see report on Deeds attackNASGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750715258684749317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post-53609589982528173322014-03-23T11:05:01.928-05:002014-03-23T11:05:01.928-05:00Stonewalling - cover ups - walls of protection fun...Stonewalling - cover ups - walls of protection funded by WE THE PEOPLE with no voice case after case after case shows a national pattern.NASGA Illinois Membernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post-77689068553160037212014-03-23T09:20:42.147-05:002014-03-23T09:20:42.147-05:00Surely there's something behind the scenes her...Surely there's something behind the scenes here.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188962665077629417.post-56027742711671679042014-03-23T07:23:21.270-05:002014-03-23T07:23:21.270-05:00What's the reason for the delay?
A rather lud...What's the reason for the delay?<br /><br />A rather ludicrous attempt at a cover up.<br /><br />The General Assembly went out of session on March 8, 2014.<br /><br />Mr. Bevelacqua's report, which should have been issued months ago, was censored and then delayed by top state officials, then rescheduled to come out the week AFTER the General Assembly went out of session.<br /><br />Governor Terry McAuliffe thwarted that plan by calling the General Assembly into special session beginning tomorrow, March 24, 2014.<br /><br />So now the report has to be delayed again, until AFTER the reconvened General Assembly session, and any excuse, no matter how lame, will do.<br /><br />How much time would it take to investigate this incident?<br /><br />The entire sequence of events, from its beginning on Sunday evening to its tragic end in Creigh Deeds' stabbing and Gus' death, took about twelve hours. It involved a deputy sheriff, a nurse at the hospital, a magistrate who issued an order, and a community services board employee who did not obey that order and simply call U.Va. to get a bed for Gus, which would have prevented a death and a stabbing.<br /><br />By censoring and delaying this report, Virginia's mental health officials are only drawing attention to their continuing failure to correct the astounding, deliberate gaps in the delivery of inpatient and outpatient mental health services, including DBHDS and CSB failure to follow the law on involuntary commitments and failure to institute mandatory outpatient treatment.<br /><br />These agencies are so used to operating in the dark and getting away with murder, they apparently think that this laughable attempt at a cover up will work in this high profile case.<br /><br />Ladies and gentlemen, this case has been in the newspapers and on television. It will continue to draw public attention, no matter when you release your phony cover up of a report.<br /><br />So you might as well go ahead and bite the bullet and get it over with.<br /><br />Fix the problems, now. Or get swept out of office and de-funded the next time the General Assembly looks at this problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com