Category Archives: acceptable practice

Keys Keys Keys. We found Keys.

Well. We were cleaning out the box of the pickup so that we could fill it full of tree branches to take to the landfill tomorrow. After everything shook out we found keys to each of the pickups.  (we have 2 parts trucks, and one that we drive) Evidently David took all of the keys, and hoped to find one that would allow him to start and drive our pick up Big Red. I explained what Grand Theft Auto means.  I am not talking about a video game. Big Red is a hell of a lot bigger than a Dixon Zero Turn Mower. Tweet #fighting4answrs

lack of funding in foster care and mental health programs

I make no secret that my family and I live in North Dakota. In our state, we have a citizen legislature that meets every other year for less than 90 days. In the last session, the House Appropriations Committee gutted program funding for the mentally ill. Yet, agreed to spend five million dollars to build a new home for our state’s chief executive. Funding was apparently cut for foster care programs as well as the mental health programs.  They even left town without deciding on retirement for our state’s employees, which includes themselves.  As a result they have to have a special day long session to take care of the retirement issue and only the retirement issue. Where are our priorities? Here my wife and I are being told to give up custody of our son to the state. Give up custody to a state that doesn’t fund the system

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news of the day. June 11, 2015

David is being really good today.  Following me like my shadow. I appreciate that he is trying.  As I survey my garage, I am discovering just what all has been lost because of David’s actions. Weedeater. Networking tools for installing data networks. Gasoline Screws by the box. It isn’t much, and I am sure that I will find more things missing.  Some of it isn’t missing, but David in his disregard for the property of others, dumped things out on the floor.  Then we had a big rain that flooded the floor of the garage and ruined things.  All because he managed to get a key made to unlock the garage door. In other news, I am working on a list of facilities for the Upper Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Region.  There are quite a few out there surprisingly.  Some except kids David’s age, others don’t.  Some except Medicaid,

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