VERNON BALMER JR.
GENERAL DELIVERY
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96820
Chronology:
Committee., along with a reply from them with this same info,
found under keyword search (nrcc ), only shows 1 result - the most current. Before I left the library this afternoon, there were 2.
Mar 15, 2018: RE-report # 18-101410; "ASSAULT 3RD"
"LIEUT. blank will assign the investigation to a detective who can be reached at blank.
The initial OFF. who submitted the REport is C. SANO and is assigned to the MAIN
police station, telephone number blank. Those blanks are as seen on the card.
Mar 4, 2016: My coat containing (evidence) - a roll of film; thumb
drive; a cassette tape designated HPD; POLICE COMMISSION;
HOMESTREET & CPB, is stolen at the HAWAII STATE LIBRARY. This is
the seventh time evidence or evidence contained in items is stolen -
the third time at the same library, in addition
to various email accounts(evidence).
Jul, 2015: My blog (CPB & VERNON BALMER JR.) is taken down
without a "review" and no response to my inquiry. It was up for 7 years.
2012: The same account shows a login on the coming Sunday.
Apr. 2011: An account of mine shows me logging in on Sunday.
It couldn't have been me. The IP address is that of the Hawaii State
Public Library System, or state computers.
Jan. 14, 2011: Librarian, Michelle, says I must relinquish my place at
the computer to a man that came in after my card was reset and I
was at the computer. Ms. Diane Eddy the director gets within inches
of my face while at the station and repeatedly demands and requests
me to give up the session, and Ray, Star Security Guard, calls the
sheriffs to have Me removed from the library, after Ms. Eddy says I
am causing a disturbance. Ms. Eddy uses the term "as a courtesy to
me" when repeatedly demanding and requesting that I relinquish
the seat.
Aug. 7, 2010: My MP3 player(evidence) is stolen at the library.
Officer Roden makes it 'Lost Property'.
July 21, 2010: A bag containing police(evidence) reports made by
me are stolen at the library.
June 28, 2010: My bag(evidence) stolen at the Ala Wai.
July 16, 2009: My tax transcripts(evidence) are stolen at the State Library.
These included a set that was sent to me unsealed. There are
discrepancies in my name, address, wages reported, and
withholding.
Jun. 24 - Today, I go to the police station and inquire about these
two reports (199784 152479). I find that there is no statement filed
For either. One is for the bag, which did not contain the two
recorders(evidence) and two tapes when I claimed it. I also find Off.
Lee left of one recorder and the tapes from his report. Also, the
report number now jibes with the number in evidence, as it did not
when I claimed the bag.
May, 2010 - I updated my registration to vote in the 2008 election
because I had left my last address, although living in the same area
and having the same polling place - McCully. I voted in the last
national election at McCully. I went to the office in City Hall to
update again, this past Wednesday, for the special election coming
up. I was told that I hadn't done any action since 2006.
Apr. 2010 - I called an officer to report what I believe was a theft.
The officer told me that since I did not purchase the item and there
would be difficulty in obtaining fingerprints, he could not make it a
theft, but instead, MISC PUB. When I went to the Police Commission,
I was told any investigation would be hampered by the inability to
collect possible fingerprints.
Apr. 14, 2009 - The IRS tells me there is a 1099 in my name for
2007. I never applied for social security, never received a check
from social security, or cashed a check from social security. The SSA
tells me there is no record of a 1099 in my name.
Mar. 19, 2009 - Emails(evidence) I had in my AOL account have vanished. The
emails were between Ms. Mason and me when President Obama was
Senator of Illinois. Who would want them gone? Seems anyone can
come to the Hawaii State Library at any time and do anything they
want with, on, and at the public computers.
Aug. 18, 2008 - I go to the police station to get a copy of the report
made to Officer Porter. The statement is still not with the rest of the
paper work. My statement contained more detailed information
about what was inside, including my passport and birth certificate,
and numerous correspondences with government agencies.
Jul. 27, 2008 - I return to the police station to make another report
and statement, this time with Officer Porter.
Jul. 21, 2008 - I returned to the police station downtown to
complete the report with Ms. Aksionczyk, at 5:40 in the morning on
Monday and was told by the officer on duty at the receiving area that
she would be in at 6:00... I waited until 6:00 and inquired with a
different officer, and was told that she would not be at the receiving
area until 10:30 - 2:30. I tried again during these hours, without
Success. This has been 5 days now and no report has been
generated and I cannot get a number to reference concerning the
case. I need to know how to get the report filed and a number to
reference with further correspondence.
Jul. 19, 2008 - I made a report to an officer by the name of Lisa
Aksionczyk, on Saturday of this month, about a stolen
backpack(evidence) I left on the route E bus. Ms. Aksionczyk
suggested at the time, that I inquire at the lost and found
department of The Bus. I thought this was a good idea, so that a
Good Samaritan would not have the unpleasant experience of
someone thinking they were a thief.
I went to the nearest stop I knew the bus would stop at on its return
trip. I saw the driver, recognized as the one I rode with and waited
for him to stop. I asked if it was turned in. I was told no by the
driver. I asked the driver's name. He told me Raymond. I asked
where the bus terminated and Raymond told me Waipahu. I
subsequently found the bus terminates in Ewa.
RAYMOND LIED.
The only time I could check with The Bus lost and found would be
the following Monday, it is not open on weekends. I did call The Bus,
on Saturday, with an emergency report because there was important
ID in the backpack. I was told by the representative that no
backpack was turned in. On Monday I went to the transit center to
inquire in person, and was disappointed to be shown backpacks that
were not mine.
Jan. 2008 - Unlike the DCCA of Hawaii, who I supplied
documentation to, the Department of Health and Human Services
"Region 10", without documentation, finds that Dr. Au did violate
the privacy act by charging me too much for copies of my records.
But, Region 10 tells me they cannot precede on the 6 other
allegations.
1. Along with saying I did not see as well with the new glasses, I
said that the prescription that I was given was weaker than the one
I had the previous 7, count them, seven years. Your office, nor the
DCCA, responded to this charge.
2. The reason I asked Dr. Au to change the prescription was because
the NEW one, I repeat, was weaker in one eye. This was the only
alternative Dr. Au gave me other than accepting the weaker
prescription.
3. The "Vision Certificate" Dr. Au provides, had no license number
where it should have been and she did not sign it where it should
have been signed.
4. Dr. Au refused to give me photocopies of my records and did not
give me a reason, per her office's policy, when I asked for them in
her office.
5. Dr. Au charged me 2.00 dollars per page, totaling 20.00 dollars,
which I believe is exorbitant.
6. There are conflicting numbers on my records that I would like
explained. This, no one has addressed. And I doubt that my records
were reviewed by an impartial optometrist, as any reasonable
person would assume to be a part on what your office calls an
Investigation.
7. I was trespassed from Dr. Au's office for no other reason than
asking for copies of my files, and in her response to the DCCA she
says I was escorted out of her offices by mall security, which is a lie
by an optometrist that practices deceit.
Nov. 2007 - My complaint about Central Pacific Bank is not sent to
the FDIC regional offices in California. Instead it is sent to Kansas
City. Missouri. The response I get from FDIC says my concerns are
contractual, although I point out two misrepresentations by the
bank's compliance counsel, Judith A. Villarreal. Ms. Villarreal says I
did not contact Mr. Clint Arnoldus, Mr. Dennis K. Isono. I have
Certified Receipts and electronic verification from USPS that says I
did.
Coincidentally, there are officials at the Kansas City offices with the
name Villarreal: Jesse O. Villarreal Jr., Lisa M. Villarreal and Victor
Villarreal.
It is my opinion, that a person trained as a lawyer would verify facts
before submitting them in official documentation. Therefore, I can
only assume that Ms. Villarreal had a serious lapse in judgment, or
she was lied to by those she spoke with.
Mar. 2007 - My complaint to the Dept. Of Ed is refused on the
grounds that they do not fund any programs or activities at the
Hawaii State Public Library System, and therefore do not have
jurisdiction.
If the situation is threatening enough to cause a change in levels
moment to moment, it stands to my reason, it would remain at a
certain level until there is a sufficient enough change or stabilization
to bring it to a lesser level. But that's just me.
Oct. 17, 2006 - I submit a complaint to the Police Commission
relaying concerns about the treatment I experienced at the security
checkpoint at HPD District 1 the previous day. An investigator tells
me it is the policeman’s job to "interpret the law".
Returning to the station to locate an article I left, I am told by
Officer Kahele, in the presence of one officer Hung, and another, that
it is mandatory that I produce ID, and that I remove everything from
my pockets, and take off my belt before passing through the metal
detector.
I point out this information is not on the signs, and officer Kahele
says there will be no furthering of my purpose if I do not comply.
After complying, I am told by officer Kahele that I must sit down, or
she will not take my report. Previous to this occasion, when at the
HPD headquarters, I was never asked to remove everything from my
pockets and, or to remove my belt, or that I had to produce ID to
enter. Officer Lau, the sergeant for this post, tells me the same.
I am told by a detective that it is not mandatory to produce ID, "We
don't care who you are. Anyone has the right to come in here".
Sergeant Lau, who I am told is the officer in charge of the post, says
depending on the threat level, procedures may change day to day.
He says one may be required to remove everything from ones
pockets etc., or be required to submit to different procedures. I
inform him that on the same day, when I was there previously, I was
not required to do so. He informs me that the security level may
change from moment to moment.
Oct. 16, 2006 - I submit a complaint to HPD Internal Affairs relaying
concerns about not being asked to identify the driver of the vehicle
that hit me on the 8th of Sept., and the fact that the person who
stood as Chris Pa at the arraignment was not the driver of the car.
Oct. 6, 2006 - I go to the arraignment of A Mr. Chris Pa. I am
surprised to see that this Mr. Pa is not the driver I saw, while laying
on the hood of the car and peering through the windshield, and
definitely not the man I looked in the face and spoke to through an
opened window.
This may be due to the fact that I was not asked to identify the
person located, arrested, or cited, on the night of the incident or at
any subsequent time, until I see him at the arraignment. I am
directed by the presiding judge to inform the prosecutor’s office,
which I do.
Oct. 2, 2006 - I am told at traffic court there is no court date set,
but have found online there is one on Oct. 6, in room 4B, and I am
not included as the victim. I still get correspondence from the
insurer's agents telling me of medical coverage available, although I
told the driver, the responding officer, and previously the insurer's
agent, I am OK.
Sep. 21, 2006 - I go to City Hall to get a voter registration card and
am told it will cost .50 cents.
I am surprised to get a "Certificate", ala Lens Crafters, and ask is
this it? I am told yes by the clerk. Today, on "The Bus" I see a man
who says he works at the polls, who tells me there is still a little
yellow card that comes in the mail and is surprised to see the
"Certificate".
Sep. 8, 2006 - I am hit by a car bearing license plate JST 203, that
was stopped at a crosswalk. The driver is looking at me when he
accelerates. The driver doesn't wait for police to arrive. They find
him at his home. The police report reads Crime Code 550, which I am
told means, a collision with damage of more than 3000 dollars. I am
told the responding police officer decides if there will be an
Investigation.
This is More, Honolulu HOKUM.
This is the place where, those who would complain about
wrongdoing are persecuted, harassed, smeared and railroaded.
Where the perpetrators are bribed to keep quiet, or go along with
the cover-up, promoted, and transferred.
Sep. 7, 2006 - A security guard, Solomon Save a, badge number -
90187, at the Hawaii State Library, calls me a "ni - - er" twice" in the
library foyer, in a loud voice.
Aug. 10, 2006 - I have been told by Sen. Barack Obama's office,
where I sent this same correspondence, that someone from Sen.
Akaka's office would contact me, because Sen. Obama's office
forwarded the correspondence to them. I have yet to hear from Sen.
Akaka's office. Is there some assistance your office can give me?
Jul. 2006 - I have written to the Clint Arnoldus Denis Isono and
Susan Tachino asking them to explain, and have received no
response.
Letter Sent To Senator Obama
From: yinsay@aol.com
To: Obama_Casework@obama.senate.
Sent: Wed, Jun 6 4:46 PM
Subject: Ms. Mason
Thank you for the assistance you have given. Please, do not contact
Senator Akaka’s office again, on my behalf. Unless there is some
necessary secrecy to an investigation he is doing, all I have received
from his offices is a letter in response to my inquiring about fund
for the Hawaii State Library. My concerns extend much further than
This.
Hopefully, the light being shed on activities in the Justice
Department will lend itself to some justice for me. Otherwise, it will
be nothing but justice delayed and denied.
Jul. 23, 2006 - An Optometrist, Kim Agena at a LensCrafters gives
me a prescription that is weaker than the one I had for the previous
7 years.
Doctor Au, a co-owner corrects this, but when I ask for photocopies
of my records the doctor refuses and gives me a hand written
“Vision Certificate" instead, that is not signed and does not contain a
license number where applicable. I have made a formal request in
writing. They have told me it will be at a cost of 20 dollars for 10
pages, which seems exorbitant and requested that I not seek
services at any Optometrists in LensCrafters.
The doctor, Au, is the co - owner along with Dr. Lau, of all the
Optometrist offices in LensCrafters, in Honolulu. In other words, I
cannot get an eye exam at LensCrafters. Is it considered rude or
threatening, to ask for one's records?
The advice I get here is nothing but a pack of lies.
The local ACLU has written me 3 differing and separate excuses why
they cannot or will not get involved, but never the conflict I found
below.
Apr. 2006 - I have had two librarians and a circulation clerk tell me
there is no report possible for stolen books. They must be lost. This
would have caused fees to be incurred by me. I had to take the
police report to the State Librarian's Office to settle the matter and
have the fines removed from my account. This all could have been
done at thE State Library.
Jan. 2006 - I have had two bank accounts affected. One because a
deposit I made to cover my use of overdraft protection was not
credited; they rescinded the "overdraft" and CLOSED my account.
The bank says it had to be held in the account for a day, to be
credited. Nowhere in the terms and conditions is this stated. The
depletion of the other account, I have been given no reason for.
Recently, I have made another complaint, in addition to the previous
five, to the USPS - OIG, about mail I am to receive or have sent. I sent
a certified letter to Richard E. Fairfax, Directorate of Enforcement
Programs - OSHA, in Washington D.C., on the 2nd of December.
The certification number is 7005 2570 0000 6898 2586. I look at the
having been delivered yet.
My case was dismissed May 24, 2006. How often does this occur? A
case is dismissed with two days difference between the dismissal
date and the termination date, (May 26, 2004) of the individual filing
suit. I will never understand how the three judges that made
decisions in this case could not see that it is too complex for anyone
who would consider themselves a pro se litigant, which I do not.
This has been an uphill battle against an opponent whose underwriters include a Fortune 500 company, FNF.
Emails sent to lawyers:
john.goemans@gmail.com wrote :
Dear Vernon---- Your letter is alarming. I have over time, recieved
calls from persons very distressed by the Hawaii you know. In fact
I've been out of Hawaii for many months one reason being the
hostile and dysfunctional nature of things.I've even been jailed on a
charge it took the Judge when I finally got before one 2 minutes to
throw out.That all being said have no ability to be of help to you
other than to give you encouragement from this distance.
Sincerely John Goemans
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Grant grant@eric-grant.com
To: yinsay@aol.com
Sent: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:06:41 -0500
Subject: RE: Still attempting to contact Mr. Goemans
Mr. Balmer, Mr. Goemans' address is john.goemans@gmail.com
Cordially,
EricGrant
Attorney at Law
8001 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 100
Sacramento, California 95826
Telephone: (916) 388-0833
Facsimile: (916) 691-3261
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: Still attempting to contact Mr. Goemans. If he has one, and you know Mr. Goeman's e-mail address kindly forward this to it, please.
My Information:
I have resided here in Honolulu, Hawaii for almost 4 years now. I
had intended to stay here when I made the decision to come, and
was happy to have found employment relatively soon. I found a job
working with a temporary agency for 4 months.
I was hired by the client as a regular employee, Sept... 2002. On my
first day of regular hire, I was shocked to hear, "you know why they
hired him, don't you", from one of my co-workers. But, needing to
work for a living and being in a strange place, I thought it best to
ignore this, after all, I was hired.
At the beginning of my time with the client, Title Guaranty, I was
told by the onsite supervisor, that if I was to take a particular bus
and call her first, "there would be more work". The day after this I
handed her my time card, ready to seek another assignment, when
she acted as though she didn't know why I would be doing this.
When I explained, she countered with some nebulous words and
said I could work as long as the company needed me.
Subsequently, the same supervisor would tell me that I had to give
her a key or the combination to the lock on my locker, "in case of an
emergency". I thought this to be a strange request, as I could not
imagine an emergency in my locker that would require her or anyone
else to open it without me. I didn't respond to her request, and not
hearing anything further, I gathered that it was not company policy
at all.
Having a co-worker refer to me as "boy" and another ask me 3 times
- after giving an answer twice - "why do black people use the N
word?", did not make me feel very gregarious among them. I was
also told by a co-worker, "all Hawaii is a gang brah", and by another,
"it's all connected", the supervisor speaking about a former
supervisor said, "we made him quit because he thought he was
smarter than us, cause he was from the east coast".
We were housed in a basement of what is now a former Costco
building, with an air-conditioner as the only ventilation.
When I noticed mold growing in a hole, in the wall beneath the
air-conditioner, adjacent to the room where I sometimes, but mostly
my co-workers would eat lunch, I asked them about it and was told
that management was made aware of it and did nothing. I decided
to inform management myself, considering the untruths I had
previously heard from some. I was thanked by the assistant to the
woman in accounting who handled the repairs for the building.
I did not think it was a major undertaking by a very successful
company to fix this problem, and was surprised at the length of time
it was taking to address the situation, so I informed OSHA, Aug.
2003. This is when things started to go further south.
Coincidentally, the day after going to the OSHA offices, the next day
at work, my supervisor stated to a co-worker, "Vernon went to
OSHA." This information was not given to her or any co-worker, by
me.
When I went to OSHA, the employee did not give me any type of
reference number, or write one in the space provided on the
complaint form, nor did she inform me at that time that mold is not
OSHA'S jurisdiction, which is what I was told when I went to check
on the status of the complaint. Neither, did the employee inform me
of laws governing discrimination.
I was also told - it not being OSHA'S jurisdiction - the complaint was
referred to the Department of Health. It was like pulling teeth to get
an answer as to what office at the DOH it was referred to. Needless
to say I could not inquire about the possible disposition of the
complaint, not knowing where to inquire.
I made a complaint to the EEOC, Jan. 2004, and the Hawaii Civil
Rights Commission, Apr 2004, both of which were dismissed without
any investigation. Each agency sat back and waited for the
submission of the company's response, giving them numerous
extensions. Incidentally, I was contacted by the director of the
EEOC, asking me if I wanted to proceed, after I was shown a copy of
the company's response, which I don't believe is proper.
I now see in the EEOC's and the HCRC's own publications, matters
such as mine that were investigated and even adjudicated. During
the HCRC's lack of investigation, I only heard from them at the
intake and when I received their letter of dismissal.
I now find the investigator did business with my former employer. I
furnished the EEOC and the HCRC with names of co-workers who
said they would speak for me. They were not interviewed. I was
informed by an investigator at the EEOC that no one visited the site.
There was a similar situation here with UPS, where an employee was
fired for doing less egregious acts than his co-workers, which I
believe is the case here. I saw coworkers break company
equipment, cuss freely, ask for sexual favors, and bring children and
friends to the work site.
Throughout this experience I have been told by these agencies' staff
and lawyers, literally or in effect, "there is no smoking gun here".
This is only due to there being no investigation. In the least, there is
a pattern that should compel any thinking person to ask questions.
Subsequent to this, my work was sabotaged on more than one
occasion, and reports to management only resulted in them twisting
the situation in attempts to placate me and set me up for these
spurious accusations by my co-workers.
Each complaint of mine was a matter of my erroneous
"interpretation", as stated by management (Myron Koizumi), while
my co-workers complaints were valid descriptions of my
"misconduct".
As a result of the accusations, I was suspended, without pay,
pending an investigation for, I kid you not, a co-worker accusing me
of harassing her by clapping my hands and signing "Pink Cadillac",
and another saying, I was teasing her when I asked her to say my
name and that of the manager, to see if I could distinguish the two.
I was terminated in May 2004, two weeks after the dismissal of the
EEOC complaint that was not investigated, and a day after informing
management that I overheard a coworker saying to the one that
accused me of harassing her by singing, "we're going to show him
the power of pu- - y.
I was denied unemployment insurance, June 2004, with a
Fact-finding interview done over the telephone that was not
reviewed or signed by me, as it should have been before it was made
part of the official record and used at my future appeal.
The subsequent appeal Aug. 2004 was biased, prejudiced, and
contained perjured statements by the witnesses for my former
employer. I am now told that the recording of the hearing does not
exist because it was transcribed.
I have initiated a suit in federal court, Jan.. 2005 that I cannot
pursue, due to the lack of time and funds necessary for an
undertaking such as this, and the skill I do not have in these
matters.
I have all but given up searching for representation, believing word
has gotten to many legal ears on the island and no one wants to go
against the state that has all but coddled and cuddled business here.
I have contacted the ACLU, and given them much information, but
they seem more interested in writing briefs for exotic entertainers,
arrested for doing lap dances. First they tell me they cannot help
unless the matter involves a government agency, then they tell me
they can if a decision is against me, then they tell me they do not
have the manpower and time. Each of the criteria, I met at the time I
contacted them.
Coincidentally, I find a lawyer, Roger Fonseca, at the firm
representing my former employer, is the national representative for
the Hawaii chapter of the ACLU. And their staff also has names that
are the same as those associated with Hawaii real estate. They
cannot help, but they can accept my information.
I have tried to interest many, many lawyers and firms by email,
letters and personal visits, to no avail. I have had a lawyer in San
Francisco who participated in a well-known case here try to find
someone without success.
This situation has been surrounded by complicity, cronyism, and bias.
I have written to the DOJ, only to have my information shuffled from
one agency to another, including the Department of the Interior, of
all places, and finally coming full circle to the Hawaii Department of
Labor. I do not think this was coincidence. At the HCRC, there is a
commission chair, I have found, married to one my former
employer's - one Coral Wong Pietsch.
Mrs. Pietsch is a general in the U.S. Army Reserve, and an attorney,
a very powerful position with ties to D.C., I'm sure. It has long been
my suspicion that this may have played a role in the lack of effort on
the part of officials that has attended this matter. Each party's
history I research has some relation to another, be it professional,
academic, and even familial.
I now look at web sites for all the organizations I sought help at -
the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, all representative's and
senator's offices, Legal Aid Society, Hawaii Dept. of Labor and the
DOL - national, EEOC - Hawaii, district, and national offices, NAACP
Hawaii, ACLU of Hawaii, Hawaii - Department of Health, HIOSH and
OSHA ( regional and national ), the Hawaii Office of Information
Practices, the ombudsman's office and Volunteer Legal Services of
Hawaii.
Concerning Volunteer Legal Services of Hawaii, I have recently
discovered that one of two lawyers they referred is an attorney at
the law firm representing my former employer, and the other is a
realtor in Honolulu, and also licensed to practice in California. And
another is the member of a firm with old ties to the Pietsch family.
Who were these lawyers going to "help"?
At the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and Hawaii Ethics
Commission, I find the persons responding to my letter, did business
with my former employers and my letter explaining the situation and
their reply stating they could do nothing, are the only
correspondence I had during their "investigations" or dismissals.
I have sought assistance at the Hawaii State Bar Association, where
the lawyers who are members of the Real Property and Financial
Services Section, are also affiliated with these other organizations,
or directly associated with my former employer, or the firm that
represents them - Torkildson, Katz, Fonseca, Heatherington, and
Moore.
The Real Property and Financial Services Section includes a lawyer I
was assisted by, one Andre Wooten, who at the time told me nothing
of his involvement with this organization.
He was suggested to me by church members and NAACP officer,
Alfonso Braggs. I pull up the staff or the particular board of directors
of these organizations and there are last names that are the same
and have some relationship, mostly with real estate, and more than
a few with ties to California.
Two names in particular are quite suspicious. Kouchi is at Volunteer
Legal Services. It was also the last name of the HR assistant at Title
Guaranty. Pang, is the name of a front desk worker at the YMCA,
whom I complained about signing for my mail. It is also that of an
Appeals Officer at Department of Labor - Security Appeals Referees
Office. Hirayama is the name of the appeals referee and also that of
the owner of the restaurant at the YMCA.
I mention the YMCA because in 2002, I had complained about what I
believed to be prostitution, facilitated by staff there. And when I
informed the supervisor at Title Guaranty, her response was to leave
well enough alone, after I informed her that I had, in my opinion,
angered some people there.
My subsequent report to the police department was investigated by
the police calling the YMCA and asking them if my suspicions were
true. I think you can see what position this left me in. In my lay
opinion, this was a sloppy and dangerous way to initiate and
conclude an Investigation. There are too many relationships here to
be mere coincidence, and are questionable, at least.
My information was passed by one Elaine Chao - Department Of
Labor, in D.C. to Tin Shing Chao Department of Labor here in Hawaii,
who used an erroneous date to nullify my complaint. This was after a
layover in California with Ms. Alison Pauly at the regional offices,
whose CASPA investigation stated that I should have made this a
written complaint, when Hawaii law states it does not matter,
whether written or verbal. Could she be related to the Paulys who
have donated to the University of Hawaii, and have owned land
here?
The complex in Hawaii that houses the Department of Labor is also
where the HIOSH offices and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission
offices are located. This name, Pang, pops up in various places
dealing with state government and real estate. I now know these
agencies to be straw dogs that do everything but contend with the
status quo.
For the most part, the agencies that pretend to help, most notably
the NAACP and ACLU, only collect information and then say they can
do nothing; I wonder what happens to the information in a state that
treats confidential information as a commodity. Incidentally my
former employer's representation is one of the largest contributors
to Legal Aid Society.
I have applied for many positions since my termination, and have
only worked sporadically in spite of my efforts. I have registered
with many staffing agencies - Olympia, Hawaii Staffing, Snelling, and
Hawaii Temp, CTA Staffing which is now Bishop & Company,
Manpower, Kelly, and POI. I have not worked a complete week and
have not been contacted at all by some. I registered at Altres in
2004, and was not called in a year’s time before I returned. There, I
was terminated for, “not being proactive".
There is no confidentiality law here, and I believe this also has
worked against me. It - confidentiality - has been frequently cited by
my former employer's agents and state officials, only to protect their
self and facilitate their deceptive practices.
I mostly use the public library to use the Internet, i.e. write letters
and do research. Needless to say, this is not the most secure
environment to do this type of activity. And I have had problems at
this library with the computers and the staff.
At the library, I have seen the text change when I am typing,
without commands initiated by me. The printer is connected to the
computer at the librarians' desk. On one occasion, I was told by a
security guard that a librarian had complained about me harassing
her because I asked for her name to report her behavior.
After contacting the librarian's office, there is no record or
remembrance of this aspect of the report. This tactic of "bait and
switch" has been used on more than one occasion, by different
entities.
After not being online for 3 days I saw where someone had
requested an Army Knowledge Online account in my name, or I
should say my screen name. I saw an attorney - John L. Knorek -
from the firm representing my former employer enter the philosophy
department and ask for a librarian,
Kathy, by name.
Yee is the name of the head librarian at the State Library and the
name of a former employee of the United States Attorney's Office
and HCRC, did training for the Department of Justice, and worked for
the Massachusetts Attorney General. I sent most of this same
information to Sen. Ted Kennedy's offices in Massachusetts and was
told during a telephone conversation with the office that, being on
the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Kennedy could not get involved in
judicial matters.
Since this is the only avenue I have been given, I have asked the
district offices of the DOL to investigate by CASPA, Sept. 2005, and
have asked for an investigation for discrimination due to the whistle
blower aspect of the matter.
I believe this will be my only chance at a modicum of justice. But I
will always believe that more realistically this situation can be
defined by, 18 USC 241, 242 and 245.
Hawaii, I now entertain, is a state where the dollar is God, and
workers are only by a necessary evil to facilitate that gain.
The Director of Labor and Industrial Relations, Nelson Befitel, has
unashamedly professed his desire, and that of the state to relieve
the department of any obligation to penalize businesses for
infractions and, I can see where the natural sequence would be to
alleviate any scrutiny that would expose abuse of power by the
states employees.
It is no wonder; I have experienced what I have. All too often, in the
news here, the term "outsider" is given to any entity that would look
at what is practiced here. But there is a GOD that sees all and will
affect justice for the oppressed.
Letter sent to Mr. Fairfax
November 7, 2005
Richard E. Fairfax, Director
Directorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP)
U.S.. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20210
Dear Sir,
For the past two years at every step in this long railroad, from my
initial complaint filed at the EEOC, and subsequent to that, the HCRC;
the United States Commission on Civil Rights; the Department of Justice; and finally through no effort of my own, having it wind up at the Regional OSHA offices in San Francisco, I have steadily maintained that I submitted a written complaint at the state HIOSH offices, here in Honolulu.
I was told that much of what I sent to the DOJ had been sent to the San Francisco OSHA offices. Evidently this written HIOSH complaint was not among the papers.
Imagine my surprise when I got this letter from Mr. Traenkner, informing me that I should not have made this a verbal complaint. I retrieved the copy of the written complaint, made for me while at the HIOSH offices, just to convince myself that those in power are the ones mistaken, and now I believe with my whole being, they are in actuality, deceitful and dishonest, practiced at covering up embarrassing incidents, and downright criminal.
I am making a request to you for a review by your national offices,
where hopefully someone unbiased, with integrity, will do the right
thing. There was a Ms. Hirai in San Francisco that said she could see
the discrimination in this matter. Too bad it was not she that conducted the investigation.
I only hope it is coincidence that there is a Hirai here in Honolulu that is a lawyer and involved in the real estate business, and a lawyer formerly in the firm representing my former employer.
Throughout this situation there have been relationships, I have noticed in my opposition, which include professional, academic and familial. It has long been my suspicion that those ensconced in the cronyism here in
Hawaii have at each step facilitated the lack of effort in this matter.
I am now sure of what I have long suspected. This cover-up goes much further than what happens here in Hawaii.
Sincerely,
Vernon Balmer Jr.
