Monthly Archives: June 2015

The Consequence of Their Action

The Consequences Of Their Actions; The Death Of Margaret Without Dignity

Margaret's dead feetThis is a story of the death of Margaret, a travesty of justice. It’s what happens when people jump to conclusions without obtaining all the facts (or even half the facts) and don’t consider the consequences of the actions they take. This is a story of how one of the most respected seniors of Apache Junction was not allowed to live as she wished. This is a story of how she was killed at the hands of Pinal County Fiduciary Department and Adult Protective Services. This is a story of how the lives of her two caregivers were turned into shambles by this same department. This is a story of how to not treat the elderly in order to protect them. And, unfortunately, this is a story that didn’t have to happen. Margaret shouldn’t be dead, yet. Most importantly, This is a story that should NEVER happen again.

22092801-justice-word-banner-hold-in-hand-stock-vector

Their removal of Margaret from her home against her wishes and the subsequent sale of her home ultimately killed her. You don’t need to take my word for it, her doctor will tell you the same thing. Margaret’s best chance for reaching 100 years old, her primary goal, was best if she could have stayed in her home and I could have continued to take care of her. Too bad they didn’t know that was what she wanted. But then, they never interviewed me.

6285869-focus-on-paper-and-pen-on-table-in-the-background-panel-of-business-people-sitting-conducting-job-in

Due to the actions of Geraldine Roll, Ernie Appel and the (honorable?) Judge Wharton, Margaret’s life was taken from her, her caregiver’s lives were trashed, and Margaret’s wishes were never realized. One caregiver lost a job that she quit a good career to do, just because she loved Margaret so much. I lost most everything I owned and all of what I would’ve owned if Margaret could have waited to pass away in two or three years. Yet, her strength wasn’t strong enough without my care.30365245-portrait-of-an-unhappy-senior-lady-with-eyes-glasses36029009-portrait-of-an-elderly-woman-with-problem17062891-old-sad-woman-on-a-gray-background

Three lives were either lost or completely ruined, because of one agency’s failure to fully investigate whatever they thought they were supposed to investigate. Since they couldn’t charge me with anything and Margaret was never in any danger or apparent threat, had no marks or injuries anywhere on her body, there was absolutely no reason for the action they took.

stock-photo-34489370-keeping-the-elderly-in-shape

One would have thought, with the way Margaret looked for a 98yr, they would never have questioned the care that Margaret was getting. She looked like she was in her eighties. She looked great for a 98yr woman. But for some reason, they did question her care, yet they never questioned me. The question that I never got answered, is why. Why did they remove Margaret from her home? Why did they sell her home out from under her and leave her to die somewhere with no rights and no connection to her loved ones? Why did they take her dignity away from her?

36029009-portrait-of-an-elderly-woman-with-problem

In respect to her own care, she had no say-so in what they did to her. All I know, is that they were not concerned about how she was living. They weren’t even concerned about how she died. Apparently. they weren’t concerned about her at all. I wish I could tell you what their concern was.

11532114-close-up-view-of-the-homeowner-insurance-policy

I often wonder if the reason that they could have done this was that the county wasn’t getting the optimum tax return on her property because the valuation on her property was frozen in 2006 to keep the taxes low. This is something most seniors do. Her taxes were still being assessed at a 2006 valuation, not 2015 valuation. I don’t want to think that our government could have taken her life by being that micro-managing. But then, I’ve been accused of being naive more than once.

17976717-three-people-on-interview-panel

Their actions were definitely deadly for Margaret. Although I’m still alive, my life has been totally ruined. I break down every time I see a commercial for a reverse mortgage, simply because it reminds me of Margaret. I try not to think about the way Margaret had to die, because of the actions of these people, but I can’t help it. I end up breaking down when I do. It was exactly the way she didn’t want to die. Why was she forced to? Because of the actions of these people, Geraldine Roll, Ernie Appel, and the (honorable?) Judge Wharton, to not choose life over death.

19075866-three-businesspeople-at-panel-presentation

And all for want of a reason…I can now understand how people who’ve lost everything to a natural disaster like flood, fire or earthquake feel. I have to accept what has happened. Except for the fact that their loss was due to a natural disaster, or “an act of God”, where they had no choice, it wouldn’t feel so bad. Margaret’s and my loss was directly due to the irresponsibility of a “gung-ho” gang of county officials who sought nothing more than to destroy the lives of those helping others.

Margaret's dead feet

Too bad their actions ended up being the death of Margaret.

It was fear that led them to do this. Fear directs everything that happens in a government run by Republicans. With a party designed to be controlled by fear, what else can you expect?

That means that it was fear that was responsible for the death of Margaret.

The Loss

The Loss

THE LOSS REALIZED IN THE COURSE OF THIS ACTION.

Below is a summary of the items in Margaret’s house that I was NEVER given an opportunity to retrieve and the money Margaret owed me that was irretrievably lost due to the action of the Pinal County Death Squad.

gallery-thumbnails

  1. Piano – $5000 – This is one of the biggest losses for me, as I’ve never lived without my piano.
  2. Invisible Fence – $2000
  3. Microwave – $ 100
  4. Various food, spices and Stevia – $220
  5. Cordless Drill set- $230
  6. Special step stool – $ 180 (specialized for handicapped people)
  7. Lumber – $600 (for making bed cabinets)
  8. Small appliances and kitchen tools (hand mixer, can opener, electric mixer, food processor, crock pot, and various items that will only be realized as lost when I need them and go to look for them only to realize that they’ve been taken away from me ) – $2000
  9. Everything that Margaret left me, inside the house, in here will – $22,000 – $32,000
  10. The most important loss – MARGARET

In lieu of losing all of the above along with the house, time spent caring for Margaret in house – 600 – 12 hour days = 7200hrs @ $20/hour = $144,000 (what Margaret would have left me, with her house, as per her wishes.

NONE OF THIS COMPARES TO THE LOSS MARGARET SUSTAINED.

SHE LOST HER LIFE.

The Action

How Pinal County Steals The Dignity Of Its Seniors

pinal-county-courthouse-arizona-8953072

This is a story of a government agency gone rogue and in the process killed one of their most respected senior citizen’s and destroyed the lives of her caregivers, simply because of the lack of a proper investigation. They took action based on assumptions, not on facts which were readily available.

governing board : businessman talking on business meeting

Unfortunately, this anti-dignity board decided that they didn’t need all the facts before they acted. In doing so, they directly caused the death of my oldest and best friend, Margaret Dempsey.

government board : MOSCOW - JANUARY 27: People work in an office in day-time on January 27, 2011 in Moscow , Russia. On whole 370 thousands of small enterprises operate in Moscow.

In their action, the Pinal County Fiduciary department’s anti-dignity board, Geraldine Roll and Ernie Appel,  deemed it best, to take Margaret’s estate completely away from her, before she died. As I had moved everything I owned into Margaret’s home long before, to take care of her, they auctioned off what was left of my estate also. This was all done without my knowledge or (as Margaret’s appointed guardian) my approval.

It didn’t matter what Margaret’s wishes were in this case (she wanted to die in her home). It didn’t matter that Margaret couldn’t qualify for hospice while I was taking care of her. (She was too healthy.) It didn’t matter that Margaret was one of the founding members of the Catholic Daughters of America, Arizona Chapter at St. Georges Catholic Church. It didn’t matter that she had lived in her house for over 40 years doing nothing more than helping other people in need.

All that seemed to matter, was that they were determined to not let Margaret live out her life in her own home. They probably thought, that they were “protecting” Margaret. Yet, Margaret is dead, now. And she didn’t die how she wanted to. She died penniless, alone, unwanted and in a completely strange place. Not what she wanted or deserved. Apparently they weren’t concerned about where she wanted to live, or die.

Because of this, her death is directly due to the action of the (?)honorable Judge Lawrence M Wharton, who based his decisions on incomplete and erroneous evidence.  His decision to remove Margaret’s caregivers and remove her from her home, stole Margaret’s dignity and took her life. He never asked any questions of her primary caregiver and in doing so, his action forced Margaret into a group home to die, something she had long fought……to no avail.

coffin-burial-flowers-47811298

The minute they moved Margaret out of her house, they robbed her of all her dignity. This is clear evidence that the Pinal County Adult Protective Services and the Fiduciary department is not dignity minded. They don’t really care how their seniors live or if they have any dignity left at the end of their life.

This is how Pinal County Murdered one of its most respected seniors. Did they do this legally? I don’t know, but if they can kill Margaret in this fashion, what’s to keep them from doing it to you or anyone in your family?

If you live in Pinal County, you have a few choices;

  1. Move out of Pinal County
  2. Push to change the law
  3. Push to change gov depts; County Fiduciary and Adult Protect Services
  4. Donate to our Preservation of Dignity fund to keep this from happening again. (You don’t have to live in Pinal County to donate.)

For me, my estate is already gone. I lost my best friend and who would have been my lover had she been 30 years younger. I’ve lost my piano, which I’ve never had to live without for my entire life. I’ve lost inventory for my business (which is now all but defunct). I’ve lost thousands of household items. And worst of all I’ve lost most of my dignity.

coffin-bearer-carrying-casket-funeral-27039617

Don’t wait for this to happen to you. Be Proactive.

Preserve Your Dignity!

The Occurrence

Corroboration

This story can be corroborated by those who know Roy and are familiar with the amount of time he spent with Margaret.

The following people are familiar with the relationship between Margaret and Roy and can corroborate the basics in this story. Although they don’t know the specifics well, they know what was done for Margaret.

James M. Alfred’s son can be contacted at 480-243-????

Susan M. Franks wife can be contacted at 480-772-????

Robert T can be contacted at 480-433-????

Dr David Lawson (Margaret’s primary care doctor) can be contacted at 480-807-2400

Isabel P (My old neighbor in Mesa who was a psychologist for dept of corrections at the time but now working for Banner hospitals) can be contacted at 480-703-????

If anybody wishes to contact any of these people, please contact me first, for their name and number. With their OK, I’ll be happy to share it with you.

The Loss

The Conspiracy Argument

The Conspiracy Argument

I remember taking Margaret down to the county assessor’s office to lock in the valuation of her house. approximately 9 or 10 years prior Pinal county putting her to death. She did this because she recognized that her funds were running low and she feared that she soon wouldn’t be able to pay her property taxes if the property value continued to climb.

When Pinal County offer this program to seniors, to give them property tax relief because of their limited incomes, Margaret decided take advantage of it, because she was determined to live to 100 years old and she feared that her rock steady income from her pension from Illinois was not going to be able to cover the tax increases, as her property values continued to climb. That was about in the year of 2005.

With her property values froze at 2005 valuations, the county had been losing income from Margaret’s property for close to ten years, if not the full ten years.

With Margaret still residing in her home, ten years after freezing her valuation, it’s difficult to say exactly how much money in lost tax revenues, the county had been losing. Since the property freezing the valuation doesn’t freeze the taxes, it only freezes the value of the property, lowering the value of  Pinal County overall. Without ever given a reason for my removal from taking care of Margaret, I can only assume that the Fiduciary Department that removed me, had nothing else more in mind. Regardless of their primary intent, their actions by removing me directly were responsible for Margaret’s death, making the end result of their actions criminal at least. For if they had not removed me, Margaret could probably still be alive. It would have been her 100th birthday this year.

Margaret was one of those rare breeds that had a long life in her genes. I’m sure when the county set up this program, they didn’t expect the people who took advantage of it, to live as long as Margaret had lived.

For this reason, the county may have had the motivation to remove Margaret from her home, put it on the market and sell it to the highest bidder, knowing that whoever purchased the home would not have the ability to freeze the valuation at the 2005 valuation, $50,000 lower than what it currently could be.

Since it was the county fiduciary’s office that committed this offense, there are just too many questions, unanswered, to not consider the county’s desire to eliminate lost sources or tax revenue, in the action they took against Margaret.

This leaves me wondering,
why did Pinal County kill Margaret Dempsey?
the reason that  I think influenced their action;

Irresponsibility – The irresponsibility of not fully investigating the case along with the carbohydrate addiction of those involved was a direct cause of their abhorrent behavior. Their carbohydrate addiction forced them to take ill-advised actions to stem a problem that didn’t exist, except in their twisted minds. Their addiction didn’t allow them to think rationally.

Unfortunately, it’s an addiction the whole world lives with. That’s why the World Needs a Cure;

It’s Time To To Save Your Life and Keep Your Dignity: It’s Time For A Cure

Margaret sure would have benefited.