CHARITY | Alternative means of reaching evictees explored

Because posting tag flyers and approaching the would-be homeless face-to-face [see CHARITY | Tag flyer to substitute face-to-face solicitation; see also CHARITY | Second campaign to save would-be homeless launched] hasn't yet proved effective at reaching those to whom I would like to provide a charitable service (i.e., legal services for helping evictees keep their homes), I'm considering helping landlords for free, now.

NOTE | The Legal Self-Help Center also assists landlords in lawfully evicting tenants. Both evictees and landlords stand in line together at the courthouse, side-by-side, waiting for the free service provided there on any given day.

Okay, just kidding. Rather, I'm soliciting other charitable organizations that provide eviction-related legal services to low-income residents of Santa Clara County for referrals. My first such solicitation, of all places, the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley:

My e-mail solicitation for referrals from the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

There's been no response yet (like, "Thanks for your inquiry; we'll review your request and get back to you."); but, I don't really expect one. This town really isn't about charity. Anyone who actually provides a charity (i.e., no-cost, no-reimbursement service to those in need) is suspect to them, as San Jose did not become the richest city in America by giving anything away to anybody for free without taking something from somebody else. Most likely, it'll be ignored, and any further attempts at contact will be considered harassment.

Incomplete and untimely service
Although not specifically mentioned in the e-mail, the service provided by the Law Foundation is not only non-comprehensive, but also untimely, in that an "eviction clinic" is hosted one day a week only (on Fridays, no less). That could preclude (or greatly hinder) meeting the five-day deadline for filing a response to an unlawful detainer complaint.

I doubt even a draft answer to a complaint is provided at these clinics, so a follow-up appointment would have to be scheduled. I don't see how their service is beneficial to anyone, but perhaps it is.

AIDS | Letter reiterates demand for explanation for Stanford-Brooks refusal to treat

To those close to God, No rest for the wicked means to never let evil rest [Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 57:21]. It's a call to action—not just a statement of fact or a warning.

Hence, my flat-out refusal to accept the evasive explanation provided by Stanford for Dr. Edward Brooks unexplained refusal to provide treatment at the Positive Care Clinic [see AIDS | Former PACE Clinic doctor bars me from Stanford Positive Care Clinic]:

Suzellen Jones (Stanford) - Letter by James Alan Bush

I wrote the letter because the attorney handling the PACE Clinic matter refused to address it, choosing instead to repeatedly focus our discussion about it on the behavior alleged in the letter from Stanford, which is a variant of the kind of behavior described yesterday in AIDS | Attorney passes puck to adversarial county counsel.

AIDS | Attorney passes puck to adversarial county counsel

Didn't I say this would happen, and didn't I say don't let it happen in the e-mail to my attorney shown in AIDS | Crapo-case attorney fizzles, PACE-case attorney wonders aimlessly [see also AIDS | PACE-case attorney clarifies objectives, direction]:

I said that nobody would do a bit of work, and that any timetables and their deliverables would fall into a third-party's hands who maintains an adverse stance in the issue, leaving me at the (ahem) mercy of my adversary, and at their leisure, no less.

My expectations, which I have ever so clearly stated on numerous occasions, have remained unchanged, and are reiterated in the last e-mail, above.

Your responsibilities in this case
If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, you have to realize that the onus is still on you to prosecute your case. If you have to reiterate your requirements and needs—even if it's to somebody who should know already—on a daily basis, do so! Persistence, in this case, is absolutely justified, and anything less than that makes everything that happens (or doesn't happen) totally your fault.

CHARITY | Tag flyer to substitute face-to-face solicitation

Instead of soliciting charity recipients face-to-face, who stand outside a San Jose courthouse, waiting for the county's legal self-help service that only offers assistance with one form of defense against eviction suits, I'll be posting this tag flyer just outside, hoping it'll be more effective at reaching out to people who need help staying indoors during this already harsh winter weather:

Eviction Legal Self-Help Tag Flyer by James Alan Bush

Read about my initial failed attempts to provide free legal services to the would-be homeless in CHARITY | Second campaign to save the would-be homeless launched.

Charity initiative serves dual purpose
While I'm back on the subject of charity, I'd like to point out something I glossed over in the other posts, which has to do with my charity initiative's complementary role in demon-fighting.

I can't stop fighting demons just to be a nice guy; that would turn nice guy into stupid guy. The problem persists, and I see no one standing behind me ready to pick up wherever I might leave off.

To that end: my new charity initiative might look like a nice gesture—and, it is; but, it's also a test run of an upcoming tactical maneuver against the demonic agenda, which will be designed to supplant county services that purport to help county citizens fight injustice perpetrated by other county agencies and services (VMC, Superior Court, County Counsel, etc.), but instead surreptitiously preclude any sort of justice at all by failing to aggressively (timely, and in full) all avenues of recourse for the victim.

NOTE | Overall anti-demonic strategy at work: go on the attack to minimize being under attack.

Specific examples of this at work abound, but, one can easily infer the veracity of my claim using two key facts: all legal self-help services feed from the same county coffers as do the county agencies that perpetrate wrong on county citizens, and not one testimonial or case study has been produced by any such service that proves their effectiveness at obtaining a favorable resolution for any of its clients.

AIDS | PACE-case attorney clarifies objectives, direction

Today, in spite of infuriating mistakes made by the dictation feature on my iPhone—none of which appeared in any of these e-mails prior to sending, but only after—I tried a different tack in obtaining a clearer vision of the road ahead for my legal initiative against VMC/PACE from my attorney: namely, honey instead of vinegar:

Before I describe the results of this e-mail, which I sent this morning, I want to point out another place where demons fit into the picture: As a professional writer, misspellings and (whoa!) entirely missing words are an anathema to me, and ever since the last two battles involving me and demons (not recounted on this blog), my phone has been acting strangely whenever communication with third-parties are involved (in fact, this is the reason for the second battle, casualties for which are still being counted even today). Do not f*ck with the phone is the message, although I'm not sure it's going to be received. The problem manifests itself when using dictation, which, when modified by demonic detractors, translates words and phrases spoken into the iPhone when composing e-mails and text messages, returns absolutely ridiculous results:

The word is availing...

The word is Silicon...

What's more, is the dictation software will alternate the translation of my speech between the right and a wrong word or phrase three or four times right before my very eyes, sometimes choosing a wrong one just as I touch the Send button. The two examples above do not even begin to show the absolute nonsense I put up with all day when composing e-mails and texts. Sometimes, it makes more subtle mistakes: surreptitiously singularizing the plural or later omitting words it spelled out at first (as if there was no grammar check on auto-correction).

When it happens, it occurs overnight, and always following a series of bitter-pill responses (demonic vernacular) to a given defeat of demons by me in a battle [see ESPAÑOL | Demonios ardientes con el fuego; see also SCIENCE | What it looks like when a demon dies] or challenge of some kind.

NOTE | I recently negated (CIA vernacular) a stockpile of noggin' crunch ammunition, and to great effect.

Anyway, back to my results with the attorney assigned to the case; they are quite encouraging, in that some action has been taken, and it looks to be comprehensive at first glance. I'm not used to somebody doing something at all on my behalf, so I'm a bit giddy over these:

Gmail Updates from Denise Miller by James Alan Bush

It would appear that things will progress in one direction or another relatively soon, which is what desperately needs to happen. In the past, not having required that deliverables be identified and due-date expectations set has wasted a tremendous amount of my time. I believe that demanding this from Joseph Nazarian, who bowed out of the Crapo case right after he was asked to update me on his progress, ended that relationship in short order.

In sum, demons and their people don't do timelines and project schedules because those would reveal their agenda (to waste your time, nullify your options, deny your rights, etc.):

Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.

— Proverbs 16:27 (TLB)

While that may not sound at all as nefarious as the murders demons and their people perpetrate in tandem all the day long, believe me, it's part-and-parcel to same.