Thursday, July 23, 2015

HOWARD_23JULY2015_17th TIME_TORTIOUS ORDEAL DEALING WITH MR. JAMES MAUGHAN

TENTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL LOSING TIME TO ACT

I am sending this letter to you today June 28, 2014 as a matter of TENTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite NINE (9) PERSUASIVE APPEALS for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any

response from you.

I am sending this letter to you today May 28, 2014 as a matter of NINTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite EIGHTH (8) PERSUASIVE APPEALS for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any response from you. Please grab this ninth chance to redeem yourself. Think it over, sooner or later, someone will be blowing the whistle to free himself/herself out of this controversy. Move to the right trunk before having a bad fall.

I am sending this letter to you today May 11, 2014 as a matter of EIGHTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite SEVEN (7) PERSUASIVE APPEALS for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any response from you. Please grab the eighth chance to redeem yourself. Think it over, sooner or later, someone will be blowing the whistle to free himself/herself out of this controversy. Spill the beans before it is too late.

I am sending this letter to you today April 20, 2014 as a matter of SEVENTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite SIX (6) PERSUASIVE APPEALS for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any response from you. Please grab the seventh chance to redeem yourself. Think it over, sooner or later, someone will be blowing the whistle to free herself out of this controversy.

I am sending this letter to you today March 30, 2014 as a matter of SIXTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite FIVE (5) PERSUASIVE APPEALS for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any response you. Please grab the sixth chance to redeem yourself.

I am sending this letter to you today March 15, 2014 as a matter of FIFTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite four (4) PERSUASIVE APPEALS

for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any response from you.

I am sending this letter to you today March 2, 2014 as a matter of FOURTH PERSUASIVE APPEAL. I have not received any response from you, since January 30, 2014 despite three PERSUASIVE APPEALS for you to respond. Also, I respectfully asked you to please seek a permission from Mr. Tom Howard for him to allow you to send me an e-mail address to where I could write him to but likewise, I have not receive any response you.

PERSUASIVE APPEAL THIRD IN A ROW

I am sending this letter today, February 23, 2014, to respectfully remind you that I have not received any response from you since I sent you the PERSUASIVE APPEAL dated Thursday, January 30, 2014. Likewise, I send the same letter on Sunday, February 16, 2014. I did not receive any response from you on those two instances. These facts led me to believe that you, like your employees namely, Ms Debbie Zuccala and Mr Andrew Cooper, fled after being proven to be at fault to avoid culpability. Then, someone else would just butt in without being endorsed and meddle with the issues and complicate the matter even worse.

Dear Mr. James Maughan,I am sending this letter today February 16, 2014 to respectfully remind you that I have not received any response from you since I sent you the PERSUASIVE APPEAL dated Thursday, January 30, 2014.

Thank you very much.

Yours faithfully,

Antonio L. Buensuceso

PERSUASIVE APPEAL DATED JANUARY 30, 2014

January 30, 2014

Mr. James Maughan

Assistant Deputy Director

Division of Financial Assistance

Phone: 916-341-5694

Email: jmaughan@waterboards.ca.gov

Mail address: 1001 I Street, 16th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

SUBJECT : Continuing demand for the return of the original educational credentials as evaluated by ERES and comments why a circle mark was wrap around the word "PHILIPPINES" as shown in the returned exact copy (photocopy) of my original educational credentials.

Copy of the credential with discriminatory circular mark around the word "PHILIPPINES".

Dear Mr. James Maughan,

Good morning.

From your e-mail dated December 30, 2013 as an alibi for denying the minimum six (6) educational points for Grade 1 operator certification examination you wrote the following:

"Concerning the request for educational transcripts from you, this is a request that we make to all applicants and all comply with this request in order to take the exam. It is the only way we can make a determination of educational credits that can be awarded to the applicant.

Section 3700(a)(3)- of the operator certification regulations states “ a copy of a high school diploma or equivalent; college transcripts; graduate school transcripts; report cards; certificates of completion for wastewater treatment and management courses; and chemical, civil, or mechanical engineering registrations issued by California or another state, a territory, or Indian tribe, to verify completion of educations requirements.” (This except is found on page 32 of the regulations). Here is the link to the regulations:

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/operator_certification/docs/ocr_clean.pdf "

Please be informed that these regulations are effective just last April 1, 2013 as shown by the information shown below. For your appreciation, click "Final Text of Regulations".

These regulations are not yet effective on September 6, 2012. There is no sense applying

regulations promulgated on April 1, 2013 for applications filed on July 24, 2012.

FROM THE WATERBOARDS OPERATOR CERTIFICATION WEB PAGE

Announcements

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has revised its
regulations in chapter 26 of division 3 of title 23 of the California Code of Regulations,
regarding wastewater treatment plant classification, operator certification, and
contractor registration for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification
Program. The regulations are effective April 1, 2013.

Please see:

May I reiterate in unequivocal terms that I have sent the "original" copy of my

educational credentials covering the Bachelor of Science in Management

Engineering as evaluated by ERES, Sacramento, CA, together with my

application for operator certification and the check payment of $95. This set

of application documents was prepared by me then received by Ms. Debbie Zuccala.

Hence, may I most respectfully remind you that your statement on your e-mail below,

to wit:

" If this document was not the "original" then the only thing I can conclude is

that you never sent the "original" to us but a copy." , is outrageous, baseless

and irresponsible. As a matter of fact, Ms Debbie Zuccala had not denied the

existence of the "original" ERES educational credentials since

September 6, 2012 up to the present times. Ms Christine Gordon,

Mr. Wes Wilkinson and Ms Anna Hernandez, all did not deny the existence

of the "original" copy of my educational credentials as evaluated by ERES.

Therefore, you can not belatedly claim otherwise, during these times, after you

have been caught cheating and lying about it.

Since, September 6, 2012, on my letter, last paragraph I have requested and

demanded that the original copy of my educational credentials covering the

Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering as evaluated by

ERES (Educational Records Evaluation Service, Sacramento, Ca) be returned

to me with signature of Ms Anna Hernandez initially, which later, since

Mr Wes Wilkinson and you have checked it as well, I requested that

Mr Wes Wilkinson and you signed it just the same. I wanted to categorically

state that you have not send me yet the original copy of my educational

credentials. With regard to this issue, it is worthwhile to inform you that

Ms Debbie Zuccala willfully refused to reply, Ms Anna Hernandez failed to

respond, Mr Wes Wilkinson ignored to reply, the Office of Operator
Certification ignored to reply, then Mr Andrew Cooper withheld the
information about this ERES educational credentials, then ran away and
hide, then now you are telling me that you have sent all the original copy
and you have nothing else to return. With all due respect, you are cheating.

Since, September 6, 2012, I have drawn the line. I did not and will not send in

any additional educational records. I do not intend to seek the complete or

over all educational points that the Bachelor of Science in Management

Engineering could make. I just needed the minimum six(6) educational points for
Grade 1 operator certification examination. I repeat just six(6) educational points.

It does not make sense that you still needed to analyze transcript of records from

schools and universities from the Philippines to come up to conclusion that

I have met the required minimum six(6) educational point for Grade 1 WWTP
operator certification examination. The evaluation of the transcript of records for
this mentioned educational credentials have been well taken cared of by

ERES for you. Besides, as my record and experience with your staff is to be

considered, with all due respect, they are incompetent and irresponsible and

cunning. At most, as I saw it, they would not know how to evaluate transcript

of records from foreign countries as evidenced by their deeds, as exemplified

on the next paragraphs and therefore letting your staff and you, analyze transcript

of records from the Philippines is deemed to be a useless and futile exercise
being already been professionally taken cared of for you by ERES.

See for yourself, again with all due respect, Ms Debbie Zuccala,

considered my WWTP Operator Certification application for an application

for WWTP Operator-in-Training Certification. These application forms are

distinctly different from each other and when asked why, she refused to reply.

The code of regulation said, that applications not in the correct forms shall be

considered deficient and deficient applications shall not be processed but

Ms Debbie Zuccala still processed my application and charged me S95 though it

is not in the correct form and therefore, deficient, and should not been processed,

and I should have saved my $95.

This proves Ms Debbie Zuccala's incompetence.

That same application, though has already been found as an application for

WWTP operator certification and not correct application for WWTP

certification examination, but still Ms Anna Hernandez process it,

and charged me $40 though it was deficient. A violation of your own regulation
done not once, but twice with express approval of Mr. Wes Wilkinson.

This showed Mr. Wes Wilkinson and Ms Anna Hernandez collective

incompetence.

Second, Mr Wes Wilkinson and Ms Christine Gordon in conspiracy, both send me

an e-mail on September 24, 2012 claiming each one of them is Ms Debbie

Zuccala's manager with covert intention to confuse me and drive away culpability

from Ms. Debbie Zuccala. Though they might be both managers for Ms Debbie

Zuccala, prudence and courtesy and good judgment dictate that it would

be very confusing for me to talk to two managers for the same person at the same

time, especially so, when these two managers are avoiding accountability

for Ms Debbie Zuccala deeds and/or omissions. Consequently, they have

completely confused me. This proves that Ms Christine Gordon and

Mr Wes Wilkinson are cunning.

Third, Mr. Andrew Cooper, declared himself as the Freedom of Information Officer,

then, withheld the information about the now controversial "ERES educational

credentials" and when informed that he was replying to a letter not addressed to

him and told that his act consisted "usurpation of authority," now, he is gone into

hiding. This shows Mr Andrew Cooper gross misrepresentation and dishonesty.

Fourth, as to the person who opened the the letter addressed to the Agency

Administrator of the California Water Resources Control Board

as my records showed the suspects might be from Mr. Andrew Cooper, then,

Mr. Wes Wilkinson and then you, Mr. James Maughan. As you already knew,

that letter was addressed to Mr. Tim Howard, being the Agency Administrator

and not to you. With all due respect, with your deeds and/or omissions, which

plunged me into deeper pain and misery, you became (pardon me for this word) a

shame to the office of Mr. Tim Howard which you are trying to represent.

This is gross misrepresentation, cheating and dishonesty.

Fifth, with your continuing reluctance to return to me original copy of my

educational credentials as evaluated by ERES (Educational Records Evaluation

Service, Sacramento, Ca) together with your signature and rest of signatures of

Ms Anna Hernandez and Mr. Wes Wilkinson, you have effectively deny me of the

chance to show that pieces of original document to a neutral third party and to

seek their corresponding opinion or advice about this matter, and consequently
if warranted, file appropriate administrative or civil or criminal charges against
Ms Anna Hernandez, Mr Wes Wilkinson and you, Mr James Maughan.

This is suppression of evidential documents, deceit and dishonesty.

Again, I wanted to reiterate that if Ms Anna Hernandez, and Mr. Wes Wilkinson

and you, most respectfully, Mr. Maughan strongly believe that you are right on

denying the minimum six(6) educational point requirement on my educational

credentials that is with you right now, (no transcript of records) for a Grade 1

WWTP operator certification examination, then, please do not hide it, and put

your signatures on it with pride and great honor to show the public that you

have done the right thing. Otherwise, you have done something ridiculous
and shameful.

Please send me back the original educational records covering the Bachelor of

Science in Management Engineering as evaluated by ERES with your signatures
as soon as you can.

Thank you very much.

Yours faithfully,

Antonio L. Buensuceso

The TRUTH will set you FREE.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Fear is Why Workers in Red States Vote Against Their Economic Self-Interest

ROBERT REICH

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014

Last week’s massive spill of the toxic chemical MCHM into West Virginia’s Elk River illustrates another benefit to the business class of high unemployment, economic insecurity, and a safety-net shot through with holes. Not only are employees eager to accept whatever job they can get. They are also also unwilling to demand healthy and safe environments.

ELK RIVER
CREDIT:WIKIPEDIA.ORG

The spill was the region’s third major chemical accident in five years, coming after two investigations by the federal Chemical Safety Board in the Kanawha Valley, also known as “Chemical Valley,” and repeated recommendations from federal regulators and environmental advocates that the state embrace tougher rules to better safeguard chemicals.

No action was ever taken. State and local officials turned a deaf ear. The storage tank that leaked, owned by Freedom Industries, hadn’t been inspected for decades.

But nobody complained.

Not even now, with the toxins moving down river toward Cincinnati, can the residents of Charleston and the surrounding area be sure their drinking water is safe – partly because the government’s calculation for safe levels is based on a single study by the manufacturer of the toxic chemical, which was never published, and partly because the West Virginia American Water Company, which supplies the drinking water, is a for-profit corporation that may not want to highlight any lingering danger.

So why wasn’t more done to prevent this, and why isn’t there more of any outcry even now?

The answer isn’t hard to find. As Maya Nye, president of People Concerned About Chemical Safety, a citizen’s group formed after a 2008 explosion and fire killed workers at West Virginia’s Bayer CropScience plant in the state, explained to the New York Times: “We are so desperate for jobs in West Virginia we don’t want to do anything that pushes industry out.”

Exactly.

I often heard the same refrain when I headed the U.S. Department of Labor. When we sought to impose a large fine on the Bridgestone-Firestone Tire Company for flagrantly disregarding workplace safety rules and causing workers at one of its plants in Oklahoma to be maimed and killed, for example, the community was solidly behind us – that is, until Bridgestone-Firestone threatened to close the plant if we didn’t back down.

The threat was enough to ignite a storm of opposition to the proposed penalty from the very workers and families we were trying to protect. (We didn’t back down and Bridgestone-Firestone didn’t carry out its threat, but the political fallout was intense.)

For years political scientists have wondered why so many working class and poor citizens of so-called “red” states vote against their economic self-interest. The usual explanation is that, for these voters, economic issues are trumped by social and cultural issues like guns, abortion, and race.

I’m not so sure. The wages of production workers have been dropping for thirty years, adjusted for inflation, and their economic security has disappeared. Companies can and do shut down, sometimes literally overnight. A smaller share of working-age Americans hold jobs today than at any time in more than three decades.

People are so desperate for jobs they don’t want to rock the boat. They don’t want rules and regulations enforced that might cost them their livelihoods. For them, a job is precious – sometimes even more precious than a safe workplace or safe drinking water.

This is especially true in poorer regions of the country like West Virginia and through much of the South and rural America – so-called “red” states where the old working class has been voting Republican. Guns, abortion, and race are part of the explanation. But don’t overlook economic anxieties that translate into a willingness to vote for whatever it is that industry wants.

This may explain why Republican officials who have been casting their votes against unions, against expanding Medicaid, against raising the minimum wage, against extended unemployment insurance, and against jobs bills that would put people to work, continue to be elected and re-elected. They obviously have the support of corporate patrons who want to keep unemployment high and workers insecure because a pliant working class helps their bottom lines. But they also, paradoxically, get the votes of many workers who are clinging so desperately to their jobs that they’re afraid of change and too cowed to make a ruckus.

The best bulwark against corporate irresponsibility is a strong and growing middle class. But in order to summon the political will to achieve it, we have to overcome the timidity that flows from economic desperation. It’s a diabolical chicken-and-egg conundrum at a the core of American politics today.

ROBERT B. REICH, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has written thirteen books, including the best sellers “Aftershock" and “The Work of Nations." His latest, "Beyond Outrage," is now out in paperback. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. His new film, "Inequality for All," is now available on Netflix, iTunes, DVD, and On Demand.

The TRUTH will set you FREE.

Bernie Sanders Just Introduced a Bill to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

By Gregory Krieg July 22, 2015

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is bringing the "fight for 15" to Capitol Hill.

Flanked by high-ranking members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Democratic presidential candidate on Wednesday introduced new legislation to more than double the federal minimum wage from $7.25, where it has remained since 2009, to $15 an hour by 2020.

"In the richest country on the face of the earth, no one who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty," Sanders said, calling the current rate a "starvation wage." The proposal would also close "the loophole that allows employers to pay tipped workers a shamefully low $2.13 an hour," he said.

Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) are the lead sponsors of a companion bill arriving in the House of Representatives. In the upper chamber, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is co-sponsoring the legislation.