tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125220381040097197.post3170374943458129322..comments2023-10-24T11:55:57.073-04:00Comments on Maine GALert: Do Stakeholders in Maine Board of Overseers have your Best Interest?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116455297447458871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125220381040097197.post-28825427556270453072013-04-19T16:40:15.186-04:002013-04-19T16:40:15.186-04:00It's about access. By setting up a system that...It's about access. By setting up a system that is not in understandable language, that requires the average individual to hire an attorney to fill out the paperwork for a complaint is, in effect, a denial of access.<br /><br /> I thought that our country was one in which human rights were respected. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14399650174748117282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2125220381040097197.post-8080799828595832832013-04-19T14:48:22.042-04:002013-04-19T14:48:22.042-04:00To some people this move to adjudicate GAL dispute...To some people this move to adjudicate GAL disputes via the Overseers of the Bar represents a professional conflict of interest. Lawyer-GALs and SW-GALs will be judging the merit of YOUR complaint against a GAL colleague, using their unwritten criteria and placing the burden of proof (and the expense) on you to use the right legal arguments to get past the first gatekeeper in this procedure.<br /><br />It is like a giant, expensive game of 20 questions for consumers with complaints. We strongly recommend against it!<br /><br />Its main supporters are the legal profession, GALs and political friends of both. It will insure the 'status quo' for them. It is about bucks and privilege.<br /><br />It is the "foxes" endorsing a new security system for the "hen house"<br /><br /> YUM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com