I looked into into it further. Thanks for the insight.

SteveInClearwater - 26 October 2007 09:47 PM

TSTARKEY: I’ll look into it further as I said but if you think anyone believes you are who you say you are then you seriously underestimate the intelligence of the vast majority of the population,

 

tstarkey - 26 October 2007 10:06 PM

I looked into into it further. Thanks for the insight.

What insight is that, Mr. Starkey?  If you are getting any information from Steve In Clearwater, he is feeding you crap, because HE doesn’t know who I am either. 

You know, after reading all of your posts, and having read Steve In Clearwater’s since I joined this forum, I think you two need to flock together.  You’re about the same caliber.

And, you really need to do a better job of judging people.  I do not disrespect law enforcement officers as you say.  I don’t care too much for bad ones, or corruption, and that is something that is quite common.  Judge me as you want, it matters nothing to me.

Some people just have no common sense.

I don’t know why you, Sporty Lady, and Socrates, do not want to give the residents of the State of Florida greater control over the Judiciary and its officers as many other Americans have over their State Judiciaries. I can only imagine that it is that you benefit from this least republican (control by the people) branch in its present form. I think you have acknowledged as much with your comments regarding your long term relationship with the local State Attorney’s Office.
I myself would prefer a greater degree of control by the residents over this branch of government. In fact, I believe that an overwhelming majority of Floridians would vote for a more republican State Judiciary particularly at the local level if given an opportunity. I also believe that a large majority of Floridians would vote for an independent authority to discipline Judges and Lawyers accused of misconduct if given an opportunity. And, I bet the lawyer lobby would literally spend millions in a futile effort to maintain their absolute power.
Do I think these things will ever happen? Probably not, but I’m going to open a new topic to educate the public on the history of our State Judiciary, its present form, the cost society incurs from this present form, the various and sundry ways this branch of government maintains its absolute power, and anything else I can think of. Its optional reading, any one who doesn’t agree doesn’t have to read it. That’s the beauty of these forums, if you don’t like the content you can go on to a topic you do like.
T-

Sporty Lady –

As you can see from his latest post, Mr. Starkey still refuses to rationally justify any of his beliefs by presenting specific facts. He just keeps repeating the same themes over and over like a broken record.

The judicial system is corrupt. (no proof presented, only opinion)
People who don’t agree with him (you and me) are connected with the system and are receiving some benefit from it. (I don’t know about you, but I’m not getting a check from them)
A large majority of Floridians agree with him. (no doubt he has the polling data to prove it)
He has been called to educate the public about the history and evils of the present judicial system. (I suspect that call came to him personally from God in an audible voice).

Spooky stuff. Three words come to mind: Paranoid, Narcissistic and Delusional.

S.

Socrates, I see that, and I have to agree. 

I benefit in no way, monetarily from the Tenth District.  My long term FRIENDSHIP is with Jerry Hill and his family, since way before he became State Attorney.  I have never dealt with that State Attorney’s Office before either.  I have however had dealings with the family court in Highlands County and have been very pleased with the outcome. 

I noticed that he didn’t answer my question either.  He has some major issues and he needs to seek help, immediately.

Socrates,
“Spooky stuff. Three words come to mind: Paranoid, Narcissistic and Delusional.”
I don’t know about all that but I may be hearing voices. I would swear that I just heard former President Ronald Reagan in that gentle, fatherly voice of his say, “Well, there you go again.”
It is my hope that you will get all of this out of your system so that if you chose to participate in the next topic regarding the State Judicial System, and the means by which it has secured and maintains its absolute power, you will consider it a discussion of ideas and not just a forum to exchange insults.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvfXvW2wsuQ

Imaginary Friends Are Fun!

T. -

If your implicit suggestion that your beliefs have the spiritual support of Ronald Reagan isn’t narcissistic and delusional, I don’t know what is. Throughout this entire thread you have made it clear that you believe Florida’s judicial system is riddled with corruption, but you haven’t named a single judicial officer or given any details of a single judicial event to support your belief. If you have evidence, give it to the press. They will certainly investigate your complaint and print their findings if it has any merit. So, you lost in court. A lot of people have. They moved on with their lives. You haven’t. They aren’t sitting around whining about it. You are. Judicial officers are imperfect human beings. On rare occasions they make honest mistakes. Based on what you’ve written here, I seriously doubt that they made such a mistake in your case. But, if they did, the possibility of an honest professional mistake never occured to you. For you, it’s personal. If that isn’t paranoid, nothing is. If you start another thread, you’ll get a fair reading from me. You always have. But if you continue to publish your opinions without presenting any evidence to support them, plan on being taken to task for it. If you continue to make statements that are consistent with personality abnormalities described psychiatric diagnostic literature, I’ll point that out also. Go talk to a counselor. Neither Sporty Lady nor I mean you any harm. You need professional help. There is no shame in that. Most people do at one time or another in their life. The shame is letting pride stand in the way of getting the help.

S.

Socrates,
I don’t care to get this elementary with you but the phrase was simply meant to be a reiteration of my previous statement with which most would agree and that is that personal criticism is not the most constructive way to resolve differences of opinion. Yet, you persist taking this course of action.
You are obviously satisfied with the present structure of our State Court system where citizens have very little say in who their Judges are and have no say in the disciplinary process for either Judges or Lawyers. I don’t think it a healthy form of State Government and most other States do allow their citizens to elect Judges in contested elections. Contested elections for Judicial positions give people a greater say in who their Judges are, and I think in those States where these elections do take place the States have Judges whose thought processes are more in line with contemporary societal thought. As I stated previously, I am certain that if the issues of contested Judicial elections for County and Circuit Judges, and, an independent authority to oversee the disciplinary process for Judges and Lawyers, were put before the residents of the State of Florida in an election, it would be like a “feeding frenzy” and the sharks would be the main course.
Now, you are welcome to continue your personal criticism all you want if you must. You may have a very specific knowledge of the law but I seriously question your qualifications to make social or behavioral science assessments. However, I certainly would welcome any constructive input from you are anyone else.

I can’t help but smile when I see what efforts the elite and ruling class makes in Florida to maintain its power and influence.

Judges are elected.
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/flgov.html

Circuit Court

The Circuit Court is the state’s highest trial court, and has the most general jurisdiction. The state is divided into 20 judicial circuits and circuit judges are elected to six-year terms. In each circuit the judges choose from among themselves a chief judge of that circuit.

Circuit courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in all actions of law not vested in county courts, including all civil actions involving $2,500 or more. Circuit courts also cover:

estate settlement;
competency and involuntary hospitalization;
all cases in equity including those relating to juveniles except certain traffic offenses;
cases involving tax assessments or tolls, ejectment, and titles or boundaries or rights of possession of real property;
felonies or misdemeanors arising out of same circumstances as a felony; and
jurisdiction over all appeals from county courts.

County Court

At least one county court judge is specified for each county and is elected to a six-year term. County courts handle misdemeanor cases over which the circuit court has no authority, violations of municipal ordinances, and civil actions involving less than $2,500.

As for disciplining lawyers and judges.  Would you want an auto mechanic doing open heart surgery on you?  Me neither.  This is why people (think of how bitter you are) don’t have say so in the discipline of those professionals.  Government has its process of doing this, and they are doing a fine job of it.  Have you even filed a complaint, against the Judge?  I didn’t see a lawyer listed for you, whereas I did for your ex wife. 

Understand, it isn’t personal criticism, it is constructive criticism, to make you a better, less bitter person, and advise to straighten out your mental state.  The impression you are leaving with us, the readers isn’t too pretty.  You do need some assistance with this.  You are not supplying what has been asked of you, to enable people to have a better understanding.  You won’t answer the questions asked to you.  Without this, and more information, nobody can give you constructive input any more than we already have.  You have been offered knowledge, and you just don’t want to listen to what people are telling you.

My point to you, telling you not to put your personal feelings, and scattered thoughts online is so that it doesn’t some how hurt you (bite you in the butt) at some later time.  What you have put here will remain here, and if any of this is false, it could be used against your character someday.  This is just some common sense, wise advise and nothing more.

I maintain, go get some professional help, immediately!

I’ll look into the law further and get back to you but there is alot more to it than that. There are ways that this is being skirted through the Judicial Nominating Commission, I think, but I better do some more homework. As for the remainder of your comment it reminds me of how the Soviet Union use to handle dissenting opinion. Dissidents were frequently “diagnosed” with mental disorders to keep them quiet and then were sent to mental institutions or to Siberia so they could not contaminate the population with democratic ideas. Didn’t think those things happened in America but then I didn’t realize how corrupt our State Court System was either until I observed it over an extended period of time.
You would be more effective if you would do away with those old Soviet methods and make your arguments for why the system should be maintained or just ignore the blog recognizing that my ideas more than likely will never come to pass. If Thomas Jefferson didn’t think he could make the changes in 1813 because, “An unorganized call for timely amendment was unlikely to prevail against an organized opposition to it,” I seriously doubt that much can be done now, some 194 years later or so.

Oh man, now you are showing us your “personal criticism” of me.  You are comparing me to the Soviets?  That is very laughable.  I’m not trying to keep you quiet, I’m trying to find out what brought you to the conclusion that you have reached. 

Why do you skirt the simple questions asked?  You are rambling over and over and over again with something that is just plain false.  If most of the people feel as you do, why aren’t we seeing more, each day?  It may be your opinion, but that’s about it.

Socrates is right.  You appear to have a mental condition, from what we are seeing you display on this forum.  Dude, I’m trying to help you, but there is no help for you until you go get some yourself.  There is no getting through to you.

Communicating with you or reading your comments is a complete waste of time. I do have complaints to file as futile as that effort will be and another topic to start. Once I have the results of those complaints, I may discuss them in detail in this forum. There obviously is much more information I could share about my personal case but for various reasons it does not seem to be a wise thing to do at this point.
In the next blog, I will include factual, and some dry, current and historical information about our State Court System and may offer my suggestions for improvement in the process. I’m sure you’ll be there as will Socrates but don’t expect me to start personally interacting with you as I have here. I’m not going to change the views of those who have a vested interest in maintaining our current system. Perhaps though, I can influence those who need more information to make more educated decisions about what type of Court System would better serve all of our residents, not just the wealthy few that it currently serves.

It’s too bad you come in here, asking for constructive help and then you say that it is a complete waste of time.  As Socrates said, we aren’t trying to hurt you.  I think it would be wise for you not to discuss your personal information further. 

What you don’t seem to understand is that really, there is nothing wrong with the family court system in what is going on with your case.  You have a personal agenda here, because it did not turn out the way YOU thought it should, and the way it did, it is standard.  I’m sure there is wording in the divorce paperwork that makes you responsible for the fees, which IS NOT child support.  That is something different, and if the lawyer has not been paid, it is not fair to him.  He worked for and defended the best interest of your children.  For that, Mr. Starkey, you should be more than thankful, instead of being so bitter.  I’m, and I can only speak for myself, trying to help you see it in a more realistic way, and get you back where you belong, in your offsprings life.  Isn’t that what you want?  If so, then please listen to and consider what I have told you.

I don’t know if I would file a complaint.  Maybe you should contact legal services and talk to a lawyer in whatever state you are in and get their advise.  You need help, and this is something you do not need to tackle alone.  An attorney would tell you to do as I have, compose your thoughts in a journal so they make sense and then decide what route to take.  He or she could also help you with the complaint, seeing to it that it makes sense and that way, you will have a better chance of advancing with it.  If you aren’t comfortable with an attorney, try a paralegal, they are cheaper too.  Be sure you have told them that you came online and have them look at what you have posted here. 

If you really decide not to communicate with me, that is up to you.  Your loss, for I could assist you but I give up on trying to get through to you, over and over again.  I really thought there may be one ounce of hope, but I was wrong.