tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post6599628721127205639..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Documents: Adoption agency run by Neuharth's wife paid her $76,000 as it got foundation grantsJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50957977007093664542013-12-13T08:33:13.491-05:002013-12-13T08:33:13.491-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80885089136888248262013-12-13T00:53:40.649-05:002013-12-13T00:53:40.649-05:00HAL is a not-for-profit, not a non-profit, which m...HAL is a not-for-profit, not a non-profit, which means they can have capital losses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82877019140424018132013-12-13T00:49:39.692-05:002013-12-13T00:49:39.692-05:00DCF is the government agency that regulates most a...DCF is the government agency that regulates most adoption agency activities. DCF does not govern every case though. All adoptions must be examined and approved by a local county judge which in this case would be in Brevard since that is where HAL is located. International inter-state adoptions are more complicated because judges in multiple states/countries are involved. <br /><br />And HAL&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-67896866881352224982013-12-13T00:24:15.729-05:002013-12-13T00:24:15.729-05:00Didn't you read that the $76,000 was over a th...Didn't you read that the $76,000 was over a three year period? That's approximately $25,000 a year for running a not-for-profit agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8389461675710094742013-12-13T00:03:35.309-05:002013-12-13T00:03:35.309-05:00I need to amend my previous statement. If a birthm...I need to amend my previous statement. If a birthmom's name was put on the child's original birth certificate (and there are some cases where it is not) the birthmom has to give written consent for that information to be released to the adoptive parents or the child. At least this is how it is in Florida. This regulation exists to protect the birthmom's right to privacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22355129059508620652013-12-12T23:56:13.335-05:002013-12-12T23:56:13.335-05:00Adoptive parents are not denied access to original...Adoptive parents are not denied access to original birth certificates. And birthmoms are only denied access if they have signed consent papers transferring guardianship to the adoption agency before registering their child. After consent papers are signed, birthmoms waive ALL parental rights to the child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-30062159962050349372009-01-04T11:49:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:49:00.000-05:00Amazing to see this dedication to adoption. Especi...Amazing to see this dedication to adoption. Especially because Gannett adoptive parents were ordered to divulge confidential adoption information to Chapman Kelly, an outside firm no one seems to know anything about, as part of the verification process for benefits last year. As any adoptive parent knows, there information in those papers that is very sensitive - not really something you want to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80935507004681274352009-01-04T04:48:00.000-05:002009-01-04T04:48:00.000-05:00"Remember the life size bronze statue of the naked..."Remember the life size bronze statue of the naked girl taking off her t-shirt while sitting along side the idiot fountain in the corporate dining room!"<BR/><BR/>Is the idiot fountain what spawns corporate directors? Or do those get pooped out, life-size, from the blue ball?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-8033643327816783572009-01-03T19:18:00.000-05:002009-01-03T19:18:00.000-05:00This is great stuff! Just the other day I started...This is great stuff! Just the other day I started looking into some things myself dealing with the adoption business. Then your blogs came out! You'll be hearing from me soon. And the questions anon asked are very much on my mind. <BR/><BR/>BTW, here is what I wrote the other day about Al's misuse of adoption language: http://bastardette.blogspot.com/2008/12/Marley Greinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184124024369071862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-63972278569833181632009-01-03T17:26:00.000-05:002009-01-03T17:26:00.000-05:00And to think. This is an international adoption ag...And to think. This is an international adoption agency.<BR/><BR/>Here are just a few of my questions:<BR/>-Did Al and his wife use her own agency to process the adoptions for any of their six children?<BR/>-BUFA Foundation, it seems, started out as early as 1996, but was not incorporated until 2001. It started with the goal of providing for the health, education and welfare of unwed mothers at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42043957348259030282009-01-03T15:00:00.000-05:002009-01-03T15:00:00.000-05:0012:58 pm: Excellent questions, and I'm interesting...12:58 pm: Excellent questions, and I'm interesting in answering them all.<BR/><BR/>You asked what kind of doctor is Rachel Fornes. You may have missed this: she is a chiropractor.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48453467506651567652009-01-03T12:58:00.000-05:002009-01-03T12:58:00.000-05:00But so many questions remain:Would Florida records...But so many questions remain:<BR/><BR/>Would Florida records tell how many adoptions a year this agency and its predecessor processed, excluding Neuharth's own stash of kids?<BR/><BR/>How would someone find out where Home at Last gets its inventory of babies to sell? What government office makes sure the adoption agency isn't extorting pregnant women?<BR/><BR/>Is the address for the agency a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-82497757439965147922009-01-03T10:32:00.000-05:002009-01-03T10:32:00.000-05:00You'd think the IRS would just want to routinely g...You'd think the IRS would just want to routinely glance over the list of grants and gifts just to make sure they come close to fulfilling the giving foundation's mission. Guess that's asking too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-10575091690206388272009-01-03T09:33:00.000-05:002009-01-03T09:33:00.000-05:00"How can a naked girl take off a shirt?"How do you..."How can a naked girl take off a shirt?"<BR/><BR/>How do you think she became naked?<BR/><BR/>If she left the shirt ON, she wouldn't have been naked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-377362236047153822009-01-03T01:06:00.000-05:002009-01-03T01:06:00.000-05:00This is interesting to me as someone who investiga...This is interesting to me as someone who investigates adoption. They profess to protect first amendment rights but yet adoptees and birthmothers for that matter are denied some of their first amendment rights. The right to association. We are denied access to the original birth certificate.This kind of situation really does not surprise me at all. That is how adoption agencies do things and Amyadopteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954658047614318238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-77879258599317226732009-01-02T17:03:00.000-05:002009-01-02T17:03:00.000-05:00I've been using Google Documents throughout this p...I've been using Google Documents throughout this project -- especially the spreadsheet program, which I've used to build several databases from the information in Freedom Forum's tax returns. These programs are all free.<BR/><BR/>Virtually all the other research and interviewing has been done online. Florida state government has especially good online public records.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651269559205765985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72603888987913900042009-01-02T15:57:00.000-05:002009-01-02T15:57:00.000-05:00the people at the top in this company should be as...the people at the top in this company should be ashamed of themselves - they conduct themselves in an arrogant, irresponsible manner and don't give a shit about the actual newspaper business or journalism for that matter. It's just disgusting having to be associated with these scumbags!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39602887968266403932009-01-02T15:39:00.000-05:002009-01-02T15:39:00.000-05:00Actually, the statue was a woman wearing running c...Actually, the statue was a woman wearing running clothes and she way tying her shoe. I believe I was told the bronze was shipped to Al's home in Melbourne after a female employee complained about it in the dining room.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61429460882638183052009-01-02T15:32:00.000-05:002009-01-02T15:32:00.000-05:00Jim - This is, ofcourse, great stuff. It is shocki...Jim - This is, ofcourse, great stuff. It is shocking in its blatant disregard for ethics, wasteful and legally suspecious of Freedome Foram, Gannett and Newarth.<BR/><BR/>In fact, it is the VERY kind of stuff that Gannett used to encourage newspapers to investigate when it was being done by local government bodies! Ha!<BR/><BR/>Sadly, though, I doubt ANYONE in the media will have the guts to pickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-45781703070566957222009-01-02T14:43:00.000-05:002009-01-02T14:43:00.000-05:00How can a naked girl take off a shirt?How can a naked girl take off a shirt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-3304002482298289842009-01-02T13:46:00.000-05:002009-01-02T13:46:00.000-05:00Not the first time for old Al. He had Gannett pay ...Not the first time for old Al. He had Gannett pay his then girlfriend to do the interior decorating of the old Arlington corporate headquarters on Wilson Boulevard.<BR/><BR/>Remember the life size bronze statue of the naked girl taking off her t-shirt while sitting along side the idiot fountain in the corporate dining room!<BR/><BR/>Giving $76,000 is about supporting 'Free Spirit.' Bartender, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-90790421519082964672009-01-02T12:14:00.000-05:002009-01-02T12:14:00.000-05:00There are 990s for a BUFA Foundation for 2000 and ...There are 990s for a BUFA Foundation for 2000 and 2001. Shouldn't there be a return closing everything out if Babies Up For Adoption is BUFA and changed to Home At Last?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-34199425879721000132009-01-02T11:59:00.000-05:002009-01-02T11:59:00.000-05:00I don't usually use expletives when commenting, bu...I don't usually use expletives when commenting, but holy shit!<BR/><BR/>Amazing work, Jim!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-22778284946265697572009-01-02T11:55:00.000-05:002009-01-02T11:55:00.000-05:00Sounds like an NIE program. Kids with homes are mo...Sounds like an NIE program. Kids with homes are more likely to read the paper, so promoting adoption is in our best interests. And as we have a number of properties in Florida, where most people are beyond child-bearing age, well, we should invest in adoption there.<BR/><BR/>Convoluted, schmonvoluted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com