The Most Recent 25 Paradise Center Scandal Comments as of May 18

It is time again to post the most recent 25 blog comments. A really ugly comment or two, that seemed to come from the MHMR side of the Paradise Center Scandal, sparked a lot of comments from scandal followers who were shocked and disgusted at the repugnant nature of the comment.

You will have to read through the 25 most recent Paradise Center Scandal comments to find the comment that has been so scandalous.

Comments start with most recent and then go back in time...

Teresa, I'm glad you finally got this matter put with Lawyers. I know Jim McDermott, has lawyers, too. I still feel it's best to let the Courts deal with the issues. Blogging certainly has not accomplished anything except a place to let off steam ! LOL Well, hopefully, in the near future this can be settled and both centers can go on helping the clients of MHMR and others who choose also to attend. Wishing you the best.
By Anonymous on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/17/11
   
It makes me sick to read that comment. Physically ill.
By Lee on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/16/11
   
Besides showing many specific likeness to other mhmrtc inhumane and immoral comments, this particular commenter also is showing symptoms of what's sometimes referred to as "an episode", mostly with a manic episode where they have googles of energy, creativity (used to good OR evil), activities ("get back to bidding"), and irresponsibility due to impairment from the manic episode, which could be caused by medication issues, stressors, illicit drug use, or sometimes just part of a recurring cycle....which makes recovery and regaining their full place in the community so daunting --e.g. doing well for months and serving on boards,volunteering, and even getting paid jobs, etc. BUT then the monster returns and everything comes crashing down. That why bipolar disorder/manic-depression, schizophrenia ...NOT pop culture's definition as split personalities BUT literally= broken or split mind/psyche, where the wiring in the mind or brain is so messed up that they "lose their minds" from the from the uncontrolled hallucinations, delusions, and disconnection in even simple thought processes. If you could only see how little sweet church women, strait-laced professional men, and even-keeled people behave when they're in one of these "decompensation episodes" which can include one or more of some of the following shocking behaviors: wickedly mean and profane, grandiose thinking and sometimes overly kind and gives away everything, hypersexual--overt, menacing and combative/violent, overwhelming energy, catatonic, spending (even crime) sprees, etc. Point being that the stressors and changes (even positive ones) over the past three months could very likely pushed one of the "peer leaders" that mhmrtc leadership has pushed into the midst of a bitter controversy and as their PR shield MAY HAVE CRACKED in their own mental health and stability. The negative attitude and meanspirited words and deeds that mhmrtc leaders approved of certainly was like tossing in an extra gallon of gasoline into a flickering fire. Abuse and exploitation of disabled people keep coming into my mind and my colleages' minds as we've discussed this scandal.
By mental health pros on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/15/11
   
It's repugnant, so I would concur with CatsPaw and Durango. If Larry or any one else wonders about how this gutter level attitude and commenting are consistent with other mhmr cons nastiness, just go to the first few comments on Durango's first blogging in his main blogsite. From then on these creatures have consistently spewed the same poison---not even sparing a sweet innocent little child and her parents and their very private business of living their lives and rearing their child and even practically invading the sanctity of their home by blatantly claiming/thinking "out loud" about "how cluttered and nasty" their home is...that's crossing way over the line. But they didn't stop there. They had to mock the little girl's father repeatedly for his expression of deep (and actually very manly)fatherly emotions in reaction to seeing his little baby show/write deep compassion, good intelligence, maturity beyond her age, and her spirit--in stepping forward and speaking up for herself, her parents, and her "second family". As a gruff man, I choked up whenever I read that precious child's beautiful defense of the people she loves...literally all her life it sounds like. I can't even get into their trying a few times to DIRECTLY address and manipulate the little girl (doubt these parents allow her to read things that's not appropriate or healthy for her at this age) and shamelessly abusing her brief reference to her confidential health information in order to assault her parents, esp. her courageous mom. With mostly lies, it seems. These thugs went even lower when they callously used confidential medical info about a deathly ill woman in hospital to deride her weight and THEN laugh gleefully about her precarious life condition. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE EXAMPLES ... THE CLEAR THING is that these hateful comments were made by those on the Dark side BECAUSE THEY USED SPECIFIC details (EVEN NAMES) THAT only they AND the Paradise group would know PRIVATELY. Bottom line,I believe that the more the Paradise group chose not to stoop to their level and focused instead on building up their operations again that the mhmr cons showed even less restraint (forget "class")in their vulgar expressions and just plain anger-hate-fear-desperation as they realize that the paradise folks are gaining strength and working steadily to pursue justice. I'm especially troubled by undercurrents of bigotry (re NOT just race) and moral bankruptcy. At least no one has been hurt physically...that we know off, and pray to be the case. But then again, the reports about this poor man from Mother's Day weekend sounds like one instance....how many others that we don't hear or know about? Just curious, what is his racial background? VERY DISTURBING that mhmr leadership has endorsed/tolerated these acts of, well, depravity and that they seem to not care how they hurt people's lives, and in turn hurts the whole community.
By Michael--former program manager forced out in 90's on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/15/11
   
No, I'd leave 'em right where they are. Shine the light on what appears to be a real sickness within an agency that is supposed to serve and protect vulnerable people in the community. The author of these posts thinks they're exposing deficiencies in Teresa Davis and her people. This person would be wrong. Cockroaches don't like the light. I hope that the Paradise lawyers are taking a good look.
By CatsPaw on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11
   
CatsPaw, that latest bad one was so bad I also wondered if we were being punked. But it so similar to so many earlier comments and thought, why would someone go to the bother of being so vicious just to play some demented trick on people? Is it someone trying to make the MHMR people look even worse than they already do? Do you think I should delete these type anonymous comments?
By Durango on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11

I couldn't believe what I read at first either. I'd love to think we'd been punked ... but regardless, the person who left these remarks (and yes, Durango, they have all the earmarks of many earlier comments) appears to be more mentally ill than any of the consumers he/she denigrates. Or just morally bankrupt.
By CatsPaw on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11
   
I had the same reaction Not Afraid to be Anonymous LARRY. But this was not the first time a comment of this sort has been made. There have been a lot of them. Google provides no way to track IP Addresses.
By Durango on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11
   
That post by anonymous cannot be real. It is so silly. It negates any legitimacy that MHMR has regarding its claim that they were justified in firing their employee. Come on, Durango. How about you take a little peek at their IP address and find out who this person is? Just verify if it is a legitimate address of someone who could possibly work at MHMR. Because I for one do not believe that "anonymous" comment is legit. It's just too over the top! There is no good logical reason why they would write that. NONE.
By Not Afraid to be Anyonymous: LARRY on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11
   
And, by the way, "Anonymous" ... where do you think MHMR-TC gets its "donations" of toilet paper? That's right, from taxpayers like me.
By CatsPaw on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11
   
Jeeeezus, "Anonymous" ... you are a nasty, soulless troll. Why only fix one typo? I hope that someone where you works that actually has a intact conscience calls you out and that you end up out on the street on your "wicked" large booty ... because you really are showing your ass here. If you love McDermott so much, are you really so stupid as to think putting something like this mess out into the ether makes your side look good? I do feel sorry for the mental health professionals, some of whom we've heard from, who are trying to do a good and competent job in our community. As I said in my previous comment before Blogger choked, I am glad to read that Teresa and the Paradise people have legal representation and hope that they will eventually prevail. There is a cancer inside MHMR-TC and the previous posts are shining a big freakin' spotlight on it. We need MORE "Mother" Teresas, not more like you. I'll take her brand of "not smart" any day of the week.
By CatsPaw on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11
   
Typo, last sentence should say "donations of toilet paper"...was laughing too hard. BTW, TERESA DAVIS YOU GO AHEAD AND GET NASTY BEING AROUND THE STENCH AND AFRO-SHEEN WHILE DRIVING YOUR BEAT UP OLD PICK UP TRUCK WHILE YOU WAIT FOR YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN, BUT WE'RE WITH JIM MCDERMOTT ...WE'LL TAKE EVERYTHING NOW. AND IF WE GOT CARRIED AWAY AND TOOK SOME OF WHAT BELONGS TO OTHER...COLLECT FROM US WHEN YOU'RE IN HEAVEN. OR TRY GOING THROUGH DR. MCDERMOTT'S LAWYER IN THIS LIFE. LIFE IS GOOD ON MCDERMOTT EASY STREET. THANKS, DOC!!! GOTTA BID ON MORE STUFF LATER LOSERS. Get those two-legged strays off our streets.
By Anonymous on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11

For someone with two masters degrees, Teresa Davis isn't real smart. Like doing thongs for free, putting up with filthy people, and getting used by smart people like the financially well off family of that disgusting excuse for a human being. His family have the resources to do more to help him or to pay someone to help him with his many needs, but as long as a dumb bleeding heart like Mother Teresa does things with getting some kind of compensation or government reimbursement, these families and group home operators will use the hell put of her and her group and use the money they saved to get themselves something nice or just put the money they saved from not doing the hard dirty work into making more money. Because we have a super wicked smart CEO, the MHMR "Community Center" now keeps the place pristine and brings in revenue by making sure we have only the right kind of people come here who make money for MHMRTC while the filthy riffraffs and loud ghetto gangstas are passed off to kind but very dumb Mother Teresa ...LOL!!! That Dr. McDermott is a genius. Keep on feeding the homeless like that disgusting alley rat you rescued and you and your group will take his place roaming the streets scrounging for food. LOL!!"! Meanwhile we're living on easy street--seen our shiny new cars?--here at the NEW "Community Center" under Dr. McDermott's protection from any dirty work like you (LOL!) ...and provision of the finest things. Even funnier is that families like your loco hobo's will be enjoying their extra long, and extra luxurious vacation. The group home owners will be trading in for a new ride, going to Vegas...or even take in more of your "rescues" off the street since you end up doing most of the work for them, especially having a cool and safe place during the day when they're not allowed to stay in the home. And you, hahahaha, get to pay the utilities to keep the place cool and (L.O.L....can't help it), beg for money to pay rent, and even asking for dnations of toilet paper!!!"
By Anonymous on A Message from Paradise Center's Teresa Davis on 5/14/11


It's more than obvious that this government agency has many issues that need addressing. Stat. And most of the time the source of systemic problems is found in issues with leadership, which filters down to the lowest level. In this case it's the ceo and his executive team who see people with mental illness as means to ends of their preference instead of being THE END of all they decide and act. In doing this, these high priced bureaucrats are making ENDS of themselves, if you catch my drift.
By Pac10 NAMI on The Most Recent 25 Paradise Center Scandal Comment... on 5/13/11
   
Yeah, check out last Saturday's society section of the FW Star Telegram where the Tarrant county political boss McDermott was shown gladhanding with one of the probate judges. McDermott's 501(c)3 called MHMR Visions Board is loaded with people from or are associated with Guardianship Services. Not that there's anything wrong with all these things except that the FW Weekly had done a couple of cover stories about the issue of legal guardianship and those probate courts and judges as well as the nonprofit were major actors in the reports. How come Boss McDermott didn't use any of the hundreds of thousands of dollars raised by Visions to help the MHMR program called Paradise Center? Because those disabled people worked to raise needed funds year round, sometimes in freezing weather and often in the scorching Texas heat.
By nami mommy on The Most Recent 25 Paradise Center Scandal Comment... on 5/13/11
   
We heard the MHMR second in command and other execs were trying like crazy to lure Teresa Davis to attend another gangbanging meeting to break her will and force her to give in and go along with their secret scheme to exploit the popular and highly regarded Paradise community center. First BRAVO and MHMR would save a lot of time and costs by having Teresa and Paradise use their considerable influence to endorse and even sign up their hundreds of members with BRAVO HMO. Secondly, the free volunteer hours to operate the popular community center were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. But MHMR and McDermott did not want Paradise the nonprofit to know how much money would be made off of their reputation and hard work. That's just how mcdermott had always exploited Paradise and their dedicated leader Teresa...not lifting a finger when he knows about their needs, not even ever supported any of the group's fundraisers (vs. NAMI Walks last year). Bottom line, BRAVO was told that See more...
By Mary M. on Anonymous Research Into the MHMR-TC Relationship W... on 5/10/11
   
What's the deal with the association between Jimmy McDermott's MHMR agency and the homosexual sector? From a shill calling the CEO a he-she to this recent reference to Teresa's wife. Of course, the deal with this JR dude (a cruel villain or good Samaritan?) of the gay bar Rainbow Lounge and this ambassador for Samaritan House+MHMRTC Anthony "the smiling 'manager'" Parente to his partner Lynn Curry and her close friends. Confusing and bizarre. Add on a boss hoggish ceo surrounded by obedient women he had placed in executive positions. Weird stuff.
By J.D. on Fort Worth is Up A Creek Without a Paddle With the... on 5/10/11

I want to see the receipts that showed the girlyman paying for all these phanthom benefits to MHMR-TC clients. You MHMR cons are either lying again or are going through a delusional phase, maybe resulting from the stress of trying to do even a fraction of the job usually done by the paradise pros and all the embarassment to yourself and your families. For people like my sister, the real important things are respect, support, and acceptance she gets from her friends who operate their organization and community center. Not your loony and abusive ways. W people being oppressed, disrespected, and used do not come back...or laugh. That's why no one freely comes to your cookoo's nest, no matter how white the walls (padded?...for you and your O'Donnell off incompetent chiefs) of your dropin cell is. Why keep lying and deceiving? There's professional help available you know? Right Tony, Lynn, Sandy, Sonja, Donna, Susanna, Jimbo, and the gang?
By Annoyed Sister on The Life of the New Paradise Center Continues to I... on 5/10/11
   
More on the BRAVO suspension: -------------- "In the Tarrant Service Area, Bravo Health has been placed on temporary enrollment suspension >>due to concerns about the ability to accurately process acute and long term services and supports claims.<< This means that until the enrollment suspension is lifted members in the Tarrant Service Area will have only one health plan available. Bravo has developed an acceptable corrective action plan to comply with HHSC requirements relative to claims processing and HHSC expects that the Bravo enrollment suspension will be lifted no later than May 1, 2011. When the enrollment suspension is lifted all Tarrant Service Area members will be informed about the availability of a second health plan...." http://www.tmhp.com/News_Items/2010/12-28-10%20STARPLUS%20Expansion.pdf This is the 32 page BRAVO Health "Agent Agreement" document (not the short one on their website) which outlines all tactics and procedures their peddlers can use: www.nimbroker.com/.
By Anonymous on Anonymous Research Into the MHMR-TC Relationship W... on 5/10/11
   
More on the BRAVO suspension: -------------- "In the Tarrant Service Area, Bravo Health has been placed on temporary enrollment suspension >>due to concerns about the ability to accurately process acute and long term services and supports claims.<< This means that until the enrollment suspension is lifted members in the Tarrant Service Area will have only one health plan available. Bravo has developed an acceptable corrective action plan to comply with HHSC requirements relative to claims processing and HHSC expects that the Bravo enrollment suspension will be lifted no later than May 1, 2011. When the enrollment suspension is lifted all Tarrant Service Area members will be informed about the availability of a second health plan...." http://www.tmhp.com/News_Items/2010/12-28-10%20STARPLUS%20Expansion.pdf This is the 32 page BRAVO Health "Agent Agreement" document (not the short one on their website) which outlines all tactics and procedures their peddlers can use: www.nimbroker.com/ docs/BravoAgentAgreement.doc ------------- Starting pay for Dallas area "recruiters" $52-55k (note Imprimis is an employment agency): http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=98551343&from=indeed Here's their 99 page "Provider Manual" http://www.bravohealth.com/docs/starplus/TX_11_0008_provider_manual_web.pdf ----------- Here's the 84 page "8-K" filing with the SEC detailing the BRAVO/ HEALTHSPRING merger last year. http://idc.api.edgar-online.com/efx_dll/edgarpro.dll?FetchFilingConvPDF1?SessionID=HVLFHtTBIhtv7fS&ID=7589217 Here's the HEALTHSPRING stock chart (NYSE: HS): http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=HS Their First Quarter Revenue was up 84% over last year and "The Company maintains its estimate that total revenue will be at least $5.4 billion." They report "Membership in Texas increased to 79,923 vs 48,298 in March 2010 --an increase of 65.5%" http://finance.yahoo.com/news/HealthSpring-Inc-Reports-2011-bw-4242386998.html?x=0&.v=1 (Click "Headlines" under "News & Info" for more. ----------- DRUG PURCHASES= $1 BILLION "SXC Health Solutions Corp. ("SXC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SXCI) (TSX: SXC), a leading provider of technology and pharmacy benefit management ("PBM") services, announces that it has expanded the contractual relationship with HealthSpring to include the provision of services to HealthSpring's newly acquired Bravo Health, Inc. subsidiaries ("Bravo Health") effective January 1, 2012. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Bravo Health is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HealthSpring Inc. and generates approximately $1.0 billion in annual drug spend" http://finance.alphatrade.com/story/2011-05-04/PRN/201105041735PR_NEWS_USPR_____TO224.html ----------- Amazing what a profitable, 'growth industry' mental illness is. Copanies 'socializing' the costs (i.e. passing themon to taxpayers) yet privatizing the profits. Cronyism at it's finest!
By Anonymous on Anonymous Research Into the MHMR-TC Relationship W... on 5/10/11
   
Thats so sad mhmr cons you still cant even set up a computer yet when many of us have played wii and other games in the new paradise center. we keep seeing 2-3 maintenance vans at you drop-out place but you cons still don't have nothing but b.s. Before you try to copypsradise with wii games and internet computer you should let people stay in the shade before my parents bring their lawyer and a camera crew out to show how you treat me and my friends like dogs in pound.
By pathway peeps on The Life of the New Paradise Center Continues to I... on 5/10/11
   
"Jim with a heart" is questionable at best, but "gutless" is not in doubt. Sissies.
By Guelma on The Most Recent 25 Paradise Center Scandal Comment... on 5/10/11
   
McDirty and his gang have purposefully schedule the Trustees meetings to minimize public participation and to make it easy on themselves first and foremost. Most people cannot get to a meeting at 5:30 PM. Then they put the public comments and questions part at the beginning of the meeting so that hardly any one with jobs or family could make it. Wickedly clever, but clear denial of public participation regarding how our tax dollars are used and how our friends and neighbors are treated. That's the McDirty way.
By J. Moore on Cancel Your Plans to Attend Tonight's Meeting of t... on 5/10/11

These mhmr life forms also obviously don't get the concept of irony. As in claiming the McDermott Gang aren't concerned about their victims, while they constantly troll the blogs and scrutinize the nonprofit's website, which makes the MHMRTC one looks lika third-rate high school project. Why not spend some of our tax dollars on a real professional web designer? ? Probably the waste on toilet paper--- especially to clean what's leaking out of these thugs' heads---would be enough to pay for a decent website. Paradise and Durango should make their sites less attractive, and "bright and shiny!", so these illiterates won't spend so much of their time viewing them...and flipping through picture dictionaries (probably too lazy to even to that). So sad, really. Keep watching out for the "team of six seals"...that's where LOL would be appropriate.
By Hulen Tower drone on A Harris County Advocate Weighs In On The Removal ... on 5/10/11
   
Mr. Durango, it looks like the many comments and questions about the bond-funded community center that was allegedly stolen from the people with mental illness might have touched a raw nerve: MHMRTC leaders are now calling their lame drop-in-center the "Community Center". I guess they think people aren't smart enough to know what they're up to now. The incompetence and shameless theft of others' work and properties are embarassing. First they tried to steal the name Paradise Center, and now they're copying Paradise's term for their main programming. Sad. Sad. Sad. New and competent leadership needs to be in place soon before many of us competent staff leave this shameful agency.
By Clinic Staff on The Life of the New Paradise Center Continues to I... on 5/10/11