Black labeled and Blacklisted.
An all not too surprising probability.
When all this started, we were hesitant to draw conclusions, and even more hesitant to believe the conclusions we drew. Regardless of being the most probable and/or reasonable explanation, we had the foreknowledge to know our conclusions would not be easy for others to accept, and even more difficult to prove.
Regardless, early on we experienced an inordinately difficult time with getting anything published in either of the local news publications and with acquiring legal help for the situation we were catapulted into. Admittedly this difficulty may just be a consequence of bad timing or poor luck, so we don’t take either too seriously, but the difficulty was so unusual it eventually rose to suspicions of being blacklisted as a result of the smear campaign logged against us.
The attacks launched against our family’s property and our family have remained from the beginning, suspect of being planned and orchestrated with advisement and full cooperation of legal counsel. This was first evident when reviewing the state legal code regarding selling real estate without a realtor’s license. When the statutes were compared against the list of excuses provided by the Fire Chief for his involvement in the dissolution of a former neighbor’s estate, it became suspect that the Fire Chief had been coached by an attorney as to what he should say to avoid being held negligible for his actions. As events unfolded, all appeared to be planned in advance and with counsel from a legal advisor. Normally, there is nothing wrong with this, but since the intent was not to protect the rights of clients whom desire to avoid unintentional acts of negligence, and instead ensure clients intentionally persecuting the rights of another avoid and evade being held accountable for performing irreparable harm. Providing counsel in this manner would be considered unethical conduct by a servant of the court. Especially if such counsel was fully aware that the result of which would violate the law and constitutional rights granted to another.
Furthermore, our experience acquiring qualified legal counsel has raised significant suspicion in its own right. As a result of the persecution, we have had a significant amount of legal issues forced upon us, several of these issues lay in different fields of legal study, and two of our largest issues lay in different practices of law altogether, yet regardless of which issue we sought counsel for we have encountered nothing but difficulties obtaining proper counsel. Twenty-five attorneys were chosen and were reached out to for legal assistance, 92% of these attorneys simply did not respond, out of the remaining 8% only 2 were helpful. Which is astonishing from a statistical standpoint, and places a very grim outlook on our justice system.
The manner in how we have been treated and how everything appears to have been planned, it would not be surprising in the least if it was discovered some unscrupulous attorney blacklabeled us to all of his colleagues. There were one or two occasions when this appeared to be the case.
We have contacted numerous news agencies in the area, some of which we have tried to make contact numerous times, and all of which resulted in no response ever being given. Almost all of these news agencies are owned by the same investment group which local news editor Walter Geiger is a member of. We have tried to contact him directly with our story, without reply.
In the past, “The Barnesville Dispatch”, which was formerly owned and operated by the late Greg Williams, who was charitably generous and supportive to what the county was putting our family through, and we were in contact with Mr. Williams before his passing regarding the tribulations our family was undergoing. Unfortunately, after Mr. Williams’ death, the discourse with the dispatch fell silent, and repeated attempts to contact anyone at the dispatch were never responded too. This silence lead us to believe the online publication had stopped production altogether, and there was confusion over whether the paper was still in operation, and who was operating it. Since we discovered the online newspaper was still in operation, we have tried to make contact with them. Sometimes forwarding them articles already written, and sometimes explaining the importance of what we are submitting. These resulted in no response.
Before you dismiss the claim too quickly, consider headlines such as “local deputies raid wrong house over falsified accusations” and “County ignores millions of dollars in building violations out of political favor”. Such headlines would be considered by anyone as newsworthy, and would sell newspapers, yet they were factually based and routinely ignored by the local news media.