tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post7693788705665060576..comments2023-10-24T08:25:49.233-07:00Comments on Ojai Valley News Blog: Help's Oak Tree House ClosingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-1527570321739836732008-01-08T16:21:00.000-08:002008-01-08T16:21:00.000-08:00When Marlene Spencer was running things, there was...When Marlene Spencer was running things, there was only one agenda at HELP: helping the elderly. Apparently there is now a new agenda, and whoever has been running things is willing to stop helping people in order to pursue it. <BR/><BR/>This behavior is akin to that of a corporation which has to please only the stockholders, with all other beneficiaries being damned. <BR/><BR/>Who was supposed to be raising funds for this organization, and who was supposed to be proactively minding the budget, and who was so asleep at the wheel for the past year that the only way to save their collective butts now is to fire people who did nothing to cause them the problems they're now having?<BR/><BR/>If they're going to get rid of anyone, maybe they need to get rid of whoever it was who spent the money that was supposed to be used to take care of the seniors, not the people who were taking care of those seniors.<BR/><BR/>Given that HELP is run almost entirely on donated funds, it would not do any good for us to threaten to withhold these donations, but maybe the Ventura County Grand Jury needs to look into this situation before it gets any worse, and before the organization winds up being completely destroyed by the same kinds of practices that brought things to where they are now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-65742351269569198102008-01-07T22:34:00.000-08:002008-01-07T22:34:00.000-08:00Pursuing the Honor Farm acquisition and then cutti...Pursuing the Honor Farm acquisition and then cutting vital services is ludicrous. When the Honor Farm was being discussed we were promised it would not impact services already in place - this has obviously been proven not to be true. It is equally dishonest to suggest that only 14 people will be affected. The clients that Oak Tree House used to serve do not live in a vacuum. They have caregivers, families and friends who struggle mightily to provide them with the help they need. That Help of Ojai would cut these services, and in such a callous way is shameful.maryohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748542201638630491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-24361357104759563882008-01-07T22:23:00.000-08:002008-01-07T22:23:00.000-08:00For these people to think that ONLY 14 people are ...For these people to think that ONLY 14 people are affected, they're nuts! Those 14 people, their families with the only respite they get, having a haven for their loved ones. ONLY 14 people + their children, grandchildren. ONLY.....they need to get their proverbial ducks in a row and look at the real issues, not the new acquisition and leaving the "ONLY 14" people to their own means and pulling the rug out from underneath them. GET A HEART! I don't even have a loved one with issues, and for that I thank the Good Lord every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039563145970308239.post-45462522086974254462008-01-04T17:39:00.000-08:002008-01-04T17:39:00.000-08:00Maybe HELP bit off a bit more than they could chew...Maybe HELP bit off a bit more than they could chew with their move to the Honor Farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com