It will inspire those going through similar situations and expose how companies consistently get away with immoral and even illegal business practices, how the government and the courts are complicit in the whole oppressive system. The callousness, dishonesty hostility and cruelty of the companies that are responsible needs to be exposed. Read my unbelievable recount of the last 5 months and you will see the state of America today, if we dont make extreme changes, our days are numbered as a world leader. If after reading you are enraged as I have been, you can help by contacting any press or media that might cover this story, contacting the two companies involved and letting them know that their methods are immoral if not illegal, contact any lawyers that may want to help me recover my massive financial losses from these companies, purchase a training package if local, donate directly or help with obtaining the necessary equipment for this venture to get rolling.
How to Crush The American Dream
I was a single father who raised 2 boys and girl alone. I lived in the "hood" while raising while raising them. The apartment complex in city Heights where they grew up looked intimidating to all visitors, who came. Aways groups of people outside, teenagers, few gang members or older adults having a smoke or drink and usually loud. Fights and arguments were Had my place broken into twice and my car once. New Years day or 4th of July the place sounded like a war zone with all shots being fired. Between the break ins and breaking up some fights it was very productive time for me. I was able to find work doing something I love and even pay for housekeeper to help and the kids to attend a Private Catholic school, St Jude academy(at a family discount of course). It must have been a pretty impressive accomplishment because the local Spanish Newspaper, Enlace, did a beautiful piece of me and the kids and our story for one of there Fathers Day issues.
The biggest obstacle to my success was not the crime, the "bad" neighborhood or the stress of raising 3 children by myself. There is no other way to describe this but our government, corporate models and the financial system are at war with the working poor, independent contractors, small business owners, single parents, wage workers and the middle class in general.
It would take a hundred break ins to equal the financial devastation caused by government. One day while headed to work after dropping off kids I get pulled over, officer says I have a suspended license because of failure to pay child support. I tell the officer this is obviously a clerical mistake, because I have always had my kids and had just dropped them off. Officer, "Not my problem" and tows my car. Working poor (and law enforcement) know that means pretty much your only mode of transportion is gone, because if your living check to check, there is know way to afford the ridiculous costs and fees it takes to get your vehicle back, including missing more work to get it done. I have lost 4 cars, yes 4 like this while raising my kids as a single father... not once for a moving violation either. Talk about cruel and unusual punishment... Thats not the last of it. Shortly after the article in Enlace, the mother comes back after no help for 7 years and asks if she can have our daughter come visit. During the time she was there, she applied for welfare for her and was granted, because within a few months I started recieving bills from Child Support services. When I called to straighten things out I was told I would have to drive 3 hours to El Centro to see a judge. I told them it was not necassary, just check school records and see that they have been with me for the last 8 years. I could not afford to drag the kids out there with no vehicle and miss a day of work. Soon after they start garnishing my checks. During the slow summer months of work they would take up to 100% of my check while I was raising the kids! How is this even legal? To this day I still owe thousands of child support, to take of this would take days of productive time I could not afford.
I survived this, kids went to college and are grown now. This experience allowed me to find the perfect profession and passion, personal training. I was obssessed with gaining as much education as I could and putting it to practice on myself first, then clients. After 25 years of education and practice I have come up with the most efficient health and fitness program on the planet. For professional athletes to 80 year old first timers, there is no program better. It need to be documented and taught in every PE class or gym, because the programs out there now are ineffecient, ineffective and even dangereous. So I set myself up to make a living and still have time to write a book, the American dream was within my reach until...
The child support claim against me of course ruined an chance of good credit. So the last three years I have been pretty much a drifter and without transportation. I used that time for research for my book, mainly to argue with the academics and fitness "experts" at their level. Even working my way to take advanced molecular biology online, thanks EDx!! What I learned during this time is absolutley amazing and goes against all current recomendations of not just the health and fitness but medical science. My book now had the potential to become 100 more effective and the potentail target groups went from to health and fitness folks, to every man woman child on earth. This book will help anyone who's willing to follow and the methods are quick, doable and extremely effective in increasing health and vitality.
To start what is going to be a multi-million dollar enterprise, the first thing is that you need a roof over your head. I found the perfect roomate situation which I knew could work, blocks away from my place of work. I had a 2 minute commute and could use the time finish my book and being so close to the gym, i could pick up clients just walking around the neighborhood, shopping or eating out wich i regularly do.
So I had saved $5,000, half of which went to used car and the other half was for the next 4 months rent, 600 per roomate so I could focus on writing and not worry about adding clients during the slow months, November and December. Book outline is ready, 70 percent done, ideal living situaton, I was set. 2017 was going start with me checking my paypal account every morning to see how many books I sold. Then the evil folk started to come for me.
After signing the lease I paid 1200, then another 1000 the next which would have taken me into December. After a 2 moths I get a call from management saying that the roomate had put in her 30 day notice, as a result I was no longer qualified to stay there. I had to get a guarantor or submit my 30 day notice. I stated I only worked 2 days out of the week at the time and it would be no problem to come up with the extra 600. They still demanded a guarantor, at the time I was working on a seminar in November which would set me up with plenty of clients for 2017, as I have had great success with before. I asked a family member to cosign, after a week of waiting and paying for another credit check the office calls back and tells me this person doesnt qualify either and oh yeah, your roomate hasnt paid either and know you owe 1200 back rent. But still need to another 35 for credit check for another guaraqntor and credit check or submit 30 day notice. All of a sudden I had to not only raise 1200 but double my income. That would be no problem for me at this location, but asking a guarantor to take on an immediate 1200 debt would be ridiculous. So I focused on getting the money to pay them, it was the only route I had, paid an advertiser, took an ad in local paper for seminar and started to prepare.
In comes SDG and E, roomate not only had not been paying rent but power bill was in her name also and she had not been paying that either. So the week of my seminar the power goes out. I call to get power put on in my name, I had old bill that I was ready to pay to get power on, the person on line said i had to wait 1-3 days for This was tuesday before seminar, I told them I had a 2 year old in the house to no avail. It took 3 days for them to get back to me, Friday. I was trying to get people to seminar with no power and a sick two year old. She said I would have to take a copy of my lease to office before closing, they were not open on weekend. Girl at counter took copy and gave me reciept. I missed work, valuable time recruiting and took my sick two year to accomplish this. She could not do tell me anything, said I had to go home and call credit department again!
I called the credit department, the person, Jaydynn first said she didnt receive it and if I sent it by fax. After explaining how she puts me on hold and says I'll have to get lease in my own name, because the one I had included the ex-roomate, or else have the roommate pay the balance she owed(she had since moved to east coast and was impossible to get a hold of). Catch 22, she did not care about me or my daughter or situation. Hopelessness, anger, frustration. Mostly because of attending to my sick daughter I spent my day trying to comply with a corrupt company with absolutely no results. I took this picture of my sick daughter after hanging up with Jaydynn at SDG and E credit department.
My first instinct was to spend my energy doing what I am doing now. Going to social media for help and justice. In a moment of clarity I realized even if did get what I wanted I would not have the means to pay my now double rent and the power if I didn't at least double my income.
In the great American spirit I resolved to roll up my sleeves and increase my income, power or not. My plan was to pay rent on time and maybe the property manager would see I was capable and give me a lease I could take to SDGE and I would have power the week after my seminar. The seminar came and was successful, I doubled my income and immediately scheduled another for January, with power and January being best month for training I could easily double it again. I sent an email to property manager saying I had raised the rent money, they said they have given me enough time to come with guarantor and gave me 30 day notice anyway. I could not leave at this point, I would be living out of my car. The expenses that accrue because of lack of power are many. Starting with food, you cannot buy bulk or save perishables so your grocery/food bill quadruples. Also the time you spend sweeping instead of vacuuming, no garbage disposal or even the time spent looking for stuff at night or getting ready for 6am clients in the dark with power is at least 4x that of normal. Despite all of this I was able to further increase my income in December, so without power and all of the myriad of problems that come with it I quadrupled my income over two months. This protocol will be the subject of my second book which will help all health and fitness minded individuals to do the same.
Accomplishing this under the circumstances is amazingly empowering. I had some of the best days of my life during this time, at the same time developing an even closer relationship with my daughter, because you cant rely on videos or tablets when there is no power. Our days are spent reading books, re-enacting movies, building forts or soaking up sun during long walks. She also has no fear of the dark at all. I would do it all over again. By then eviction processes started against me, so I spent the last of 2017 waiting to get served. During the time I asked, even begged for mercy from the property manager. I have all email correspondence showing this, I never had a direct question answered on phone or email so I asked to come in. The women at the office played with my daugher as I signed the lease, they seemed like nice people. surely they have mercy on my situation if I came in person.
Well after refusing to answer one of the questions I presented online or email they said they enough after 3 minutes and threatened to call police. I could not believe it, I have the interaction recorded for anyone who would like to hear it. They literally all cackled when I told them I would take this to social media and the pres. You can hear it on my recording and also the main protagonist laugh at the fact that I could not get power and then yell "Get a Job!" at me on way out even though she went thru extra-ordinary lengths to prove my source of income including references. Enough of them though.
Fast forward to March 2nd, finally have my eviction case, their lawyer agrees to the following terms: I pay all full back rent and and the $700 lawyer fee, $2000 every two weeks, til I catch up. Just what I wanted to do when I first signed lease ha, in return I would get lease agreement in my name only to give to SDG and E to get power on. Yes, I get screwed but I just want to pay and get to my work and book, my reward would be to never have to talk these people ever again, and just drop off payments. With power it would be easy to come with the cash with my now quadrupled income and another seminar. I get copy of lease in my name, call SDG and E. Was told to wait 1-3 days again before return call. Friday of last week they tell me that I have to pay $700 from the past roommates bill, denied that they asked me to get get lease in my name(outright lie) and refused to discuss it further. Now the the 2nd 2,000 payment is due today or they will start eviction proceedings again, and they will. Also have to come up with $700 for SDG and E, which I have no way to pay when I get because the balance is under ex roommate's name! HELP!!
Please help get this story to someone or some organization that can help. I have tried a ll the no non-profits and legal aid has done all they can do. It has cost me 10s of thousands of dollars in potential income and lost time. This enterprise WILL get up and running and employ many, these soulless, greedy and criminal companies are what is wrong with America. Progress, small business owners, inventors, self funded entrepreneurs and innovation dont have a chance in this climate. It is un-American, evil and just bad business. If these companies would just let me pay what I owed like we signed signed on for everyone wins. I just want to pay my bills and cant!
During the coarse of this I have found out how they get away with this. 99 percent of working people cannot afford to miss the work days required to get justice. How many of you can afford to lose one days pay? It would take weeks of time and effort to be properly compensated. Lets get some publicity to these practices and hold their feet to the fire. SDG and E can burn down San Diego and make it's customers pay, then use the money they save to prevent other companies from using the grid to prevent competition. Supposedly illegal.
Can someone get this story to the press for me, Im out of energy and time.
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