Trespassers Destroying Garden Plants

My garden plants are victims of trespassers, who have fallen in with some really bad people and instead admitting they were wrong, and make of mends before thing got to this point, they now are trying to hide the fact they made a huge mistake and are now bullying us and destroying my plants.

Below are pictures the some of the damaged plants, others were so badly damaged by some kind of unknown caustic liquid poured on them that I threw them away. These plants have been through many winters and also the few coldest ones we have had in recent years; not just at this house.  I bring them with us wherever we live. However, first and because the trespassers have lied and attempted to put my experience with the care of plants into question, check out my indoor and outdoor gardening books. I have been collecting and studying from these books as well as the internet sources since 1975. While I am no professional, I have learned much about all the plants in my indoor and outdoor gardens, including how to protect them from harsh cold weather and extreme hot weather as well.

I trimmed back some of the damage on a few of the plants. One of the troublemakers also went into my greenhouse and destroyed most my herbs, mint, a newly transplanted Chicago fig sapling. I knew the moment that I went to undo the clamps on the greenhouse door that the troublemaker had been in it, because they couldn’t reseal the door correctly. 

Before and very healthy:

 A film from 2021. I just recently moved many of the damaged plants pictured here out to the drive.

Afterwards:

Surviving sapling from another attack. A cutting from the same one above.

 

My husband and I are victims of discrimination and the troublemakers keep lying to the police, and others we do business with regularly.

An Attempted Medical Billing Scam

 The following pdfs below is the latest attempt to scam me out of $500.00. It is a fake bill from some scammer claiming to be in the Offices of Mitchell D. Bluhm & Associates, LLC. I am posting it because the public should be aware that this scammer is out to steal their hard earned money.

There are three addresses to this attempt to scam me, and I know that every word with in this scammer’s letter is a lie. Moreover, I do not owe St. Anthony’s Hospital anything, and as there are hundreds of hospitals around the world with the same name, I sincerely doubt that it is the one that I know. I have neither contacted this Offices of Mitchell D. Bluhm & Associates, LLC, nor do I intend to do so. I doubt that they are real. Even if the law office is real, this scammer could be using their name.

 Should you also get such a letter in the mail my advice is report it and trash it, or simply -- trash it.

More importantly, never reply and never ever send money. 

Normally, I would have just shredded this type of letter, but this one just reminded me that there are tens of millions of elderly men and women just like me who are probably receiving this fake bill, and I can only hope this post will be of help to some of them by stopping them from falling for, at least, this scammer.

Important Messages for Florida Parents & Seniors from Attorney General Moody

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Attorney General's Weekly Newsletter
Volume 4, Issue 24 • June 17, 2022

Attorney General Moody's Week In Review

This week, I issued a warning for parents—drug dealers are using social media to sell dangerous, sometimes deadly substances to kids. Minors may be increasingly susceptible to these digital dealers during the summer, when they have more free time to spend online.

Using some of the most popular apps to target children, these digital dealers claim to have prescription opioids for sale, but they often deliver counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl instead.

Just two milligrams of fentanyl are enough to kill a full-grown adult. The scary part is users often have no idea what they are taking, and too many parents have found out too late that just one pill can kill.

That is why I released our Fast Facts on Fentanyl Toolkit to help parents keep their children safe. The kit is full of information highlighting the dangers of synthetic opioids and how drug dealers operate.

For example, dealers may use emoji codes to conduct illicit transactions. Here are some of the more common drug codes:

• Prescription Drugs: 💊🅿️ 🍫
• Dealer Advertising: 💰🔌🍁
• Cocaine: ❄️⛄🔑
• Marijuana: 💨🌲🔥

I hope that parents will use our toolkit as a conversation starter with their kids about the risks of drug abuse. For more information about opioid misuse, visit DoseOfRealityFL.com.

Stay safe, Florida.

In the News

Florida’s attorney general educating parents against ‘digital drug dealers’, WOKV Jacksonville

Moody: Drug dealers using social media to target minors, Florida Keys News

Attorney General Ashley Moody Releases Fast Facts on Fentanyl to Educate Parents, Space Coast Daily

Florida AG Warns Parents About Dangers of ‘Digital Dealers’, Epoch Times

She was supposed to be taking care of a patient. Instead, officials say Duval healthcare professional sat in her car, First Coast News

Florida home health aide arrested after withholding services from disabled adult, Click Orlando

 

Protecting Floridians

 

Attorney General Moody Helps Secure More Than $233 Million From Mallinckrodt Over Alleged Underpayment of Medicaid Drug Rebates

Attorney General Ashley Moody helped secure more than $233 million through a multistate action alleging that a nationwide pharmaceutical company defrauded Medicaid. Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC, formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc, sells and markets pharmaceuticals nationwide. Of the more than $233 million secured through this nationwide effort, more than $14 million will go to the Florida Medicaid program.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “We are recovering millions of dollars for Florida’s Medicaid program and taxpayers nationwide following a massive multiagency investigation. It’s important that we always fight to uphold the integrity of taxpayer-funded programs. I hope this multistate effort sends a strong message to anyone looking to take advantage of taxpayers—that their scheme will be uncovered, and they will pay.” More.


Attorney General Moody Announces Arrest of Home Health Aide Employee for Withholding Services from Disabled Adult

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested a Duval County home health aide employee for falsifying time spent helping a disabled Medicaid recipient. According to the MFCU investigation, Diane Johnson did not provide any services to a disabled adult for five weeks, and instead sat in the car outside of the patient’s home. Unable to care and clean the house due to a disability, the patient's home became a mess and Johnson refused to do the services required.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Not only did this home health aide employee rip off a taxpayer-funded program, but she also withheld services from a patient in need of care. My Medicaid Fraud Control Unit uncovered these crimes, and now the suspect in this case will have to answer for her decisions not to provide care.” More.


Attorney General Moody Highlights Efforts to Protect Seniors on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

This World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Attorney General Ashley Moody is highlighting efforts to protect Florida seniors. Attorney General Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates allegations of patient abuse, neglect and exploitation in facilities receiving payments under the Medicaid program, such as nursing homes, organizations for the mentally and physically disabled, and assisted living centers. Since 2019, MFCU investigations have resulted in the arrests of 41 suspects in cases involving the abuse, exploitation or neglect of Florida seniors.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Protecting vulnerable Floridians is a mission close to my heart and I am proud of the work my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigators do to stop patient abuse, exploitation and neglect. Their work not only stops the ongoing mistreatment of seniors, but it also prevents future atrocities by bringing to justice criminals who take advantage of defenseless Floridians.” More.

Events

This week, Attorney General Ashley Moody presented the office’s White Hat Award to Medicaid Fraud Administrative Assistant Kaitlyn Bock. The White Hat Award is given to Office of the Attorney General team members who demonstrate extraordinary effort and skill in fulfilling the mission of the office. Since joining the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in 2020, Bock regularly goes beyond the scope of her routine job responsibilities, both efficiently and effectively.
From left to right: Attorney General Ashley Moody, MFCU Administrative Assistant Kaitlyn Bock, MFCU Tampa Chief Jennifer Bla