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Cover-ups and fraud. We know too well about Sober Homes in Lake Worth as they seem to be on every street. Crime is up. Drug use is off the wall. People are dying. Read about what the system did to the lead investigator.
Read this report...headlined in today's Palm Beach Post--it will blow your mind! And it is happening in Palm Beach County where we have more Sober Homes than any other in the country.
“This thing is actually affecting tens of thousands of young people who are in recovery and their families, plus it’s a billion dollars worth of false insurance claims,” he said. “It would not be hard to articulate this affecting hundreds of thousands of people.”
... bad operators are affecting everyone — and killing people.
“This case, they’re crippling society. They’re making insurance premiums go up. God, almighty, they’re dying.”
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Seems like there is a big lawsuit for Griffin against Jeff Atwater and his office.
Big time. And I applaud the Post for printing this sorely needed investigation. I have also wondered if the fear of treading on wealthy footsteps has hindered looking into this horrific amount of fraud and using for profit a very vulnerable population. I am not talking about the ones that are legit and well run. It is the infestation of scam artists becoming millionaires that is ruining our neighborhoods. Doesn't Hudson Holdings run some of these?? And they also operate in Delray?
If they close these illegal homes we will be left with a bunch of drug addicts homeless on the street. I feel that they should be forced to pay for these people to return to there home towns.
The Post has done a great job with this series. Media attention will help. Litigation has already started, many of these scammers are now being sued by health insurance companies. There is also litigation directed to operators and property owners over deaths that have taken place.
I'm hoping that litigation and regulation will make more of these scammers decide its not worth it. Hopefully they will leave our neighborhoods alone.
I don't think HH runs any sober homes but yes they are renting property to sober home operators, they had an especially awful one on South Federal where there were several deaths. They got enough bad press and shut it down. Media attention is very important for this reason.
pam our mayor lied about this --said they were not going to let more come to lake worth---she said this yrs ago---but all bs that comes from her mouth---her business has failed so she needs this income no matter what---just like andys business is on brink of going under for a long time--thats why he went for seat --to get money to survive
@9:25--I can't understand why anyone would want to be a city commissioner in this city or an elected official anywhere. It's definitely NOT the money they make from their paycheck. It is a thankless, vicious job and when they make really bad self-serving decisions it must do damage to their psyche. Do most elected officials have a conscience?
Your charges are your opinion and not those of this blog. I have no idea whether their businesses are successful or not--I hope that they are. I would, in the future, refrain from this sort of explosive comment whether they are public figures or not. Thanks.
Anon at 9:25 you are full of crap, these two commissioners businesses are not on the verge of going under, you are trying to be a rumor monger...
And you are obviously under or uneducated about the legal stature and protections currently afforded these damn sober homes and fucking addicts. Federal laws must be changed which will remove the classifications which now shield the sober industry and addicts. Every single citizen should be screaming at their federal and state congressional and senate representatives. Local electeds must abide by the federal laws - that is pretty straight forward.
If you think you know of any legal way to get rid of sober homes, amd the addicts, and you are successful at not getting sued into submission by these awful dirtbags I will give you $10,000, cash money on the barrel head. And I'll bet you we could raise a reward find into the 6 digits - Just for your successful and legal solution.
I am just as fed up with the whole sorry situation as you are, maybe even more so as I now seriously considering moving my decades old professional business on Dixie.
I've considered arming myself, my wife and my employees to stand our ground, but that is not going to stop the onslaught of northerners shipping their addicted kids out of town and right on down to sunny Palm Beach county and in particular Lake Worth and Delray Beach on a one way ticket.
Perhaps if we ship more of them back home in body bags, their fucking parents, family, friends, and state will finally get it. Heck let's put it all on TV... Live streaming for South Florida... Maybe even Diane Jacques, loser Mayoral candidate could may a film. Perhaps we should file a class-action lawsuit against the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, for all the additional medical expenses we taxpayers here end up paying for. And lets include the expense for all of the fire rescue runs and doses of Narcan that are being administered like candy to save their sorry asses. You just wait and see the next round of contract negotiations with PBC Fire Rescue... With triple to 4 times the calls over last year, someone is gonna pay, and that someone is us in Lake Worth, right in the middle of this epidemic. It ain't gonna get better until we blow the lid off this, and expose the dumping that is toxic to our neighborhoods, driving tourists and business away, dangerous to our kids, and bankrupting our future.
WE DON'T WANT YOUR DISCARDED ADDICTS THAT YOU ABANDONED HERE.
sorry but its true it came from their own mouth---pam even said to me her business is not doing well---and andy stated he is just above water---so who ever you are you are needing serious help you lonely person--its the truth i don't lie
these addicts made their decision to do drugs--i don't feel sorry for them at all---may the rest in peace sooner then later
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