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re: Great recap of the Baton Rouge Council on Aging mess
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:28 am to tickfawtiger
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:28 am to tickfawtiger
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:31 am to Aubie Spr96
Well, fat Gravy claims these are the "facts" (and of course it's all a big conspiracy to undermine the COA):
Tasha Clark-Amar is the executive director of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging. She has been under attack since November when voters passed a mileage to fund the Council on Aging. The most recent attacks come from the family of one of the seniors who was served by the COA. The family of Ms. Plummer who died in March of this year is upset that Clark-Amar was made the executor of their loved ones estate. We have obtained the will and want to put out the facts on the accusations against Mrs. Clark-Amar.
1. The Southern University Law Center provides seniors the Elder Law/Successions Clinic to allow students to gain an increased understanding of the substantive laws affecting the elderly. Students are exposed to various areas of elder law (which includes but isn’t limited to Medicaid and other government benefits) such as guardianship, wills, housing, consumer fraud, as well as abuse and neglect. The cases handled by the Elder Law Clinic consist primarily of civil matters. The students represent the indigent elderly in district court and in administrative hearings. The Elder Law clinic also handles all simple successions. The Elder Law clinic has been used by seniors from around the area to help with successions.
2. Ms. Plummer in her will left her estate to her great grandchildren and a great niece. Ms. Helen Plummer in her right mind decided that she would exclude her daughter and grandchildren from her will and leave the funds of her estate to smaller children and her young adult niece. I read the will and it states, “The trust is created for the benefit of Minor 1, Minor 2, and Ashley Smith. The trust property must be divided into three separate shares, one share for the benefit of each beneficiary. For accounting purposes, each share must be treated as a separate trust.” (We excluded the names of the minors to protect them from exposure.)
3. The family of Ms. Plummer removed all the funds from her bank accounts before having the probate hearing where a judge could rule for or against the family.
4. The family of Ms. Plummer moved her belongings out of the house she owned prior to having the probate hearing on the case.
5. The attorney the family originally hired is an employee of the East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney’s Office. Which means that the attorney who took the case works for Council member’s Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson. The attorney has since resigned from the case, after allegedly tipping off council members and causing this story that would have been decided by a court to play out in the court of public opinion.
6. The Council On Aging is a non-profit, not a government agency. They are funded through tax payer dollars, but the Council on Aging is a not for profit entity. They are not bound by the rules of the Metro Council.
7. It is a standard practice that the trustee of an estate be paid for managing the estate.
These are facts. Understanding the facts that I’ve seen with my own eyes, Tasha Clark-Amar was asked by a senior to be the executor for her will. Clark-Amar has not received a dime of the funds from Ms. Plummer’s estate. The family has removed all the funds from the estate without the permission of the courts. Ms. Plummer made the decision NOT TO LEAVE her estate to her own children or grandchildren. She decided of her own right mind to leave the money to her great grandchildren.
Considering the facts I’ve seen, I’m left to believe that Ms. Plummer didn’t desire to leave the money to her children or grandchildren, she choose to leave them to her great grandchildren for whatever reason she had. In doing so, she choose to skip using a family member, possibly to avoid controversy over what she would do with her money. She asked Mrs. Clark-Amar to be the executor. In my opinion based on the facts I know, Clark-Amar has done more harm to herself by attempting to help Ms. Plummer carry out her wishes, because before she could appear in court and tell a judge she doesn’t want to be paid from the estate, the family has taken Ms. Plummer’s money without court approval, attacked Mrs. Clark-Amar, and helped Councilman Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson in their fight to control the $80 million ten year tax that the East Baton Rouge Parish Council On Aging is set to receive. Anyone who believes that Councilman Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson aren’t after control of the tax dollars, has not evaluated history very well.
The one thing that WBRZ, The Advocate, nor the Business Report has addressed is that the family has illegally removed the money from Ms. Plummer’s estate, because until a judge rules on the will, those funds are not suppose to be touched. Before the process of the judicial system could play out, the family took the law into their own hands, transferred the money into other accounts, and didn’t allow the courts to speak. The family has said that local lawyers won’t touch the issue. I’ve talked to several lawyers who said, they would not take the families case, not because of Clark-Amar, but because the family has skipped over the process of court proceedings which makes an already hard case, even more difficult.
While some could question her choice being the executor on the estate, knowing her heart for seniors, I don’t believe there was malicious intent in Mrs. Clark-Amar serving Ms. Plummer. These are the facts as I appreciate them, however the court is going to ultimately separate fact from public opinion.
Tasha Clark-Amar is the executive director of the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging. She has been under attack since November when voters passed a mileage to fund the Council on Aging. The most recent attacks come from the family of one of the seniors who was served by the COA. The family of Ms. Plummer who died in March of this year is upset that Clark-Amar was made the executor of their loved ones estate. We have obtained the will and want to put out the facts on the accusations against Mrs. Clark-Amar.
1. The Southern University Law Center provides seniors the Elder Law/Successions Clinic to allow students to gain an increased understanding of the substantive laws affecting the elderly. Students are exposed to various areas of elder law (which includes but isn’t limited to Medicaid and other government benefits) such as guardianship, wills, housing, consumer fraud, as well as abuse and neglect. The cases handled by the Elder Law Clinic consist primarily of civil matters. The students represent the indigent elderly in district court and in administrative hearings. The Elder Law clinic also handles all simple successions. The Elder Law clinic has been used by seniors from around the area to help with successions.
2. Ms. Plummer in her will left her estate to her great grandchildren and a great niece. Ms. Helen Plummer in her right mind decided that she would exclude her daughter and grandchildren from her will and leave the funds of her estate to smaller children and her young adult niece. I read the will and it states, “The trust is created for the benefit of Minor 1, Minor 2, and Ashley Smith. The trust property must be divided into three separate shares, one share for the benefit of each beneficiary. For accounting purposes, each share must be treated as a separate trust.” (We excluded the names of the minors to protect them from exposure.)
3. The family of Ms. Plummer removed all the funds from her bank accounts before having the probate hearing where a judge could rule for or against the family.
4. The family of Ms. Plummer moved her belongings out of the house she owned prior to having the probate hearing on the case.
5. The attorney the family originally hired is an employee of the East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney’s Office. Which means that the attorney who took the case works for Council member’s Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson. The attorney has since resigned from the case, after allegedly tipping off council members and causing this story that would have been decided by a court to play out in the court of public opinion.
6. The Council On Aging is a non-profit, not a government agency. They are funded through tax payer dollars, but the Council on Aging is a not for profit entity. They are not bound by the rules of the Metro Council.
7. It is a standard practice that the trustee of an estate be paid for managing the estate.
These are facts. Understanding the facts that I’ve seen with my own eyes, Tasha Clark-Amar was asked by a senior to be the executor for her will. Clark-Amar has not received a dime of the funds from Ms. Plummer’s estate. The family has removed all the funds from the estate without the permission of the courts. Ms. Plummer made the decision NOT TO LEAVE her estate to her own children or grandchildren. She decided of her own right mind to leave the money to her great grandchildren.
Considering the facts I’ve seen, I’m left to believe that Ms. Plummer didn’t desire to leave the money to her children or grandchildren, she choose to leave them to her great grandchildren for whatever reason she had. In doing so, she choose to skip using a family member, possibly to avoid controversy over what she would do with her money. She asked Mrs. Clark-Amar to be the executor. In my opinion based on the facts I know, Clark-Amar has done more harm to herself by attempting to help Ms. Plummer carry out her wishes, because before she could appear in court and tell a judge she doesn’t want to be paid from the estate, the family has taken Ms. Plummer’s money without court approval, attacked Mrs. Clark-Amar, and helped Councilman Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson in their fight to control the $80 million ten year tax that the East Baton Rouge Parish Council On Aging is set to receive. Anyone who believes that Councilman Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson aren’t after control of the tax dollars, has not evaluated history very well.
The one thing that WBRZ, The Advocate, nor the Business Report has addressed is that the family has illegally removed the money from Ms. Plummer’s estate, because until a judge rules on the will, those funds are not suppose to be touched. Before the process of the judicial system could play out, the family took the law into their own hands, transferred the money into other accounts, and didn’t allow the courts to speak. The family has said that local lawyers won’t touch the issue. I’ve talked to several lawyers who said, they would not take the families case, not because of Clark-Amar, but because the family has skipped over the process of court proceedings which makes an already hard case, even more difficult.
While some could question her choice being the executor on the estate, knowing her heart for seniors, I don’t believe there was malicious intent in Mrs. Clark-Amar serving Ms. Plummer. These are the facts as I appreciate them, however the court is going to ultimately separate fact from public opinion.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:39 am to Jim Smith
doesnt change the fact that this lady inserted herself into the will for the amount of $120k which is a grossly over the industry standard for compensation. Also, with her position at a non-profit there should be clear cut ethic laws that she is bound by to not represent any of these clients for a pay for service. It maybe ok if the will was over seen by the council of aging as an entity (still not right in my mind) but I think it would at least pass the sniff test. With her as an individual overseeing it this just reeks of malfeasance.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:41 am to Jim Smith
How much is Tarsha paying you?
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:41 am to Aubie Spr96
There are at least three threads on this. You need to go back and read them to get the full grasp of what kind of circus this is.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:45 am to notiger1997
Fat Gravy honestly thinks that Buddy Amoroso is conspiring with others to discredit Clark-Amar, who has done a pretty good job of discrediting herself on her own. Everything is a conspiracy to Gravy
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:47 am to Jim Smith
Does anyone know if the 95 year old lady was considered competent by her doctor beforehand?
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:49 am to Jones
One of our favorite SJW's wrote this today. What's a shame is that Clark-Amar ripped off an elderly woman to the tune of $120,000 and used her position of power to do so. How can any human-being be "generous" when the rip off a family for essentially non existent services? If she was a kind and generous woman she would have administered the paltry trust for free.
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Sylvia Weatherspoon as a Christian woman watching this witch hunt against a fellow woman of God, please seek the real truth here. When Tasha took over the COA and they were in such a deficit that they couldn't pay employees, she and her husband took out a personal line of credit to pay her staff. Does this sound like a woman who would steal or be deceitful? It's a shame what WBRZ and these councilmen have done to this kind and generous woman.
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Sylvia Weatherspoon as a Christian woman watching this witch hunt against a fellow woman of God, please seek the real truth here. When Tasha took over the COA and they were in such a deficit that they couldn't pay employees, she and her husband took out a personal line of credit to pay her staff. Does this sound like a woman who would steal or be deceitful? It's a shame what WBRZ and these councilmen have done to this kind and generous woman.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:51 am to Jim Smith
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Jim Smith
Good summary of Gravy's "facts".
The major problem here is payment of $500 a month for 21 years (basically 1/3 of the estate value).
The family maybe crazy, and Ms Plummer did not want the family to have the money, leaving it to the great grandchildren, but the payment to Ms Clark-Amar should be a major ethics violation.
Gravy claims Ms Clark-Amar hasn't taken a dime from the estate but that doesn't mean she won't.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:52 am to Jones
HOLY CAPITAL frickING LETTERS BATMAN:
quote:
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:52 am to theantiquetiger
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Gravy claims Ms Clark-Amar hasn't taken a dime from the estate but that doesn't mean she won't.
Only Because she was found out before she could.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:53 am to Jim Smith
Why do these ignorant fcks continue to mention how bad the COA was and how great this lady is supposedly as a person,
The con artist released a full on essay to let everyone know her life history and all the godly stuff she has done.
Just address the issue damnit!
The con artist released a full on essay to let everyone know her life history and all the godly stuff she has done.
Just address the issue damnit!
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:54 am to fr33manator
quote:
fr33manator
quote:
How much is Tarsha paying you?
That was Jim quoting Fat Gravy, not his own words
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:55 am to theantiquetiger
quote:
That was Jim quoting Fat Gravy, not his own words
Ah, my apologies.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:55 am to Jones
Wow. Poor mastery of the English language in those posts.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 8:57 am to spslayto
Probably products of EBRPSS. And possibly Southern too.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 9:02 am to bigrob385series
Black accusers, black accused, Asian investigative reporter, white people's fault.
Sounds like a microcosm of anything Nakamoto looks into with witch hunts and so forth.
Sounds like a microcosm of anything Nakamoto looks into with witch hunts and so forth.
Posted on 4/4/17 at 9:03 am to Jim Smith
quote:
These are facts. Understanding the facts that I’ve seen with my own eyes, Tasha Clark-Amar was asked by a senior to be the executor for her will. Clark-Amar has not received a dime of the funds from Ms. Plummer’s estate. The family has removed all the funds from the estate without the permission of the courts. Ms. Plummer made the decision NOT TO LEAVE her estate to her own children or grandchildren. She decided of her own right mind to leave the money to her great grandchildren.
Considering the facts I’ve seen, I’m left to believe that Ms. Plummer didn’t desire to leave the money to her children or grandchildren, she choose to leave them to her great grandchildren for whatever reason she had. In doing so, she choose to skip using a family member, possibly to avoid controversy over what she would do with her money. She asked Mrs. Clark-Amar to be the executor. In my opinion based on the facts I know, Clark-Amar has done more harm to herself by attempting to help Ms. Plummer carry out her wishes, because before she could appear in court and tell a judge she doesn’t want to be paid from the estate, the family has taken Ms. Plummer’s money without court approval, attacked Mrs. Clark-Amar, and helped Councilman Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson in their fight to control the $80 million ten year tax that the East Baton Rouge Parish Council On Aging is set to receive. Anyone who believes that Councilman Buddy Armoroso and Dwight Hudson aren’t after control of the tax dollars, has not evaluated history very well.
The one thing that WBRZ, The Advocate, nor the Business Report has addressed is that the family has illegally removed the money from Ms. Plummer’s estate, because until a judge rules on the will, those funds are not suppose to be touched. Before the process of the judicial system could play out, the family took the law into their own hands, transferred the money into other accounts, and didn’t allow the courts to speak. The family has said that local lawyers won’t touch the issue. I’ve talked to several lawyers who said, they would not take the families case, not because of Clark-Amar, but because the family has skipped over the process of court proceedings which makes an already hard case, even more difficult.
God this dude can barely fricking put together sentences and still wonders why he's not considered a journalist.
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