Laframboise, Donna
From: Louise
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 13:56
To: donna laframboise
[As indicated by the date and content
here, the reporter copied the email she'd sent me to Ms. Malenfant, on the
same day and close to the time she
sent it to me. That the reporter also forwarded my prior e-mail to her to Ms.
Malenfant is also clear to me, for only later did I myself send it anywhere
else but to Senator Cools' office.]--->
Dear Donna:
How powerful
and insightful your
questions are. I am really humbled by how able you are to grasp even the
mlnutest and finest insight Into this ugly situation. You have confirmed my
belief that there is only one reporter who could see and do this story.
He’s going to
start crying when he sees your
questions.
I would like
to formally respond to the
following comments made by Mr.
Christensen: [Next]
[Tim] Adams had no real interest in being vice president of
ECMAS; he
made the decision suddenly,
at the AGM, In an attempt to thwart a bid for
power by Louise.
(There was really no danger, but he didn’t know the full
story at the time.
Having alienated nearly all of the regular ECMAS
activists, she took a
few non-regulars and a couple of never-were-members and a
couple of alienated
members with her hoping to grab some power. in large part,
what she is doing now
is revenge over her rejection by the main body of
activists here.
It is
suggested that my attendance at the March election meeting of ecmas was “a bid
for power by Louise! May I just say that I knew I was walking into a hostile environment, and I had one
goal in mind which I told several people. My goal was a last ditch effort to
see someone take the helm of ecmas who would be willing to address the FerreI/[Tim] Adams problems. Though I had identified a candidate who indicated
similar concerns about these issues, I did not seek power to myself in the
election. In truth, I do not want to be associated with ecmas. What I did was ask
my supporters, eight of them, to
come to the election, buy a membership if they did not have one, and vote for this candidate.
Rather than seeking power, my hope was
that I could rescue the good name of ecmas, by helping someone get into office who would deal with the situation. I knew
better than anyone that it was very dangerous to allow Mr. Christensen and Mr.
Adams to represent the falsely accused to the system at large.
Having alienated
nearly all of the regular ECMAS
activists, she took a
few non-regulars and a couple of never-were-members and a couple of alienated
members with her hoping to grab some power.
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It is sad that Mr. Christensen would dismiss the fact that [the aunt], [the son/nephew] and his mother, [the grandmother], had been active members of the family rights movement, and dedicated members of Ferrel’s groups, for about two years. [One of the places where Ms. Malenfant mentioned my MERGE committees to the reporter (though the son/nephew did not ever attend them).] [Next]
I made no secret that I hoped to buy some memberships prior
to the election, so perhaps that was my big
mistake. I should have been more sneaky, and
perhaps no one would have known my intentions.
[This is from an
e-mail (copied to the reporter) from Malenfant to Source A's girlfriend. Next,
one from her to Malenfant:] [Next]
I had known
that the two monthly meetings prior to this one were attended by 6 people in January and 8 people in
February, so I had hoped that the same
apathy would endure at tis election. With all of Ferrel’s old cases [As noted elsewhere, this fabrication about my
"cases"--whatever she meant by the word--being present is disprovable
by the AGM minutes; all present were quite regular attendees except those she brought. (And those
attendance numbers are way off (she was not at either monthly meeting);
February's minutes show 14 attendees.)]
and the diehard members, they came up with 23
votes to my 8 (+2 assuming the
candidates I supported voted for themselves). I knew it was hopeless
when I saw that
[Tim] Adams
was standing for office, but did complete the exercise in what I thought was
honourable democratic fashion.
It is true that I
have alienated the entire 23 members of the ecmas
merge gief contingent in
But
before that happened, I walked away from the whole mess, and wanted nothing to
do with this anymore. My thoughts
changed, however, when Ferrel’s book was brought to my attention, which helped me to understand that in Ferrel’s
eyes, a falsely accused person is no
more persecuted than the person who has sex with children. [Back] Based on the philosophy of his
book, I now understood why he had so many strange, abberant cases around him mixed in with
the falsely accused. And I felt
very strongly that this now became a public safety issue, and I could
not call myself a family
advocate if I did not do something to protect the helpless and desperate people of
the family court. I don’t mind saying that this is very difficult, that I have
regretted and then renewed my decision to do something probably a hundred
times. Somehow, I cannot help but come
back to the belief that I am not a family advocate, if I do nothing.
That is why I have
marshalled all my courage, and stood in front of this; ultimately, I know that no one else has the
strength it takes to get the job done.
I don’t want
any power, I want ecmas to be healthy like it used to be, before Bob Bouvier’s presidency drove it into
the ground, allowing strange forces to overtake the good name of ecmas. Anyone
who thinks I am motivated
by vengence just do not know how difficult this has been on a personal
level.
You know, I always tell people, If you are
innocent then I’m your man, but if
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you are guilty
, run like the wind. It is not my job to hide problems, on the contrary, I shine an intense light on the
situation so that the truth will
come out. I
have told the leadership of ecmas for a month now
that I will
not keep their dirty secrets
for them, and I will not condone the continuing
services of Ferrel Christensen or [Tim] Adams to be
provided to the family community.
[It was a brief mention to the leader a month
ago, not complaints to the whole leadership "for a month" (though she
may also have spoken to the
Thank you.
Louise Malenfant
Family Advocate
Parents Helping Parents,
PS: This is
strictly confidential and must never be public, but my favorite bohunk mule headed client in
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