Here is some background and facts for you:
There are two "Ginnys".......Ginny St. Pierre is the President of CHMR who is the one that is out in Kansas
Gini Acton is a BOD member of CHMR who is presently visiting in Alaska, and is also the originial poster of
this thread asking for help to notify Kansas authorities to help this herd
You do not know what CHMR has gone through prior to our postsing here. CHMR worked for many days behind the scenes trying to get this situation solved without going "public" here to you. We thought we had it under control. Every week CHMR works behind the scenes helping people and their owners with their minis out of all kinds of situations without blabbling and exposing their personal details through the mud and no one thought this would be any different; but this case was urgent, catastrophic, and it turned out much differently. It took on a life of it's own.
Marty I am very confused here, The original post was made on 17 Sept. It clearly stated that Jess had notified the authorities the day before (16th. Sept). That statement was made several times. Are you saying the BOD was involved well before that?
CHMR does not have a State Co-ordinater(s) in each state and we need them. If we had any CHMR Co-ordinater resources in Kansas this could have gone down very differently. When we met in a board meeting, we knew we had to have help quick and act quickly on this, so we turned to the Sheriff for help and support. He wanted to act as our liason to Mr. Trembly and we were grateful for that. He assured us that the minis were now being taken care of as they were working with Trembly in many capacities and we had no reason not to trust in his word.
But BOD meetings kept revealing that our follow up reports simply did not match and we became very suspicious and we wanted to know why.
That is when Ginny (The Pres.) and Jess (BOD) went to Kansas to see the goings on for themseves.
Yes, they arrived on the Thursday night and visited the farm the next day , Friday the 5th. Oct.
You remember their findings. You remember the pictures.
Yes, Ginny posted them on the Saturday 6th of October.
There was no water, no hay, nothing for the horses as she reported back to us in a BOD meeting.
We kept this all under our hats and kept it all private so we could continue to investigate any way we could. It's not like we came rushing here in haste half cocked just to cause problems. So we kept working on it harder and harder every day.
Marty I am more confused by the minute. What is it that you kept private?
The BOD knew we needed to find help from other places and so we went further trying to get assistance to every other agency in Kanas we could think of day after day to no avail. But they all kept passing the buck and we found ourselves back in the boardroom in a mess with no help in sight. We put our own lives on hold for 2 weeks and did nothing else but work around the clock on this case beating our heads up against a stone wall day after day with this. No one in "authority" in Kansas was going to help us out. We each had a task and we were failing. While we were in a board-room, the horses were out there hungry and this had to stop. This was going on far too long.
That is when the BOD finally decided we had to come to the forum and go public with our information. We did not know what else to do. Our hands were tied and we had no other choice. Winter was coming and we were running out of time for the little horses. We had proof to back us up. Ginny's pictures.
Marty, you came to the Forum and made a plea for help on 17 Sept. Ginny took her pictures on the 5th of Oct. and posted them along with her report on 6th of October.
We had to pull out all the stops. It was just too big for us to handle and we knew if we went public, maybe someone would see it and help. What else could we have done? What would you have done if you were in our shoes?
So that is when Ginny posted her pictures for the first time and came out in public trying to seek help for the minis.
Sorry. That is not what happened as I have pointed out in my comments above.
By that time we were already worn out, frazzled, emotionally beat down, depressed and yes angry.
There are a whole lot of "IF's" in this case.
IF the Sheriff was straight up with us in the first place
IF we had a Kansas Co-ordinator
IF Ginny and Jess had not gone there in person
IF we never came here and told you the truth
All I can tell you is that if we made mistakes it is because we are only human and are passionate for the horses welfare and tried to get things done for the little ones. Our intention was soley to help, not hurt.
There are still things pertaining to the case that you do not know and may never be released.
I'm sure there is a lot more that has been revealed by now too and will not come to public light.
If anyone wants to become a State Co-ordinator for your State or become a member, drop a note to Shannon the secretary.
I for one spouted off in anger myself and said things harshly on a personal level yes, I know it and I feel lousy about it. Those opinions I expressed are mine and not the opinions of the CHMR.
Marty I understand frustration and anger. The point some have made here though is that the anger that was expressed here was not helpful. Facts are helpful. Concerted action is helpful.
Calm and measured responses to situations are what is desired and usually the most effective.
Further, as someone else pointed out, this forum and CMHR are seen as one. It all speaks to credibility in the eyes of the thousands who have read the posts here on this issue.
Gone fishing (again)
