Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Open Letter to the South Australian Premier Mike Rann


Dear Mister Premier and dear Mister Deputy Premier.

Mr Rann. Since the article in the weekend press concerning Kevin Foley and his personal troubles, you have gone to extraordinary lengths to attack and to criticise those who have displayed skepticism or simple incredulity about Kevin’s revelations.

Personally, and I am a very caring person, I could not give a rat’s ass about your moans & groans in this respect. Though, and if fair dinkum, I do feel for Kevin….been there, done that!

And this is why I do not give a rat's.

For years I suffered workplace bullying and victimisation within your public service, especially when I turned whistleblower and made allegations about corruption, bullying, and sexual misconduct within your Justice portfolio.

I wrote to you in 2004. I wrote to the Attorney-General in 2004. In fact, the list is short of those I did not write to.

I lost years of my life climbing the slippery ladders of your various investigatory bodies.

Ultimately, we wound up in court, where your Crown Law officers attempted to rip me to shreds, denial and defend at any cost. But eventually I took great delight in seeing and giving evidence to this year’s Parliamentary Inquiry into the Office of the Public Trustee.
Then it was great to hear that the 2-year-long investigation found one of the bad guys GUILTY. Vindication for my years of struggle, woe, and sacrifice. But then, he gets a sweetheart early retirement package........bloody criminal act!

During all those years I, not unlike many others, suffered terribly.

But where the hell where you? Where the hell was Atkinson? I wrote to you all. I pleaded for help. But.…nothing! You were my bloody boss and Big Kahuna of this state. YOU had a responsibilty to ensure I had a safe work environment.

Then, you turned your attentions to Workcover and slashed payments to injured workers, workers who sustained injury, particularly in YOUR workplace through no fault of their own.

And now you seek understanding of Kevin Foley’s problematic personal affairs and health? And more spectacularly, you are incredibly annoyed at the public probe into the backwash of you getting belted around the gob with a rolled-up magazine by a distraught ex-husband?

And then, to whack the ice on the cake, this morning on ABC891 you declared that it is not proper to comment on issues that are before the Court when asked about the alleged assault on you at the Wine Centre.

You know as well as I do that a simple Google will locate press articles that prove this statement to be somewhat questionable.

For my family and me you let us down, big time.

I have not worked since your people ‘forced’ me out by stealth 13 months ago. I am still crook, but why would you give a stuff.

And I notice that the bad guys are still gainfully employed within your public service and the only dead bodies I have encountered along the way were Whistleblowers.

You know, many months ago I made a promise that this wronged little Irish terrier will be snapping at your heels all the way through to the March 2010 election. Why? Because I want my piece of flesh mate! Your doing, not mine!! In this respect, your past has caught up with you.