The one drawback with Meg is she is extremely qualified and that is a novel thing in politics these days.Paticularly when it comes to Savannah.
I am hosting a 'Meet Meg' event Tuesday, March 13, at the Ballroom of The Plantation Club at the Landings at 5PM. Please come and if you are not a Landings resident let me know and I will place your name on a list at the main gate. .
MEG DALY HEAP
22 E. Bryan Street, Suite #143
Savannah, Georgia 31401
912-398-1512
Email: meg4da@gmail.com
PERSONAL
Born: September, 1964
Marital Status: Married - Children: 2 sons
EDUCATION
Saint Vincent’s Academy 1982 - Honor Graduate
Savannah, Georgia
Georgia Southern College June 1986
Statesboro, Georgia Cum Laude - Honor Graduate
Mercer University May 1992 - Juris Doctorate
Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
EXPERIENCE
Solo Practitioner December 2011 to present
Attorney at Metts Law Firm August 2011 to December 2011
West Congress Street, Savannah, Georgia
Staff Attorney September 2010 to July 2011
Judge Penny Freesemann
Superior Court of Chatham County
Savannah, Georgia
Chief Assistant District Attorney January 2009 to August 2010
Eastern Judicial Circuit
District Attorney’s Office, Chatham County
Savannah, Georgia
Assistant District Attorney July 1995 to December 2008
Eastern Judicial Circuit
District Attorney’s Office, Chatham County
Savannah, Georgia
· December 2005: Assigned to prosecute the abuse of the elderly and disabled adults. The position was the first elder abuse prosecutor in the State. Duties also included education for the community and law enforcement.
· Previously assigned to the Superior Court Division prosecuting felonies. From 1995 to 1997. Also assigned to the State Court Division prosecuting misdemeanors.
Assistant District Attorney 6/1/92 to 7/30/95
Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit
District Attorney's Office, Cherokee County
Canton, Georgia
· Prosecuted felonies in the Superior and Juvenile Courts and handled civil condemnations. Offenses ranged from murder, child molestation, to burglaries, thefts and any other offense where the overall needs of the office dictated.
Volunteer Coordinator July 1986 to August 1989
Victim Advocate
Victim-Witness Assistance Program, Savannah, Georgia
· Recruited and trained volunteers in Chatham County to work with victims of crime through our court system.
· Volunteer coordinator of the year for Chatham County in 1988. Worked with victims of crime in coordination with DA’s Office.
Career Highlights
§ September 2005: Presenter at clergy training “Ministering to Vulnerable Populations: Child and Elder Abuse”
§ September of 2005: Presenter clergy training seminar called “Ministering to Vulnerable Populations: Child and Elder Abuse.”
§ December 2005: attended the National Triad Training Symposium in Tunica Mississippi.
§ March 2006: Presenter at the Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center Area Agency on Aging: Issue: Elder Abuse (Richmond Hill, G.)
§ April 2006: Adult Protective Services Statewide Seminar - prosecuting elder abuse. Skilled to Build: Shaping and Enhancing Services to Protect Georgia’s Vulnerable Adults
§ April 2006: Presenter at the statewide Adult Protective Services Seminar
§ April 2006: Presenter at First Baptist Church “Classics”, group of seniors on the issue of elder abuse
§ May 2006: Presenter at a training sponsored by the Greater Savannah Coalition on Aging for professionals who work with elder or disabled adults.
§ May 2006: Presenter on elder abuse at Consumer College, a training symposium for elderly citizens.
§ May 2006 - Greater Savannah Coalition on Aging: Adult abuse prosecution in Chatham County
§ May to June 2006: Presented training for law enforcement officers of Port Wentworth, Tybee Island and Savannah Chatham Metro PDs highlighting elder abuse law
§ June 2006: Training presenter for emergency room nurses for Memorial Medical Center- elder abuse warning signs, prevention and protection
§ September 2006: Presenter Smart Seniors at Candler Hospital - the issues of elder abuse
§ September 2006: Elder abuse to Georgia Recreation and Park Assoc.
§ October 2006 - Presenter at Tara Nursing Home - training of staff
§ October 2006: Presenter at Ga. Commission on Domestic Violence - best practices: redefining best practices through the survivor’s eyes
§ June 2007 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - Brunswick for the Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center
§ August 2007: Statewide Ga. IAFN
§ Year of 2008: Presented a 2 hour block of instruction bi-weekly to officers with the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
§ Spring 2008: Article on in Georgia Generations - Scams that target seniors
§ March 2008: Ludowici Police Department - training on elder abuse
§ April 2008: Elder Abuse Conference (Valdosta State University)
§ April 2008: Consumer College (SALT) elder abuse and exploitation
§ July 2008: Presenter for the Coalition on Aging
§ August 2008: Presenter at the Utah Municipal Prosecutors on the issues of elder abuse
§ August 2010: Collaborated with Department of Homeland Defense in drafting a curriculum for training law enforcement on Native American lands on the issue of domestic violence.
Member of
o Greater Savannah Coalition of Aging
o Elder Abuse Multi-disciplinary Team
o Adult Services Advisory Council
o S.A.L.T. Council (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together)
o Senior Medicare Patrol Advisory Council
o Advisory Council for the State Long-term Care Ombudsmen Program
---A response from a dedicated and frustrated memo reader to my last memo: "Dick --------- compiles some articles that surely describe the dilemma in which we find ourselves. When a problem is defined it generally can be solved. Not sure these can be solved????
I think the fundamental problems are that we have:
(1) An overall dumbed down nation of uninformed people, many of whom have been conned (about 60 million) into dependency on the government and others (by Democrat design),
(2) A large group of academicians who, because of their high? intellect, can rationalize a socialist society as being good,(note: it was the intellectuals who rationalized that Communism was not all that bad.)
(3) Then there are the rest of us working hard 'slobs,' trying to make a living and not having
the time or inclination to dig into the problems of this nation so many (probably about 40%) are not really aware of what a real mess we are in.
(4) A political structure (with no term limits) at Federal and State levels that encourages politicians to seek office for life and thus creates an environment where those with money in the private sector buy political influence
so they can make more money. All the while politicians earmark monies back to their states and districts to assure their own re-election and job security for life in many cases.
(5) The beautiful people in the entertainment industry shower Democrats with all their "excess" money because it is so cool to be invited to the WH and the $35,000 a plate fundraisers, because it gives them publicity to further enhance their warped and shallow entertainment careers.
(6) Graft and corruption has become a way of life for many people in places of influence, and we the people are ill-prepared to do much of anything about it because the law, the courts, and the politicians, who are part of it all,
encourage this self-serving way of life (how many ex-governors etc. are in jail for example?)
I can probably list ten more problems------we can't seem to solve the ones I did list.
All combined this is destroying our society and each situation, in and of itself, feeds on the system and mostly never becomes so alarming in the minds of the overall electorate; or, because it is all so overwhelming for the average person, it is safer to just ignore it all and try to survive, because individually no one can do much of anything about any of it; that is to say, "what can I do---gotta go to work!"
Glenn Beck and many talk show people are trying to educate---but they only hit about 5% of the population,
so try they do------but the impact is unfortunately miniscule,.
We need a leader, not a destroyer!
My rant for the weekend.
Bob ......
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So what if it is our Constitution. (See 1 below.)
So what if it is our Constitution. (See 1 below.)
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Perpetuate those myths. (See 2 below.)
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Perpetuate those myths. (See 2 below.)
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Dick
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1)End of the Constitution
Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
1)End of the Constitution
Obamacare birth-control mandate would defeat the First Amendment
Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington TimesIs America sliding toward autocratic rule? This is the essential question of Barack Obama’s presidency.Mr. Obama vowed to “fundamentally transform” the United States. Despite his incompetence and economic failure, the president is making good on his central promise: the destruction of our constitutional republic. He is trying - piece by painful piece - to reverse the legacy of the Founding Fathers. Conservatives have underestimated him at their peril. For Mr. Obama is not simply an inept, liberal president in the mold of Jimmy Carter. He is an ideological revolutionary who seeks to sweep away traditional America.
The American war of independence did not just overthrow British imperial domination. The Founders forged something almost unique in history: a nation devoted to individual liberty, Christian civilization and federalism. The rule of men was replaced bythe rule of law. The linchpin was constitutional government based on the separation of powers and checks and balances. The American system is entirely predicated on the Constitution. Once the Constitution becomes meaningless or just an inconvenient piece of paper, the American experiment is over. The republic is dead.
This is what’s at stake. Mr. Obama is acting like an arbitrary tyrant. He is running roughshod over the Constitution, egregiously, repeatedly and deliberately violating its restraints and clear limits on federal power. He has publicly admitted that he finds Congress a nuisance, an “obstacle” to his secular socialist project. He has said that he often thinks about “going it alone.” In fact, this is what he has done - so far, largely with impunity.
He waged an illegal war in Libya. The last time Congress officially declared war was in December 1941. Yet Mr. Obama went one step further, something his predecessors - Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush,George W. Bush - never did: He refused even to ask Congress for authorization. Mr. Obama ignored the War Powers Act, flagrantly circumventing congressional authority.
Moreover, late last year, the massive National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was signed into law, which potentially allows for the military - not domestic courts - to indefinitely detain American citizens suspected of ties to terrorism. The vaguely worded NDAA undermines the rule of law and due process, enabling the government to abrogate the fundamental right to trial. It lends itself to abuse of state power - the very thing our Founders warned against. In the wrong hands, the NDAA could be used as a weapon to persecute - and imprison - political opponents under the guise of fighting terrorism. This is the same administration that has lumped anti-abortion and anti-illegal-immigration activists with radical Islamists as possible “threats” to national security.
Yet it is not just national security. Mr. Obama has created countless policy czars possessing Cabinet-like powers without the approval or consent of theSenate. Recently, he appointed Richard Cordray to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - despite the fact that he lacked needed support in the Senate. Mr. Obama’s response: Take a hike. He parachuted in Mr. Cordray as a recess appointment even though Congresswas not in recess. The president has usurped congressional oversight - a clear and dangerous violation of the Constitution.
His greatest assault, however, is on religious freedom. Fortunately, his latest effort sparked a rebellion. Mr. Obama had declared war not just on theCatholic Church, but on the First Amendment. The administration ordered almost all religious organizations to provide health insurance coverage that includes free birth control and sterilization procedures - even the morning-after pill, which can induce abortions. Otherwise, under Obamacare, Catholic hospitals, charities and universities would face major fines totaling millions of dollars. The choice was clear: Catholic institutions must either abandon their fundamental tenets or go bankrupt. The contraceptive mandate denied the conscience rights of the church. It was state-sanctioned coercion of private entities to act against their explicit religious beliefs. This is why it triggered such furor among Catholics and non-Catholics alike. If such basic liberties could be trampled on, then nothing - and no one - is safe from big government’s crushing grip. Fortunately, a three-week outcry forced him to back off.
Like many on the radical left, Mr. Obama is an anti-Christian, anti-religious bigot. His goal is to purge Christianity from civil society, to marginalize religion from the public square. He essentially told the church that Washington, not the Vatican, will dictate how it must run its affairs and administer its social services. He demanded that Catholics sacrifice their beliefs on the altar of secular liberalism. The state - with him at its helm - is the new pagan church. Women’s “reproductive health care” trumps Catholic positions on birth control and abortion. The fact that most health insurers already cover contraception and that it is widely available and accessible to women - just go to your local Walgreens - means nothing to feminists or the powerful abortion lobby. The real aim is to smash the Catholic Churchas a bulwark against the sexual revolution, reducing it to a quisling of the liberal regime.
Catholic leaders rightly stood up. The Church understood it was under siege. That may not be over. Mr. Obama could win a second term. Hence, Obamacare - along with its contraceptive mandate - might not be repealed and my even expand. Is so, he will have succeeded in giving birth to his Frankenstein monster: a post-constitutional, post-American soft tyranny.
Jeffrey T. Kuhner is a columnist at The Washington Times and president of the Edmund Burke Institute.
2)Five myths about white people
By Charles Murray
For decades, trends in American life have usually been analyzed through the prism of race, with white Americans serving as the reference point — comparing black unemployment with white unemployment, for instance, or the percentage of Latino high school students who go on to college compared with white students. Those comparisons are illuminating, but they neglect how that reference point itself is changing. Our understanding of white America is subject to a number of outdated assumptions that need rethinking.
1. Working-class whites are more religious than upper-class whites.
This is a pervasive misconception encouraged by liberals who conflate the religious right with the working class, and by conservative evangelicals who inveigh against the godless ruling class.
Certainly, white intellectual elites have become extremely secular. However, as a whole, the white upper middle class has long displayed higher attendance at worship services and stronger allegiance to their religious faith than the white working class — going all the way back to the first data collected in the 1920s and continuing today.
Since the early 1970s, white America has become more secular overall, but the drop has been much greater in the working classes.As of the 2000s, the General Social Survey indicates, nearly 32 percent of upper-middle-class whites ages 30 to 49 attended church regularly, compared with 17 percent of the white working class in the same age group.
2. Elite colleges are bastions of white upper-middle-class privilege.
It’s common to assume that upper-middle-class white kids win more slots in top universities than middle-class or working-class students not because they’re smarter, but because their parents can afford to send them to the best grade schools and high schools, pay for SAT prep courses, or make hefty donations to colleges.
There are two problems with this logic. First, ever since the landmark Coleman Report on educational equality back in 1966, scholars have had a hard time demonstrating that attending fancy elementary and secondary schools raises students’ academic performance. And on average, those highly touted test-preparation courses boost students’ SAT scores by only a few dozen points — a finding consistent across rigorous studies of test-prep programs.
Second, educational attainment is correlated with intelligence. (The mean IQ of white Americans with just a high school diploma is about 99; the mean IQ of whites with a professional degree is about 125.) And children’s IQ is tied to that of their parents. How genes and environment conspire to produce these relationships is irrelevant; the relationships have been stable for decades. As a result, white parents with advanced educations — who are also generally affluent — inevitably account for a disproportionate number of the white kids with the highest SAT scores, best grades and other evidence of academic excellence.
If college admission were purely meritocratic — eliminating favoritism for the children of alumni, celebrities and big donors — upper-middle-class children would still be overrepresented. That’s because the applicants who would be accepted instead would also hail overwhelmingly from the upper middle class.
3. Marriage is breaking down throughout white America.
Overall marriage rates are indeed declining in the United States: Just over half of American adults are married, compared with 72 percent in 1960. However, among white Americans, there is a sharp class divide on marriage.
The share of upper-middle-class whites ages 30 to 49 who are married has been steady since 1984, hovering around 84 percent. During that same period, marriage for working-class whites in the same age group has fallen from 70 percent to 48 percent. This is not a statistical artifact that can be explained by class differences in the age of marriage or the frequency of remarriage, nor by hard economic times for the working class. Marriage now constitutes a cultural fault line dividing the socioeconomic classes among white Americans.
4. White working-class men have a strong work ethic.
They used to, but not so much anymore. In 1968, 97 percent of white males ages 30 to 49 who had at most a high school diploma were in the labor force — meaning they either had a job or were actively seeking work. By March 2008 (before the Great Recession), that number had dropped to 88 percent. That means almost one out of eight white working-class men in the prime of life is not even looking for a job. This is not just an issue of “discouraged workers”; this rate of labor force dropouts rose in the boom years of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as rapidly as it did in years of recession.
Among white males ages 30 to 49 who do have blue-collar or low-level service jobs, fewer work full time. The percentage of them who worked less than than 40 hours a week increased from 10 percent in 1960 to 20 percent in 2008, rising in good and bad economic times alike.
Time-use surveys have further documented shifting behavior among unemployed men. In the early 2000s, compared with 1985, such men spent less time on job searches, education and training, household work, or civic and religious activities — and more time watching TV and sleeping.
5. White Americans are yesterday’s news.
You don’t need to see a young black family in the White House to understand that American demographics are changing. In the 2010 census, non-Latino whites made up 64 percent of the population, down from 69 percent in 2000, 76 percent in 1990 and 80 percent in 1980. In 2011, non-Latino whites for the first time constituted a minority of children under age 2 — the harbinger of a nation in which whites will be a minority. That’s no myth.
Yet, 45 of 50 governors and 96 of 100 U.S. senators were still non-Latino whites in 2010. Whites also were 92 percent of the directors nominated for Academy Awards between 2000 and 2011. They were 96 percent of Fortune 500 chief executives in 2011. The numbers are similar for other influential positions in U.S. society. At least for now, the rhetoric about the fading role of whites in American life outruns reality.
outlook@washpost.com
Charles Murray is the W.H. Brady scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.”
Charles Murray’s most recent Outlook essay: “The tea party warns of a New Elite. They’re right.”
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