Fork
Tongue Politics on Veteran Issues
“Your
US Military Veteran should be the primary Special Interest Group”
Las Vegas, Nevada (May 26, 2014) On
this Memorial Day we remember our service members that gave the ultimate
sacrifice in the defense for our freedoms.
There is a lot of controversy
surrounding our veterans. It takes years
for our Regional Office in Carson City to approve our VA Claims. In the event they do not approve a claim the
VA makes you go through the impossible so you can give up on refilling a claim.
When a veteran appeals a VA claim
for one reason or another the VA Regional office finds reasons to reduce the original
value of the claim.
The VA tries their very best not to
give a veteran 100% service connected disability. If a veteran is 100% they are entitled to
dental care. Right now 100,000 veterans that should be rated 100% are suffering
from decaying teeth and do not have the
funds to take care of their dental needs.
Several years ago
Veterans In Politics members pleaded with former US Senator John Ensign in his Washington
DC office to establish a Veteran Insurance Card that would give the Veteran the
ability to attend any hospital or doctor.
Senator Ensign quickly replied and said that this proposal would cost
jobs. Is the cost of jobs worth the
medical attention of our veterans? Veterans
In Politics was not asking to eliminate the VA Hospital or clinics but to
reduce the amount of money that it costs for construction.
Former US Senator John Ensign
Instead of putting money into
building permits, equipment, land, staffing, etc. the efforts should be made to give veterans
access to medical needs by allowing them to attend any doctor or hospital within
their location instead of driving miles or sometime out of state and placed on
a waiting list.
The VA spends more money on the
development of a hospital’s and in reality the Veterans are not getting quick
assessments, effective or efficient care putting them in greater harm because of
what has become a neglectful system.
Remember Stanley Gibson the Army Gulf
War Veteran that was shot and killed by LVMPD Officer Jesus Arevalo. Before Former
Officer Arevalo shot and killed Stanley Gibson the VA canceled Gibson’s
appointment, reduced his service connected disability payments. This caused a hardship, this helped to
contribute to the death of Gibson and the millions of dollars it cost Clark
County tax payers. Gibson was suffering
from PTSD and received dozens of surgeries to his face for depleted uranium from
his service during the Gulf War.
There are many problems that face
our community especially when it comes to our military veterans. We hardly have any facilities to house our homeless
female veterans; Army Combat Veteran Julia Thompson arrived in Las Vegas last
year and after months of looking decided to go to San Diego.
It seems that veteran issues are
not a top priority for most of our “Public Servants”. A few of our elected officials make efforts to
assist. In 2009 Family Court Judge Jennifer
Elliot sollicited the help of Veterans In Politics and former Assembly Speaker
Barbra Buckley to help implement a veteran’s court. After Buckley sponsored a bill, Veterans In
Politics lobbied the legislature and the Governor’s office, this bill became a
law. However Clark County still did not
recognize this law and in 2010 Veterans In Politics had to lobby the Clark
County District Court, Justice of the Peace, and Municipal Courts to implement
this law (see link Veterans Court: http://nevadapac.ning.com/
Judge Jeniffer Elliot
We still have Police Chiefs who deny
their Police Officers their paid leave when they are on orders with the
military. NLV Chief Chronister has been
screwing over veterans for years in his police force but yet no one is paying
attention to this ( see link NLV Police Chief abusing military reserve veterans),
see: http://nevadapac.ning.com/
NLVPD Chief Chronister
In the last legislative season we
had legislatures listen to the testimony of Marshal Willick a Las Vegas
Attorney a non-military veteran that makes his living by having Family Court
Judges violate Federal Law and award Veterans
Service Connected Disability Benefits to able-bodied spouses in alimony ( see
link Legislature turns their back on Veterans: http://nevadapac.ning.com/
Assemblymembers Frierson
Cohen
Diaz Dondero Loop
Spiegel Attorney Willick
We also have Family Court Judges
continue to violate the Service Members Civil Relief Act. I don’t know if it's
ignorance, lack of training, denial, or they just don’t care yet they claim
that they are for veterans (see link Service Members Civil Relief Act: http://www.justice.gov/crt/
Let’s not forget the USO project at
McCarran Airport. The Veterans In Politics along with other veterans of this
community like Air Force retired veteran Chuck Lombardo fought for a USO at the
airport. We were told by the USO Chief
of Staff that a USO is not needed in Las Vegas because we had mobile site miles
away on Nellis Air force Base. We were told the military traffic that comes
through the airport is not enough to warrant a USO, that the USO is not going
to put a facility where gambling is legal, and we were not on their priority
list. One excuse after another so we
brought this to the attention of Steve Sisolak Clark County Commissioner and we
were going to get the go ahead to have a Military Hospitality Lounge since the
USO wanted nothing to do with us. Then US
Senator Harry Reid decided that he would establish the USO after he turned us
down on numerous occasions and now he needed a boost to help with his reelection
campaign.
US Senator Reid
This brings me to my last thought. The VA does not give veterans preferential
treatment when it comes to hiring a veteran and this practice has been going on
for years. If there is anyone that knows a veteran that
would be another veteran especially in a VA hospital. Our government provides literature about tax
breaks for hiring veterans and they do not implement the same.
Our men and women from our armed
forces have been through hell and back. After combat their pain and suffering does
not end and in some cases it just began.
Some bring back a ton of medical issues and broken hearts. Some return
to family and friends that either are not there for them or do not understand
how to support them.
In the military we are taught to
abandon no one. We all should practice
this same principal and not wait until it serves a purpose during election
cycle.
Veterans In Politics International,
Inc.:
Established in 1993: Veterans In Politics
International, Inc. Mission is: To educate, organize, and awaken our veterans
and their families to select, support and intelligently vote for those
candidates whom would help create a better world, to protect ourselves from our
own government(s) in a culture of corruption, and to be the political voice for
those in other groups who do not have one.
For information or if you would like to donate to
our cause please visit www.veteransinpolitics.org we are a not for profit 501 © 4.
Our Endorsed Candidates for Southern & Northern Nevada:
The
Veterans In Politics International has invited every candidate that has filed
for election to be interviewed in an effort to educate the public on candidates
filed for public office.
Some candidates don’t want to be
interviewed for whatever reasons, but the candidates that have decided to
interviewed by our group have earned our respect and the candidates that have
received our endorsement’ we feel would be the best person to help our state
for the betterment of the entire community especially our war fighters, our US
military veterans.
If you don’t agree with our
endorsements please click onto the links below or see attached and view the
candidates for yourself or visit our radio archive interviews on
VegasAllNetRadio.com (Veterans In Politics Talk Show) and KLAV 1230AM (Eye On
Nevada Politics Talk Shows).
Weekly Talk-Shows:
Eye On Nevada Politics: http://www.klav1230am.com/eye-
Tuesdays (LIVE)
8-9pm PT
KLAV 1230AM
Archived Shows: http://www.vegasallnetradio.
Veterans In Politics: http://www.vegasallnetradio.
Saturdays (LIVE)
2-3pm PT
VegasAllNetRadio.com
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Steve Sanson
President Veterans In Politics International
PO Box 28211
Las Vegas, NV. 89126
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