You can see why CAP desperately NEEDS the pork barrel Budget allocations from States and Congress. We know from USAF aircraft inspections and After Action Reports, the money isn't being spent on aircraft maintenance (TNWG's aircraft was found to be 65 hours beyond the required 100 hour inspection ... and worse...SHAME!)
Here is the latest, This Just In... so many coming one day, we are forced to put received hours on them)
Prosecutors disclose plea deal offered to Florida teacher
A judge ordered prosecutors to disclose a plea agreement offered to a Boynton Beach, Fla., elementary music teacher charged with having a sexual relationship with a boy she first seduced when he was 11 years old.
[The ] sexual encounters occurred in Flannigan's classroom, in her van in the Civil Air Patrol parking lot,
The boy and his father, who has also reportedly acknowledged having a sexual relationship with Flannigan, settled a $1.5 million claim with DePue's insurance company last summer. Lawsuits against the Palm Beach County School Board and the Civil Air Patrol are pending. Prosecutors disclose plea deal offered to Florida teacher
A judge ordered prosecutors to disclose a plea agreement offered to a Boynton Beach, Fla., elementary music teacher charged with having a sexual relationship with a boy she first seduced when he was 11 years old.
Carol Flannigan, 51, is charged with capital sexual battery on a child under 12, and faces life in prison if convicted. She has until Tuesday to plead guilty in exchange for a five-year prison sentence followed by 10 years of sex offender probation, according to the plea deal Circuit Judge Lucy Chernow Brown ordered Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Millien to disclose.
The probation would require Flannigan to adhere to a curfew, submit to warrant-less searches and register as a sex offender. It would prohibit her from being with 1,000 feet of a school, day care center or anywhere children are known to congregate.
Her attorney, Ken Ronan, did not immediately return a message left at is office.
Flannigan had developed a close relationship with the Rolling Green Elementary student and his family after he took her music class, inviting him and two younger brothers to sleep over at her Boca Raton home. Authorities said her relationship with the boy lasted 19 months. He has testified that sexual encounters occurred in Flannigan's classroom, in her van in the Civil Air Patrol parking lot, a Lantana park and an Orlando hotel room. He has also claimed that Flannigan's husband, Douglas DePue, witnessed the alleged sex but ignored it. DePue has denied the allegations.
The boy and his father, who has also reportedly acknowledged having a sexual relationship with Flannigan, settled a $1.5 million claim with DePue's insurance company last summer. Lawsuits against the Palm Beach County School Board and the Civil Air Patrol are pending.
Updated: 18 FEB 06 A $450,000 complete cut for the Civil Air Patrol, ... . " Rep. Tom Solobay (D-Canonsburg)is asking for full restoration and an additional $500,000 for the Civil Air Patrol ... . Time to introduce the folks in Pennsylvania to http://STARRSwon.com and to NER-CharterReview@yahoogroups.com
Updated: 11 FEB 06
Unable to Stem the Tide of Members, Senior and Cadet alike, who are bailing out of membership in CAP's Southeast Region, a flood of membership cancellations begun during the former SER Commander's tenure (Col. A.J. Pineda) Southeast Region Commander Col. Matt Sharkey has suddenly announced his resignation as Region Commander.
Press HERE to read Sharkey's ACTUAL resignation letter
Referring to the chart published in the Southeast Region newsletter:
(the conspicuously absent region loss figures, given to you here, were 1,377 ... for only 4 months.)
No word, yet, on Col. Sharkey's replacement... perhaps someone from Florida Wing (-283 loss in just 4 months), Georgia Wing (-172 loss in just 4 months). Probably not someone from Puerto Rico (they can't add... their figures in the chart above shows a GAIN of 83 members instead of the gain they claim of +117) but Tennessee's net loss of 95 members in just 4 months while so many of their aircraft were grounded due to improper maintenance and Flight Safety Inspection failures might just qualify the TN Wing Commander for the nod to replace Col. Sharkey. It would rescue Tennessee, and still be an improvement over Florida or Georgia.
It will be entertaining to see how it plays out.
Updated: 9 FEB06
Because of rapidly moving events in the national quest to have Congress review the Charter previously granted to Civil Air Patrol, the two demonstrations scheduled for February have been moved to the same respective dates in March.
The events causing this change cannot be yet revealed, but will be as soon as possible, and may negate the need for such panels and demonstrations.
Updated: 25JAN06
According to a draft copy of the Civil Air Patrol's Board of Governor's meeting, held on Dec. 7, 2005, in Washington, D.C., a copy of which was obtained exclusively by News of the Force, there are currently four civil actions pending against the CAP:
Allen vs. CAP, et al: This suit was filed on Feb. 15, 2000, in the U.S. District Count in Kentucky. The suit charged defamation of character and negligence, in that the former CAP Kentucky Wing commander made improper allegations against Allen on local television news stations. In a letter from the CAP, the organization said: "The CAP announces that it has resolved a lawsuit filed by Col. Denzil Allen. CAP acknowledges that Col. Allen was wrongfully suspended in May, 1999. Col. Allen is a honored and distinguished member."
Campbell vs. CAP: This suit was originally filed in the U.S. District Court in Alabama on Jan. 4, 1999. The suit alleged "retaliatory termination" of Campbell from his full-time position at CAP's national headquarters. In a jury trial in July, 2002, the jury found in favor of the CAP. Campbell appealed the decision to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court upheld the appeal and remanded the case back to the U.S. District Court. A new trial is scheduled for next month.
Hall vs. CAP, et al: This suit was filed in August, 2005, in the federal court in Texas. The complaint alleges conspiracy to interfere with civil rights, slander, libel, fraud and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, theft and conversion of personal property, interference with prospective advantage, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and breach of contract. A second amended petition has been filed, and the U.S. attorney is representing involved government agencies and employees. A motion is being filed to dismiss the case against the CAP and CAP members.
North Carolina CAP aircraft crash and death. In companion suits filed in North Carolina state courts, the named defendants are: The Civil Air Patrol, the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol; the estates of Kennedy and Futrell; Cardinal Air, LLC; Cessna; Lycoming; Precision Airmotive Corp.; Edenton Aviation Services, and the AvFuel Corp. The suit involves the death of a non-CAP member law enforcement officer in a CAP airplane crash. The CAP had the case moved to federal court, and is currently resisting efforts by the plaintiffs to return the case to the state court.
This report is an update of the report that immediately follows.
A source close to a litigation against the Civil Air Patrol tells News Of The Force (NOTF) that the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and its insurance company have offered to settle a lawsuit with the plaintiffs involving a CAP officer named [ name withheld].
The source, who requested anonymity because the source is not authorized to speak to the press, tells NOTF that the CAP has offered to settle the suit by paying $123,000 to each of the five plaintiffs. The settlement offer was made by the CAP in November, 2005, the source says, but no more has been heard from the CAP, and none of the plaintiffs have yet been paid.
While little is being said about the suit, sources tell NOTF that it has to do with aircraft safety and maintenance in the CAP's Kentucky Wing and Great Lakes Region.
Settlements of this type are normally kept secret by having the parties sign confidentiality agreements, so the exact details of the litigation may never be disclosed. No such agreements have been signed as yet, the source told us.
The Civil Air Patrol is the Auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
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