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I think whoever the person or persons were, they schemed with Art for a way
to divert pressure from him and put it on me. I believe that at some point in
their discussions the issue came up that I owned Iiams Painting & Drywall
Repair, and that I used subcontractors to do the work. I'm sure as soon as they
heard that the lights flashed on; they had discovered their poison pill. They had
to be absolutely thrilled when they heard this because they knew that the
subcontractor issue was one of the IRS's favorite issues. If they could get the
IRS to come after me their problems would be solved, since the IRS could finish
me off once and for all.
It appears their next move was to find someone whom they knew and trusted
and who owed them a favor--who would know the right people in the IRS to talk
to secretly, such as someone in the U.S. Attorneys office. That way they could
get instructions from the horse’s mouth as to how to proceed in getting me
turned over to the IRS for some type of audit. If they did if right, their
hands would look clean and none of it could ever be traced back to them. What I
think they decided to do was to have someone they knew, most likely someone
else who owed them a favor, come out and talk me into subcontracting some work
to them.
In that same time period an older gentleman came out and talked me into
giving him a chance to subcontract some painting work? He went to the job site,
started the work and did one of the worst painting jobs I'd ever seen! Then he
left before completing the work, and filed for unemployment instead! I'm
convinced the Political Good Old Boys Network sent this guy out for no other
reason than to get the ball rolling to get me turned in to the IRS. That way it
would at least appear they had a legitimate reason for auditing me and doing
their dirty work. Is this a set-up or what? If you really wanted to work, would
you go out to the very first job someone gave you and do shabby work, leave
before you’re finished, and after being told the homeowners were unsatisfied
with the work and it had to be corrected, refuse and file for unemployment
instead? Give me a break! Is there any doubt this guy was a plant?
Their plan worked, because the next thing I knew the Ohio Bureau of
Employment was at my home demanding that my secretary show my books to them,
without giving her a chance to contact me or my accountant first. Shortly after
that the IRS and the of Bureau of Workers Compensation audited me. Once again,
how convenient can it get?
Shortly after the people from the Ohio Bureau of Employment barged into my
home office I did receive a hearing. At the hearing I was informed that someone
had filed a claim against me. Naturally that person turned out to be the older
gentleman to whom I subcontracted the small painting job. I was further
informed that the party claimed he was hired as an employee and had to punch in
on a time-clock at my office daily. They then admitted that they thought the
guy had lied to them, at least about that issue, because when they barged into
my office they didn't find a time-clock or time-cards anywhere!
Then they questioned me about how I hired people, how they were supervised
and how they were paid. After I answered all their questions, I reminded them
that out of all the subcontractors I had ever used, this guy was the only one
who ever filed a claim against me! I asked them if they found that odd. They
reluctantly agreed it was. They ended our meeting by telling me they would
contact me when they made a decision.
Ask yourself once again, if this guy wasn't put up to this, why on earth
would he go so far out of his way to try to get me in trouble with the government?
Why would he even take the time to lie and file a false complaint against me?
It just doesn't make sense. Consider that this is the same person who wouldn't
even go back to the job site and correct his work so he could get paid. The
only logical conclusion is that he was put up to it. There's just no other
reason.
Several weeks after the hearing the Ohio Bureau of Employment sent a woman
to my home office to tell me that they agreed that my subcontractors were
indeed subcontractors and not employees. The woman also said they were going to
deny the claim that had been filed against me. So far as she was concerned, I
had nothing to worry about as long as I continued my present and past practices
as to how I dealt with subcontractors. I learned from her who had filed the
claim against me.
The next act in this political/judicial circus took place when the lawsuit
against Art James went to court. Before going to court the attorney who took
over the case for Dennis, Tom Overley, told me that he thought this case was in
the bag. Everything was in writing and we had proof that Art had not paid as
agreed, which violated the contract, so there was no possible way that he could
get out of this. At least that's what we thought. Unfortunately for me this
hearing turned out to be just like the others: another legal scam.
The first question I had was why the case was assigned to three different
judges before we ever got to court. Could it have been that the first two
judges wouldn't go along with what the political system wanted them to do at
that time--find Art not guilty even though everything was in writing? And
strangely enough, that's exactly what happened.
When we went to court my attorney, Tom Overley, presented the contract that
Dennis and Art had drawn up together and that all three of us had signed. The
contract was fairly straightforward and uncomplicated. It was only a page and a
half long. Now one would think that the judge being somewhat of a legal scholar
would be the only person to have a difficult time understanding it, but when
you look at his decision you'd swear that he wasn't even in the same courtroom.
How this judge came to his legal conclusions is beyond me. Well, actually it's
not because once again I think that someone in the Political Good Old Boys
Network had a little chat with the judge and once again they decided the
outcome of this case before we ever went to court.
I always naively thought the judge was supposed to be the most honest person
in the entire legal process. But after my experiences with Louie the judge,
Judge Spore and now this judge, my mind changed about that. From what I've seen
and experienced some of these judges are as crooked as the politicians are. In
fact, I think that some Judges are actually controlled by the political system
to the extent that they either do what they’re told or they won’t be elected
the next time around or be advanced to a better position in the legal system.
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