Sorry, I meant difficult to do so, not different to do so. I was tired at 1:00am.

First of all, I'm not trying to put you down, but it's hard to read what you type because your grammatical skills makes it different to do so. Second, I'd like to say that it's funny how apparently only whites are capable of being racist. I know plenty of blacks who hate whites, plenty of hispanics who hate blacks, etc. So, get off the discrimination issue. It was obviously based on your lack of good performance (in the opinion of your supervisor of 3 months), that you were given a bad evaluation. Third, YOU CHOSE TO QUIT! YOU CHOSE TO QUIT instead of working on the issue from within yourself. God forbid you actually needed to work on something. You're so busy trying to prove how worthwhile your previous work was, that you're missing the point that your supervisor was professionally trying to communicate to you. Perhaps you changed once you got a new supervisor, perhaps this new supervisor felt a rift between the two of you, as though you turned away from constructive criticism???? These are all possibilities. Fourth, when YOU CONTACT THE MEDIA, you open the door for PUBLIC CRITICISM on the issue. You took a private matter and made it worse. Now, everyone knows your business,because of you. What was your point in doing so? Did you think no one would return to use the services of Kern Co. Mental Health? That's not going to happen, because they are a public, not private entity. Fifth, you know what you sound like to me? A legal beagle. If you've had problems with drugs in the past, then you've probably been locked up, which means you THINK you know the law. And guess who (probably) paid for your certification? Me, and all the other taxpayers out there. Just look at you now, screwing over each and everyone of us, by making us pay for you again, except this time, it's with a lawsuit, which we'll have to pay for. The crazy thing is that you think you are entitled to this! You're just like every other inmate if you ask me!

WHAT IN 15 COUNTS OF INCOMPETENCY AND YOU HAD OVER 7,000 SUPERVISED HOURS PRIOR DATING BACK TO 2004. WHAT IF YOU LOVED WHAT YOU DO WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND YOU ASKED THE POWERS TO BE TO JUST FIX IT AND REINSTATE ALL WOULD BE FORGIVEN, AND THEY SPIT IN YOUR FACE WHAT WOULD DO? SKIP THE SUE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU TRIED EVERY AVENUE TO GET IT RESOLVED AND NOT ONE RETURNED YOUR PHONES CALL OR SHOWED YOU THEIR FINDING OR GAVE YOU AN OFFICIAL REPORT AND SUFFERED EMOTIONAL TRAUMA FOR 2 MONTH AND THE STEP YOU TOOK START IN DECEMBER08 AND IT'S NOW JULY. AND STILL NO ONE ON PAPER DID ANYTHING. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? FEEDBACK SOMEBODY

HANKBUBBA,FRIVOLOUS HUH? THE RELATIONSHIP WHITE HERE IN TAFT IS GOOD AND MY RELATIONSHIP WITH WHITES IN THE BUSINESS IS GOOD. ONLY ABAMA WAS ON THE SHIRT I ACTUALLY WORE, IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MCCAIN NOT ONE WOULD HAVE SAID ANYTHING RIGHT? I WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKEN THAT WAY. IT JUST FELT GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE KENNEDY THINK ABOUT THE AMERICA PEOPLE, I'M SORRY HE WAS BLACK. COLOR SHOULDN'T MATTER, BUT IT DOES FOR SOME REASON. PEOPLE PROBABLY SEES A BLACK COUNSELOR I JUST SEE A COUNSELOR WHO JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE BLACK. STILL IN ALL THAT DOES GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ME DOES IT. THE CONSTITUTION GIVE US THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH EVEN IF IT'S A SHIRT. IN THE 50'S EVERYONE WERE COMMUNIST IF THEIR VIEW WERE DIFFERENT. WHEN WILL EXCEPT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, BUT THE SAME HOPES, WISHES, AND DREAM, AND THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR OUR FAMILIES AND LOVE ONE. THERE ARE 12 GATES TO THE CITY FROM NATIONS, KINDRED, AND TONGUES THAT NO MAN CAN COUNT. ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL BE A PLACE WHERE TRUE DWELLS UNTIL THEN WE MUST STAND UP WHAT WE BELIEVE IS RIGHT. WALK A MILE IN ANOTHER MAN'S SHOE BEFORE YOU JUDGE HIM. GOOD LUCK E.J

You're still going to get replace with a white woman. I know. It happened to me.

Josh, I read your story and I question why you would wear a political t-shirt as a counselor. Ive been in treatment programs and the staff usually dressed in a neutral manner without political attire. The person being counsoled by you could be distracted by the statement on your shirt. In the picture you have Malcom X on your shirt. There are videos on youtube where Malcom makes statements that can be deemed as racist by some white people. A white client could be distracted and maybe discount the information you are giving him as a drug counselor if he is offended by Malcom. As a counselor of drug addicts, why didn't you consider that before you wore that shirt to work? Because of the nature of your job, I feel you pose a risk to the "material duty" owed to your employer when you wear political/potential racist statements at your work place. It is hard for them to fire you because of your T shirt, so they will make up some other performance issues to move you out. This is what happened in your case. What happened to you was not discrimination. You also set back everyone else who has actually been discrimanated against by making this frivolous lawsuit. Employers are going to think twice about highering a minority because they may fear a frivolous lawsuit. (By the way I am not white if that matters)

BAKERSFIELDMOM, BLUESUN, I FOUND YOUR COMMENTS FUNNY I GOT A LAUGH OUT OF IT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME. I DIDN'T GET TERMINATED,FIRED, OR QUIT, I RESIGNED IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT I'M SUE CAUSE I WANT TO GET RICH, BECAUSE THAT NO MY MOTIVE. MY MOTIVE IS MY REPUTATION. AND IF I WAS LIED ON AND I WASN'T SUPPOSE TO STAND UP FOR NAME THEN, THEN I'M SORRY CAUSE I AM. MY SUPERVISOR FOR ALMOST 2 YRS, SAID IN THE EPR PRIOR TO THE ONE IN QUESTION FROM 10-23-06 TO 10-13-07 IN NOTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS: " YOUR OVERALL RATING FOR YOUR PROBATIONARY PERIOD IS ABOVE STANDARD. YOU BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC AND DILIGENT ABOUT PRACTICING THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR NEW JOB. YOU GET ALONG WELL WITH OTHERS AND HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO HELP OTHERS WITHOUT BEING ASKED. YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF, NOT JUST SUBSTANCE ABUSE STAFF, CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE OFFICE MORALE, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHICH CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. YOU SEEK CONSULTATION WHEN NECESSARY AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MAKE CHANGES WHEN NECESSARY. YOU SHOWN INITIATIVE IN YOUR ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE AND KEEP CLIENTS ENGAGED IN TREATMENT, NOT ONLY CALLING THEM BUT GOING TO THEIR HOME TO ENCOURAGE THEY PARTICIPATION WHEN MISSED BEING PRESENT FOR SERVICES." THIS FROM A SUPERVISOR OF OVER 20 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE COUNTY. NOW THIS WAS SAID IN THE EPR IS QUESTION BY A SUPERVISOR WHO WAS MY SUPERVISOR FOR 90 DYS. WITHOUT MY RIGHT TO SUPERVISION. "AREAS NEED IMPROVEMENT... COOPERATION,ACCEPTANCE OF NEW IDEAS AND PROCEDURES, APPLICATION OF EFFORT, INTEREST IN JOB, QUALITY OF JUDGEMENT,QUALITY OF SERVICE, HELPFULNESS,AND KNOWLEDGE, UNSATISFACTORY, PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE,AND PERFORMANCE IN NEW WORK SITUATIONS. ASK THE FRONT DESK AT THE TAFT SITE, ASK THE GATE-TEAM, ASK PROP-36, FELONY PROBATION CPS, AND PAROLE IS IT TRUE. NOW IF THIS WHAT WAS SAID WAS A LIE WOULD YOU DEFEND YOUR REPUTATION?

OMG, this guy is crazy. Whether the claim is true or not, which I don't personally think it is, the report makes you look ignorant and crazy. I used to work at Camp Owens and was let go 9 months into my probation. I was one of 5 women working there, had a BA, and knew it was because I was a woman. But, you know what? Who cares?! That's the world, deal with it. You CANNOT change how people think! You CANNOT change how people judge others! Maybe in 100 years, things will be different, but Rome wasn't built in a day, and people will always continue to judge, whether you're a man, woman, child, black, white, hispanic, Christian, Muslim, Catholic or Jew. Simple find a way to succeed in life without trying to change others viewpoints. To do otherwise just makes you weak to the opposite view. Period. Sorry, but the truth hurts. Time to man-up.

THIS IS ELIJAH JOSHUA, LETS SET THE REPORT RIGHT. THE CITY OF TAFT IS A LOVING CITY AND MY COMPLAINT ISN'T AGAINST TAFT, BUT THE KERN COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM OF CARE. ACCORDING TO KCMH MANUAL ON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 2.1.9 IT STATES: "THE DEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL STANDARDIZE SUPERVISION WITH STAFF. STANDARDIZATION WILL ENSURE THAT DEPT=S CLINICAL AND NON CLINICAL PROTOCOLS OR PRACTICES IMPLEMENTED IN A CONSISTENT MANNER BY ALL STAFF. IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILTY OF ANYONE WHO SUPERVISES ANY PERSON EMPLOYED BY KCMH TO SCHEDULE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH EACH STAFF MEMBER THEY SUPERVISE. THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF SUCH MEETINGS SHALL BE NO LESS THAN (30) MINUTES EVERY (2) WEEKS." I WAS NOT SUPERVISED FOR 90 DYS DURING A PROBATIONER PERIOD ON MY PROMOTION. THAT IS JUST ONE POINT. I HAVE A 22 PAGE REPORT CONDEMNING MENTAL HEALTH ON THEIR PRACTICES, IN TAFT AND THE COMMON WEALTH, AND THE UNION NEED I SAY MORE. ASK THEM THAT I COUNSELED AND LET THEM TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF COUNSELOR I WAS, LET THEM TELL YOU WERE I SPOKE AT OUTSIDE OF MY DUTIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, LET THE MAYOR OF TAFT SAY WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT IN A MEETING HE WAS AT, LET THE 45 TEACHERS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH HERE IN TAFT WERE I SPOKE TO SAY WHAT SAID, LET THE SOBER LIVING HOME SAY WHAT SPOKE ABOUT 2 TIMES AT THEIR SITE, THE ALPHA HOUSE SAY WHO I AM, LET EVERY BODY THAT CAME IN TO THE TAFT SITE FOR THE 2 1/2 YEARS WORKING HERE THAT WERE TEENAGERS, TO ADULTS MY CLIENTS OR NOT SAY WHAT I WAS, DO YOU NEED TO HERE MORE? I HAD OVER 4,000 SUPERVISED HOURS BEFORE I EVEN GRADUATE FROM CSUB, I GOT MORE CERTIFICATES THEN MORE COUNSELORS IN THE STATE. I GOT RECOMENDATIONS MORE, IN FACT, CLIENTS SEND ME YOUR RECOMENDATIONS, CLIENT SPEAK OUT THIS IS ELIJAH JOSHUA, CADC-II INTERNATIONALLY CERTIFIED ALCOHOL DRUG COUNSELOR # 110474

i am a client of elijahs and believe he was treated unfairly for not only doing his job, but for going out of his way to help any one that needed him. Kern county mental health needs to quit "going by the book" and start fratinizing with the cliential. Elijah shouldn't of been treated the way he was. Im graduating from the program, and i couldn't of done it without him. Thank you elijah!