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Paper Trails
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Civil and Human Rights Violations
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Fourteen articles describe racism and civil rights violations by Stephen A. Mitchell, directors, lawyers, staff, Kapos (enforcers), and some tenants at Council House during the past five years. They contain evidence of dereliction by government officials and their investigators which has resulted in unlawful evictions of physically and financially disadvantaged elderly people.
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Council House directors have shown indifference to tenant abuse by managers and their thugs. They have denied tenants their right to complain in violation of their constitutional right to freedom of expression. They have also either threatened them with eviction or evicted them for filing legitimate complaints with government agencies.
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Fully researched and documented, the articles allege that government officials have not dealt with complaints in accordance with law. They have consorted with Council House directors and their lawyers to conduct a whitewash of multiple instances of elder abuse and racism. By that, they violated Civil Rights Act Title VIII and Seattle Open Housing Ordinance.
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Investigation revealed an extensive pattern or practice of elder abuse, violation of civil and human rights, and denial of due process of law. The term "pattern or practice" means an intentional violation of rights granted by the Civil Rights Act evidenced by more than an isolated instance, or by regular repeated conduct in violation of that Act.
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John W. Meyers, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Thomas A. Carr, City Attorney, City of Seattle; Germaine W. Covington, Director, Seattle Office of Civil Rights (SOCR); Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney; and their employees, have neglected to investigate allegations of racism, elder abuse, and homicide by abuse. Evidently, they covered up those crimes for political expediency. Consequently, two Council House tenants filed in US District Court, Western District of Washington, for injunctive relief.
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Prior to publication, all people mentioned had a chance to refute statements that could negatively affect their reputations or cause investigation or prosecution.
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[Introduction to New/Updated Articles] [Constitutional Rights Initiative]
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Stephen A. Mitchell (40) has filed names on the public record of forty-five Council House tenants and staff (two of them deceased) that he claims will testify for him. Apparently, Council House lawyers intend to use them to offer testimony on two constitutional issues.
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First Amendment
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Washington Superior Court
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Reversal of a preliminary restraining order and defense in a contingent eviction proceeding.
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That a tenant qualifies for eviction upon arbitrarily classification as a rude and abusive person.
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Fourteenth Amendment
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US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and City of Seattle (SOCR)
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Reversal of a Seattle Office of Civil Rights decision by Seattle Human Rights Commission.
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That no racism occurred at Council House, Seattle.
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A reasonable person finds it hard to believe that forty-five elderly people have knowingly agreed to testify for Council House on complex constitutional issues in two legal hearings when they have no knowledge of the facts, constitutional law, or any background information. However, that becomes plausible when one considers the history. Mitchell and Council House directors have repeatedly lied, committed perjury, and suborned tenants (persuaded them to offer false testimony or sign perjured declarations) in order to deprive others of their civil and human rights.
The names of 17 repeated perjurers appear among the 45 witnesses on the list. Those tenants and their guests previously filed perjured declarations or offered false testimony after directors suborned, coerced, or used them as straw men during a five-year period. They left a trail of lies and manufactured evidence instead of truth and facts. [Straw-Man Stratagem]
In Washington state, perjury by signing false or misleading declarations or offering false testimony classifies as a class B felony. That offense carries a maximum punishment of ten years in a correctional institution, and/or a $20,000 fine, on each count.
If tenants know that their names appear on the list, then several probably succumbed to coercion in fear of reprisal. Mitchell and his Kapos (enforcers) have mastered the evil art of instilling fear and know that for elderly people, particularly those subsidized by government agencies, fear of eviction ranks as the greatest threat.
Others, repeatedly and willingly perjure themselves for reward rather like dogs begging for biscuits and a pat on the head. The author knows Council House tactics from personal experience in a case now awaiting a Supreme Court decision. [Supreme Court Review]
Mitchell immediately targets tenants who do not succumb to coercion by abuse and threats of eviction. He uses Kapos (enforcers or thugs) to intimidate them. Elderly people tend to clam up for self-protection in fear of disclosure of what they report to oversight authorities and to avoid more abuse in the form of frivolous lawsuits for harassment or eviction.
Tenants know that oversight agencies adopt laissez faire policies and use interviewers or investigators who act in consort with aggressors. This makes them feel hopeless in obtaining due process of law and protection of their constitutional rights.
Council House tenants, interviewed by the author during a five-year period have shown abject fear even after a grant of anonymity in return for the interview. No rational premise exists in these circumstances. Due to unconstitutional prior restraint orders obtained by Mitchell, about ten tenants have obtained transportation at different times to a motel room to sign waivers before recording and signing interviews. However, some of them were later either intimidated or bought off by Mitchell who has absolutely no respect for law and considers himself above it.
Mitchell classifies as a demagogue who knows that fear and rabble-rousing provide keys to success. As an out-of-work stage actor posing as a building manager, his orations appeal to the passions and prejudices of his audience. Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini among other despots, also classified as demagogues.
In academic terms, Mitchell uses techniques defined by Aristotelean ethos (the disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to individuals, cultures, or movements). He has developed a subversive alternative ethos (in this case a perverse Jewish ethos). He uses that ethos to persuade and control an all-Jewish board of directors, a predominantly affluent Jewish elite, and an impoverished minority population
Council House employs him only as a building manager. However, he has turned a minor administrative position for which he has no credentials, and even less intelligence, into a quagmire of self-aggrandizement through demagogy.
Reliance upon fear sets the stage. However, in a country that has laws, fear does not on its own suffice. Ethical courts require evidence before abusive managers can evict people at will. Unfortunately, the majority of elderly people do not know how to leave a paper trail - a written record and documentary evidence of elder abuse that they have suffered.
Although oversight authorities have mechanisms for filing complaints, officials collude with managers to quash them through laissez faire policies. This results in retaliation by managers with more coercion, threats of eviction, and ostracism for filing those complaints. By his retaliation for legitimate action, Mitchell deliberately increases the fear factor. Only the strongest people can overcome pressure that targets their only means of survival. [Agency Accountability]
Generally, lawyers cannot move to protect or defend clients without valid documentation and at least three examples (sometimes two) of similar unlawful behavior. They cannot afford to listen to streams of innuendo and complaints when acting for the public good without compensation.
Some elderly people suffer embarrassment about their level of education and do not write notes for fear of ridicule. Use of tape recorders at personal interviews and subsequent transcription helps them to overcome that fear. However, when straw judges do not allow admission of that evidence and deny cross-examination even truth does not prevail. [Straw-Man Stratagem]
Written complaints, and a tacit agreement with a lawyer before filing them, seems the only way to deal with demagogues who abuse elderly people. Demagogues, predominantly irrational cowards, will not attack strong people with lawyers behind them.
The key to obtaining competent legal support lies in proper documentation of unlawful practices. Without reliable evidence lawyers cannot act. Victims of elder abuse must write (or tape record for transcription and signing) then file complaints within established procedures before they can expect help. They must put up or shut up and suffer - they must either endure elder abuse without complaining or meticulously document it in a way that allows lawyers to remove the source of the abuse - in this case Stephen A. Mitchell.
[Nmesis]
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List of witnesses withheld (although part of the public record) due to unconstitutional prior restraint orders obtained by Stephen A. Mitchell and Council House. The author suggests that all tenants should check to see whether Council House has named them as a witness without their permission or knowledge.
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The list also contains the names of documented snitches who consistently inform management about the private activities of their neighbors. No doubt Millie Pearlman will return from Hell, with the Devil’s blessing, to betray more tenants. Rumor has it that Betty Scott has qualified as a Kapo (to replace Virginia Lambert) by filing enough written reports on her neighbors and outranking other contenders with her rude and abusive behavior.
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Click here to send an email message that waives prior restraint. You will then receive an uncensored copy of this article containing the names of witnesses and snitches.
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Ages shown (30 Jun 05).
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