By: Mona Lisa Smiles
22 Mar 2013, 11:15 AM CDT
Msg. 1165102 of 1165104 For My ROOM ONLY
I have a story that some might want to hear about as it is both interesting and funny.
On Tues past, after hearing about the filing with the Supreme Court as relayed by Showmethemoney, I decided to call my long time friend who has also been a long time shareholder of our favorite stock.
It just so happened that this friend was in DC and had just met directly with President Obama and members of congress about stimulating small business that very day. Hearing this news from me, he said that he would check it out personally the very next morning. I gave him the information provided by SHOWMETHEMONEY regarding the V St address etc.
True to his word, the next morning he was headed for V St in a taxi and had me on his cell phone so that I could hear the moment transpiring and be his backup should they ask for further information.
He arrived and promptly told them the reason he was there..to confirm that there had been a filing. They were courteous and did require more information from him about when it was filed and by whom, etc. After checking it out they told him that it was not at their facility and that he needed to go to the clerks office and the SC main building on One 1st St.
So he headed to the main building via taxi and told me he would reconnect with me when he got there. So I decided to fix my breakfast. While I was frying bacon, he called me back. He was inside the clerk's office and talking to the staff giving them the information and had me on the cell phone because they were asking more detailed information that I had to help him with.. I would never have predicted that someday I would be frying bacon and at the same time talking to the Supreme Court staff in the main building! God has a sense of humor which gets even better..hang on.
They wanted more detail on the case. We knew that the case had originated in the ninth district lower court. But I did not have immediate access to the case number..the exact name of the plaintiffs and defendants or the date it was originally filed. I had wanted to keep all this on the down low at that time BUT I knew the only way I was going to be able to provide the information was to ask my room right then and there. (I could hear the beginning stages of a more firm voice from the clerks..they even called in the chief clerk and I knew we were in deep doodoo unless I could immmediately get the info)
My room came to my rescue. I gave them a hurried description of what I needed and why and they came through with everything I needed to tell this growing crowd of staff in the clerk's office..I could hear and sense it was turning a bit tense.
While they were in the process of confirming that information.... things took a dive. Several security people came over..one in a white shirt who was with building security and two other policemen in street uniform (as my friend later described to me) and one of the clerks became almost hostile and asked my friend this question: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT V STREET??? THAT IS NOT A PUBLICALLY KNOWN PLACE!!!! (on the other end of the phone I was recalling the days of getting hostile remarks from ameritrade, the ta, certain bankers , Steve Oshins who used the same tone when I said the words CMKX ) DEJA VU.
My friend did his best to respond but it was clear the tension was mounting so he did the unthinkable..he put me on speaker phone..luckily I had moved the frying pan off the burner. So next thing I know...someone on the other end of the phone...the clerk of the supreme court was calling me Cindy...my head is spinning amd IM looking out for the sound to helicopter blades in the distance...ok not really but you get the drift. No one calls me Cindy...LOL.
SOOO, He asks me the same question. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT V STREET? Well after telling him we are damaged shareholders just checking out for public information (which my friend did very eloquently as well) I said that there are thousands of shareholders just trying to find out after all these years any information we can ascertain that assures us that things are moving forward. I mentioned when he asked what reason I had for knowing,,,was I a part of the lawsuit? I said..well according to Mr Hodges we shareholders are part of the suit because he said we are similarly situated. I mentioned again about the damage we suffered which he sort of agreed and then cast the info aside because all he really wanted to know was ...HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT V STREET?
I told him that hundreds of shareholders are still relaying any info that they can find and that one of these shareholders had posted the address and the fact of the filing with the SC to CMKX boards. He again said..WHO IS THAT PERSON???
I said SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!..He said DO NOT GET SMART WITH ME YOUNG LADY!!! WHO IS IT? I replied again...SHOW ME THE MONEY. He got very upset and said YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?? YOU FRIEND IS IN VERY HOT WATER AND SO ARE YOU!!!
........ok I really did not say SHOW ME THE MONEY...but do you see how funny God's sense of humor is? So I in truth replied "Well sir I really do not know the person who posted it.
At that point someone came into the room and looked far more relaxed and said they had verified that the information we gave on the case was verified as fact......WHEW.
So the man who had questioned me about V Street told me to be sure that I informed the shareholders to never go to that address, but come to the clerks office. WHEW. BTW my bacon was fried to a crisp. His tone got nicer and the security guards did NOT cart my friend off to the slammer. Can you imagine?
One day you are shaking the hands of the President and the next you are carried away to jail! God is surely laughing at us.
So two things of note before I end my story. Someone in my room hearing about the intimidation over knowing about V Street is also involved in a SC case regaring her handicapped son. She said she knew about V St and did not understand why they were so nasty with us because its not a secret place. My friend and I speculate that this case may be generating a lot of....tension??? One thing is for sure...the clerk office of the SC is very aware now of CMKX if they were not before...things are getting spicy again. And of course the main thing is...WE ARE MOVING FORWARD and these things did in fact happen. Thanks to my friend for putting himself out there in a huge way to get reassurance that the case was filed..always helps to find out from another source.
Mona (Cynthia or Cindy if you must)