Today I am thankful that I'm a bitch.
First, CO-PEP is up to their tricks again playing around with the law and ignoring my lawyer in an effort to try to get rid of my ex's child support arrearages. That ship sailed when he refused to leave my home necessitating me to spend $30,000 in legal fees. I gotta pay that money back with interest.
I had hoped they'd play nice and be honest. It looks like we are back to game playing.
There are soon going to be very expensive health insurance premiums that will need to be accounted for. If they're nice, I could let it slide. I'm busy with work and school. I'm busy enough to let it slide.
I've let a lot of medical costs slide. I've let the fact that he continues to violate the divorce agreement slide. Why would they want to piss me off? It's not going to help their deadbeat daddy client.
As an aside, he refused to tell me his address because he claimed I had time to stalk him. It turns out that he has moved outside of the tiny area he demanded we both live in and didn't want to get caught. He has taxpayer funded lawyers that'll help him beat any contempt game he plays. I'm supposed to live in this house for two more years so he can keep tabs on me.
If the State of Colorado wants to lie, cheat and steal and enable abusers. I guess I can put reality aside and actually try to follow Colorado state law.
I can follow the law and take him back to court for 1/24th of the $40,000 arrearage debt per month plus interest and 1/2 of that upcoming huge insurance bill. That would be $1666.66 per month for the arrearages without the $300 added each month for the insurance premiums.
See all those sixes? Following Colorado State Law to the letter can be evil. I haven't even accounted for that 12% compounded tool of the devil interest rate.
I only asked that he pay $150 per month towards the arrearages but a trio of not-so-bright Colorado State lawyers decided to ignore that and file a motion gutting his child support. My ex husband is convinced that the State of Colorado is going to forgive him of the money he owes me. I'm not on TANF so it's not going to happen.
I didn't even want the interest. If I have to hire a new lawyer to collect the funds, he's going to have to pay the interest.
That's what I get for playing nice.
Of all the people in the world, he ought to know how bitchy and scheming I can be. I fought FOR him quite a bit when we were married.
After twenty-nine years, you'd think he'd know better than to play games with me.
Stupid is as stupid does.
He's not the only Mike making strange decisions.
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Our mayor is a comedian. Mike Coffman wrote a beautiful piece of fiction in the Denver Post claiming to have been homeless a whole seven days in which he learned that homelessness is a choice!
Of course he'd say that - HE MADE THE CHOICE TO BE HOMELESS FOR SEVEN DAYS!
Few people have that luxury.
I don't know about you but maybe he was homeless at the Brown Palace. I know many homeless folks who live in hotels.
If I chose to be homeless, I'd do it at the Brown Palace. I did that once at the Waldorf Astoria. I loved the food. It's hard to get fresh seafood in Colorado. In Manhattan, it was the best.
After about a week, I had to come back to my apartment and reality in Colorado.
I'm not sure if I should do a YouTube video interviewing real homeless folks, write an opinion piece, harass him on Facebook congratulating him on his humor but telling him that this crisis is not a laughing matter or educate him via a three minute chastisement during a city council meeting (if they even let people speak now).
At least we have something in common. I write fiction. Mike Coffman does, too.
Either that or he's delusional.
Wow....
Just wow.....
There are few men who make me lose the ability to speak.
One guy causes all my blood to drift away from my brain.
Three of them stun me into silence with their stupidity. Funny, they all have the same first name.
If I stop writing, it's because I have to get back to reality and stop trying to create a persona with all the gossip people have said about me.
In the real world, there is no witchcraft - only bitchcraft.
At least I own my lies and my comedy.
I wish the #1 public figure in my town would do the same.
I guess his party did one thing for me. The Republicans hassled the homeless and got me a new hobby. They also got the Libertarians into the act. One of them started a charity to solve the problem.
It's a shame that Mike Coffman is buying into the lies and stereotypes about those among us with the least.
If he wants, I'll take him out to meet some real homeless folks. I'd bet good money he'd refuse the offer because I doubt he wants to see the reality.
I could also school him on drug abuse, too.
Love ya lots,
S.