Here is the two emails and one reply I sent to the Protest
committee chair when I first read of the sickening situation at the Mariposa
ride:
From: Barbara Berlitz [mailto:barbaraberlitz@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:37 PM
To: MMarino@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Clifford Sies issue
I don’t know if your committee report was clear or
not because I don’t know what is missing from the report. Please
determine if the committee ..or another entity within AERC...can publish a more
informative report. Please let me know where I can go to obtain more facts. BTW
there is no listing for Tina Jordan in the membership records She was the
complainant and described as a friend of Sies She was also referenced in the
report as an AERC member. Is she a member?
Thank you for your volunteer work, especially in
distressing cases like this.
I am planning to pursue this as too much has been left
unsaid. Conspiracies of silence is what allowed child and spousal abuse to
continue.
Respectfully,
barbara
Marino, Michael wrote:
>? Maybe our decision was not very clear,
however it should be noted
> that no one filed a protest against Mr.
> Sies . Without a protest we have no authority
to do anything .Thank
> you. p&g committee
>?
>? Michael D. Marino
>? County Solicitor
>? Montgomery County Solicitor's
> Office
>? One Montgomery Plaza
>? Suite 800 P.O. Box 311
>? Norristown PA 19401
>? Telephone:
> 610-278-3033
>? Fax: 610-278-3069
>?
>? From: Barbara Berlitz
> [mailto:Barbaraberlitz@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday,
November 01, 2007
> 2:52 AM To: Marino, Michael Subject: Clifford Sies
issue? Hello,
>?
>? I just read the more than distressing report about
abusive Clifford
> Sies at the Mariposa Ride June 30. Missing from the
report was what
> consequence Sies had: Was he billed for vet
services; was he riding
> his own horse; was he arrested for animal cruelty?
Obviously, he needs
> serious punishment. Also, what happened that allowed
him to ride with
> spurs in the first place? What happened at vet
checks? In short, how
> was this horrid situation allowed to continue? He
should have been
> forced to dismount mid ride and have the horse
removed from his
> possession. Fellow riders, The committee, and AERC
is certainly
> falling short in this case. Forcible removal from
the horse and citizensʼ
arrest was owed that horse.
