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[sierra donaven]

I stand corrected on one aspect of SF 50 comment. A friend notified me that the education level is a code and the code 14 is correct for my education level. I will go back to the civilian personnel specialist and let her know she gave me bad information.

Don't Grow Weary

GALATIANS 6:9 NIV
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time
we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

God has a harvest of blessing in mind for you. Don't let the
devil steal it away from you by discouraging you into giving
up. Trust in God. He is able to put you over.

Time has a way of wearing us down -- of eroding our hopes and
dreams. We must look to God for strength and courage and refuse
discouragement. We must, with God's help, overcome -- instead
of being overcome by life and circumstances.

Life is not easy. There are obstacles and unexpected turns in
the road. But always God is with us, for us, and in us as
believers in Jesus Christ. When we grow weary in doing good, it
is always because we are losing sight of God and eternity.

As you walk in faith and refuse to give up -- you bring glory
and pleasure to God. Imagine how it thrills God when someone,
like you, continues to trust in Him and thank Him -- even when
it does not look like it is working out very good. Read the
Bible. You are not the first to be tested, or have to wait for
the promise to be manifested. But God is always faithful. He
will never fail you.

Our faith cannot be in ourselves or our ability -- because that
can fail. Only God cannot fail, so we must keep our faith in
Him and His ability to sustain us and help us.

Remember that as a believer, the Greater One is in you -- and
He is greater than any problem or difficulty. He will help you.
God has the answer for your situation. Look to Him and you will
not be disappointed.

SAY THIS: I will not be discouraged. I will not quit. I will
trust in Almighty God, my Father, Who loves me and helps me.


Peace and Goodwill,

Sierra Donaven

Proverbs 16:9
In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

[adelgadoiis]

This is addressed to anyone in a position of power who is willing to use their power to correct a lot of wrongs. I am, Adam Delgado, a former ATF Agent assigned to the San Juan Field Office. Over the last six years I have attempted to do the right thing and comply with ATF instructions. I have attempted mediation on two occasions and nothing fruitful was offered by Ms Loos.

A friend of mine was an 1811 with the Postal Inspectors and her boss gave her a hard time about doing her military reserve duty and she ended up resigning from her 1811 job. After 2-3 months, someone in the Postal Service noticed that there was something wrong with this situation and instead of ignoring the problem, that person wrote an official letter to my friend, apologizing for the error about military leave and offering my friend her job back with full compensation/reinstatement. I was floored with how easy that whole situation was resolved and I told my friend that she had better take that offer because she would never have any ground to stand on in any future litigation. I told her I wish I would have gotten a letter like that. Instead, I have spent over $100,000 in legal fees, court reporter costs, court fees, travel to/from Washington DC and Puerto Rico as well as my mortgage for my house in Puerto Rico that I have not been able to sell. ATF does not need a Federal Judge or an Administrative Judge to tell them to do the right thing. ATF only needs to take it upon themselves to stop compounding the damage. I worked hard in Puerto Rico. I did 3 years and six months in Puerto Rico, a hardship location. I had asked to be transferred to Chicago and it was refused. I asked for a hardship transfer to Chicago and my supervisor did not recommend approval. Chicago is now in dire need of more Agents to help stem the rash of violent crimes that are occurring in Chicago. As a former Chicago Police Officer with nine years of experience, I know the violent parts of Chicago and I can make a difference. Stop the attorneys from making this more complicated that what it needs to be please.

I was given an inaccurate Standard Form 50 upon my resignation. The SF 50 stated I had 14 years of education when actually I have 18 years of education. I asked ATF Counsel Valerie Bacon, via e-mail, to forward my request to the HR people to give me a corrected SF 50 and I have not received anything. For those former ATF employees, I suggest that you have another civilian personnel office look at your SF 50 to see if there is inaccurate or derogatory information on it as you may not be able to get another Federal job because of a bad SF 50. I left ATF because of the discrimination I was exposed to by ATF supervisors as well as Whistle Blower retaliation for my reporting illegal activities, possible criminal acts by Task Force Agents, abuse of power, and an Internal Affairs investigator told me that "If you are going to sling mud, you had better expect mud to be slung back at you." I asked him if I was under investigation and he said no but he did go up to the US Attorney's Office to speak to lawyers there about me. The IA guy tried to get dirt on me, the complainant. The IA guy did open a case on a fellow agent who spoke highly of me. This caused a lot of undue stress on the agent, who like me, only told the truth. I made a complaint against my former supervisor, a GS-14, who the IA guy claimed under oath is his friend. When asked under oath, my former supervisor, stated that he did not consider the IA guy as his friend. There were a lot of other conflicting statements during the depositions if someone with some integrity would care to review the transcripts. A probationary agent could find the inconsistencies in the testimony of some of the deponents. I reported all of this to the Department of Justice OIG and they too ignored it. Puerto Rico has the highest crime rate of any place that flys the American flag. Why did ATF Puerto Rico have such terrible numbers during 2003-2007? Why did an ASAC from the Miami Field Division come to Puerto Rico and tell a group of 1811's, "you guys need to stop stealing your pay checks." Why was an agent promoted to a GS-14 position right after he threaten his fellow agents with a baseball bat in an e-mail from his ATF account? There were serious problems in Puerto Rico and all I did was my job. This is an opportunity for the ATF leadership to make a move in the right direction. Show us all how serious you are about making things right. I would welcome the opportunity to speak with Mr. Melson as he said he was will to do during the CNN interview.

I stand corrected on one aspect of SF 50 comment. A friend notified me that the education level is a code and the code 14 is correct for my education level. I will go back to the civilian personnel specialist and let her know she gave me bad information.

[adelgadoiis]

Adam, I don't not want to sound like a defeatist but rather a realist. Do not expect the current management of ATF to do the right and proper thing. That just simply is not going to happen. It hasn't happened in a more than a decade and it is not going to happen now.

Good luck to you in whatever you are doing now. You may very well be better off no longer being subject to the tyranny to which many of the managers and legal beagles are subjecting good people in the organization. They are not all bad but, regretably, many are.

Tne organization needs a true leader to reign in these managers and lawyers who break the law. ATF has had some excellent past Directors but it has not had one with guts and spine since the mid-1990s. That's a large part of the reason I left when I did.

I agree that not all supervisors are bad. I had a great supervisor while deployed to Mississippi for Hurricane Katrina. He did more for me in 4 weeks then my regular supervisor did for me in 2.5 years. This is just my effort to demonstrate to the judge that I tried to be reasonable along with all of my other efforts since 2003. I have made a pattern of doing what is best for my country instead of what is best for me. I have 26 years of honorable military service and I am highly decorated. I will be sure to demonstrate everything I have done for my country in my military career. There is an old quote that states in gist, there is a price to pay for changing things and there is a price to pay for leaving things the same. IF I did nothing, I would still be in Puerto Rico doing everything under sun without my bosses support and I would be watching the fleecing of America while innocent Puerto Rican citizens were being slaughtered on the streets of Bayamon, Toa Baja, and San Juan. By doing something, I will eventually prove everything that I have alleged. I hope my old supervisors did not go into the management logs and delete all of entries I made about how dangerous certain subjects were. I know some of my entries were deleted while I was there. I believe that is a crime, someone might want to take a look at that. I am glad you are enjoying your retirement but some of us young bloods, I am 45, still have some work to do.

[Retired and loving it]

Adam, I don't not want to sound like a defeatist but rather a realist. Do not expect the current management of ATF to do the right and proper thing. That just simply is not going to happen. It hasn't happened in a more than a decade and it is not going to happen now. Good luck to you in whatever you are doing now. You may very well be better off no longer being subject to the tyranny to which many of the managers and legal beagles are subjecting good people in the organization. They are not all bad but, regretably, many are. Tne organization needs a true leader to reign in these managers and lawyers who break the law. ATF has had some excellent past Directors but it has not had one with guts and spine since the mid-1990s. That's a large part of the reason I left when I did.

[adelgadoiis]

This is addressed to anyone in a position of power who is willing to use their power to correct a lot of wrongs. I am, Adam Delgado, a former ATF Agent assigned to the San Juan Field Office. Over the last six years I have attempted to do the right thing and comply with ATF instructions. I have attempted mediation on two occasions and nothing fruitful was offered by Ms Loos. A friend of mine was an 1811 with the Postal Inspectors and her boss gave her a hard time about doing her military reserve duty and she ended up resigning from her 1811 job. After 2-3 months, someone in the Postal Service noticed that there was something wrong with this situation and instead of ignoring the problem, that person wrote an official letter to my friend, apologizing for the error about military leave and offering my friend her job back with full compensation/reinstatement. I was floored with how easy that whole situation was resolved and I told my friend that she had better take that offer because she would never have any ground to stand on in any future litigation. I told her I wish I would have gotten a letter like that. Instead, I have spent over $100,000 in legal fees, court reporter costs, court fees, travel to/from Washington DC and Puerto Rico as well as my mortgage for my house in Puerto Rico that I have not been able to sell. ATF does not need a Federal Judge or an Administrative Judge to tell them to do the right thing. ATF only needs to take it upon themselves to stop compounding the damage. I worked hard in Puerto Rico. I did 3 years and six months in Puerto Rico, a hardship location. I had asked to be transferred to Chicago and it was refused. I asked for a hardship transfer to Chicago and my supervisor did not recommend approval. Chicago is now in dire need of more Agents to help stem the rash of violent crimes that are occurring in Chicago. As a former Chicago Police Officer with nine years of experience, I know the violent parts of Chicago and I can make a difference. Stop the attorneys from making this more complicated that what it needs to be please. I was given an inaccurate Standard Form 50 upon my resignation. The SF 50 stated I had 14 years of education when actually I have 18 years of education. I asked ATF Counsel Valerie Bacon, via e-mail, to forward my request to the HR people to give me a corrected SF 50 and I have not received anything. For those former ATF employees, I suggest that you have another civilian personnel office look at your SF 50 to see if there is inaccurate or derogatory information on it as you may not be able to get another Federal job because of a bad SF 50. I left ATF because of the discrimination I was exposed to by ATF supervisors as well as Whistle Blower retaliation for my reporting illegal activities, possible criminal acts by Task Force Agents, abuse of power, and an Internal Affairs investigator told me that "If you are going to sling mud, you had better expect mud to be slung back at you." I asked him if I was under investigation and he said no but he did go up to the US Attorney's Office to speak to lawyers there about me. The IA guy tried to get dirt on me, the complainant. The IA guy did open a case on a fellow agent who spoke highly of me. This caused a lot of undue stress on the agent, who like me, only told the truth. I made a complaint against my former supervisor, a GS-14, who the IA guy claimed under oath is his friend. When asked under oath, my former supervisor, stated that he did not consider the IA guy as his friend. There were a lot of other conflicting statements during the depositions if someone with some integrity would care to review the transcripts. A probationary agent could find the inconsistencies in the testimony of some of the deponents. I reported all of this to the Department of Justice OIG and they too ignored it. Puerto Rico has the highest crime rate of any place that flys the American flag. Why did ATF Puerto Rico have such terrible numbers during 2003-2007? Why did an ASAC from the Miami Field Division come to Puerto Rico and tell a group of 1811's, "you guys need to stop stealing your pay checks." Why was an agent promoted to a GS-14 position right after he threaten his fellow agents with a baseball bat in an e-mail from his ATF account? There were serious problems in Puerto Rico and all I did was my job. This is an opportunity for the ATF leadership to make a move in the right direction. Show us all how serious you are about making things right. I would welcome the opportunity to speak with Mr. Melson as he said he was will to do during the CNN interview.