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CHARLES RAY JONES, M.D. Madison Towers 111 Park Street , 1st Floor New Haven , Connecticut 06511 Tel (203) 772-1123 Fax (203) 772-0682
July 7, 2008
Dear Friends,
Urgent! I must raise $90,000 by July 14, 2008 and an additional $110,000 by August 10 in order to retain the legal team which has been representing me. If these sums are not raised, I will not be able to continue defending the charges brought against me by the Connecticut Department of Public Health for my treatment of children with Lyme disease, and I fear that I will be forced by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board to resign my license to practice medicine and to retire. This must not happen!
I understand all too well the considerable hardship that Lyme disease has imposed on too many families, and regret the need to appeal to you yet again for donations to my legal defense fund. Yet the prospect of surrendering this critical fight is more daunting: If I do not continue to oppose these charges, how many more physicians will be left vulnerable to similar charges for their treatment of Lyme disease? How many more sick children will be abandoned?
I recognize that the figure of $200,000 appears overwhelming. However:
� If 10,000 families contribute $20, we will be able to meet our goal; � If 4,000 give $50, we will be able to meet our goal; � If 2,000 give $100, we will be able to meet our goal; � If every member of the Lyme community gives something, we will reach this goal!!!
I am confident that we can succeed, but I need the help of each and every one of you. Time is of the essence and you must respond today. In return, I pledge to you that I will not give up this fight.
With my greatest appreciation,
Dr. Jones
Charles Ray Jones, M.D.
HOW TO DONATE TO THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND:
Make Donations payable to: "Pullman & Comley Trust Account-for Dr. Charles Jones" Mail to: Elliott B. Pollack c/o Pullman & Comley, LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103-3702
Note "gift" in the memo field
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Up. I sent out the appeal from the Turn the Corner Foundation on this subject to people on my E-list. They had a link to the part of "Under Our Skin" that featured Dr. J.
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up for $$$$ .... have you sent even a COUPLE OF DOLLARS to help our devoted KIDS LLMD??
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ditto Betty..
even a couple of dollars from all of us would make a huge difference.
PLEASE take the time to send whatever you can.
it is NOT too late...
dill
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dilly,
please copy the post you started with 7-14-08 UPDATED INFO below....big thanks!
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COPY POST?
ok, will try, Betty.. no guarantees..
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Yes, it is already July 14, the first deadline, when $90,000 had to be received by Jones' legal defense team.
I spoke with their office this AM and understand that checks have been coming in fairly steadily, but that it is unlikely that the goal has been met.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SEND A CHECK.
If you have been meaning to do so and haven't been able to round up your checkbook and envelope and a stamp and the correct address all in one place at the same time --and boy do i know how THAT goes -- [Roll Eyes] [Wink]
please do so today!! ----------------------------
Make Donations payable to:
"Pullman & Comley Trust Account-for Dr. Charles Jones"
Mail to:
Elliott B. Pollack c/o Pullman & Comley, LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103-3702
Note "gift" in the memo field
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Any way I can let them know that I donated via paypal last week (I sent a check too when I learned that we should not use paypal)?
If I let them know about my paypal amt, do you think they'll count it?
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allie- yes, i'm sure they would count it.
if you don't think they will receive your check today or tomorrow, you can tell them its coming--call their office.
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Do you have their number? I'll call. If you'd prefer PMing that's fine.
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(and sending you a PM, Allie)
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check sent and reminded my family & friends of deadline and urgency.
I think they're all sending. Dr. Jones treated both my niece and nephew and my whole family on my mother's side has Lyme & Co.
A few friends, too.
Fingers crossed...we can't lose HIM! [group hug]
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Thanks Dilly! - betty G
thanks for calling them as i suggested; i'll copy your info to MY post about dr. jones ...
can others copy dilly's NEW 7-14-08 UPDATE TO OTHER NOTES ON MEDICAL, ACTIVISM, AND SUPPORT...??
big thanks to cover all bases!! [kiss] [group hug]
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Does this mean Bryon Rosner is coordinating his defense fund? Posts: 2603 | From: on a mission | Registered: Sep 2006 | IP: Logged bettyg Frequent Contributor Member # 6147
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carol, NO!
don't know what his angle is except to let others know and $$$$ needed TODAY/TOMORROW!
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Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 01:38 AM Profile for sometimesdilly Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote carol-
the team handling dr. j's legal defense fund has been doing so for years.
if you or anyone else who wants to contribute to the fund needs reassurance of any kind about the fund's management, perhaps calling the team directly would be helpful?
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Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 06:59 AM Profile for Cobweb Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote Dilly- what's the number? I don't see it listed in conjunction with address for fundraising?
Betty- that link was the FIRST link to show up when I googled Dr. Jones Defense Fund-it sure appears to be the most important just by that placement. Posts: 2603 | From: on a mission | Registered: Sep 2006 | IP: Logged mikej2323 Frequent Contributor Member # 8913
Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 09:49 AM Profile for mikej2323 Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote Dr. J. unfortunately wasn't able to help my niece but I sent my check. I know he has helped hundreds, perhaps thousands of children.
Standing up for Dr. J. isn't just helping Dr. J., but it's a decree from the Lyme community against all the ducks out there who THINK they know what they're talking about.
Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 11:05 AM Profile for sometimesdilly Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote Carol said:
"that link was the FIRST link to show up when I googled Dr. Jones Defense Fund-it sure appears to be the most important just by that placement."
Carol: i understand why you might make this kind of assumption, but just as a technical point of reference, it is incorrect.
There are whole industries and many kinds of interested parties (including political groups) out there in Web world whose goal it is to make specific citations/websites appear at the top of Google's (and other search engines) list of hits/links when a search is performed.
How search engines determine this kind of "ranking" is hugely complicated mathematically, entirely automated, and has nothing in the world to do with an evaluation of the actual content of the links the engines conjure up, and as mentioned, is also subject to manipulation, innocent or otherwise.
as far as providing a phone number to the legal team. that number is readily available to anyone googling the firm's name.
i haven't posted it online because,in an over-abundance of no doubt unwarranted concern, i am very sensitive to the fact that calls to the firm about this case take up time that cannot be billed.
That so much time has already been provided and not yet paid for is precisely the problem at hand we are trying to help remedy.
By the by- does your interest mean that you're making a donation to Dr. Jones? Yay you....!
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Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 01:22 PM Profile for Angelica Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote In "Other Topics" I listed 2 free websites where people can look for lost money. If they find some it may put them in a generous mood.
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Icon 14 posted 15 July, 2008 03:30 PM Profile for bettyg Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote mikej,
thanks so much; i know how hard you/lori/family have worked on NIECE, ALEX, 14! with all her ongoing bills, you could have given to your sister, but you reached out to dr. jones who did look for alex's very COMPLICATED case!! [group hug] [kiss]
dilly, thanks for telling all of us how google works as to WHO is listed first! that has always puzzled me! uffda. [Wink]
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Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 04:43 PM Profile for lymednva Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote Hey Pickle, is there a letter floating around here somewhere about how to word an email to send out to some of my friends?
My brain is in Cymbalta withdrawal state, and not functioning at full capacity. I need all the help I can get! [dizzy]
I know I'm a day late and a dollar short, but will do my best after I get through this evening!
Hope you are in a functional state today! [Big Grin]
Diva, to you! [Wink]
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Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 08:57 PM Profile for Cobweb Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote Dills asked "By the by- does your interest mean that you're making a donation to Dr. Jones? Yay you....!"
Unfortunately my own LLMD wants her cut first.
My disability has been denied on the basis of a Quack declaring that I have Somatization Disorder. Of course insurance company didn't lay out the hoops I had to jump through in order to prevent a disruption of benefits until AFTER I got my last check.
It will take another six months for an appeal.
Needless to say, the pockets are empty at the moment. LLMD is livid about both the determination and my inability to pay her at the moment.
My interest lies mostly in trying to understand after all this time of making appeals that his defense fund doesn't even have a retainer yet? Posts: 2603 | From: on a mission | Registered: Sep 2006 | IP: Logged Tracy9 Frequent Contributor Member # 7521
Icon 1 posted 15 July, 2008 10:42 PM Profile for Tracy9 Author's Homepage Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote Could we PLEASE get a number on how much has been raised toward the goal? We are all working so hard, and some feedback would really be helpful.
HELP us out dillsers!!!!
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Icon 1 posted 16 July, 2008 12:00 AM Profile for sometimesdilly Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote sweet Tracy-
if i had an exact or even approx number, i would tell it.
i had the chance to ask for a specific number yesterday but didn't, because the general picture was clear enough.
strictly IMO, no, the goal of 90,000 was not met, and probably not even close to that came in.
again, strictly IMO, the reality of a large and steady stream of "small" checks pouring in is NOT irrelevant or name/money wasted, even if this first goal does not get met.
IMO (sorry to be redundant), and also from what i have heard directly, an outpouring of support right now WILL be factored in and may change the tide, for however brief a time, because the legal team folks involved are entirely predisposed towards staying on to help Dr. Jones,given the slenderest hope of being able to do so.
i think, then, it is STILL NOT TO LATE TO SEND A CHECK... Posts: 1339 | From: in a state of prayer for Dr. Jones | Registered: Aug 2006 | IP: Logged sometimesdilly Frequent Contributor Member # 9982
Icon 1 posted 16 July, 2008 12:19 AM Profile for sometimesdilly Send New Private Message Edit/Delete Post Reply With Quote PS to Cobweb--
no explanation of Lyme poverty or inability to contribute by you or anyone else is necessary- you must know how much we all can understand and relate to those circumstances.
i know for myself, though, that right now 100% of my focus is on reaching folks who have all along followed this story and the people involved, so already know how much support of every kind has been provided to Dr. Jones over the past few years and yet understand how real the need is now and why it still exists,
AND/OR
who don't know the whole story, but who understand/trust that the urgency expressed is real and worthy of support.
if you have pressing questions in your own mind about any part of what is going on- there is a ton of info available by searching here on lymenet, or you can call the legal team directly, or maybe someone will stop by here and provide you a synopsis of the whole shebang..
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dilly,
thank you for posting the letter YOU started today after calling dr. jones or the lawyer's office....
other comments were worthwhile too....
although it did get harry trying to find out WHO posted what since one post went right into the other!
you're just testing my neuro skills, right?
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dear betty-
you have neuro skills left to test??
lucky you...
since i have none, i have no idea what you mean here, but hope all is well.
hugs, pickles
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Ellen- I would suggest for these type of requests ONE POSTER should be chosen to post the exact same info on all three major forums.
At this point there are at least three different posters posting differnent information on three different posters.
A couple of posts on different forums are contradicting each other. Lancaster is reporting that the current crisis is averted, while Dilly is telling us on another forum that the goal has not been met.
LymeNet needs to set up a clearing house on information for Dr. Jones Defense Fund. All the information is scattered hither and yon and it is hard to get a consistent picture of the situation.
yes, i agree!! i started a thread to attract the lurking and celebrity members WE DO HAVE!
but i know the info i posted was CORRECT with correct addresses, etc.
ONE PLACE FOR ALL INFO **********************
a friendly reminder, lou bachman was kind enough to make dr. jones a STICKY FEATURE AT TOP OF MEDICAL, ACITIVISM; and it is NOT being utilitized the way it certainly could be !! *********************************************
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good suggestion, carol; i have emailed Lou B to request that i be that clearinghouse.
the info provided here and there on status is not as contradictory as it sounds, but i can certainly understand that it may be confusing.
waiting on Lou B.
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Now I see there is a thread on Medical drumming up support for the Bionic 880. You have competition for how people are going to spend their money. Don't you wish people would keep their priorities straight?
Fortunately , Dr. Jones does not need to resort to such things as Bionic 880 to treat his patients.
Straightforward accurate diagnosis with straightforward medical treatment. I'd put my money on Dr. Jones any day.
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