What is the responsibility of a State's Attorney General's office? The Illinois Attorney General's office appears to have an unfair practice with businesses in Illinois. It seems there Consumer Protection Division advocates for businesses instead of the consumer. You decide. Anyone wanting to respond without being noticed, please send emails. Your confidentiality will be respected.
Attorney General of the State of Illinois
Ms. Lisa Madigan
Springfield Main Office
500 South Second Street
Springfield, IL 62706
Re: River Oaks Toyota – File No. 2005-CONSC-00132352
Ms. Madigan:
I am writing today to exemplify my displeasure with your Chicago Office and my criminal allegations against River Oaks Toyota. I submitted and articulated my allegations very well to Ms. Dolores Rodman. I submitted unchallenged documentation to my charge of consumer fraud and the deceptive business practices of River Oaks Toyota.
I read a quote this morning from your website by the Daily Southtown reporting, "Once in a great while a politician comes along who could make a difference in people's lives. Lisa Madigan, the Democratic candidate for Illinois attorney general, is such a person." I disagree.
On your website it is also reported, “Since I took office in January 2003, the Attorney General's office has won great victories in the areas of consumer protection, public safety, crime victim services, and environmental protection. …As the state's chief legal officer, protecting the residents of Illinois is my top priority. Last fall, we conducted hearings on lifetime supervision for sex offenders. I promised Illinois citizens that I would work tirelessly to begin a great tradition in Illinois by being an aggressive public advocate.” It is my belief and from my recent experiences your office is not an aggressive advocate for your constituents.
I have discussed the issues of File No. 2005-CONSC-00132352 extensively on my website: http://clickforjusticeandequality.blogspot.com/, publishing and posting my writings for public viewing. I am aware of your fight against “sex offenders”, and I applaud you. I was a sex offense counselor/therapist. I know the threat against our communities. You have advocated for and accomplished satellite monitoring of sex offenders. What about consumer protection from fraud and deceptive practices? What about satellite monitoring for those who commit murder and armed robberies? It appears your office has concentrated on what is most popular in our social world. It seems your office is not interested in justice and equality for the disadvantaged and disenfranchised.
As you will read from my posting on my website of my request for employment with the Illinois Department of Corrections, I have been incarcerated. I was part of the social problem in the past. I am part of the solution today. I am not ashamed of my past. It was a stepping-stone to my future. This is sometimes used against me when addressing issues. This may be what is happening to me now. Your “advocate-in-charge” Ms. Rodman may be diminishing my charge against River Oaks Toyota because of my past. Ms. Rodman has not provided any reasoning for her decision besides “she has exhausted all efforts….” What efforts? It appears as if Ms. Rodman is acting as a mediator for the parties involved. You do not mediate business fraud and deceptive practice. You prosecute it!!! I usually receive retaliatory acts and/or punished in some manner for suggesting or reporting an agency or government entity’s irresponsibility in handling the matters of social justice and equality. I am expecting this from your office also. If a company or business defrauds or deceives the public, they are committing a criminal act.
After articulating my issues well and providing supporting documentation, I received a letter from Ms. Dolores Rodman on October 21, 2005 stating, “Please be advised that we are closing our file containing your complaint. We are doing so because we have exhausted all efforts available to us on your behalf.” Is this the relief your constituents receive reporting business fraud and deceptive practices? Is this how your office addresses business fraud and deceptive practices? For sake of argument and Ms. Rodman is acting as a mediator, is this how she advocates for the socially disenfranchised and disadvantaged? If this is how your office operates, a change is needed.
The issues I presented in my complaint depict fraud and deceptive practices by River Oaks Toyota. From the correspondence I have received from Ms. Rodman, River Oaks Toyota never addressed the issues of fraud and deceptive practice in my complaint. From the correspondence I have received from Mr. Rodman, River Oaks Toyota was never prompted by your office to address the issues of the complaint. It appears from River Oaks Toyota’s responses, your office allowed them to avoid the issues of my complaint.
Ms. Rodman did not provide me with an analysis of her findings/results. She did not provide a rationale for her findings/results. If your office does not provide an analysis or rationale for their findings/results to the general public, then the public is being shortchanged. The public is then receiving a biased and possibly unsupported finding/result. What method of checks and balances are performed on decisions?
The issues articulated in my correspondence to Ms. Rodman and posted on my website are expressed in every letter received by the Illinois Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. Your Citizen Advocates are not working for the consumer. It appears they are working with the businesses your constituents make allegations against.
Your “Consumer Protection Division” is a farce. Ms. Rodman suggests I seek legal counsel. Ms. Rodman is basically telling me to “prosecute” River Oaks Toyota for fraud and deceptive practice. If your constituents have to seek legal counsel as a “consumer” being protected against deceptive practices of a business, then your department of “Consumer Protection Division” needs to be disbanded. Your office does not protect the consumer. It indulges and encourages the business owner to deceive and fraud the public.
Ms. Rodman suggests I file a claim with Small Claims Court. If your constituents cannot afford to seek legal counsel or cannot stand the test and tedious task of Small Claims Court, then your “Consumer Protection Division” has failed your constituents. I have litigation experience. I would not have a problem bringing a civil action against River Oaks Toyota. This is not a civil matter. It is a criminal matter, in nature. Nevertheless, the handling of this matter does not negate what you promote and suggest to the general public to stand against, that being Consumer Fraud and Protection. One could make an analysis from my issues that your office promotes consumer fraud and business deceptive practices.
I have published and posted on my website other letters written to you and the Governor Rod Blagojevich, such as mental health, negative police officer behavior and judicial improprieties. I have reported to your office the lack of support toward social justice and equality from the South Holland Police Department with a mental health protocol. I have reported improprieties in the judicial system at the Daley Center in Chicago. Your office has skirted past these issues as well. Where is the relief for the socially disadvantaged and disenfranchised that should be streaming from your office?
Everyone I have reported these issues to are from the Democratic Party, such as U.S. Senator Obama, Senator Meeks, and Illinois State Representative David Miller. I am not Democratic or Republican. I am not Liberal or Conservative. I am an advocate for social justice and equality for the disenfranchised and disadvantaged. Whatever party or line of thinking aligns itself with social justice and equality, I support. It is the right of all citizens of Illinois to expect the Office of the Attorney General to align itself with social justice and equality.
The people of the State of Illinois need to make better choices and informed decisions about who is voted into office. I attempt to accomplish this task with my publications and postings on the Internet. Maybe Illinois needs a change of party in the Illinois Attorney General’ Office and Governor’s office. I have published and posted on my website Dr. Eric Wallace for Lt. Governor of Illinois. His position and what he stands for appears to be better than the present government in power.
I will promote, in any way, the candidacy and election of Dr. Eric Wallace for Lt. Governor. Anything is better than what is in place now. River Oaks Toyota should not be exempt from criminal charges of fraud and deceptive practices. I should not have to pursue this in civil court.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred L Nance Jr., ABD, MA, CADC, NCRS
cc: http://clickforjusticeandequality.blogspot.com/
Ms. Dolores Rodman, Citizen’s Advocate, Consumer Protection
Division (faxed copy sent)
Mr. James Lebo, GM River Oaks Toyota (faxed copy sent)
Mr. Rod Blagojevich, Governor of Illinois (faxed copy sent)
Ms. Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General (fax and hard copy sent)
