tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post7162168394596892279..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Dick “Torqemada” Blumenthal vs. the HoffmansDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-58113385871613438832009-04-30T09:44:00.000-04:002009-04-30T09:44:00.000-04:00I know this couple and they are as friendly, kind ...I know this couple and they are as friendly, kind and honest as the day is long and what has been done to them is really so terrible. She offered to refund people to get this out of their lives and make everyone happy and that wasn't what Blumenthal wanted after all. He didn't care about the consumers he wanted the Hoffmans blood and that is not what anyone wants to see in our government. Blumenthal is a frightening dictator and a total ego maniac. I just read the Hoffmans and over 300 companies are in a the process of starting a huge class action suit against the AG office for the companies that he has done this to over the years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-71340171173541813472009-04-28T20:10:00.000-04:002009-04-28T20:10:00.000-04:00Quick Ship is a common business arrangement accord...Quick Ship is a common business arrangement according to which a business will refund on its product unless it has been shipped. This arrangement is especially common when the product is perishable. Quickship’s terms are written into the orders in Valerie’s site in such a way that the person requesting the product must agree to the terms in a check-off box on the order.<br /><br />As I’ve explained in some detail in the story, Valerie had a sit-down with Connecticut’s Consumer Protection Department. She wanted to resolve any issues they might have had. Consumer Protection made only one demand of her: that people requesting cancellation of orders do so by registered letter, a costly and aggravating process for her customers. The results of this demand are detailed in the story.<br /><br />I’ve been writing on Connecticut politics for twenty five years, and what I’ve described in this story in vivid detail is the worst cast of prosecutorial persecution I’ve seen in all those years. I do not intend here to rehash the points I’ve made because, in your case, it would be pointless. Let me just say that if you truly believe the prosecutors in Blumenthal’s office were justified in obtaining from a court without a hearing the authority to seize her husbands assets on the strength of a false affidavit, there may be a place for you in Blumenthal’s stable of persecutors.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-79916579928554943432009-04-28T20:05:00.000-04:002009-04-28T20:05:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Don Pescihttp://donpesci.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-14305999884788625602009-04-28T13:24:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:24:00.000-04:00I am sure there is some political crud going on ev...I am sure there is some political crud going on everywhere, but the Hoffmans are far from innocent. I am one of those "out-of-staters" taken for a ride by Valerie's online herbal business. We saw an article in Redbook and ordered by phone and had no idea it was a auto ship deal, nor were we told that on the phone that day. When we recieved a second shipment we wrote the company and recieved abusive letters from her in return (I have copies and sent them to the BBB & Attorney General.) My Credit Card company recommended closing our account and filing fraud charges, which we did and were refunded by our credit card company. When you treat people badly in a business, it tends to come back and haunt you. Sorry...but I've read about too many people who've been hurt by these people: babysitters, co-workers, neighbors, people from retirement homes, students, etc. You must have some kind of political agenda or be close friends of the Hoffman's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-69120788463116760802009-04-25T22:08:00.000-04:002009-04-25T22:08:00.000-04:00Has anyone told Blumeypants that he is not a real ...Has anyone told Blumeypants that he is not a real "General", just a over powered state employee with a bunch of two bit " short bus" worker bee<br />suckered to doing his dirty workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-69043143682247312372009-04-25T19:25:00.000-04:002009-04-25T19:25:00.000-04:00Yes you are right Blumenthal is as abusive and cro...Yes you are right Blumenthal is as abusive and crooked as they get-this lawsuit should teach him a lesson! Good for this couple fighting back! He is a sick cruel man...how would he like this being done to his family?! I am glad the ACLU will get involved now to be sure he never becomes senator!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-84313676373448671992009-04-24T14:21:00.000-04:002009-04-24T14:21:00.000-04:00I vaguely remember this from Gombaasys column and ...I vaguely remember this from Gombaasys column and now knowing the whole story can't believe what I read. I hope they win and get treble damages. Blumey is absolutely not only the worst SAG he is the most dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-2267938768217541382009-04-24T07:32:00.000-04:002009-04-24T07:32:00.000-04:00Bob,
Right. I'm not sure who would print it. Most...Bob,<br /><br />Right. I'm not sure who would print it. Most of them are sitting in Blumie's lap, being petted. Anyway, it's always useful to have an inside look from the outside at a man the American Competitive Institute calls “the worst attorney general in the United States.”Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-13364393443499095222009-04-24T07:15:00.000-04:002009-04-24T07:15:00.000-04:00Don
This really should be front page news in all t...Don<br />This really should be front page news in all the state media, this is a disgusting display of power by the Attorney General. Enough is enough. Great job on reporting this.Bob Swickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474657552346869425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-13164555430366719132009-04-23T21:25:00.000-04:002009-04-23T21:25:00.000-04:00Excellent work Don. This is quite a chilling tale ...Excellent work Don. This is quite a chilling tale of unchecked governmental power and the illegal and monumental hubris of Connecticut's Attorney General (I cannot bear to write his name).<br /><br />Thanks for exposing this tragic situation and best of luck to the Hoffmans.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00230305109522078434noreply@blogger.com