GOOD DAY TO ALL, HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL AND THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COOLER. IT IS STILL HOT AND HUMID HERE WITH NO RELIEF IN SIGHT. THIS PHOTO IS A SKETCH FROM A SKULL FOUND IN A MYSTERIOUS PLACE. IT IS SAID BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS THAT IT COULD BE THE SKULL FROM AN ANCIENT PUBIC HIGHLANDER, CIRCA 69 AD. STERLING RECIEVED HIS SECOND VACCINE LAST WEEK AND THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY...I GAVE MY WIFE AND MOTHER MY WORD I WOULD GET THE VACCINE AS THEY DID. I DO NOT LIKE TO HAVE FOREIGN SUBSTANCES INJECTED INTO MY BODY, BUT WHEN A MAN GIVES HIS WORD, HE GIVES HIS WORD. I DID WELL, NO ILL SIDE EFFECTS...SO FAR. NOW, I AM JUST WAITING ON MY SUPERPOWERS TO SPRING UP. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELEPORT INTO MY WIFE'S BEDROOM AT NIGHT AND HAVE SOME JIGGY TIME. WHAT WOULD YOUR SUPERPOWER BE IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ? ...I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM OLYMPIA NOTING THEY RECEIVED THE LETTER OF CONCERNS FROM MY BELLA AND SISTER, QOS. THEY CC'D LIKE TEN OTHERS ON THEIR RESPONSE. IT AMAZES ME THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOLDNG THESE POSITIONS OF POWER AND HOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS MILES LONG...NO WONDER NOTHING GETS ACCOMPLISHED !! BASICALLY , THEY NOTED THE CONCERNS BUT ARE NOT PREPARING TO MAKES ANY CHANGES IN THEIR TRANSITION PLAN FOR ME. I KNOW IT WILL GO ON DEAF EARS WITH BELLA AND QOS, AND I DO APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT AND CONCERNS, BUT IT WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THESE PEOPLE, LOVE YOU BELLA AND SIS !!...I FEEL ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL PART OF A REENTRY PROGRAM FOR INMATES TO INTERGRATE BACK INTO SOCIETY IS POST AND PRE RELEASE WORK PROGRAMS. LUCKILY, IN WASHINGTON STATE THEY ARE FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE WITH THIS PROCESS, BUT IT STILL NEEDS GREAT IMPROVEMENT AND ORGANIZATION. RE-ENTRY HOUSING IS IN GREAT DEMAND AND SHORT SUPPLY. IT IS A GUARANTEE MONEY MAKER AND WILL NEVER LACK BODIES TO FILL THE BEDS. WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REFORMS STATE WIDE, WASHINGTON STATE IS PREPARING TO RESENTENCE AND RELEASE THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS BACK INTO SOCIETY. HOW WILL THIS FAIR IN THE COMMUNITIES ? WILL CRIME RATES SPIKE ? WILL DRUG USE INCREASE ALONG WITH OVERDOSES ? WILL THERE BE ENOUGH JOBS PAYING WELL ENOUGH FOR A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL TO SURVIVE. SOME ARES OF WASHINGTON STATE, LIKE SEATTLE HAS THE HIGHEST COST OF LIVING AND IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A SINGLE PERSON TO MANAGE SURVIVING MAKING MINIMUM WAGE. POVERTY=DESPERATION=CRIME. POVERTY IS COLOR BLIND AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. WHEN MANY MEN AND WOMEN RESORT TO CRIMES TO SURVIVE OR SUPPORT THEIR DRUG HABITS, THE JAIL, PRISON AND REHAB BEDS WILL BE CONSTANTLY FILLED. EDUCATION , REFORM , EMPLOYMENT, STABLE HOUSING, SUPPORT GROUPS IS ONLY A FRACTION OF THE SOLUTION. MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE SPENT TRYING TO CURB THESE PROBLEMS AND ONLY A FRACTION OF PEOPLE ARE "SAVED" OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. COURT ORDERED TREATMENT IS USELESS AND A WASTE OF MONEY UNLESS THE PERSON IS READY AND WILLING TO CHANGE. SO WHERE DO WE BEGIN ? WITH MAKE CHANGES THERE IS SO MUCH RED TAPE AND POLITICAL B.S., IT IS FRUSTRATING AND EXHUASTING TO IMPLEMENT IDEAS THAT PRISONERS MAY HAVE AND OF COURSE WE ARE THE LAST TO BE HEARD... MAKES NO SENSE SINCE WE HAVE THE MOST TO OFFER...ONCE THIS BEAST SINKS ITS TEETH INTO YOUR BACK, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SHAKE OFF AT TIMES... ...I WILL END ON THAT NOTE. EVERYONE STAY SAFE. GUNNAR, YOU HAVE BEEN IN MY THOUGHTS AND AS I RE READ YOUR LETTER, IT RENEWS MY STRENGTH TO CARRY ON AND HOLD MY HEAD HIGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDYING SUPPORT AND I SEND YOU MY LOVE AND RESPECT. WHEN MY WIFE TRAVELS ACROSS THE POND, I DO FEEL FOR YOU AND THE CLANS, FOR HER AND THE QOS AND MYRA AND THE LASSESS WILL BE RAISING HELL. THEY ARE WILD ONES AND WILL GIVE ANY MAN A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. WITH THE GODS WILL, I KNOW IT WILL BE A FEAT TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. I FEEL FOR YOU AND WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK. TO MY BROTHER, LOVE AND RESPECT, THUNDER.