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Dina looks pregnant in that photo. Does anyone know if she is having another baby?
 
How many children have been murdered by a parents significant other, sadly too many to count. Too many children have been murdered by their OWN parents. We cannot control everything. I understand the desire for Maxie's Law, I truly do. I simply do not believe legislation is possible. Legislation cannot fix every problem we face in this world. Some things are simply out of our hands. We cannot do a background check on our child's classmates, yet every day there is a chance one of those classmates could bring a gun to school. No matter how hard she tried, Dina could NOT control everything in Maxie's life. What happened to Max is horrible. I believe Dina is suffering. I'm sorry Max left this world way too early.

Nina Romano talks about change in the video. Change often begins when truth hits us in the face and we realize it is needed. There is no truth in what is being spewed here. Dina claims there was nothing available in the court system. How does she know, she never took her concerns to court. She made an arrangement with Jonah to avoid court. What did Dina's background check on RZ find that was so concerning that court should intervene? Shoplifting? It has not been proven Max's fatal death was a result of harm caused by the hands of another human being.

The child cases highlighted in this video were proven in a court of law to be murder. Max's cause of death was not murder. His COD has not been changed to murder. No one has been accused by Law Enforcement of murdering Max. He was not raped. ALL of these children were abducted. I cannot grasp how Dina could tell herself it was acceptable to use these crimes against children to promote Maxie's Law. Not just Dina, the whole BOD. I cannot believe ALL these people agreed. No one thought this was wrong, that this could be offensive to the families of these children? Preposterous, what were they thinking? This video is a true example of 'stretching the truth'. It goes beyond all moral boundaries. This video is exploiting the murder and abduction of these children.

With all due respect, even if legislation was possible, Dina Shacknai is not the role model that should be promoting such legislation. Dina has her own history of domestic violence in a marriage with children that were not her own. I do not believe what happened to Maxie should be used as the pilot program to promote this law.

ALL of these children suffered horribly. ALL were murdered and abducted! Sexual predators were involved. Maxie's death cannot be compared to these awful murders nor the legislation that occurred because of these crimes. These laws were created by parents who suffered horribly because their children were abducted and murdered.

Megan's Law - Megan Kanka
Code Adam - Adam Walsh
Amber Alert - Amber Hagerman
Jessica Lunsford Act - Jessica Lunsford
Sarah's Law - Sarah Payne
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - Adam Walsh & Ethan Patz

Adam, Amber, Ethan, Jessica, Megan and Sarah were all ABDUCTED!
 
*Lash* The thank you button just isn't enough to thank you for the excellent comment. Very very well stated. You expressed my sentiments perfectly.
 
I agree completely, Lash. Thank you for that well written post. The children used for comparison in that video were unquestionably abducted and murdered in the most awful and violent of crimes. To glom onto those tragedies and fraudulently embrace that pain and horror to further a carefullymanufacturered false narrative is pure evil, IMO. Absolutely despicable exploitation.

That whole "false narrative" in purpose and video furthered by Dina and her enablers on the MH BOD feels like a preemptive self defense to me. Repeat the false narrative loudly, and often, and try to persuade listeners that it is grounded in truth. Distract, falsely blame, falsely accuse, fabricate, attack. Lather, rinse, repeat. But it is still a false narrative, no matter how loud or how often it is repeated.

To even attempt to compare Maxie's sad and tragic accidental death to horrific abduction, sexual abuse, and violent murders of these children is not just misguided, but intentionally exploitative with the most evil of intentions, IMO.

Legislators and philanthropists by necessity have to listen to a lot of appeals for money and political action related to special interests, some legitimate, and some not. There is just no way this will gain political momentum. There are simply too many serious faults with the premise, as well as the legislative and judicial processes for implementation. No legislator will touch this, let alone would a bipartisan coalition emerge. It's preposterous.

I do hope that there are cease and desist actions taken against MH to prevent them from further exploiting these murdered children and their memorial organizations. It's despicable.

Really despicable. And does not honor Maxie, or his memory, IMO.
 
Thank you KZ!

The video promoting Maxie's Law is cloaked in falsehoods. The foundation mission is providing safety to children in blended families. The video begins highlighting laws that were painfully constructed by families whose children were abducted and murdered. I understand that out of tragedy sometimes we can bring much needed change and as these cases brought forth exceptional legislation. These cases had their day in court, an awful person was found guilty and punished for the murder of their children. Max's death has not been presented in any court nor has anyone legally been accused or found guilty of harming Max.

In my opinion, Dina and the board are bordering on fraud in this video. Possibly crossed that border. Max's accident had nothing to do with the safety of living in a blended family. It has not been proved in a court of law that Max was murdered let alone by a member of his blended family. It has not been proven in a court of law that Max's accident resulted from a lack of safety in his blended family. Max's death was an accident. This video grossly misrepresents the truth and blatantly lies to viewers. A person who has not followed Max's case after viewing this video would most likely believe Max was murdered by the persons Dina has publicly accused. Completely untrue.

Let's promote safety in blended families by lying. Lying is already a big problem for people who live in blended families. How can a foundation based on finding support for blended families consciously lie to promote their legislation? Dina is not only exploiting murdered and abducted children, she is exploiting the fears of people who live in blended families. Dina is telling worried parents that her child was murdered because resources were not available to protect her child. Absolutely false and intentionally misleading. Dina may believe this is what happened. A belief, not a fact. In my opinion, she is preying on the emotions of parents that have real fears and concerns for the safety of their children.
 
*Lash* said:
Thank you KZ!

The video promoting Maxie's Law is cloaked in falsehoods. The foundation mission is providing safety to children in blended families. The video begins highlighting laws that were painfully constructed by families whose children were abducted and murdered. I understand that out of tragedy sometimes we can bring much needed change and as these cases brought forth exceptional legislation. These cases had their day in court, an awful person was found guilty and punished for the murder of their children. Max's death has not been presented in any court nor has anyone legally been accused or found guilty of harming Max.

In my opinion, Dina and the board are bordering on fraud in this video. Possibly crossed that border. Max's accident had nothing to do with the safety of living in a blended family. It has not been proved in a court of law that Max was murdered let alone by a member of his blended family. It has not been proven in a court of law that Max's accident resulted from a lack of safety in his blended family. Max's death was an accident. This video grossly misrepresents the truth and blatantly lies to viewers. A person who has not followed Max's case after viewing this video would most likely believe Max was murdered by the persons Dina has publicly accused. Completely untrue.

Let's promote safety in blended families by lying. Lying is already a big problem for people who live in blended families. How can a foundation based on finding support for blended families consciously lie to promote their legislation? Dina is not only exploiting murdered and abducted children, she is exploiting the fears of people who live in blended families. Dina is telling worried parents that her child was murdered because resources were not available to protect her child. Absolutely false and intentionally misleading. Dina may believe this is what happened. A belief, not a fact. In my opinion, she is preying on the emotions of parents that have real fears and concerns for the safety of their children.
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If Dina was so concerned about Max's safety while he was under the care of Jonah and whomever Jonah had in his home, then she should have filed a motion with the family court in order to have something done about it. As far as we know, she never did that............IMO, this is total BS about her having any concerns for Max's safety while in the care of Jonah, and just a parting shot against Jonah and Rebecca after the fact because she saw an opportunity to try and make Rebecca look like a horrible person.
 
Inparadise said:
If Dina was so concerned about Max's safety while he was under the care of Jonah and whomever Jonah had in his home, then she should have filed a motion with the family court in order to have something done about it. As far as we know, she never did that............IMO, this is total BS about her having any concerns for Max's safety while in the care of Jonah, and just a parting shot against Jonah and Rebecca after the fact because she saw an opportunity to try and make Rebecca look like a horrible person.
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Not just a parting shot. The nonprofit brings in income for Dina. IMO, she is probably the only paid member. But a lot of responsibility comes with whatever size that paycheck is, since it is cloaked in a nonprofit. That is different than spending your own money to perpetrate a fraud or false message.

It would be extremely difficult for Dina to get any kind of paid or employed position as a clinical psychologist at this point, unless she was self employed and hung out her own shingle. (And someone was willing to pay her out of pocket for counseling. Unlikely that she could bill effectively on her own.) A group or health management system would not hire her at this point, for multiple reasons. But that's a non issue, as she and her supporters have indicated that income isn't a necessity for her. So, why not use her OWN money to further her "message?"

I think she should seriously consider spending her own money for these ridiculous videos and such, and leave the nonprofit out of it. She is dancing on the edge of real, ongoing, expensive legal problems, IMO.
 
Thank you to KZ and Lash for putting into words so much more eloquently than I did trying to get my point across. I claim outrage. I was so upset when I saw that video clip...so distressed that this would be acceptable...

The button is not enough and if the world knew what DS was doing there would be consequences for her. The entire thing is so horrifying I'm shocked that we haven't seen any backlash.

Thanks super WS'ers for stating things so well.

Also, has anyone been keeping an eye on the "other" places people are talking about this? It's very interesting that things are continuing in their old deleting way. Another place I've read at didn't even post these recent developments (unless they are somewhere I cannot see) and it's really odd. I'd also like to see someone post something I'd actually trust as to the AG comments in this situation.

There are always rumors out there, and I'm never sure what's true. Does anyone know what's up with that?

TIA...Always MOO
 
K_Z said:
Not just a parting shot. The nonprofit brings in income for Dina. IMO, she is probably the only paid member. But a lot of responsibility comes with whatever size that paycheck is, since it is cloaked in a nonprofit. That is different than spending your own money to perpetrate a fraud or false message.

It would be extremely difficult for Dina to get any kind of paid or employed position as a clinical psychologist at this point, unless she was self employed and hung out her own shingle. (And someone was willing to pay her out of pocket for counseling. Unlikely that she could bill effectively on her own.) A group or health management system would not hire her at this point, for multiple reasons. But that's a non issue, as she and her supporters have indicated that income isn't a necessity for her. So, why not use her OWN money to further her "message?"

I think she should seriously consider spending her own money for these ridiculous videos and such, and leave the nonprofit out of it. She is dancing on the edge of real, ongoing, expensive legal problems, IMO.
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Since we haven't seen the records for this non-profit, I'm really curious who is getting paid. Of course we are not privy to DS' settlement with JS which leaves us guessing as to exactly how much $ she has available. Considering what we read, she has considerable resources. Why wouldn't she have done that from the beginning? Is the entire purpose of her NFP to slander someone who cannot defend herself and her minor sister? What exactly does that accomplish? Especially with so many unanswered questions to who was actually there that day.

I hate to go there but why in the world, when we are coming up on two years why hasn't the mother of the two minor S children been showing their boarding passes to every available LE agency and MSM. I know if they where my kids, I'd want the pubic to know and this has been a huge speculation point. I would bet that DS has way more love for the kids she knew, then to RZ's minor sister. I'm not saying that they were there or anything to that effect, but come on...by now....a scan of a boarding pass isn't a huge deal.

Who is it that knows where everyone was? I really want to believe that the S kids were on a plane. It's so easy to prove. Why don't they?

Always, MOO
 
inthedark14 said:
Since we haven't seen the records for this non-profit, I'm really curious who is getting paid. Of course we are not privy to DS' settlement with JS which leaves us guessing as to exactly how much $ she has available. Considering what we read, she has considerable resources. Why wouldn't she have done that from the beginning? Is the entire purpose of her NFP to slander someone who cannot defend herself and her minor sister? What exactly does that accomplish? Especially with so many unanswered questions to who was actually there that day.

I hate to go there but why in the world, when we are coming up on two years why hasn't the mother of the two minor S children been showing their boarding passes to every available LE agency and MSM. I know if they where my kids, I'd want the pubic to know and this has been a huge speculation point. I would bet that DS has way more love for the kids she knew, then to RZ's minor sister. I'm not saying that they were there or anything to that effect, but come on...by now....a scan of a boarding pass isn't a huge deal.

Who is it that knows where everyone was? I really want to believe that the S kids were on a plane. It's so easy to prove. Why don't they?

Always, MOO
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The boarding passes of the two Shacknai children have not been produced because they contradict Jonah's story that they left early in the morning.....eventually, this will all become public knowledge, and Dina is going to look really stupid for not having "fact checked" this prior to her going on Pat's Profiles and stating that either Rebecca or her minor sister murdered Max.
 
Has anyone ever noticed that Maxies House has this designation

P70: Residential, Custodial Care

http://501c3lookup.org/maxies_house/
http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/45-5639906/maxies-house.aspx
P - Human Services

NAICS: 623990 - Largest/examples: P70 - P7 - Search P70 - Residential Care & Adult Day Programs
Organizations that provide alternative living arrangements for people who require care, supervision and support on a 24-hour basis or during part of the day. Use this code for organizations that provide residential, custodial care, but the specific nature of the facility is unclear, or which have multiple facilities which fall into more than one category below.
Key words: Custodial, Residential Care Facilities; Housing; Respite Care
Scope notes: Use this term for residential facilities for individuals who need custodial or developmental care. For facilities that offer residential care in conjunction with clinical treatment, use F33, Residential Mental Health Treatment. For facilities that are focused on serving children and young adults, use P76, Homes for Children & Young Adults.
See also: Residential Care for Children & Young Adults (P76); Foster Care (P32); Group Home (P73); Residential Mental Health Treatment Facilities (F33); Nursing Facilities (E91)
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http://www.nccsdataweb.urban.org/Pu...returnElement=&popup=0&gQry=P70&codeType=NTEE
 
I'm glad to see Maxie's House is finally up on Guidestar. This is fairly new, as I searched a few weeks ago and it still wasn't there.

I'm not positive, but I think the NTEE codes are assigned by the charity evaluator, and not designated by the organization. So, this may be a case of "mistaken identity". Perhaps a computer program applies the NTEE code and looks for certain key words to determine the classification.

If so, Maxie's HOUSE, and other key words, may have caused it to be erroneously classified as a residential treatment facility. Either way, the Executive Director of MH should contact Guidestar and request reclassification, pointing out the error. I'm also hopeful that this may indicate MH filed their 990 "on time", and didn't apply for extensions. If they did file on time, the 990 will be available to the public, probably in the next 8-12 weeks. (Although anyone can contact the organization and request the information now. If the organization refuses to provide the 990 info, the IRS will provide it. I think there may be fines involved if the organization refuses to provide the 990 to someone who asks.)

http://nccs.urban.org/classification/NTEE.cfm

NTEE Core Codes (NTEE-CC) Overview

The National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) system is used by the IRS and NCCS to classify nonprofit organizations. It is also used by the Foundation Center to classify both grants and grant recipients (typically nonprofits or governments). NCCS and the IRS use the NTEE-CC system, described below, while the Foundation Center uses a slightly different version with more codes, as well as "population/beneficiary" codes to indicate the type of population served and "auspice" codes to indicate religious or governmental affiliation.

History

The original NTEE was developed by NCCS during the 1980?s with the collaboration of major nonprofit organizations. According to Russy D. Sumariwalla, one of the principal developers of the system, the use of such a system:
•facilitates the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data by the types of organizations and their activities
•promotes uniformity and comparability in the presentation of statistical and other data collected by various public and private agencies
•provides better quality information as the basis for public policy debate and decision-making for the nonprofit sector and for society at large

In the mid-1990s, the IRS decided to begin classifying new organizations using the NTEE system. The "IRS determination specialists" -- the individuals who decide whether or not an organization is eligible to receive federal tax exempt status -- would classify the organizations based on descriptive data in the organizations' applications for recognition of tax-exempt status (Forms 1023 and 1024). Before beginning, they requested a simplified version of the NTEE to ease classification and to provide a better fit into the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the new federal government economic classification system that replaced the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes in 1999.
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Thanks KZ... I'd be relieved to hear it was just a mistake and assigned by someone looking at the application. Somehow I had horrors of little children being taken away because mommy or daddy had a partner and they were put in some residential facility or group home ran by Dina! I don't know, maybe I just have an active imagination!
 
I just noticed that Maxie's House is designated as 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) not a 501(c)(3). I guess it mostly has to do with where they get their funding?
 
time said:
I just noticed that Maxie's House is designated as 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) not a 501(c)(3). I guess it mostly has to do with where they get their funding?
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Thanks for this post--can I ask where you found that Maxie's House is designated as 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) not a 501(c)(3)? And where do they get their funding??
 
Here is the letter posted on the MH site. It appears some of their funding came from fundraisers, but who knows what direct contributions have been made.
 

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arielilane said:
Maxie's House website has changed. The parental disclosure act video appears to no longer be linked.
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Hmmm...I wonder if that's because of the rights to the song they used or because of their use of those poor children to promote their cause?
 
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