AD (sortof): have a look at what is being donated to the Artisan and Glassworker Legal Fund

[Maren at google]

Hi all,

I know I have posted about this before, but this defamatory attack on
lampworkers and other artisans is still going on. I don't have a stake
in this other than that (some of) these are my friends (and one of the
donations is mine). The collection of what is being donated can be
found here: http://piercesdesigns.com/pages/AGLF.htm
There's a lot of very pretty lampwork beads as well as some other
things, mostly on Etsy.

Thanks!
Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
Website: http://www.hilobeads.com/
Etsy: http://hilobeads.etsy.com/ <-- Job's Tears for the AGLF
Blog: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/

[Sterling]

Maren, do you know if that idiot woman was investigated and does she have all her ducks in a row?
It would be pretty ironic to find out that the idiot who is attacking all these people is guilty of
doing some of the same things she is charging others of doing.

I have to wonder what she is getting out of all this? Why is she doing this? To me, it just makes
no sense, but then again, who knows whats in the mind of an idiot?

Sterling

Post by Maren at google
Hi all,
I know I have posted about this before, but this defamatory attack on
lampworkers and other artisans is still going on. I don't have a stake
in this other than that (some of) these are my friends (and one of the
donations is mine). The collection of what is being donated can be
found here: http://piercesdesigns.com/pages/AGLF.htm
There's a lot of very pretty lampwork beads as well as some other
things, mostly on Etsy.
Thanks!
Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
Website: http://www.hilobeads.com/
Etsy: http://hilobeads.etsy.com/ <-- Job's Tears for the AGLF
Blog: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/

[Maren aka HiloBeads or PalmsEtc]

There's some legal action going on - which is what the legal fund is
for -.

Not everybody who is donating items has been attacked (I haven't, for
one, I'm
just helping out - well, that's for all I know of. Hawaii Dept of
taxation may have
looked at their files, decided "small fry" and not gone any further -
you don't have
to be a great lampworker to get attacked, some of the victims don't
have anything
to do with beads or any sort at all), and not everybody who has been
attacked has
donated items.

Some people may have donated money, some may not know they have been
attacked by
blog, some have gotten phone calls or visits from their local tax and/
or fire departments
without having been mentioned on the blog. It is rather certain that
this individual has
in the past bought lampwork beads from others and sold them as their
own.

It is not clear to anybody involved (that I know of) what this person
is getting
out of this.

Not sure this explains anything, but it's a bit of background.

Aloha,
Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
Website: http://www.hilobeads.com/
Etsy: http://hilobeads.etsy.com/ <-- Job's Tears for the AGLF
Blog: http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/

Post by Sterling
Maren, do you know if that idiot woman was investigated and does she have all her ducks in a row?
It would be pretty ironic to find out that the idiot who is attacking all these people is guilty of
doing some of the same things she is charging others of doing.
I have to wonder what she is getting out of all this?  Why is she doing this?  To me, it just makes
no sense, but then again, who knows whats in the mind of an idiot?
Sterling

Post by Maren at google
Hi all,
I know I have posted about this before, but this defamatory attack on
lampworkers and other artisans is still going on. I don't have a stake
in this other than that (some of) these are my friends (and one of the
donations is mine). The collection of what is being donated can be
found here:http://piercesdesigns.com/pages/AGLF.htm
There's a lot of very pretty lampwork beads as well as some other
things, mostly on Etsy.
Thanks!
Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
Website:http://www.hilobeads.com/
Etsy:http://hilobeads.etsy.com/<-- Job's Tears for the AGLF
Blog:http://hilobeads.blogspot.com/