Monday, December 27, 2010

I NEED AND WANT “OBAMACARE”

I am African-American and one of the tens of millions of poor people in a depressed economy. I am struggling on a fixed income because of an illness of work-related depression and anxiety.



I broke my shoulder bone after falling on a sidewalk in Houston, TX. My injury required an emergency transport by ambulance to a local ER and surgery. My co-pay before the operation would be performed was approximately $900.00 with Medicare Part A and B.

Vera Richardson

Saturday, December 11, 2010

My Book Screwed by Former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer







“Screwed by Former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer”  is a non-fiction account of Vera Richardson’s David and Goliath battle with Eliot Spitzer. The book details Richardson’s humble, and poverty stricken childhood, her determination to obtain a middle-class lifestyle for herself and her family, obtaining her dream of graduating from college and becoming a professional only to have that dream shattered by New York State Department of Correctional Services and Eliot Spitzer.

Imagine if you hadn’t done anything to deserve it and you lost everything because of your sex and race. By losing everything I mean your job, career, friends, relationship with family members, and physical and mental health. Imagine complaining of employment discrimination at your work place for three years and the discrimination and retaliation escalating instead of ceasing.

Imagine filing an employment discrimination lawsuit without an attorney. Imagine having your employer New York State Department of Correctional Services represented by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and his staff of over 450 attorneys. Imagine the New York State Attorney General’s Office an agency with a Civil Rights Bureau violating the Civil Right Act of 1964 as amended during your employment discrimination lawsuit.

Imagine your Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII case being thrown out of court because of perjured declarations filed by Eliot Spitzer. Imagine appealing the clearly unjust dismissal of your lawsuit without an attorney to all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Imagine the United States Supreme Court denying you justice by refusing to even review your case.


Imagine contacting the United States Department of Justice and having that agency agree that Eliot Spitzer filed perjured declarations in a federal court of law. Imagine the United States Department of Justice referring your case to the FBI for an investigation and Eliot Spitzer and/or his staff not being charged or held accountable for their actions.

More importantly, Screwed by Former Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is an example of the resiliency of an African-American woman to receive peace and justice for herself and other victims of employment discrimination and retaliation.

Vera Richardson
Author of “Screwed by Former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer”