ARIZONA'S WALL OF LIFE DAY - APRIL 9, 2013

ARIZONA STATE CAPITOL
WALL OF LIFE DAY
04/09/13

ARIZONA'S WALL OF LIFE DAY - APRIL 9, 2013

These are pictures at Arizona's Wall of Life Day on 04/09/13 at the state Capitol. Sadly they did not have Carol Fairall's picture displayed. They did have many other organ donors and recipients pictures displayed. It was an inspiring day talking to the few organ donors and recipients. They all had interesting stories to tell but many of them expressed disappointment that there was no ceremony, no press, and no real interaction by the lawmakers.

ARIZONA LAWMAKERS
BUSY EATING .

I observed the lawmakers and the homeless taking big portions (they ran out) of food. What a great country where the lobbyists feed them together. I observed very few lawmakers looking at the signs and stories of the organ donors and recipients. They just ate and ran. I observed tour groups of kids, many lobbyists, and very few visitors to Arizona's Political Heart. That says a lot...not much to see there

NO LAWMAKERS HERE AT
THE WALL OF LIFE

I observed a change of attitude in the state Capitol that I never witnessed years ago. Since I have lived here over 60-years I can speak from experience. Also my son use to work in the state Capitol. He told me Arizona does not care anymore and has lost its heart. He moved to North Dakota. Sadly, I agree with my son and the warmth is gone. I saw very few Lawmakers view the Wall of Life and the Organ Donors and Recipients had very little interaction with them. 

The one good thing I experienced was spending an hour with Representative Chad Campbell. We sat a table where he allowed me to share my elder abuse presentation and Sun Grove Resort Village story. He spent nearly an hour with me and ignored all the bells that tell the lawmakers to stop talking to you. He wants input from regular people and does not favor the rich or powerful. Lastly, he displayed the warmth that I saw at the Arizona state Capitol years ago. If Mr. Campbell runs for Arizona Governor he has our blessings and support.

Sadly, only one law of the our 15 proposed senior laws was passed this session which was the service dog law that gives more rights and less expenses for people who have service dogs. Thank you Representative David Livingston. 

CAROL FAIRALL IN THE HOSPITAL WITH
TRANSPLANTED LIVER REJECTION
DUE TO EXPOSURE TO TOXIC MOLD AT
SUN GROVE RESORT VILLAGE.
HER BLOOD WORKED IS NOW AT
ELEVEN TIMES HIGHER THAN NORMAL WHICH
SHOWS CRITICAL LIVER REJECTION.

My service dog, Wheeler, passed away due to liver cancer from his exposure to toxic mold at Sun Grove Resort Village. The other organ donors and recipients expressed interest and concern about Carol being very sick from her transplanted liver rejection caused by the toxic mold at Sun Grove Resort Village. They were wonderful people. However, the rest of the public will not know our story and the other stories of the organ transplant donors and recipients because the Press was not there. It is no wonder the warmth is gone at the state Capitol because the public is uninformed.

Note: I did quickly speak to David Livingston and Phil Lovas in the hallways. I spoke to Rick Gray in his office
while he sat behind big desk in his very posh office. I had made appointments with Livingston, Lovas, Gray, 
and Campbell because I know it is difficult to see them.

TABLE TALK AT THE WALL OF LIFE DAY

There were ten other organ donor/recipient family members that sat at our table during the Wall of Life Day at the state Capitol on 04/09/13. Many of them shared their personal stories of organ donations. It was sad that the Press was not there at this important event to cover this worthwhile news rather than the salacious news of Jodi Arias murder trial.

One woman proudly announced that she was a three-generation organ donor family. She said her grandmother started the organ donating when she was killed in an auto accident and her heart was transplanted into a young boy. Helen was proud that she had donated her kidney to her sister. Finally, she shared that her daughter had recently died and that many of her organs were transplanted to several people. This is a Family that deserves respect and attention for being great Arizonan’s that care. We all cried at the loss of her daughter and blessed her and her family for giving others the Gifts of Life.

Another woman shared that her son was killed by accident several years ago and his organs, bones, and skin went to ten different people. She said that every Thanksgiving that she and those ten organ recipients celebrate and eat together. She said since she cannot have her son eat with her then that all ten of the organ recipients eat together in honor of her son. She calls herself the Thanksgiving Organ Donor Mom and they celebrate her son’s Gifts of Life and share Thanksgiving together. Those ten organ recipients are her only family now since her husband died. We all cried tears of sadness and joy at her story.

Finally, we had a lobbyist share his story that he is trying to get the Medicare Law passed by the current Lawmakers but he has such opposition. He said he worked in former Governor Jane Hull’s administration in the late 90’s and that she was a wonderful caring person. I said I could relate because Mrs. Hull was my client at the bank and she was one of my favorite customers. Mrs. Hull knew every one of my staff’s names and asked if they were OK when they were missing. I told the group that my family knew Senator Barry Goldwater who helped get my mom’s citizenship papers.  My favorite story was how Senator Carl Hayden spent time with me in his ASU Library Office, when I was a freshman, telling me stories about his past. I personally knew Governor Rose Mofford, when I was chairman of the Sunnyslope Redevelopment Corporation, and that I had served on several of her boards. We all agreed that was a kinder and gentler time in Arizona’s political history. The 1999 Domestic Violence marker that was erected during Jane Hull’s Governorship shows how caring Arizona Government was at that time.

1999 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MARKER AT STATE CAPITOL

I was given the OK to share these stories (with no names) because no one would ever know them since the Press was not there and the Lawmakers were not listening. Both women are deeply religious and know their deceased family members are with God. They both were very proud of their involvement with the organ donor program and wanted to urge others to be organ donors. They all expressed disappointed that the Press was not there nor did the Lawmakers interact with them. 

REPRESENTATIVE
CHAD CAMPBELL-D

We discussed Arizona Politics which was interesting and funny because most of us have lived in Arizona a long time. We all agreed the best Lawmakers are Representative Chad Campbell-D and Senator Leah Taylor-D. They all like how Mr. Campbell: fights gang violence, is trying to improve education and schools, is in favor of gun laws, and is not in the pocket of big business. They all like how Ms. Taylor fights: for the poor, the disadvantaged, and the children.  They were all impressed with Ms. Taylor’s concern for adoption, abused children, and Grandparents rights. 

SENATOR
JUDY BURGESS-R

We all agreed that the worst  Lawmakers were Representative Debbie Lesko-R and Senator Judy Burgess-R. They were all are disappointed that Debbie Lesko: reduced women’s rights to birth control, tried to take away the powers of the Corporation  Commission and Cities, that she was co-sponsor of controversial SB1070 with Russell Pearce-R, and that she was in the pocket of big business (ALEC). Judy Burgess won the award of being the most inept and outlandish Lawmaker with her:  witch-hunt Obama Birther Bill, support of guns on campus, her global conspiracies, her dismissal of global warming, and the fact she refuses personal meetings and public appearances. 

We discussed the 22 Governor that Arizona has had in the past 100 years. I have lived through 15 of those Governor terms and knew several personally (Jack Williams-R, Bruce Babbitt-D, Rose Mofford-D, and Jane Hull-D). We all agreed the best Governor was Bruce Babbitt-D, 03/04/78 to 01/05/87, because he boosted Arizona’s reputation to tourists by expanding the parks system and that Arizona prospered during his leadership. Bruce Babbitt went on to be President Clinton’s-D Secretary of the Interior (01/22/93-01/02/01) where he protected the scenic and historic federal public lands.

The most embarrassing Governors were Evan Mecham-R who was impeached for misuse of campaign funds and Fife Symington-R who resigned because he defrauded banks.

ARIZONA GOVERNOR
JAN BREWER-R

Finally, we all agreed that Jan Brewer-R is the worst Governor because she balanced the budget by robbing the parks, schools, poor, disabled/sick, and children.

One woman said that she was glad that Governor Jan Brewer did not speak at the Wall of Life Day because she was the “GOVERNOR OF DEATH.”

NOTE: If anyone wants a copy of the CD that has the complete Sun Grove Resort Village ELDER ABUSE STORY which I passed out at the state Capitol please contact me at: markfairall@yahoo.com