Beat for 35 years at the milwaukee sentinel, meg covered the workings and mostly the failing of what we euphemistically call the Mental Health system in this. But meg also about those issues on a much more personal as well talk about today her memoir while you were out tells the story of growing up in chicago suburbs with Seven Brothers and sisters, a charming but manic father, a brilliant but melancholic and often absent mother and messy pile of secrets. Welcome, meg. Its great to be with you and talking about amazing work. Thanks, rob. I cant think of anybody i would rather be talking to about it than with you. So its privilege. Thanks much. I have to say, what i love about this book is that you, the keen eye of a reporter the storytelling chops and wit that may be part of the kissinger dna and the passion of someone who has looked squarely at human and institutional failure and wants to expose it. So lets start here. What prompted you to write this book, to dig through and air your
Strange and heartwrenching story begins. Its the dimple of the universe. Reporter once known for its booming cantaloupe crop, its not cattle that keeps them alive. Tucked in the lush green of these rolling hills, youll find a post office, gas station and not much else. The schools always been the heartbeat of the community. Reporter culleoka unit school, a sprawling twostory complex, which will become the epicenter of a seismic scandal. Its known for its drill team and the musical theater troupe. Boogie Fever Reporter but its drama that quickly circles the new girl in class, 15yearold Elizabeth Thomas. Those kids are from a Small Community and any outsider becomes a target immediately. Reporter she had been home schooled her whole life. She was somewhat of a tomboy, she played really rough. She could switch to being really nice and sweet. Reporter Paige Griffith is a kind of surrogate mom to elizabeth. Her daughter erin is elizabeths best friend. Shed come over to my house and we would
Army Intelligence Officer that willner who recalls her personal and professional connection to east germany. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Welcome to [inaudible] im so happy to be here with courtney and that you can all be here with us. I do want to say trent gillis, who is just really one of the cofounders of our project, is courtneys editor on the blog. Hes really, really sad he cant be here. Hes sick today, so i kind of i just want to bring his name in here. Get well, trent. I know. [laughter] thats right. So courtney sent an email yesterday. I guess when we planned this, we didnt we werent looking at the calendar and saying whats happening that week. And courtney emailed yesterday and said should we, should we do this . Should we have a book launch in a salon to talk about the new better off in a week with this momentous and really unsettling election, a really unsettled political landscape. And i said, absolutely, because of
Army Intelligence Officer that willner who recalls her personal and professional connection to east germany. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Welcome to [inaudible] im so happy to be here with courtney and that you can all be here with us. I do want to say trent gillis, who is just really one of the cofounders of our project, is courtneys editor on the blog. Hes really, really sad he cant be here. Hes sick today, so i kind of i just want to bring his name in here. Get well, trent. I know. [laughter] thats right. So courtney sent an email yesterday. I guess when we planned this, we didnt we werent looking at the calendar and saying whats happening that week. And courtney emailed yesterday and said should we, should we do this . Should we have a book launch in a salon to talk about the new better off in a week with this momentous and really unsettling election, a really unsettled political landscape. And i said, absolutely, because of
It work this way say investigators. Mitchell made sure Logan Technology and willard got nearly 1 million in upland security and surveillance equipment contracts from 2009 to 2015. Willard would allegedly kickback to councilman mitchell tone 15 of the deal on highly inflated prices. Some of the proceeds were moved in cash says the da to mitchell from a Check Cashing outlet. At least on one occasion he specifically remembers delivering delivering 5,000 envelope in cash to the house of ed mitchell upland borough. Reporter da alleges mitchell had secret audio and video recording Equipment Installed in borrow Hall Council Chambers in an office and he made tapes investigators were tipped when uplands mayor found the camera system back in march. And then there were dash cams for the police cars upland was billed not once but twice. 30 grand for those cameras. Its determined that these dash cams never arrived and mitchell instructs logan to report them as missing. Reporter thats what he d he a