Deconstructing Planned Parenthood/Gemini cover-up I
From today’s Chicago Tribune:
[Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area CEO Steve] Trombley conceded Planned Parenthood was coy during the application process because it did not want to tip off its opponents while the clinic was under construction. But Trombley denied Planned Parenthood ever defrauded or deceived the city. “In no way did we deviate from the letter of the law,” he said….
When Gemini told the city it was unsure who its tenant would be, that was technically true at the time because the decision had not yet been made as to because which entity related to Planned Parenthood would occupy the building, Trombley said.
First, Trombley spoke as if Gemini were in charge (Gemini “owner,” PP “tenant”), when in fact, it is the other way around. PP owns Gemini. Trombley told the LA Times August 31…
… Gemini, a limited liability partnership, was set up to mask Planned Parenthood’s involvement to keep protesters away while the $7.5-million clinic was being built.
“It should be evident… why we did that,” Trombley said. “This land was zoned for medical services. The city didn’t ask what type of medical services.”
Trombley can now try, but there’s no avoiding boneheaded things he has said on the public record, the classic, of course, being, “Frankly, I’m surprised we were able to keep it a secret for so long.”
It’s straightforward. PP created Gemini. Now, according to Trombley, that Aurora didn’t connect the dots is its own fault for not investigating Gemini or scouring public notices in other cities’ newspapers.
Further, in court documents PP filed yesterday it called Gemini “a wholly owned affiliate.”
Also according to those court documents, “In 2002, PPCA began planning for a new medical facility to provide services in Chicago’s western suburbs… Ultimately PPCA obtained a parcel of land… in Aurora.”
But PP didn’t create Gemini until it was needed for concealment. See Gemini’s incorporation papers here, filed with the state on April 24, 2006 (click to enlarge):
According to FOIAd documents, Gemini’s first construction permit was filed July 27, 2006 (click to enlarge):
(Kathleen M. Howard, photo right, is a Perkins Coie attorney, PP’s legal consultant per tax returns.)And what did Trombley mean by saying they didn’t “technically” lie about the occupant because they weren’t sure “which [PP] entity” that would be?
PP only has two entities: expresses and mills. Expresses don’t commit abortion and don’t have surgical suites, and mills do commit abortions and do have surgical suites.
And PP/Gemini were flummoxed about that throughout the process of constructing a medical building containing surgical suites? Give me a break.
[HT: John Jansen of PLAL for Gemini incorporation papers]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Why didn’t they announce that they were building a Planned Parenthood clinic? For the same reason they were putting bullet-proof glass in the windows.
Peaceful, law-abiding Americans besieged by violent fanatics need to protect themselves. That’s why we fight the War on Terror and deal with right-to-lifers on a “need-to-know” basis.
Intercepting calls from Afghanistan and keeping fetus-fetishists in the dark is pretty much the same thing: a simple safety measure.
Good point Laura.
Would these people be protesting any less if Planned Parenthood announced it’s plans on day one?
“Would these people be protesting any less if Planned Parenthood announced it’s plans on day one?”
No we wouldn’t Hal.
Ah, you see, Jill, they didn’t know yet if they were going to create yet another legal entity with a new name. Say, “Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services of Aurora,” versus “Planned Parenthood Aurora Services” versus “Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health of Aurora” versus “Planend Parenthood Federation of Suburban Chicago” etc.
PP: the worst people in the world.
“Peaceful, law-abiding Americans besieged by violent fanatics need to protect themselves.”
Let’s see, to date the only person shot was a pro-life demonstrator.
“a 17-year-old girl was shot in the arm by a pellet from a BB gun fired from an SUV.”
http://generationsforlife.org/2007/0906/planned-parenthood-lashes-out/#more-430
BTW – Heard about the March on WLS AM890 about 15 min ago. Whooo hoo!!!!
“a 17-year-old girl was shot in the arm by a pellet from a BB gun fired from an SUV.”
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News story? Police report?
I haven’t heard a thing about it…
Can’t ANYONE on the pro-life side afford a video camera? Still camera? Pencil and paper?
News story?
BB strikes teen near clinic
A 17-year-old St. Charles woman was not injured when she was shot by a BB gun at 4:10 p.m. Monday as she stood near the Planned Parenthood facility in the 3500 block of East New York Street, Aurora police said.
The victim, who was not identified, was with several other people when she felt something strike her right arm, police said. She then looked down and saw a BB bounce on the ground.
Witnesses said the BB was fired from a dark-colored SUV that was southbound on Oakhurst Drive. Police said the same vehicle had driven north moments earlier and the driver yelled obscenities. The SUV entered a parking lot, turned around and came back.
Police say the area near the controversial clinic is being sufficiently patrolled.
“We’ve got resources devoted to that area that are sufficient to keep the peace,” said police spokesman Dan Ferrelli.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/police/541917,2_1_AU05_BLOTTER_S1.article
Hey Bethany, I’d heard the story but didn’t know it made the news. Thanks for presenting corroboration. That’s why I didn’t report on it sooner.
No problem, Jill! :)
“PP: the worst people in the world.”
Eh. I would say terrorists are the worst people in the world, with those who commit torture and rape at a close second. I suppose though you could argue that PP are “terrorists of the womb” and that they “torture children”.