EXCLUSIVE: Liko Smith A Deadbeat Dad! Miss Fortune Found The Clark County, NV Records That Prove It

Looks like Liko Smith, shown at left, has another number to worry about--and it's plastered on his forehead.

Smith, who claims to have hung the moon and stars, is currently ducking his financial responsibility to his former wife and young son.

Clark County, Nevada, court records show that Smith owes at least $79,300 to former wife Rachelle Basso for the support of their son.



And that's not the only financial eff-up Liko's encountered recently.

In March, Liko was evicted from a condo he was renting at 1999 Pin Oak Avenue in Las Vegas. Maybe he can claim the rent was too damn high.

So tell me again how this bozo can put together the multi-million dollar revival of Sugar Loaf when he can't pay his rent or child support?

Miss Fortune is waiting, Liko.

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Snow Job? Mr. Smith Goes To Sugar Loaf...Again!

"Liko" Smith

Something tells your girl Miss Fortune that this dude's going to be way more fun to write about than David Lee Hunter!

This press release is puffier than poori bread!

My favorite boast? Why, it's his claim to have given a speech at the Palma de Mallorca Tourism Conference--although little Liko called it "Palma Mallorga".

Gee, wonder what else might not be true? Stay tuned, friends.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Sept. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Entrepreneur Eneliko Sean Smith (aka Liko Smith), creator of THE BLOCK, The World's First Snowboarder Hotels, has purchased the Sugar Loaf Resort in Michigan. The resort, located at 4500 Sugar Loaf Mountain Road, in Traverse City, Michigan has been shuttered for over a decade.

Mr. Smith and partners have purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes all assets of Sugar Loaf to include property, buildings, ski lifts, and all existing inventory. Combined with adjoining land, the resort totals over 560 acres. The property boasts a private aircraft landing strip. Sugar Loaf is adjacent to golf courses, townhomes and residences that make up the community.

Liko Smith plans to transform the resort into a 560-acre Snowboarder's Mecca titled The RoK at Sugar Loaf. Smith has partnered with internationally experienced snow resort operators interested in long term development projects in the United States. The partners plan to open the resort by November 27, 2014.

"This is the single biggest challenge of my life, I'm fortunate I was able to find partners that not only understand the risks involved at Sugar Loaf but also the complexity of reopening a resort that has been shuttered for over 10 years," says Smith. "The key is getting down to bedrock on what's required and then taking massive action...I will not let this resort waste away on my watch," he says. "The residents and children in the region deserve a resort that will compete with others worldwide and The Rok is going to do just that."

Smith, who pled no contest regarding unpaid room taxes in the City Of South Lake Tahoe in 2009, promises that tax payments will never be an issue again. "I suffered very deeply and I truly learned from that mistake," he says.

Liko Smith, a star on THE BLOCK reality show, plans to create a new reality series beginning with an employee Boot Camp July of 2014. Interested snowboarders can apply at websites www.theworldsmostextremeceo.com or www.theRoKatsugarloaf.com

Smith, a noted speaker, outlines The RoK strategy in a speech title he had used during The Global Conference on Tourism in Palma Mallorga, Spain. "Brands Create Regional Tourism Opportunities." "Sugar Loaf has the assets of an amazing brand," says Smith. "It's time."

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David Hunter Takes Plea Deal; GUILTY On Two Felony Counts

BREAKING NEWS!! 

On September 25, David Lee Hunter plead guilty to two felony counts of conversion by false pretense, thereby avoiding a trial scheduled to begin in Grand Traverse County on October 8.

In one of the most notorious cases of "convictus interruptus" your girl Miss Fortune has ever seen, Hunter pulled out of his upcoming trial after agreeing to a deal that dismissed four additional felony conversion counts.

The Grand Traverse County Prosecutor also dropped a habitual offender sentencing enhancement that could have added substantially more than the maximum sentence for Hunter's crime. Each felony count is punishable by up to five years in prison and/or three times the value of money or property involved.

Hunter's sentencing is scheduled for October 25 in Grand Traverse County's 13th Circuit Court.

Back in November 2012, Traverse City Police said Hunter signed a month lease on a Wadsworth Street home during the summer. He then put the home up for rent on Craigslist and set up separate tours for potential renters.

Hunter claimed to be the home's legal owner — or that he was in partnership with the owner — and signed several one-year lease agreements with the potential renters. He collected six $1,000 payments intended as security deposits.

"The suspect leased the same property to six different groups of victims, taking money from all six groups," according to a police report.

All of the fake leases were supposed to start on Oct. 15, 2012, and one of the renters contacted police not long after that when they began to suspect the deal was a scam. Hunter was in contact with all parties and repeatedly provided excuses as to why they couldn't yet move in.

Police checked with the vacation rental group that rented the home to Hunter, and a woman there confirmed that Hunter had no authority to rent the property at all, let alone for a period of time past his lease.

Hunter returned money to only one set of victims.

Vince Gilligan "Breaks Bad" In Battle Creek; Per Wickstrom Breaks Wind...Again!

The interwebs are crackling with the news today that Breaking Bad creator, Vince Gilligan (left), will team up with David Shore, the writer behind House, for his next project, a detective drama called Battle Creek.


Gilligan is making a 13-part series for CBS, the network for whom he previously developed it in 2002. It is expected to broadcast in 2014.

Battle Creek tells the story of two detectives in the lovely Michigan town who have contrasting approaches to law enforcement – to do it by the book, or by whatever means necessary.

Your girl Miss Fortune can hardly wait for the episode titled "Tranquility Detox".

YARRR!

MOORED! Kathleen Glynn and Michael Moore Get Down To the Matter of the Heart: MONEY!

Looks like the Glynn/Moore drive-through divorce just hit a speed bump: money!

A hearing is scheduled for 10:00 am this morning in Grand Traverse County Circuit Court to discuss spurned spouse Kathleen Glynn's request to modify the mutual temporary restraining order restricting both parties' access to assets and spurnee Michael Moore's response.

Hey, we might have our own Kim-and-Kris scenario going on up in here!

Stay tuned to "Glistening, Quivering Underbelly", the news source that broke the Glynn Moore divorce story! Even Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" gave Miss Fortune mad props.

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Date	Action	Proceeding
06/17/2013	SI	VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE
		SUMMONS ISSUED TO EXPIRE 9/16/2013
06/17/2013	MOO	PLTS' VERIFIED EX-PARTE MOTION FOR MUTUAL TEMPORAR
		RESTRAINING ORDER CONSERVING PROPERTY
06/17/2013	OR	EX-PARTE MUTUAL TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
		CONSERVING PROPERTY SGN BY JDG NELSON 6/17/13
06/26/2013	HRG	NOTICE OF FINAL HRG OF DIVORCE ON 9/10/13 @9:05
07/22/2013	SV	SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED BY T.PLUNKETT (P18957) FOR
		DEF'T KATHLEEN GLYNN
07/23/2013		PROOF OF SERVICE-NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
07/24/2013		PROOF OF SERVICE/TRUEFILING
09/05/2013	DPT	**DOMESTIC RELATIONS** PRE-TRIAL STATEMENT
09/09/2013	CC	VERIFIED COUNTER CLAIM FOR DIVORCE
09/09/2013		REQUEST FOR HEARING
09/09/2013	MR	DEFT'S ANSWER TO PLTF'S VERIFIED EX=PARTE MOTION
		FOR MUTUAL TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER CONSERVING
		PROPERTY
09/09/2013	MO	DEF'TS VERIFIED MOTION TO MODIFY OR RESCIND TRO
		CONSERVING PROPERTY
09/09/2013	HRG	NOTICE OF HEARING-DEF'TS OBJ TO TRO, MOTION TO
		MODIFY, AND DEF'TS MOTION FOR DIST OF CASH ASSETS
		TO BE HEARD AT A TIME SET BY THE COURT
09/09/2013	AN	DEFT'S ANSWER TO VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE
09/09/2013	MO	DEF'TS MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE PARTIAL DIST. OF
		CASH ASSETS TO BOTH PARTIES
09/09/2013	OBJ	DEFT'S VERIFIED OBJECTIONS TO EX PARTE MUTUAL TRO
		CONSERVING PROPERTY
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/10/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/11/2013	HRG	NOTICE OF HEARING-DEFT'S VERIFIED OBJ TO TRO,DEFT'
		MOTION TO MODIFY OF RESCIND TRO, DEFT'S MOTION
		FOR PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CASH ASSETS TO BE
		HEARD ON 9/19/2013 @10AM
09/13/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/17/2013	MR	PLTF'S RESPONSE AND BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO
		DEFT'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL DIST OF CASH ASSETS
09/17/2013	MR	PLTF'S RESPONSE AND BRIEF IN OPPOSITION OF DEFT'S
		MOTION TO MODIFY MUTUAL TRO CONSERVING PROPERTY
09/17/2013	MR	DEFT'S REPLY TO PLTF'S RESPONSE AND BRIEF IN
		OPPOSITION TO DEFT'S VERIFIED MOTIONS
09/18/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/18/2013		TRUEFILE POS
09/18/2013		TRUEFILE POS

BREAKING NEWS! South Bend Tranquility Detox's Long And Winding Licensing Road Just Got Forked! Public Comment Period Still Open As State of Indiana Submits Second Request For More Information

A spokesperson for
the State of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) today confirmed exclusively to Miss Fortune that Per Wickstrom's certification application for South Bend's Tranquility Detox is still pending while the state waits for a second round of additional information requested on August 27.

Wickstrom's group submitted documentation for its official certification as an Addiction Services Provider, including Detox, Subacute, and Transitional Residential Services for its facility located at 3606 E. Jefferson Boulevard in South Bend, Indiana in late July. 

After reviewing the application, the FSSA's Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) sent a letter on August 27 to Wickstrom's representatives requesting the additional information, and as of this morning had not yet received a response.

Let's make some noise, people! Send your public comments to DMHA.feedback@fssa.in.gov
 
For more information about the certification process, including the complete administrative code, please use this link:
Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA)

PER MACHT FREI: Per Wickstrom's Drug Clinics Score Failing Grades After License Inspections; State of Michigan Slams Wickstrom's "You Vill Work For Free" Forced Labor Therapy; Best Drug Rehabilitation, A Forever Recovery "Not In Substantial Compliance"

In September 2011, Human Rights Watch released “The Rehab Archipelago”, a 121-page report documenting the experiences of people confined to fourteen South Vietnam drug detention centers.  In Vietnam, “labor therapy” is stipulated as part of drug treatment by law, and drug detention centers are little more than forced labor camps where tens of thousands of detainees work six days a week processing cashews, sewing garments, or manufacturing other items.

In an August 8 substance abuse facility licensing inspection report, the State of Michigan determined that A Forever Recovery (AFR) and Best Drug Rehabilitation (BDR) were conducting their own forms of “labor therapy”.  AFR and BDR were both cited for violating the human rights of clients paying upwards of $25,000 for drug rehabilitation by forcing them to clean the facilities—without payment for their labor. 

In addition, the report revealed a critical lack of emergency care readiness, no discharge documentation for clients moved between facilities and “co-mingling within the same space with no physical separation whatsoever”, a clear reference to the unlicensed Tranquility Detox.

[NOTE] AFR and BDR both refer patients to the 163 North Avenue facility in Battle Creek for detox services, and location run in tandem by the two clinics. However, no license exists for Tranquility Detox. 

A FOREVER RECOVERY 

AFR’s annual license inspection was conducted on June 25 in Battle Creek, Michigan at 216 St. Mary’s Road. AFR participants included Tamra Hall, Clinical Director, and Lisa Lee, Deputy Executive Director.

Jay Calewarts, Manager, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, and Chris VanFleet, Regulatory Officer, represented the State of Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).

Based on the inspection findings, LARA determined that the program was “not in substantial compliance with the requirements of the code and rules, specifically Michigan Administrative Rules for substance abuse programs R325.14101 through R325.14928.”

The report cites these two violations:

1) In the Client Handbook for ‘A Forever Recovery’, under ‘Client Rights’, it is stated that: Clients, when appropriate, have the right to participate in their treatment and treatment planning. Per the administrative rule R 325.14305 (1) A recipient shall participate in the development of his or her treatment plan. The phrase “when appropriate” should not be in the explanation of the Client Rights as that it is not the way it is explained in the Administrative Rules.

2) The program had the clients conducting chores such as cleaning various areas of the facility. The program did not have a policy on chores describing the rationale how the chores were therapeutic benefit as required by R 325.14306 (6)
 
LARA’s report states that a “recipient has the right to be free from doing work which the program would otherwise employ someone else to do, unless the work and the rationale for its therapeutic benefit are included in program policy or in the treatment plan for the recipient.”


BEST DRUG REHABILITATION

BDR’s annual license inspection was also conducted on June 25 at 163 North Avenue in Battle Creek, the building serving as the home of “Tranquility Detox”. [NOTE: BDR's Manistee location was not inspected during the June visits.]

LARA’s Calewarts and VanFleet were accompanied by its Executive Director, Douglas Wickstrom.

Based on the inspection findings, LARA determined that the program was “not in substantial compliance with the requirements of the code and rules, specifically Michigan Administrative Rules for substance abuse programs R325.14101 through R325.14928.”

The report cites the following eleven violations:

1) The facility currently has two licenses for the same location. Licenses are site-specific. If there are two licenses at the same address, the programs must be physically separated within the building, such as separate suites. Upon entering the building, it was realized that both Best Drug Rehabilitation and A Forever Recovery were co-mingling within the same space with no physical separation whatsoever. Since there is no physical separation, one of the licenses must be surrendered unless a physical separation is provided.

2) All policies were for Tranquility Detox. The name on the policies must match the program name listed on the license to ensure that the policies are in fact for the program which is licensed.

[NOTE] There is no license for “Tranquility Detox” since it’s run in tandem by AFR and BDR. Both facilities send their clients to Tranquility Detox before routing them to whichever facility originally recruited them.

And to make the situation less tranquil and even more confusing, a check of the State of Michigan’s Business Entity records shows two corporations using the name "Tranquility Detox". 

One of them, Tranquility Detox, Inc., was registered on May 9, 2011 as a Domestic Profit Corporation by Per Wickstrom’s nephew, Stephen Anderson.

The other corporation, Tranquility Detox, was registered on the same day as a Domestic Non-Profit Corporation by Grand Rapids attorney Phillip Slot. Slot and Tom King are representing AFR in its zoning suit against Pennfield Township.

3) Recipients’ rights were not posted in a public place as required by R325.14302 (9) Rights of recipients shall be displayed on a poster provided by the office in a public area of all licensed programs. The poster shall indicate the program rights advisor's name and phone number.

4) The administrator stated the program did not have an agreement with an emergency inpatient program as required by R325.12115 (3) An agreement shall exist between the licensee and 1 or more licensed medical service facilities for the provision of emergency inpatient and ambulatory medical services. If such a facility does not exist within 40 miles of the licensee's facility, an agreement shall exist between the licensee and a physician to provide emergency services.
 
5) The administrator stated that the license was kept at the corporate office. The license was not posted in the facility as required by R 325.14212 (5) The current license shall be posted in a conspicuous public place in the program. For purposes of this rule, the term "license" includes a provisional license or a temporary permit.

(6) When a document is required by the act or these rules to be posted in a "public place" or in an area "accessible to patients, employees, or visitors," the term means any of the following locations in a program:
(a) The main entry or hallway.
(b) The reception area or foyer.
(c) The dining room or multipurpose room.

7) Visitor hours were not posted in a public space. The administrator stated that visitors "were not allowed at this facility." There was no written policy on visitors or visitor hours. Policy can restrict visitors under certain circumstances but this provision of the rule does not allow a program to deny all patients the right to receive visitors for their entire stay at the facility. Reference R 325.14306 (2) A program shall post its policy concerning visitors in a public place. R 325.14306 (3) Unless contraindicated by program policy or individual treatment plan, a recipient is allowed visits from family members, friends, and other persons of his or her choice at reasonable times, as determined by the program director or according to posted visitors' hours. A recipient shall be informed in writing of visitors' hours upon admission to the program.

8) The program did not have a policy for restraints. The administrator stated that the program did not use restraints. The program is required to have a policy on restraints (and if they are not used the policy should reflect that) per R325.14306
(5) A recipient has the right to be free from physical and chemical restraints, except those authorized in writing by a physician for a specified and limited time.

Written policies and procedures which set forth the circumstances that require the use of restraints and which designate the program personnel responsible for applying restraints shall be approved in writing by a physician and shall be adopted by the program governing authority. Restraints may be applied in an emergency to protect the recipient from injury to self or others. The restraint shall
be applied by designated staff. Such action shall be reported to a physician immediately and shall be reduced to writing in the client record within 24 hours.

9) The program had the clients conducting chores such as cleaning various areas of the facility. The program did not have a policy on chores describing the rationale how the chores were therapeutic benefit as required by R 325.14306 (6) A recipient has the right to be free from doing work which the program would otherwise employ someone else to do, unless the work and the rationale for its
therapeutic benefit are included in program policy or in the treatment plan for the recipient.

10) Page 7 of the A Forever Recovery Rehabilitation Center Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Enrollment Agreement states that money remaining in the Client’s account will be mailed within 30 days. Per R 325.14306 (8) A recipient has the right to receive all money or other belongings held for him or her by the program within 24 hours of discharge.

11) Clients are currently shuttled back and forth between this facility and other facilities located at 216 St. Mary’s Lake Road, Battle Creek (A Forever Recovery #SA0130102) and 300 Care Center Drive, Manistee (Best Drug Rehabilitation Services #SA0510026). 

Currently there is no discharge documentation done when moving clients back and forth between facilities. Since these are separate facilities with separate licenses, clients must be properly admitted and discharged from the facility as required by 
R 325.14902 and R 325.14928 respectively.

Jay Calewarts confirmed in an email to Miss Fortune that A Forever Recovery and Best Drug Rehabilitation provided the State of Michigan with their respective correction plans on September 16.

Miss Fortune will bring you further updates as they become available.

Forced labor, no emergency care, no policy on restraints?

Looks like somebody has been reading his Schicklgruber!

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