"Finding You Dead In A Ditch" - Verico The Mortgage Station
Yesterday we received a message from an unidentified man who said he was doing some research on buying a house in Simcoe County when he found our fully supported reports and videos. "I thought journalists like you were a thing of the past. Good job!!! You probably saved my family a lot of trouble and money. It takes balls to take on these lenders but what the hell is stopping the police and local council from finding you dead in a ditch? You must know some powerful people."
Our first thought was a threat, but we backtracked it to a five-year-old account based in the GTA.
It was also pretty obvious that the detective of the South Simcoe Police Service did not know who our Producer was, or what he has contributed to the charities, not-for-profits, and benevolent groups of Simcoe County.
Simcoe County Councillors may have turned a blind eye, but the exposure has now made them equally oblivious to any call for support from the multi-million-dollar brokers and their multi-billion-dollar allies.
Also, a small point maybe, but we have the right under the Charter to tell the truth of this story, and any attempt to curtail that authority will result in a very public and extremely expensive lawsuit.
Not one County Councillor, some of whom are social media friends of our Producer
, has reached out to ask about our reporting on this story. Likewise, no representative of the South Simcoe Police Service has asked to meet, or even to chat on the phone about our reporting and public allegations. All of these facts clearly debunk the unsubstantiated allegations made by David Flude who claimed in a most unprofessional manner to a prospective client that our philanthropic Producer, was a 'serial agitator' who he falsely and without evidence accused of suing neighbours, politicians, and others. Fortunately, his breach of trust resulted in the potential new client who sought a mortgage of $800,000.00, responding negatively and taking her business and a commission of about $8,000.00 to another broker after calling out the repetitive liar and supporting the truth of our reports and videos. You can see the entire email here.
Anybody who takes to time to review the facts sees the truth, which is happening every day.
Are we protected? Do we have friends in influential places? The answer to both is yes. However, we believe in our system of justice and our rights under the Charter or Rights and Freedoms, which our Producer
has defended as a veteran. He has also seen as an international journalist how in other countries the citizens and media do not enjoy similar protections. We are relying much more on the very public manner in which we are telling this story, and the number of people who now know the truth who did not have that knowledge a few weeks or months ago. Our system of justice in Canada is a serious matter, and the protection of journalists is a very high concern to many.
It seems likely it is the checks and balances of our system of justice that are stopping anybody from
"finding you dead in a ditch".