WOLFGANG HALBIG

the Hoax of a Lifetime

Table of Contents

Prologue: They call him The Kraut.......................................1968-1976

Chapter 1: Probie..........1974-1975

Chapter 2: Hurricane Fail........................................................1977-1979

Chapter 3: Student Driver.......................................................1980-1983
.Chapter 4: The Lost Years (Mystery at Sebring High)............1983-1985
Chapter 5: Splitsville...............................................................1990-1993
Chapter 6: Quadro Sinko.........................................................1994-1996

Chapter 7: Think of the Children...........................................1997-2000

Chapter 8: Axis of Evil...........................................................2001-2003
Chapter 9: The Long Way Down...........................................2004-2009
Chapter 10: A Man of the People............................................2010-2011
Chapter 11: The Scent..........................................................2012-2013
Chapter 12: Year of the Wolf...........................................................2014
The Fall of Wolfgang Halbig............................................................2015

Look into my background. - W.H.

Prologue: They call him The Kraut

August, 10th, 1946: Wolfgang Walter Halbig is born, somewhere in Germany.

Early Life (Germ any)

Wolfgang was raised by his grandparents in the town of Heidelberg (state of Baden-Wrttemberg) until age
twelve (or fourteen, or sixteen, but Wolfgang usually claims twelve.)
He was raised Catholic while in Germany, but would claim no faith as an adult.

According to public statements made by Wolfgang on multiple occasions, he never knew his father. Wolf
claims that his father was in a concentration camp for three years, sometimes saying the camp was located
in Posen, Poland. This would presumably indicate Stalag XXI-D.

Relocation to United States:

In 2012, Wolfgang gave a deposition as part of a civil lawsuit. In it Wolf explained about the circumstances of
his move to the United States:

Early Life (US):

In the United States, Wolfgang was raised by his mother in Avon Park, Florida. From age twelve through high
school, he picked fruit to earn money, according to comments made under Wolfgang Halbigs name to CNN
news stories in November of 2012:

1965_______________________________
Wolfgang Halbig is finishing his senior at Avon Park High School, and plays on the football team. Looking
back on this time in a 1971 profile in the Abilene Reporter, Wolfgang remembers complaining to the coaching
staff about the physical pain the other players caused him:

Living in Avon Park, Fla., Halbig said he was asked to play football (even though he
couldn't speak a word of English at the time) "because they thought I was big so the first
thing they had me playing was center." Recalling this, Halbig added laughingly, "But then I
got tired of getting beat up all the time because I was German and didn't understand the
game of football. They told me all I had to do was bend over and snap the ball whenever the
guy said a certain number." Expressing his displeasure at being "beat up" all the time,
Halbig went to his coaches and they moved him to halfback.

Summer 1965: Wolfgang graduates from Avon Park High School. To this day, he is unable to explain how this
was possible given his abysmal academic performance:

Nov ember 8 1965: Wolf is playing Defensive Halfback in Coffeyville, Kansas. In his later deposition, Wolf
would explain that this school was a Junior college for Florida State players who couldnt speak English.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1541495/

1966_______________________________
Wolfgang transfers to Florida State University from Coffeyville, but is unable to enroll in classes because he
is found to have never registered for the draft. He soon winds up joining the United States Air Force, claiming
that he had no idea that there was a draft:

The "Kraut" as he's called by fellow Wildcats at ACC, signed a scholarship to attend
Florida State University. "But, not speaking English too good, they thought my chances in
a four-year school were bad and they thought I couldn't make it because of the English
problem." With that in mind, Halbig entered Coffeyville Junior College in Coffeyville, Kan.,
on a football scholarship. He played a year there and his team went 9-1 with Halbig making
All-Conference as a linebacker.

However, then an unusual happening came to pass. Halbig was informed he hadn't
registered for the draft (something he had no idea existed) and he joined the Air Force
rather than go in the Army. Halbig was stationed at Dyess Air Force Base when he got out.
He then strolled over to the campus of McMurry College asking about a football
scholarship and Buddy Fornes asked him to come to their spring tryout camp. In the
meantime, Halbig inquired across town at ACC and Wally Bullington took a look at the fit
German and said he could use him at ACC. (Abilene Reporter, Sept. 8 1971)

Note that 2012 Wolf claims that he was drafted after all, just before enlisting in the Air Force:

Question #1 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answ er: You w ere going to high school in Am erica in
1965 and you didnt know that the United States had a draft? Nobody on your football team
m entioned Vietnam once? How is that possible? Were you trying to dodge the draft?

1967_______________________________
Wolfgang Halbig is stationed at Lackland Air Force base, and is then transferred to Dyess Air
Force Base in Abilene, Texas.

NOTE: Entries from Halbigs 2012 resume are listed as The Truth According to Wolfgang:

1967-1970 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

United States Air Force, 1967-1970

Strategic Air Command
Combative Measures Instructor
Disaster Preparedness Instructor
Physical Fitness Specialist

1968-1969______________________________
Wolfgang becomes a naturalized citizen in Abilene, Texas. This moment -- reciting an oath of citizenship with
his right hand raised -- becomes a story that Wolfgang would recycle over and over for the rest of his life,
often in the context of assuring an audience of his patriotism.

Jul 12 1968: Wolf wins a sportsmanship award after his team comes in 3rd place
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15180295/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15180174/
More sports stuff:
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47502597/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47503659/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47507101/

1970-1973 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Bachelor of Science
Secondary History and Physical Education, 1973
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX

1970_________________________________
Early 1970: Wolfgang receives his honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, rank E-4.
Feb 8 1970 - Halbig, who will be discharged from the Air Force this summer, has been a baseball and tennis
star at Dyess.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47442250/

Feb 27 1970: Wolf gets a football scholarship to Abilene Christian College (ACC; note that the name was
changed in the early 1970s to Abilene Christian University, thus also ACU.)
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99512/m1/7/zoom/
April 1 1970: Article notes that football recruit Wolfgang Halbig is a 200-pound linebacker from Dyess by way
of Florida and Coffeyv ille Jr. College
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47487443/
July 26 1970: article notes Wolf is joining Abilene Christian College, after leaving armed forces
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47519979/

Sept 18 1970 - Wolf is noted as a newcomer at ACU, expected to play tight end.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47586147/
Nov ember 4, 1970 - Wolf is noted as having a bruised kidney
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49214086/

Various sports headlines throughout the Fall:

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49214268/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49214489/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49214750/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49215423/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49215459/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49215708/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49215748/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49216093/

1971__________________________

May 15 1971: - A correction in the Abilene Reports sports section indicates that Wolfgang Halbig is, at age
twenty-four, already noticeably sensitive about his public image.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51775259/
Wolfgang Halbig of Abilene Christian College telephoned to report he WILL be the Wildcats' fullback
this fall. We had reported that Halbig had been shifted to fullback and should add power "if the
coaches leave him there." Halbig was somewhat upset over the statement as he is confident he will
be at fullback. We did not know anything Wolfgang didn't know so will confess, Wolfgang, that you
[fragment ends]

July 17 1971 - Halbigs exercise regimen is detailed by the local paper

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51782522/
Halbig, the enthusiastic Air Force veteran, is going after daily drills in a big way. The native of
Germany runs the swimming pool at the Dyess Officers Club, teaching lessons and also getting in
some swimming exercise in the mornings. He works 40 hours a week and works out every night.
Halbig is running four miles every other evening, doing quick starts and sprints, riding a bicycle, lifting
weights and playing catch the other afternoons. I do it because I want to be ready," said Wolfgang.
No second team for me. I want to start." Halbig, who now weighs 208, says he wants to play at 205.

July 29 1971 - Wolf is injured in a car accident

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51783382/

More sports headlines from this period:

http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/29725840/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51785386/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51785372/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51786020/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51786064/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51786131/

August 1, 1971 - Wolf is noted as frequently visiting Dyess Air Force Base, well after his supposed discharge.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51783588/
But some athletes have managed to land more exciting, glamorous positions than others. Take for
instance football fullback Wolfgang Halbig, who is a lifeguard and swimming instructor for the
Officers Club at Dyess Air Force Base.

September 8 1971 - Halbig Likes Sw itch to Fullback at AAC - A detailed profile on Halbigs path to
Abilene Christian University is published. Wolfgang has by now been given nickname The Kraut. He
complains about his position on the team, and openly admits that he is resentful about being passed over for a
scholarship by the teams upcoming opponents, McMurry University. He also shares that he did make the
starting lineup, as he said he wanted to on July 17, but only because someone else got injured.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51786189/

Halbig, 25, recently was sidelined with a bruised kidney and didn't return to drills until Monday,
although he's been running through some passing patterns in shorts. His main challenge this year, he
said, is to make the starting lineup. "I don't want to make it this year because somebody is injured. I
did it last year and I think it's a poor way to have to start." Halbig is bent on making it big on his own
because "I want them to realize that I do have the potential to be a good ballplayer." The deeply
sun-tanned German stated definitely he has no plans of trying to play pro ball -- even though
he has the smarts and physical attributes to make a good go of it. "I'm more interested in
teaching and going into coaching," noted Halbig seriously. "I think by the time I graduate from
Abilene Christian College I'm going to enjoy looking forward to going out, making a living
and teaching the kids what I know."
He sees a good season for the Wildcats this year because of depth, despite the fact ACC lost some
top players through graduation last year. Of the ACC-McMurry clash Saturday: "I just hope that I can
prove to 'em that they missed their opportunity by not offering me a scholarship. I think they
realized that last year when I played against them. I didn't have a great game, but they knew I
could play ball." The game, as a whole, should be a good one said Halbig. One thing's for sure -Wolfgang Halbig will see action. He expresses no qualms at not liking the idea of being a utility man,
but he's a ball player and plays his heart out whenever he's called on.

September 10, 1971: The Optimist publishes a list of freshman women that Wolfgang Halbig has
determined to be most dateable. It is implied that Wolfgang is a notorious womanizer:
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99545/m1/2/

Sports Headlines
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51786354/
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99554/m1/14/
[LINK]

1972__________________

Jan 20 1972 - Wolfgang is admitted to the West Texas Medical

Center. This appears to be for knee surgery, based on later reports.
http://w w w.new spapers.com/new spage/49179367/
Knee surgery confirmed:
http://w w w.new spapers.com/new spage/49179711/
September 28 1972
Wolfgang is photographed playing football against Southeastern
Louisiana Universitys Lions. Wolfgangs team, the Abilene
Wildcats, go on to lose the game 14-10.
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91787/m1/7/

October 27, 1972 - The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo,

Texas - Wolfgang is confirmed to be a Senior at Abilene Christian
University, and plays running back for the Abilene Wildcats.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/30039758/

1973________________________________
Jan 28 1973: Wolf is noted to be officiating basketball games at Abilene Christian College.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46748204/
February 11 1973: Wolfs shoes are vacant at Abilene Christian
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46749434/

1973: Wolfgang Halbig graduates from Abilene Christian College. He earns a Bachelor of Science degree in
Education.

(Halbig is listed under Class of 1973)

http://w w w.acu.edu/img/assets/12695/Undergrad_alumni_donors_by_class_year_FY06.pdf

After graduation, according to his 2012 deposition, Wolfgang got a phone call" that he was "hired as a
teacher at Lake Brantley High School" in Seminole County. He thus returns to Florida.
Wolfgang then claims that he worked at Lake Brantley High School for only six months, bizarrely attributing
his his sudden departure from teaching and coaching (which he had noted was his lifes ambition just two
years previous) to the clothing that female students at the school were wearing:

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Chapter 1: Probie
1974___________________________
1974-1975 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO
WOLFGANG:

State of Florida State Trooper, 1974-1975

State Trooper-graduated from academy in
Tallahassee, FL
Assigned Miami, FL duty station
Florida State Trooper: According to Wolfgangs
boasts over the years, he was the first trainee at the
Tallahassee trooper academy to have held a college
degree.
According to Wolfgang, during his less than two
years as a rookie State Trooper from 1974 to 1975,
he witnessed over 200 autopsies, was shot at
multiple times, and was responsible for conducting
homicide investigations. He has not provided any
documentation or witnesses to substantiate any of

these claims, nor has he explained why he was assigned these senior responsibilities during his probationary
period.
Wolfgang then quits, admitting that he is not cut out for law enforcement.

2012 Wolf Says:

1975________________________________
1975-1983 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:
Marion County Public Schools
Vanguard High School, Teacher/Coach, 1975-1983
Taught history, government and economics in secondary high school
Served as head football, baseball, tennis, golf and wrestling coach
Served on Southern Association for Colleges and Schools
for ten year study at Ocala Vanguard High School

1976________________________________

Feb 19, 1976: Wolfgang is listed as the coach for the Lake Weir Hurricanes wrestling team.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19760219&id=bYdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwUEAAAAIBAJ&
pg=1737,4761777&hl=e

Chapter 2: Hurricane Fail

1977______________ _______

March 13 1977: Halbig is listed in an article as The Lake Weir baseball

coach. Halbig blames injuries for the 10-2 loss against the Eastside
Rams, but despite the multiple injuries in one game, also claims that "We
just didn't have the aggressiveness a ball club should have."(Ocala
Star-Banner: Lake Weird Nine Loses Bizarre Battle)
March 15 1977: Halbigs coaching is besieged by problems according to a
local sports writer. (Ocala Star-Banner: Kazually Speaking / You Think You
Have Problems?)

Halbig assures readers that his Hurricanes, who have yet to win a game,
will soon be training using a pitching machine, even after he learns that
there are no electrical outlets at the practice field.

"I think we'll be back in the second half of the season. [Halbig] said
confidently. Once we get it together, look out."
May 26 1977 An article notes that Halbig is now coaching football and living
in Ocala, Florida.
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47656837/
Managing Rose Pool for the second summer in a row will be Wolfgang
Halbig, an Abilene Christian University graduate who now lives and coaches
football in Ocala, FL.

1978_____________________________
Mar 15 1978 Coach Halbig Returning to Lake Weir High School - published in Ocala Star-Banner.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0JZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xQUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6858%2C3892471
The article notes that Wolf is "currently an assistant football coach at Vanguard" and is "returning to Lake
Weir as the head football coach" after having been "an assistant coach" at Lake Weir for two years previously.
It is noted that the job will be Wolfgangs first year as a head coach.

It is also noted that, before coming to Lake Weir the first time, Wolfgang was defensive coordinator at Lake
Brantley," apparently referring to the six-month stint in 1973 that was cut short due to Wolfs concerns about
the attire the female students wore.

Question #2 Wolfgang MUST answer: Why did you try to make it look like you never
worked at Lake Weir High? You say on your resume that you were at Vanguard
High School from 1975 to 1983. Here we are in
1978 and youve only been at Vanguard for one
year, and are about to leave. What happened at
Lake Weir High School that you dont want
people to know about?
March 17 1978: - Welcome Back Wolf a Hit at Lake Weir article about Wolfgangs warm welcome back to Lake Weir High
School. Lake Weir reportedly welcomes Wolfgang as a returning
hero, and hopes are high that he will show his gratitude to the
school that first took a chance on him by rebuilding their
struggling football team.
Halbig explains that he has a "three-pronged plan" for improving
the team, in that "the three things he said he wants out of the
players are enthusiasm, dedication, and loyalty."

The article, like many glowing articles about Halbig from this era, is written by columnist Mark Kazlowski,
demonstrating that Halbig has developed a talent for
recruiting journalists to increase his profile. LINK
May 1, 1978: Halbig To Speak To Boosters: A
short newspaper blurb notes that the Lake Weir High
School football teams spring practice starts the
following Monday, with Wolfgang as the new head
coach, setting the stage for Halbigs speech to the
Lake Weir Booster Club. The schools principal,
Clyde Folsom, is also in attendance for this event,
as is athletic director Bobby Hall.

Sept 7, 1978: Canes Expect Exciting Year: In a lengthy write-up, Ocala Star-Banner interviewers learn that
Wolfgang has long-term plans to rebuild the team, and Halbig is "really looking forward to two years from now
and not right now. We'll try to be respectable."
https://new s.google.com/new spapers?nid=1356&dat=19780907&id=rZ5PAAAAIBAJ&sj id=v w UEAAAAIB
AJ&pg=4583,1838577&hl=en

Sept 28, 1978 Halbig still confident in the Hurricanes, losing every game so far. "I believe we can win. Things
are going to start going our way real soon and it could be Friday night up there."
https://new s.google.com/new spapers?id=v 55PAAAAIBAJ&sj id=v w UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2048%2C8087551

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1979_________________________

Jan 27 1979 Halbig is fired by Lake Weir High School from his
position as head football coach, with a record of 0-10 and in less than
one year. The firing is attributed not to his win/loss record, but for lying
about looking for another job, when it is discovered that Halbig had been
"checking on a coaching job in Sebring where he could be closer to his ill
mother in Avon Park." [LINK]
In his statement announcing the firing of Halbig as head football
coach, [Clyde] Folsom said in part, "Within the past week, I
have learned that Coach Halbig was interested in another
coaching position in a high school in the state. It is my
responsibility to secure someone who is totally committed to
develop the football program at Lake Weir High School.
Therefore, in the best interest of the football program, a change
was necessary.

Halbig defends himself by hiding behind his students:

"If I were interested in leaving Lake Weir, I would have told the
kids first and Clyde second," he said. "That's how I feel about
the Lake Weir kids. My Job was to go into Lake Weir High School and build a program." [...] "My first
obligation will be to the kids first and him second."

Halbig goes on to explain that he didn't even contact Sebring High School. He had contacted someone who
works at Sebring High School who was also his acquaintance, and that furthermore, that person had advised
Halbig that Sebring was looking for "an older coach with experience," so Halbig had no chance.
"All I wanted to find out was what they were looking for," Halbig said. "I never sent a resume. Never
had an interview. If that's a reason to show unloyalty, if that's a reason to be fired for, then I don't envy
the next person coming in there."

In the end, Halbig insists that his firing was all a conspiracy by Clyde Folsom and Bobby Hall to silence him:

Question #3 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: Why were you planning to abandon
the Lake Weir High School Hurricanes, right when the children needed you the
most? You told everyone that by game five youll be a different team but they

were not a different team by game five. They lost every game, and you lied about
planning for the next two years with them. Why would you lie??

Chapter 3: Student Driver

April 14, 1979 - Wolfgang Walter Halbig marries Kathleen Audrey Crace

May 9 1979 A blurb in the Ocala Star-Banner explains Wolfgangs

recent employment history (RIGHT).
It is reporting that, after being abruptly and publicly fired from Lake
Weir High School, Halbig was transferred to Lake Weir Middle
School.
Wolfgang then received a coaching offer (apparently bumped back
down to defensive coordinator) from Forest High School in Ocala,
which he tentatively accepted and worked at for one week before
changing back to Vanguard High School, where is expected to
start as an assistant coach.
Concerning the coaching position at Vanguard, Wolfgang would
later claim in his deposition that I was told I had the job.

1980____________

Dec 21 1979: The Halbigs purchase property in the Tall Pines development. Wolfgang would later describe this
property as a home for our first son to be born.

May 5, 1980: Wolfgangs first son, Erik Halbig, is born.

According to Wolfgang, it is around

this time that his selection by
Vanguard High School as head
coach (assistant coach according to
the Ocala Star-Banner) is rescinded.
In his deposition, Wolfgang asserts
that this was the result of yet another
shadowy conspiracy at work, this
time at the school board (RIGHT).

NOTE: Wolfgang in 2012 also

apparently believes he was
transferred to Lake Weir Middle
School from Ocala Vanguard, when
according to the May 9 1979 article
he was actually reassigned to Lake
Weir Middle after being fired from
Lake Weir High, not Vanguard High.
He may be having trouble keeping
track of his rapidly accumulating
collection of humiliating professional
blunders.

October 27 1980: Vanguard Teacher Battles for Drivers Ed: Halbig is "currently teaching driv er
education" at Vanguard High School, and "embarks on a crusade" to make driver's education mandatory,
after the State of Florida lifted the requirement. He cites one reason why drivers education (the class he
teaches, and thus his meal ticket) should be required: the safety of school children. His experience as a State
Trooper is cited to add credibility to his sales pitch. [LINK]

1981___________________

March 2nd 1981: Proposal Seeks Driv ers Education For Those Under 18 - A follow-up to the October 27
1980 story about drivers education notes that Halbig has managed to get a proposed bill in front of the Florida
legislature. The writer, David
Cook, is once again praising
Halbig [LINK]:
"You see, Halbig has personal
experience on the road as a
member of the Florida Highway
Patrol for a couple of years, and
as a teacher of driver education
in our schools. He's seen the
mangled bodies of teenage
drivers who didn't know how to
handle their vehicles in an
emergency, because they had
never been taught defensive
driving.

Mar 19 1981: short newspaper mention of Halbigs past at Abilene

Christian College. [LINK]

1982__________________

Feb 2 1982 - Racquetball is Grow ing - Halbig is quoted. He is

described as an instructor at the "Fontainebleau Racquet Club in
Ocala."
[LINK]
May 10 1982 Halbig apparently gets the school district to expand
drivers ed to include motorcycles. thus increasing his own
employability.
[LINK]

March 25, 1982: New s article notes that Wolfgang has

filed to cam paign for a seat on the Marion County
school board, district 5. He is listed as a Democrat.
[LINK]

August 26 1982 Candidates Call for Increased Education

- [LINK] Wolfgang is observed participating in a political
forum at the local funeral home. The reporter documents
how, when it came Wolfgangs time to address the
predominantly black audience, Halbig urged them to support
him, though was vague on what exactly he plans to do if he
were given power:

"The school board is responsible. They

have to answer to you. They had their
chance; now it's time to put a teacher in
there who knows the needs" of local
students," Halbig said.
"People want to know what I stand for,"
Halbig said. "I stand for young people."

September 7 1982: Teacher, Tw o Women Are Inj ured Newspaper article

reports Vanguard Teacher Wolfgang Halbig was in a car accident (it does not
appear that the accident was Halbigs fault.) The article also mentions that Halbig
was an unsuccessful candidate in the primary election earlier this month for a seat
on the Marion County School Board. (RIGHT)
Halbig sues the other drivers insurance company, and the suit is eventually
settled out of court.

Summer 1983: End of school year. This marks the end of the period that
Wolfgang Halbig lists on his resume under simply Vanguard High School,
Teacher/Coach, 1975-1983 but in fact appears to have unfolded in a more
complex series of shorter tenures within the county. At least one of the moves
was as result of Halbig being fired in disgrace:

1. Fall 1975 - Summer 1977: Lake Weir High (tw o years)

2. Fall 1977 - March 1978: Vanguard (less than one year)

3. March 1978-January 1979: Lake Weir High (less than one year
4. January 1979 - ??? 1979: Lake Weir Middle (less than one year)
5. ??? - ??? 1979: Forest High School (one w eek)

6. May 1979 - April 1983: Vanguard High School (four years)

2012 Wolfgang says:

Chapter 4: the Lost Years

Mystery at Sebring High

1983____________________

January 14, 1983: Group Appeals to Legislature For

New Song - An article about citizens attending a legislative
session at Ocala City Hall that week. One of the attendees
is Wolfgang Halbig.

It is again noted that Wolfgang's run for Marion County

School Board was unsuccessful. He is described as a
"former Florida Highway Patrol trooper," and it is recorded
that he "served on the blue ribbon traffic committee,"
showing a presumably strong dedication to the principles of
traffic safety at all times.

At the legislative session, Wolfgang observes that since

driver's ed is no longer required, school boards look to it
when budget cuts are needed (thus impacting his job
prospects.) He also pushes for "more strict fines for people
who violate the law," possibly to recoup the expense of
paying his salary. [LINK]

April 6 1983 Halbig Accepts Sebring Offer Halbig

accepts the head coaching assignment at Sebring high, and
thus is transitioning from Vanguard High School to
Sebring High. Article notes that Halbig has been out of
coaching for tw o years but was defensive coordinator at
Lake Brantley and Lake Weir. [LINK] (RIGHT)
Investigators note that this position (head football coach at
Sebring High School) is the same position that Halbig had
inquired about while working at Lake Weir four years earlier,
leading directly to his being fired. At the time, he claimed he
was not looking for a job at Sebring; the school was looking
for someone older. At the same time, he was demanding
enthusiasm, dedication, and loyalty from his players.

Question #4 Wolfgang MUST answer: Why dont you include your stint at Sebring
High anywhere on your resume? You completely leave out 1983-1985 in your
career, why is that?

While at Sebring, Wolfgang suffers a nasty fall, causing him to take a lot of medication:

1983-1985 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Master of Science
Administration and Supervision, 1985, Nova University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

1983-1984 Academic year: Wolf attends the Gainesville, Florida satellite campus of Nova University according
to his 2012 deposition.
Nov 23rd 1983: The Halbigs sell the Tall Pines property.

Question #5 Wolfgang MUST answer:

...why does your wife have so many aliases? What is she hiding?

1984_________________________

1984-1985 Academic year: Halbig claims in 2012 that he was working at Sebring High School this year.

1985_________________________
1985-1990 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Dean of Students, Lake Brantley High School, 1985-1990

Responsibilities involved school discipline and the safety and security of the school campus
Girls Varsity Soccer, Head Coach

1985-1986 School year: Wolfgang is demoted to defensive coordinator and transferred to Avon Park High
School (another school in Highland County, and also the one Wolfgang graduated from in.) After one year in
that position, he resigns and takes a position with a Lake Brantley High School in Marion County.

NOTE: Wolfgang apparently asserts on his resume that he began at Lake Brantley in 1985, erasing any
mention of working at Avon Park High School and shifting his start date back one year. Investigators have not
yet been able to confirm if he was telling the truth on his resume, under oath, or possibly in neither case.

1986_____________________
December 12, 1986:News story mentions Wolfgang Halbig as Lake Brantley Coach apparently for girlss
soccer. [LINK]

1987_________________________

February 25, 1987: Lake Brantley, Lake Mary, Lyman Stars Dominate Sac - Wolfgangs coaching
fortunes have improved at Lake Brantley, and Halbig is even named coach of the year for his team winning
the conference. [LINK]

1988_________________________

September 8 1988: An article notes that Halbig, in the 1970s, was playing volleyball for the Air Force,
experience that is coming in handy as Wolfgang is beginning coaching girls volleyball at Lake Brantley. [LINK]
More assorted sports coverage: [LINK] Sun-Sentinel [LINK 2] Orlando Sentinel

1989________________________

April 28 1989: - Schaefer New Soccer Coach At Lake Brantley [LINK]

John Schaefer has been named the girls soccer coach at Lake Brantley High School. Schaefer
replaces Wolfgang Halbig w ho resigned to go into administration. Halbig coached the
Patriots for the past tw o seasons, leading them to the district title two years ago.

1990_________________________
1990-1993 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Assistant Principal, Lyman High School, 1990-1993

Managed the school plant facilities, provided for a safe, healthy learning and working environment by
evaluating needs, identifying and selecting appropriate services and personnel, implementing preventative
day-to-day maintenance and cleaning schedules and directing personnel
Served as an evaluator on the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools for the ten year study at
Evans High School
Administrator responsible for discipline, drop-out prevention, in-school suspension, Physical Education, Life
Management, Drivers Education, school security and School Resource Officers Program
Coordinated air-conditioning replacement as well as asbestos abatement throughout Lyman High School
Directed and developed plans for improving the quality of athletic playing fields
Developed a committee to prepare a video for staff development regarding violence in schools by bringing
together a school board member, the teachers union, school administration and the Sheriffs office

Chapter 5: Splitsville
1991__________________

1992__________________

Wolfgang Halbig is w orking at Lyman High School as Assistant Principal during this time.

June 21, 1992: Schools, Parents Debate Proposed

Anti-drug Policy [LINK] Wolfgang is quoted in an article
about curbing teen alcohol use, foreshadowing a thread that
will become prominent in his own family life in the years to
come:
School Board members want a countywide policy because
they say there is a serious alcohol and drug problem in the
district. High school officials routinely snag fliers on
campuses announcing keg parties and overhear stories in
hallways about weekend drinking binges.

''I've taken about 35 fliers this year talking about a big

keg party,'' said Wolfgang Halbig, assistant principal at
Lyman High School in Longwood. ''How do you
prevent this? Do we turn our backs or get involved?''

August 12, 1992: A temporary relief is recorded relating to

the marriage of Wolfgang and Kathleen Halbig. This
indicates that a divorce has been initiated.

Investigators have been unable to 100% confirm any of the theories as to why the Halbigs ended their marriage
at this point in time, however it is noted in records that the divorce was initiated by Kathleen Halbig.
Nov ember 25, 1992 Stun Gun Could Mean Expulsion For Student [LINK]
Another article from the Orlando Sentinel, this time about a student being caught with a stun gun at his
school, quotes Lyman Assistant Principal Wolfgang Halbig. Halbig, who had no independently
documented involvement with school security before this event, takes special note that a student called the
school to report the danger:
Halbig, who once worked as a state trooper in Miami, said the electric device can really zap a person.
''It can really hurt you and cause serious damage,'' he said. ''It's not something you bring to school.''
He was heartened that the tip came from students. ''They didn't want to see anyone else get hurt,''
he said. ''There are a lot of good kids who are really getting sick of all this.''

1993_____________
February 3, 1993: The Halbigs divorce.

Question #6 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: Why did you and your wife get a
divorce? What happened? Did one of you have an affair? Was it because of your
career? Your mental state? Why wont you answer these simple questions?
May 23, 1993: School District Studies Expulsion Alternativ es - Article about alternative schools quotes
Wolfgang, who is still identified as assistant principal at Lyman High School and a member of a task force
that presented their recommendations to the school board that week. [LINK]
'These kids are becoming too aggressive. They aren't afraid to get in your face,'' said Wolfgang
Halbig, assistant principal at Lyman High School and a member of the task force.
1993-1994 School Year: Wolfgang is transferred to Lake Mary High School, where he stays for one year. At
some point during this year as Assistant Principal, Wolfgang meets Brian Marcum, a resource officer at the
school who previously had worked for U.S. Customs.

1993-1994 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Assistant Principal - Lake Mary High School, 1993-1994

2012 Wolfgang says:

1993-1994 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

United States Customs Customs Inspector, 1993-1994

United States Customs Inspector, Orlando International & Sanford Orlando International
Worked with foreign and American travelers in inspection duties at International Airports

Question #7 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: Why have you been touting your
experience as a U.S. Customs Inspector for more than twenty years, when you
know that it was an entry-level part-time job at an airport, lasting one year at most?

Chapter 6: Quadro Sinko

1994-1995 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Seminole County Public Schools
Project Director/School Principal and
Co-Designer of Project Excel, 1994-1995

1994_____________________
March 29 1994 Wolf is noted as being the principal of Excel, the district's new alternative high school for
disruptive students. In this role, he brings US Customs Inspectors to the school, who in turn bring along
drug-sniffing dogs, just like a person named Brian Marcum was working with at this time. [LINK]

Wolfgang Halbig, principal of Excel, the district's new alternative high school for disruptive
students, did the frisking lesson. He's a former U.S. Customs agent and still works part time at
that. The lesson was an eye-opener. Using a student stand-in dressed in typical teen garb and calling
on experience as a former assistant high school principal - discipline chief, that is - he proceeded to
unload an inventory of illegal objects. The list included three guns, several knives, two sets of brass
knuckles, a marijuana pipe, a pager and pack of LSD.
[...]
It should be emphasized that only a very small percentage of students bring weapons to the campus;
by far a majority of students are law-abiding and attend to learn. What is distressing, though, is that
the number of disruptive students grows each year, and the audacity of their conduct worsens.
Halbig, who has been teaching and administrating for 18 years, says the problem grows. ''They are
more aggressive, more rude, more disrespectful each year.''

September 7, 1994: Parks Open Later to Reduce Traffic, Crime - An Orlando Sentinel report claims that a
park near Wolfgangs school is opening two hours later now, due to the plague of student crime. [LINK]
After getting dropped off, some students congregated at the park instead of walking straight to
school, said school district security director Wolfgang Halbig. Students also have used the park
as a parking lot.
Halbig said he was also concerned about students being targets for drug-dealing and other crimes.

''They're a captive audience,'' he said.

December 4, 1994: Teachers May Get Rap Sheets On Serious Offenders

Wolfgang Halbig, security director for Seminole schools, said teachers deserve to know what they
are up against. But he also hopes the information is not used to label students as doomed for
trouble. Some can be saved if they are identified and property handled, he said.
''You need to look at the whole child,'' Halbig said. ''The first time he ran into trouble. His reading
score. The family situation. Don't let a felony determine who the kid is.''

1995-1999 THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Seminole County Public Schools
Director of Safety and Security, 1995-1999

1995______________________

May 7, 1995: Some Sw ear By Dev ice, Others Scoff - This is is the first instance investigators have found
and confirmed where Halbig is associated with a truly unbelievable product often called the Quadro Tracker.
This fantasy technology promises to be able to locate any item - including illicit drugs, explosives, and
firearms - in a given physical space. Even at this early stage, it is noted that many are very skeptical about
the devices legitimacy, but Wolfgang Halbig in unequivocally enthusiastic about the potential for this invention
to improve his standing as security director for Seminole County Schools. [LINK]
As fiercely as some believe the gadget is nothing more than a modern-day divining rod, some who
have practiced taking smooth steps with the device in hand - taking care not to disturb the magnetic
field that surrounds their body - are believers.
Wolfgang Halbig, security director for the Seminole County school district, said he wants to buy at
least one tracker for each of the district's 50 schools, to rid them of drugs and guns.
''We are going to purchase it, I want you to know that,'' he said. Halbig said he learned of the
tracker when Quadro's distributors asked him to test the device and give an honest opinion.
Halbig said other people who were contacted by Quadro's representatives scoffed openly at the
device, but he is adamant that it will ''slow down kids bringing drugs to school.''
May 14 1995: Quadro Tracker letter to the editor is published in the Orlando Sentinel, expressing concern
over Halbigs intent to buy these sham products:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-05-14/news/9505120391_1_tracker-quadro-seminole

REGARDING ''SOME swear by device, others scoff'' in the May 7 Seminole Extra, Seminole County
school security director Wolfgang Halbig wants to buy 50 ''drug-sniffing'' electronic Quadro Trackers.
My calculations say he would spend at least $19,750 of Seminole County taxpayers' money for
a device that the maker is afraid to patent and that uses ''voodoo'' to find contraband with a
method the maker can't clearly explain. The U.S. Customs Service even tested it: The Quadro
Tracker doesn't work.

Mr. Halbig: Don't buy the Quadro Tracker and engage in fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer
money. If you want to find drugs in the schools, use dogs.

Question #8 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: Why didnt you know the Quadro
Tracker was a fraud, since the U.S. Customs Service knew that, and you frequently

tout your experience working for U.S. Customs? Why are you trying to sell a
phoney bomb detector to the school you work at? What if there really was a bomb?
May 14, 1995: Another letter mocking Wolfgang for believing the Quadro Tracker is published. The author of
the letter, identified as Clarence R. Keller, displays an extremely low opinion of Halbigs judgment. [LINK]

And How About A Good Deal On A Bridge In Brooklyn?

OPINION - Letters to the Editor
May 14, 1995

QUICK, HOW can I get in touch with Wolfgang Halbig, security director for the Seminole County
school district? He wants to buy 50 ''magic'' drug-tracking devices to use in district schools at a cost
approaching $50,000.
Tell him I've got a digitalized divining rod that's guaranteed to find buried gold deposits under
school properties. But he's got to act fast. At the introductory price of $500 per, they're selling
like hotcakes! Quick! Get me in touch with this guy!

1995 - (current) THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

National School and Workplace Safety Consultant
Expert Witness, Risk Assessments, 1995 - current

July 9, 1995: Principals Question Method Used To Report Misbehav ior - Wolfgang is interviewed for an
article about the rise in violence at a school in his district, during his tenure. In it, he tries to argue that all of
the other schools are lying about their stats and he just looks bad for being honest. However, he ultimately
concedes that the school he is responsible for securing is plagued by seemingly endless violence. [LINK]
Wolfgang Halbig, the school district's director of security, agrees that the statistics don't seem
complete. ''You have to ask, are all other schools putting in all their data? I know they're not.''
Still, Halbig said, ''When you have a school that has 300 fights, you need to look at what's
causing these fights and what we can to do resolve it. That's a lot of fights.''

August 7, 1995: Report Targets School Crime - Article reports that Halbig is still resisting the statistical
proof that his school is a dangerous place, while at the same time claiming to be implementing measures to
curb the bloodshed. Halbig also notes that a system of audio monitoring is already in effect. [LINK]

Teachers will be offered new training on aggressive behavior management, such as how
to break up a fight and how to handle an assault.
''We hear that it's more and more difficult, and there are more and more incidents that arise,'' Parker
said. As state law requires, teachers and principals will now be alerted to any students involved in the
juvenile justice system.

- More security equipment will be installed. Audio detection devices, which pick up voices and
other sounds during a break-in, are already in county high schools, Halbig said.
August 20, 1995 - In Schools, Cost Of Crime Also Measured In Dollars - An article about the expensive
security system Wolfgang has purchased for the school, and how ineffective it is. [LINK]

In addition, says Wolfgang Halbig, chief of school security, there are burglar alarms, video cameras,
detection devices and fenced campuses, all to guard against theft and mayhem in the schools.
Mr. Halbig says the money being spent is all school money, money that can't be spent for teachers,
books, supplies, more classrooms. Even so, many thousands of dollars in property is stolen or
vandalized each year.

October 15, 1995: Discipline, Violence Worry Local Schools - An article about the completely
unrestrained growth of criminal gangs in the schools under Wolfgangs protection. Wolfgang defends his
actions by pointing out that he successfully purchased a great deal of expensive equipment and hired more
private contractors. He then openly wonders why everyone in the schools administration hates him. It should
be noted that one of the programs he champions is the Save a Friend hotline set up to receive tips, not
unlike the November 5, 1992 stun gun tip. [LINK]

''I don't think we have a huge gang problem,'' Gorman said. ''But this shows if we're not vigilant, if we
don't quash it, this is what could happen on a widespread basis.''
Security director Wolfgang Halbig cites a number of successes under his tenure, including the
addition of new security officers at schools and the installation of more sophisticated security
equipment.
But he has encountered some frustrations as well, including a cool reception from several school
administrators.
''Some have supported me,'' Halbig said. ''Some have no support. They tell me I'm being
overzealous or overreacting. There are some campuses where I feel uncomfortable because I
don't feel welcome.''
And he said schools have been slower than he would like to promote such programs as ''Save
a Friend,'' a hot line that allows students to anonymously report weapons or other threats to
safety.

Superintendent Paul Hagerty praised Halbig's efforts to increase safety consciousness. ''He's made a
lot of progress. He has a lot of good ideas and he's impatient. That's healthy,'' Hagerty said.

Nov ember 6, 1995 - Halbig is listed as an administrative contact on a hiring contract for a DARE officer.

1996______________________

January 24, 1996: District To Hear Students' View s On Violence - Students attending Seminole County
schools, for which Halbig is the is the director of security, organize a forum to discuss the ongoing and
dangerous problem of violence in Seminole County schools. [LINK]

SANFORD Seminole County students will get their say today on violence in schools.
About 40 high school students have been invited to a closed forum at school district offices in
Sanford, sponsored by the district and the county's chambers of commerce.
The purpose is to hear students' suggestions for coping with violence and school safety issues, said
Wolfgang Halbig, director of security for Seminole schools.
A cross-section of students have been invited, Halbig said. ''These are kids who are respected by
their peers,'' he said. ''We'll ask them, 'What do you see? What do you hear? What is happening?
What can we do to help?' ''

January 25, 1996: Drug, Weapon Tracker Yanked Off The Market - An article in the Orlando Sentinel
describes how the Quadro Tracker has already been taken off the market as an obvious fraud. [LINK]
The ideomotor effect is the user's unconscious tendency to move the device, he says, just like using
a Ouija board. The device appears to be working on its own, when in fact, the human is doing the
work.
Randi of Fort Lauderdale said he and Seminole County school security director Wolfgang Halbig
tested the device, and it worked only when Halbig knew where the hidden substance was.

When Halbig had no idea where the substance was hidden, nine times out of 10 the device pointed
the wrong way, Randi said.
Halbig, who originally was an enthusiastic fan of the device, said schools everywhere are so eager to
stop the flow of drugs and guns that the tracker seemed a godsend.
''It shows you how desperate we are,'' he said. ''When someone tells you they've got this magic,
it gets your attention. I'm just so glad we didn't buy it.''

February 4, 1996: Hollyw ood Halbig - More attention is showered on Halbig, who is potentially to appear on
an upcoming broadcast of the news magazine show Dateline NBC. The adulation is despite the fact that
Halbig is scheduled to appear as an advocate for a fraudulent technology, this being the premise for the entire
segment. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-02-04/news/9602011669_1_seminole-halbig-dateline
Wolfgang Halbig, director of security for Seminole schools, may appear in an upcoming
broadcast of Dateline NBC.

The news magazine interviewed Halbig last year about a dubious hand-held device that is supposed
to detect hidden drugs and weapons. He's been told the show will air later this month.
Halbig told Dateline he considered buying the $1,000 device, made by the Quadro Corp., until
independent tests proved it was not reliable. Since then the FBI has called the device a fraud.
A memorable exchange that may not make the NBC show:
Reporter: ''If you could convince the kids you had some kind of psychic power, could you walk down
this hall with a stick and do the same thing (as the tracker)?''

Halbig: ''I don't think I can convince them I have psychic powers.''
February 13, 1996: Sales Of Drug Detector Sidetracked - The Quadro Tracker is reported to have come
under official investigative scrutiny, placing one Wolfgang W Halbig in an undesirable position. [LINK]
The Quadro Tracker is a magic wand to some, mysteriously directing its handlers to hidden drugs and
weapons. But to the FBI, it's nothing more than hocus-pocus.

''They really hooked us ,'' Halbig said. ''I mean, here's a police chief telling us this device is
100 percent accurate. I really thought we had something that could act as a deterrent.
''We were looking for magic,'' Halbig said. ''It shows how desperate we are to find something that
will make a difference in our schools.'

March 24 1996: Students are Talking - Seminole Countys forum (see January 26, 1996) to address coping
with violence and school safety issues appears not to have resolved the lingering anxiety on Wolfgangs
campus, as students publicly decry the lack of safety at their schools. [LINK]
Three
1.
2.
3.

actions on the part of safety officers are reported by young people to be troubling:
Students are victims of unfair stereotypes by adults.
Principals are too busy to listen to students.
Administrators follow students around without cause; especially students of color.

Lake Mary High School's newspaper, The Rampage, quoted one participant as saying school district security
director Wolfgang Halbig ''blew up'' w hen the issue arose. ''Director Halbig totally lost his composure
ov er this,'' the student told the new spaper.

''Teachers are losing their lives.

Kids are losing their lives, and
these kids are worried about
being treated with respect,''
Halbig said. ''They should be
treated with respect, but my
point was, they need to take
responsibility for what is going
on on campuses.''

Halbig said last week he may

have raised his voice but that he
did not lose his temper.

[LINK 1] [LINK 2] [LINK 3] [LINK 4]

April 22, 1996 - Federal indictment

against marketers of Quadro Tracker.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,

v.QUADRO CORPORATION, Wade L.
Quattlebaum, Raymond L. Fisk, Malcom
S. Roe, Defendants. Civil Action No.
1:96CV38.

October 14, 1996: Report from

the Front Line: The Drug Battle
in Central Florida

A congressional session is held

regarding the drug war in Florida,
including Halbigs district. Halbig
attends, and testifies that the headsets
that children w ear are particularly
fortuitous avenues for smuggling
contraband.
HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND
OVERSIGHT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND
SESSION OCTOBER 14, 1996
October 15, 1996: 'Drastic Solutions' On Drugs Called For
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1996-10-15/news/9610141210_1_drug-abuse-teenage-drug-drastic

Educators, such as Wolfgang Halbig of Seminole County and Margie LaBarge of Orange County,
threw some of the responsibility back in the lap of Congress. Federal law prohibits teachers in
schools receiving federal drug education dollars from telling parents if their children have drug and
alcohol problems, they said.
Nov ember 1996: Reason.com publishes an article Box of Dreams on the Quadro Tracker, a bunk
drug detecting device. Halbig is featured, and described as having only barely avoided investing in the item for
the school system, until skeptic James Randi debunked the device personally for him. Halbig is listed as
"Director of Student Discipline" for Seminole County. http://reason.com/archives/1996/11/01/box-of-dreams

Maybe in the topsy-turvy world of an ultimately futile war against drugs, any old flimsy straw looks like
a mighty log with which to build. Certainly, school officials who bought, or thought about buying,
Quadro were really convinced it worked. Never mind that the "frequency chips" that had to be loaded
in the Quadro (and cost hundreds of dollars extra per chip), which were said to be "oscillated by static
electricity produced by the body inhaling and exhaling gases into and out of the lung cavity," were
merely small photographic images of the
search target, sealed in plastic.

But the Quadro boys were good

salesmen. "It was a very exciting
demonstration," admits Wolfgang
Halbig. "I was excited." Halbig,
director of student discipline for
Seminole County in Florida, only
narrowly averted wasting the school
board's money on the device,
through magical intervention of a
sort.

While using a Quadro on loan before

purchase, he wandered around middle school
hallways and parking lots, letting the antenna swing where it would. It reacted to a car driving into the
school parking lot. Halbig is sensible about the subject--now, at least.
"I used to be a customs inspector. We tried to be rational. We knew the profile. Why would
Quadro react to one bunch of kids and not to another? You see a car drive in with a bunch of
kids. Windows closed. They're bouncing their heads. Next thing you know, you get them to
admit, 'Hey, I was smoking marijuana this morning.'"The demonstration, and even some
experience, made Halbig a believer. It took a magician to convince him that the Quadro Tracker's
magic was just an illusion. "Just as I was ready to make a commitment to buy one, I got a call from
this fellow named James Randi. He told me, 'Before you buy it, can I come up and show you a test?' I
checked the guy out on the Internet."
Thus Halbig learned about James "the Amazing" Randi, professional magician and debunker
extraordinaire. Through the generosity of some of his supporters, Randi has a standing offer to pay
$624,000 to anyone who can conclusively demonstrate to his satisfaction any method or device that
works by supernatural or extraphysical means. As a professional fakir, Randi is not easily fooled by
others. Despite the plethora of the supposedly mystical in the world, no one has yet won Randi's
booty.

Halbig let Randi supervise a double-blind test of the tracker. It didn't work. Later, Halbig began to
wonder: Did the magician fool him? He tested it again, doing his own single-blind test in which he
placed a bag of pot on a desk, and then put in different frequency chips without himself knowing what
chip he was using. The Tracker failed. He similarly tested a colleague who had gone through
extensive personal training in Harleyville with Quattlebaum. He failed too. The Quadro Tracker had
lost a customer--a $49,000 customer, since Halbig had planned to buy one for
every school in his district.

1997_________________

Chapter 7: Think of the Children

February 10 1997: Halbig collects on a debt.

February 21, 1997: Wolfgang Halbig gets his gun stolen by a student at his school
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-02-21/news/9702201095_1_halbig-seminole-deputy-sheriffs
Police: Teen Sold Stolen Gun To Student
February 21, 1997|By Sharon McBreen of The Sentinel Staff
LONGWOOD A gun stolen from the director of security at Seminole County schools has
made its way into the hands of a high school student, deputy sheriffs said.
The irony is not lost on Wolfgang Halbig, whose Whisperwood home was burglarized last week.
''My big concern is the firearms and shells (that were stolen),'' Halbig said. ''I didn't want anybody
getting hurt. I mean, gosh, I'm the director of security.''
Seminole deputy sheriffs arrested a 15-year-old Lake Brantley High School student after finding a
box of Halbig's stolen belongings in the boy's home.

Question #9 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: How did that student get his hands on
your firearm? Youre a director of security for the school system and you let a
student got ahold of your weapon? Why didnt you stop him? Who does that??
April 25, 1997: Boy Takes Loaded .357 To School - barely two months since Wolfgangs sidearm was
stolen by a student, another student is found to have brought a gun onto the school campus that Wolfgang
is supposedly responsible for securing.[LINK]

''The thing I feel good about is, I'm glad the kids took the responsibility in stepping forward,'' said
security director Wolfgang Halbig. ''This is exactly what we expect of our young people.''

July 14 1997: Kathy Halbig purchases the property at Lot 70, Cambridge Commons, AKA 1821 Cranberry
Isles Way. She is a single person [LINK]

August 26 1997 http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1997meetings/9997/Sbmints.pdf

Dr. Kuhn congratulated Wolfgang Halbig for his appointment to the Safe and Drug Free Grant Task Force.
September 9, 1997: The Seminole County School Board records in their meeting minutes that one
particular session attendee (potentially Richard Wells, who frequently attended) was aggressively pushing for
the inclusion of site based administrators and support administrators in future work sessions. [LINK]
The meeting minutes suggest that the rest of the board was reluctant to allow the inclusion of contractors to
board meetings. They were brought in anyway.
Based on discussion at the last Board meeting by one of the members and in a continued effort to
provide the Board with a broad source of information, the planning team and superintendent have

The next work session

which deals with Security
and Safety will include an
overview by Wolfgang
Halbig followed by short
security perspectives to be
shared by an elementary,
middle and high school
principal. Other possible
sessions might include
House Bill 1956, reading
remediation, grouping
practices, retention policy,
E.S.O.L., purchasing
practices, graduation
requirements, elementary
foreign language or license
for learning opportunities. A
district based representative
as well as several principals
might be asked to discuss
how these subjects pertain
to their particular school
sites.

discussed the inclusion of site based administrators and support administrators in future work
sessions. In this manner, an added dimension might be provided through the viewpoint or perspective
of our front line administrators.

If would be our intent to try

this format for a few work sessions to provide the Board with a broadened input for the decision
making process. At that point you may wish to review this new direction.
September 30 1997: Email from Bill Ford (Sonitrol) to Wolfgang (above):
http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1997meetings/101497/Secure.pdf

October 1, 1997: A Cop In Class - Education Week article describes Halbigs unconventional approach
to safety inspections, noting that he is the creator of a method that integrates outside contractors. [LINK]
Unlike other districts that have conducted undercover probes to root out drug rings on campuses, Seminole
County, part of suburban Orlando, decided to take a long-term, comprehensive look at school safety and
classroom-discipline techniques. So far, this type of "safety audit," as its creator has dubbed it, appears
to be unique to the 55,000-student Florida district. "People in this country are tired of teachers being
shot and killed and kids losing their lives at school," says Wolfgang Halbig, who conceived the
operation as security director for the Seminole County schools. "We've got to get a handle on it."

Only Halbig, district superintendent Paul Hagerty, and the county sheriff knew the identity of the
undercover officer and the schools she was working. The school board signed off on the overall plan.By
the end of the operation, 33 students and adults were arrested on charges involving marijuana, LSD, and
cocaine. Several students have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Most will be expelled. "This was a
message to students," says Hagerty.

Nov ember 19, 1997 - Authorization for travel expense to 206

http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1997meetings/101497/Prins.pdf
4. HALBIG, WOLFGANG W. - OMBUDSMAN/SECURITY, DISTRICT SECURITY CHIEF, TEMPORARY TO
ATTEND THE 43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EDUCATION LAW ASSOCIATION IN SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON, LEAVE DATE 11/19/97 RETURN FROM LEAVE DATE 11/23/97

1998______________________

January 12, 1998: Halbig is quoted in article about a safety hotline, Callers Would be Anonymous
https://new s.google.com/new spapers?id=PttPAAAAIBAJ&sj id=KQgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5762%2C6332036

http://w w w.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1998meetings/12798/addendum.pdf

Kathleen Halbig takes a personal leave, lasting almost four months

12. HALBIG, KATHLEEN S. - SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE, TEACHER DROPOUT PREVENT PERSONAL
LEAVE, LEAVE DATE 02/02/98 RETURN FROM LEAVE DATE 05/29/98
(extension)
INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL RETURNING TO DUTY FROM LEAVE OF ABSENCE 6. Halbig, Kathleen S South Seminole Middle School, Teacher Dropout Prevent, Return from Leave Date 7/27/1998

February 24, 1998 - Seminole County School Board meeting

April 26, 1998: Editorial: hot line got cool reception. - article notes that Wolfgangs hotline found
funding and is being turned on, despite initial difficulties allocating the money to pay for it; an unnamed private
party provided the funds. [LINK]

April 27 1998 break the code of silence v ideo is produced by Seminole County Schools, for the
purpose of marketing the Save-A-Friend hotline that Wolfgang markets. In the article, Wolfgang strongly
advocates for third party security contractors. [LINK]

May 24 1998: Wolfgangs son

graduates High School [LINK]

[LINK] HALBIG, WOLFGANG W. OMBUDSMAN/SECURITY,

DISTRICT SECURITY CHIEF
TEMPORARY DUTY TO ATTEND
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATIONS SAFE AND DRUG
FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., LEAVE DATE
04/29/98 RETURN FROM LEAVE
DATE 05/01/98 (ALL EXPENSES
PAID BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION)

July 11, 1998 5. Halbig, Wolfgang

W. - Ombudsman/Security, District
Security Chief, Temporary Duty to
Attend the National Association of
School Safety and Law Enforcement
Officers 29th Annual Conference in
Toronto, Ontario Canada, Leave
Date 7/11/1998, Return from Leave Date 7/15/1998 (Registration and Lodging Paid by the National
Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers)

July 23, 1998 Basic policy to deal w ith v iolence to be ready by August Wolfgang endorses having an
emergency management team trained at each school. . [LINK]

August 5, 1998 District pens plan to stamp out violence in schools. - plans in other districts are expected to
based on Wolfgangs plan. [LINK]
August 9, 1998:
http://w w w.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1998meetings/81198/prins.PDF HALBIG, WOLFGANG
W. - OMBUDSMAN/SECURITY, DISTRICT SECURITY CHIEF TEMPORARY DUTY TO ATTEND THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FEDERAL SAFE SCHOOLS GRANT REVIEW IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., LEAVE DATE 08/09/98 RETURN FROM LEAVE DATE 08/14/98 (EXPENSES TO BE PAID BY UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)

October 11, 1998 - In an article about school violence, Project Excel is mentioned as an alternative school for
troubled students. It is noted that Almost 92 percent of the students who pass through Project Excel go back
into the traditional school system and are successful, according to Wolfgang Halbig. [LINK]

2012 Wolf says:

While at Excel, according to Halbigs 2012 deposition, he sustained an injury (and destroyed part of the
school) while attempting to restrain a student. This resulted in a workers comp claim.

October 29,1998 http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1999meetings/2999/bigbook.PDF

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION Contact: Jim Dawson Regional Summit on Safe and Secure Schools
-- The Department of Education conducted regional summits on Safe and Secure Schools during the
first semester of the 1998-99 school year. Personnel from Seminole County attended the summit on
October 29, 1998 which was held in Orlando. The members of the Seminole Team included, Darvin
Boothe, Judy Wiant, Hortense Evans, Wolfgang Halbig, and Jim Dawson. Each team member
attend break out session that were scheduled throughout the day and all felt that the information was
valuable. A follow-up meeting of the Seminole Team was held on November 23, 1998. The purpose of
this meeting was to discuss the various activities and session the team members attended at the
Summit and also to develop any strategies for implementation of programs that may benefit Seminole
County. Listed below are the main topics discussed.

Nov ember 18, 1998: HALBIG, WOLFGANG W. - OMBUDSMAN/SECURITY, DISTRICT SECURITY CHIEF
TEMPORARY DUTY TO ATTEND AND PRESENT AT THE 44TH ANNUAL NATIONAL EDUCATION LAW
ASSOCIATION LEGAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA,
LEAVE DATE 11/18/98 RETURN FROM LEAVE DATE 11/21/98
August 30, 1998: Students In Trouble Dig Out With A Boost From Excel - Gubernatorial candidate Jeb
Bush visits Project Excel. Halbig would later claim that Jeb made promises to him during a visit to Excel,
regarding what he would do about school safety appointments if he was elected. [LINK]

December 2, 1998 ttp://w w w.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1998meetings/111798/bigbook.PDF

The total security program of Seminole County Schools is being noticed at all levels. Last week, the
Heathrow Chamber of Commerce presented Wolfgang Halbig, the District Security Chief, with an
award recognizing his passion for the safety of students. On December 2 at the State School Board
Association Meeting in Tampa, Wolf will be the co-keynote speaker and lead two break out
sessions. On a national level, Wolf was one of three district security leaders interviewed for an
upcoming article in the national School Board Journal. In November, he will be making a
presentation for the Educational Law Association in South Carolina. .
Dec 15 1998 - Budget appropriation for 11 School Resource Officers and 2 D.A.R.E. officers is submitted by
Richard C. Wells (Exec. Director of Support Services) and Wolfgang W. Halbig (District Security Chief) and
approved by the Seminole County school board.
http://w w w.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1998meetings/121598/bigbook.PDF

1999_____________________
Jan 27 1999: Miami-Dade Plan Expands Officer Jurisdiction - Education Weekly covers a tentative plan
in Miami-Dade County to expand the jurisdiction of its school police force to areas near its schools.
And whatever the positive impact for the community, the schools could suffer, he said. "If officers are
dealing with other issues, who's taking care of the school?" Mr. Blauvelt said.
Wolfgang Halbig, the director of school security in Seminole County, Fla., agreed. "There are a lot of
ramifications" for a program like this, said Mr. Halbig, who manages 37 officers in his 60,000-student
district.

"[Dade] is such a big school district--just to go another step could create other problems for
themselves," he said. "The officers could lose sight of what their role truly is."
February 16, 1999: 6. HALBIG, WOLFGANG - OMBUDSMAN/SECURITY, DISTRICT SECURITY CHIEF
TEMPORARY DUTY TO ATTEND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL
SECURITY OFFICIALS MEETING IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, LEAVE DATE 02/16/99 RETURN FROM
LEAVE DATE 02/19/99 (EXPENSES WILL BE PAID BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION)

February 21, 1999: Spring Break Camp Offers Entertainment, Enrichment - The Orlando Sentinel
records an education camp hosted by Wolfgang Halbig. [LINK]
THE ALTAMONTE Elementary PTA will host two meetings with Wolfgang Halbig, director of security
for Seminole County Public Schools.

Halbig will address parents' concerns at 7 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. Thursday at the school, 525
Pineview St., Altamonte Springs. Halbig will discuss issues ranging from school safety to School
Board accountability. Because of the adult subject matter, the PTA is asking that children not attend.
April 20, 1999: Columbine High School shooting. Throughout the years going forward, Wolfgang would
attempt to imply that he was involved in some capacity with the investigation into this event. Investigators can
find no evidence of any official Halbig involvement whatsoever.
April 23 1999 After Massacre in Littleton, Schools Are Expected to Tighten Security [LINK]

Wolfgang Halbig, director of security for Florida's Seminole County school district, says before it
started using surveillance cameras and undercover agents in 1993, 19 guns were confiscated in a
year. Since the measures were put in place, gun confiscations have dwindled to zero this year.

April 25 1999 - Before the Danger, There are Signs - a post-Columbine article in the Orlando Sentinel
quotes Wolfgang, who warns that shootings can happen any time, anywhere. :[LINK]
A deadly school shooting ``can happen any time, anywhere,'' said Wolfgang Halbig, security director
for Seminole County public schools. Ron Pinnell, director of secondary education, agreed. ``Crime
and violence have come boldly walking through the front gates of our schools,'' he said.
May 11, 1999: Wolfgang is among those recommended for re-hire for the next school year in Seminole
County. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/1999meetings/51199/reap99.PDF
May 12, 1999: Police To Get School Floor Plans - Wolfgang is noted as having recognized opportunities for
procedural changes after Columbine. He pushes for a mysterious priv ate company to produce floor plans
of every school. [LINK]
Blueprints, which provide much more detail about a building, aren't necessary unless an incident
occurs at a school.
With that in mind, Halbig said, the district has promised to make available blueprints of any building
it owns within an hour of any crisis.
A private company has offered to produce the floor plans at no cost, Halbig said.
He declined to identify the company, but he added that the owner has children who attend
county schools.

May 18 1999: Marcum looking for collaborativ e approach to safety in school system - news
storyprofiles the first safe schools supervisor for the Marion County Public School System - a position
apparently based on Halbigs role in Seminole County. Brian Marcum , the first appointee to this position,
met Halbig through their deliv ering of safety presentations. [LINK]

In this profile, it is
further noted that:
Marion County created
this job opening
following the
recommendations of a
safe schools task force
that met last summer.
Marcum has also
worked with Halbig as a
presenter on safety
training for teachers at
various conferences.
The two men met when
Halbig was an assistant
principal at Lake Mary
High School in
Seminole County.
Marcum was the school
resource officer there.

Question #10 Wolfgang MUST answer: What was the nature of your professional
relationship with M r. M arcum? Because according to this M AINSTREAM NEWS article, the
similarities are striking between Wolfgang Halbig and Brian M arcum:
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.

both worked at Lake Mary High School

both attended Customs Inspector Training Academy around the same time and tout it as a bridge
between the school system and local law enforcement agencies
both push school boards to hire private security contractors, and turn to grants when there is not
enough funds
both are noted for their surprise inspections that lead to safety workshops after weak points
have been identified at their own high school.
both have conducted safety seminars at conferences - sometimes as a team!
the contractors, once hired, conduct the exact same inspections as the school safety officer

So were you guys just really good friends? Who like to make money the same way?

May 30, 1999: Surprise Inspections - Ron Dav is responds, apparently to letter to the editor from a
concerned citizen, citing Wolfgangs performance as a security director. The same Ron Davis would go into
business with Wolfgang just months later.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-05-30/news/9905280276_1_school-board-members-school-security-tal
k-to-teachers
IN REPLY to Harry Buffkin's letter about school security, as one who has only been in the education
arena for 10 months and coming from a 25-year career in law enforcement, I would like to answer
some of his questions.

I have witnessed security director Wolfgang Halbig make eight unannounced security
inspections at elementary, middle and high schools.
I have witnessed more than 11 different meetings and workshops he has conducted to improve
security in Seminole County public
schools.
Ron Davis SANFORD

June 15, 1999 - Wolfgang conducts a School

Safety Presentation which is listed in the
appendix of the Safe Schools Task Force in
October 1999:
Organizational Meeting-Senate Task Force on
School Safety Tuesday, June 15, 1999
Lake Mary, Florida School Safety Presentation
Mr. Wolfgang Halbig, Director of Security
Seminole County Schools District
June 16, 1999 - How To Stem Student Violence?
- Wolfgang is quoted in another article on school
safety, and expresses doubt that teachers would
know how to break up a fight. He cites this as a reason for setting up six regional training sites. [LINK]
Wolfgang Halbig, security director for Seminole County schools, recommended several ways to make
schools more secure. Each school district needs a security director, Halbig said, and data about
crime and violence at schools must be maintained for all grades.

Also, Halbig said, the Legislature should fund a Florida safe-schools training center to prepare school
personnel to deal with school safety and security issues.
``Metal detectors at every door are not going to stop a school shooting on campus,'' he said.
He suggested setting up six regional training sites that would operate under the guidance of the
state education commissioner. ``Teachers don't know how to break up a fight,'' Halbig said, ``but
if they walk away, they're negligent.''
June 25 1999 Kathleen Halbig is listed as a single person.
http://70.159.28.10/NV_Records/details.asp?doc_id=2024757&file_num=1999-401206&doc_status=V

July 22 1999 - fulfillment of mortgage

http://70.159.28.10/NV_Records/details.asp?doc_id=2033470&file_num=1999-409856&doc_status=V
July 23, 1999 - a person named Denise defaults on debt to Wolfgang.
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CivilDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=1999SC001445
August 13 1999 - Wolfgang starts NATIONAL SAFE SCHOOL INSTITUTE, INC.

September 14, 1999 - Wolfgang retires from Seminole County Public Schools
ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINATIONS AND RESIGNATIONS for 1999-00 1. Davis, Ronald Edward Educational Support Center, Ombudsman/security, Professional Stnd Investigator, Reason: Resig for
employ outside educa, Termination Effective Date 9/08/1999 2. Halbig, Wolfgang W - Educational
Support Center, Ombudsman/security, District Security Chief, Reason: Retired, Termination
Effective Date 12/01/1999

His associates Ron Dav is and Richard Wells leave with him:

September 8, 1999 - 3 Founders Center Their Company On Campus And Corporate Safety - An article
about the departures of Halbig, Wells, and Davis, and their plans to start a private company (NISWS) providing
school safety services. [LINK]

Lazy days on the golf course, in a fishing boat or in front of the TV aren't on Wolfgang Halbig's
horizon. Days after retiring as security director for Seminole County schools, he is immersed in his
new job, one that still revolves around the safety of students and teachers.
Halbig, administrator Richard Wells and professional-standards investigator Ron Davis recently
left their jobs with the school district to form the National Institute for School and Workplace
Safety, a business that will have headquarters in the Lake Mary-Heathrow area.
``It's going to be tough to walk away because I love public schools. I love what I do,'' Halbig
said.

At the same time, he said, he eagerly anticipated the challenge of the new venture.
Halbig, Davis and Wells boast years of experience in campus security, police work and school
administration. They plan to put that experience to work training school and business employees
about safety, security and aggressive-behavior management. An investment company in the
Tampa Bay area is providing the financial backing for the institute, Halbig said.
[...]

Halbig, who serves on state and federal safe-school task forces, said the business didn't spring from
April's fatal school shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Still, said Davis, a former
Florida Highway Patrol trooper, the three have commiserated many times about the string of violent
school tragedies in recent years.
[...]

The new company already has three contracts lined up, in Dade County, Indiana and Nebraska,
Halbig said.

The institute will teach strategies that Halbig said he helped implement as the district's security
chief. Those measures include developing emergency-management plans, forming safe-school
teams, adding security cameras where needed on campuses and setting up hotlines so students
can anonymously report peers who make threats or bring weapons to school.
Nov ember 26, 1999:
Some teachers say
self-defense should be
required - Article in
the Sarasota
Herald-Tribune quotes
Wolfgang on school
safety, who again
suggests he has
expertise in how to
restrain a child
professionally. [LINK]

2000_______________________
March 2000 issue of American School Board Journal: Halbigs article, Breaking the Code of Silence is
published. By now, Halbigs carefully constructed resume is firmly in place.
I have been an assistant principal, a teacher and coach, a state police officer, and a director of school
district security. In all these roles, I saw how and why a code of silence is so deeply ingrained in
youth culture. Historically, students have been loath to "tattle," "rat," or "narc" on their peers -especially in secondary grades when social acceptance often overrides the urge to do the right thing.
Added to that reluctance is a fear of violent retribution for turning someone in that is probably more
real today than ever before.

June 23 2000 - Security Equipment Not Answ er To School Safety - Article about Wolfs appearance at
a conference in Nebraska. At the conference, Halbig shares an anecdote about drugs being found on a
student during a visit from Governor Jeb Bush, the same story he related in his Break the Code of Silence
article the previous month. [ARCHIVE]
Lincoln -- A Florida State Trooper turned school teacher and administrator believes metal detectors
and video cameras aren't the answer to school safety - cooperation and respect are.

"It's about people. It's about us being out there and greeting the kids," said Wolfgang Halbig,
president and CEO of the National Institute for School and Workplace Safety.

[...] A stumbling block to this approach, Halbig acknowledges, is that with the coming new-teacher
shortage and massive retirements of experienced educators, it'll be tough to find any teachers at all much less deeply caring ones who want to get involved in their students' lives. Combine that with a 23
percent spike in the number of kids aged 14-17 by 2005, and there are challenges ahead. Halbig said
the entire community needs to recognize that children will do illegal things, and come together to take
preventive measures. An example: Around six months ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was to visit a
high school campus. The morning of his visit school officials got a call from a student warning
them that another student would be selling marijuana in the parking lot. Officials caught the
student with 28 bags of marijuana, but the principal didn't want Gov. Bush - and the hordes of
reporters following him - to know about the bust. That frustrated Halbig, who thought it would
have made a good learning opportunity about the value of working together to promote safety
and lawful behavior in school. "Now Jeb Bush left that day thinking there's not a problem. We
have to share the good as well as the bad and not be afraid of it," Halbig said.

In the same article, Nebraska governor Mike Johanns expresses concern about bringing in costly security
consultants like Halbig:
According to Johanns spokesman Chris Peterson, the governor has two main concerns. First,
suppose a school district has an outside party review its school safety plan, and the reviewer
recommends the school take some action to improve safety. Further suppose the school doesn't take
that action, and something untoward happens that would have been prevented if it had taken that
action. What kind of additional, potential legal liability does that place on the school? Second, the
governor is unsure whether the wording of the rule would require a safety review simply by a
neighboring school district's superintendent, or by a $200 an hour security consultant. The
former option is free, and the latter option is an unfunded mandate.

August 23 2000: NISWSs Ron Dav is emails Gov ernor Jeb Bush, begging to expand their Seminole County
system to all of Florida (note: formatting from source doc has been edited for readability.)
-----Original Message----From: rondavis@nisws.com [mailto:rondavis@nisws.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:46 AM
To: fl_governor@eog.state.fl.us

Subject: School Safety and Security

NAME: Ron Davis
ADDRESS: 249 Kettle Court
Casselberry, FL 32707
Governor Bush:
We met several times during both campaign's in Orlando, as well as in Seminole County School
District,where at that time School Security Director WOLFGANG HALBIG and I had the honor of
spending time with you on how we had made National News on making this school district so much
safer and aware of special training to all employees,which we designed and directed.

You requested us to get back with you after the ELECTION,to discuss further the need for all
School Districts in Florida to at least see and evaluate what we have to offer.
Since, we too have moved on. We retired and started a National Company in School
Safety and Security along with a Retired School Superintendent. See our web
site www.nisws.com

RON DAVIS and Family

I am a retired State Law Enforcement officer from FLORIDA. 17 yrs as a State

Trooper and 8 yrs with Lawson Lamar, State Attorney Office-Investigator.I
was honored to be State Trooper of the Year in 1987 and received by Gov.
Martinez and Cabinet. We are still trying to get to see you, per your request.We can
truly help more districts,if given the chance.With respect and love to
family.

Davis receives a one-sentence reply from Bushs office. He responds, apparently frustrated that he promised
meeting between NISWS and Governor Bush has still not materialized..
From: Ron Davis <rondavis@nisws.com>
To: Florida Governor
Date: 8/29/2000 2:21:01 PM
Subject: RE: School Safety and Security

Dear Ms. Murray

Thank you for your response, we will be in Talla. on Sept. 8th meeting with F.D.L.E. Comm Tim Moore
and staff reference our track record in helping school districts and law enforcement working together,
per our training and software package that Attorney General Janet Reno praised when we met her in
Wash. D.C.
Last night in Lake Mary,Fl. we met with Attorney General Butterworth, who also asked us to come see
him, as his interest for our kids and school staff remains a priority. We are still needing to see the
Gov. or Lt. Gov, hopefully on the 8th or 9th, as they requested during their swing through
Seminole County School District many months ago, and saw what all we have done and are doing
for other counties and now other States. As the Gov. of Nebraska told us "Jeb Bush should be very
happy to have you guys in his State assisting him in the school safety and security program" see per
our web site www.nisws.com, because press was present I did not have the heart to tell him, we
have yet been able to see him, even though he asked us to meet with him months ago. Can
you assist us please,let it show true that the little people can still be heard and seen.
Thank You So Much
Ron Davis

September 28, 2000 The National "Break The Code of Silence" Foundation established, with Wolfgang as
one of its Directors. Another director of the foundation, Wayne Blanton, is also director of the Florida School
Boards Association.
October 2, 2000: School Security Experts Bring Message to Region - article in the Southern Illinoisan
from Carbondale, Illinois covers a school safety conference, including a presentation by Wolfgang Halbig.
[LINK]

Never let somebody else tell you how to do your job, Halbig, a retired school administrator and police
officer, said. "Never let another teacher tell you about a kid, no matter what the kid looks like," he
said. Halbig instructed his clerical staff that if a caller appeared to be going in the direction of a bomb
threat, abruptly ask if they can hold for a moment. Count to five then pick up the line again. While on
hold, the caller's telephone number pops up on caller ID. Also, chances are the caller will hang up
while on hold if it's a prank. "If they're still there, they're serious as a heartbeat," he said. He also tells
his staff not to hang up the telephone when bomb threats are called in, even if the caller hangs up.
This makes it easier to trace the calls.

[...] Halbig puts more stock in adequate staff supervision than security cameras. Luanne Brown,
security director at Carbondale Community High School, took issue with this, in part. She said
cameras are not as effective as in-person supervision. But she said they do work as a deterrent. She
was struck by a comment by Halbig, that teachers often make the mistake of "assuming
students respect them." This mistake, he said, can be painful or even deadly when teachers,
instead of seeking help, try to handle a violent or weapons-related situation on their own and
students prove them wrong. Teachers often don't know how to break up fights. Proper training
can help prevent a teachers' student restraint efforts from becoming negligence or from hurting
or killing a student, as has happened.
[...] This is just the lull before the storm, Halbig said several times, referring to how the growing lack
of respect students and their parents have for teachers and school staff likely will lead to more
violence. Federal statistics say school deaths are down, Halbig said, but he said these statistics do
not keep track of the non-fatal shootings and stabbings. "These people in Washington, think tanks,
don't like it when I say this, but have they driven a school bus lately?" he said.

[...] Halbig had an element of alarm in his presentation. Oral sex, he said, is the No. 1 issue in
middle schools nationwide. He talked about kids beating kids to death in bathrooms and students
shooting or striking teachers and other students.

October 13 2000: - Wolf is

confirmed for the Partnership
for School Safety and Security.
[LINK]
More docs showing
appointment:
[LINK]
[LINK]
[LINK]
[LINK]

October 16, 2000: Wolfgang Halbig emails Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Written under the all-caps subject line
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE, Wolfgangs expresses support for Jeb as well as President George W Bush,
before once again requesting that the governor follow through on his supposed promise to help NISWS. The
home address Wolfgang provides is an apartment.

From: Wolfgang Halbig

To: fL_governor@myflorida.com
Date: 10/6/2000 5:26:10 PM
Subject: A PROMISE IS A PROMISE

GOVERNOR BUSH:
My name is WOLFGANG W. HALBIG, I am the former director of PROJECT EXCEL an
alternative school for students who have been expelled from public schools in Seminole County. You
were our guest twice with parents and all of our students appreciative of your visit. We provided
excellent media coverage for your visit. You extended your hand to me, and promised that if you
were elected governor of our state that you would extend an invitation in discussing school
safety and alternative education.

I believe in you and your brother in providing new vision and leadership for America. I am a
naturalized citizen of this country who earned the privilege. I taught American Government in High
Schools hoping to share my passion about government and on how we can make a difference. I just
gave the keynote speech for SAFE SCHOOLS in the state of NEBRASKA, invited by the
Commissioner of Education and the Governor of the state of Nebraska. I am currently training over
1500 school resource officers and school administrators through the Federal Cops program across
the United States, one of those national programs is slated for Tampa Florida in August.

If you know anyone in a company called FAMILY FIRST out of Tampa Florida, they evaluated our
program and would be an excellent reference. AS YOU CAN SEE I AM TRYING.... I have no political
clout except for my passion for our children and teachers in public schools. All I can do is ask for
your consideration, you have children as does your brother, teaching character education is vital, I
have always been taught that a promise is a promise. I am only asking because I believe in what we
are trying to accomplish.
THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WOLF
WOLFGANG W. HALBIG
2561 GRASSY POINT DRIVE a 201
LAKE MARY, FLORIDA. 32746
407-804-8310
407-496-5551 cell
p.s. I saw you at the Charlotte, N.C. Airport and you asked me to E-Mail You.

December 16, 2000: A person writes to Governor Bush, claiming to be an acquaintance of Wolfgang Halbig
and seeking placement on the school safety committee.
-----Original Message----From: MJones4072@aol.com [mailto:MJones4072@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:13 PM
To: jeb@jeb.org
Subject: Safety Committee for Florida
Hello Governor Bush,

My name is Dr. Peggy Jones, and I am the principal of Sebastian River High School in Sebastian,
Florida. I am very proud to say we are one of the 10 original New Millennium High Schools in the state
of Florida. Our county teacher of the year for Indian River County, Susan Lovelace, was with you not
too long ago, and she enjoyed the roundtable discussion with you. She invited you to come to our
school. I am writing to invite you again to our wonderful school--we really do come "out of the box" at
Sebastian.

I would also love to make a request. Wolfgang Halbig, a consultant for our district for school
safety, told me he was asked to be one of 10 people on a safety committee for the state. He has
been with our district a couple of times and we have invited him back to be at SRHS all day with us
on February 7th. I asked him if there were any high school principals on this committee. He did not
believe so. Do you have room for one more? I attended a state safety conference about three years
ago in Orlando---Lt. Governor Brogan was there, and I really enjoyed it.

Governor Bush responds:

From: Jeb Bush

To: 'MJones4072@aol.com'
BCC: Brown Brewser (E-mail)
Brown Brewser (EOG) (E-mail)
Date: 12/16/2000 4:38:17 PM

Subject: RE: Safety Committee for Florida

Thank you for writing. I will check on the status of the school safety committee. Either myself or
Brewser Brown will be back to you.
Jeb Bush

Chapter 8: Axis of Evil

2001________________________

Governor Bush:

From: Wolfgang Halbig

To: Jeb Bush
1/18/2001 9:20:31 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.htm
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.htm

Jan 18 2001: Wolfgang again emails Governor Bush. He attaches two articles from the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, which are not included in the states email archives, but probably had to do with
tip lines given the context of the email:

I am forwarding this article to you for your review. We in Florida need to

take a serious look at this issue. I conduct safety and security assessments
across this country, it allows me the opportunity to interview students from
Florida to California. It is amazing what you learn when you LISTEN to our
students. I hope this article will open discussion between you and our
Department of Education. Students are bored and getting into trouble.
Thanks

Wolfgang W. Halbig

February 16, 2001 - Halbig writes a letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper, in
response to an article about tip lines. Wolfs critique is to push the hotlines he sells as a better
product, citing his credentials as a school safety expert. [LINK]
'What's my line?'
School districts in your area have been sold a bill of goods with "tiplines" (article, Feb. 8). It will not
be a long-term effective program students buy into.
Students must be taught to break the code of silence. By calling this hot line (called something
like "Save-a-Friend," not a "tipline"), they can save a friend in trouble. They must know they are
doing the right thing by picking up the phone or even telling a teacher, parent or counselor.
The common denominator in every tragic school shooting or incidents that have been prevented was
someone having the courage to do the right thing.
WOLFGANG HALBIG
National Institute for School and
Workplace Safety
Orlando, Fla.

March 5 2001: Wolfgang Halbigs son Erik Halbig cited for driving with a suspended license, as well as failure
to obey a traffic control device (stoplight, etc.) [LINK]

Question #11 Wolfgang MUST answer: Arent you a former drivers education
teacher and Florida state trooper? Why didnt you instill in him any respect for safe
driving, given the horrors you supposedly witnessed on Floridas roadways? Why
did you allow your son to violate the law like this?

March 14, 2001: Aspen Realty Associates, Inc. is registered as a Domestic Profit corporation in the state of
New Mexico. Kathleen S. Halbig serves as its secretary and treasurer.
March 23, 2001: LA Times article about school shooting threats online, Halbig is quoted
http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/23/news/mn-41698
This is just the beginning," said Halbig, of the National Institute for School and Workplace Safety.
"The Internet grows by leaps and bounds," he said. "And we better have the procedures in place to
deal with it."

May 3, 2001: Wolfgang Halbigs son Erik Halbig is arrested, apparently w hile drunk (underage) and in
possession of marij uana. Again, he is found to be driving with a suspended license [LINK]

RIGHT: Wolfgang Halbig in 2015,

perhaps reflecting on this time in his fatherhood

May 17 2001: Workshop will focus on school

safety report - An article published in the
Gainesville Sun observes the National Institute for
School and Workplace Safety in middle of
transitioning to the second step of Wolfgangs
emerging school safety strategy:

In Alachua County, NISWS conducted a safety

audit, and sure enough found abundant security
lapses. Now, after the inspections safety report has
identified deficiencies/opportunities at the countys
schools, the workshop pitches costly solutions
offered by Wolfgang and/or his associates. [LINK]

May 30, 2001: The Gainesville Sun reports: School Safety

Study Finds District Lacking - In a follow-up from the Gainesville Sun,
Halbig is now Ron Dav iss consultant w ith the National Institute
for School and Workplace Safety. Davis/Halbig find serious safety
concern at six campuses, for which they recommend extensive safety
training for teams of teachers. Also, name tags. [LINK]

Less than a month ago, a consultant for the National Institute

for School and Workplace Safety walked through the front
doors of Lincoln Middle School two hours before the first bell
rang at 8:55am, easily making his way through unlocked
classrooms, hallways, the front office, cafeteria, kitchen, and
restrooms.
No one but cafeteria employees questions his presence at the
school.
"We try to come through a wooded area and make it all the way
to the bathroom unchallenged, because that's the profile that
pedophiles follow," consultant Ron Davis said during a
three-hour work-shop Tuesday at the Alachua County School
Board.
Citing a serious lack of adult supervision on at least six
Alachua County school campuses, the consultants
recommended that School Board members consider issuing
photo identification cards for teachers, assembling "safe

teams" of a dozen teachers and administrators on each campus to be experts on safety procedures,
and providing intensive training to help teachers and administrators face increasingly violent
schoolyard settings.
September 6, 2001 - Wolfgang attends a conference Voices from the Field

September 11, 2001: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. In his 2012 deposition, Wolfgang would claim that the shift in
national focus after this event led to money for school safety companies becoming scarce.

September 16, 2001: Security Experts Weigh Changes - Wolfgang is quoted in an Orlando Sun article
about the changes to workplace safety and security after 9/11. [TEXT]
Americans are used to coming and going freely at their offices and government buildings, confronting
generally modest, if any, security measures. But anxiety since the attack has reminded everyone just
how different things could be.

"I think we're very lax,'' said Wolfgang Halbig, who heads a security consulting company in Lake
Mary that specializes in school and workplace safety. "No matter where I go, I am never challenged. If
I dress professionally, I can go wherever I want.''
Basic security measures, such as ID badges and visitor sign-in sheets, are often fraught with
potential security lapses, Halbig said. For example, a visitor at Orange County School District
headquarters must sign in and get a badge. But then he has free rein of the nine-story building,
Halbig said. [...]
But Halbig said heightened security does not have to be intrusive or expensive. Companies can train
all employees to be vigilant about security risks, he said. It may mean not letting the person behind
you slip into the building without a badge, or looking for jittery behavior in a visitor, he said.
"It doesn't cost a lot of money. It's raising the level of awareness,'' he said.

September 17 2001: (RIGHT) Wolfgang registers

the domestic profit corporation NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR SCHOOL AND WORKPLACE
AFETY INC.
Ron Dav is also serves as president of this
corporation.

Wolfgang W. Halbig, executive director of the

Heathrow, Fla.-based National Institute for School
and Workplace Safety (nisws.com), says
employers:

- Should not assume security technology,

such as closed-circuit cameras, is
adequate. "Cameras can establish a false
sense of security," Halbig said.

October 31, 2001: Workplace Safety must be

ev erybodys j ob - [LINK]

- Should be especially vigilant at the front desk or lobby.

- Should train all employees--not just guards--in all aspects of safety.
- Should emphasize respect for diversity while providing a safe way for employees to report concerns.

"We can prevent a lot of stuff from happening if we just open up our eyes and look around us," Halbig
said.

Nov ember, 2001 - Oregon presentation:

Nov ember 13, 2001 : Wolfgang attends the Voices from the Field: Working Together for Safe and Secure
Schools Summit on School Safety in Jacksonville, FL (so does Ron Davis)
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED471877.pdf
Nov ember 14 2001: registers The Real Hero
Foundation, Inc

Nov ember 27, 2001 : a PR release from NISWS

[LINK]
Parent Negligence Endangers School
Children, Says National Institute for
School and Workplace Safety.

HEATHROW, Fla. -- Parents are

endangering their children's safety and
compromising school district security by
dropping children off at school early or
picking them up too late.

Filing Information
Document Number
N01000008147

Nationwide school safety and security

assessments performed by Wolfgang W.
Halbig, Executive Director of the National
Institute for School and Workplace Safety, reveal children being dropped off on school campuses up
to seventy minutes before the start of classes.
Halbig cited the October 15, 2001 sexual assault of a 13-year-old Tucson, AZ, middle school student
whose mother dropped the child off at 7:00 AM to complete her homework. Students are not allowed
into campus buildings until 8:25 AM. The girl was sexually assaulted in a school bathroom.

Calling it a national safety and security crisis, Halbig noted the incident is not isolated. He said while
school districts are trying to keep security risks as low as possible, parents contribute to school
safety problems when children are on-campus before or after school hours. He added that threats to
children during those hours include child custody abductions, bullying and harassment.
"This safety alert is to get parents to be more responsible by not placing school districts at risk,"
Halbig said. "Parents need to be true partners with their school systems in protecting their children."
Halbig is a nationally recognized expert on school safety and security issues. NISWS provides
school districts with preventive measures to protect school districts against possible litigation.
About National Institute for School and Workplace Safety: NISWS (http://www.nisws.com/) offers
one-on-one consulting, seminars, hotlines, and criminal database programs for schools, businesses,
corporations and law enforcement agencies that are prevention driven, not incident driven.

Nov ember 30 2001 : Another press release from NISWS shows Wolfgang struggling to adjust to the
post-9/11 shifts in their industry, as he tries to connect school safety to the terrorist attacks. He also
admonishes parents to keep their firearms secured, perhaps thinking back to when his own firearm was stolen
by a minor and brought to a school. [LINK]

Threat of Guns in Schools Escalates Since 9-11 Warns National Institute for School and
Workplace Safety
HEATHROW, Fla., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Escalating gun sales since The September 11th
terrorist attacks threaten the safety and security of schools across the United States, according
to Wolfgang W. Halbig, Executive Director of the National Institute for School and Workplace
Safety.

An NISWS survey of law enforcement officials and gun shops in five states shows sales up from fifty
percent to two hundred percent in many areas since the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York
and Washington, D.C. Many of these weapons are going to first-time gun owners who lack training
about proper use and storage.
[...] Now more than ever, in light of these alarming statistics, parents and everyone in the community
should make certain that guns are properly stored and that gun locks are used on all weapons,
said Halbig. He also encouraged the use of school safety hotlines by parents and students to report
threats or suspicious activity. "Student silence is our worst enemy," Halbig said, "when less than half
of students say they would tell an adult if they heard a student talking about shooting someone at
school."

Halbig, a former law enforcement office and educator, is a nationally recognized expert on school
safety and security issues.

About National Institute for School and Workplace Safety: NISWS (www.nisws.com) provides school
districts with proven solutions to protect students, faculty, and staff and prevent litigation. NISWS
offers one-on-one consulting, seminars, hotlines, and criminal database programs for schools,
businesses, corporations and law enforcement agencies that are prevention-driven, not
incident-driven.

2002___________________

January 27, 2002: Forum stresses safety in schools - Wolfgang Halbig delivers a school safety presentation
in Springfield, Massachusetts.
http://www.masslive.com/news/parchives/ae627vio.html
Presenter Wolfgang W. Halbig, executive director of the National Institute for School and
Workplace Safety in Orlando, Fla., was brought to the group by Sonitrol Corp.
Employees from area school districts whose buildings are protected by Sonitrol equipment were
invited. Participants included administrators, counselors, police officers and custodians from
Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, West Springfield, Westfield, Ludlow, Greenfield and several northern
Connecticut towns.
Halbig peppered his talk with real stories, such as the walkout and the fight, and urged districts to
make sure every employee and every student is involved in keeping schools safe.
"Kids are ready to step up and take ownership. They only need to be invited," he said.
Halbig, a former Florida state trooper and school administrator, advised them to produce a safety plan
that will apply to every school in their district, and update it yearly. And every office worker must know
how to stop the ringing of the bells that alert students to change classes. If there is a danger in the
halls, officials will want the students to stay in their classes.

April 24, 2002: Wolfgang files a lien against Allen and

Judy Flood, in the amount of $270,000 for the property at
Towers Ten Condominiums unit 2201 (see Nov 2002 for
outcome.)
(RIGHT: Towers Ten Condominiums, 3425 S Atlantic Ave.
Daytona Beach Shores, FL 32118)
June 27, 2002: Forum Stresses Safety In Schools
http://www.masslive.com/news/parchives/ae627vio.html

How does the assistant principal respond?

SPRINGFIELD It's near the end of first

lunch in the school cafeteria and students are
riled enough over their new schedules to storm
out of the building in protest, all 600 of them.

The school custodian turns a hallway corner to stumble onto a fierce fight involving several students
and a few dozen young witnesses.
What's the right thing to do?

Those questions were met with silence yesterday at a daylong seminar at Central High School, where
200 women and men from 15 school districts got together to learn a few things about school safety
and security.
Presenter Wolfgang W. Halbig, executive director of the National Institute for School and
Workplace Safety in Orlando, Fla., was brought to the group by Sonitrol Corp.

Employees from area school districts whose buildings are protected by Sonitrol equipment were
invited. Participants included administrators, counselors, police officers and custodians from
Springfield, Chicopee, Holyoke, West Springfield, Westfield, Ludlow, Greenfield and several northern
Connecticut towns
July 2, 2002 - Erik Halbig is once again cited for driv ing w ithout a v alid license.
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CriminalDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=592002MM006348A

Nov ember 8, 2002: a hearing is scheduled for the lien Halbig filed against the Floods.

Nov ember 22, 2002: Wolfgang Halbigs lien against the Floods for the Towers Ten condominium is found to
be invalid, void and of no legal effect.

December 15, 2002: Wolfangs son Erik Halbig is arrested for obstructing police, resisting arrest.
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CriminalDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=592012CF003702A
December 21, 2002: Wolfgang once again emails Governor Jeb Bush, begging for a job. Its not clear why he
wants the responsibility of teaching and mentoring the most difficult students when his success in this
respect (when raising his own child, no less) was evident in arrest records less than a week before:
From: Wolfgang Halbig
To: fl_governor@myflorida.com
Date: 12/21/2002 4:01:26 AM
Subject: Safe Schools Information Sharing Technology Program

Governor Bush:

I served as the school principal at an alternative high school called Project Excel In Seminole County,
Florida. This is a second chance school for students who were expelled. As a naturalized citizen from
another country who couldn't speak a word of English, and still has a hard time sometimes. I wanted
the responsibility of teaching and mentoring the most difficult students that others labeled as losers.
I was an at-risk child in the United States, I never knew who my father was. Please consider
allowing me to work with your administration, whether helping Mr. Regier or on your educational
staff. My passion and honesty is crystal clear. Mr. Charlie Crist the former commissioner of
Education, Mr. Jim King President of the Florida Senate has seen a part of my presentations. I would
also recommend former Senate President Toni Jennings as someone who would support my hopes in
your consideration. As a former Florida State Trooper who was the first college graduate to enter
the academy in Tallahassee, and leave as the class president not too bad being an at-risk child,
no father as a role model and always destroying the English language. Please give me a chance,
just as someone once had faith in you. You will not be disappointed in my work ethics and the
passion for children and education.
Happy Holidays to you and your family.

2003___________________

February 26, 2003 - Domestic v iolence can reach beyond the home front - Wolfgang is quoted in an
article on the effect of spousal abuse on workplace safety. He recommends more hotlines. [LINK]
Wolfgang Halbig, executive director of the National Institute for School and Workplace Safety,
believes that most employers are behind the curve. In his view: "If you were to ask most companies
to see their safety plan--meaning a comprehensive safety and security plan--they wouldn't have it.
Corporate America doesn't want to spend the money on training until there's litigation. Instead, it's
`Let's put a guard outside with a gun.' So employees haven't been trained to see the red flags that
could prevent incidents."
For example, says Halbig, a small step such as requiring visitors to print, not sign, their names
before gaining access to offices can head off trouble. Someone in an agitated or angry state of mind
will likely resist having to slow down long enough to print his name, at which point his entry can be
delayed (or denied) so that more questions can be asked.
He also suggests having an employee hot line for workers to report potential dangers and
encouraging employees to share personal problems if they are having a hard time dealing with
them. Wells says putting up posters referring employees to outside resources that help victims of
domestic violence is another small measure firms can take.

March 6, 2003: Crime-stat Discrepancies At Schools Concern Parents - [LINK]

"Somebody needs to make sure everybody in the state is on the same page," said Wolfgang Halbig,
executive director of the Orlando-based National Institute for School and Workplace Safety.
Legislators need good valid data when they're looking at how to change laws that relate to discipline."

March 15, 2003: Wolfgang delivers a

training sem inar at a Catholic church
in Orlando.

Halbig jokes that w hen you raise your right

hand, to take the oath of office... dont you
take oath of pov erty? We are nev er, ev er
going to get rich in this profession!

Wolfgang pushes hard for bringing police to

school campuses, and pitches the NISWS
hotline system. Near the end the archived
footage of this event, a detective starts
endorsing an audio surveillance package,
exactly the technology that Sonitrol markets,
with Wolfgangs endorsement.

Selected quotes

"I'm always truthful."

"I did grow up in Avon Park, Florida. But I also want you to know this today: when you look at me and I'm mad as can be to this day - [inaudible] I never knew who my father was. And I'm angry."
"The number one problem, that we've got to get ahold of, is the lack of respect that the young people
have towards adults."

"Parents don't think they need to sign it at schools. They just walk right in. They leave nasty
messages on our phone. I'll tell you what, my wife is a middle school teacher, she is ready to quit. I
will tell you. Teacher of the year! She is ready to walk away."
"You might be that one teacher who could save my son. My son got in trouble for drugs. If it weren't
for the teacher and school counselor who save my kid, he'd be dead."
"This state trooper says: let me show you how we do it in Miami, Florida. The biggest mistake I ever
made, I will never ever let anybody else tell me how to do my job."

At one point Wolf says, gesturing to someone in the back of the room, and I also wanna thank Sonitrols Bill
Ford for sponsoring this workshop. Bill Ford then shown standing at the back wall. (RIGHT)

August 22, 2003: Petition driv e seeks to teach law makers a school lesson
An AP Report out of Orlando reveals that Wolfgang is part of a group collecting signatures to introduce a
constitutional amendment that would force Florida lawmakers to work three days a year as a substitute
teacher and one as a bus monitor. [LINK]

Wolfgang Halbig says he does not expect his idea to get a good reception in Tallahassee. He plans
to enlist the help of teachers unions, parent organizations and other groups to get the nearly half
million signatures needed to get the measure on the fall 2004 ballot. Under the plan, lawmakers would
spend one day each in an elementary, middle and high school. A fourth day would be spent riding
school buses.
The effort is noted to have been initiated by the Real Hero Foundation, out of Apopka.

August 23 2003: Sign Here to make FL Nuttier - A St. Petersburg-Times editorial makes note of the various
proposals vying for a spot on the upcoming election ballot. In a curious moment, Halbig suggests that part of
the benefit of his proposed program would be that it would require all lawmakers to be fingerprinted and tested
for illegal drugs: [LINK]
One might wonder exactly what lawmakers
would teach our children. Maybe the art of
holding out a tin cup and begging money from
every passerby or filing bills that benefit their
biggest campaign donors.
But Wolfgang Halbig, an Apopka man who
formed the Real Hero Foundation to back the
teaching amendment, sees another benefit:
Lawmakers would have to be fingerprinted
and drug-tested to be substitutes.
"If they could see teachers on a daily basis and
watch what they have to do from the time the
kids show up, it's almost a babysitting service
instead of teaching," says Halbig, a former
teacher, principal and nationally recognized expert on school safety.

He hopes to recruit help from teacher unions, parents and others as he sets out to collect the
488,722 signatures he needs to get the measure on the ballot. Halbig says he got the idea from
U.S. Sen. Bob Graham's work days.
April 25, 2003: Can w e make our schools more secure
http://www.aimpress.com/trumparticles.htm
Rather than rely solely on electronic hardware and gadgets,
school officials should be watching students for a change in
behavior, said Wolfgang Halbig, president of the National
Institute for School and Workplace Safety in Maitland, Fla.

Halbig, who conducted a workshop for Harrisburg School

District 1 1/2 years ago on ways to get students to speak up
about violence, encourages the creation of 24-hour
anonymous tip lines, so students can report threats without
fearing retribution.

August 24, 2003: Proposed Amendment Aims To Teach Legislators

A Lesson - more coverage of the Real Hero Foundations proposed
amendment to require lawmakers to substitute teach. [LINK]

I want them to see how disrespectful so many kids are to

their teachers. They're going to have kids who tell them where to
go. You're going to see legislators ask if it's safe," said security
consultant Wolfgang Halbig, who launched the initiative.

"You're going to see every one of them [legislators] say it's a bad
idea," he added.
September 2, 2003: Bad company - a short editorial dismisses the Real Hero Foundation's amendment as
one that "would only further trivialize Florida's constitution.":[LINK]

October 27, 2003: Sav e-A-Friend Hotline Program Signs Big Maryland School District. PR Release
from NISWS announces they have received a commitment from the Anne Arundel (Maryland) school district
for a hotline. It is the first documented relationship between Anne Arundel Schools and NISWS, a relationship
that would soon grow more significant. [LINK]
The National Institute for School and Workplace Safety (OTC Pink Sheets:NIFW) has received a
commitment from Anne Arundel School District to implement NISWS' Save-A-Friend Hotline program.
This will be the largest school district to adopt this innovative hotline program that focuses on saving
children, not drugs, weapons, and crimes like its many competitors. In Florida, the SAF hotline in one
small county receives over 150 calls a year, 40 more than the statewide BE BRAVE hotline that
operates in 39 counties and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars more to operate.
Wolfgang Halbig, executive director of NISWS, and a former state trooper and school safety
director says: "We should not be judged on how many children we put into jail, but how many
lives we save." As the driving force behind the hotline, he wants schools to focus on helping
children through the difficult school years by having an anonymous place they can call and get
help on suicide, abuse, threats, intimidation and bullying. "This is a live voice service whose
job it is to ask 'How can I help your friend' not how can we put more kids in jail," adds Mr.
Halbig.
It is NISWS' goal to add 100 new school districts a year to its Save-A-Friend hotline services, one
school district at a time. Currently there are over 16,000 school districts in the U.S.

Nov ember 10, 2003: National Institute for School and Workplace Safety: The Safe School Initiativ e
Funds Begin to Flow. Another press release from NISWS, seemingly seeking to encourage investors that
the school safety contracting cash drought is over. [LINK]
HEATHROW, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003

The state and federal funds targeted to school districts for the purpose of providing a safer academic
environment for all students have reached over $2.5 billion in 2003. With funding coming from the No
Child Left Behind Act, Homeland Security, Department of Justice and the Department of Education,
educators are now able to proactively examine and improve their safety and security programs without
stressing the local budgets.
In a recent presentation to 300 School Resource Officers and Principals put on by the Justice
Department's COPS program, Wolfgang Halbig, Executive Director of NISWS, asked the
audience: "How do you know how or what to spend the money on if you don't first determine
what your problems are? Accountability and getting the best bang for the buck are the keys to
a well executed Safe School Plan, and reducing the negligence liability of the school district."

NISWS has received over 20 calls from recently funded school districts (average grant over
$500,000) and been invited to speak at numerous conferences as the educators determine how
to spend these targeted funds in their schools. The highest demand is for the NISWS School
Safety Plan and Emergency Management Plan that are an essential first step in implementing a
viable safety or security program. NISWS also conducts independent safety assessments and is
often asked to train local school staff in the proper method to conduct a school safety audit.

December 19, 2003: Wolfgang is granted power of attorney status for his mother.
http://records.hcclerk.org/OnCoreWeb/showdetails.aspx?id=521156&rn=23&pi=1&ref=search

2004_______________

January 2004: Security Magazine, a trade publication, references Wolfgang Halbig, The Diocese of
Orlando, and Sonitrol in its best practices column, describing the presentation Wolfgang delivered..
http://w w w.securitymagazine.com/articles/76854
The Diocese of Orlando (Fla.) is one of many educational organizations throughout the country
that has participated in school safety workshops aimed at reducing risk, which are sponsored
by Alexandria, Va.-based Sonitrol, part of the Tyco Fire & Security family. Sonitrol conducted
two different workshops for the diocese: one for principals and assistant principals of the
organizations 35 Catholic schools, and a second for the 900 diocesan school employees. The
outcome: a safe-school committee, which drafted an emergency-management plan with a
quick-reference guide for each of the classrooms within the school district. The key to making
schools safe is to reduce risk on a daily basis, says Wolfgang Halbig, executive director at the
National Institute for School and Workplace Safety.

February 6, 2004: Are Schools Safe Places? [LINK]

Wolfgang Halbig, head of the Orlando-based National Institute for School and Workplace Safety, said
schools don't need to lock bathrooms. Just check them.

"That's where the kids go to harass, bully and threaten," he said. "All you have to do is walk in and do
a cursory look. What's it got to take for someone to pay attention? You must provide adequate
supervision at all times."
March 16 2004: PR from National Institute for School and Workplace Safety announces that a more lucrative
Anne Arundel deal has been signed, suggesting an imminent financial windfall.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/NISWS+Lands+Important+Contract.-a0131525678

NISWS Lands Important Contract.

The National Institute for School and Workplace Safety, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: NIFW), a
Heathrow- based publicly traded company specializing in school safety and security issues, just
received a $395,000 one-year contract to assess 122 schools and provide training for bus drivers,
administrators, teachers, and staff in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. NISWS was selected over 15
national security companies that had bid on the project. The company is also providing the County
with the "Save-A-Friend" Hotline Service and a character education program called "Break the
Code of Silence."

According to Executive Director Wolfgang Halbig: "Taking on a project of this magnitude is a

big step for the company. NISWS has struggled for five years to prove itself as a leading
provider of school safety and security programs. Our successful bid in such a large school
district substantiates our position as an industry leader. Very few companies have the
experience in the market that we have pulled together, it is nice to be recognized for our
accomplishments."

This one contract will double the revenues generated by the company in its best year of operation in a
market misunderstood by many security companies. "Schools must trust you to let you in to help
them," says Halbig, the former Security Director for Seminole County Schools. "This is a face-to-face
business that has taken us five years to break into the larger school districts. We have worked very
hard to build our reputation in over 30 states and 100 of the 17,006 school districts over the last five
years; this is our year to shine."

Chapter 9: the Long Way Down

April 7 2004: Bid Rev iew Flaw ed, Schools Chief Says - A Washington Post article shows that the NISWS
deal with Anne Arundel has come under scrutiny. The contract had apparently not been reviewed by the
school board before it was awarded, and cronyism is suspected when it is found that two people on the bid
selection committee were related.

One of these two, a school system security chief named J.Mark Black, was then found to have an existing
relationship with Wolfgang Halbig that apparently had not been disclosed.[LINK]
One of the bidders now says he complained about that issue in mid-August, before the solicitation
was ended, and again in an Aug. 30 letter. "It j ust didn't pass the public integrity smell test," the
bidder, Kenneth S. Trump of the firm National School Safety and Security Services in Ohio, said in an
interview.

[...] That contract, $175,000 of which will be paid from a federal grant the schools received in
September, was not reviewed by the board before the staff awarded it to the National Institute for
School and Workplace Safety of Florida. District policies are not explicit on when board review
must occur, Smith has said.
The director of the Florida company, Wolfgang W. Halbig, said in interv iew s that he met J.
Mark Black at a conference in Washington before the school system asked for proposals last
summer. The tw o also spent a day together in Florida discussing a hotline program that
Halbig's firm markets, he said. But Halbig said his firm did not gain any edge in the bidding process
as a result.
[...] The Florida company's proposal made it the second-lowest bidder, after the Reston-based
Systech Group's $238,000 bid. Documents show that the selection panel relied heav ily on
technical j udgments rather than cost, and Halbig's firm w on on the strength of its experience
and specific proposal.

April 7, 2004: School official uneasy ov er contract aw ards

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-04-07/news/0404070391_1_school-safety-mcnelly-contracts

April 8, 2004 Arundel school board to rev iew rule on contracts after questions are raised
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-04-08/new s/0404080444_1_arundel-school-mcnelly-school-board
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education decided yesterday to review a local policy that gives the
superintendent authority to grant certain contracts, regardless of size, without consulting the board.
This week, board member Michael McNelly questioned the school system's granting of a $395,000
contract to the Florida-based National Institute for School and Workplace Safety for a safety
assessment of the county's 117 schools. School officials said they did not seek board approval
because it wasn't required.

"There have been a lot of concerns from the community on this issue," McNelly said at
yesterday's school board meeting. "I think we are obligated to ask questions."

McNelly questioned why the institute won the contract when it was only the second-lowest bidder, and
he expressed doubts about the firm's experience with large jobs.

April 15, 2004: Washington Post article: Anne Arundel Pact To Be Scrutinized. Halbig mentions a friend
in Charlotte that knew Eric Smith - investigators have not yet determined if this refers to J. Mark Black or
another friend. [LINK]
The parents group, which has popularized its cause on a Web site, is questioning Smith,
whose national reputation as an education reformer -- and $300,000 annual salary -- made a
splash in Anne Arundel when was hired two years ago from Charlotte.
"Is Smith earning his $300,000 salary/benefit package?" asked a recent posting on the group's
Web site. "Where are the improvements? Taxpayers will be asking hard questions."
The skirmish over the safety contract was fueled, in part, by Smith's history as a principal and
school administrator in Florida two decades ago. Smith worked in the Orlando area's Orange
County. One of the founders of the Florida firm, Wolfgang W. Halbig, worked in neighboring Seminole
County.
Smith and Halbig said yesterday that they had not met or spoken until after the contract was
awarded. But parent Tracey Hess, whose husband, Curt, administers the Web site, said she and
others have drawn their own conclusions. "I think it's an outrage," she said. "Why does it cost
that much? Why does [Smith] hire his buddy from Florida?"

Smith said that, in a district with a $360 million budget, he had "absolutely no involvement in the
selection of this company" and did not even know about the contract until after it was awarded.
Halbig, who said the contract is the largest in the company's five-year history, marveled at the degree
to which some parents have seemed to align against him. "I can't believe a group of parents can have
that much influence," he said yesterday.
Halbig said he does have a friend who knows Smith from Charlotte, but he said the mutual
friend had no involvement in the bidding for the contract.

May 15, 2004: Crash near BWI kills cargo pilot - In perhaps a fitting metaphor for the whole scenario that
brought him there, Wolfgang Halbig is witness to a plane crash in Maryland. Halbig takes particular note of the
fact that the pilot of the plane opted not to harm innocent people on his way to ruin.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-05-15/new s/0405150139_1_crash-plane-cargo
Shortly after 7 a.m., Wolfgang W. Halbig, a school security consultant, was standing near the parking
lot at North County High School in Ferndale, watching parents drop off their children and students
step off school buses.

Classes began at 7:17 a.m. About 7:22 a.m., Halbig saw what he described as an unbelievable sight.
"Off by the tree line, I see an airplane flying very low. ... It came right over the parent drop-off area," he
said. "It was directly over them. ... I mean, I could see the underbelly."
The plane's path took it between the high school and nearby Hilltop Elementary School, whose pupils
arrived an hour later. It buzzed over athletic fields and the parking area, headed toward a
red-checkered tower on the western edge of the school's property and banked sharply to the left,
Halbig said.

The plane then veered to the right before jerking back to the left again, and then suddenly dived toward
the ground. Halbig lost sight of it but then saw a cloud of black smoke rise into the sky. He and his
tw o employees drove over to the scene, where emergency crews had already arrived.
"He [the pilot] had to see all those kids and parents," Halbig said. "And if he knew, then he did a great
job. He w ent straight dow n; he didn't hurt other people."

September 23, 2004: Halbig once again inj ures himself tackling a student. [LINK ]

Question #12 Wolfgang MUST answer: why do you keep hurting yourself on the
job? Arent you a national expert on school and workplace safety? Your
workplace is a school, and you cant seem to keep even yourself safe there.

File Date:

December 29, 2004: Wolf and Kathleen re-marry in Las Vegas. According to Wolfs 2010 deposition, they
co-habitate again after this point
1/3/2005 1:25 PM
1

Book Type:

MAR

Number of Pages:

Document Type:

(MC) MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

Party 1

HALBIG, WOLFGANG WALTER

Party 2

HALBIG, KATHLEEN SMITH

Acknowledgement Date:

12/29/2004

Marriage Date:

12/29/2004

Marriage Certificate #:

D762556

Previous Related Docs:

D762556

2005_______________________

February 8, 2005: Central Florida School Resource Officers Still Armed With Tasers - Quote from
Halbig in article about tasers. No mention is made of Halbigs prior experience with stun guns at school (see
November 5, 1992.) It is noted that Ha
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/central-florida-school-resource-officers-still-arm/nJh5R/
She's one of a dozen students hit by tasers from Orange County school resource officers. Officers in
Seminole and Brevard county schools are carrying the weapons, too.
Sheriff deputies say tasers are a good option for helping subdue students, when it's necessary. They
believe the weapons are safe and effective.

But the man running Seminole County School's safety program does not. Wolfgang Halbig
isn't allow ed to speak on camera, but he said this on the radio: "It is a matter of time before a kid
is killed."
Some doctors say huge electrical jolts can damage young hearts, although just what qualifies as
young is up for debate.

Question #13 Wolfgang MUST answer: What exactly is your job right at this point?
Why are you bizarrely referred to as the man running the safety program but who
isnt allowed to speak on camera? Why arent you allowed to appear on
television now? It was okay in 1996, what happened? And what radio show were
you on?

February 14. 2005: A commentary on bullying is posted to Education Weekly forums, by Wolfgang
W. Halbig Assistant Principal [LINK]

March 24 2005: - Erik Halbig is arrested for drunk driving, running a red light, and speeding.
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CriminalDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=592005MM003220A

March 28. 2005: A commentary arguing for increased school funding for counselors is posted to Education
Weekly forums, by Wolfgang W. Halbig/ School Administrator. Wolfgang works in several of his favorite
catchphrases, such as break the code of silence and red flags. [LINK]

Apr 4 2005 - Erik Halbigs reign of terror continues: Wolfgang Halbigs dangerously violent son is arrested yet
again, this time for aggrav ated assault w ith a deadly w eapon, battery, and felony battery.
http://www.seminoleclerk.org/CriminalDocket/case_detail.jsp?CaseNo=592005CF001470A

April 26, 2005 Halbig is listed under PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REAPPOINTMENT FOR
2005-06 as Assistant Principal at Sanford Middle School.
http://w w w.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/2005meetings/42605/Adm1.pdf
April 2005 (approximate) - Wolfgang Halbig has an affair, lasting two weeks and in some way requiring or
resulting in a Cialis prescription:

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April 30, 2005 - Wolfgangs mother dies [LINK]

June 14 2005: Wolf sues his mothers insurance company.
(Orange County Courts UCN:482005CA005080A001OX)
2005-CA-005080-O :
ESTATE OF GERTRUDE HALBIG, vs.
METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY

June 23, 2005 Halbig resigns from Sanford Middle School.

[LINK]
ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINATION AND RESIGNATION for 2004-05
1. Halbig, Wolfgang W - Sanford Middle School, Assistant Principal Middle 11, Reason: Resig for employ
in Educ in Fl, Termination Effective Date 6/23/2005
In the same document, Kathleen S. Halbig also resigns: 19. Halbig, Kathleen S - Rock Lake Middle School,
Teacher, Reason: Resig for employ in Educ in Fl, Termination Effectiv e Date 6/02/2005

Question #14 Wolfgang MUST answer: What exactly is going on here? Why did you
both quit your jobs? Did your wifes new position with Lake County turn out to be a
more effective avenue into the countys tax coffers than yours had been?

2012 Wolfgang says:

July 12, 2005 Halbig is noted as having moved, and his private information is found in a box full of documents
at his old apartment complex, completely unprotected. [LINK]
Halbig moved from the Colonial Village Apartments in Lake Mary several years ago, but his
personal information stayed behind. It's tough for Halbig to believe, since he works in risk
management.

"I am very adamant about identity theft. I mean, it's the biggest crime that's happening across
the world, across the country, and it's happening in my back yard, it's happening to me,"
Halbig said.
Halbig's paperwork was among other files found in the laundry room of the apartment complex. A
person living there called Channel 9 after he saw the five boxes of files just sitting on top of a
table in the public laundry room. On the paperwork were private accounts, driver's license
numbers and social security numbers.
"You can pull up my credit report. I mean, you can find everything about me, who I shop with. I mean,
that is negligence," Halbig said.

Question #15 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: How is it that you were in charge of
school safety when you let a student get your gun, AND you were in risk
management when BOXES of your vital documents were left out for anyone to
find? Is this a joke?

July 19, 2005: Report: School personnel failed to act on abuse - a Seminole County teacher is found by
an internal investigation to have been abusing autistic students in her classes. Halbig is not involved in this
event, but his later actions suggest he may have followed news coverage about it (see Childrens Safety
Institute events of 2013) [LINK]
August 19, 2005: An Education Weekly blog comment is posted by Wolfgang W. Halbig Administrator
http://blogs.edweek.org/talkback/2005/08/humdrum_high.html

Without a doubt teachers are ready and prepared to teach on a daily basis. The student who is
coming to school today is not the same student who came to school 25 years ago. Today, these kids
think that they have a sense of entitlement for easy grades and less work. Overall they are lazy, and it
starts at the Elemetary schools which now have parents doing their projects and assignments. Man
this is great I will get an A.

Poor work ethics. Having to pay your kids to get good grades, electives all over the place so if they
fail they will take it over. If teachers today truly held students accountable for their grades, the failure
rate would be enourmous. We have open book test's now, we allow them to take their test at home,
we give them extra assignments for extra credit, block schedule so they now do their homework in
class. Their lazy and we allow it. They know it or they would get to work.
October 19, 2005: Wolf emails Jeb Bush (note: text has been edited to correct formatting errors in source)
From: Halbiga Wolfgang <HalbigW@lake.k12.fl.us>
To: Governor Jeb Bush
Date: 10/19/2005 6:42:38 PM
Subject: Emergency Management Recommendation

Governor Bush;
In the United Air Force I was trained in Disaster Preparedness in light of the fact that our
base served as a B-52 Bomber base with nuclear weapons. The number one issue that
confronted the base and the community on a daily bases was what if a B-52 Bomber crashed
and an accident occurred triggering an explosion. How would we handle such a scenario?

Hurricane Katrina again showed us that we are vulnerable when a plan is not executed and all
of our resources not utilized. We in Florida have been very fortunate in our response. But I
would like for you to urgently consider adopting a new concept that requires Amtrak to
become a front line provider in evacuating senior citizens out of the area. Our job would be to
transport them to the train station for evacuation. The sleeper cars would be ideal in providing
some comfort instead of lying on a tarmac, airport lounge, cargo area ,or left in a wheel chair
to die. The compartments would allow nursing help as needed; the dinning cars would provide
food services that are fully serviced before arriving. Homeland Security can sent those
resources to an area that needs to have to most vulnerable evacuated.
The United States Government already subsidizes this expensive system, and I believe that
with your help that states that need to get people out of the area who cannot afford it can use
the trains and our busses. Large numbers can be evacuated quickly and safely to designated
points for pickup and sheltering.
Amtrak is one of our greatest resources for the elderly. Please, Please, Please get someone
to incorporate this most valuable resource into our response program in order to save those in
need. You are our leader in time of emergencies; please share this concept with others.

Thanks
Wolfgang W. Halbig

Nov ember 8, 2005: the law firm of Morgan & Morgan, on behalf of Wolfgang Halbig, files a Petition for
Benefits with the State of Florida, Division of Administrative Hearings, Office of the Judges of
Compensation Claims. This is for benefits applying to the Sept 23rd on-the-job injury.

The form includes this entry: "The inj ured employee seeks Authorization and payment of ev aluation
and treatment w ith a psychiatrist as recommended by Dr. Rosen; see Attached; Authorization and
payment of Aquatic Therapy Program 3x/w eek for 2-3 months; see attached - However, Wolfgang in
2012 would deny that he followed this recommendation for psychiatric treatment from Dr. Rosen.

Nov ember 14 2005 - Wolf and Kathleen take out a mortgage

2006__________________
January 14, 2006: Prev ention, training are keys to school safety, experts say - [LINK]
January 21 2006: Metal detectors not cure-all, schools say - essentially a rehashing of the previous
weeks article (note that Wolf is described as a consultant in risk management with WK and Associates WK is Wolfgang, so he is a consultant with himself.) [LINK]
Walk-through and wand-style detectors can be found in hundreds of Florida schools, including some
in Orange County, but national changes in school-safety philosophy have refocused the attention of
schools on other strategies.

"I think what they've learned is that metal detectors are not as effective as other programs that are
available," said Wolfgang Halbig, a consultant with WK and Associates, an Apopka-based
security company that has worked with local school districts. "We've learned the school-safety
package has to be more complete than that."
March 21 2006 The School Board approved the settlement of the w orkers compensation claim of
Wolfgang Halbig as recommended by Michael Peterson, Esq.
http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/2006meetings/32106/32106.PDF
http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/2006meetings/32106/bigbook.pdf

1. Superintendents Recommendation: That the School Board of Seminole County approve the
settlement of the workers compensation claim of Wolfgang Halbig as recommended by Michael
Peterson, Esq. 2. Background/Analysis: Mr. Halbig was employed by the Seminole County
School Board, as an assistant principal at the time of his injuries. He sustained compensable
injuries on September 23, 2004 and thereafter. [...] Fiscal Impact: A one time charge of $11,750.00
against the districts self-insurance fund.
April 6,2006: Sonitrol Corporation buys its Orlando franchise owned by Bill Ford - Wolfgangs partner.
http://www.spirecapital.com/media-room/press-releases/sonitrol-acquires-orlando-franchise

May 29, 2006: - Wolfgang donates $400 to the Democratic party in Florida
http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-APOPKA-FL.html
Wolfgang Halbig (Wk&associates/Safety And Security C), (Zip code: 32712) $400 to DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA on 05/29/06

June 24, 2006 - Schools scramble to get insurance - Halbig is quoted as showing frustration with the
budgeting process for insurance policies and severe weather. He is a risk manager for Lake County
Schools. [LINK]
But the schools have a lot of real estate. Some of it, such as Seabreeze High in Daytona Beach with
its otherwise-enviable ocean view, is at high risk from hurricanes.
"How are w e supposed to protect the taxpayers' inv estment in the schools if the insurance
companies are refusing to w rite policies that w ill cov er them?" said Wolfgang Halbig, risk
manager for Lake County schools.

This year, Seminole had $200 million in insurance coverage and paid $1.3 million for it. The premium
for the coming year will be $3.4 million for the $25 million coverage that includes a higher deductible.

July 20, 2006: A forum post at edweekly is submitted by Wolfgang W. Halbig Administrator [LINK]
CELLPHONES....... As a school administrator I beleive that every must be required to carry a cell
phone in the event that the school administration, school guidance counselor, teacher or school clinic
can find the parent when needed during the school day. I find it amazing that we can never get ahold
of the parent when we need them in the event of a discipline issue or when a child is injured. Yet, the
parents are telling us the school that there child is going to have a cell phone. When parents take
responsibilty of their child then only then should we consider the use by students in after school hours
use to reach the parent. As a school administrator I have never denied a student from calling his
parent or the use of our pay phone. This is getting totally out of control especiall now with the picture
phones being used in the showers or bathrooms and posting the image on the Internet. We are the
school, we do not tell parents how to raise their children. Therefore let us do what is right in
establishing a school climate for learning not cell phone, picture or messaging use throught the
school day.

This is common sense............

August 29, 2006: Wolfgang posts a comment to Education Weekly. In it, he once again argues for a law or
amendment that would force lawmakers to work at public schools. He also demonstrates an awareness of the
Gates Foundation providing grants to schools. His wife, Kathleen, would go on to be a director of resources
from a Gates grant, in the same school district that employs both of them at this point in time (Lake County).
http://blogs.edweek.org/talkback/2006/08/money_momentum.html
Posted by: Wolfgang W. Halbig Administrator | August 29, 2006 2:41 PM

Bill and Melinda Gates are on a noble mission which is to help schools achieve. Those changes
will never ever take place until state legislators are required to substitute teach four days a year. One
day in the Elemetary School, one day in the middle school, one day in the high school and finally on
the fourth day they must ride a school bus to and from school.

This would be a giant step in improving the quality of public schools. I believe it is time for all voters
to adopt a constitutional amendment that will require them to be held accountable by becoming an
active community worker/substitude and not as a legislator. There is a famous chinese saying that I
used as a school administrator and as a teacher in the classroom 1. If they only hear it they will
forget. 2. If the see it then they will remember. 3. If they do it then they will understand. This is just
common sense, why would you not want to be part of our educational system by becoming a
substitude for only four school days. This will allow you to see and remember as you are funding and
writing new legislation that will hinder school districts from doing their job such as the NO CHILD
LEFT BEHING LEGISLATION.
If you are reading this message, please get others involved in order to make this happen.

2007____________________________

Posted by: Wolfgang W. Halbig Administrator | March 28, 2007 2:59 PM

On day one of school every student has an A, what parents need to learn and be told is how his or her
child child lost that A. We should not have to explain how the child earned a C and get totally blasted
by the parents. This grade inflation is a serious issue in every private, parochial and public school in
the country. If you out there think it is not a problem, you need a serious reality check. Do I give the
student a D or F, If I give them a F I may have him or her again next year, I don't want to have to deal
with those parents again. So we give a D and move the problem on to the next teacher. Multiply that
by the thousands and you have a serious problem. Do I give a student a B or A knowing that the
parents are going to jump into your face by giving him or her a B. So we give them an A. Problem
solved. We have school administrators looking at the grade distribution by teachers, if too many fail
for not doing their work they get hammered on their evaluation. We have school administrators looking
at the demographic grade distribution and if too many whites pass versus african americans or
mexicans they get hammered. Those of you in the trenches know that we are giving away the store in
order to make the system happy. Forget the cheating aspects of grade inflation. We see it and
fail to deal it w ith because of hav ing to deal w ith the parents and their law yers. This is a
serious very serious issue that I am glad someone is least bringing it to the forefront in discussing the
issue.
wolf
Posted by: Wolfgang W. Halbig Administrator | April 18, 2007 1:38 PM
Red Flags everywhere and we again fail to see the warning signs. From his dorm room to his classes
to his writing. When you take the content of his writing plus behavior you have a red flag.

I just completed training over 5000 school police officers and school administrators on rules of
engagement. I am hoping that the first police officer on the scene engaged the shooter to neutralize
the shooter and save lives. The first incident with two fatalities probably caused all the campus police
officer to respond to that dorm, it is a natural reaction by police. There is a shift change from midnight
to dayshift and what most parents and the community do not know that the school police department
does not have the manpower or the resources to handle these fatalities in a very effective time frame,
they must wait for the juristication in charge to take over which would probably be the State Police in
this case. Valuable time lost, and now there is another shooting across campus, who is charge.
Columbine showed this country that failure to communicate and failure to engage caused students to
die and get seriously injured. Rules of engagement must be crystal clear as you can see at VT. What
parents do not know is that college police departments losse jurisdiction when fatalities unfold on
school campuses. I cannot believe on how many police officers were hiding behind trees and police
cars while shots are being fired while students and school staff are being killed and injured. This can
happen anywhere at anytime.

April 16, 2007: Aquasplash Pools, LLC is registered by Erik Halbig.

July 19, 2007: Board considers school safety audit - Ocala-Star Banner article describes how Brian
Marcum (Wolfgangs associate) is pushing the Marion County school board to hire an unnamed safety
consultant http://www.ocala.com/article/20070719/NEWS/70719008?p=1&tc=pg

OCALA - Marion County School Board members say the School District is doing a good job at
protecting students but more security measures must be taken to ensure that safety record
continues.
At a workshop today, School Board members debated whether to spend about $200,000 to hire a
security consultant to examine the countys 50 schools, looking for risks and potential threats.
''Weve been lucky,'' School Board Chairman Ron Crawford said of the few serious instances that have
occurred on school campuses. ''The world is becoming more dangerous.''

[...] [Brian] Marcum said during the meeting that security needs to be beefed up it because the
terrorist group al Qaeda has announced more Americans must be targeted and that ''4 million
adults and 1 million children must die,'' he said.
July 22 2007: Halbig giv es a presentation
http://www.fasa.net/upload_documents/agenda5-8-07.pdf

Nov ember 28, 2007: Wolfgang Halbig contributes to Hillary Clintons presidential campaign. She is opposing
Barack Obama. http://www.city-data.com/elec2/08/elec-APOPKA-FL-08.html

December 31 2007: Architects Must Participate in School Safety and Security Audits - an article w ritten
by Wolfgang Halbig is published in Campus Safety Magazine. It is a very revealing document as to his
professional ambitions and employment status at this time. [LINK]

From the time students are dismissed in the afternoon until well into the evening, demands are made
on a wide variety of school facilities to support an extensive array of student programs and activities.
Band and chorus rooms, the stage and auditorium, the gymnasium, locker rooms, athletic fields, the
media center, computer labs, multi-purpose rooms and the school cafeteria all receive intense
utilization throughout the school year. The challenge confronting architects is to design a building in
such a fashion that students and the public can simultaneously use it safely, and custodial personnel
can clean, maintain and secure vacant parts of the campus.

It is because of these challenges that WK & Associates recommends assessments be conducted

annually on the campus of every school in America and that school design architects
participate with safety and security experts, administrators, and other appropriate persons in
the conduct of such audits.
Districts Shouldnt Just Leave It All Up to the Principals
Every architect today uses safety and security as their No.1 priority when presenting their design to
school board members. The problem is that they design it, build it and walk away. School
administrators then are confronted with the poor traffic flow for parents and school buses, as well as a
lack of parking spaces for school staff, visitors and students where applicable.
Architects and engineers engaged in building new schools or renovating old ones must provide
administrators with the locations in their design of the safest areas to evacuate students and staff in
the event of severe weather/tornados or even in the event of a shelter-in-place event. We cannot place
this awesome responsibility solely on a school principal.
Remember, school and workplace safety is everyones responsibility!
Wolfgang Halbig is currently the director of risk management for the Lake County (Fla.) Public
Schools. He was formerly the executive director and national school safety consultant for the
National Institute for School and Workplace Safety. He can be reached at wolfgangh@cfl.rr.com

2008________________________

January 3, 2008 - Wolfgang is ticketed for speeding.

March/April 2008: Halbig writes a retrospective one year later article about Virginia Tech in Campus Safety
Magazine. He also makes note of the lack of success he had in convincing school boards to purchase
tiplines: http://regents.ohio.gov/safetyandsecurity/resources/CS3VAtech.pdf

We have to get away from these custodians having to walk around and unlock or lock the doors,
says Wolfgang Halbig, director of risk management for the Lake County (Fla.) Public Schools. And
some campuses do have the ability to automatically lock buildings by campus dispatchers. Many
others are looking to adopt more sophisticated access control systems that involve card access.
That said, its doubtful anytime soon well see most campus public safety departments being able to
just flip a switch to secure every building.
[...]
Also, bullying and harassment are troubling issues that remain in schools. Its amazing that they
refuse to invest in a simple hotline program, which allows parents and children to call about bullying,
harassment and drugs, says Halbig. Its the best investment you can make, but they wont do it.
April 17, 2008 A blog post is submitted by Wolfgang W. Halbig Administrator that shows frustration at
the failure of the Real Hero Foundations amendment effort, and summons the United States presidential
candidates to its aid. [LINK]

The solution of fixing the public school system is crystal clear for all of the presidential candidates.
The problem is that they do not have the guts or courage to stand up in directing ever congressman
and women to substitute teach four school days a year in their state. You cannot fix something that is
broke if you do not see it. The presidential candidates must require them to work those four days or
they would loose federal funding for there states, this idea can transition down to all of the state
legislators in which there counties or districts would loose funding if not completed. A national
program to fix public education by those who make the laws and funded and are screwing it up big
time because they do not see or understand in what is truly happening on a daily basis in our schools.
How simple can it be; They would spent one day in the high School as a Substitute teacher, one day
in the Middle School, one day in the elementary school and finally one day riding a school bus to and
from school. You will learn.
We all know the ancient chinese saying which states" That if I hear it I forget, If I see it I remember
and If I do it I will understand". Well if the Chinese can figure this out then I don't understand why our
presidential candidates can't.
Florida United States Senator gace up one day per month and dedicated it as a work day, picking
oranges in the groves, digging ditches, cutting grass on the highways etc. He had the balls to step up
and stop hearing about all the problems, he went to see it and do it so he could understand when

writing legislation effectiving the lives of children and adults. THis is common sense and one day the
people will make it happen even if the presidential candidates fail in have the courage to stand up for
our children and school staff.

June 24, 2008: Wolfgang is among those from the Lake County School Board who attend a Purchasing
Department meeting at the Howey Education Center. There, proposals are heard from four insurance providers
for district employee health coverage. School Board member Larry Metz is also in attendance.

During this series of proposals, Halbig takes special notice of interactions between Larry Metz and vendor
Brown & Brown Insurance.
August 31, 2008 - Wolfgang contributes to John McCains presidential campaign, opposing Barack Obama
http://www.city-data.com/elec2/08/elec-APOPKA-FL-08.html
September 25 2008 - Wolfgang is listed on the Preferred Government Insurance Trust Risk Advisory Board
for the The Crossings at Fleming Island community development in Orange Park. Interestingly, liability
insurance for the development is handled by Brow n & Brow n, an organization that Wolfgang will soon come
into conflict with. [LINK]
Nov ember 10, 2008: Lake County School Board meeting notes that a bid from Brown & Brown is awaiting
approval, and Larry Metz is moving the process forward.

Nov ember 2008: Dr. Susan Moxley becomes Superintendent of Lake County Schools, replacing Anna P.
Cowin. She begins making personnel changes for her new administration.[LINK]

Sometime in the next month or two, Wolfgang feels depressed over harassment toward him under Moxleys
administration. He sees a psychiatrist, and begins taking anti-depressants.

2009_____________
January 15, 2009 - Wolfgang W. Halbig Wolf leaves this comment, with the subject line Good Friend, on
an article about a coach entering a hall of fame: http://mobile.newssun.com/0111-rewis-hall
As a former Red Devil Baseball Player you make me truly proud. I also hoped that one day you would
have a a chance to coach the Red Devils because it is in your Blood. I am just glad that the
Firemans Association of Sebring doesn't tell you how to coach. Congratulations to you, Judy and
family. I will always remember your help. wolf

February 15, 2009: Erik Halbig trespasses somewhere, and is apparently intoxicated at the time.

March 13, 2009 - Divorce filed for Erik Halbig:

2009-DR-004209-O : SPANGLER HALBIG, JACQUELYN KELLEY vs. HALBIG, ERIK WOLFGANG

March 31, 2009: a comment posted by Wolfgang W. Halbig to Education Weekly praises the German
school system over USAs. [LINK]
I attended the German Public School system in 1952-1958 and learned discipline and respect for my
teachers and grandparents. I never knew my father or my mother until I was 14 years old.

April 16, 2009: Erik Halbig is charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication, for the February incident.
2009-MM-004567-A-O : STATE OF FLORIDA VS. HALBIG, ERIK W
June 15, 2009: Wolfgang attends an agenda meeting regarding health insurance for school employees. The
purpose of this meeting is to decide whether or not to approve the benefits proposal put together by Scott
Hindeman, the broker for the district. Apparently, Wolfgang proposes that they reject the proposal, and in
some way the cost of the plan drops in three minutes by a million dollars. Wolfgang claims that he found
this suspicious, and was encouraged by his boss (likely CFO) to dig deeper.

Eventually, Larry Metz (who is an Assistant Superintendent on the school board, while Wolfgang is just
employed there as a risk manager) tells him he has the votes to just pass it despite Wolfs objections, and
that if Wolf persists, he is just going to get himself fired. Wolf persists. [LINK]

June 30, 2009: Wolfgang Halbig is terminated/fired/contract allowed to expire by

Superintendent Susan Moxley, according to Wolfs profile The Alternative published a
year late on on Jun 3 2010.

ABOVE: School board minutes from the week of Halbigs firing date, likely referring to his employment status.

Question #16 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: Why did you list on your 2012
resume under Lake County Public Schools Director of Risk Management, 2005 Current when your contract was terminated in 2009? Obviously you updated your
resume as recently as 2012, since it includes an entry for a corporation you didnt
even file for until 2012, so why didnt you correct this part?

According to Wolfgang, he writes a movie script in between working expert witness cases, after ending
employment with the school board.

September 24, 2009: Wolfgang and his son Erik register the corporation Bullies Beware Inc

2010___________________
January 21st, 2010: Halbig sends an email to to Lake County School Board members, titled For the Record.
(Apparently, he is protesting his termination six months before.) This is after Halbig, according to Metz, met
with Metz and expressed concern over the Brown & Brown price quote for insurance:
We used to pay Brown and Brown $6,158,000 million dollars for the entire package one year and on
the average since 2005-2006 we paid over $5,350,000 million dollars and would be paying the over
$6,158,000 million dollar price tag had it not been for Larry Metz questioning Scott Hindman on the
high premium we are paying since our claims history has now a .99 experience mod.
Just a simple challenge by Larry Metz in suggesting that we may switch to another program caused
Scott Hindman to drop our premium insurance over $1,000,000 million dollars in three minutes.
No other school board member raised any concerns and I have always wondered why?
If he dropped our premium by over a $1,000,000 million dollars in three minutes does that mean he
could have done that in 2005-2006, 2006-2007 maybe I guess we will never find out since no other
board member held the company accountable.

January 26, 2010: Wolf falls on the sidewalk while jogging near his home. He and

Kathleen would sue the city of Apopka the following year in 2011-CA-010228-O : HALBIG, WOLFGANG et
al.vs.CITY OF APOPKA

Chapter 10: A Man of the People

April 17 2010: Wolfgang Halbig attends the

South Lake Chamber of Commerce 2010 Hob
Nob, where an early poll is conducted to gauge
support for the County Commissioner candidates.
Wolfgang is a candidate. He earns 2.2% of the
vote from attendees of the hob-nob. [LINK]
[LINK] [LINK]

June 30 2010: Halbig is featured in The Right Side of the Lake newsletter, as An Alternative candidate in
the race for County Commissioner.The article notes the date of Halbigs termination, and he is apparently
interviewed for the piece. http://lakecountygov.info/2010/06/30/an-alternative/
In the interview, Wolfgang explains how his firing from Lake County Schools was all the result of conspiracy,
much like his previous firings.
Wolfgang started out by saying, My wife, Kathy, found out I was running for county commission
when some colleagues at the school board asked her why I was running for county
commission. She wasnt too happy with me.
Wolfgang Halbig was the Risk Manager for the Lake County School District until June 30, 2009,
when he was terminated by Superintendent Susan Moxley. This 63 year old, very affable,
education security expert believes he saw firsthand the underbelly of Lake Countys political cronyism
and intimidation machine. Based on his experience, where he saw political leaders put their interests
above the people, he decided to run for District 4 Lake County Commission seat.

Halbig believes his termination from the Lake County School District was politically motivated
by current County Commissioner Jimmy Conner who twisted arms to get his friend insurance
work at the district. Halbig tells a story that, if true, needs a much brighter light shined upon it.
According to Halbig, the
school district formed a
committee of department
heads to review the
insurance programs for
the district. After
thorough investigations of
the current plans, the
committee determined
that long-time insurance
provider, Brown and
Brown, was not offering
the best program.

According to Halbig,
Brown and Brown
representative, Scott
Hindman, was very
emphatic that the school
district would not change
plans despite the more
expensive costs and
reduced district
advantages. Halbig said
that Hindman told him, It
aint gonna happen Ive
already got three votes.
Halbig contends that
Hindman contacted
Jimmy Conner at his
home, as well as other
school board members, to promote his plan, and despite the third place ranking of the Brown and
Brown plan, Jimmy Conner at the board meeting strong-armed the district to retain the program. He
believes it was a sham orchestrated by Conner in conjunction with other school board members.
According to Halbig, the final nail came in his work coffin when he found out the district was being
grossly overcharged by Brown and Brown on worker compensation premiums. He contends Scott
Hindman with Brown and Brown was going to charge the district $3.4 million to remain in the program,
and after Hindman found out they were bidding the program out, he immediately dropped it by $1
million.
The most troubling aspect was his meeting with School Board Member Larry Metz. Halbig contends
that he told Metz of the overcharges and provided him information supporting it. Halbig said
Carol MacLeod, CFO of the Lake County School District, warned him that if he pursued this
change to save money he would be fired; Halbig relayed his concern to Metz. Halbig said,
Metz did not have enough courage to stand up against the insurance company and other
board members, and there was a cowardliness in his voice. After the battle regarding the
workers compensation program, and despite being offered a tentative contract extension in April,
Halbig was terminated in June. Halbig claims his record with over 30 years in the education system

is spotless with positive reviews, and that he had never been terminated before. On several
occasions during our meeting, Halbig expressed concern that his wife, Kathy, who is Manager of
Technology at the school district, is worried about retaliation from the school district because
of his candidacy.

June 18, 2010: Registration closes for Lake County Commission election. Halbig is listed as registering to run
for seat 4.[LINK]
June 30, 2010: A commenter Bill Tucker on Wolfgangs profile An Alternative claims to have known Halbig
through playing racquetball in Ocala in the 1980s. He vouches for Wolfgang.

Name Bill Tucker

June 30, 2010 at 5:16 pm
In Ocala the 1980s Wolfgang and I were part of a group that regularly met on the racquetball court.
An affable, bright, good-guy; Wolf will be a formidable candidate for the county commission.

July 6, 2010: A commenter on Wolfgangs profile An Alternative simply pastes the text of the Letter to the
Editor that had expressed alarm about Wolfs spending on quadro trackers, fifteen years prior:
Name
July 6, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Quadro Tracker Is Not As Effective Or As Cheap As Dog
OPINION Letters to the Editor
May 14, 1995
REGARDING SOME swear by device, others scoff in the May 7 Seminole Extra, Seminole County
school security director Wolfgang Halbig wants to buy 50 drug-sniffing electronic Quadro Trackers.
My calculations say he would spend at least $19,750 of Seminole County taxpayers money for a
device that the maker is afraid to patent and that uses voodoo to find contraband with a method the
maker cant clearly explain. The U.S. Customs Service even tested it: The Quadro Tracker doesnt
work.

Mr. Halbig: Dont buy the Quadro Tracker and engage in fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer money. If
you want to find drugs in the schools, use dogs.
David A. Grubbs
The next day, another commenter does the same, adding the remark Maybe Wolfgang can buy some
Quadro Trackers for Lake County.
July 7, 2010: A user claiming to be Wolfgang Halbig responds in the comments section of the An
Alternative? article/profile on wolf. He responds to another user, who had been calling Wolfgang out about the
phony drug scanners from the 90s:

Name Wolfgang Halbig

July 7, 2010 at 4:07 pm
The rest of Mr. Grubbs story that he fails to tell that we tested the device for Dateline in making sure
that the school district and tax payer did not waste school districts funds.
If you are going to tell a side or story, please tell the whole story as we did on dateline.
The FBI bought 100 of thos trackers, Seminole County bought O and that is why we were featured on
Dateline.
Nice try.

July 8, 2010: A commenter refutes Halbigs account of saving the school from wasting money on the Quadro:
Maybe I was wrong, but the article states you were committed to buy one for every school in
your District, when you were contacted and corrected by a magician. From your diatribe
above I thought you were accustomed to one sided stories.

July 25, 2010: Halbig is mentioned as an independent candidate in the Nov 2nd election for Lake County
Commissioner Linda Stewart's seat. [LINK]
The primary winner will face off in the Nov. 2 general election against Democrat E.K. Emery,
independent Wolfgang Halbig and write-in candidates Vance Yochim and George Romano, whose
names will not appear on the ballot. Commissioners must live in a district but are elected and serve
countywide, so all Republicans in Lake will be eligible to cast ballots in the primary.

July 29, 2010: Hard to Buy Votes With No Money - Right Side of the Lake blog post takes a look at
campaign finance in the Lake County Commissioner election, noting that Halbig had raised $211 USD:
http://lakecountygov.info/2010/07/29/hard-to-buy-votes-with-no-money/

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Aug 3 2010: Denied - editorial published on The Right Side of the Lake, bashing a realtor association for
endorsing Halbig. The article knocks Halbig for only having been a resident of the county for six years:
http://lakecountygov.info/2010/08/03/denied/

In a stunning rebuke, the Realtors Association of Lake & Sumter Counties, Inc. (Realtors
Association) did not recommend Atkins to the post of District #4 County Commissioner;
instead, theyv e chosen to recommend NPA candidate Wolfgang Halbig. Atkins has spent his
life in the realty business, and this recommendation should have been a slam dunk; however, the
people who know Atkins the best did not stand up for him. Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C.
contacted Bill Deese, Chairman of the Screening Committee to ask specifically why Atkins wasnt
recommended. Deese responded by saying, Being a realtor is not a consideration for the
recommendation, and the group felt that Halbig answered our questions the best. Deese wouldnt
offer any further comments on Atkins.
Atkins, a lifelong resident of Lake County, has taken very pro-realtor positions such as
encouraging incentives to have seniors fill foreclosures and a plan re-establishing Lake County as a
retirement destination. Halbig, on the other hand, is a naturalized American citizen from
Germany w ho has liv ed in Lake County for less than six years. Halbig has not established
any public position on housing in Lake County, w hich is w hy the Halbig recommendation by
the Realtors Association can only be described as a slap in the face to Atkins.

Aug 15 2010: Its a Win for Working People suggests that Wolfgang has no chance at winning the election,
and that no one is going to financially back an obvious loser.
http://lakecountygov.info/2010/08/25/its-a-win-for-working-people/
Aug 16 2010: Larry Metz responds to another attack by local blog - Lake County School Board member
Larry Metz responds to the allegations Wolfgang Halbig made in his Right Side of the Lake profile. His
response is posted by another local politics blog, Lake County Fiscal Rangers. Metz refutes Halbigs side of
the story concerning the circumstances of his dismissal, by quoting the letter Wolfgang sent to the school
board on January 21, 2010, For the Record. He also presents a different recollection of his conversation with
Wolfgang after the insurance workshop.
http://www.fiscalrangers.com/2010/08/candidate-larry-metz-responds-to-another-attack-by-local-blog.html
Mr. Halbig described what actually happened in his e-mail dated January 21, 2010, sent to Lake
County School Board members and, ironically, titled For the Record. Yes, Mr. Halbig and I met
and he informed me of his concern about the Brow n & Brow n insurance quote. How ev er,

contrary to w hat is reported in The Right Side, I acted upon the information Mr. Halbig
prov ided by challenging Brow n & Brow n on their insurance quote at a School Board
w orkshop. Mr. Halbig w as present and afterw ards thanked me for doing so. Mr. Halbigs
description of what happened is quoted from his January 21, 2010 email below:
We used to pay Brown and Brown $6,158,000 million dollars for the entire package one year
and on the average since 2005-2006 we paid over $5,350,000 million dollars and would be
paying the over $6,158,000 million dollar price tag had it not been for Larry Metz questioning
Scott Hindman on the high premium we are paying since our claims history has now a .99
experience mod.

Just a simple challenge by Larry Metz in suggesting that we may switch to another
program caused Scott Hindman to drop our premium insurance over $1,000,000
million dollars in three minutes.
No other school board member raised any concerns and I have always wondered why?

If he dropped our premium by over a $1,000,000 million dollars in three minutes does
that mean he could have done that in 2005-2006, 2006-2007 maybe I guess we will never
find out since no other board member held the company accountable.
A scan of Mr. Halbigs entire email of January 21, 2010, with the above quoted language identified in
context, is attached.

Mr. Halbig wrote his email months before he became a candidate for office and a financial contributor
to my opponent. According to Mr. Halbigs ow n account, my actions resulted in a sav ings to
the Lake County School District of ov er $1,000,000. Clearly, the description of the ev ents
attributed to Mr. Halbig in the June 30 edition of The Right Side w as completely inconsistent
w ith his email. In this instance The Right Side either misrepresented what Mr. Halbig told them, or
accepted his account as gospel without checking it out because it fit nicely into their political agenda.
The same type of false, negative spin is evident in the August 10 and 16 editions. Readers of The
Right Side should not accept its contents lightly, for it is not really a newsletter. The Right Side is
merely a tool used to further the political agendas of those who are behind it.
Larry Metz

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Larry Metz, Republican, for State Representative,
District 25.

August 25, 2010 - A user claiming to Wolfgang Halbig comments on the Its a Win for Working People
article from a few weeks ago, apparently responding to the articles assertion that he will have trouble raising
campaign funds. He also corrects the blogs description of Halbig as a former Lake County Safety Officer.
Name Wolfgang Halbig
August 25, 2010 at 11:07 am
Excuse me for being someone who believes that 38 years of public service should count for
something.
38 years working to help parents and children through public schools.
Being asked by the school superintendent of Lake County to train every school administrator
and school staff when a boy was shot and killed at Tavares Middle School causing panic and
major confusion should mean ssomething to every paent and student by designing their
Emergency Management Plan. I was not the Lake County School Board Safety Officer, I was hired
as the Lake County School Boards Risk Manager in July of 2005 and by June 30, 2009 when I

was fired by Susan Moxley for saving this School DIstrict over $20,000,000 million tax payer
dollars you must be right I have done absolutely nothing to qualify me to run for County
Commissioner,
Cronysim and the old buddy system took a toll on the day we saved those dollars.
Why does someone spent over $110,000 thousnad dollars just to win the primary, is it because she
knows that she will be protected by you and your RSOTL information?
An attorney who represent Land Developers with big dollars will represent the affluent not the ordinary
citizen that has to pay there bills every month. I did not see those who have children on free and
reduced lunch donating at a five hundred dollar clip.

What is she going to do to save tax payer dollars? what is her game plan instead of just saying I am
for growth, need jobs, support businesses. protect the enviornment etc. Give us the meat of your
campaign. I have NO political consultant at $10,000 dollars a clip to tell them what to say.
I do it from hard work.

Get your facts straight. I have started my campaign and I am hear to win.

wolfgang

Take that to the bank.

Another user responds to Wolfgangs comment just half an hour later, under the username Taxed.
Name Taxed

August 26, 2010 at 11:38 am

Mr. Halbig, excuse me for being someone who believes we need commissioners who were not on the
taxpayers payroll for 38 years regardless of how well they performed. You are not a taxpayer and
therefore cannot identify with those who are. When you pay taxes it is merely a reinvestment into the
fund that provides your income to begin with. Your job performance could only be evaluated by
yourself and peers rather than by competition in the marketplace. We need someone who
understands what Lake County businesses need in order to compete in the marketplace. We dont
need someone who worked 38 years for a system built by cronyism and then came out on the
short end of the stick from it. Try doing some of your hard work in the private sector while waiving
your pension for the next four years and then get back with us about being a commissioner.

August 27, 2010: Wolfgang responds to the comment from Taxed, repeatedly asserting that the person
questioning him has mental health issues. He does not disclose his own psychiatric history or recent
prescriptions.
Name Wolfgang Halbig
August 27, 2010 at 12:22 pm
TO;
NAME TAXED;
You must have a very serious mental problem that could have been available for you if Campione did
not shut down the LifeStream proposal when they were trying to open a Mental Health Facility in
Umatilla. It would have created over 125 jobs, would have had a 3.7 operating budget and a payroll of
6.3 million dollars. Let me see a lawyer who charges by the hour what is it $200.00 per hour or
more and lawyers know how to get out of paying taxes. Let me see public servant and I dont

pay taxes, you get taxed even if you retire. I am willing to donate have of the commissioners salary
so one employee from the county offices can be rehired. Maybe if the other four would to the same we
now have four more jobs saved. You are absoultely right the Land Developers need big time business
and if I recall those Land Devlopers who designed those fancy Community Developement District and
ran with the profits leaving the homewoners and board of directors holding the loans. What was it six
huge developements are in serious trouble and you are telling me that I dont understand business.
You need mental health and if you are going to attack my 38 years of public service please have the
courage to use your name instead of hiding behind NAMED TAXED. This is why Lake County is in
trouble.

Name Taxed
August 27, 2010 at 5:04 pm

Taxed again responds later that day:

Mr. Halbig, I must say Im glad that the mental problem w as not av ailable to me. As best I
can decipher from your comments, you stand for protecting government jobs and social programs at
current or higher levels. I feel these areas need reducing in close proportion to what is available to fund
them (taxpayers incomes). That is why Im against lifelong public service employees holding the
positions once again. Im not out to insult you and I would like to discuss our differences in views if
you wish to reply with a number or e-mail address.
September 7 2010: Wolfgang Halbig speaks at the public comment portion of a meeting of the Lake County
Board of Commissioners meeting.[LINK]

Mr. Wolfgang Halbig, a resident of Sorrento, stated that he has spent the last several weeks studying
the budget that was proposed by the Board, and he expressed concern about the lack of
consolidation and the duplication of fire and ambulance services, which he believed could save at
least $8 million. He also was concerned that the account for Lake-Sumter EMS contained $3.5
million in reserves.
September 17 2010: a user posting under the name Wolfgang Halbig responds to the latest blog post from
Right Side of the Lake, which addresses impact fees. [LINK]. Notably, he describes his appearance at the
County Commission ten days before, and indicates that he was not well received at the public session.

Name Wolfgang Halbig

September 17, 2010 at 8:53 am
Be careful of what you say because they may find you and sight you with a personal impact fee.
This County is unbeliveable in how they conduct business, you have County Commissioners using
their own e-mail accounts to communicate with Contractors, Land Developers, Insurance Brokers, and
on and on.
They should be required by policy to use only the Lake County e-mail accounts and use only cell
phones provided by the county for their use for accountabilty and Transparency to the public when
requested. We are paying their high salaries. This is the least they can do.
I recommended j ust recently at one of the County Commissioners Board meeting that they
need to immediately consolidate the Fire and Lake and Sumter Amubulance Serv ices w hich
is County subsidized w ith $8,000,000 million tax dollars. This one move would stop duplication of
services and save the Lake County Tax payer over $11,000,000 million dollars. No comment from the
Interim County Manager who should be presenting that idead for cost savings measures and show
some innovation.]

This County needs to hire a bulldog no non sense County Manager who has and is not afraid to take
on the good old boys network realizing that he or she may not last long but it will be a cause worth
taking on for the benefit of the people of Lake County.
They are looking to approve a Deputy County Managers position payiong a $147,000 thousand dollars
when you dont even have a COunty Manager.
Now what is that about?
Wait till you have a County Manager and then allow him or her to select his Deputy Manager in
solving the financial crisis within the Lake County Commission.
NO employee from the Lake County Commissioners offices should have been terminated or placed on
taken days off without pay since they can find $11,000,000 million dollars to build an EOC Emergency
Operations Center which if you watch clsoely will have the Lake and Sumter Ambulance Dispatch
offices within that building. That tells me that my recommendation will have no merit.
Why hav e public imput at the Lake County Commissioners Meetings? they dont listen, they
mock the peole w ho speak and show disrespect to Marylin Bainter who does her homeowrk and is
serious as a heart beat in trying to make Lake County a better place to live for the taxpayers.
The Commissioners I believe have forgotten that when the public speaks that they are there boss and
not be demeaned by there comments by some of the Commissioners.
Repect must be in place at all times no matter what the issues are.
It is time for people to get inv olv ed on behav e of your children, grandchildren and great
grandchildrens future. It is no longer j ust about us it is about them and w hat w e leav e them.

September 21, 2010: at another "citizen question and comment period" session of Lake County Board of
Commissioners, Wolfgang Halbig lobbies to consolidate emergency services in the county: [LINK]

CITIZEN QUESTION AND COMMENT PERIOD

Mr. Wolfgang Halbig, after handing out copies of the financial statement and audit of Lake-Sumter
Emergency Medical Services (EMS), related that he had come before the Board several weeks ago to
recommend that the Board seriously look into consolidation of Fire and Lake-Sumter EMS services,
and he was concerned that the Board was thinking of bidding those services instead. He pointed out
that the budget book indicated that there was currently $10 million set aside in tax subsidies for the
Lake-Sumter EMS ambulance services, and he opined that consolidation of those services would
save $11 million. He also suggested that the County hire a new County Manager immediately before
hiring a Deputy County Manager and enact a policy that would require all of the County
Commissioners to use only the County e-mail system and phones for County business to ensure
transparency.

September 30, 2010: Another story is published by "The Right Side of the Lake" newsletter, claiming that
Wolfgang Halbig had become "unhinged" and made potentially racist statements at an NAACP
Forum. The event was presumably part of the campaign for the upcoming election. [LINK]
The newsletter then shares several other initiatives that Halbig has championed over the years - such as the
Quadro Tracker and the Real Hero amendment, all of which lead the Right Side of the Lake writer to the
conclusion that Halbig has a history of nutty ideas that really m akes him look like one of the

tin foil hat w earers:

In August of 2003, Halbig spearheaded an effort through the Real Hero Foundation to get a petition
signed to change the Florida Constitution. The proposed amendment would have required all Florida
House Members to spend four days per year in a classroom. His attempt to get enough signatures
failed miserably, and it would have been ruled unconstitutional anyway because you cannot mandate
something like this of elected officials.

Now, Halbig seeks to add a 5-cent tax on water bottles of just Niagara Bottling to help those children
in serious need because of the economy. The notion sounds all warm and fuzzy, but you cant
selectively tax a business like this, and the Lake County Commission doesnt have the authority to
impose a sales tax of this matter. This is yet another nutty idea that Halbig has not thought through.

Halbigs other bright idea is to take the $300,000 paid to the Orlando EDC and use it to market Lake
Countys foreclosed properties to areas which are subjected to natural disasters. What he doesnt
understand is that foreclosed homes are being marketed, but not many people are able to purchase
them because they cant get a loan. His plan does nothing to address the real issue of selling
distressed properties; rather, it only alienates the economic development of people who could help us
the most. Plus, whos going to force these people to move from natural disaster areas?

The blog also calls him out about his possible negligence regarding mold inspections, under the sub-heading
Putting Children at Risk:
According to information we obtained from Halbig himself, and his files, he has a history of filing
workers compensation claims against his employers at Lake County and Seminole County
Schools. When we asked him about this, he claimed there was a tripping incident at Dabney
Elementary, and he told us that he was suffering from respiratory issues due to him investigating
mold issues at new schools. He said the district was turning off air conditioning chilling units at
night, which was causing toxic mold, and he believes he was exposed to it over a four year period.

We asked him if he ever reported the mold to the proper authorities because of the health
hazard to children and teachers and he said, You do not want to hear about the toxic mold
because it get parents really upset and the last thing I want to do is create problems that cannot
be fixed because the rule makers are the school board members and the school
superintendent. The State Department of Education has no say on Indoor Air Quality and Toxic Mold
issues in schools or employee work centers.

The above statement by Halbig is horrific because, if true, hes put the health of Lake Countys
children at risk while he was Director of Security and Safety. He obviously was more
concerned about his job at the School District back then. Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C.
believes that the Lake County School Board should immediately inquire into the issue of possible
toxic molds in our schools. Our concern is how many children have been knowingly exposed to
toxic mold because some school bureaucrat decided to save a few pennies at night by turning
air conditioners off? This is serious; shame on Halbig for not letting parents and teachers
know!

Question #17 Wolfgang Halbig MUST answer: How could you send those children
into those filthy schools, knowing about the toxic mold? You call yourself an
expert witness, but if you witness some toxic mold in a school, do you run from it
rather than doing your job? Where are the work orders you should have submitted
to address this potentially very serious safety issue?

September 30, 2010: A user claiming to be Wolfgang Halbig comments on the article claiming that Wolfgang
had become unhinged at NAACP event. The user explains that the confrontation at the event occurred when
Halbig called out another candidate for having supposedly put up signage in the predominately black
community only the night before.
The lengthy rant includes spelling and grammatical errors that will become a Halbig trademark in the coming
years, along with the rhetorical distractions that will become familiar, such as claiming that anyone
questioning him must be worried about his imminent victory:
Name Wolfgang Halbig
September 30, 2010 at 3:16 pm
First of all this was a Tri-City NAACP Forum Meeting in Eustis in which all the Candidates were
invited to speak regarding their experience and qualifications for the office they are seeking.
Please interview the African American Community Members to get your facts straight.
When Campione shows up with her stooges every time their is a Homeowners or meeting such as the
Tri-City NAACP they stack the deck. I guess spending $40,000 thousand dollars on a Tallahassee
Political Consulting Group makes her not a politicain I guess in your eyes.

The female audience memeber was Alan Hayes wife who stuck out her finger trying to stop my
comments about Campione which is true. She has not placed any signage in the Black Community
until that night flooding the Community Center with signs and her stooges.
When you are telling the truth they call it obnoxious she just didnt want to hear that she did not up up
signs until that night. I stated that you get support from the black community the day you run for office
not when you just need their votes.
The question I raised is w hy is there not a Black County Commissioner or Hispanic
Commissioner?
As a High School Head Football and Baseball Coach I have worked very hard in every black and white
community in doing what was best for their kids 24 hours a day. I drove them home after games when
parents had no cars or did not pick them up or feed them. I dont need to be noticed by the black
community. If they check me out they w ill see that I am w hat I am.
You are right I blamed the big money donors and Land Developers who have controled Lake County for
too long, they raised over $120,000 dollars for Campione to beat Steward.
Politicians love to have cookouts to get peole to come out to hear them speak, please tell me I am
wrong.
I blame Land Developers for being Greedy and leaving not one but SIX COMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICTS IN BANKRUPTCIES with the retirees and family homeowners in those district holding this
huge debt set up by the Land Developers.
Dont print rumors because they are an outright lie.
Please check with the National Republican Party and my Donations for their causes, I was appointed
by GOvernor Jeb Bush to the School Safet Commission and approved by the Florida Senate.
If you received unsubstantiated reports why are you writing about it as it where true.
Not know not ever have I recieved Democratic Support, another huge lie.
11/28/07 I donated money to the Hillary Clinton Campaign because w hen I v ote I v ote for the
best person and donate to that person at that time w hether Republican or Democrat. That is
exactly what is wrong with our system today and that is why I am running as a NO PARTY
CANDIDATE because I dont want a party telling me what I need to do. I think I am smart enough to
do my research and donate to whom I want without the RIght SIde of the Lake telling me what to do. I
hope that others don;t follow their advice or Lake COunty will stay in Financial trouble.
I donated money to the MaCain Campaign because I am a Veteran serving in the United States Air
Force in 1966-1970 if you want to check that out. I support the courage and honor that Macain
showed. He endured torture day after day and the politicians in Lake County will never understand my
vote that day as a Republican.
This blog has been played with in distorting the facts as to who really wrote the article. Please provide
the hard copy and the source for accuracy.
I dont even know Emery or what he really does. Never had a private meeting or even a phone call,
unbelivable lies jsut to help the Land Developers and your comapny to get busines from the
homebuilders, I hope that the people in Lake County are a little smarter that youn think!
I nev er bought 50 Quatro Trackers and you need you apologize for that lie immediately since
the the Seminole County Purchasing Department w ill v erify your outright lie.
We were featured on Dateline NBC for exposing the fraud since the FBI bought over 100 of these
devices and you are trying to make me look bad to the voters.
I do believ e that w e w ill not fix Public Education in FLorida until ev ery Florida Legislator
substitutes teaches four school days a year w hich w as attached to the class size amendment.
Guess what the Republican Legislators wrote to me; is it safe for me to go to the schools and do
that? Another wrote am I qualified to be a substitute? Now just think about those two statement it
makes you wonder why are schools are failing.
United States Senator Bob Graham gave up one day a month to work in jobs that would allow him to
observe, speak with the workers, understand their frustrations, work conditions and he worked no
reporters just work. And now you the Right Side tell me it is a stupid idea, well I will share that with
the former Florida Governor and U.S Senator since you have all the right solutions in calling people
names such as NUTTY. LOOK atb yourself first and what are you going to get out of supporting
Campione.

The County Commissioners should have placed a .05 cent impact fee on every bottle ever produce by
the Niagara Bottling Company because of the plastic and its effects. If you check there are water
bottling comapnies paying a nickel to get the bottle back. Getting pretty desperate.
Please all those who read this site and just believe in rumors you need the buy the National Enquire it
is far better reading from what the Consumer Magazine states.
When you hire a County Manager that is in charge of the entire County Budget and Manages all of the
county mployees on a daily basis does not have to have lived in Lake County, FLorida. Now if you
want to be a County Commissioner you must have have lived in Lake County all your lif so you and
your friends can reap the benefits of the old buddy buddy syatem along with cronisym all over the
place. They will make their money and move to North Carolina Mountains and leave the Lake County
Tax payer holding the bag
It is time for an outsider to shake up the sytem or are your afraid of what he may find. I w as a
republican until Jim Greer the Head Of the FLorida Republican Party stole all of the money
that v oters donated. And you worry about me. I take that as a compliment.
Where does Parks live?
I live in the District that I am running for. Come an visit anytime.
The people in Lake County see through your lies and deception, you must be w orried about
the election or this article w ould hav e nev er been w ritten.
I have said it all along this buddy buddy system is now clearly visible and now we know who the real
players are.

w olfgang halbig adds a short comment again, the same day:

October 2, 2010: Another user responds to Wolfgangs latest online outburst, pressing for more information
about his job history, and raising several points about possible inconsistencies.

Name
October 2, 2010 at 8:39 am
Wolfgang, I am very distressed by this account. You were very high on my list until these items were
pointed out and after research on the internet, some were confirmed.
There are some areas in the original article that you didnt respond to and I would like you to
respond.
What was your job at the school system? The original story lists you as the Director of Security and
Safety but when I inquired at the school office, they said that you had nothing to do with security and
you were not in that position. They say that you were the Risk Manager and responsible for workers
compensation and insurance. Is this correct?
That leads to my next questions, the original story says that you have a history of filing workers
compensation claims at two counties that you have worked, the most recent at lake county.
When I called I was forwarded to the risk department. The lady that answered said you were
formally the risk manager. When I asked about your claims they would not comment. I have several
friends in that work in the tavares office and they said that this is correct and let me know of other
actions you have done to make the school administraton look bad since you were let go. I
would like to hear you comment about this, especially about communication with the governers
office and to the department of envromental protection. Did you claim injuries after you found
out that you were going to be let go? Did you get in touch with the state about issues after you
were let go? (All this was furnished by asking the same question to two people that work for the
schools in different departments in the main office.)
Also what were the circumstances of your leaving the seminole county schools?

The same day, another user (identifying themselves as John Hendricks) posts a comment directed at
Wolfgang, strongly criticizing him:

Name John Hendricks

October 2, 2010 at 8:56 am
Wolfgang ~ Im sure you are a good person who is simply disgusted with the direction your adopted
country has taken. You are right on many of your issues. The main problem with you and your
candidacy is you have way too many issues! For instance, where Parks lives is none of your
business. If you bothered to read the law the courts have ruled a person can run for political office
such as commissioner, sheriff or whatever without a residency requirement. However, if elected they
are required to move into the district! Most cities refuse to accept this court rulling and most
candidates for same do not push the matter.
As too your comments concerning the Lake County good ole boys, it has always been that way. Your
problem is you think you know everything and dont know crap! For instance who do you think
the real players are? You accuse commissioner Jimmy Conner of fraud in the insurance
dealings with Brown and Brown at the school board since Conner has been a LCBCC member
and as you say to some of the accusations made against you, where is the proof? The fact is
here you are, a legend in your own mind. You come to Lake County uninvited after you are
dumped over in Seminole county. You bless the Lake county school board with your presence
and ultimately cause such desention you are terminated. This apparently is the cause of your
mission. I can honestly say the one thing that brings about more laughter concerning you and
your ways is the fact that you are actually more arrogant, oboxious and condecending than
Jimmy Conner. If in fact Lake County could afford the misfeasance of your services of the BCC
along with Conner the taxpayers could tune in to comedy hour and watch you and Conner attack each
other for the next two years! However, that is not the case! [...]

October 4, 2010: Wolfgang Halbig responds to the two most recent blog comments directed at him:
Name Wolfgang Halbig
October 4, 2010 at 1:47 pm

To Name and John Hendricks;

I invite both of you to look at all of the documents that will validate my statements since John says I
dont know crap about what I am talking about. Now to JOhn who is telling you all this since now you
seem to know so much about me and my background. Please take the time and visit my home if you
are truly interested to see the facts and then Judge for yourself and then rip me apart and I would truly
deserve it. 352-729-2559
NAME; Great questions that is exactly what people should be doing in asking questions and
challenge the candidate for office. I respect you for your efforts and hoefully you also will take the time
to look at the materials and judge for yourself. Someone speaking on the phone in the county office
does not have the right information.
Please come and visit or I will take both of you to lunch so you both can judge for yourself. I hope that
before you judge someone that you actually look at the person in his eyes and his work experience.
I was never the DIrector for School Safety and Security in Lake County and the writer of the article
Don MacRuder knows that when he wrote it. FIrst lie.
You are required by law to report any injury on the job and now you want me to violate the law when I
have a Certified OHSA Trainer working in my office.
Here we go again break the law.

Every employee in the Lake COunty School system report injuries that includes school Principals,
Assistant School Principals, School Superintendents, Bus
Drivers, Custodians, Food Service Workers, Assistant School Superintendents and on and on but it is
me that you now focus on.
Please request under Public Records my Job Description for July 16, 2005 and you will exactly my
duties and most of all my responsibilties while working for the Lake COunty School Board.

Anyone at any time can visit my home and look at the information that I maintain to protect myself
from accussations such as in these responses.
Anytime anywhere please call 352-729-2559 if you want the truth then blast me all you want.
wolfgang

Oct 8 2010: Toxic schools: Grand j ury laid out mold problem - In an Orlando Sentinel article about mold
in Lake County schools, Wolfgang is quoted. He asserts that his dismissal was as a result his reporting of
mold problems, a new twist on his story that is immediately refuted by school officials, who maintain that
Halbig never once discussed any mold issues, and was dismissed as a result of his contract expiring. [LINK]
October 18, 2010 By Denise-Marie Balona, Orlando Sentinel
And years after the grand jury report, Florida schools continue to battle chronic mold and
water-intrusion problems, according to an Orlando Sentinel investigation.

Wolfgang Halbig, a former risk manager for Lake County schools who is now a school-safety
consultant, argues that if the Florida Legislature does not make districts fix mold problems,
they will get worse.
The situation, he warned, is already being exacerbated by districts' attempts to save money by raising
the temperature in schools and shutting off the air conditioning in at least some portable classrooms
at night, on weekends and during kids' winter and summer vacations.

In recent years, Central Florida teachers, parents and others have filed thousands of complaints
about indoor-air quality in schools blaming their runny noses, headaches and respiratory distress
on mold discovered in classrooms, cafeterias, media centers, locker rooms and even nurses'
quarters.
"The state needs to really get a handle on how serious the toxic mold problem is in Florida,"
said Halbig, a former executive director of the National Institute for School and Workplace
Safety who said he was let go from his job in Lake last year, in part because he confronted
higher-level administrators about the district's mold problems.
District officials said Halbig was let go simply because his annual contract expired. He never
discussed mold issues with schools Superintendent Susan Moxley, said the district's executive
director of human resources, Laurie Marshall.

October 20, 2010: Money fuels Lake County commissioner race - Sentinel article quotes Halbig on
campaign contributions: [LINK]
Halbig bought $3,300 worth of campaign signs earlier this month. His campaign has raised about
$11,000, including a personal loan of $5,000. The former high school athletic coach said he has
been careful to ask for donations only from friends.

"When someone gives you $500, there's an expectation that they'll be getting something back,"
Halbig said. "I didn't want to make any promises to anybody."
He said he didn't mean to insinuate that Campione is beholden to anyone: "She's a class act. She's
Lake County. She's home-grown. She's earned her way."
October 20, 2010: Did Wolfgang Halbig seek psychiatric treatment? - A story is published by "The Right
Side of the Lake" newsletter, reporting the indications that Halbig may have mental health issues.

The newsletter points out that Halbig was recommended to seek psychiatric treatment with Dr. Rosen after
his compensation claim for the fall in Seminole County (which Wolfgang would elsewhere claim not to have
followed up on,) however they apparently do not learn of the anti-depressants and anger issues he experienced
during and after the period he worked under Dr. Moxley:
http://lakecountygov.info/2010/10/20/did-wolfgang-halbig-seek-psychiatric-treatment/

October 23, 2010: With the November election date drawing near, Wolfgang conducts a candidate interview
with the Daily Commercial newspaper:

Novem ber 3, 2010: Election day. Halbig gets 5.7% of the vote. [LINK]

December 1, 2010: Article about Kathleen landing a $750,000 federal funding grant for Lake County Schools.
https://lakecountyschools.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/new-technology-transforming-science-classes-at-lake-c
ounty-schools/
The primary focus of the grant was middle school science classes, but our goal was to get as much
technology as we could in all of our schools, said Kathy Halbig, Manager of the Innovative
Learning Department.

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January 7, 2011: Wolfgang is show n to hav e applied for a j ob at Sanford Middle School.
http://w w w.scps.k12.fl.us/PORTALS/53/assets/pdf/2011meetings/12511/AgendaBook.pdf

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March 2011: Sanford Middle school newsletter lists Wolfgang as a Grade Recovery Class teacher:

June 2011: Wolf registers twitter account @halbigW. He begins tweeting and retweeting a variety of stories,
usually attacking President Obama. https://twitter.com/halbigW

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December 2, 2011: a user Wolfgang W. Halbig posts a new thread to Education Weeklys forums, under
the title United States Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools Failed Promises w ith
Billions $ Waisted. Note that this a forum on the same site that Wolfgang Halbig used to post comments
on, but the two systems (comments and forums) appear to be entirely separate.
Since the Wolfgang W. Halbig account has since been banned, the post is gone. This entry is accounts first
known post, and was in the subforum Introduce Yourself. The beginning of the post is still available in
preview:

Chapter 11: the Scent

2012________________

2012-current THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO WOLFGANG:

Executive Director for the Childrens Safety Institute
2012-current
www.childrenssafetyinstitute.com

January 5, 2012: Recording, preliminary autopsy shed new light - Wolfgang is quoted for an article
regarding the use of deadly force in schools, after police shoot and kill 17-year-old Jaime Gonzalez Jr. after he
is spotted with a gun on the campus of Cummings Middle School. Halbig is critical of the officer's decision
to use deadly force.
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/valley/article_3ab22071-3d3a-566c-a5b2-70cf374b4fce.html
Alternatives?
Wolfgang Halbig, executive director of the National Institute for School and Workplace Safety, based
in Heathrow, Fla., believes the officers could have found another way to resolve the issue rather than
shooting Gonzalez.
I hate playing Monday morning quarterback, but there could have been another way to handle the
situation, Halbig said in a telephone interview.
Halbig, a retired police officer and school safety expert, said from reading media reports it appeared
that Gonzalez was the only one in imminent danger. He believes if Gonzalez had planned to hurt any
other students, he would have immediately shot them while inside a classroom.
Halbig said he has trained about 3,000 school police officers nationwide about what to do when
confronted by a student with a handgun.

I cant believe they both fired (at Gonzalez), Halbig said. He was not a threat to anyone but
himself. The rule for law enforcement, whether you are on the street or on the school campus,
is to look at all your options. When you shoot a 16-, a 15- or a 14-year-old in the leg, trust
me there is pain. But to take a life. ... A headshot is a kill shot. Is that what we are all about?
January 6, 2012: Wolfgang is interviewed by a local blog regarding the Gonzalez Jr. shooting, and largely
walks back most of his claims just a day after he made them. He shows a clear awareness that initial
reports and media reports of shootings can be wildly inaccurate. He urges police officers responding to a
school shooting to exercise restraint and patience. He also apparently spells his own last name wrong.
http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/was-there-another-way-to-solve-problem.html

By Wolfgang H. Halgib

I would like to respond and clarify to those who responded to this

newspaper article. It was not easy to respond to a school shooting in
which a middle school student was shot to death. Yes, I was In the
comfort of my home when speaking with the news reporter.
I would never respond to an incident in which police officers had to
use deadly force unless I walked in their shoes as a former Florida
State Trooper working in Miami Florida with gun drawn and having to
make a difficult choice.

M y comments in this newspaper article were solely

based on the information provided to me by the media
and law enforcement. At 1st even they get the information wrong when providing
information to the public as quickly as possible.

What questions would you be asking if that was your child when you received a call stating
that your child was just shot and killed while in school?
My comments are only made because these school shootings by school police officers in such a
quick and decisive manner causes me extreme concerns.
The last case that I worked on was when a SWAT team member used a scope rifle and shot and
killed a middle school student while he was isolated and contained in the boys bathroom with no
threat to anyone else but himself. This issue was resolved within a 35 min. time frame when the gun
was 1st reported, it was a pellet gun.
The SWAT team member who shot and killed a young boy stated that he was in fear of his
life, how is that possible when you're looking through the scope from behind the wall?
Please remember that this young man had already entered the classroom and hit another student in
the face, he did not shoot that student or anyone else in the classroom or while walking on the
campus heading to the hallway where he was isolated since all the other students and teachers and
staff were locked down in their classrooms with lights out.
I took for granted that the police officers used their handguns, now finding out that they use their
rifles causes me even more concern and only hope that those who responded on the comments
understand that this is not to criticize but to find other options quickly before taking your life.

February 1, 2012 - Wolfgang Halbig contributes $250 to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romneys
election campaign, ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, INC.
Like the previous two recipients of Halbigs donations, this candidate is opposing Barack Obama.
http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/can_ind/P80003353/3/H/

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February 8, 2012: Separate inv estigations launched into Volusia charter school - Wolfgang is quoted in
an article about charter schools in Florida. It is claimed that Wolfgang opened the first charter school in
Florida. NOTE: records suggest the first Florida charter school was Liberty City Charter School, where
Halbig was never employed, so Wolfgangs basis for making this claim is unclear. [LINK]
The Imani School was $400,000 in debt. Ardonnis Lumpkin was an advisor for both schools.
Volusia County Public Schools and the state Department of Education are looking into the school.

The school district is not calling this an official investigation, but it did confirm it has been in talks
with top leaders from the charter school because of this situation.
Wolfgang Halbig opened the first charter school in Florida. He said there are good charter
schools, but state laws make it easy for schools to spend money with little oversight.
"You see it over and over throughout the state. Have one charter school, they close down, and all
of a sudden open up and leave the first school with a half million in debt. They change the
name, but the players don't change," Halbig said.

February 21, 2012: replies to the thread Re: Are Teachers Behind in Higher-Order Thinking Skills? the
forum Ask a Question on Education Weekly Forums. Hes banned, so the post is gone.
February 28, 2012: Why w e miss school shooting w arning signs - Wolfgang Halbig comments on a CNN
news story about school shootings. [LINK]

Do you see how every one from the police department to the school superintendent talk about what a
great response time they had and how they trained for such an event?
If that was what you call a School Lockdown then this school district has serious concerns for the
future.
School Safety or Safety has a definition that all school boards and school superintendents must do. It
is what do we do on a daily basis to reduce the safety risks to as low as possible.

School Security are the tools that school boards and school superintendents adopt in order to keep
those safety risks to as low as possible. There is not one school district that can promise a
parent that his child will be 100% percent safe from harm. There are NO gurantees.
Someday those who are really interested in looking for school safety solutions will change the way
they have been brainwashed by the United States Department of Education Safe and Drug Free
Schools.
Does anybody not see what is happening that could have or should have been prevented.

Now the experts from colleges who have not worked in our public schools since who knows are going
to tell the school district about school shootings.
Please let's start a true discussion about school safety and how to reduce to safety risks on a
daily bases so others will not get seriously injured or killed.

March 2 2012: Wolf starts the thread LGTB BULLYING to the forum Ask a Question on Education Weekly
Forums. Hes banned, so the post is gone. There were no replies.

March 15 2012 - Posts to the thread Education Technology on Education Weekly. Here, or at some time
after here (but not before) his account was banned.

March 27, 2012: Trayv on Martin leaks claim teen attacked first, w as suspended for pot - Wolfgang
Halbig is quoted in News 13 story about the Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford (Halbig was an Assistant
Principal at Sanford Middle School in 2005, and was a teacher there in 2011, but he is credited in the story
simply as a former Miami state trooper, a job he left well over three decades ago.) [LINK]
Coming to the defense of Sanford police was former Miami state trooper Wolfgang Halbig, who made
it a point to remind reporters that an initial Sanford police report shows Zimmerman looked to be
arrested for manslaughter.

Somewhere along the line someone at the department decided that Zimmerman was acting in
self-defense. "When you see a dead body lying there, especially when its a child, it affects all of us,"
Halbig said.
March 28, 2012 Was Zimmerman Nearly Charged On Night Of Shooting? - A news story from WESH
Orlando, again covering the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, quotes Wolfgang, now credited
as a law enforcement expert. His claims are immediately discredited, by actual law enforcement. [LINK]
SANFORD, Fla. George Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman who shot and killed
Florida teen Trayvon Martin, was nearly charged with manslaughter the night of February 26.

That claim comes from a law enforcement expert, Wolfgang Halbig, who reviewed the Sanford
Police Department's report.
Halbig said police officers recommended the manslaughter charge and that it was the State
Attorney's Office that decided not to move forward with the charge.

"Whether you are a sheriff or a police chief, the state attorney is the one who decides," Halbig said.
Sanford police officials said they object to Halbig's claim because say the charge was not a
recommendation; rather, it was something to be reviewed by the state attorney.

April 13, 2012: At 2:50pm, Wolfgang Halbig runs a red light while driving westbound on Howell Branch Road,
at the intersection of Temple Trail in Winter Park, Florida, driving a 2006 Toyota pickup. NOTE: Wolfgangs
son drove a truck at this time registered to his father, its possible that this was Erik driving.

Friday May 18, 2012: Wolfgang is deposed for his trip-and-fall lawsuit, WOLFGANG HALBIG vs. CITY OF
APOPKA.

Wolfgang indicates that he dependent on the pain medication Tramadol (though he later adds that "I just don't
believe in Vicodin or Oxycodone."):

During the deposition, he loses composure at several lines of questioning:

Wolfgang also falsely claims, under oath, that he was campaigning for Lake County Commissioner in 2011,
when it reality the election was in 2010 (Wolfgang attended the April 2010 South Lake Hob Nob less than
three months after his supposedly debilitating injury.)

June 29, 2012: Several 7th grade students are suspended after a video of them bullying Karen Klein, a bus
monitor in upstate New York, goes viral on Youtube. In the ensuing nationwide dialogue on bullying, an online
fundraiser collects over $650,000 for Klein.

July 24, 2012 : Wolfgang Halbig posts a comment to a story about Karen Klein on facebook. He announces a
fundraising drive, in which the donors would be paid back once the company is up and running. This
demonstrates his interest in finding a news story to latch onto and collect money off of.

August 27, 2012 - Wolfgang Halbig is ticketed for speeding. The case is eventually dismissed.

September 26, 2012: Florida driv ers pay $7 million a year for driv er's ed program that doesn't exist article notes how the taxpayers are still paying the fee for Wolfgangs drivers education law, even though
drivers education is no longer mandatory.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/florida-drivers-pay-7-million-year-drivers-ed-prog/nSMnY/
Halbig said the worst part is he believes teens have died in crashes because they didn't take driver's
education.
Now, he said, he knows the money was there.

"When a parent grabs you, they know what it is, and it's not good news. And you have to take them to
the morgue to show them their child. Come on, we can do better than that," Halbig said.
Septtember 27, 2012: Wolfgang applies for another job with Lake County, apparently for the Affordable
Housing Advisory Committee. On the application, under references, Wolfgang lists himself three times:

It is a general application, and under Position Halbig enters Educational Consultant.

October 7, 2012: A comment is posted under the name Wolfgang Halbig on an ABCnews article about
President Obama: [LINK]

wolfgang halbig
OBAM HATES THE JEWS AND DOES NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JERUSALEM IS THE
CAPITAL. HIS DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM REMOVED GOD FROM OUR FOUNDATION AS
AMERICANS
Today I am as angry as anyone can get. What is it going to take for the uneducated Americans to get
educated and start thinking about how they have responsibilities and not just rights that they throw in
our faces everyday.
My father for four years I learned was in a NAZI PRISON in POSEN, POLAND.
Thank God that the Americans found him.
The letters I have now found in GERMANY makes me sick to my stomach as to what Hitler did to the
Jewish Race. To this day I cannot
believe that someone did not kill
him which would have saved 6
million of our people there not just a
jewish race they are people just like
you and me.
THE UNEDUCATED Just keep
watching that Idiot Box all day long
because it appears our America is
not the America that OUR Baby
Boomers protected.
They listened to the RADIO since
we had NO Idiot Boxes to watch, we
listened to the radio and used our
Imagination with the voices and
sounds we heard.

October 2012: Comments are left under a

number of articles, from the username
wolfgang halbig. The text is usually copied
from a birther websites Obama timeline
or similar rumor list. [LINK]
He leaves the same comment here: [LINK]
another similar comment:[LINK]
more: [LINK]
on race: [LINK]
more on African-Americans: [LINK]
Obama wedding ring chain email: [LINK]
Hurricane Sandy: [LINK]
Nov ember 8 2012: Just days after the 2008
election, a user claiming to be Wolfgang
Halbig posts a comment to a CNN article,
critical of African-Americans. (see pg3 of this
document.)
December 14 2012: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Hoaxerism begins almost immediately.
Meanwhile, in Florida, Wolfgang's son is arrested on the same day. (ABOVE) [LINK]

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January 30, 2013: Ownership of the Cranberry Isles Way property is transferred from Nancy Halbig to both
Wolfgang and Kathy Halbig, as joint tenants.
http://www.ocpafl.org/Searches/ParcelSearch.aspx/PID/282032114100700

March 13, 2013 - Wolfgang Halbig delivers a safety presentation for Sonitrol of Southwest Ohio, at the
Savannah Center in West Chester:

http://www.shiversecurityservices.com/images/uploads/School_Safety_Seminar_Registration_Flyer.pdf
Hamilton County Disabilities covering it:
http://www.hamiltondds.org/uploads/Board%20Minutes/Minutes%203%2012%2013.pdf
http://www.securitysales.com/article/planning-school-safety-training-for-the-education-market
How did you choose the speakers for the seminar?
We wanted this to be an interactive discussion, and we wanted people to be able to share best
practices because each school is unique, so each of their plans is going to be a little bit different.
You dont want to put your audience to sleep. You want to make sure the speaker engages the
audience, keeps them interested, and presents information relevant to your participants.

We had national safety expert Wolfgang Halbig as one of our speakers. He had attended one of
our previous school seminars, and he did a really dynamic presentation that talked about
active shooters, bullying and all the different types of crime that can occur within a school
environment. We also had speakers from the Cincinnati Police Department District 4 and
representatives from the Hamilton County Prosecutors office. Because attendees are going to ask a
lot of questions, I highly recommend inviting a police district that has a good rapport with your
company.

June 29, 2013: Wolfgang Halbig leaves a comment on the website Special Education Advisor.
http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/cameras-in-special-needs-classrooms-not-so-fast/

June 12, 2013: Wolfgang Halbig applies for another position with Lake County, this time working with criminal
offenders and/or victims: http://lakecountyfl.suiteonemedia.com/Web/GenFile.aspx?ad=1535

July 13, 2013: Wolfgang conducts a safety seminar at the Dav id L Law rence Conv ention Center in
Pittsburgh. The event's description promises sessions on the EXTRA HANDS Safety Shield , as well as the
CALMING SOUNDS headset.The description reads in part: [LINK] [LINK]
Learn new Innovative
Teacher Strategies and tools
that will reduce the use of
restraints in the classroom.
Too many children and
teacher injuries have
received national attention in
finding new solutions for
restraints. These strategies
and tools work for college
and professional football,
baseball and basketball
players as well as music and
movie stars, and the
question is, Why not for
children with special needs?

September 27, 2013: According to emails published by Florida Atlantic Univ ersity Professor James
Tracy, Wolfgang sends the following email to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
From: Wolfgang Halbig
Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:00:43 -0500
To: first.selectman@newtown-ct.gov
Cc: susan.marcinek@newtown-ct.gov
Subject: Mike Kehoe your Police Chief should be immediately fired for Negligence
Mrs Llordra:

I find this e-mail very difficult to write but as a Former Florida State Trooper and old now find the
actions of your Police Chief very disturbing.
I have dedicated my life in public service and to read about your police chief giving Lt. George Sinko
only a letter of reprimand for failing to respond to the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting on
Dec 14, 2012

You should ask yourself as to how a Lt. working an off-duty detail at a construction site and making
overtime money can ignore 911 calls and a Newtown police dispatcher requesting help from police
officers for shots fired at The Sandy Hook Elementary School.
I cannot imagine any police officer ignoring emergency help requests when children and school staff
lives are being threatened. To sit in your car and listen to all those emergency calls go over the
airwaves and do nothing is negligence.

For over two hours he sits and does absolutely nothing while children and school staff are being shot
and killed.
Your Police Chief states in the newspaper that he is not a first responder. He also states that he was
off duty.
I can tell you and so can any other certified law enforcement officer when working an off-duty detail
that you are never off-duty especially when lives of children and school staff are at stake.

We in law enforcement are on duty 24/7 always on call.

This Lt is 24 year veteran and if he does not know his responsibilities then he should also be
immediately be fired along with the Police Chief.
This is a national embarrassment that clearly demonstrates negligence by both the Police Chief for
not calling him to duty that morning and for the Lt not responding to this crisis.
We are all first responders even if you are a Lt.
How embarrassing for the City of Newtown Ct having a Lt. sit for over two hours and not respond and
only be given a letter of reprimand.
I know that there is more to the story and I only hope that you use common sense in handling this
huge embarrassment for your City.
Wolfgang W Halbig

October 17, 2013: According to emails published by Florida Atlantic Univ ersity Professor James Tracy,
Wolfgang sends the following email to Newtown Schools, ccing CBS News. NOTE: Stanley Security
purchased Sonitrol in 2008 [LINK]
From: Wolfgang Halbig
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:11:53 -0500
To: Kathy June <junek@newtown.k12.ct.us>
Cc: 60m@cbsnews.com brian.ross@abcnews.com
Subject: Last try for Freedom of Information Act from your Interim Superintendent

Kathy;
Please tell your Interim School Superintendent that his response is total Horsepoop.
Hiding behind the safety of children and school staff in not releasing my information request is
unprofessional if he is an educator.

I am simply asking for the Vendors name who you the school district or school hired to install the
security system at Sandy Hook Elementary School with address and contact numbers
Just like Stanley Security Solutions has installed all of the security tools at the Sandy Hook
replacement school.

They have donated over $100,000 thousand dollars in front door access control with CCTV CAMERA
AND ACCESS BUTTON WITH CMAERA BEING A COLOR CAMERA.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED CARD READERS AT VARIOUS DOORS FOR STAFF USE.
THEY HAVE PROVIDEd YOUR SCHOOL WITH A NUMBER OF CCTV COLOR CAMERAS PLACED
IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SCHOOL WHICH I DONT WANT TO DISCLOSE SINCE IT MAY
PLACE CHILDREN AND SCHOOL STAFF AT RISK.
What is wrong with your school district and your superintendents? What are they afraid off?
I need the total cost of the project.

I need the date of completion.

I need the breakdown of the total cost as to what did the cameras cost? Are they color or just black
and white?
I do not want to know the locations as I do know the placement of the cameras at the Sandy
Hook replacement school and I promise not to ever hurt any child or staff in your school
district.
Please comply with my FOIA as soon a possible since I have been waiting forever.
Wolfgang W Halbig
October 31, 2013: Wolfgang sends the following email to the FBI, ccing CBS news, ABC news, 60 minutes,
and Bruce Winner and Ron Dav is (according to a January 2014 facebook post from Wolfgang.) Nearly a year
after the Sandy Hook shooting, Halbig expresses suspicion that the shooting did not take place, as well as
frustration that his Freedom of Information Act requests are not being acted upon:
From: Wolfgang Halbig <wolfgang.halbig@comcast.net>

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:17:17 -0500

To: <newhaven@ic.fbi.gov>
Cc: "60m@cbsnews.com" <60m@cbsnews.com>, "brian.ross@abcnews.com"
<brian.ross@abcnews.com>, "Winner, Bruce" <Bruce.Winner@sbdinc.com>,
"ron@childrenssafetyinstitute.com" <ron@childrenssafetyinstitute.com>
Subject: Some one needs to go to jail/Second request
FBI:
There is no question about what your next step should be in the Sandy Hook Elementary School
Shooting on Dec 14, 2012.

Someone needs to go to jail just for the sheer negligence in failing to request the Medevac Trauma
Helicopters to respond to the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
In every Active Shooter Training exercise the CT State Police and or local law enforcement always
use the Medevac Trauma Helicopters to land at a school site used for practice so educators ail
understand what will happen when children and school staff are seriously injured.

Now we actually have a shooting but No one requested the trauma helicopters LIFE STAR. I called
Life Star and they where as surprised as I was when they where Not requested that morning. Please
contact them and use my name.
Never in my 36 years working as a Florida State Trooper or US Customs Agent or Teacher, Coach,
School Administrator have I ever witnessed a school district or law enforcement agency hiding the
truth from parents and school districts across this country.

[...] When a US President goes on National Television on the afternoon of the Sandy Hook
Elementary School Shooting on Dec 14, 2012 with tears and promises the country that he will use
every resource of his office in investigation this heinous crime.
He stated that he personally contacted the Director of the FBI Robert Mueller and even the Gov of CT
Malloy and promising them the same resources.

How in the world with all those resources from the FBI, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Secret
Service, NSA , Ct State Police and local law enforcement that a school,l shooting is 11 month old
with NO information?
Is the Presidents words meaningless? Sparks Nevada in which a teacher is shot and killed and the
FBI and Homeland Security have been assigned to investigate and you in Newhaven have NO clue or
are you intentionally hiding the truth?
I believe that 1 of 2 things occurred on Dec 14th, 2012. 1) The EMTs/First responders were
negligent & should be charged with Sec. 53a-56. Manslaughter in the second degree or 2). When
the EMT's failed in requesting the Medevac Life Star Trauma Helicopters on Dec 14, 2012 they
prevented children and school staff from receiving the best life savings medical services
available especially since two children died at the hospital. Why?
The Connecticut State Police were uttering false statements & should be charged with Falsely
reporting an incident in the first degree (CONN. GEN. STAT. 53a-180), receive no less than 1
year, nor more than 5 years imprisonment; No more than $5,000 fine.

You have a Lt. from the Newtown Police Department working an off-duty detail at a construction site
on Dec 14, 2012 which is 1.3 miles from the Sandy Hook Elementary School when the calls goes out
that shots are fired at Sandy hook. He chooses not to respond. Why?
The Police Chief of Newtown justified his actions by stating that he is not a first responder. Ask any
police officer as to what they would have done if they where working an off-duty detail and heard the
call shots fired. If you want the truth.
I called the Newtown Public Schools to find out who they contracted with in sanitizing and
decontaminating the Sandy Hook Elementary School since they had serious Bio-Hazard exposure in
that crime scene and where considering opening the school again as stated in the Newtown Bee.

They responded by saying what Bio-Hazards are you talking about at the school.
I stated like Blood, Bodily Fluids, Brain Matter on the walls, the floors in the hallway and classrooms,
on the school desks and windows because you are looking at 45 to 60 gallons of blood displaced and
splattered everywhere.

They would not provide with the name of a company. Why? It has nothing to do with the criminal
investigation does it?
21 Ct Freedom of Information Act requests and not one response to just simple questions.
Why?

I am requesting that your office personally respond to my allegations in which I believe a Federal
Crime has been committed as soon as possible.
The FBI at Newhaven has ignored a Presidential directive in using every available resource in
investigating this heinous crime at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec 14, 2012. Why?
All those resources and you after 11 month stay silent which I believe is a crime.
Thanks

Wolfgang W Halbig

Nov ember 7, 2013: Wolfgang Halbig files a lawsuit against Errol Estate Property Ow ners Association Inc.
This is the second lawsuit associated with Halbigs slip and fall in January of 2013, the previous target being
the city of Apopka (reportedly settled for a sum of approximately $11,000, less fees.)

R
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Nov ember 20, 2013: Smallstorm and Fetzer on Sandy Hook, Fukushima, RF Radiation - Professor
James Tracy posts a link to his Memory Hole blog. It is for a radio interview conducted by Professor Jim
Fetzer, with a person calling herself Sofia Smallstorm. Smallstorm, Fetzer and Tracy all had prior
interactions through the 9/11 truth community. As indicated, the conversation focuses on Sandy Hook.

December 2, 2013: Halbig emails Sally Cox and other Sandy Hook shooting survivors, according to emails
published by James Tracey (note that Sally Cox hid in a closet during the shooting.)

December 6, 2013: Facebook post http://archive.is/H73E7

December 10, 2013: CNN Comment: [LINK]

Chapter 12: Year of the Wolf

2014________________

January 17 2014: A facebook comment from Wolfgang Halbig suggests that Sandy Hook has come to
occupy the same place in his psyche that his obsession with President Obama had in years previous.

January 22, 2014: Wolfgang sends the following email (according to Professor James F. Tracy of Florida
Atlantic University) suggesting that Lake County homicide detectives had paid him a visit at some point.
From: Wolfgang Halbig
To: Vance and Kehoe
January 22, 2014
Subject: Why would one of you send Homicide Detectives to my home and Threaten me with
Felony Arrest by CT State Police?
Vance and Kehoe;

I do not know which one you of you had the idea that by having the Lake County, Florida Sheriffs
Homicide Detectives show up at my house and threatened me with Felony arrest by the CT State
Police if I did not stop asking questions about Sandy Hook Shooting.
You want me to stop asking questions in light of the fact that you both have yet to respond to any of
my Ct Freedom of Information Act requests for the past 9 months, you both should be arrested for
failing to comply with CT State Laws.

I have served honorably in the Military during Vietnam, I served as a Florida State Trooper in
Miami, Fl, I worked as United States Customs Inspector at both International AIrports and Seaports.

I graduated at the top of my class at the Florida Highway Patrol Academy and that is why my class
elected me as their class president to speak at our graduation.
What you two are doing is just unbelievable and I cannot believe that the law enforcement community
across the United States is accepting the Danbury State Attorney report without the FBI Classified
Investigative information included.
What in the world needs to be Classified by the FBI?

You stated that there was just one suspect and he shot himself in the classroom. Is that
correct?
He shot 20 children and six school staff members. Is that correct?
He fired 153 rounds using both handguns and a .223 Bushmaster rifle as you stated. Is that
correct?
He shot his way through the front glass door. Is that correct?
He parked his black Honda civic in the front parent drop off area with all four car doors wide
open as Barbara Sibley a parent witness observed. Is that correct?
He left a 12 gauge Ithaca shotgun in the front seat of the black Honda civic. Is that correct?
He took approximately 11 minutes inside the school to kill 20 children and 6 school staff
members. Is that correct?

So what has to be CLASSIFIED BY THE FBI?

THE WHY'S??????????????

Why NO Life Star Trauma Helicopter on Dec 14, 2012 since you use them in every active
shooter drill when the news media covers your stories. WHY?
Why did you not allow the Paramedics and EMT'S inside the school after 11 minutes?
Who was the person who declared all 24 children and six school staff members legally dead?
Who?
Why did it take over an hour to transport someone to the hospital?
Why do you have a 50 to 60 year old women being transported by ambulance as Natalie
Hammond when Natalie Hammond is only 40 years old? Why pretend?

Why have 26 small Christmas trees behind the Sandy Hook Volunteer fire house on Dec 14,
2012 and then decorate them on Dec 15, 2012 after the shooting? Why?
Why have a Lt. of the Newtown Police Department with 24 years not leave his off duty job
where he is controlling traffic at a construction work site until two hours after the shooting
started? This is the best one of all. Why?
Why have a Licensed Registered Nurse who works at Sandy Hook Elementary School that
Nancy Lana the mother of Adam Lana is a great and wonderful Kindergarten teacher at her
school? Why does she lie on National News?
Why have a Police Chief State in the Newspaper article that his Lt. is not a first responder?
Does anyone belief that for one-second especially when you have two Ct State troopers
escorting a prisoner to the Danbury courthouse when hearing the active shooter call and
respond to Sandy Hook. Why them and not the Lt.?

We have all these great Police Investigators and NO one questions the actions of Dec 14, 2012.
You both then did a great job and deserve an Oscar at the Oscars in Hollywood.

Thanks
Wolfgang W Halbig
352-729-2559

Do not send anymore Detectives to my home.

Please answer my questions if you can.

January 21 2014: Bill Ford (see: Sonitrol, 2003) posts a video titled Childrens Safety Institute to Youtube,
promoting the same Calming Sounds and Extra Hands products that Wolfgang was marketing earlier in the
year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vHmPO7KrU

January 24th, 2014:

January 23rd 2014: Wolfgang falsely claims that it was his responsibility to learn englsih when he came to
the United States. Despite this, he consistently admits, when under oath, that he did not learn english
properly and could not read, passing thru the public school system thanks only to his ability to play football.

January 27, 2014: Wolfgang expresses annoyance at all the racial charges by blacks on a daily basis.

February 3, 2014: Wolfgang reflects on the consequences of alcoholism and drug addiction after the death of
actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. He also reveals several facts about his upbringing and family:

The same day:

February 10, 2014: Wolfgang submits a Freedom of Information Act Request. In it, he identifies himself the
Chief Investigator for the Children's Safety Institute that protects Children with Autism. and indicates
that the Sandy Hook shooting is a factor in his professional life.
From: Wolfgang Halbig [mailto:wolfgang.halbig@comcast.net]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 9:35 AM
To: FOIA OIG
Subject: PLease process as quickly as possible sorry for the urgency.
Importance: High
Freedom of Information Act Request:

Can you please provide me with the F.E.M.A. Sandy Hook School Shooting NIMS or ICS evaluations.
You had over 8 F.E.M.A evaluators on site during the shooting since you could see their I.D
badges with pictures provided by observers from the Catholic Church.
NIMS and ICS is your brainchild which requires every school district to have all staff members
trained in the NIMS or ICS Emergency Response protocols.

So I cannot imagine that after millions and millions of tax payer dollars that FEMA would not
want to evaluate one of the most heinous and horrendous crimes in US school history.
How did NIMS work or How did the ICS command Center work at Sandy Hook on Dec 14, 2012?

It show clearly show who the stupid person in the command center was that did not request the
Trauma Helicopters for children and school staff's urgent medical care.
It should clearly show who the stupid individual was at the command center who did not allow the
paramedics or the EMT'S inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School to provide immediate medical
care to those clinging to life.
It should show who the stupid individual at the command center was who declared all 25 children and
adults legally dead within the first 8 minutes of the school shooting.

It should show pictures of this massive school evacuation of 500 children and school staff. I am sure
that the command center would have documented that massive evacuation.
It should show in the evaluations as to why the first police units parked a 1/4 of a mile away from the
school when first responding and waiting for backup. That is not the first responder new protocols is
it?
It should show why a 24 year veteran of the Newtown police department on an off duty work detail at a
construction site not respond to shots fired at an Elementary School until 2 and a half hours after
shots are fired. He stayed at the construction site. Is that a new FEMA directive ?
When are parents not allowed to see their dead children at the morgue? Is that a new FEMA
directive?
Please provide all of those answers as quickly as possible since I am the Chief Investigator for
the Children's Safety Institute that protects Children with Autism and now since this shooting
has cast a malicious stigmatizing effect on all children with Autism as potential killers if not
supervised properly, this report is vital.

Thank you and please mail your FEMA evaluation to 25526 Hawks Run Lane, Sorrento, Fla 32776
Wolfgang W Halbig
352-729-2559

February 11, 2014: Wolfgang Halbig e-mails American Free Press associated writer Deanna Spingola:

He also comments on a facebook link to the show:

According to Spingola, Halbig contacted her at 6:22am that day, and later called into the show as she was
presenting the first part of a critique of a Sandy Hook Hoax documentary, which produced by an individual
calling herself Sofia Smallstorm:

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 Wolfgang Halbig, who had never corresponded with me before,
emailed me at 6:22am (CST). See those emails below. Later that day, Halbig called into my radio
AFP program which broadcast from 2-4pm (CST). On that program, I presented Part 1 of my critique
on Sofia Smallstorm's video: Sofia Smallstorm Unraveling Sandy Hook; Hear the audio of that call.
On that same day, Dave Gahary of the AFP uploaded a podcast of an interview that he conducted on
2/4, School Safety Expert Threatened for Questioning Sandy Hook, which went viral throughout the
Internet. How did it go viral - the same way the the 27-second video claiming Robbie Parker was an
actor went viral. See more here
http://www.spingola.com/censorshipoperation.html
Also on February 11th, 2014: American Free Press w riter Dav e Gahary interviews Wolfgang. This
interview gains traction online, and becomes the avenue through which most early Hoaxers are introduced to
Halbig. http://americanfreepress.net/afp-podcast-school-safety-expert-threatened-for-questioning-sandy-hook/

Also on February 11th 2014: Bill Ford uploads three videos to his Youtube channel, all having to do with
Childrens Safety Institute. The first is a demonstration of the extra hands product: [LINK]
The second video is a slideshow narrated by Wolfgang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEsm_OTa_UY

The third is footage of a presentation by Wolfgang, pitching the Calming Sounds headset along with Extra
Hands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIObdjoCFsY

February 13, 2014: Wolfgang promotes his interview with Gahary.

February 14, 2014: Wolfgang complains of his supposed friends in Florida who are apparently not willing to
help him with his quest to get involved with Sandy Hook.

February 18, 2014: Wolfgang cuts an interview short, claiming that law enforcement have arrived at his home
(the third visit overall, and the second in 3 days.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0ThvL55R9I

The same day, Wolfgang claims to have emailed Senator Marco Rubio regarding the Sandy Hook
investigation. When he receives a dismissive response, he uses profanity on facebook:

February 19, 2014: Professor James Tracy (of Florida Atlantic University) publishes a story Wolfgang
Halbigs Quest for Truth, reprinting several emails Halbig sent over the past year.
http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/02/19/wolfgang-halbigs-quest-for-truth/

February 20, 2014: Halbig claims on facebook that the Lake County Sheriff's Office paid him a visit again, this
time in uniform. Wolfgang declares let the games begin in solv ing the Sandy Hook Illusion and
announces the Sandy Hook Justice Trust Fund. He starts collecting donations.

February 20, 2014: Jim Fetzer, a Florida-based Professor, calls police expressing concern for Wolfgang
Halbig after he had not heard from him in a couple days, suggesting regular and expected contact between
the two at this point:

February 24, 2014: Snapshot of Halbigs facebook profile, going back to early January same year:
http://archiv e.is/ayPVV
March 1, 2014: Wolfgang makes the impossible claim that he, in his single year as a Florida State Trooper,
personally witnessed over 145 autopsies. http://archive.is/PMolV
March 4 2014: American Free Press writer Deanna Spingola describes further interaction with Wolfgang
Halbig through her radio show:
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, I interviewed Wolfgang W. Halbig on my RBN program, MP3;
Program Notes On that program I asked him if he was ever a "homicide investigator" but he
avoided the question. When he called into my program on 2/11, he claimed to be a "homicide

investigator." The one thing that I note, whether it was during the "debates" or on a radio show, those
who believe that Sandy Hook was a hoax maintain their views about the issues, even when presented
with contradictory evidence or when someone answers their questions. Perhaps these people are not
really looking for answers. They just wish to impose their views on the population. People who
research regularly change their minds as they discover additional data. Change agents do not do that.

March 7, 2014: Wolfgang posts a message to his facebook profile, claiming that his best business partner
had quit his job with CSI, and that thus the company would cease to be: http://archive.is/hizyE

In a 2015 radio interview with Florida Atlantic Univ ersity Professor James Tracy, Wolfgang says he lost his
business "Childrens Safety Institute" when he had just finished conducting a workshop at "Pittsburgh
conference" for children with autism and aspergers. (See: July 2013) [Link to interview]
March 11, 2014: A comment from Wolfgang Halbig on an unofficial page for Abilene Christian University
suggests her is learning a new vocabulary: http://first-thoughts.org/on/Abilene+Christian+University/

To all you trolls and Shills whatever that means since these are new words in my new
vocabulary.please check me out with all those I have worked for you might just learn something new
called the truth. Wolfgang W. Halbig 25526 Hawks Run Lane Sorrento, Florida 32776

March 17, 2014: Gofundme temporarily shuts down donations to Sandy Hook Justice, demanding more
information from Wolfgang about his activities.

The fund is restored soon after.

March 19, 2014: Sandy Hook Justice has raised over $10,000.
https://w eb.archiv e.org/w eb/20140319010647/http://w w w.gofundme.com/7j b3w w

March 26, 2014 Comments left by a username "just wondering" contain alleged specifics about who the
deputies were that supposedly threatened Wolfgang in December 2013:
It seems when Wolfgang Halbig started asking questions about SANDY HOOK and making freedom
of information requests Lauren Ritchies friend Sheriff Gary Borders sent a total of four of his Gestapo
members to Halbigs home to tell him to stop asking questions of CT officials. Halbig identified the
first two Deputies in Dec. 2013 as Clay Watkins and Chris Huskey. He said they told him if he
didnt stop investigating SANDY HOOK bad things were going to happen! He has not released the
names of the last two.
Check out Wolfgang Halbig's efforts to expose the SANDY HOOK HOAX for what it is on his face
book page at SANDY HOOK JUSTICE.

Also, the people of Lake County need to realize it was their sheriff Gary Borders who sent his goons
out to stop Wolfgang Halbig from seeking the truth about Sandy Hook. Apparently this sheriff is
getting his orders straight from Washington.

May 6, 2014: Wolfgang Halbigs visit to the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Departments firehouse results in
police being called. The police determine that the firefighter who got into a confrontation with Halbig had not
committed assault, despite Halbigs claims. Video evidence is key in exposing Halbigs latest hoax attempt:

Also on May 6, 2014: Wolfgang stops by the Newtown Police Department, with his associate Jim Fetzer (as
well as Dav e Gahary and others.)

Also on May 6, 2014: New tow n school board greets Sandy Hook skeptics w ith silence - News-Times
article reports on Wolfgang Halbig (along with Jim Fetzer) attending a Newtown School Board meeting, and
being met with patient contempt from the townspeople:[LINK]
But board members refused to take the bait, remaining silent throughout presentations by Halbig and
several of his supporters who followed him to the microphone. The audience, which included First
Selectman Pat Llodra and several other town officials who had come to support the board, also
stayed silent.

The only public response came from Newtown resident Jim Fitzpatrick, who was the last to speak.
Unable to let this group have the last word, he said, "It's a shame to see this circus come to town,
and I'm offended by the people who have come, and these conspiracy theories. Newtown has
conducted itself wonderfully.'

May 28, 2014: Wolfgang receives an email from Len Pozner:

May 31, 2014: Wolfgang Halbig calls police, claiming that Lenny Pozner tried to come to his house last
night but the security guard wouldnt let him through.

May 31, 2014: Wolfgang once again calls police, making allegations of harassment on the part of Newtown
parent Lenny Pozner. The responding officer notes that SUBJ IS S20 - (Signal 20, code for a
mentally ill person):

June 3rd 2014: Wolfgang again calls police to report harassment, claiming that he tried to file a report 2
days ago, but deputies would not come to his home.

Eventually, an officer does come to the Halbig residence to take a statement.

Wolfgang tells the reporting officer about the email he received, as well as two telephone calls, which he
believes are from Mr. Pozner, though he is not able to provide any phone number from which the calls were
coming, and Wolfgang never answers whatever these alleged calls were, and the caller did not leave any
message:

July 3, 2014: Wolfgang remarks in his status that he has One day left on facebook

July 30, 2014: An individual identifying themselves as William Brandon Shanley writes a public letter to
Leadership of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Calling for Joint-Hearings, associating himself with
Wolfgang Halbig and Jim Fetzer and desiring to expose the Sandy Hook Massacre Hoax. [LINK]

The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman

The Honorable Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510-6050
re: Cover-Up in Connecticut: The Sandy Hook Massacre Hoax
Dear Sirs
My name is William Brandon Shanley. Im a New London-based filmmaker with experience in
TV-based pseudo-reality research in presidential elections and an editor of books on quantum
physics. Im also writing on behalf of Wolfgang Halbig, a former Florida State Trooper, school
administrator with 36 years of experience (up to Vice Principal and Principal) and a nationally
recognized school safety expert, and, James H. Fetzer, a former Marine Corps officer, McKnight
Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota.

August 21, 2014: Connecticuts Sandy Hook Adv isory Commission receives a letter from a man identifying
himself as William Brandon Shanley, and claiming that that he represents Wolfgang Halbigs
organization, Sandy Hook Justice, along with team member Jim Fetzer [LINK]:
Letter from Sandy Hook Justice to Sandy Hook Advisory Commission August 21, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: William Brandon Shanley, New London, 860-857-2042

From: William Brandon Shanley and Sandy Hook Justice

To: Sandy Hook Advisory Commission
August 21, 2014 via Commission website

I request that this letter goes to all members of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission.
I am a member of a team of scholars, journalists and researchers named Sandy Hook Justice:

* Dr. James H. Fetzer, Professor Emeritus University of Minnesota Duluth and editor and journalist for
Veterans Today;
* Wolfgang Halbig, former Florida State Police officer, school administrator and national school
safety specialist;
* William Shanley, a non-fiction filmmaker and author, with news analysis specialty since the 1980
presidential election...

The letter goes on to list alleged evidence that Sandy Hook Justice wishes to present to the commission,
which would purportedly establish that the shooting was a hoax."

September 22, 2014: Sandy Hook Justice has raised over $27,000 (not including donations made via check
or money order.)

October 6, 2014: Wolfgang Halbig delivers a lengthy speech to an Oathkeepers meeting in Long Island, New
York. While in the state of New York for this visit, it is documented that Halbig meets with numerous other
individuals involved in the Sandy Hook Hoax operation.
During his speech, Wolfgang points out that it is cruel to use children and teachers as props for an agenda,
confirming that he is fully aware of the consequences of his hoax.

I pray to God that I'm wrong. And if I'm wrong,

I'm gonna march right into [a] mental hospital,
I'm gonna enroll myself. Because, I'm serious,
my wife is ready to divorce me. I've been
married 42 years, I've got two beautiful sons,
three granddaughters, my wife actually
believes 'how dare you question those parents
who lost children at Sandy Hook?' and I said
'how do you know they died?'"
Wolfgang Halbig 10/6/2014

October 9, 2014: Wolfgang Halbigs Sandy Hook Justice Gofundme account is terminated. Halbig
would later claim that the fund had grown in excess of $31,000 USD.

Nov ember 19, 2014: Halbig conducts a phone interview with an individual calling themselves Professor
Doom1 (TAV). In it, Halbig complains about his Gofundme account getting shut down, and reveals the Sandy
Hook Justice legal strategy: [LINK]
"I had this account Gofundme, and they shut it down. I mean, I'm gonna figure out who did it,
because I got a copy of the letter that was written to the president, CEO, and uhh Chief Financial
Officer of Gofundme calling me a fraud. I mean let me tell you what, they just butchered me. Okay?

So, I'm hiring an attorney. As a matter of fact, I got a meeting in the morning, I'm going to file a
lawsuit in federal court against Gofundme, and try to get a federal judge to issue a John Doe
subpoena, uhh, finding out who all the people are that have filed letters of complaint against me, that
are calling me a fraud, and -- I mean I want to know who these people are. Then, we're going to turn
it around, and we're going to file the lawsuits against the people who are calling me a fraud,
and got Gofundme to shut me down. "
He goes on to claim that the closure of his Sandy Hook Justice fund has bothered his family, adding that
my w ife is really upset.

December 15, 2014: William Brandon Shanley begins filing a bizarre series of lawsuits, nearly
incomprehensible in their language and demanding absurd sums (in excess of one trillion dollars) over the
Sandy Hook shooting. The lawsuits rely heavily on Hoaxer articles written by Professor Jim Fetzer:

December 25, 2014: William Shanley issues a press release, announcing the flurry of lawsuits to expose
the Sandy Hook hoax. The same document proclaims that Jim Fetzer and Wolfgang Halbig will be called
as expert witnesses in the case.
After exhaustive research, the good news is that overwhelming evidence reveals that no children or
teachers died at Sandy Hook two years ago. For relief, I have filed lawsuits against the media in US
District Court in New Haven for Fraud and Terrorism. Here is an example of our abundant evidence,
Exhibit D: The Connecticut State Police dash cams record no evacuation of children from school at
critical moments:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqcaaE6aFX8 Smoking Gun evidence no
children died at Sandy Hook.

Attached is a photo staged by the Newtown Bee, a wider view of that action being staged on a
different day that the emergency altogether, and a sampling of front pages that terrorized the world
with the fake photo.

Mr. Shanley is the producer of The Made-for-TV Election starring Martin Sheen that analyzed media
coverage in the tectonic Carter-Reagan election of 1980. He is also the author of books on quantum
physics, including Alice and the Quantum Cat (2011).
Dr. James Fetzer, whose 35 articles on Sandy Hook for Veterans Today qualify him for the
highest investigative journalism awards, and School Safety Consultant, Wolfgang Halbig,
whose investigative expertise as a former Florida State Police officer, and loving attention as a
former principal, makes this cases particulars comprehensible to all, will be called as expert
witnesses.

It is their scholarship and bravery that makes these Complaints possible for the shear breadth and
scope and detail of evidence they have assembled. Hundreds of independent researchers have
also made this day possible, and Mr. Shanley claims they will be tracked down and rewarded
heartily for their bravery and mindfulness of America.

December 29, 2014: In another interview with "Professor Doom1", Halbig confirms that he did indeed have
contact with William Shanley, and knew of the planned lawsuits, but had cautioned Shanley and several other
persons, one of whom is known to be Professor Jim Fetzer, not to go through with them:
PROFESSOR DOOM1: [William Shanley] and Jim Fetzer seem to think that they are going to
supercede you somehow in, uh, pursuit of a lawsuit, and they were going to be using you for
some kind of, uh, professional technical witness or something?"
HALBIG:"I told them personally, each one of 'em, do not file the law suit.You're messing
ev erything up that ev erybody has w orked on together. I - I begged them not to file the
law suit."
Wolfgang Halbig then takes great care to distance himself from William Shanley, while admitting that the
two were at one time connected in some way, which in turn involved Jim Fetzer in some way.
"I have never met this person, I do not know this person [Shanley], uh, he w as introduced to me
by Jim Fetzer. Uh, the guy asked me for a donation one time because he doesn't have any money.
So, I didn't take it out of the donations. I actually gave him a personal check out of my account for
three hundred dollars. I didn't want to use other people's money to help this guy for whatever reason

Fetzer said I should. But, I hav e disconnected myself from him. I think that -- I don't know w hat
Fetzer and he are up to, I think it's going to ruin ev erything w e hav e w orked for, and I'm very
disappointed in their actions."
Halbig goes on to express frustration with Professor Jim Fetzers implied shift in loyalties:

I don't know what in the world's happened to Jim Fetzer. You know, I trusted that man, you
know... from the v ery beginning, and then all of a sudden, he's on a whole different tangent. I don't
- I don't... I don't know what their game plan is."

The Fall of Wolfgang Halbig

2015_______________

January 2015: William Shanleys trillion-dollar lawsuit is dismissed (though he goes on to file several more,
with similar results):

March 13, 2015:During an appearance on The Richie Allen Show, Wolfgang Halbig announces that he is
possession of a firearm, and has trained to use it. [LINK]

There are things happening which caused me to go out and buy a handgun.
And, I am taking precautions: I went b ack to the range, I'm qualified. I'm a
sharpshooter. So, its sad I have to do these things.
March 14, 2015: Jim Fetzer posts excerpts from an Alex Jones interview with Wolfgang Halbig.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2015/05/01/sandy-hook-update-wolfgang-halbig-files-lawsuit/

HALBIG: Well, you know what? They need to get ready, Alex, Im coming. If you could be in my
office right now today, beyond a reasonable doubt, w e hav e all the ev idence. People that
anonymously hav e now come forw ard from New tow n. We now have documents that will,
without a doubt, show that that school did not exist, it was not in operation.
Jones: Well, Youd better release them as soon as possible or thatd end up, you know what
happens to people. Theyll claim you suicided yourself or probably take some of your family out,
claim you killed them and demonize you. Thats how they do it now they kill you and your family.

HALBIG:[with a big smile]: Well, Alex, I saw my doctor the other day. I am not suicidal. I told my
doctor Im about as happy as can be. I got three great grandkids. But Im telling you, the evidence
that we have, right now I have an attorney here in Orlando, we filed a lawsuit. The judge here in
Orlando allowed us to move forward. She granted me ten subpoenas to be issued two weeks
ago, with discovery information. Alex, w e are on the mov e.
March 9, 2015: ESTATE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC, offers Wolfgang a settlement of one
hundred dollars.

April 9, 2015: Wolfgang Halbig rejects the $100 settlement from Errol Estates (not accepted within 30 days.)
This results in the case moving forward. Several months later, Halbig loses the case, and is responsible for
Errols court costs:

April 20, 2015: Wolfgangs attorney for the FOIA case, Kay Wilson, receives this correspondence advising
them that a requested witness will not be attendance at their hearing.

April 23, 2015: The first of Wolfgang Halbigs FOIA Commission hearings convenes in Hartford, Connecticut.
He makes no progress on any of his counts.
June 2, 2015: St. Rose of Lima incident. Wolfgang Halbig is observed by security at Newtown church.
Security calls police, telling them I've got two cars here from out of state that are videotaping children
as they leave the school and the guy gave me a rough time about leaving." Wolfgang promptly leaves,
shortly after they arrive on the scene.

June 3, 2015: A Connecticut FOIA Commission meeting is held,

the second half of the courts hearing of Wolfgang Halbigs
complaints against Newtown. Again, no significant progress is
made on any of Sandy Hook Justices supposed goals, but Halbig
latches onto a response from First Selectman Pat Llodra, who
had been speculating that a hazard sign seen at Sandy Hook
days after the shooting may have been placed there by homeland
security. Halbig does not specify what this detail supposedly
indicates. He merely says thank you, and giggles. He then
proceeds to go on a donation drive for Sandy Hook Justice,
saying homeland security as much as possible.

June 11, 2015: During a Max Resistance Round Table public

online forum and chat, Wolfgang Halbig falsely claims that a man,
apparently chosen at random from one of several CSP dashcam
videos from 12/14, was in fact a Connecticut EMS Region 1
Director, publicly naming the official and accusing them of
participation in a conspiracy. (advise max resistance is tav)

The absurd allegation is quickly and soundly debunked , but not

before the EMS Director at Sandy Hook story is set upon by
legions of hoaxers who litter the internet with propaganda memes
demonizing two innocent men.

July 1, 2015: The Connecticut FOIA commission releases its report Wolfgang Halbigs complaint. In the
reports recommendations, set to be heard in a meeting the following week, Wolfgang Halbig is found to have
already received every existing document that he requested. All of the Freedom of Information Act
proceedings of the past several months thus accomplished nothing of consequence for Sandy Hook Justice.

July 8, 2015: The final meeting for Wolfgang Halbigs FOIA case is held, and the July 1 recommendations are
approved. Wolfgang interrupts the proceedings, loudly storming out and losing all composure.

In the corridor just after the meetings conclusion, a sound and video recording captures Halbig taunting Mr.
Frank, who is passing by on his way out of the courthouse. Halbig promises that he is going to find Mr.
Frank, as well as find one of the deceased child victims at Sandy Hook, Avielle Richman:

We're going to find Mr. Monte Frank, and Avielle Richman! Guess what there, Mr.
Frank, what do you think? You're protecting all of those people? Are you
protecting Avielle Richman? Avielle Richman, you're in the synagogue!

July 27, 2015: Paypal, possibly the last remaining online payment system that Sandy Hook Justice can
receive donations through, terminates Sandy Hook Justices account.

August 11, 2015: Wolfgang Halbig loses in his court battle against one of several anonymous bloggers, (see
November 19 2014 interview) resulting in a judgement of nearly $23,000 against Halbig, who again achieves
absolutely nothing toward his goals, professed or otherwise.

September 11, 2015: Len Pozner sues Wolfgang Halbig.

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