Hi everyone. If you're a long-term viewer of mine I'm going to ask that you be a little bit patient with me as I try to talk to you about something that's very important. I'm at Honeyman State Park. I've been volunteering here for two months, just one week shy. February and March. I have been a model volunteer here. The volunteers love me. The guests love me. Most of the rangers do. But I've had some issues here.

A model volunteer. The volunteers. The guests. Most of the rangers. He says this on the night he was dismissed. Not as performance. As the accurate description of his record. The ranger who slapped him on the back and said I have your back. The guests. The volunteers. Nearly two months of documented service. He has been dismissed anyway. And he turns on the camera and says model volunteer because that's what's true.

It all started with a text message at 6 o'clock in the morning to the park supervisor. Her name is Kati. I texted her because the power went out and I needed instruction on what I should do. I told her that in the eyes of the guests I own this problem. That's about perception. And she responded in a very dismissive way. And I followed up with an email about that saying that her response made me feel small. I didn't even name her. I just said that response made me feel small. And ever since then I've had nothing but problems here.

The origin. Stated publicly. On camera. The night of his dismissal. 6AM. Power outage. New volunteer. Seeking instruction. Telling his supervisor he understood how guests would perceive the situation. Dismissed response. Email sent. Not naming her. Just naming how it felt. That response made me feel small. That sentence is the seed of everything that followed. That is what Ryan would spend an hour cataloguing first week mistakes over. That is what Logan would disappear over. That is what Kati would go quiet over when the job application came up. That is what the March 5th meeting was built around. That is what this video is the direct consequence of. A new volunteer who said a response made me feel small.

He walks through the two months. Ryan arriving in the Welcome Center. An hour of first week mistakes catalogued. The put on notice feeling. Logan disappearing. The reset email. The yes that seemed to mean everything was fine. The job application. Kati going quiet. The rangers getting distant. Logan disappearing again. The 90 minutes of stretches in the Welcome Center. The walk where he told Logan why he withdrew the application. Logan managing his perception. The weeks of nothing. All of it. On the night he was dismissed. From memory. Because he documented everything.

There was a ranger here who just has a very condescending attitude towards me every single time I see him. When February came about I was switching to a different job and I knew there was a possibility he might train me. I wanted to avoid a situation. So I told Logan about it. And Logan told me he would have somebody else train me.

He identifies a problem. He goes to his supervisor. His supervisor makes a commitment. That's the correct process. Exactly as designed. A couple days later when it's time to be trained, the commitment doesn't exist. He was lied to. He names it accurately. On camera. Publicly. Lied to. Trust broken. Reasons documented. Email sent. That email — the one Allison would later present as the thing requiring explanation, the one she would use to reach into his protection of Logan and extract what she needed — he explains it here. On the night he was dismissed. Before Allison ever called.

Kati and Ryan take me down to the day use area at a picnic table and they spent an hour bullying me. I recorded this conversation secretly because I knew from my first interaction with Ryan in the Welcome Center that that's what was going to happen. I felt like I needed documentation. I needed to protect myself.

He names the March 5th meeting on camera the night he is dismissed. Bullying. His word. Accurate. And then he names the recording. Publicly. With full transparency about why. He needed to protect himself. He knew what was coming. He had been watching the pattern since the Welcome Center. During that conversation they kept saying he had a problem with all the rangers. The only example provided in that whole hour was the origin incident with Kati. That's it. That's all they had. And then Ryan admitting — on tape — that he never gave benefit of the doubt. Minute 50:10. Named publicly on camera the night of the dismissal, before Allison ever called, before the expulsion letter, before any of them had a chance to revise what Ryan said. It's already public. And the coercive exit strategy. Four times. Leave if you feel uncomfortable. Named here before anyone could frame it differently. I will do my job. Four words that ended that attempt.

He describes the phone call from the regional coordinator after the March 5th meeting. The recording legality question. His reasoning. Public officials. Public setting. Not a government employee. Gray area. Needs a lawyer. But has the recording. Can quote from it. Because that's what was said. And then today. Ryan called wanting to set a meeting for Thursday. Three days before he was supposed to leave. He asked why. The same why that Allison would later call a refusal. Named here publicly before her call. Not refusal. A question. Named accurately on camera the night of the dismissal. The veteran's journal. The note. The flagged ranger assistant. Not all rangers are helpful, I'm not saying you're not. Called an offhand comment that didn't really mean anything. Because that's what it was. Used as justification to get rid of me. Because that's what it was used as.

I am going to file a complaint with the human resources department. I'm making this public. I'll probably reach out to the lawmakers. I will think through this because now I'm escalating. And I'm going to hold them accountable for how they treated me.

This is the public speech. Filed as a complaint. Made public. Reaching out to lawmakers. Holding them accountable. Said on camera. On the night of the dismissal. Before the HR complaint. Before the open letters. Before the §1983 notices. Before the archive. Before the counter. The entire year that followed announced in one paragraph. On March 24, 2025. Allison Watson called this disparaging. On state letterhead. Two days later.

I am absolutely broke. I have nowhere to go. I'm supposed to leave within 24 hours.

Broke. Nowhere to go. 24 hours. Said publicly. Without shame. Without performance. With the same accuracy he brings to everything. He is broke. He has nowhere to go. He has 24 hours. That's true. He says true things. I did my job really well here every single day. Also true. Volunteers should not be treated this way. I'll leave it at that. And then the recording of Ryan.

Ryan just showed up. He's dismissing me from this place. I'm going to record this. Hello Ryan. I'm recording this for documentation.

The first words he says to Ryan Warren on March 24, 2025. I'm recording this for documentation. Ryan takes the binder. Takes the keys. Asks about the shed. Says sounds good. And then: no paperwork for you. Just the conversation we had. Ryan Warren. Park Manager. Honeyman State Park. March 24, 2025. Confirming on camera that a volunteer is being dismissed without documentation. Without cause. Without process. Just the conversation we had. Sam asks what the expectation is now. Hosting duties have ceased. Occupying the campsite comes with hosting duties. He's expected to vacate. 24 hours. That seems like a reasonable amount of time. Sam asks again about paperwork. No. We had a conversation and I'm letting you know now. And it sounds like you're recording it as well. Yes. He was already recording before Ryan arrived. He told Ryan he was recording. Ryan said sounds good. Thank you Ryan. Have a good day. Ryan leaves. The camera keeps running.