Lane von Herzen: Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Recent Emails to the OIG Hotline

OIG Hotline, please see the following emails sent to your Office. Please note that this list is not complete.

July 22, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Reiterating the Most Appropriate Response to Tom Lyons' and Brandan Pesa's Alleged Genetic Theft, sent at 11:23 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Unsafe and Unclean Hotels, sent at 7:42 AM and 11:33 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 21, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINERe: Fwd: Request for a Signed Statement, sent at 9:19 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Apparent FBI Warning of Falsified Threats, Falsified Audio, Falsified Video, etc., sent at 9:21 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Health Update, July 21, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 6:10 AM and 6:37 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 20, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as possible, sent at 10:10 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, July 20, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 2:00 PM and 10:28 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 3:12 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update, July 19/20, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 3:01 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Corrected July 20, 2026 Update Re: Fwd: Questions for the San Mateo County Voting Registrar's Office Re: Confirmation of June 2, 2026 Uncontested and Counted Ballot, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 3:00 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Laundry, Residence Inn, July 20, 2026, sent at 11:17 AM and 3:07 PM Central Daylight Time.

July 19, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: GTM Texts, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 10:24 AM Central Daylight Time.

July 18, 2026

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Current Security Concerns, sent at 7:25 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update Re: Fwd: Questions for the San Mateo County Voting Registrar's Office Re: Confirmation of June 2, 2026 Uncontested and Counted Ballot, sent at 5:29 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: LM to Prioritize and Integrate with..., sent at 3:16 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Request for Injunctive Relief Re: Parallel Cases Involving Falsified Law Enforcement Reporting, sent at 2:15 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Poppy and Birdie, sent at 12:51 PM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Request for Intervention, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 12:05 PM and 12:10 PM, Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Boys, please respond as soon as possible, sent at 11:44 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: My Assessment of the Foundation, July 18, 2026, sent at 11:09 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Potential Email and/or Blog Compromise, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 10:02 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 12:19 AM Central Daylight Time.
ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Update Pertaining to July 17, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 12:15 AM Central Daylight Time.