Solid tip from solid citizen of #MontereyCounty @mcgreevy99 - this case is now in your neck of the woods. Alleged torts and other bad acts in a civil case that started in MoCo and was ordered transferred to Los Angeles by Judge Marla Anderson.
And it involves #marijuana.
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Monterey County is desperate to keep #CannabisCommunity cases out of the news.
In part because the @FBILosAngeles AND @FBISanFrancisco are looking into public corruption allegedly taking place here, with very well known public figures.
(1) John Phillips
(2) Luis Alejo
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(3) Plasha Will
(4) Jimmy Panetta
These are just a handful of public officials caught up in an increasingly strident campaign to get. them. out. of. trouble.
Monterey County has a long history of public corruption, illegal drug trafficking with foreign nation states
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and gun running.
County Supervisor John Phillips was at the tip of one such investigation over 30 years ago when marijuana kingpin Bruce Perlowin and Monterey Fisherman Phil DiGerolamo ran dope from areas like Panama and Nicaragua + other Central American dope manufacturers.
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That maiden voyage led to federal prison for both Perlowin and DiGirolamo and later a pardon for the latter - by @BillClinton .
John Phillips was a young District Attorney at the time with a fondness for boat captains of the Taylor Day.
(One of the Taylor Day fleet was
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seized by the Nicaraguan government)
Fast forward to 2020 and a facade built with a lot of payola is crumbling as the country deals with movements that are speaking out about rampant corruption within our own local government.
What’s the battle like?
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This stack of papers cost $103.00 at .50 cents per page. A ridiculous fee as the @FACoalition knows all to well.
One hundred and three dollars for access that amounts to a small blade of light in an already closed door.
For a marijuana case, alleging corruption.
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Not unlike teachers having to buy their own supplies OUR government charges fees which REDUCES the public’s access. Reduces transparency & accountability.
And people like our local elected officials seem just fine with that.
How does that work, exactly?
@Calkins_Royal
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