Monterey County's District Attorney Jeannine Pacione came out of a corrupt culture within unchecked the MCDA.
Pacione's predecessor's former boss, Bill Curtis, was told to step down and two State investigators came to Monterey County with a two inch file on Curtis.
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Pacione's predecessor's former boss, Bill Curtis, was told to step down and two State investigators came to Monterey County with a two inch file on Curtis.
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Bill Curtis was insulated for a time by Edwin Meese, the corrupt US Attorney General for the United States of America.
Curtis was able to keep some cases from investigation because of that cozy relationship.
When a clean CA Attorney General, John Van de Kamp
Bill Curtis was insulated for a time by Edwin Meese, the corrupt US Attorney General for the United States of America.
Curtis was able to keep some cases from investigation because of that cozy relationship.
When a clean CA Attorney General, John Van de Kamp
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came in, in 1983, it didn't take him long to see how bad things were in Monterey County.
That is when Van de Kamp sent his men down here to MoCo. They told Bill Curtis the bad news. Step aside or be prosecuted. "tap tap on the two inch file".
In politics everything is
came in, in 1983, it didn't take him long to see how bad things were in Monterey County.
That is when Van de Kamp sent his men down here to MoCo. They told Bill Curtis the bad news. Step aside or be prosecuted. "tap tap on the two inch file".
In politics everything is
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a negotiation and they knew Curtis, by reputation, was an difficult customer so they sweetened the incentive. Don't cause a problem and the Governor will appoint you Muni Court Judge. Behave, you will get bumped to Superior Court.
And that is California politics.
a negotiation and they knew Curtis, by reputation, was an difficult customer so they sweetened the incentive. Don't cause a problem and the Governor will appoint you Muni Court Judge. Behave, you will get bumped to Superior Court.
And that is California politics.
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It is also how one local DA, with one very powerful friend in Washington DC kept the US government off a major gun running, drug smuggling operation - known as First Cabin LLC.
It didn't work forever but nearly a billion dollars in cash was laundered through First Cabin.
It is also how one local DA, with one very powerful friend in Washington DC kept the US government off a major gun running, drug smuggling operation - known as First Cabin LLC.
It didn't work forever but nearly a billion dollars in cash was laundered through First Cabin.
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The discovery of the enterprise and a few FBI agents who worked the case from San Francisco is another, mostly untold, story.
Many Monterey County sheriff deputies wives had jobs with First Cabin. Guys like Terry Pfau (a local law enforcement endorser of the current DA here.
The discovery of the enterprise and a few FBI agents who worked the case from San Francisco is another, mostly untold, story.
Many Monterey County sheriff deputies wives had jobs with First Cabin. Guys like Terry Pfau (a local law enforcement endorser of the current DA here.
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First Cabin was based on #CanneryRow. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know the implications of this fact.
The mysteries of Monterey County are unfolding post Trump.
It promises to be a bumpy ride.
@GavinNewsom <~ he can never say he wasn't told.
First Cabin was based on #CanneryRow. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know the implications of this fact.
The mysteries of Monterey County are unfolding post Trump.
It promises to be a bumpy ride.
@GavinNewsom <~ he can never say he wasn't told.
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