"Fields” attorney said the judge”s retirement, which was first reported Monday [here] , is not related to an ongoing investigation by the state Commission on Judicial Performance into allegations of misconduct by Fields." montereyherald.com/2007/03/27/jud…
The investigation was not triggered by the Crystal Powser declaration.
The investigation was triggered by my letter to the CJP regarding disgraced Judge Fields conduct in holding fundraisers with land use attorney Tony Lombardo in a tournament named the "Robe & Gavel".
Facts.
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and who did Judge Fields go to for his lawyer?
THE FIXER Larry Biegel, now where has Monterey County heard that name before?
"Fields” lawyer, Larry Biegel, said the judge”s decision to hang up his robes is being driven by “health issues and family issues"
"that weigh very heavily on him” and the rules of the judicial retirement system, which would leave him earning less if he remains in the bench."
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* campaign finance
"In late February, the commission announced it had cleared the other judges on the panel of wrongdoing, but was mum on Fields."
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Crystal Powser, who Russ Scott and Robert O'Farrell buried - had a complaint about morale turpitude which the CJP resolved.
* follow@the $
"The commission requested copies of the judge”s campaign finance statements from the Monterey County Elections Department in October."
7/ Now think about the current Monterey County bench.
Vanessa Vallarta was City Attorney for the @CityofSalinas when the city ran a legit PONZI scheme out of Finances back door. Vallarta was out in the position through "friends and political connections".
Who was that? Former Salinas Mayor @CASenCaballero - VV's buddy from
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The California Rural League of Assistance.
Who did Vanessa hire while she was City Attorney?
Her other buddy Sue Matcham an OG from @CRLAinc days.
Matcham was a mediocre attorney who then sailed into a $200,000 a year judgeship - from?
Yeah, the B-o-d-y-Beel-Der.
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Who buried a TRO against the guy @JerryBrownGov pardoned in 2018? The rehabilitated solid citizen Dave Drew?
A: Sue Matcham
This Monterey County isn't completely corrupt and the worst for corruption in all of California's 58 counties?
imagine he is more dangerous than Putin or the CCP.
imagine that blackmail material is a real thing, which shouldn't be too hard since we have been talking about something as dumb as Russian sex slaves urinating on him.
now
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if you are a Californian - imagine all you know about @GavinNewsom (the morally bankrupt parts he always apologizes for, not the better things)
Imagine you are @RepJimmyPanetta who has been rolling around with some questionable investor types and other terrible sh••.
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Now imagine you are a psychopath with the full force and weight of the US GOVERNMENT at your literal disposal. Imagine you are the guy who called a dictator "little rocket man" then met with him. Imagine cut throat ruthless.
"They backed up their claim to credibility with an unusual level of transparency: They identified their owners, investors, shareholders, donors, or sponsors. Most revealed detailed financials, with revenue and expenses." ijnet.org/en/story/5-thi…
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"They encourage their audiences to participate in information gathering–crowdsourcing. They use two-way communication or interactivity with the public to get story suggestions and news tips, and to do collective investigations."
still 0 for 3
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"News media need to build credibility and trust by interacting more directly with their audiences, listening to their audiences, adopting transparency about their owners and investors, detailing their funding sources and spending practices,"
.@SheriffBernal is an elected official. He was unopposed in 2018 (Scott Davis doesn't count) and he should be removed from office by vote (or @FBI arrest).
The MoCo District Attorney is also an elected official. She also ran unopposed (no Scott Davis didn't challenge her)
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The Sheriff and the DA should face rigorous opposition considering what is taking place in the most corrupt county in all of California's 58 counties.
The abuses here have been tacitly sanctioned by the Gov. @GavinNewsom and a feckless California AG @AGBecerra.
Here is the deal as I understand it with Barnett Davis and the Low Income Family Enrichment 501(c)3.
The County of Monterey didn't know who the hell this guy was so they hired a private investigator to figure it out - politicians were pushing for a transaction where
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#Salinas would co-sign some lease revenue bonds based on the County of Monterey as the tenant. The Quadrangle (a Kobrinsky development) had been for sale for years and had no takers.
DD Make America Great Again err, "Imagine a Great City" (no shit that was Dennis' slogan)
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* DD is Dennis Donohue (@kimbleycraig's mentor and maybe "third father" to Don Chapin's number two position) knew the guy because he worked it - like he worked Green Vehicles, like he worked the development in Oldtown, like he worked for Dave Drew.*
No mention of her relationship to the Panettas. Curious.
"There's nothing that's going to happen (to Reade) in terms of the criminal law," Brannon says. "I don't think we can prove in front of a jury that this is material beyond a reasonable doubt." montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/prosecut…
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Berk Brannon spearheaded the criminal investigation into MoCo Sheriff Sgt. Joe Banuelos and added a second felony charge to his alleged crimes. Because he actually read the file.
ADA Thelander and Judge Russ Scott dumped this case during the trial. Kompromat and all.
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It is not surprising that Berk believes he couldn't get a case past a prelim in Monterey County the Superior Court bench is that corrupt. Not all, but key figures. That's the point. Government corruption depends on key figures not a vast sea of garbage people. Just a handful.