John FICKAS is a political consultant who just plead out to rape (multiple counts). Fickas' case was initially buried (while @Kelly_McMillin was chief of @SalinasPD) and only came to light a little over two years ago.
And then the @FBI came to #Salinas to interview connected
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people about campaign finance money laundering (A VERY BIG DEAL) after decades of abuse, behind the scenes deal making and bribery.
Fickas was funded, in part, by Mike Hackett - a Salinas based pizza maker and cocaine trafficker who is a major player in the local marijuana
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a multi-billion dollar market in Monterey County's #Salinas Valley.
Mike Hackett isn't supposed to be in the weed business because he is now a convicted felon but MoCo never ceases to amaze in its lawlessness and corruption.
Mike Hackett runs around with
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.@SalinasPD's close personal friend Ricky Cabrera. A labor contractor who has familial connections to an illegal stolen car ring, a man on the run and hiding in Mexico, a brother who murdered a single mother for the insurance money - yet the local cops and politicos continue
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their improper relationship with all these men -
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMUNITY.
@RepJimmyPanetta is silent on this matter because he is involved.
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And these are just some of the details @bradleyzeve's managing editor left out of this half-assed piece on a major change in the Fickas ongoing ordeal which threatens to bring down many MoCo elite.
The man on the left is David Armanasco. He has been doing free public relations for @MCoSheriff Steve Bernal. 🤔
He is best buds with Leon Panetta.
The @mcweekly met with Armanasco as Steve Bernal was poised to enter office (from deputy to sheriff) and agreed to go easy.
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And they have. six years later the sherif stories have a soft touch. They round off the edges
The rigging of American politics is happening in plain sight. We need to pay attention or we will be right back at another Trump.
Armanasco is in the above photo with the sommelier
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from the Sardine Factory. One of his "paying clients".
So is Steve Bernal's public relations really free? @CA_FPPC.
No. It isn't. Steve Bernal's PR is paid for by the same well connected and questionable business men that steered a deputy into the corrupt sheriff slot.
"The debate comes as the credibility of the Justice Department and the FBI continues to crumble under decided failures in security and intelligence before the deadly siege on the nation’s citadel of democracy." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wapo-doj-…
What if the shoe was on the other foot?
Question: If the violent mob that attacked & took control of the Capitol on January 6th to interfere with congress' constitutional duty of counting & certifying the electoral votes from November's election
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were non-white & protesting against Trump, would they be charged, tried, convicted & sentenced to long prison terms for their crimes?
It take a long time to get to the crisis point the US finds herself in today and at every local level you will find elected officials that led to this point - and make no mistake - it's a very dangerous time.
"Kerik had affairs with not only his publisher, but also with a Department of Corrections employee. A day earlier, the News had run hard-hitting Kerik coverage, much of it discussing the undisclosed gifts from friends." villagevoice.com/2004/12/13/tha…
For reference Kerik was a mediocre tough guy NYPD street cop who suddenly sailed ahead in the dept. when someone picked him out, politically.
"The state Fair Political Practices Commission this month agreed to open investigations into two complaints filed by Schneider. One accuses the Monterey County Counsel’s Office of improper partisanship. We’ll get to that one in a bit."
"Over the past year, his research has revealed an apparent pattern of campaign law violations throughout Monterey County and an unwillingness by local authorities to take action"