Ricky Cabrera. A labor contractor whose brother was convicted of murdering a woman for insurance money so he could fund a stolen car ring - founding member of @SVLGroup
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The Salinas Valley Leadership Group is under @FBI investigation for money laundering, bribery and RICO style conduct. They have also been under multi-year investigations into campaign finance crimes by the @CA_FPPC (a division of the Franchise Tax Board).
Plasha Will was
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on the near permanent payroll as an advisor to this group, a PAC that land use attorney Brian Finegan started.
Brian Finegan had a relative who wasn't able to get into the exclusive charter school. Plasha Will fixed that issue.
That's corruption. That's inequity.
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PACs don't like Free Speech and Reality.
This is Jimmy Panetta's consultant's baby.
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Why is the colossal @FBI investigation into #MontereyCounty corruption taking so long? (The FBI doesn't discuss active investigations on the record and neither does the US Attorney).
The County of Monterey is paying the legal fees for a former @MCoSheriff detective of narcotics (and a total scumbag IMO) Archie Warren. Why?
Warren was Supervisor John Phillips' errand boy for Rancho Cielo. Funny connection.
Warren led a four man raid on the former Sheriff
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of MoCo's house.
That former sheriff's son is a drug addict.
Warren was aligned with another couple scumbags - IMO. Those two scumbags are former sheriff Mike Kanalakis (who ate at former narco-trafficker Dave Drew's pub for free) and Matt Luther a fired former narc.
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Begs the question. Is the county paying legal fees for Archie Warren and friends in their lawsuit against Deputy and former @CityofSalinas councilman Scott Davis and Sgt. Dan Mitchell?
A local Monterey County assistant District Attorney told me their office had heard the allegation that Mike Hackett was claiming to have bribed @SupervisorAlejo.
The elected DA and Alejo are running for office 2022 and they share the same political people. A small community
that include the likes of Plasha Will, John Fickas, Sergio Sanchez and a few others.
John Fickas reportedly has information regarding the public corruption case and the Oakland @FBI was in Monterey County asking about it as far back as 2018.
There has been no local
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statement by our current District Attorney regarding this community scandal.
The head of the prosecution arm of the Monterey County justice system.
The judicial canon of ethics and other sources discuss the importance of avoiding the appearance of impropriety.
Let's compare @RepJimmyPanetta's feel good PR to #PPP money that went to guys like Clint Eastwood, Jimmy's Brothers firm Fenton & Keller, Don Chapin Co. and so on.
Clint Eastwood a fellow Carmelite like Jimmy, and a hundred millionaire - millions in #PPP:
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When Jimmy Panetta says he is working for his constituents in #MontereyCounty he isn't really talking about individuals. He is talking about big corporations.
After all. The majority of Jimmy's donors are Political Action Committees.
In 2018 your cousin was arrested in the home owned by your Uncle Joe when he was found to be in possession of bombs, guns and drugs. Your cousin was also a former local police officer.
Do you think it's appropriate for his trial to be conducted by the local
Superior Court where your wife sits as a judge, with all the friends and benefits that come with that position - behind the scenes. 😉 (been there, it's tough) ?
Why was a rape case involving Judge Lydia Villarreal's son Juan Govea moved to
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San Benito County (where it was ultimately dropped) yet your cousin's very, very serious bomb, gun and drug case grinds it through the Monterey County Superior Court where your wife exerts incredible influence?
His next appearance is set for one week from today.
Whether it's big wigs like Joss Whedon or little corrupt county supervisors like John Phillips - misogynists always have enablers. Misogynists always have defenders.
For supervisor John Phillips, who was credibly accused of treating women poorly - that came in the form of
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@CityofSalinas Mayor @kimbleycraig who (because of her relationship with Phillips and Plasha Will - a bribe distributor) came to Phillips' 2018 campaign rescue.
@SalinasPD's benefactor to the tune of over $10,000 - Kimbley Craig stands not with the community, but with crooks.
3. Supervisor John Phillips helped interfere with a law enforcement investigation
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that led to the tossing of a major cocaine trafficking case against an outfit with reported ties to powerful business interests like - CANNERY ROW. (@HaffaAlan - don't cry)
4. @RepJimmyPanetta has a business/donor relationship with a man named Mike Bitar who once ran a