In Monterey County the voters elected a criminal to be top cop.

Steve didn't start out that way but he is a spoiled rich kid*, installed by hundred-millionaire oil and gas relatives AND Monterey County Agricultural giants like Bruce Taylor of @YourTaylorFarms and Dave Gil of
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Gil Onions and other massive, money making ventures. Dave Gil's son murdered someone in South County, all real hush-hush and all, being it's a local rich guy - and they kept the kid out of prison.

So you can understand what having the Sheriff in your back pocket means to
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them. Steve Bernal was also supported by the two big shots on #CanneryRow. Ted Balestreri and Burt Cutino.

Those two and their names have long been mentioned in many a whisper campaign about narcos, money laundering and organized crime.

So Bernal isn't batting 100 here.
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... and Brandon Gesicki *

This is how "they" roll.

(HEY @MCoSheriff who drew a DICK next to Scott Miller's eyeball?)

* Gesicki was a consultant the the @MOCODSA and is now a consultant in ... (wait for it) Monterey County Marijuana.
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... also this:

The Bernal Campaign went after a local reporter who was doing great journalism - b/c he had collaborated with a left leaning newsletter while at NYU.

They threatened to "out him as a communist" and "ruin his career."

What administration does that sound like?
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.@RepJimmyPanetta, I would encourage you to read this thread 🧵. This has a lot to do with the lack of equity and progress being made in Monterey County.

It also demonstrates probable Civil Rights violations as well as Voting Act violations.

In your county.
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It also has to do with a needed recall. The recall of a lawless @SheriffBernal.

The rich and well connected put a petulant child in as the highest law enforcement officer in Monterey County.

That's a scandal of international concern. Why would tourists and especially tourists who are people of

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... I barely mention the owner of the Pine Cone. Possibly never. He runs a right leaning weekly for the nuanced Carmel crowd (mainly), has his own set of detractors and is largely irrelevant to Monterey Co. News.

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