These are two big influencers in Monterey County. Two assholes who were implicated in a major cocaine case that also implicated Dave Drew, a man @JerryBrownGov corruptly pardoned in 2018.
The two men are partners in Monterey California's Cannery Row.
Brown's dad once had an
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ownership interest in Cannery Row property with San Francisco's Ben Swig.
Corruption is deeply rooted in our society.
County Supervisor John Phillips was in the DA's office at this time and he helped kill this major case. It was that easy for a few in power to do.
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John Phillips and a corrupt judge named Steven Sillman, whose history of misconduct is a quiet legend in MoCo, worked for the bad guys in undermining the People's case. And @salnews was pressured because of the epic journalism they did on this story.
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History will not be kind to these men who did untold damage to Monterey County and beyond.
This is @JerryBrownGov's pardon boy with a recent comment to this site.
(Scott Miller was the former Sheriff of @MCoSheriff)
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And this is @JerryBrownGov pardon boy Dave Drew making a thinly veiled threat early in 2020.
Can he and Mike Richards roll by my house. @SupervisorAskew's colleague @PhillipsForSup said Dave Drew is completely rehabilitated.
Nope.
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Dave Drew's best friend in all of law enforcement is a corrupt cop who I participated in having fired in 2011/2012 - Mike Richards. Mike Richards was a Commander under @MCoSheriff and their PIO.
Richards received a special "exemption" in 2003 from then Sheriff Mike
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Kanalakis who was undoubtably corrupt. Miller defeated Kanalakis in 2010. I ran the campaign for Miller.
Dave Drew has a unique problem. He doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. That's a problem for the two boys on Cannery Row and all the other players in this act.
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The claim that helped John Phillips kill this case was the informant was unreliable.
History is instructive, in the moment Phillips was able to sell that bullshit.
Many of the players were later arrested and charged with other crimes like narco trafficking or laundering.
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Not the boys of Cannery Row though - @bradleyzeve's big advertisers at the @mcweekly.
The informant claimed they received 2 - 40 kilos of cocaine per delivery.
Monterey County has a corruption problem and it goes back decades.
This is about marijuana, licensing, the @CityofSalinas and @WendyRootAskew's County of Monterey. Public officials who have been receiving cash (and drugs) for legislative favors.
The paid press talking about @RobBonta buddy @SupervisorAlejo or former Salinas Mayor @CASenCaballero being a subject of interest in an ongoing @FBI probe into bribery and corruption, involving marijuana interests.
Fast forward a couple months after this message and it was learned that it was ALSO @SupervisorAlejo "allegedly" taking bribes from marijuana interests in Monterey County.
@GavinNewsom's new Attorney General @RobBonta is particularly good friends with Louie Alejo.
.@SalinasPD's benefactors - the politically active Cabrera clan.
It's a good look.
Murdered a single mother for profit and his lawyer claimed the @MCoSheriff detective Martinez was persecuting the family.
Nonsense.
"The jury reached the verdict, which included a guilty finding on the special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain, Wednesday following a three-week trial. According to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, Cabrera strangled Singh in their Marina home"
Hackett was convicted of cocaine trafficking in San Benito County in 2018 and then moved his enterprises to straw owners - Hackett appealed his conviction, despite his plea of no contest, lost and in the appeal Hackett was caught on a @DEAHQ wiretap of another target.
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Hackett later violated his felony probation and another cover-up took place. Monterey County probation and @SalinasPD looked the other way on Hackett's continued illegal activity and a local judge, Pam Butler, gave him a pass on his violations.
@DaytonPubPolicy In securing a $2,000,000 economic development grant from the federal government - the @CityofSalinas committed fraud on its application to the agency.
To the best of my knowledge it was never fully investigated by the @FBISanFrancisco - but should have been.
... disingenuous journalism from the @mcweekly, again.
Rolando and Ricky Cabrera are rumored to have an unusually close relationship w/ @SalinasPD mgmt and after this blog requested records relating to the Cabreras and SPD, sources tell us that SPD mgmt is "freaked out" about
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records that will have to be produced by the @CityofSalinas as it relates to the Cabrera relationship with certain Sainas personnel.
You do not have to wait for 990
filings to inspect the "books of a 501(c)3.
Books are subject
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to public inspection during normal business hours - not unlike public records which are to be made available during the normal business hours of public entities.
In hiring @cmtimestwo, predecessor at the City of Seaside the @CityofSalinas used a consulting firm Murray & Associates. The council was split in hiring Corpuz because Corpuz had significant baggage from Seaside and Tacoma Washington where he allegedly helped a murderous Police
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Chief cover up an insurance fraud - according to reports published at the time.
After the City of Salinas hired Corpuz he balked on paying back a $250,000 loan Seaside's council enriched Corpuz with,
when they hired him after Tacoma Washington.
Salinas then paid Murray &
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Associates $17,500 to advise on the selecting of a new police chief to replace the last scumbag they hired, Louis Fetherolf.
What did that $17,500 get the community? An insider in the form of @Kelly_McMillin who befriended narco traffickers and looked the other way at major