Guess what MoCo? The only person to file the initial statement of intent to run for office is the Chief of Del Rey Oaks PD. @ChiefHoyne
Steve Bernal dropped a bombshell 14 months ahead of the November 2022 election - he isn't running for another term.
Bernal has racked up one
Steve Bernal dropped a bombshell 14 months ahead of the November 2022 election - he isn't running for another term.
Bernal has racked up one
2/ controversy after another with some that may cross a criminal line.
Bernal was ushered into office in 2014 when a group of multi-millionaires (and a billionaire) funneled over $750,000 into the deputy's campaign. Bernal was selected in 2012, filing his FPPC501 statement one
Bernal was ushered into office in 2014 when a group of multi-millionaires (and a billionaire) funneled over $750,000 into the deputy's campaign. Bernal was selected in 2012, filing his FPPC501 statement one
3/ year into then Sheriff Scott Miller's first term.
Bernal's first obstacle in 2012 - he didn't live in the county of Monterey.
Three months prior to the November 2014 election a change of momentum shifted things for right-wing Steve Bernal when @DoloresHuerta shockingly
Bernal's first obstacle in 2012 - he didn't live in the county of Monterey.
Three months prior to the November 2014 election a change of momentum shifted things for right-wing Steve Bernal when @DoloresHuerta shockingly
4/ endorsed the Deputy who by this time had found a "rental" on J. Orradre's sprawling ranch (sprawling is an understatement) in far away South County and surprising close to the border with San Luis Obispo County.
By 2018 the bloom was off the rose for most of Monterey County
By 2018 the bloom was off the rose for most of Monterey County
5/ as Bernal missteps and misdeeds (chronicled locally by one bulldog journalist @Calkins_Royal - who has been near completely cut out of @MCoSheriff pressers and communication) put pressure on Bernal, the Sheriff's Department and have reportedly strained the Bernal marriage.
6/ Inside sources at the Sheriff's Department are increasingly troubled by @FBI investigations known and unknown to their most senior officers.
The next 12 months are going to be brutal.
We will have to get @ChiefHoyne comment on Commander Joe Banuelos - a former Sgt., Sheriff
The next 12 months are going to be brutal.
We will have to get @ChiefHoyne comment on Commander Joe Banuelos - a former Sgt., Sheriff
7/ Miller fired during his term in an effort to rid the department of bad apples. Banuelos was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor after SDDA Berk Brannon (whose wife is a judge in Santa Cruz County) pushed hard for the case to go to trial.
At trial, Judge Russ Scott
At trial, Judge Russ Scott
8/ bounced the case.
@ChiefHoyne should be prepared to answer tough questions in the months ahead.
Another @MCoSheriff command staff dep. is also claiming he will run for the seat Bernal is vacating. Jose Mendoza. Sources have told me Mendoza isn't the guy they want.
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@ChiefHoyne should be prepared to answer tough questions in the months ahead.
Another @MCoSheriff command staff dep. is also claiming he will run for the seat Bernal is vacating. Jose Mendoza. Sources have told me Mendoza isn't the guy they want.
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