"Agha and Grupo Flor founder Mike Bitar were once the closest of friends, Bitar was able to convince many that he was Agha’s nephew, so close that Agha made him the executor of his estate. Now they grit their teeth when they talk about each other." voicesofmontereybay.org/2019/11/07/cul…
* disclosure @JoeLivernois gave Nader Agha's son a job at the @MontereyHerald. The Herald mgmt. would frequently discuss Agha's possible purchase of the Herald - which never happened. Agha was a contributor to @Calkins_Royal former blog Thr Monterey Bay Partisan and Voices.
.@VoicesofBay may only be interested in going after Mike Bitar, not for the @RepJimmyPanetta corruption, but for the animus developed by a big supporter of the non-profit news site.
Nader Agha.
The @VoicesofBay piece by @Calkins_Royal was excellent because it opened the door on what was taking place here. Had Calkins not written the piece the story about @RepJimmyPanetta's consultant Plasha Will would never have been told.
This is provably false and @VoicesofBay co-founder knows this. I've been supportive of every local journalist I've worked with for over 20 years in helping them get better stories to our community.
In 2019 @maryrduan the former editor of the @mcweekly called me to tell me that
a Salinas based drug dealer (and her friend) lost an appeal at the 6th District for the State of California on a narco trafficking conviction. It was revealed in the pleadings that Hackett was picked up on a federal wiretap.
Duan asked me to not tell anyone this public info
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because Duan claimed she wanted to nail @DavidDr34643165 as being the target of a federal probe caught on Mike Hackett's she phone call. (Dave Drew wasn't the target on this call) and weeks later Duan continued to stall the story.
Brian Montes was a kid who got into the cocaine trafficking business as a young man, not unlike Dave Drew, under the older man roll model game that included Gordon LeGault & George Bernardasci (previous owner of the Pub in #Salinss).
Gunter. Detective Gunter would, in 2010 write a glowing letter on Dave Drew's behalf to the Superior Court in Drew's application for a Certificate of Rehab - which he got after six politicians pressured my Aunt, Kay Kingsley to sign the document.
Detective Gunter (who was
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by 2018 @CityofSalinas' Mayor) would go on to write another glowing letter for another cocaine trafficker and marijuana entrepreneur - Mike Hackett - who was also a drug dealer all those decades ago.
.@CASenCaballero received thousands of dollars from the Mills brothers while they were receiving over $20 million dollars from the @CityofSalinas deferred comp PONZI scheme that cost city employees millions - from criminal fraud.
In April of 2022 @SheriffBernal of the corrupt @MCoSheriff department was raking in money from people like Ted Balestreri, Burt Cutino, Bill Uretsky, Dave Gill (Gill Onion), David Armanasco PR, Tanimura & Antle, Cannery Row, Pacific Valley Bank (sold Mary Duan a repoed hous).
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By October 2022 Bernal is working on a "retirement video" as the @FBI closes in on public corruption in Monterey County (I'm pushing hard for this in the background on all fronts).
Our media hasn't had one credible report on what changed?
They didn't cover it right because of Moonbeam (@JerryBrownGov) because they don't want to damage Moonbeam's reputation as a "Progressive California Leader" / even though Dave Drew committed a crime after my aunt, Kay Kingsley, signed his certificate of rehab in 2010.
Guys like @Kelly_McMillin - who was Chief of @SalinasPD by 2012 had a history of covering for politically sensitive criminals. (like @CASenCaballero) so covering for Dave Drew seemed like good business for Kelly (a total fraud).