watchpaul: What does a $10,000 donation to Paul Gallegos get you?

Sunday, September 17, 2006

What does a $10,000 donation to Paul Gallegos get you?

What does a $10,000 donation to Paul Gallegos get you when you have a second son in trouble with the law, with a case pending during the election?

A prosecutor recused? Even fired?

Probation? No trial?

UPDATE: 11/18/2006
Related stories:
ER - Bear River members seek chairperson's recall
ER - Gallegos sidesteps questions about possible conflict of interest in Bowman charges
ER - Questions without answers hinder our newsgathering
ER - Bowman story not accurate
ER - Contribution made because Gallegos was the better of the two
ER - Questions remain in DA's handling of Bowman charges
ER - Bear River official discusses financial contributions from tribe
ER - Tribe's contribution to DA's campaign was made by the Tribal Council, not Bowman
ER - Gallegos is 'public servant,' not Legal Spiegel
ER - It's telling that Gallegos witch hunt didn't start until firing of Dikeman
ER - Writer appreciates editor's note that identifies writers
ER - Residents deserve answers to questions asked of DA's Office
ER - Bitter? You bet!
TS - Donations not improper, says Bear River Band
TS - DA's office: State OK'd handling of plea deal

27 comments:

Anonymous9/17/2006 9:53 PM
tell me more !!
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Rose9/17/2006 10:03 PM
Details will be added.
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Anonymous9/18/2006 1:29 PM
It will probably get him probation. I heard that the Bowman's called Gallegos when he was out of state on vacation to get Dikeman off of the case and that PG was handling it personally. Seems pretty illegal to me.
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Anonymous9/18/2006 3:16 PM
I too heard this. Makes you wonder how many people could reach the DA while he is out of state on vacation ? Makes you wonder how the parent of a suspect/criminal could contact the DA while he was on vacation (Hawaii) and get Dikeman pulled off the case.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks there's a good probability that it's a duck!

Can you buy your own personal jusitce in Humboldt County ? Does this kind of stuff go on in other California counties?
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Anonymous9/18/2006 3:47 PM
FYI, for those of you that appreciate Rose's work and information ...... tell a friend. Tell your friend to read everything from the start. It should open their eyes.
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Anonymous9/18/2006 4:27 PM
Rose, in the Salzman post somebody asked you: "Do you know if Gallegos too is a supporter of Israel?"
You said: "I don't really care about his opinion on international issues."

Why not? Are you afraid to discuss the connection between Gallegos, Salzman and the Israeli lobby?

You said: "I care about the fact that he [Gallegos] is not doing his job here, and worse, what I see as outright corruption."

Don't you think Gallegos' outright corruption might have something to do with Salzman and his pro-Israel politics? Or is that potato too hot for you to touch?
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Anonymous9/18/2006 6:10 PM
getting off the point a bit ?

but let's hear more about gallegos's "outright corruption"!
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Anonymous9/19/2006 9:02 AM
So - the criminals are buying their way out of trouble.

There is a new "old boy" network now...the network of criminals who have taken power here.

Wasn't the Bowman guy part of a drive by shooting not long ago and got a deal. Wasn't he also on felony probation for something else?

Who is going to answer these questions?
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Anonymous9/19/2006 10:14 AM
I'm sure there is more of this that goes on than one would imagine. I'm sure that some of it is just incompetence and/or inexperience.

How many vacations a year does the DA take ? Mexico, Hawaii, Mexico and ? Great work if you can get it!
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Rose9/19/2006 10:40 AM
This cannot be blamed on inexperience.
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Anonymous9/19/2006 2:28 PM
"Don't you think Gallegos' outright corruption might have something to do with Salzman and his pro-Israel politics?

"Or is that potato too hot for you to touch?"

Apparently it is!
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Rose9/19/2006 2:36 PM
No, 2:28. I do not. Nice try though.
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Anonymous9/19/2006 3:31 PM
What do you mean by "Nice try though"?
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Anonymous9/19/2006 4:28 PM
4:27 pm ........ let's hear more about the outright corruption !
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Anonymous9/19/2006 8:15 PM
What do you mean by "Nice try though"?

It means she's afraid to discuss the real moral corruption of people like Salzman, because Rose is afraid of the power of the Israeli lobby in this country.
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Rose9/19/2006 8:24 PM
It simply means that this blog will stay on topic. If Salzman is pro-Israel, on that we would be in agreement.

I might add that I was one of the few who liked Richard Salzman. He was very driven and intense. He pissed alot of people off on the campaign we worked on, and we were constantly having to convince friends and volunteers not to quit when they were put off by his bullying. I defended him. Only when I discovered the lies that were behind his actions did I write him off.
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Anonymous9/19/2006 9:57 PM
"If Salzman is pro-Israel, on that we would be in agreement."

Oh that explains why you're friendly with a pervert freak like Anon.R.mous. No wonder you instinctively liked Salzman at first. You're an evil person too, Rose.
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Anonymous9/20/2006 7:04 AM
Interesting thoughts from "anon 9:57 pm", completely whacko but interesting.

Someone is trying to get you off topic Rose. Your information is too accurate and too much on point!

and anon.r.mous sometimes makes some good points, sometimes adds a touch of humor.
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Steve Lewis9/21/2006 2:26 PM
Jerk postings about Rose's support for Israel--get a life. I am a good friend of Rose and as most readers of the E.R. and my blogs, I am most definitely not a supporter of Israel. My friendship with Rose rises above our political differences because she knows me to be honest and sincere in my beliefs just as I know her to be the same in hers.
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Anonymous9/21/2006 5:25 PM
Thanks Steve Lewis. Rose has had nothing but good to say about you and your character. Although I don't always agree with your thoughts, you don't lie to get your point across. Thanks always for spirited dialoge. Roy
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Anon.R.mous9/21/2006 5:35 PM
pervert freak like Anon.R.mous.

Sweet doggies! I'm a perverted freak!

Oh wait, I'm not. Like everyone else seems to be able to get through their heads, you can agree with people on some items and not others. Is there some kind of contest to be 100% ultra left winger that I missed the memo about?
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Rose9/21/2006 5:54 PM
The "Regressives" are for freedom of thought as long as you agree with them, freedom of expression as long as you say what they want you to say, and if you dare to have your own opinion or disagree with them, you will be vilified.

In Salzman's world, people are defined by their party affiliation, and allegiance to the party is paramount. A Democrat dare not be friends with a Republican, and sitting with them at a social function is reason to alert the media with howls about the "Good Old Boy NetworK" thrown in to stir up the Orks.

Here, you are either a member of the Cult of Paul or you will be smeared with names like "conspiracy theorist" (that's me) and "disgruntled ex-employee" - or the most dreaded of all - "Republican stalking horse."
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Anonymous9/21/2006 9:40 PM
In Salzman's world, people are defined by their party affiliation, and allegiance to the party is paramount.

False. Allegiance to principle is paramount. The fact that you don't honestly take your own "principles" seriously is reflected in the tawdry company you keep.
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Rose9/21/2006 10:51 PM
Principle, eh. How does plagiarism and lying to the press fit into this picture?

You know it is funny, but I do believe for you it is the principle of the thing that matters above all else. The end justifies the means.

But Paul? Must be a serious disappointment to you.
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Steve Lewis9/21/2006 11:57 PM
Hey, Richard, speaking of principles and/or lack thereof, what do you think about Leftie Progs like you who support Zionism and Israel getting creamed lately by Leftie Progs who support the Pals and think Israel sucks?

Kinda hard to rally the troops around that one, eh?

The prognosis for Progs doesn't look good..
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Anonymous9/26/2006 2:30 AM
I just read the ER on line for today ! Looks like $10,000 buys quite a lot !!!
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Joel Mielke9/26/2006 8:42 PM
To whom can our District Attorney turn for an excuse which can be copied and pasted?
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Paul Gallegos

The Humboldt County Grand Jury found that "Weak leadership and poor managerial practices" have undermined the office... Implicit in all evidence gathered by the Grand Jury - including interviews with the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) - is the unfortunate truth that the D.A. (Paul Gallegos) exhibits a limited understanding of how things are done in the department" Gallegos "lacks the global perspective needed to keep the department operating efficiently," and quotes an unnamed staff member as saying, "The D.A. (Paul Gallegos) does not fully understand the functionality of many of the things we do here" - Years later, in his own words: "I’m not an administrator, they didn’t elect me to be an administrator, they elected me to make sure this office runs..."

Douglas & Zanotti

CASE TOSSED The district attorney misrepresented the law and failed to provide evidence of former Eureka Police Chief David Douglas' and Lt. Tony Zanotti's innocence during a criminal grand jury inquiry into the 2006 shooting death of Cheri Lyn Moore, defense attorneys argued in court documents filed Thursday... ”Our judicial system stands as a real and necessary check on the grand jury indictment process,” one of the documents states. “This court has the authority and the means by which to halt this prosecution, which is justified neither by the undisputed facts, nor by the law.”

Gallegos has taken what was "arguably the state's best small DA's office, with a cutting edge CAST program that "trained the trainers"... into a bunch of time serving bureaucratic wannabee brown nosers, lightly sprinkled with a couple of earnest learners who are sure to split as soon as possible.

One weeps for Max Cardoza who won Angellel, and for Maggie Fleming who won so many impossible victories. Mired in Humboldt for personal reasons, they have to suffer the ignominy of working for Paul, with Yougo, yes, yougo who has freed more people as a prosecutor than he did as a defense attorney. As has Paul. Anonymous comment

Gallegos has answers for everything. I’ve never met anyone whose answers came so quickly, with such polish - except about his law school(s). He likely sounded the same way when promising to get prosecutors off their anachronistic “at will” status and onto civil service status. It never happened. Indeed, he told them, “Disloyalty will not be tolerated” – a real morale builder.

He sounds great. What progressive doesn’t want to believe in him? But it’s a myth. He’s an intellectual lightweight and self-aggrandizer who tries to please everybody with glib answers. Jim Fahey for The Arcata Eye

The Humboldt County DA's office is one of the most exciting prosecutorial
offices in California.

Its District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, is willing to charge anyone who commits
wrongdoing--no matter how wealthy, sacrosanct, or ruthless. He believes in total equality before the law. He also plans to be innovative in promoting programs of prevention and treatment. He wants to make it the best prosecutorial office of its size in the nation.... Gallegos' Help Wanted ad

Gallegos' OWN Quotes

★ ...District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he believes the statute of limitations clock, even on misdemeanors, doesn't start running until law enforcement knows or reasonably should have known of the offense. In this case, Gallegos said, that means the statute of limitations would not run out at least until Feb. 8, 2009, or one year after Gundersen's arrest and the discovery of the photographs in question...

★ "...some people actually molest out of different feelings, some times out of feelings of love....” DA Gallegos explaining why Child Abuse prosecutions were down

★ “I never said that the information was not available under the Freedom of Information Act. Quite the contrary, I informed you that our use of force policy is not a public record.” Paul Gallegos to the Times Standard 5/25/07

★ ...“One is that I do everything to make people happy which means I don’t stand for anything except for just something,” he said. “The other is I stand for something and I try to be a leader and take some people, a group of people, a community someplace and I say guess what folks, this is who I am. I stand for your beliefs. We share these beliefs or we don’t. You get the option to judge that. This is who I am and I am committed to leading us this place, wherever it is...." Eureka Reporter Gallegos defends record, looks ahead 7/3/2005

★ Note the difference between what he SAID, and what he DOES..."...So what are these issues? Top on Gallegos' list is the proliferation of "garbage cases," small-time crimes and overcharged cases that he said are clogging up the court system.

Garbage cases, said Gallegos, come in two forms: Cases that would lose if actually brought to trial and cases that are overcharged for the crimes committed. The idea behind filing both kinds of garbage, he said, is to get the defendant to plead guilty, netting a conviction without having to go into court.

Again, the IRONY is astounding! Look at what he SAYS, and then think about what he DOES! "Probably 95 percent of the cases that are filed plead guilty. In fact, there are a lot of cases that are filed on the assumption they will plead guilty, because of the time and expense involved in defending them. But these cases shouldn't even be filed in the first place, because if they were challenged, they would lose," Gallegos said. Better yet: If they weren't filed at all, it would save the county time and money...." North Coast Journal 2/21/02 Too bad he didn't take his own advice.

★ “Tim’s a stud,” he said. “He really is; anyone would be stoked to have him.” Gallegos on his second in command right hand man Assistant District Attorney Tim Stoen. (Former second in command right hand man to Jim Jones/People's Temple.)

NOTE:

"Helping Crush Progressivism" - ie: exposing the predatory litigious orgs and those who seek power for power's sake.... The original purpose of watchpaul is to post important documents relating to Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos and his handlers who seek to gain power through the acquisition of political offices. This includes, but is not limited to, the manipulations of "Humboldt Watershed Council," "EPIC," "Baykeeper," and other activist groups - the unregulated orgs. It also includes the master manipulators, such as Richard Salzman and Ken Miller.

Links to key stories and documents are also included in the sidebar, so that you do not have to try to scroll back through what has become a lengthy series of posts. I encourage you to use the Search and Labels features as well.

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

What does a $10,000 donation to Paul Gallegos get you?

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