Baykeepers should guard bay against folks who don't have money
4/14/2007
Dear Editor,
I know that these folks, the Baykeepers, will be on my butt for saying this, but it makes no difference in reality: They need to get a grip on stuff that matters and quit hassling Security National about a road and potholes.
SN has done its job in checking with folks about doing what is right about roads, potholes and cleaning up the area to help all and better things.
Now the Baykeepers want to take SN to court over lame stuff. If they want to do some good in reality, watch over the bay and go after folks who are messing up the bay who don’t have money. Yep, folks who trash the rocks, beaches and life in and around the bay.
Go after folks who dump crap in and around the bay, not folks who are trying to help make things better.
No, I do not work for, get paid by, nor know anyone from SN that I am aware of or even The Eureka Reporter. Oops, my mistake; I have met some of the reporters when being in court to make sure abused children are protected and with clients. Get a good grip, Baykeepers!
J. Bear Marler
Rio Dell
(Security National owns The Eureka Reporter.)
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved.
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The trouble is, Bear, for these new age con men, it is all about money and deep pockets. And Rob Arkley/Security National and Red Emmerson/Sierra Pacific look like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to them. No need to get a real job, just get some local kayakers to go out and take some samples for you, put up signs along the estuary asking people to call in complaints, and you are armed, pay for a couple of lab tests and threaten a lawsuit, then walk away with millions in go-away money.
That's not to say that there aren't problems. There are. And good people have, for many many years set about solving the problem. The trouble is, the well-meaning laws and regulations that were put in place set the stage for these predatory litigious groups to adopt the grass-roots citizen mantle and operate with impunity.
Think I am overstating the case? Check out Richard Salzman's latest listserve email... It isn't about Palco/Maxxam and Hurwitz, it is about money, and with Palco on its knees, it is very clear who the next targets are. You're already seeing the NEC sounding the drumroll against Simpson/Green Diamond. But that's not where the real money is - and this message says it very clearly:
"Quick, name the largest private landowner in California.
Need some clues? The company owns more than 1.5million acres, mainly in the Sierra Nevada. Each year it clear-cuts thousands of acres of forest. Its logging techniques damage watersheds throughout the Sierra. And most Californians have never heard of it.
Meet Sierra Pacific Industries, a privately owned company led by billionaire timber baron Red Emmerson..."
Notice the author lays the groundwork for demonizing Emmerson with the buzzwords "billionaire timber baron." Class warfare is a big card in the activist deck, makes it easy to upset well intentioned people.
Then they bring up the spectre of political donations to people they do not approve of and end with the ominous statement "SPI's vision is a checkerboard of moonscapes and plantations. Its corporate values are destroying Sierra forests. What are your values?
Well? It's a good question. But the answer may not be what they intended.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
He can't
His handlers, especially Ken Miller, howl for him to press charges against the officers involved in the Cheri Moore shooting.
With all of the evidence in, Gallegos knows that the right thing to do goes against their wishes. So he is paralyzed, and has been for a year now.
There is no magic rabbit to be pulled out of the hat by Salzman and the high-priced PR firm that has given him his talking points through recent elections. No one to construct the "right to lie" rhetoric.
Regardless - he has an easy out. This case cannot be handled by Paul Gallegos. He has to send this one up to the AG because with his demonstrated antipathy towards the law enforcement community and their vote of no confidence in him, any charges he files will be highly suspect.
He has a chance to do the right thing. Let's see if he can do it.
ER - A grim anniversary passes without resolution
ER Editorial - Closure necessary in Cheri Moore shooting
TS - Questions lingering in Moore case
TS Editorial - Silence deafening as shooting anniversary nears
With all of the evidence in, Gallegos knows that the right thing to do goes against their wishes. So he is paralyzed, and has been for a year now.
There is no magic rabbit to be pulled out of the hat by Salzman and the high-priced PR firm that has given him his talking points through recent elections. No one to construct the "right to lie" rhetoric.
Regardless - he has an easy out. This case cannot be handled by Paul Gallegos. He has to send this one up to the AG because with his demonstrated antipathy towards the law enforcement community and their vote of no confidence in him, any charges he files will be highly suspect.
He has a chance to do the right thing. Let's see if he can do it.
ER - A grim anniversary passes without resolution
ER Editorial - Closure necessary in Cheri Moore shooting
TS - Questions lingering in Moore case
TS Editorial - Silence deafening as shooting anniversary nears
Friday, April 13, 2007
"GAG" Orders w/update(s) (NOTATION ADDED)
Bowie, Canfield, Dinsmore and now Davis...
It is the D.A.'s job to talk to the press. He is supposed to shield his prosecutors from having to talk to the media in order to avoid exactly what is happening here. Apparently Paul Gallegos has abdicated this responsibility resulting in at least three Protective Orders (Gag Orders) being issued on three different cases recently.
Judge considering gag order
Humboldt County Deputy Public Defender Blair Angus argued for a protective order Thursday with regard to any information regarding her client, Duane Bowie Jr.
Following the arguments of Angus and Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Allan Dollison, who is prosecuting Bowie’s case, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Dale A. Reinholtsen said he would take the order under consideration.
When a judge approves a protective order — commonly referred to as a gag order — court officials, including attorneys, are prohibited from talking about the case to media.
The arguments Angus gave in court Thursday for the protective order are based upon recent Eureka Reporter articles written about Bowie’s case and statements made by Dollison to The Eureka Reporter.
“Such detailed” accounts in the articles — such as information from a police report — creates problems for Angus, she argued. She said the pre-trial publicity could prejudice a potential jury, thereby making it “increasingly difficult” for her to pick from a jury pool someone who has not read the articles.
Also, Angus argued, “frank discussions” about plea negotiations “suggest to people in the community” that Bowie, 33, of Cutten, could possibly be considering pleading guilty.
Angus added that details of the plea offer — which were not specified in past articles — were read by Bowie prior to her being able to discuss them with him.
More: Bowie preliminary hearing continued
Earlier:
Judge places protective order on Canfield case
A protective order has been placed on the Robert Charles Canfield case after a Eureka Reporter article detailed the incident in which Canfield has been charged.
The protective order — commonly referred to as a gag order — prevents court officials and attorneys from speaking about the case.
Canfield, 40 — whose last known address was in Manila — has been charged with first-degree robbery; residential burglary, habitant present; and two special allegations, which concern a strike and four prior prison terms, Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Allan Dollison said prior to the protective order.
Canfield’s attorney, Humboldt County Public Defender Kevin Robinson, has previously said Canfield has pleaded not guilty and is “going to put on a vigorous defense.”
During open court Tuesday, Robinson said it was he who requested the protective order.
Judge in Dinsmore case issues 'protective order'
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John T. Feeney granted a “protective order” Thursday that prohibits officials from making comments to media about the Steve Gary Dinsmore case.
“Court personnel, counsel, (counsels’) offices, witnesses, investigators ..., be admonished to not discuss this case with (the) media or make any public (comments) regarding this matter (until the case is concluded),” Feeney said. Dinsmore, 32, of Eureka, is accused of a slew of felony charges including the November 2005 attempted murder of a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy.
Dinsmore’s attorney, Marek I. Reavis, an attorney with the County of Humboldt Conflict Counsel, said his client has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Reavis requested the protective order Thursday. Included in his request paperwork was a copy of a Eureka Reporter article, published Wednesday, about the Dinsmore case.
The article contained a comment by Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Arnie Klein, who is prosecuting the case.
In court, Reavis requested the protective order to prevent future comments from potentially biasing the jury.
Before Feeney had made a decision on Reavis’ request, Klein voiced his objection in open court.
“I would like to talk to the press (at any) time I choose,” Klein said, “this being (the United States of) America.”
Klein added that he would limit his comments just to matters concerning evidence brought up in open court and not talks or communications made outside the presence of the jury.
Shades of Nifong
Of course Gallegos has been a little too talkative himself when it comes to his pet lawsuit:
Interviewed not long after hearing of the bankruptcy, District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he isn't surprised. "That's what we're saying in our lawsuit - their whole plan is to carry out an unsustainable harvest rate to fund that debt," he continued.
The lawsuit was dismissed due to legal conditions unrelated to the D.A.'s allegation that Palco knowingly submitted false information during the 1998 Headwaters Deal process. Gallegos' appeal of the dismissal is being considered by the state's Supreme Court. He thinks the company's huge and lingering debt pressured it to push for higher cutting rates - and to commit fraud.
"There was one thing on their minds and that was having a set harvest rate - they were going to make sure they got it and that was the reason they submitted false information," said Gallegos....
...Mention of the company's litigation against the state has been included in Palco's recent financial filings to the Securities Exchange Commission. Gallegos thinks Palco's management needs to take responsibility for the economic shortfall. "They've blamed it on everyone except themselves from day one," he said. Palco's bankruptcy ignites debate, speculation McKinleyville Press, January 2007
UPDATE: Yet another one:
Gag order requested in child molestation case
Humboldt County Deputy Public Defender Jonathan McCrone had represented (Matthew Christopher) Davis as of last Tuesday — and was the one to file the request for the protective order. But, on Friday, McCrone announced in court that his office has a conflict in representing Davis.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge W. Bruce Watson further clarified to Davis in court Friday that “for some reasons, (McCrone’s) office has a conflict based on, I assume, a dual representation type of situation.”
Watson then relieved the Public Defender’s Office from representing Davis and Arcata-based attorney Russ Clanton announced that he has been requested to represent Davis.
Add this one to the list of cases to watch.
Update:
Potential Davis gag order
Third attorney opts not to defend Davis
Davis may be represented by Humboldt County Conflict Counsel's Office
Another Update:
Add another one to the list:
Walin filing latest in recent rash of gag order requests
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ADDED: Allan Dollison served Humboldt County's DA's office for 6 years and 4 months. He details his record, and his reasons for leaving here - ◼ My record at the DA's Office - Allan Dollison/for the Times-Standard
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NOTATION: 7/13/2013 - It's an interesting aspect of this blog that other people often get caught in the net, based on their entrance into the Gallegos saga. And so their names live online, to be unearthed whenever they apply for a job. Sometimes the searches that lead people here are for other reasons, but it usually has to do with a job search.
And, so it is that Allan Dollison appears here. His time with the DA's office has come and gone, he rose through Gallegos' ranks, and was slated, some said, to become Assistant DA. He was a loyal player, and, I believe, a true believer.
Through my work here, I am often kept informed about cases, how they're handled, how the various Deputy DA's do their job, interact with victims, and so forth.
And I feel it necessary to say this. I have come to the conclusion, that, for all his past mistake, Allan Dollison turned out to be one of the best and most honest of the bunch, far surpassing his boss, Paul Gallegos.
He has since left the DA's office, and, as is often the case when people leave, I get the chance to talk to them. I have talked with Allan Dollison. And, to his credit, he never once asked me to remove any of this info, as damaging as it is to him. I respect that, and I think it's noteworthy.
If you're looking to hire him, it's worthy of consideration.
I'm not pulling anything down, as that would be a disservice to the facts as they have unfolded, but I am adding this, to mitigate that online-lives-forever reality.
It is the D.A.'s job to talk to the press. He is supposed to shield his prosecutors from having to talk to the media in order to avoid exactly what is happening here. Apparently Paul Gallegos has abdicated this responsibility resulting in at least three Protective Orders (Gag Orders) being issued on three different cases recently.
Judge considering gag order
Humboldt County Deputy Public Defender Blair Angus argued for a protective order Thursday with regard to any information regarding her client, Duane Bowie Jr.
Following the arguments of Angus and Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Allan Dollison, who is prosecuting Bowie’s case, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Dale A. Reinholtsen said he would take the order under consideration.
When a judge approves a protective order — commonly referred to as a gag order — court officials, including attorneys, are prohibited from talking about the case to media.
The arguments Angus gave in court Thursday for the protective order are based upon recent Eureka Reporter articles written about Bowie’s case and statements made by Dollison to The Eureka Reporter.
“Such detailed” accounts in the articles — such as information from a police report — creates problems for Angus, she argued. She said the pre-trial publicity could prejudice a potential jury, thereby making it “increasingly difficult” for her to pick from a jury pool someone who has not read the articles.
Also, Angus argued, “frank discussions” about plea negotiations “suggest to people in the community” that Bowie, 33, of Cutten, could possibly be considering pleading guilty.
Angus added that details of the plea offer — which were not specified in past articles — were read by Bowie prior to her being able to discuss them with him.
More: Bowie preliminary hearing continued
Earlier:
Judge places protective order on Canfield case
A protective order has been placed on the Robert Charles Canfield case after a Eureka Reporter article detailed the incident in which Canfield has been charged.
The protective order — commonly referred to as a gag order — prevents court officials and attorneys from speaking about the case.
Canfield, 40 — whose last known address was in Manila — has been charged with first-degree robbery; residential burglary, habitant present; and two special allegations, which concern a strike and four prior prison terms, Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Allan Dollison said prior to the protective order.
Canfield’s attorney, Humboldt County Public Defender Kevin Robinson, has previously said Canfield has pleaded not guilty and is “going to put on a vigorous defense.”
During open court Tuesday, Robinson said it was he who requested the protective order.
Judge in Dinsmore case issues 'protective order'
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John T. Feeney granted a “protective order” Thursday that prohibits officials from making comments to media about the Steve Gary Dinsmore case.
“Court personnel, counsel, (counsels’) offices, witnesses, investigators ..., be admonished to not discuss this case with (the) media or make any public (comments) regarding this matter (until the case is concluded),” Feeney said. Dinsmore, 32, of Eureka, is accused of a slew of felony charges including the November 2005 attempted murder of a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy.
Dinsmore’s attorney, Marek I. Reavis, an attorney with the County of Humboldt Conflict Counsel, said his client has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Reavis requested the protective order Thursday. Included in his request paperwork was a copy of a Eureka Reporter article, published Wednesday, about the Dinsmore case.
The article contained a comment by Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Arnie Klein, who is prosecuting the case.
In court, Reavis requested the protective order to prevent future comments from potentially biasing the jury.
Before Feeney had made a decision on Reavis’ request, Klein voiced his objection in open court.
“I would like to talk to the press (at any) time I choose,” Klein said, “this being (the United States of) America.”
Klein added that he would limit his comments just to matters concerning evidence brought up in open court and not talks or communications made outside the presence of the jury.
Shades of Nifong
Of course Gallegos has been a little too talkative himself when it comes to his pet lawsuit:
Interviewed not long after hearing of the bankruptcy, District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he isn't surprised. "That's what we're saying in our lawsuit - their whole plan is to carry out an unsustainable harvest rate to fund that debt," he continued.
The lawsuit was dismissed due to legal conditions unrelated to the D.A.'s allegation that Palco knowingly submitted false information during the 1998 Headwaters Deal process. Gallegos' appeal of the dismissal is being considered by the state's Supreme Court. He thinks the company's huge and lingering debt pressured it to push for higher cutting rates - and to commit fraud.
"There was one thing on their minds and that was having a set harvest rate - they were going to make sure they got it and that was the reason they submitted false information," said Gallegos....
...Mention of the company's litigation against the state has been included in Palco's recent financial filings to the Securities Exchange Commission. Gallegos thinks Palco's management needs to take responsibility for the economic shortfall. "They've blamed it on everyone except themselves from day one," he said. Palco's bankruptcy ignites debate, speculation McKinleyville Press, January 2007
UPDATE: Yet another one:
Gag order requested in child molestation case
Humboldt County Deputy Public Defender Jonathan McCrone had represented (Matthew Christopher) Davis as of last Tuesday — and was the one to file the request for the protective order. But, on Friday, McCrone announced in court that his office has a conflict in representing Davis.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge W. Bruce Watson further clarified to Davis in court Friday that “for some reasons, (McCrone’s) office has a conflict based on, I assume, a dual representation type of situation.”
Watson then relieved the Public Defender’s Office from representing Davis and Arcata-based attorney Russ Clanton announced that he has been requested to represent Davis.
Add this one to the list of cases to watch.
Update:
Potential Davis gag order
Third attorney opts not to defend Davis
Davis may be represented by Humboldt County Conflict Counsel's Office
Another Update:
Add another one to the list:
Walin filing latest in recent rash of gag order requests
______________
ADDED: Allan Dollison served Humboldt County's DA's office for 6 years and 4 months. He details his record, and his reasons for leaving here - ◼ My record at the DA's Office - Allan Dollison/for the Times-Standard
__________________
NOTATION: 7/13/2013 - It's an interesting aspect of this blog that other people often get caught in the net, based on their entrance into the Gallegos saga. And so their names live online, to be unearthed whenever they apply for a job. Sometimes the searches that lead people here are for other reasons, but it usually has to do with a job search.
And, so it is that Allan Dollison appears here. His time with the DA's office has come and gone, he rose through Gallegos' ranks, and was slated, some said, to become Assistant DA. He was a loyal player, and, I believe, a true believer.
Through my work here, I am often kept informed about cases, how they're handled, how the various Deputy DA's do their job, interact with victims, and so forth.
And I feel it necessary to say this. I have come to the conclusion, that, for all his past mistake, Allan Dollison turned out to be one of the best and most honest of the bunch, far surpassing his boss, Paul Gallegos.
He has since left the DA's office, and, as is often the case when people leave, I get the chance to talk to them. I have talked with Allan Dollison. And, to his credit, he never once asked me to remove any of this info, as damaging as it is to him. I respect that, and I think it's noteworthy.
If you're looking to hire him, it's worthy of consideration.
I'm not pulling anything down, as that would be a disservice to the facts as they have unfolded, but I am adding this, to mitigate that online-lives-forever reality.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
100% Committed
So said CANDIDATE Paul Gallegos..."“We are absolutely committed to the success of CAST and the discovery and prosecution of child abusers,” in May of 2006.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Warning: Objectionable content
What does it mean when you say that the Child Abuse Services Team (CAST) has been decimated? It means that the office is closed. It means when someone calls the office, they get a recording. It means Gallegos does not permit the office to be staffed.
When the CAST office is locked up tight, and people who call get an answering machine - when kids are being sent back into abusive homes because of a lack of will and ability to prosecute the abusers, this is what you are sending them back into:
(WARNING! The language and descriptions that follow are hard to take, and are offensive. This is text from an actual case prosecuted in Humboldt County. I thought about posting the entire file, but decided not to. I have also XXX'd any names. What's important is to remember that this is only one case. Child abuse prosecution has dropped precipitously in Humboldt County under Gallegos, but this kind of thing, and worse, goes on.)
The victim, Jane Doe, was born in XXX 1994, to defendant and X.X. At the time of trial Jane was nine years old. Jane testified that when she was younger she used the term "front butt" to refer to her vagina, "back butt" to refer to buttocks, and "pyramid" to refer to a penis. Jane shared a bed with her mother and her father, and Jane would sleep in the middle. Defendant would put his hands around her back, and his "pyramid" would touch her "front butt" or "back butt." When defendant touched her this way he was wearing underwear and Jane wore pajamas. The way her father touched her felt good but her "stomach said it wasn't okay. I had some stomach burns."
Her mother was not always in bed with them. Once when her mother went to San Francisco, Jane "got a stomach burn because my body knew . . . that I was not protected from my dad." This kind of touching and stomach burn happened "more than one night."
Her father was arrested approximately a year and a half before trial, when she was in second grade. When asked whether she remembered whether her dad touched her in a way that made her stomach burn when she was in second grade, she responded: "He did it ever since I was born [*3] until he went to jail."
She demonstrated with stuffed animals how the touching occurred. Following the demonstration, Jane responded affirmatively when the district attorney asked her, "[W]hen your dad was doing this your stomach would burn?"
Jane tried to tell her mother, by saying, "I love you more than Dad," but her mother would not listen.
Jane testified she could tell that when her father put his body in position to touch her "front butt" or "back butt," he did it on purpose, not by accident.
Jane also testified that her dad touched her this way so often that she had developed a habit of masturbating, which she described as touching her own "front butt" in a way that "other people don't want to see." No one else ever touched her the way her father did, and no one else taught her to touch herself in that way.
Jane knew the difference between the way her father touched her and the way, for example, the doctors and nurses touched her. The doctors and nurses had "safe hands." She did not feel the same safety when she was in bed when her father was touching her.
On cross-examination, Jane stated that her father gave her "bad touches" every night when she was with him, "except for [*4] after he went to jail." She could not specifically remember when she did not sleep with him except on trips.
Her father sometimes gave her good touches like shaking hands, hugging, and kissing.
Besides her stomach hurting, "her heart too started to break" when she found out that he had been doing something wrong. She has since learned that her father also touched other children in bad ways. She testified that she was mad at her father about what he did, but she still loved him.
Jane's mother, X.X., testified that she married defendant three years after Jane was born. They moved from Oregon when Jane was a year and a half old. For a few years, starting when Jane was approximately two, X.X. and defendant had maintained separate residences, but defendant still stayed with them much of the time. When Jane was an infant defendant insisted, over X.X.'s objection, that Jane sleep in their bed. This practice continued until defendant was arrested. X.X. suffered from a progressive disease that caused her a lot of pain and she often got up in the night to sleep in a recliner. She also left approximately twice a month for overnight stays in San Francisco for medical treatment. Her condition [*5] made intercourse painful, and by 1999 she stopped having sexual relations with defendant.
X.X. noticed, starting at age four, that Jane had a habit of touching her vaginal area to sexually stimulate herself. After defendant's arrest, this habit increased to the point that she did it "almost everywhere" and did not seem to be aware she was doing it. Jane's counselor at the child abuse center was helping her with this problem, and she was doing it much less.
Before defendant's arrest, Jane would sometimes tell her mother that she loved her more than her father. When X.X. would dismiss this by saying, "[Y]ou just love me different," Jane would respond, " 'No, Mom, it's not scary with you,' " but she would not say what was scary.
This child was interviewed by the Child Abuse Services Team (CAST). Jane told the CAST interviewer that defendant had "touched her when she was in her pajamas or half naked when they were snuggling at night." She demonstrated by rubbing her hand across her chest. She also said defendant's "butt tube" touched her "front butt" and "back butt" more than once when they were both naked.
The defendant told the Detective "that Jane had "come on" to him on one or two occasions.
Defendant stated that Jane had tried to put his hand between her legs, but defendant pulled away, and she had briefly touched his penis.
In response to more pointed questions, defendant ended the interview, stating he was not going to admit to molesting his daughter. Thereafter, Defendant tried to interrupt (the Detective's) interview with X.X. and was arrested.
The child was treated for "posttraumatic stress disorder and depression sometime after defendant's arrest. Jane suffered, among other things, from insomnia and nightmares, and sexualized acting out behavior.
In therapy Jane told XXXXXXXX that since before [*7] she went to nursery school defendant would rub up against her when they were in bed. Jane said: "He touched me in places he shouldn't have because he is my daddy. He kept touching my vagina and my front butt and my back butt whenever I went to bed. He made me feel bad."
She told XXXXXXXX that defendant touched her "private parts, her breasts, her vagina and her butt." He touched her with his penis and genital area. Jane told XXXXXXXX that, as a result of defendant touching her, she would get stomachaches before defendant came to bed.
When her mother went for medical treatment, and Jane was alone with defendant, the stomachaches were much worse. Defendant also convinced Jane that her mother was "so fragile that she couldn't handle anything negative." His behavior gave Jane "sexual feelings" and resulted in her masturbation. In one therapy session Jane picked up a doll and said: "She is lucky. She never has to have sex."
That's what you are sending her back to - and worse.
Last May the Eureka Reporter ran a series of articles on an alarming drop in child abuse prosecutions under Gallegos. None of the other papers looked into it.
Last September, Gallegos pulled veteran prosecutor Maggie Fleming off her duties as child abuse prosecutor and put Jeffrey "yougofree.com" Schwartz in charge, claiming it is his practice to "cross-train" his felony attorneys. He recently gave Schwartz a raise, based in part on the fact that he "now is assigned to the Child Abuse Services Team. This entails working with high intensity cases, participating in child abuse interviews and contributing as a member of the Child Abuse Services Team."
"When asked about declining prosecution rates... (5/12/2006), Gallegos said, “As for a decline in prosecutions, if there are declining prosecutions, that’s because there are declining cases. If there are declining cases, we have certainly looked into that."
“... We broke it down and looked at the numbers and saw that where the decrease has been is in the stranger offenders,” he said. “So the next question is why, and we don’t have a good answer for that yet..."
ER - Former deputy DA speaks out
ER - Candidates spar over child abuse team
ER - DA's Office yet to respond to request for child abuse records
ER - CAST established with child victims in mind
ER - CAST needs support Gallegos is not providing
A matter of priorities
When the CAST office is locked up tight, and people who call get an answering machine - when kids are being sent back into abusive homes because of a lack of will and ability to prosecute the abusers, this is what you are sending them back into:
(WARNING! The language and descriptions that follow are hard to take, and are offensive. This is text from an actual case prosecuted in Humboldt County. I thought about posting the entire file, but decided not to. I have also XXX'd any names. What's important is to remember that this is only one case. Child abuse prosecution has dropped precipitously in Humboldt County under Gallegos, but this kind of thing, and worse, goes on.)
The victim, Jane Doe, was born in XXX 1994, to defendant and X.X. At the time of trial Jane was nine years old. Jane testified that when she was younger she used the term "front butt" to refer to her vagina, "back butt" to refer to buttocks, and "pyramid" to refer to a penis. Jane shared a bed with her mother and her father, and Jane would sleep in the middle. Defendant would put his hands around her back, and his "pyramid" would touch her "front butt" or "back butt." When defendant touched her this way he was wearing underwear and Jane wore pajamas. The way her father touched her felt good but her "stomach said it wasn't okay. I had some stomach burns."
Her mother was not always in bed with them. Once when her mother went to San Francisco, Jane "got a stomach burn because my body knew . . . that I was not protected from my dad." This kind of touching and stomach burn happened "more than one night."
Her father was arrested approximately a year and a half before trial, when she was in second grade. When asked whether she remembered whether her dad touched her in a way that made her stomach burn when she was in second grade, she responded: "He did it ever since I was born [*3] until he went to jail."
She demonstrated with stuffed animals how the touching occurred. Following the demonstration, Jane responded affirmatively when the district attorney asked her, "[W]hen your dad was doing this your stomach would burn?"
Jane tried to tell her mother, by saying, "I love you more than Dad," but her mother would not listen.
Jane testified she could tell that when her father put his body in position to touch her "front butt" or "back butt," he did it on purpose, not by accident.
Jane also testified that her dad touched her this way so often that she had developed a habit of masturbating, which she described as touching her own "front butt" in a way that "other people don't want to see." No one else ever touched her the way her father did, and no one else taught her to touch herself in that way.
Jane knew the difference between the way her father touched her and the way, for example, the doctors and nurses touched her. The doctors and nurses had "safe hands." She did not feel the same safety when she was in bed when her father was touching her.
On cross-examination, Jane stated that her father gave her "bad touches" every night when she was with him, "except for [*4] after he went to jail." She could not specifically remember when she did not sleep with him except on trips.
Her father sometimes gave her good touches like shaking hands, hugging, and kissing.
Besides her stomach hurting, "her heart too started to break" when she found out that he had been doing something wrong. She has since learned that her father also touched other children in bad ways. She testified that she was mad at her father about what he did, but she still loved him.
Jane's mother, X.X., testified that she married defendant three years after Jane was born. They moved from Oregon when Jane was a year and a half old. For a few years, starting when Jane was approximately two, X.X. and defendant had maintained separate residences, but defendant still stayed with them much of the time. When Jane was an infant defendant insisted, over X.X.'s objection, that Jane sleep in their bed. This practice continued until defendant was arrested. X.X. suffered from a progressive disease that caused her a lot of pain and she often got up in the night to sleep in a recliner. She also left approximately twice a month for overnight stays in San Francisco for medical treatment. Her condition [*5] made intercourse painful, and by 1999 she stopped having sexual relations with defendant.
X.X. noticed, starting at age four, that Jane had a habit of touching her vaginal area to sexually stimulate herself. After defendant's arrest, this habit increased to the point that she did it "almost everywhere" and did not seem to be aware she was doing it. Jane's counselor at the child abuse center was helping her with this problem, and she was doing it much less.
Before defendant's arrest, Jane would sometimes tell her mother that she loved her more than her father. When X.X. would dismiss this by saying, "[Y]ou just love me different," Jane would respond, " 'No, Mom, it's not scary with you,' " but she would not say what was scary.
This child was interviewed by the Child Abuse Services Team (CAST). Jane told the CAST interviewer that defendant had "touched her when she was in her pajamas or half naked when they were snuggling at night." She demonstrated by rubbing her hand across her chest. She also said defendant's "butt tube" touched her "front butt" and "back butt" more than once when they were both naked.
The defendant told the Detective "that Jane had "come on" to him on one or two occasions.
Defendant stated that Jane had tried to put his hand between her legs, but defendant pulled away, and she had briefly touched his penis.
In response to more pointed questions, defendant ended the interview, stating he was not going to admit to molesting his daughter. Thereafter, Defendant tried to interrupt (the Detective's) interview with X.X. and was arrested.
The child was treated for "posttraumatic stress disorder and depression sometime after defendant's arrest. Jane suffered, among other things, from insomnia and nightmares, and sexualized acting out behavior.
In therapy Jane told XXXXXXXX that since before [*7] she went to nursery school defendant would rub up against her when they were in bed. Jane said: "He touched me in places he shouldn't have because he is my daddy. He kept touching my vagina and my front butt and my back butt whenever I went to bed. He made me feel bad."
She told XXXXXXXX that defendant touched her "private parts, her breasts, her vagina and her butt." He touched her with his penis and genital area. Jane told XXXXXXXX that, as a result of defendant touching her, she would get stomachaches before defendant came to bed.
When her mother went for medical treatment, and Jane was alone with defendant, the stomachaches were much worse. Defendant also convinced Jane that her mother was "so fragile that she couldn't handle anything negative." His behavior gave Jane "sexual feelings" and resulted in her masturbation. In one therapy session Jane picked up a doll and said: "She is lucky. She never has to have sex."
That's what you are sending her back to - and worse.
Last May the Eureka Reporter ran a series of articles on an alarming drop in child abuse prosecutions under Gallegos. None of the other papers looked into it.
Last September, Gallegos pulled veteran prosecutor Maggie Fleming off her duties as child abuse prosecutor and put Jeffrey "yougofree.com" Schwartz in charge, claiming it is his practice to "cross-train" his felony attorneys. He recently gave Schwartz a raise, based in part on the fact that he "now is assigned to the Child Abuse Services Team. This entails working with high intensity cases, participating in child abuse interviews and contributing as a member of the Child Abuse Services Team."
"When asked about declining prosecution rates... (5/12/2006), Gallegos said, “As for a decline in prosecutions, if there are declining prosecutions, that’s because there are declining cases. If there are declining cases, we have certainly looked into that."
“... We broke it down and looked at the numbers and saw that where the decrease has been is in the stranger offenders,” he said. “So the next question is why, and we don’t have a good answer for that yet..."
ER - Former deputy DA speaks out
ER - Candidates spar over child abuse team
ER - DA's Office yet to respond to request for child abuse records
ER - CAST established with child victims in mind
ER - CAST needs support Gallegos is not providing
A matter of priorities
Real Justice.
Text of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper's speech: N.C. attorney general: Duke players 'innocent'
POSTED: 0030 GMT (0830 HKT), April 11, 2007
All sexual assault, kidnapping and other charges have been dropped against the three Duke University lacrosse players indicted for raping an exotic dancer, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday.
"The result of our review and investigation shows clearly that there is insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges," Cooper said. "Today we are filing notices of dismissal for all charges."
He added: "We believe these cases were a result of a tragic rush to accuse and failure to verify serious allegations. Based on these significant inconsistencies of evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges."
...The players and Cooper blasted District Attorney Mike Nifong — who originally indicted the players for rape — for overreaching his power as a district attorney, saying the "rogue" prosecutor "pushed ahead unchecked" in this case.
"There were many points in this case where caution would have served justice better than bravado," Cooper said. "This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor. What has been learned here is the internal checks on a criminal charge — sworn statements, criminal grounds, proper suspect photo lineups, accurate discovery — all are critically important."
...Cooper's office next week will release the results of its investigation. He also proposed a state law that would give the North Carolina Supreme Court the power to remove a prosecutor from a case in limited circumstances.
Let's not limit it to North Carolina.
ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ - Lynch mobs - one win one loss
POSTED: 0030 GMT (0830 HKT), April 11, 2007
All sexual assault, kidnapping and other charges have been dropped against the three Duke University lacrosse players indicted for raping an exotic dancer, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday.
"The result of our review and investigation shows clearly that there is insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges," Cooper said. "Today we are filing notices of dismissal for all charges."
He added: "We believe these cases were a result of a tragic rush to accuse and failure to verify serious allegations. Based on these significant inconsistencies of evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges."
...The players and Cooper blasted District Attorney Mike Nifong — who originally indicted the players for rape — for overreaching his power as a district attorney, saying the "rogue" prosecutor "pushed ahead unchecked" in this case.
"There were many points in this case where caution would have served justice better than bravado," Cooper said. "This case shows the enormous consequences of overreaching by a prosecutor. What has been learned here is the internal checks on a criminal charge — sworn statements, criminal grounds, proper suspect photo lineups, accurate discovery — all are critically important."
...Cooper's office next week will release the results of its investigation. He also proposed a state law that would give the North Carolina Supreme Court the power to remove a prosecutor from a case in limited circumstances.
Let's not limit it to North Carolina.
ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ - Lynch mobs - one win one loss
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
So much for hopes
for a kinder, gentler NEC...
Former Earth First Activist, Greg King, the new head of the 'North Coast Environmental Center' has apparently decided that going on the attack is the best way to bring in money. So much for the NEC being a big tent - it is just another partisan, extreme fringe activist attack group...
In his opening salvo he attacks Rob Arkley, then turns his sights on Simpson/Green Diamond.
It's obvious that now, with Palco on its knees, Simpson/Green Diamond is the next big target. This is something they should have known was coming. King claims that they are seeking an amendment to their 1992 Habitat Conservation Plan that would allow the company to kill eight pairs of spotted owls, and that they have "destroyed" 45 pairs of spotted owls. He delivers his threat "...Though litigation is always a last-resort measure, we will not hesitate to stand in the way of a plan that threatens to kill the last owls and salmon."
And, like Salzman, he asks for money after bringing up the Klamath Dam removal... It's almost as if he, Salzman and Nichols were acting in concert...
Former Earth First Activist, Greg King, the new head of the 'North Coast Environmental Center' has apparently decided that going on the attack is the best way to bring in money. So much for the NEC being a big tent - it is just another partisan, extreme fringe activist attack group...
In his opening salvo he attacks Rob Arkley, then turns his sights on Simpson/Green Diamond.
It's obvious that now, with Palco on its knees, Simpson/Green Diamond is the next big target. This is something they should have known was coming. King claims that they are seeking an amendment to their 1992 Habitat Conservation Plan that would allow the company to kill eight pairs of spotted owls, and that they have "destroyed" 45 pairs of spotted owls. He delivers his threat "...Though litigation is always a last-resort measure, we will not hesitate to stand in the way of a plan that threatens to kill the last owls and salmon."
And, like Salzman, he asks for money after bringing up the Klamath Dam removal... It's almost as if he, Salzman and Nichols were acting in concert...
How much do they want?
The predatory litigious "Baykeeper" is threatening another lawsuit. That means they want "go-away" money. How many millions do they want? How many "environmental" ambulance chasers do they have working on this?
Where does "Baykeeper's" money come from? Go-away money from another predatory lawsuit filed by the predatory parent, the "Ecological Rights Foundation." How much of the money they extorted is actually going back into cleaning up the Bay? Oh, they bought Pete Nichols a new boat so that he could patrol the Bay looking out for "v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s." And take possible donors out on Bay "tours." Nice. Got a nice phonebooth office in Old Town, too. Must be time for a new cash infusion.
Baykeeper to sue over SN project
Baykeeper threatens suit over Balloon Tract road work
Related:
The agenda - Richard's List
Where does "Baykeeper's" money come from? Go-away money from another predatory lawsuit filed by the predatory parent, the "Ecological Rights Foundation." How much of the money they extorted is actually going back into cleaning up the Bay? Oh, they bought Pete Nichols a new boat so that he could patrol the Bay looking out for "v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n-s." And take possible donors out on Bay "tours." Nice. Got a nice phonebooth office in Old Town, too. Must be time for a new cash infusion.
Baykeeper to sue over SN project
Baykeeper threatens suit over Balloon Tract road work
Related:
The agenda - Richard's List
Monday, April 09, 2007
Monday night on KEET
9:00-10:30 Jonestown - the Life and Death of the People's Temple
What'd you think?
Saturday, April 07, 2007
February 2004
In a 2/23/04 Letter to the Editor, Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee (HCDCC) Chairman Patrick Riggs said: "As a second-grade teacher, I am deeply concerned with children's safety in our community. My children and yours are better protected now, with Paul Gallegos as district attorney, than they have ever been before."
Ya think?
Who is safer right now, Patrick? The children? Or the child molesters?
Ya think?
Who is safer right now, Patrick? The children? Or the child molesters?
Last April...
Last April the Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee Member Greg Conners argued in favor of endorsing Paul Gallegos for District Attorney, portraying "the D.A. as an anti-corruption crusader who deserves another term.
A former Eureka city planning commissioner, Conners said he's "seen corruption at the local level as if it were a sewer I was walking through up to my waist" and "you couldn't get the local district attorney to touch those issues with a ten-foot pole."
But it's different now, Conners continued. "Paul Gallegos is the first district attorney that I know of, in my lifetime - and this a courthouse brat who's been involved in local politics talking - who's had the balls to go after corporate corruption and political corruption," he said.
Think about that.
A former Eureka city planning commissioner, Conners said he's "seen corruption at the local level as if it were a sewer I was walking through up to my waist" and "you couldn't get the local district attorney to touch those issues with a ten-foot pole."
But it's different now, Conners continued. "Paul Gallegos is the first district attorney that I know of, in my lifetime - and this a courthouse brat who's been involved in local politics talking - who's had the balls to go after corporate corruption and political corruption," he said.
Think about that.
Tuesday, September 19, 1972
D.A. AIDE OFFICIATES FOR MINOR BRIDE
The third exposé by Les Kinsolving - originally published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1972 - Tim Stoen, front and center - an illegal Temple marriage, welfare fraud, and phony faith healing... you begin to see Stoen's duplicity.
The third exposé by Les Kinsolving - originally published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1972 - Tim Stoen, front and center - an illegal Temple marriage, welfare fraud, and phony faith healing... you begin to see Stoen's duplicity.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Return of Garza & ANOTHER plea deal
Garza jailed on sex charges
Almost one year after being arrested in the March 2006 Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case, one of the defendants was arrested on numerous felony charges involving his alleged sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl....
...As of Wednesday, court documents indicate that Garza is currently charged with — and has pleaded not guilty to — nine counts of felony sodomy with a person under 18; eight counts of felony unlawful sexual intercourse; and two counts of oral copulation with a person under 18....
...On Wednesday, Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Schwartz, who is prosecuting the case, said, “Basically, the charges (against Garza) are based on statutory rape” and that Garza and the alleged victim “were kind of going out.”...
...“The classic term (for having sex with a minor) has been jail bait and if you’re having sex with a minor, you go to jail.”...
But not if you tie her to a tree for three days, and rape her repeatedly. Then you get a "GET OUT OF JAIL FREE" card.
Which is what got us here in the first place...
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Yeah, this is yet another one to watch. Along with the case in Fortuna.
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UPDATE:
Garza accepts plea agreement
On the day he was to confirm his trial date, Nate Robin Garza accepted a plea agreement.
Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Schwartz said Garza, 22, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of unlawful sex with a minor — “which is commonly known as statutory rape” — one count of unlawful oral sex with a minor and also admitted to a probation violation.
Garza’s probation stems from a March 2006 Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case.
Schwartz said Monday’s agreement is “an open plea,” which means a judge will determine whether to sentence Garza to the maximum prison sentence of “four years, four months” or to the “minimum penalty of probation.”
Garza’s case stems from “consensual” sexual relations with a then-16-year-old girl between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5, Schwartz said.
Initially, Schwartz said, Garza was charged with — and pleaded not guilty to — nine counts of felony sodomy with a person under 18, eight counts of felony unlawful sexual intercourse and two counts of oral copulation with a person under 18.
Garza was arrested Feb. 19, almost one year after being arrested in connection with the Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case.
In September, Garza was sentenced to three years of formal, supervised probation for a plea agreement of false imprisonment he accepted with two other defendants with regard to the Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case.
Garza’s twin brother was sentenced to eight years in state prison for a plea agreement of false imprisonment, kidnapping and marijuana trafficking he accepted in connection to his involvement in the Whitethorn case.
The four men were initially accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Whitethorn in March after a debt to Garza’s brother was not paid.
According to past testimony, the Whitethorn victim claimed she was kidnapped for two days and tied to a tree in Whitethorn for 24 hours.
Update:
Sentencing continued in statutory rape trial 5/21/2007
Almost one year after being arrested in the March 2006 Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case, one of the defendants was arrested on numerous felony charges involving his alleged sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl....
...As of Wednesday, court documents indicate that Garza is currently charged with — and has pleaded not guilty to — nine counts of felony sodomy with a person under 18; eight counts of felony unlawful sexual intercourse; and two counts of oral copulation with a person under 18....
...On Wednesday, Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Schwartz, who is prosecuting the case, said, “Basically, the charges (against Garza) are based on statutory rape” and that Garza and the alleged victim “were kind of going out.”...
...“The classic term (for having sex with a minor) has been jail bait and if you’re having sex with a minor, you go to jail.”...
But not if you tie her to a tree for three days, and rape her repeatedly. Then you get a "GET OUT OF JAIL FREE" card.
Which is what got us here in the first place...
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Yeah, this is yet another one to watch. Along with the case in Fortuna.
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UPDATE:
Garza accepts plea agreement
On the day he was to confirm his trial date, Nate Robin Garza accepted a plea agreement.
Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Schwartz said Garza, 22, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of unlawful sex with a minor — “which is commonly known as statutory rape” — one count of unlawful oral sex with a minor and also admitted to a probation violation.
Garza’s probation stems from a March 2006 Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case.
Schwartz said Monday’s agreement is “an open plea,” which means a judge will determine whether to sentence Garza to the maximum prison sentence of “four years, four months” or to the “minimum penalty of probation.”
Garza’s case stems from “consensual” sexual relations with a then-16-year-old girl between Dec. 20 and Jan. 5, Schwartz said.
Initially, Schwartz said, Garza was charged with — and pleaded not guilty to — nine counts of felony sodomy with a person under 18, eight counts of felony unlawful sexual intercourse and two counts of oral copulation with a person under 18.
Garza was arrested Feb. 19, almost one year after being arrested in connection with the Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case.
In September, Garza was sentenced to three years of formal, supervised probation for a plea agreement of false imprisonment he accepted with two other defendants with regard to the Whitethorn kidnapping/rape case.
Garza’s twin brother was sentenced to eight years in state prison for a plea agreement of false imprisonment, kidnapping and marijuana trafficking he accepted in connection to his involvement in the Whitethorn case.
The four men were initially accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Whitethorn in March after a debt to Garza’s brother was not paid.
According to past testimony, the Whitethorn victim claimed she was kidnapped for two days and tied to a tree in Whitethorn for 24 hours.
Update:
Sentencing continued in statutory rape trial 5/21/2007
Another one to watch:
Man arrested in Texas on molest charges returned to Humboldt County
Chris Durant The Times-Standard
Article Launched: 04/05/2007 04:24:22 AM PDT
A 34-year-old Eureka man who authorities have been looking for in connection with a 2006 child molestation case was returned to Humboldt County Tuesday after being arrested in Texas.
Humboldt County Sheriff's Detective Ben Nord said Todd William Gonsalves was arrested about three weeks ago by U.S. Marshals in Texas.
Gonsalves was booked into the Humboldt County Jail Tuesday on warrants out connected to 2003 cases alleging making threats and interfering with a police officer, a 2005 case alleging illegal use of a credit card and a 2006 case alleging continuous sexual abuse of a child.
Nord said the sexual abuse allegedly occurred against a single female victim over the course of three years.
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Taking bets. Whaddya say he's dismissed or plea bargained by his preliminary hearing?
For a little fun - Go to court every Monday for the master trial calendar call, which is now referred to by the defense bar as "the dismissal calendar"
Chris Durant The Times-Standard
Article Launched: 04/05/2007 04:24:22 AM PDT
A 34-year-old Eureka man who authorities have been looking for in connection with a 2006 child molestation case was returned to Humboldt County Tuesday after being arrested in Texas.
Humboldt County Sheriff's Detective Ben Nord said Todd William Gonsalves was arrested about three weeks ago by U.S. Marshals in Texas.
Gonsalves was booked into the Humboldt County Jail Tuesday on warrants out connected to 2003 cases alleging making threats and interfering with a police officer, a 2005 case alleging illegal use of a credit card and a 2006 case alleging continuous sexual abuse of a child.
Nord said the sexual abuse allegedly occurred against a single female victim over the course of three years.
33***
Taking bets. Whaddya say he's dismissed or plea bargained by his preliminary hearing?
For a little fun - Go to court every Monday for the master trial calendar call, which is now referred to by the defense bar as "the dismissal calendar"
Sunday, April 01, 2007
This may surprise you
Earth First! has a listserve, too, and Shunka Wakan sends out regular e-mails. They are very innocent compared to the virulent dedication of Salzman's AEB and its many aka's. There's an occasional plea for money for rent and stuff (Shunka sells Earth First! T-shirts on ebay, and doesn't like 'tabling' in the cold rainy winter weather), some of the others post their poetry. There's the occasional call for warm bodies at one protest or another. I've come to kinda like Shunka. May not agree with him, but he is honest in his dedication.
One of his more interesting series of posts included his emails to and from Gallegos regarding the David "Gypsy" Chain case, and he's been pretty vocal about his disillusionment with Paul. But he was tired of getting what he sees as the runaround. See, Shunka believed in Paul. But when he voiced his frustration one night on KMUD, people heard him. Gallegos was on KMUD the next day. When a woman called in and said, "Man, Paul, Shunka was on last night, and he's really unhappy with you..." Paul stumbled up a response. Something about talking to Shunka regularly.
But, anyway, this latest post from Shunka is really interesting. You know, there are a few things we can agree on:
"Ever wonder why Al Gore and others all suddenly (care) all about global warming?
Of course toxic pollution is bad for the environment; the point here is that the science behind global warming is just bad science. The threat of global warming is being used by corrupt politicians, such as Al Gore, to win over the progressive movement, and their ultimate solution will most likely be a new tax and more fascistic laws.
Don't be fooled into thinking that Al Gore is a real environmentalist, any more than Arnold Schwarzenegger; these are big-business men and politicians who are trying to make their way up the ladder/pyramid, and they know that real environmental awareness is growing amongst the people, so they are pretending to be enviros in order to win over that sector of society.
These are dangerous people, war-mongering types, so don't be fooled by their phony attempts at being environmentalists."
Forever Wild,
Shunka Wakan
Powerful Documentary Trounces Man-Made Warming Hoax
Climate change is natural and has been happening since the Earth began
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, March 9, 2007
An astounding documentary that was broadcast in the UK last night completely trounced the man-made explanation for global warming, not with emotionally- laden propaganda or by attacking the messenger as its adherants resort to, but by presenting carefully considered and rational science.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/090307warminghoax.htm
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One of his more interesting series of posts included his emails to and from Gallegos regarding the David "Gypsy" Chain case, and he's been pretty vocal about his disillusionment with Paul. But he was tired of getting what he sees as the runaround. See, Shunka believed in Paul. But when he voiced his frustration one night on KMUD, people heard him. Gallegos was on KMUD the next day. When a woman called in and said, "Man, Paul, Shunka was on last night, and he's really unhappy with you..." Paul stumbled up a response. Something about talking to Shunka regularly.
But, anyway, this latest post from Shunka is really interesting. You know, there are a few things we can agree on:
"Ever wonder why Al Gore and others all suddenly (care) all about global warming?
Of course toxic pollution is bad for the environment; the point here is that the science behind global warming is just bad science. The threat of global warming is being used by corrupt politicians, such as Al Gore, to win over the progressive movement, and their ultimate solution will most likely be a new tax and more fascistic laws.
Don't be fooled into thinking that Al Gore is a real environmentalist, any more than Arnold Schwarzenegger; these are big-business men and politicians who are trying to make their way up the ladder/pyramid, and they know that real environmental awareness is growing amongst the people, so they are pretending to be enviros in order to win over that sector of society.
These are dangerous people, war-mongering types, so don't be fooled by their phony attempts at being environmentalists."
Forever Wild,
Shunka Wakan
Powerful Documentary Trounces Man-Made Warming Hoax
Climate change is natural and has been happening since the Earth began
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, March 9, 2007
An astounding documentary that was broadcast in the UK last night completely trounced the man-made explanation for global warming, not with emotionally- laden propaganda or by attacking the messenger as its adherants resort to, but by presenting carefully considered and rational science.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/090307warminghoax.htm
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