Tuesday, March 1, 2011 – 12:30 p.m.
A claim filed Monday against the City of Upland sheds some light into an ongoing federal investigation surrounding former Mayor John “J.P.” Pomierski.
Aaron Sandusky, operator of G3 Holitics, a medical marijuana cooperative that was shut down by city officials last September, has filed what is known as a claim against the city.
A claim is usually a precursor to the filing of a lawsuit and must be filed within six months.
G3 was closed down on September 17, 2010.
The claim, obtained by InlandPolitics.com, alleges Pomierski demanded money from G3 in exchange for obtaining a “tolling agreement” from the city. The agreement was going to allow the co-op to continue operating through the November 2010 city council election.
The claim says Pomierski was paid $10,000, even though he demanded $20,000.
Upland businessman John Hennes, owner of JH Builders, is listed as the intermediary between representatives of G3 and Pomierski.
In the claim, which is seeking unspecified damages, Sandusky says he has been cooperating with federal authorities.
InlandPolitics will post and update later this evening.
Developing…..
Nice work guys!
Nice. So I wonder if Willis was funneled any of that 10K for his cut. Wish there was a way to show these other councilmen and the rest of his circle of “friends” *cough* (Ken Willis) * cough* were part of the scam. They campaigned together two years ago. As I remember Pomerski paid for the bulk of the campaign spending and almost all of his press included Willis. Hmmmmm. Gotta be a connection there. He (Pomerski) got illegal political donations and I’ll be damned if they didn’t win. And soundly. Someone made out. * cough* Ken
I’m suspicious. Why didn’t this come out sooner?
Why is a Morgage Broker from Rancho trying to sell pot in Upland?
Ken Willis is about as straight a shooter as there is. I cannot conceive of him taking a bribe or kickback of any sort.
GMAFM: Suspicious? You must not be familiar with San Bernardino County politics. It’s called “fear” or, unfortunately, “doing business” in SBC not “suspicious”. Thank you FBI, good work, but don’t turn a blind eye on Ramos.
Dirty politics from those you upset…
Government resources are limited so someone call it in…
This gives a new meaning to the Green Economy in Upland, aye JP? Hey FEDS, same kind of scam, different city. You guys need to pay a little visit to Redlands, the former Mayor of ERSIville Harrison has the COMPASS BLUEPRINT to save our plant from the deadly “climate change”, it’s been SanBAG approved,right Jon? You just can’t keep away from using your employer to your advantage, first there was the free give away of NY Street @ ESRIville, where you stayed on the dais the whole time. And then there’s the Climate Action Task Force, so the final product was worth a cool $250K but again, YOUR EMPLOYER did it for us for FREE. Sure there are some serious strings attached for the public, kind of like the bias that PonTell’s County vision is going to portray about the Building Industry of America (BIA) giving Ovitt/Devilreaux/Wapner/Harrison/PonTell/Ty @ SanBAG a cool $50K to GET IT RIGHT (JP we miss u @ SanBAG, love BB&K)
Maybe they should look into the Fire Chief and the practices of the Fire Department. Sounds like the whole town has problems. I found this on another blog.
Mayor of Upland, Upland City Manager, Upland Police Chief and Upland Fire Chief. What do these four have in common? All four ran the City of Upland, together. 3 out of the 4 are gone. Now the fourth needs to go. Let’s review.
1. Intentional misutilization/misuse of the Ladder Truck, by the Fire Chief, placing at risk ¼ of the City of Upland. The entire northeast portion of Upland is open to a very serious fire risk due to the intentional misutilization of the Upland Ladder Truck as the only primary first response piece of equipment ran out of Station #164. The Ladder Truck has no water pump and no water tank, two items that are mandatory for an initial fire attack.
2. Fire Station #164 – Extreme excessiveness, abundance and wastefulness.
3. Inflated and possibly fraudulent numbers used for the Fire Department fee resolution, currently in front of the City Council, that was supposed to be for “skilled nursing facilities”. But also sneaking in “vehicle fire” fee, “vehicle extrication” fee, both of which are already funded by the normal tax base for basic fire protection services provided.
4. Type IV fire engine purchased with Upland redevelopment fees. Why? No manpower to man this piece of equipment. Just sits not being employed. Why are the streets of Upland all of a sudden to small for regular sized fire engines? The size of the streets hasn’t changed for 75 years and the size of the Upland Fire Engines haven’t changed for 25 years. Has the community been at risk for over 25 years because, of the so-called, small streets. I don’t think so. More wasteful spending.
5. Upland Command Vehicle – Another very expensive piece of equipment that just sits not being utilized. How much? How much did Upland spend itself? Why? What is the need, during this extremely difficult time of budget constraints?
6. Battalion Chief Vehicle – Perfect example of reckless spending. What was the total cost? Just compare the Upland Battalion Chief’s vehicle with surrounding community’s similar vehicles.
7. Air Medical Helicopter – Why? Why a fire department of four fire stations with an air medical helicopter? If it was such a good idea, don’t you think all of the fire departments would be doing it? No cost helicopter? Truthfully how no cost is it? The City of Upland is self-insured, what if the unthinkable were to occur of a helicopter going down? Who would pay? The helicopter has “Upland Fire Department” stenciled on both sides. I don’t know the facts, so I can not criticize too much, but I do know this doesn’t seem right. The Upland Helicopter Program. The Fire Chief came from California City and started the same type of program, but after he left, the program was ended by California City Officials.
8. Also just found this information out yesterday. The Upland Deputy Fire Marshal of 8 years was wrongfully terminated by the Fire Chief over a year ago. Supposedly, this guy was one of the best employees of the Fire Department. Firefighter of the Year for 2007, Upland City Employee of the Quarter in 2009. Over 25 years in the fire service and decorated retired military. From what I hear from the fire fighters, he was the only one that knew what he was doing in the Fire Prevention Bureau. You might want to look into why this guy was terminated by the Fire Chief? I don’t know the whole story, but I do understand that the action taken was wrong and unjustified.
The Upland Fire Chief has continually put at risk the City of Upland due to his incessant deceit of other public officials and the community. Once again, if only the public new of the senseless, unwise and foolish risks that the Fire Chief has positioned the Upland community to endure. I have not said anything about getting rid of the Upland Fire Chief until now. The Upland Fire Chief appears to be grossly mismanaging city funds and city personnel. Unacceptable to the Citizens of Upland. Time for this guy to go also!!
Nice touch by J.P. Pomierski to throw his friend John Hennes under the bus. FBI delivering the goods… tic, tic, tic…
How many people did you REALLY ripoff J.P.?
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