Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 09/17/2011 08:45:23 PM PDT
Special Section: SB County Watch
FBI and IRS involvement in the biggest county corruption scandal in history is serious, far-reaching and unusual, say two legal experts and a former San Bernardino County District Attorney.
The two federal agencies served nine search warrants Thursday at homes and offices in San Bernardino and Riverside counties in connection with their investigation into the $102 million legal settlement between Rancho Cucamonga developer Colonies Partners LP and San Bernardino County in 2006.
Judging from the number of resources pulled to serve the search warrants, the federal case appears to be a top priority for the FBI and IRS, said Laurie Levenson, a Loyola Law School professor and former federal prosecutor.
“I expect there will be an extensive (federal) grand jury investigation,” she said.
She said federal officials also could be using possible tax charges to follow the money and put together a fraud case. Tax charges, she said, give federal officials a longer statute of limitations.
“Also, it is fairly clear that the feds feel like the state didn’t have the right statutes to deal with the case,” Levenson said. “Instead of arguing bribery and conflict of interest, the feds can investigate tax charges, conspiracies and schemes to defraud. The state case can still lumber on, but the feds are going to do their own investigation.”
For federal officials to bring a tax case, there has to be an exhaustive search for records, especially if they are using “net worth” theories that look at sources of all income for the suspects, Levenson said.
The San Bernardino District Attorney’s and state Attorney General’s offices, in a joint prosecution, have charged Colonies co-managing partner Jeff Burum and three former county officials in a sweeping conspiracy and bribery case related to the settlement.
The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office will participate in the state’s case as part of the San Bernardino County Joint Corruption Task Force despite the separate federal probe now under way, said Christopher Lee, spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office.
“We can say that the Task Force is active and ongoing, and that we enjoy a strong relationship with our partners,” Lee said.
He said he could not disclose the federal agencies’ role in the state’s case and how it differs from the separate federal investigation.
“Such conversations would lead to the investigative structure of our team, and we feel that such law enforcement information should be closely held,” Lee said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Widman, who co-authored affidavits for the search warrants served by roughly 100 FBI and IRS agents throughout San Bernardino and Riverside counties on Thursday, also declined Friday to discuss the nature of the federal investigation.
“It’s certainly unusual. Whenever there’s an ongoing state prosecution, the U.S. Attorney and the FBI normally don’t get involved,” says former San Bernardino County District Attorney Dennis Stout.
In the broadest sense, the FBI could be building a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case against their targets, said Levenson. In order to do that, they would need to prove a continuing pattern of conspiracy.
“It would be a RICO case if you had multiple cases of bribery, extortion and conspiracy. If this wasn’t a one-time shot – if there was continuing racketeering activity – then they would consider a RICO charge,” she said.
Jessica Levinson, a professor of law at Loyola Law School and no relation to Levenson, said that the federal government anteing up in the Colonies case means something even more far-reaching and serious is at play.
She couldn’t say whether the targets of the federal probe could face charges with greater penalties than those in the state’s case.
“That totally depends on what they’re charged under, and what and if they’re convicted of, and which judge sentences them,” Levinson said.
She said RICO cases typically apply to organized crime and criminal street gangs, and she isn’t aware of any RICO cases that involved government corruption.
“But that doesn’t mean it’s never happened,” she said.
Former Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Postmus and former Rancho Cucamonga City Councilman Rex Gutierrez already have been convicted of conspiracy charges in the Colonies case and a scandal at the Assessor’s Office, cases in which Burum is alleged to have played an instrumental role.
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You can always tell when a reporter is lazy: they call Laurie Levenson,”former federal prosecutor” for comment. She doesnt know anything about the case she is talking about mind you, she just opens her big yap because shes a publicity hungry professor who desires to be relevant. Thats why she volunteered to put her phone number on every reporters rolodex. Call me, she says, Ill comment on anything. And since reporters are basically lazy, guess what, they do.
So how about a reporter describing Laurie Levensons career as a federal prosecutor. How long was she a prosecutor,and what heavy duty federal criminal cases did she prosecute? And if she’s such a big shot former federal lawyer how come shes teaching?
Lets have some truth in advertising Joe Nelson, huh?
Joe is just doing what the Editorial Board at The Sun allow as politically correct. Surprised they even let Joe put the terms “Federal Grand Jury” and “RICO lawsuit” in the same article. Way to go Joe!
Now who would you figure sits on The Sun’s Editorial Board, and has for many, many years (and with the sister ONT Daily BS), that’s right, it’s none other than San Bernardino County’s Devil of a CEO, Gregory “Peckory” Devilreaux thats been KEEPING A LID ON THINGS.
And during the County’s Visioning project, Supervisor Gary “Oh, not me” Ovitt has the gall to suggest that the real problem with the local media not reporting all the stories and “holding the politician’s feet to the fire” is that they aren’t locally owned, and this contributed to our BAD REPUTATION in the IE (bunch of crack-heads?!) Like the Devil controlling The Sun/ IE Daily BS/ Redlands Daily Fiction (maybe soon to be Facts) isn’t enough Gary, lets hear about the LA Judges that you have on the take instead, I really want to know why they owe you so many favors (like with Traci and ET “The Clown”).
It will be proven>>>>>>KARMA IS A BITCH<<<<<<<and her name is Sharon Gilbert (another name to add to the RICO list (but on which side, 'cause she's always playin' both).
A little hint for the federal investigators, the whole Colonies debacle gets back to a close CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, and Ms.Sharon, you are clearly on the inside of that circle. Hang-on for dear Life (u and Mikey together, and don't let me forget about Bill and Jim too, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…)
It's hard to loose the stigma of being a corrupt County official/ employee when U ARE 1 2, but it must be hard to change when you've learned from the masters-o-corruption, aka your (or our) County bosses.
Jim Erwin runs this site and I run iePolitics.
billyjackattack: Inland Politics actually posts real stories and truthful stories. Jim also post all commits and not just ones he wants to post. He doesn’t put up gossip or lies about people. Even when the commits are against him he still puts them up. He also doesn’t share personal information that can put people in danger. He also has a full grasp of reality.
Sharon: Go back to your so called site Sharon ie aka nutjob.com you don’t run anything other than your mouth! Like all the lies and innuendo’s you make about me. The truth is something you can’t seem to handle. You claim I gave you antisimatic matterial which is a lie.
Sorry I wasn’t done. You claim that i am several people which I always post under my name. And another thing you stopped me from blogging on your site not because I’m crazy because we both know that’s your job. You stopped me from committing because your a county employee and you don’t want the truth to be told. Your blog is not for the little people. It’s for the people with only one view yours! Get a life Sharon go back over where you belong and leave those of us that actually live in reality alone! YOu owe me and many other people big apologizes and you know it!
billyjackattack: No Sharon runs ie politics. It is used for the soul purpose of smearing people, gossip and to mislead people. She has her own agenda and nothing more. Inland Politics actually is a very good source of what is politically happening within our county. Even though Erwin has a lot of legal issues right now he is very fair about what he posts. The only person Sharon actually defends on a regular basis is her friend Bill Postmus which I am sure you know who that is. When I first started having serious problems with the corruption within the county I went to her for help. Instead of helping she posted a bunch of lies about me,gave out my personal private information and continued to harass me on her site to make my life a living hell. Her site is set up as a smoke screen to confuse and delude people and nothing more. If you want correct and fair information Erwin’s site aka Inland Politics is the best one to get it from. At least you know what your getting here is unbiased and has legitimate merit to it’s context.
Plausible deniability is the biggest problem I have with DA Mikey, his Public Integrity, or Incompetency Unit (PIU), as I refer to it, is a “black-hole”, because legitimate “citizen complaints” GO IN , but never COME OUT.
This concept is at the root of the politicization of the workplace at SB County Government Center with the politicians, the administrative bureaucrats and employees unions/ associations SBPEA and SEBA being willful participants as the conduits for political contributions, using their Political Action Committees (PAC).
The Devil is the master as he has manipulated City Councils in Fontucky and Ontario, and now he holds Josie and the Pussycats in the palm of his evil clutches. Right before he left ONT he directed Mayor/Pastor Paul “Admitted Adulterer (AA)” Leon to ignore a public speaker and vote to approve a Council hearing item, all because the Devil didn’t want them to know about it… yep that old plausible deniability or “the politics of government” rears its ugly head (again).
Former County Counselor Ruth Stringer had another name for it, that’s the “deliberative process”, where public officials (including DA Mikey, I assume) are given special privilege to deliberate amongst themselves, and after consultation with staff, exactly how and to what degree they will violate your individual civil rights.
billyjackattack: In response to number #9 That was very nicely stated and fair.
… and after consultation with staff, DETERMINE exactly how and to what degree they will violate your civil AND HUMAN rights.
Little Stevie Wonder: You are 100 percent right. Now the question that is the biggest one is at what point does it become important to protect the tax payers and when will they actually spare us from the costs.
Traci, why did Sharon setting the record straight regarding the ownership of the two sites turn into a vitriolic attack on her?
She made no comment regarding the article.
It has always interested me that so many commentators on these sites stray from the topic into personal attacks on those they don’t agree with. I suspect that it has a lot to do with both a lack of focus and an inability to present a coherent defense of their position.
I certainly do not always agree with Sharon including some of the issues she focuses on, but feel that I need to remind you that years before Jim Irwin began his crusade, much of which was initially focused on garnering support to fight his indictment, Sharon was fighting on behalf of the common County employee at great personal cost to herself.
I suspect that she has called you out regarding some of the wild and unfounded statements and accusations that you appear prone to make, hence your irrational rant against her.
Traci, stick to the facts and try, as hard as it may be for you, to remain focused
BillyJackattack; Ask who pays for the site ?
This is Jim Erwin’s site, we ASSUME he is paying the bills to keep it going.
Traci with all due respect, Sharon’s knowledge of the inner workings of the County clearly exceed many of the bloggers on either of these websites. Just like Erwins working knowledge of the County, it exceeds many. Both administrators have an agenda.
Followed by many employees who have paid attention. Her sources of information are no more or less accurate than Jim’s, they both have them and those informants have their agenda’s good or bad.
Erwin has been attacked by many and retaliated against for this blog just as Sharon has. And as Hank indicated LONG before Erwins blog came about. THOSE are facts, feel free to dispute them.
If you wish to be more specific on your allegations as to what gossip is then by all means fire away. YOUR general commentary sounds like someone throwing darts at an unknown subject matter. If you wish to debate Sharon or Erwin, just have your ducks in a row, neither just woke up yesterday.
OKAY you two had a falling out, I don’t agree with her philsophy on several issues, nor do I with Erwin. They run their websites as they choose to.
Sharon chooses to get down in the mud a little deeper than Erwin does, that’s fine with me, I am sure many others feel the same way.
And in closing, both YOU, Stevie, and Erwin were long time posters there, now for whatever reason you aren’t. I heard the reasons, but it’s not important to gossip about that. I could give a crap in reality.
Let’s keep focused on the issues at hand. But if you want to sling the shit, I enjoy a good fight like anyone else. I am sure you know that already.
Word was from the get-go, that Burum paid for the site !
See that’s the problem, Sharon can sling her shit when ever she wants. Its impossible for anyone to defend themselves if the Administrator/ Moderator disallows their comments.
Karma, baby, what goes around, comes around, is where this discussion should end-up, and maybe she doesn’t really understand that concept working for the dysfunctional and non-accountable County organization all these years.
That’s what’s so exciting for ACT (and ACU too, I bet) is now THERE IS A FRESH SET OF EYES (THE F-B-I’s- get it?) on the corrupt County operation that shouldn’t necessarily be biased by the loco-al politicians & politicos.
Fed-up, I heard that too, but I believe it was Sharon that accepted money from Burum to keep iePolitics going (and maybe a house paid for by Dino?) She’s hooked-in with them and Erwin through the GOP (of course)… (and the partisan political beat goes on)… DON’T SEE ANY BIAS/ CONFLICT SITUATION HERE… (remember though, I’m a blind wonderer).
billyjackattack: I think Erwin pays for Inland Politics site. I could be wrong. I’m not really sure.
Hank: I am not personally attacking anyone. Sharon turned her site into a free for all attack against me for several months for no reason other than I exposed information she was not ready to have out yet. In my opinion by the way Sharon treats people that makes her as bad if not worse than the people she is suppose to be fighting against. When she attacked me she did not do so against the corruption in the county she made an attack the public as that’s what I am a member of the public. That is fact! Then like a coward she blocked me and a few others from being able to defend our self’s from her false accusations she posted all over her blog. She insinuated that I was a criminal which is completely untrue She also caused a serious safety problem for my children and myself by displaying personal private information she had no business sharing! Knowing that because of some of the sensitive information I found out I was having people coming to my home threatening to burn it down, and sitting at the end of my drive way for days on end. Just because she doesn’t like something someone says chooses to refer to people as being foil heads, or crazy when she had the documentation proving the facts that were given to her she just chose to hide them instead like a good little county employee. So I wonder what the agenda was for doing that? When they were indeed facts. You want proof go through her posting and look for yourself. That is also why I filed a complaint against her with the internet crimes unit because she refused to do a retraction, or to even remove them off her blog. Like a decent person would have done! This was so unnecessary, and damaging in the lies she had posted about me! And to this day she has yet to even apologize for the repercussions this had on me and my kids. For the record I am not a Tea Party member, I am not a part of any group other than ACT and I do not have any right wing views on anything. It is one thing to mess with me but when you mess with my kids it’s on! That’s why I also continue to fight the County and will continue to do so until they make us whole again, and there is reform for our small businesses and the stealing of tax payers money stops!
AntiCorruptionUnit: I do not have a beef with you. How ever I think that sometimes it is forgotten that not only county employees are effected by retaliation, harassment, torture by the action of our corrupt leaders and county employees. They effect our taxes, they effect the ability for people to obtain jobs, the cost unnecessary money to all of us, they also effect the ability for many of us to live a normal life without doing so in fear. I know that I am very opinionated, loud and sometime obnoxious, and even been refereed to as being a b**ch but that does not make me wrong. It also does not take away the value of what I have to say. Something has got to give in our Counties Government for the well being of all residents and employees alike.
As far as to what I put out there is always based on facts found through research and hours of digging and records request. I never share anything that I don’t have every detailed documentation to support everything that get’s posted! Just because I do not broad cast what I do or do the whole look at me song and dance does not mean that I do not take actions against the illegal actions taking place in our County. Unlike others I do not have any agenda other than to make a positive difference for me and my kids and other people. I also always give the necessary links to verify things I say and I am entitled to have what ever opinion I choose to have. I don’t always agree with your opinion however I respect your opinion and don’t feel it’s to much to ask for you to do the same. As far as the gossip goes if your unable to tell the difference then I am sorry hear that. I also agree with you that both Sharon and Jim have their own agendas as to what they post on their own blogs. But in my opinion I have found by looking the information up that comes out on both blogs that Jim’s seems to be more accurate, sometimes very one sided but still accurate. It’s not full of he said, she said, they said or some source said. As far as your other commit about throwing darts at anyone I am not. Just simply giving my opinion. I was asked a question and answered it. I have been fighting corruption for over three years now and have a lot of knowledge as to what is going on, whom is involved and why it’s taking place. I could care less about how much time someone worked for the County! That does not make them an expert. I also must say that I have every right to be pissed and to make what ever statement I want to make as I have lost everything I own because of the corruption in this County, and the inability of County employees to do their jobs! I was the wrong business owner for the County to screw over. I will continue to fight for the rights of others and I don’t care who likes it and who doesn’t like it. I also choose to use my own name at all times so there’s no question as to where the information came from. There are times that I have been wrong and I make every attempt to to both apologize for my mistakes as well as to correct it when I am wrong. No one is perfect! As far as the A.G., FBI and IRS involvement into this at this point I do have a part in that to. I am not allowed to discuss the specifics but I did I provide several detailed and huge amounts of evidence compiled into several local and federal complaints that have gone to all appropriate departments and agencies. And yes I talk to people at these agencies on a regular basis. Weather you believe it or not I have been in contact with several federal agencies and persons that are conducting a few investigations right now and it’s not just for the Colonies Partner settlement, that is actually a small part of a very large pie! What people also do not get is that there are logs for everything that goes on within the County. Just so you also know just because something is uncommon doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen or that it can’t happen. I will share that information with you as soon as I am allowed to discuss it. I wish you well.. Most of us are fighting the good fight and that is awesome! If more people would start standing up for what is right and just this County would be in much better shape then it is in right now.
Traci tell us how the county destroyed your business. Give us all the facts.
I thought I just Erwin’s computer being put in the back of an FBI vehicle. He must be updating this site from his mobile phone.
Just wait until the FBI reads the comments on this site.Maybe they will post updates on the investigation for us. That would be nice.
Were Broke: Case Number CV1007752. That is my federal RICO lawsuit. Feel free look it up. Bottom line is the County ruined my company removed everything my children and myself owned without just cause or reason,left us completely penniless for a dept my company nor myself owed. This caused me to have to close up shop and unable to bank for seven years. All my hard work went down the drain. Then as usual they tried to cover it up. When that didn’t work they tried to destroy evidence. When that didn’t work the harassment, retaliations and torture began and still continues. Those are the fact’s. Put as short and simply as I can.
Well said Tracy for the most part. Yep your right about the retaliation stuff, citizens suffer from it quite often.
Your 3 years of fighting these issues are noteworthy, but to say a County employee who is or has been fighting it or exposed to it for 20 or more years is no expert, all I can say is your BADLY mistaken.
But none the less, thanks for the reply.
AntiCorruptionUnit: I meant no disrespect by any means on the expert comment I made. I am simply stating that it doesn’t matter whom is a target weather it is a member of the public or a county employee we all have thing to offer and just because I am not a County employee doesn’t mean that I am not knowledgeable as to how the County plays their evil games. I also feel bad for anyone that has been hurt by the ill doings of the upper County management and elected officials. If i offended anyone by the way I worded that then I am very sorry. That was not my intention. Thanks right back to you for your fair and objective input!
Traci…I read a little about your case at meetup. Were taking $2k here? A business account that was not actually an account with your appliance repair name on it? You never took your ex off the account. More like a joint personal account you also did appliance repair through.
$2k to your name is all you had? Appliance repair more like a hobby?
I can see how this may have put you in a spot financially but come on, you were scraping by as it was and didn’t cross your T’s let alone dot your I’s. What if the economy slowed and you had a couple rough months? Oh wait it did slow.
You got your money back, any levy you can fight, thats the system.
1st business rule, don’t go into business under capitalized, shit happens. $100k in damages? Joking right
billyjackattack: You are right. We are all in this together. I never say no to help when it is honestly offered, just as I never refuse to help anyone that comes forward needing help. The more people that educated themselves the better. I will get together and share some of the insightful websites if you want to take a look at them if you would like. There is a lot of documented information out there if your interested in reading about it. Some of this goes all the back to the 1980′s. The saddest thing I have found is that when our small businesses have problems they have absolutely no where to turn. There’s not agencies set up or designed to assist small businesses so when they loose everything there’s no help from the welfare department, or from unemployment, or fund set up to help get you back on track or even legal help because you can’t pay the retainer to have them represent you and you find yourself in a no win situation. With no one to turn to and no one to help you in any way. Not even with food. Now that is sad! That is why I am doing what I can to help where I can help. A wise person told me about a year and a half ago that when you learn something you have an obligation to teach others and to assist them even if you weren’t. So you see I have to pay it forward to help the next person. Let me know what you want to look at and I’ll help the best way that I can.
Were Broke: The original levy was a little over 2k but there was three more after that ended up making it thousands of dollars. Second of all it was a “Business Account” smart guy and not a “personal account”. And Third of all my ex had nothing to do with my business account so get your facts straight before coming off sounding completely ignorant. The fact of the mater is that it was my Business Account and not my ex’s and I’m not responsible nor was I responsible for that levy or any of the other levies that were associated with his debt for his child that is not my child! I had to fight for several months in court to get the initial levy back and never got over drawn fee’s, bounced check fess or the amount of money back it cost me to close up shop and fight so don’t try to sound so smart on something you know nothing about! Also you have no clue what my finances were or how much money I was making monthly!So you have no right to even attempt to bring that up. You are clueless!!!! I feel for you. If you only knew the whole story you would have a completely different view. Although I do thank you for at least attempting to have a clue.
billyjackattack: My email address is tdean485@gmail.com
feel free to email me any time.
2k is thousands, happened 3 more times? You didn’t learn the first time to take your money out or not put more in? Not real saavy eh.
I notice you don’t offer how big this business was or how much these 3 other levies were.
Sounds like you are making excuses for a failed business and marriage. Not so easy out there without a man around eh?
I have Pacer so I could look the case up if I was willing to pay. But it’s not in the budget atm, I have to know my limitations.
“However, Dean told the Sentinel that her former husband’s name was still on the business bank account even though they had been divorced. Dean explained that in order to remove his name from the account the account would have to have been closed.”
OMG…Act of Congress to open a new account eh? In other words, they had every right to take the money until “YOU” proved it wasn’t your ex husbands money. Get a grip girl, quit looking for a fall guy.
We’re broke, trust me. You don’t want to hear the whole story because it gets more bizarre by the moment. BTW Traci, I received four “confidential” calls today from county offices, and they all came from 760 843-1799. I guess Brad has my phone lines tapped too because he really has nothing better to do. Oh yeah, and the CIA as well as International Peace Keepers are en route as we speak to counsel me because you’ve been stalked due to me posting your bizarre email making demands under laws that don’t exist. Get a life Traci and take Steve and the rest of your Jew-hating friends with you. Oh and Traci, I will start scanning in and posting some of the crap you gave me so everyone can see that I could not begin to make this stuff up. We’re broke, save yourself the grief. From what I understand from my BOS contacts, Traci’s federal lawsuit is as bizarre as she is.
Were Broke : Use your name or are your such a chicken…. You need to Get a gip and get a life…. “Theft is theft is theft.” It was theft from me and my children! California law clearly states that even if I had not been divorced dummy they can’t attach the spouses/or ex spouses income or anything that is attached to anyone other then the one that owes the actual child support! And again miss smarty pant’s it was a “Business Account and not a “personal account” So it didn’t matter if the president of the united states name was on it as a “Business Account was untouchable!” Just for the record at one point he was a signer not listed as the account holder and that was taken away prior to us going our separate ways. The person in question was a County employees and was not even on wage assignment! If they don’t hold him responsible they can’t anybody else responsible. Again county employees not being held responsible by the county for their responsibilities go figure. And how does that justify taking my way to support my kids away? And how does that justify the county wrongfully taking my money. It doesn’t! There is no fall guy! It was created and carried out wrongfully and unjustly by the County! The County Caused damages with their error, and then the county continuing to brake the law against my kids and myself and the County is responsible for making things right, for fixing the errors in their departments to keep this from happening to other small business owners, for the hardship they caused me and my children, fix my ability to do banking, the debt they caused me, the lost of my belongings, the time I lost to earn money, the damage to my good name, and the suffering this has caused us. So until you walk a mile in other peoples shoes and actually get a clue I’d stop making unfounded assumptions and educate yourself on the laws and all relevant fact’s my friend. Which I have had to spend the last three years learning those things myself and I have done so nicely! Thank You. “Because I have legally won judgement against the County on those issues of law and the judgment in my favor states they did not have a legal right to take the monies from me and they did brake the law I am going to be receiving all those little things I just mentioned to you above that the County in a money award to me and my children.” So have a nice day. Now who looks like a dummy now? Oh that would be you….
So it just goes to show you “Were Broke” when you assume things like you just did you only make an ass out of your self! Just like when you only read what you want to read and not all of the fact’s. That whole gossip issue, half truths, and opinion instead of fact again has gotten you no where. I wish you the best….
Sharon: You are the meaning of the word crazy. I don’t hate anyone because of their religion or their race that is just something you Sharon made up it. May be it’s the med’s your taking who knows. You continue to call me a racist, bigot, anti somatic and that is based on what fact? Because I have my own opinion other than yours? Again spreading lies and gossip that are completely untrue. “Also the only paper work I ever gave to you was pertaining to my case an nothing else!” Except what you asked for on Steve PonTell. So if your claiming I gave you anything else I’d make sure it was from me and not someone else that came to that meeting with us. So if your claiming that I gave you something that someones else gave you at that meeting then it would be that other person that gave it to you and not me. So if your going to hold me accountable for something you received from someone else as coming from me even though it I did not give it to you,then by the same standard I should presume that because your friends with Postmus that makes you a drug addict and guy right as well as being corrupt? As far as the illegal wire tapping it has been proven and as soon as I am allowed to share that information I will. If the FBI/A.G.’s office doesn’t do it for me first! I would rather be bizarre on any day then what you actually are are Ms. Gilbert. How’s your county employment going? According the the public records request I have received your still employed and being paid? How is that when you claim to no longer be working for the County? It’s about time you write another story about me because it’s the only time you actually get people to commit just make sure it is true and factual or I will filed all the appropriate complaints again.
Traci your welcome. No offense taken.
Sharon, would you please confirm or deny a rumor I heard, ARE YOU AND POSTMUS HAVING SEX?
As usual the original post seems to have been lost in a sea of unrelated comments.
Traci, while it appears the County has done you harm, I would suggest trying your case in the courts and not on this blog. You seem to get those issues mixed up with a lot of personal ones and irrelevant feelings towards others.
Little Stevie Wonder, you seem to delight in writing trash. The trashier the comment the more it seems to boost your low self esteem. Do comments like these regarding others make you feel more like a man, or is it simply a case of “monkey see monkey do”?
Srry fact check… I will not start a riot again. BUT in a way it is relevant to the issue. We have goobers slandering a whole lot of private and public persons without convictions or in many cases even allegations. It’s called questioning the slanders motive and mental capacity.
Ok back to my corner with my asshat
Fact Check?: My case is in the courts. Earlier in the ranting of post I was asked for facts I tried to keep it short and sweet and it turned into something completely different. Go figure. I’m not sure what Were Broke was trying to accomplish however I answered the best I could. Between the rants. I get that I’m not a favorite among a lot of people and that’s ok to. I’m a fighter and that will not change. I get attacked often not only for the commits I make, but because I have the whole don’t mess with me mind set. People don’t get the amount the of friends that I have made not at just County, but at State and Federal level to. It is not because I have money because I don’t. It’s because I continue to fight for the right’s of my kids, myself and others when they come to me for help. I don’t make false promises to help and then leave them hanging and I don’t ignore their pain and suffering when they have been neglected, harassed, tortured, or abused by the County!
* Administrator: I hope you don’t get mad at me for bringing a closer eye to what you published in your story and that I pasted a bit of it for people to pay attention to what is being said by the government not said by not being said.*
PLEASE NOTE TRYING TO GET BACK TO STORY HERE: LOL
What the missing part of this current story is that the latest FBI raids and the IRS poking their noses into all of this is not just for the current Colonies case. That is yet just a smoke screen. Does anyone really think that is the reason for the raids. NOPE! As I said earlier they are working on a few cases right now and not just the Colonies Cases. Pay close attention to the quoted text from the article:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Widman, who co-authored affidavits for the search warrants served by roughly 100 FBI and IRS agents throughout San Bernardino and Riverside counties on Thursday, also declined Friday to discuss the nature of the federal investigation.
“It’s certainly unusual. Whenever there’s an ongoing state prosecution, the U.S. Attorney and the FBI normally don’t get involved,” says former San Bernardino County District Attorney Dennis Stout.
In the broadest sense, the FBI could be building a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case against their targets, said Levenson. In order to do that, they would need to prove a continuing pattern of conspiracy.
“It would be a RICO case if you had multiple cases of bribery, extortion and conspiracy. If this wasn’t a one-time shot – if there was continuing racketeering activity – then they would consider a RICO charge,” she said.
Sorry that commit that was just posted was by me and not by what the hell. I didn’t realize a commit was made by someones else between my posts. sorry….
No, I’m nanu nanu from mork and mindy
Traci….what the fuck!…what the hell, were not stupid in here…you have to type a handle…into the proper box,as well as your email address into another box…to post…..ms dean,what is the TRUTH…are you posting under other handles…looks that way to me…and I have read your case info…as well as your posts…you screwed up by not doing basic no brainer divorce stuff…like getting your ex off of your accounts…so you work it girl…but take your off topic rants and your extra handles outta here….very uncool…not very truthful
billyjackattack: No I an not what the hell. That is my cousin. I’ve been sick and put on bed rest so I’m staying with family for the week. I had laid down to take a nap and didn’t realize that he had gotten on and made a post. Sorry about that. I will do a better job next time of checking to see that my name is being posted correctly with my statements. I always try to post only under my name and the reason that I do that is so that I don’t get accused being other people.
TruthseekerSBC: Are you truly that dumb. Anyone that posts anything on any of the blogs it saves your information…. including your logger name and your email. If you look at them you can see what the hell email is not my email. Nothing I have ever said is untruthful.
oh and commit #48 was not made by me. so who ever that was get a life and use your own damn name!
Fact Check?, inquiring minds want to know and Sharon… the Colonies mess sure isn’t about Traci Dean, as you apparently are trying to misdirect the discussion, it is about County officials and their “daddies” the Colonies Partners.
Check yourself again Bill, just ‘cuz you’ve resigned from County service and are “cooperating” with authorities and helping with DA Mikey’s cover-up, DOESN’T MAKE YOU ANY LESS GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE PUBLIC!
Traci
Is it true your sueing for $350,000? Did the Judge giggle? I know I did.
We’re Broke because of incompetent County employees, $350K is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage that u people have caused her.
Wonder man, I brought up the Traci thing because she would go into long mindless rants and I wanted to see what she was bitchin about. Take it easy, the case isn’t going anywhere based on blog posts, were just killing time.
Ms Dean…any other”cousins”posting in here?….fmi…are you a woman of color,another post,suggested that.
ADMINISTRATOR…Could you give ms dean,her own posted article.so she and her “cousins” can disscus her issues and rants without flaming these other imporant topics. “am I truly dumb?”….no just correct…your explaination as to the #45 post made no sense…how would I be privy to ‘your’ posting information?…
Yo Sharon, remember your blocking me from iePolitics and instead posting this e-mail of 2-11-11 to CEO Devilreaux? At the time, you referred to the communication as “over-the-top” , I think it was, or was it “bizarre”?
>>>KARMA TIME<<<<
Dear Mr. Devereaux (Greg): I have recently been contacted by Ms. Traci Dean and have come to understand that the County is apparently engaged in retaliatory actions against her by discontinuing her financial assistance, thereby placing her wellbeing and the wellbeing of her family in jeopardy. These actions involve the cutting of her financial assistance and coincide directly with her bringing the contractual shortcomings of the Steve PonTell/ La Jolla Institute County visioning project to the attention of the Board of Supervisors. Ms. Dean engaged in her 1st Amendment Constitutional right to free speech during the public comment periods at recent Board meetings and over the internet via iePolitics.com.
My understanding is that Mr. PonTell recently contacted ie.Politics.com, and its administrator, Sharon Gilbert, in order to attempt to have a meeting with Ms. Dean, that would obviously be outside of the framework and scope of the County's contractual arrangement with Mr. PonTell. I believe this to be improper, unprofessional and potentially illegal conduct by Mr. PonTell, as clearly it is not activity that would fit within his scope of services, or duties and responsibilities of the contractor, especially when the same individual that he is pursuing is the one identifying inconsistencies between good business practices and this contractor's questionable business practices and on-going commitment with the County. I would hereby request that the County terminate its relationship with Mr. PonTell and the La Jolla Institute immediately, as it is quite clear that Mr. PonTell has breached the conditions and provisions of the services agreement with the County, to produce the Community Indicators Report (CIR) and Amendment no. 1 for the current visioning project.
I would very much appreciate your immediate attention to this matter, to see that Ms. Dean's aid be returned, and that she and her family be made whole, regarding this and the numerous County miscues involved with her previous business and continuing livelihood in San Bernardino County. I would appreciate an opportunity to meet with you, accompanied by Ms. Dean, if it would accelerate the re-initiation of her financial aid, and assist is reaching some type of resolution to these matters. If there are any questions about the contents of this correspondence, please call me for clarification at cell(909)xxx-xxxx. Thank you for your time and consideration with these difficult matters. Sincerely, Steve Rogers, Anti-Corruption Team (ACT) of San Bernardino County
TruthseekerSBC: I don’t know but I will ask and get back to you on it. It’s funny that you have nothing better to do then to pick on me. I’m flattered! How ever I’m not one of the corrupt politician that is braking the law, or stealing money from tax payers! Did I hurt your feelings? You poor thing you!!!! Oh and my nationality is first of all none of your business, and second of all is completely irrelevant! You have major issues!!!!!!
Were Broke: Actually my case is worth a lot more than that how ever that’s what the courts are for and not the blog. The only reason it was brought up to begin with is like most things that happen to everyone in our county both employee’s and the public a like in our County are done through corrupt and illegal means. The standard status quo is to deny, cover up, keep quiet and retaliate at what ever means necessary to get what they want! My case is no different in the sense that they tried to use any and all means to keep me and my case quiet. That has not happened nor will it ever happen!
Now back to business if you look at the original article that was posted on here you’ll see a statement made by former San Bernardino County District Attorney Dennis Stout to the effect of: “It’s certainly unusual. Whenever there’s an ongoing state prosecution, the U.S. Attorney and the FBI normally don’t get involved,”. Which is true. Many times they all have a very hard time playing nicely in the sand box together. They also do not like share the glory either. With what has happened in our County for several years is the blame game. At this time the D.A.’s office has made such a joke out of the high profile cases they are in charge of that big brother has to step in in order to save face. See everyone is fixated on the Colonies Case because the amount of money has been known for years now and the tax payers want accountability and want answers. They also want someone to pay for it other than us tax payers. How ever there are so many other criminal cases that are effected by some of the same players and some of the other criminal cases are some of the unknown players. By involving the IRS to the mix they will have a better way of connecting the money trails together and to start new criminal cases for those they choose to indict. By doing this even for those that have already made plea agreements for the current Colonies criminal cases The A.G., D.A. offices can then turn around and make new charges like RICO that those prior agreements will not help in keeping them from being charged/ indicted in that type of case. From day one in my opinion the D.A.’s office has tried very hard to make Mark Kirk the fall guy and I don’t think that is actually going to happen now. I believe before long we are going to see more indictments for new criminal cases for other crimes against the public and they will have little to nothing to do with the Colonies. I also in my opinion believe that Postmus is going to loose his plea agreement as not living up to the expectations of that agreement and will end up being indicted for other things he has taken part in along with Ovitt, Mitzelfelt, Derveraux, Biane, Richards, PonTell, O’Rielly, and some others.
TruthseekerSBC : Are you going to post anything about the article that was posted or waste space just committing about me?
Wonder man
I have my doubts about you, anyone who would support an on going effort to sue the county for such outrageous damages based on a $2k legal levy is kinda weird in my book.
Don’t be surprised if the Court tosses the case out at sometime and claims it to be without merit and possibly malicious charging Ms. Traci with enough legal fees and costs that BK’s her.
Were Broke: aka Sharon worshiper Do you have anything of value to actually say? As far as my case goes I am the victim not the corrupt county employee’s involved with my case so there’s nothing to charge me with as I am a law abiding citizen. And if your going to quote money the amount a little over 2k was the initial levy dummy not the whole amount! Are you actually going to have anything relevant to say about this article or are you just going to continue your whinnying and crying? I am not going to discuss my case any further with you as your not worthy to discuss it with your brain is to small to hold enough information to actually get it!
Little Stevie Wonder: Thanks for your post on #58. Sharon apparently isn’t done ranting under yet. Like we don’t know who she is.
Why?: I think it had to do with someones son if I remember right. I could be wrong. I think that AntiCorruptionUnit, or Little Stevie Wonder could answer that better than I can for you.
I think Traci proved one of the points I have made several times and that is she posts under numerous names, telling herself how beautiful she is, how smart she is, and that she should run for county supervisor.
Anyone who thinks that I am the one lying, I suggest you do a public records request on me that Traci claims she did. See what the real answer is.
And finally, she told me that her Federal lawsuit is for $600,000,000, not $350,000. I am not going to spend the money to look for myself, but either way, I’m sure the judge did scratch his head a time or two.
Dear Traci
As I said, I have access to Pacer which is a court document service. I paid the bucks to see what you are all about. You case # 2:10-CV-07752-UA(DutyX) was thrown out of court by the Judge on 11/19/10 as being, and I qoute “Legally and/or factually patently frivolous”.
Now anything else you care to speak about miss pro per who hand writes documents for the court? You couldn’t even state a cause of action. My dear that is basic law 101.
Quit misleading folks. You have no case, you never had a case, you lost your business well because, kinda obvious to us now.
Sharon give me some showtime would ya.
Were Broke: Your a joke and know absolutely nothing again about what your taking about because oblivious you failed to see it was refiled and Ovitt couldn’t get it thrown out this time! I haven’t mislead anyone! I will continue to fight as I have every right to do so! And you have no clue but I give you an B for effort! Do you actually think for one minute that I would give you or anybody else my actual active court case out over a blog? Or that I would voluntarily give the County another way to harass me unnecessarily? Wow you are way out there aren’t you! That explains your connection to ie. (CV-07752 was my original first filing. “Prior to me filing it as a RICO.”) Now let’s see how good you really are. Find the active one if your so smart it’s there!
So now Mr. Little Stevie Wonders reputation comes into play as he feeds off Miss Traci and her never got out of the blocks lawsuit.
Are you a deceptive guy stevie or just blind?
Oh so you admit your a liar Miss Traci.
I’m srry Miss Traci, the records show no current cases open for Mr. Ovitt. His 3 priors are all closed and long gone.
You will have to put up or shut up as your name shows nothing either.
I did see a criminal action still pending against a Traci, but who cares if that is you.
Were Broke: I do not lie. I just choose not to play games with people like you or Ms Gilbert. You asked for information about my case and I gave it to you. You never asked for current information now did you. When you act like a jerk you get treated like a jerk. Just because I choose not to participate in your unwarranted rant that means absolutely nothing and you think you know everything that you absolutely have no clue on is your fault and no one Else’s.
Traci,are the documents refiled,where? if so how can we confirm this?
That was pretty good Sharon, it’s good to see you haven’t lost your sense of humor.
On another thread, Little Stevie Wanderer seems to think I’m Bill Postmus. Maybe you should invite the Wanderer over instead so and address his obviously Oedipus complex.
“Were Broke: Case Number CV1007752. That is my federal RICO lawsuit. Feel free look it up.”
No Miss Traci you are a liar and I caught you in a lie. This case is not pending and it is not a RICO lawsuit by any stretch of the imagination. You do not have the brain power to write a complex complaint. There is no associated cases to the number I looked up or any with your name or Mr. Ovitts name.
Feel free to bulshi the less than average I.Q. base but stay away from me. I’m one of the best dicks around. Call me Big Dick.
Were broke,any truth to the “criminal” action….you refur to in #71? I would ask traci,but id just get called names,and no anwser to the question…
Were Broke: I didn’t say who was named in the law suit either. I said Ovitt couldn’t get it thrown out after I refiled it as a RICO suit. Ovitt hired an attorney by the name of House to represent him on the first suit. Which that suit was thrown out by a Judge in the L.A. federal court because I could not afford to pay the court costs but that was not where it was even filed to begin with. I also never stated what names were used in the filing of said suit on either side. Again you assumed. You really should stop doing that. And just because you assume something doesn’t make me a liar. It actually means that the one thing I have learned over the last three years is to never show all the cards in your hand or you get screwed every time! As far as the criminal case your referring to with the name Traci I can assure you that is not me as I have never committed any type of crime in my whole life. I have received a traffic ticket once but I paid it. I have nothing so there’s nothing to as you say :”You will have to put up or shut up.” Your the one that keep ranting here not me. A little compulsive you seem to be.
Your a deceptive women Miss Traci, sorry everyone see that now.
TruthseekerSBC: No the Traci refereed to in #71 is not me sorry to disappoint you.
Truth what I saw was an active case from 2000, petty stuff, didn’t open the file, don’t know and don’t care if it is our Miss Traci.
All I was trying to do is confirm or deny some posts here and there, about foil heads. I think I got my confirmation.
Carry on.
Traci; I did my homework on that business owner who you say was wrongfully land locked off their property by the water company, and they need access to their property to clear it. The reason they were locked off is because it wasn’t their land they were using to enter. They were trespassing. What kind of business are they in ???
Traci are you black?…a.simple question..
Were Broke: I am not deceptive women. I just don’t put up with people treating me badly in any manor. I am a women that has had to endure a lot of unnecessary crap for over three years and I have learned to keep my guard up and to be ready to come out swinging when necessary. I have had to justify my life for no reason other then I continue to breathe when I needed help there was never any available so I did the need research to help my self. There aren’t any other cases like mine. It is quit different than most. Considering that I have never been to law school and that everything I have done has been by trail and error I hope that someday it will be able to help someone else. I am a very honest person that try’s to do right by the people that I meet and I would do anything in the world to help anyone that needed. How dare you judge me when you don’t know the first thing about me, who I am or where I come from! You went off because I said something about one of your friends that you did not like. If I offended you then I am sorry! Everything I said about Sharon is the truth! Like I said a lot of people don’t like me because I say what I think.
From 2000…..so then nothing germain to traci’s current issues….so you’ll lie to make your point,or take a jab at traci….and we in here are to think of you and your information as credible….just saying
Still Fed Up: Please help me out here. How can they be trespassing if they own the property? They are tree removers and trimmers I believe that’s what they actually do as their business. The access to their property is a public easement and from what I understand is that the water company bought that easement access from a private property owner that didn’t have the right to sell the easement as from what I found shows that it is actually owned by the department of forestry.
TruthseekerSBC: Yes the documents refiled. They can be found at the court house and I am tired of always being the one that get’s gabbed at just for fun. I try to help people where I can just as the people from Act try to do. I am not African American. referring to someone as black is wrong, I am asking you nicely not to do that.
Were Broke: The original case I filed was a civil suit and the second one I filed that is active and on going is a RICO case. I did post that the original case was my RICO case. Sorry about that. That was incorrect information. The RICO came later. The case I gave you was from my first filing so you could get an understanding as to my situation no matter the only reason you wanted it anyways was to bash me so I guess the error on my part was good and if I actually had any intention of sharing that I don’t anymore. It makes me sick that people are so quick to call people liars and cheats but know actually nothing about them. Here I give you permission to see a little bit of life a member of the public and how the corruptions and evil deeds of government officials hurts us to and it becomes a free for all target practice. Oh because I don’t care for Sharon and give my opinion? Those of you participating in this should be ashamed of yourself. That doesn’t make me a liar and it doesn’t take away any value from what I have to say. I do pretty good for someone that has gone through what I have gone through and during all of that taking place I also had two strokes and still fighting so for those of you that continue this nonsense it is very sad on your part, very very sad! Hay I don’t care what anybody’s iq is. I don’t care what color any one is or who is or is not a county employee or a member of the public, what I care about is helping people, making a difference, and fighting corruption. See the difference between Sharon and me is I am not vindictive and I don’t use things against people to get what I want and I don’t set out to purposefully hurt anyone. I have the records request is Mr. Erwin want’s to email me I will gladly send them his way.
Truth, no Traci is not Black.
Here’s Traci: http://youtu.be/GCbODYxi8cc
Why, to answer your question, it may have something to do with the fact that Mr. Burum has a locker on the north wall of the business. A bunch of the Redhill CC crowd also have lockers at the saloon. I think he may also be a part owner of the two connected bars. The food ain’t bad if you can stomach seeing the “power brokers” come and go. It is obvious they were all nerds in HS and now enjoy being the cool crowd.
PS You may run into Jim Erwin there as he waits for Mr. Burum so they can smoke cigars on the patio and talk about sharing a jail cell!
ATTENTION TRACY! REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO NUTBLOG. COM. TAKE CRAZYONE WITH YOU.
Traci…as I said,another post,implied that,I did not see that as important to your issuse…i asked just for my own clairification.
Derry’s birdy: I don’t know what you mean by e-verified? can you give me a little more than that?
TruthseekerSBC: Erwin has the information to get in touch with me. If you are truly interested you may get in touch with me. As far as the rest goes it shall all play out very soon for all to see. I have tried to be fair and to take the stabs as they come but I can see that Sharon again is just playing her little games. And I won’t play then with her corrupt friends!
Ask the board of supervisors they will even tell anyone that asks that what happened to my company, my kids and to me was wrong and shouldn’t have happened!
For the record Were Broke: I wasn’t going to the County originally for millions of dollars! I went to them for the ten thousand thousand I was physically out because of their County error. That would have taken care of all out of pocket expenses to my company and not a penny more! I was looking for a hand out, charity, or sympathies I just want it fixed! I didn’t even go to them for damages…. I just wanted them to make things right as it was the Counties fault and that decision was rendered by a County Judge! I also wanted and still want them to work on accountability, and reform and I don’t believe that is wrong to ask of our County leaders either! So I would appreciate you stopping to try to make it sound as though I was trying to rip off the County, or the tax payers because that is not the case and never has been.
Hope your enjoy life now Mr. PonTell your day to answer to the FBI,IRS and A.G.’s office is coming soon. Until then I wish you only the very best……
Derry’s birdy: If this is who I think it is you have my number and if you give me a call tomorrow I’ll give you all of the specifics. I have verified that they are the rightful owners of the property, that all taxes are paid and there are no liens on the property, that they do own a business, the grant deed for one of the properties on the easement was paid by the water company in the amount of five thousand dollars for the easement, when I pulled the information up on the actual easement it shows ownership belonging to the department of forestry. The fish an games also from what I can see show on their own maps the same thing.A person from Act is also trying to help on this one to.
Traci; Before water co. bought said property, how did the small business owner enter their property ??
Still Fed Up: Through the public access road. the only other asses road to the property was closed a few years ago because of a flood that washed out a bridge that was near repaired. The only thing that the water company bought was the public easement from another property owner that block access to the physical property. The water company did not buy any part of the property it’s self that is owned by the small business owner.
>>>>ACT!San Bernardino County<<<< please pay special attention to Kelly Thomas arrest case. Unusual force and action was used at the Bo. of Super San Bdno for years, Bob Nelson, Jeff Wright, 2 yrs. of jail, Grace Lester dislocated shoulder and excess force on all. Jay Lindbergh beaten by S. B. police, Margie Mikels arrest & personal property taken & many more all under color of law and positions of power to take freedoms away from the people who are, were & will continue to protect private personal Rights to homes, life & limb. Provocation is all on film (Bob Nelson & Jeff). Medical records have been tampered with. District Attorney tampered with documents of arrest. Steve the turning point of all civil & criminal cases of the People are now having to go to Federal court and the Supreme Cts. where Supreme Ct. Justice Scalia & Clerk responded to my letters stating that the Supreme Courts are only there to protect the Rights of the People. Frontier of "Justice for All" finally has happend world wide. The global inns of Court must support these actions. Is there any way you can put this on facebook? This may also apply to unlawful search & seizures of homes by banks because 40 yr. mortgages are unlawful because they take up Half of expected life expectations to enslave.
Hey Josie, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO OUR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS to FREEDOM OF SPEECH?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FREE ET SNELL NOW<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Brandon Walsh: Good question. It seems that over local government has a lot of interests in the water companies. In first district Mitzefelt has used over a hundred thousand dollars of his discretionary fund to even let his field reps like Bob Smith to buy them. I don’t know if that’s the case with the water companies in the mountains yet. But what I do know is the County shouldn’t have any vested interest in any of the water companies aka C.S.D.’s.
Little Stevie Wonder: I agree with your statement for Josie. I am also sorry your taking slack for sticking up for me. For what ever it’s worth thank you!!!!! and commit #99 was awesomely put!!!!!!
Still Fed Up: Yes they did.
#99 is ACT’s “cousin” Gracie
lOOK AT THE CROOKED WATER DEPTS LIKE THE YUCAIPA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT. WHO IS ON THE BOARD? TWO gRANLUNDS, JUST LIKE bRETT. AND A BOGH. Paying lots of money to disgraced lobbyist DAVE ELLIS. Den of thieves. They refuse to publish their pay and benefits on their website. The FBI should raid them. They will find its City of Bell and Ratzo Rizzo all over again.
So Little Stevie Wanderer, are you ashamed to tell us you are a County Employee or not?
Little Stevie Wonder : lol thanks….
Steve Sanders,outsider, The County is being clever and using their field reps to buy up water companies turn them into C.S.D.’s have people like Ken Anderson a county employee, Bob Smith also a county employee to run them and then claim they have nothing to do with them. Oh I forgot to mention they are using our tax dollars to buy them to. When complaints come in the County Reps tell the public take it up with the water company. When the public takes it up with the water company they get no where other than to be harassed. Go figure.. It has corruption and money funnel written all over it!!! FBI needs to look at his situation to! They will find all kinds of things to charge the corruption with..
Andrea Zuckerman, no she doesn’t but Little Stevie Wonder does. Maybe your questions should be more appropriately directed.
Traci aka pinwheel Traci apparently has some sort of beef against Sharon.
Rumor has it Little Stevie Wonder aka The Blind Wanderer works for the Ministry of Misinformation. That could possibly place him in David Wert’s office on the fifth floor.
Andrea Zuckerman, have you been e-verified?
#104 outsider, is that the same Dave Ellis as in DA Mikey’s Political Consultant Dave Ellis?
# 104 & 113 – Lets not forget Dave Ellis and the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association (SBCERA) connection. Whops, I am sorry, he likes to be called David, not Dave. David Ellis.
Ellis has been involved with SBCERA along with Bret Granlund, and both have their hands in the TWO Billion dollar loss of the retirement funds.
Ellis owns the firms “Delta Partners” and “The David Ellis Group”. Delta Partners is a political consultant, whose clients include or have included; District Attorney Michael Ramos, Dick Larsen, San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, Yucaipa Valley Water, and Newport Beach-based, Inland Energy.
“Platinum Advisors” another group that has raped its clients, is owned by Lobbyist Darius Anderson, a player in Sacramento democratic circles. Anderson recently settled charges leveled against his “Gold Bridge Capital” operation stemming from the practice of steering public pension funds to investment managers.
Anderson paid $550,000 to the New York Attorney General without admitting liability. The State of California and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is still investigating Anderson.
Platinum’s main link to San Bernardino County is through former State Assemblyman Brett Granlund. Granlund has been employed by Platinum for more than ten years and his close friendship with Ramos, Ellis and Larsen is widely-known in the San Bernardino Valley.
Ealier this year, the Riverside Press Enterprise began snooping into the SBCERA operation. Under scrutiny is “no-bid” contracts and amendments the pension fund entered into with Orange County-based Delta Partners, LLC and Sacramento-based Platinum Advisors.
Platinum and Delta Partners have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments from SBCERA.
Little Stevie Wonder,I understand you would like to be my friend.Have you been e-verified?
[...] We are seeing the gradual decline of Dave Ellis’ baneful influence on the Board, as more and more members find themselves swayed by Nick Berardino’s combination of folksy reasonableness and relentless logic. It also doesn’t help that speakers like Sandy Genis, Theresa Sears, and Greg Ridge (who was unexpectedly invited to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance!) continue to take the stand to remind the rest of the Board of Dave’s countless misdeeds, as documented in my celebrated tome, as well as the ongoing multiple investigations into Dave’s misdeeds up in the Inland Empire. [...]
Now we say “Hello to Mr. RICO”… thanks to your friendly SBCo. Joint Corruption Task Force.
Ellis also advises SEBA on who they should donate to in the political arena. Something smells here?Dave who gets the money? Someone you represent?
SEBA run!!!
Yo’ Dave, isn’t it about time for another edition of the Law Enforcement News?
And you represent SEBA to boot!… how do you think that rank and file feel about SBSD brass pandering to the politicians in order to receive political favors?
Talking about SITT’IN ON THE FENCE, bet that you make DA Mikey real proud by providing you job security in SBCo., as long as he stays in office.
Is that a conflict for Dave Ellis to tell SEBA who to donate to? Is SEBA violating the law?
I hope sopmeone from SEBA will respond and say this is bull.
The SEBA Board is a joke, they probably feel important hanging out with that Orange County a**hole. They won’t respond, they are in his pocket, one can’t go against the puppet master after all. Of course it is a conflict, don’t expect much to change. It will be interesting to see who helps McMahon hang on to his office, Hoops’ handpicked successor and all had to have the blessings of Ellis. Will it be Ellis? It would be stupid because it would prove what many knew, that the appointment was rigged, but they know nobody is paying attention so it probably will be. And SEBA will give him money.
Come on SEBA man up. McMahon is a joke!!!
Did SEBA fire Dave Ellis? I heard that they did. We need to make sure, if this is true, that Ellis is not allowed back at SEBA.
If Ellis is gone then he left for some manipulative reason. Nobody currently at SEBA would have the balls to fire him.
I called over and I got no comment!