Derry
Saturday, January 21, 2012 – 06:15 p.m.
The highway funding arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation has cleared San Bernardino County Third District Supervisor Neil Derry to resume voting on federally-funded expenditures in his duties as an elected official.
The Federal Highway Administration gave Derry the green light effective Friday.
Derry lost his voting authority last year after he was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor for failing to properly report a single $5,000 campaign contribution.
The charges arose when Derry fell prey to San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos, who pushed a politically-motivated investigation of Derry to the state Attorney General’s office with a request that Derry be charged.
Former Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ramos friend, Gary Schons agreed.
A move designed to hurt Derry’s reelection bid and assist Ramos’ friend and political ally James Ramos.
Ramos, a life-long democrat and chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, is trying to unseat Derry in June.
However, a San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge saw through the sham and forced the dismissal of both felonies and refused to strip Derry of his right to hold office and seek reelection.
Confidential sources say Ramos’ own campaign polling shows the legal blow leveled against Derry has had little effect on his positive name identification with voters.
The fed move officially closes the door on the matter.
Will we ever learn how much money the DA and AG offices spent on this prosecuition? Or will they hide it behind some kind of “propriety” information veil?
I suspect the later, and we will never know how much money was wasted that could have been used prosecuiting real crime.
Wow!
ex-County Counsel Stringer: “It’s call the DELIBERATIVE PROCESS, don’t you laymen and women know anything!?”
DA Mikey: “Ruthie, you always knew how to get me disheveled with your legal speak. And way to cover for L’il Mikey too (swelling in my pants).”
CEO Devilreaux: “You two stop the funny business. I’m just glad that L’il Stevie punk doesn’t come on here and start ranting about SELECTIVE PROSTITUTION!”
Good news. Now what will the complainers have to complain about?
Little Stevie stupid runs at the mouth again. Can’t wait to see you make an ass out of yourself at the BOS meeting this week.
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About time Neil does his job again. Til the next Felony charge
Derry’s camp rums this article as a great thing. Are you guys crazy? Who manages this site? You gave the Ramos group another mailer to run. Is Neil going to have a press conference announcing the good news? If this is the best news we have from the Supe he’s in trouble!
“You gave the Ramos group another mailer to run.”
That’s correct, the buffoons hired to be in Ramos group can’t figure out how to put together their own mailer, so they take articles from here then twist them around.