Category: Corruption
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Supreme Court Grants Review
The California Supreme Court granted review of the Appellate court decision in the case “County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court (ACLU Southern California, Real Party in Interest) S226645, a case that the City of Dixon cited in their refusal to provide the cost of attorney fees paid to the city attorney…
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War Against Dixon’s Citizens
By Guest Columnist, Michael Ceremello, Former Vice Mayor/Councilmember of the City of Dixon. Exactly how many times do you have to be shot before you realize you are in a war? What do you do when your representatives prove to you that they do what they want while ignoring your call for a vote…
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Should Judges Schafer, Follett and CEO Linderman Be Behind Bars?
By Donna Westfall… In an unprecedented turnaround in an eight-year-long-legal struggle, Wesley Nunn, has filed a Claim for $5 million with the Judicial Branch of the Government, and a request for an investigation against Judges Schafer, Follet, and CEO Sandra Linderman. Quote by Wes, “Whenever I go out of this County I win. Whenever I…
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JUAN RAMIREZ MAKES APPEARANCE IN COURT ON BEHALF OF JOEY YOUNG
By Linda Sutter… Joey Young was to appear in court this afternoon for his arraignment. Representative Mike Riese appeared on Young’s behalf. Riese informed the Judge that District Attorney Trigg, who is currently on vacation, gave Joey Young permission to continue the arraignment process, however DA Trigg was not even available by telephone to verify this matter and…
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Bid Rigging on the WWTP?
By Donna Westfall – June 29, 2015 CREDIT TO DAVID SCHOLL, Publisher to Dixon’s Independent Voice Before the videos of the Crescent City, City Council meetings were destroyed and during the years of 2008 through 2010, I asked whether or not the bid was rigged referring to the one and only $37 million Wahlund bid…
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New Campaign To Stop Police From Stealing Innocent People’s Property
Credit to Nick Wing at Huff Post/Politics In most states, to reclaim seized property, owners must prove it is not connected to criminal activity, effectively inverting the American legal principle that suspects are innocent until proven guilty. While seizing assets of those involved in criminal activities is an effective tool for law enforcement, abuse happens…
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Another Lousy Grand Jury Experience
NOTE BY EDITOR, Donna Westfall: This goes hand-in-glove with my article, Grand Jury System Broken? published March 23, 2013. Dated Friday, December 5, 2014 TO: Judge William Follett Subject: The Grand Jury I have waited a few days to collect my thoughts and have decided to contact you directly to express my extreme disappointment and…
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Part 5: BlackHawk Pistol Story – Stealing From the Public?
Opinion Piece By Donna Westfall – June 5, 2015 Why aren’t the bad guys in jail? Where we left off on Parts 1 through 4 of this story: On August 18, 2011, County resident, Dave Egan, had his door bashed in by a SWAT type operation of the Sheriffs Department, beaten unconscious, and the only item…
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Part 2: Missing Documents from Superior Court Files?
By Donna Westfall On May 10th, we published an article, “Do Court Documents ‘Disappear’ From Court Files?” What if the “missing” documents weren’t missing at all, but were intentionally pulled from the files? Judge Follett has authorized that I (Jamie McCubbin, Judicial Assistant, Del Norte Superior Court) release the following statement to you on his…
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Do Court Documents “Disappear” From Court Files?
By Donna Westfall On Thursday, May 7th, Judge Leslie Nichols, from Santa Clara County, 400 miles away, dismissed most of Dave Egan’s civil action against the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Department. Judge Nichols had little choice because a crucial document (a declaration of service of summons) was missing from the court file. As I have…