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Daily Archives: July 3, 2010
iePolitics: Poor Little Rich Kid – Revised
When I posted the information on the death of David Lewis a week ago, I had little idea of the stir it would cause. There were those comments from people who were truly his friends and who were heartbroken over what had happened. I anticipated some of his friends would be upset about learning about his recent drug arrest and the other things going on in his life. But I knew most of his close friends already knew and would not be shocked. David had been showing signs of some serious issues for months now although I doubt anyone thought he was close to taking his own life. Continue reading
iePolitics: How does one go from having integrity to not?
I am referring to the quotes by San Bernardino County Assistant District Attorney Jim Hackleman in Thursday’s Press Enterprise:
Hackleman said Aleman is an important witness but not a critical one.
“I think from an overall perspective our impression was he did well,” he said, adding that Aleman’s statements were corroborated by other evidence.
Jim, one juror stated that 90 percent of the jurors did not believe Adam Aleman. He was caught in numerous lies on the stand. And, without his hearsay testimony, you have no case for a conspiracy whatsoever. I’m sure you noticed.
iePolitics: Discontent in the Public Defender’s Office – Revised
Editor’s Note: The Sun refused to publish this letter from a deputy public defender, which is a typical Frank Pine decision. The letter was signed and anonymity was not requested. The Sun based their decision on the letter being a “hit piece” against Doreen Boxer. Here at iePolitics we have little doubt that Pine was protecting Boxer based on her sexual relationship with District Attorney Mike Ramos. So, we have no problem printing the letter.
June 2, 2010
Editor
San Bernardino Sun
Dear Editor:
I have been a Deputy Public Defender with the County of San Bernardino for approximately nine years. In 2006, while disappointed that Interim Public Defender Gerald Farber was not awarded the position, I viewed the hiring of Doreen Boxer with a mix of excited anticipation and the belief that our office and therefore, our clients, would be in good hands under Ms. Boxer’s administration. At first, Ms. Boxer exceeded expectations.
When she began, she implemented a training program for new attorneys, made sure that we had proper resource materials for competent representation of our clients and instilled pride and a sincere belief that we were truly fighting for the rights of our indigent clients. Morale was at an all time high.
Now that we are in mid 2010, I cannot honestly say that I feel the same way of our Public Defender Administration. Morale of our attorney and investigations units have bottomed out under the leadership of Ms. Boxer and her assistant, Lauri Ferguson. Ms. Boxer and Ms. Ferguson would like to have us believe that our morale problem stems from a bad economy and thus, a much stricter county budget. Nothing could be farther than the truth. Continue reading
InlandPolitics: More women come forward against S.B. County District Attorney
- Written by The Insider
- Posted July 3, 2010 at 11:07 am
Ramos
InlandPolitics.com has learned that five more women have come forward against San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos.
Additional details will be forthcoming during the next 72 hours.
Matt Munson: Caught In Another Budget Bind
Senator Dutton has written yet another eloquent column about why we should pass Republican Party budget solutions, but Democratic Party legislators want to do it their way no matter how many more Californians will become unemployed or how massive the state’s budget problems will become in future years.
Even though Republicans may have the winning issues on the state budget and law and order, our state is so gerrymandered where the Democratic Party will likely be able to pass their state budgets in a veto-resistant manner after the next two elections. The Democratic Party has State Senate District 12 and 15 in the cross hairs so they can be ready to pass budgets without Republican Party influence.
Unfortunately we will have to see California collapse before voters ever do consider the Republican Party as a viable choice, but even so there are many demographic groups who would rather vote for a dog instead of a Republican. Republicans are going to have to build a relationship with these demographic groups that Republicans used as wedge issues in order to adapt to the demographics of our state today. Continue reading
iePolitics: Looking for Writers
The blog has reached readership levels I never dreamed possible yet there are so many areas in the political world we barely touch. Even though I have strong feelings about certain subjects, I have no interest in writing about them. Two that come to mind are immigration and budget.
iePolitics has reached a point where it is time to expand again and attract new readers. YOU would be a welcome addition to our blogpen, especially if you like to encourage debate on controversial issues. You don’t received anything in return except the satisfaction of knowing thousands are reading your writings and maybe provoked to think a little extra hard. Continue reading