Daily Archives: July 9, 2010

iePolitics: The Corruption Scandal – Another Political Angle

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David Ellis is the founder of the Dave Ellis Group and Delta Partners, LLC, a full-service government relations and public affairs firm located in Orange County, California.  He is San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos’ campaign consultant and political advisor.

Not long after Sam Clauder’s arrest on child porn charges, Ellis was at an event where he was overheard saying, “I think we have Clauder right where we want him,” referring to Clauder’s arrest and incarceration.  Remember, Sam Clauder was a Democratic operative and vocal opponent of Mike Ramos and other San Bernardino County Republicans.

Exactly why would a campaign consultant be interested in whom his client prosecutes?  For that matter, why would a district attorney be discussing a current case with his campaign consultant?

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iePolitics: The Lewis Death

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I’ve received a number of private contacts asking that we stay on this story and we have no intention of letting it drop until the truth comes out.  And we hope that will be sooner rather than later so that David can rest in peace.

One of the odder aspects of this situation is that there seems to be a “misinformation” campaign going on regarding services and burial for David.  I can’t figure out the reason for that.

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iePolitics: ARMC: Thank You Supervisor Derry

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Back on June 21 I wrote this article about ARMC:  Why things will never change.  I’m happy to say that after over a year of telling high-level officials about what was going on there, the Third District stepped up to the plate, got County Administrative Officer Greg Devereaux involved, and had one aspect of that situation investigated and resolved.

My understanding is that is they only found a little over $100,000 in billings that could not be collected, but part of that was due to the fact that I had destroyed millions of dollars worth of old billings that were never worked.   At least at the time I left, there had been another person up there assigned to dig out all the work that was being hidden rather than billed.  At the same time, just before I left ARMC I wandered up there to check on the state of affairs only to find that the filing system I had created so that billings would not fall through the cracks had been decimated and thrown by the wayside.  They had returned to  two-foot high piles of billings stashed in every hiding place imaginable.  But all that really matters is all that revenue can be collected and maybe save a job or two.

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iePolitics: I should have thought of this myself!

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I heard back from the Feds on the TAD issue and I so totally should have thought of this.  EVERYONE whose name, social security number or address may be in the CIV system because you, a family member, someone living in your home, a second parent/former significant other, etc., has received cash aid, food stamps, Medi-Cal, IHSS, child care, foster care, or certain adoptions, any time in the past ten years needs to call the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing at 1-800-884-1684 and file a complaint.  They will set up an appointment for an investigative interview in San Bernardino for about two months from now—that’s how backed up they are.  This is a critical step in the process of suing the county. It must be completed and must be done timely.

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SBSun: Chicago-style politics comes to county

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Editor’s Note:  Just remember we said it first, third and fifth!  (Fox said it second and Erwin fourth.)  And we were ridiculed for saying it.

Richard Grenell
Posted: 07/08/2010 07:57:06 PM PDT

In the aftermath of the announcement that District Attorney Mike Ramos’ team failed miserably to prove that Rex Gutierrez participated in a conspiracy or lied on his time card, there was one little-noticed comment that stood out.Assistant District Attorney Jim Hackleman, Mike Ramos’ appointed hatchet man, accidentally confirmed a suspicion many San Bernardino County residents had suspected for many months. Hackleman was asked by the media if the DA’s Office would seek a re-trial of their failed and costly conspiracy case and his comments were very telling. Hackleman proved just who was driving this wild political investigation when he said, “We’re going to sit down with our partners in the Attorney General’s office and will thoroughly review and refine our case with them.”

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iePolitics: More Sheriff’s Stuff

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Here is an email I received today:

I know you have your hands full with many stories, but I just thought of something that was so “common” within the Sheriff’s Department that it just occurred that it was newsworthy & further shows the corruption & nepotism within the department…when Cindy Beavers was married to Randy Beavers, he made it clear to more than one person that he could “get” a copy of the promotional exams for anyone who was one of his “buddies”.  The promotional process usually consists of 50% station eval & 50% testing grade/group.  With a testing grade/group of “group 1″ & a good station eval then a promotion was almost inevitable.  Randy never made it a secret (especially in his drunken state – which was 99% of the time he was off-duty & probably most of the time he was on-duty) that he could get a copy of the exam or at least the very questions asked on the test that would help people do well on the test and therefore get promoted.  Ask around & you’ll find that this has happened many times – not just with Randy.  I guess it’s a good thing when your wife is having an affair with the Sheriff.

Any clarification from anyone?

iePolitics: Civil Rights Violations at TAD

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I spent a chunk of today researching the TAD issue.  Here are some places to send email to:

Joe.Torres@fns.usda.gov

mherald@wclp.org

mherald@wclp.org

OCRMail@hhs.gov

You can also contact the ACLU at:

https://www.aclu-sc.org/intake_requests/add

I am working on an attorney both for this issue and the SBPEA issue.  There are two I am supposed to be talking to tomorrow.  However, unless you guys are willing to send emails, there is no point in me doing this.  So, unless I hear from some of you, I’m not going to pursue this.