iePolitics: I can’t help but wonder what the wives are thinking?

As the contents of the Grand Jury testimony has been revealed over the past few weeks, it sure seems the District Attorney is painting a picture of county leaders and businessmen as being a horny lot.  Prostitutes or “massage” therapists seem to be an integral part of doing business in San Bernardino County.

I remember in approximately May of 2009 meeting Jim Erwin for the first time at the Coco’s on Highland and Waterman.  He had contacted me not too long after his first arrest because he wanted to show me the evidence he had that District Attorney Mike Ramos was on a political witch hunt.  At that point he had one large binder full of documentation complete with a time line/log.

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iePolitics: More Sheriff’s tips

Just when I think it can’t get worse, I get another package, call or email.  I will let you guys tell me what exactly you know about these situations.

First, there is the captain’s son who is thought to have been dishonorably discharged from the military and who could not pass a polygraph as part of the background check but was hired as a deputy sheriff anyway.   Also, there may have been an issue with an explorer scout(s).

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The Sentinel: Sheriff’s Department gathered photographs of DA Mike Ramos cavorting with prostitutes

District Attorney Mike Ramos

The San Bernardino County Sentinel
Friday, July 16, 2010

Former sheriff Gary Penrod accumulated compromising information and materials pertaining to district attorney Mike Ramos which was then utilized to blackmail Ramos and head off an incipient effort by the district attorney’s office to file criminal charges against Penrod pertaining to a host of criminal acts the sheriff was himself involved in.

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