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Celebrities Have Donated Money to Jerry Sanders, Including a New Celebrity: Marie Walsh
As my posts below on the SEC show, the big law firms essentially control the purported regulatory agencies by regularly hiring their personnel for $2 million-$3 million a year. ====================== Excellent point. And 100% valid. If you recall Ross Perot's 1992 presidential campaign, Perot had made this a HUGE platform. Said it was like the general of the army going over to fight for the otherside. Proposed putting a 5 year time frame ban on lobbying after leaving office. Big business owns America.— May 4, 2008 1:34 p.m.
Celebrities Have Donated Money to Jerry Sanders, Including a New Celebrity: Marie Walsh
Richard Silberman, a San Diego businessman known for many shady deals, was caught in a drug sting in the early 1990s. ================================== Yes old Dick got off easy with that scam-what was it-Yuba City Mining??? And you are correct about Silberman's attorney, James Brosnahan, Morrison and Foerster's top criminal defense attorney (I worked in the same office in the early 80's) and former Assistant US Attorney. Brosnahan has handled NUMEROUS high profile cases (including American Taliban Michael Walker and was also the special prosecutor that was going to send Capser Weinberg to prison before Reagan pardoned him and obstructed justice). The rich are able to hire the big guns, and that makes a big difference in our justice system where $$ buys resources, and resources give you the best chance at a defense (guilty or not). Gerry Spence was coaxed out of retirement to represent Geoff Fieiger in Detroit on some bogus charges-and Spence is without a doubt the very BEST trial lawyer in America and will win that case with ease. Money talks in this country.— May 4, 2008 8:39 a.m.
San Diego experts try to predict inflation rate
Fumbler is back!!!!! Missed ya buddy. Obama 08!— May 3, 2008 9:34 p.m.
Celebrities Have Donated Money to Jerry Sanders, Including a New Celebrity: Marie Walsh
Must be hard on her kids....10-20 years for a one time/small drug deal with no prior record is the real crime here. Why even plead out if that is what the punishment is going to be?? Compare her crime to the one below, where a a MAXIMUM 2 year sentence MAY be given (note: 2 years in state prison means 1 year actual time); Man pleads guilty to abducting pregnant teen girlfriend By Ray Huard UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 12:46 p.m. May 2, 2008 CHULA VISTA – A Chula Vista man pleaded guilty Friday to abducting his pregnant, 16-year-old ex-girlfriend at knifepoint and fleeing to Mexico. Carlos Omar Antonio, 20, pleaded guilty in Chula Vista Superior Court to charges of **child abduction and **assault with a deadly weapon, said Deputy District Attorney Hector Jimenez. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Antonio faces up to **two years in prison at a July 9 sentencing hearing, Jimenez said. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080502…— May 3, 2008 9:27 p.m.
Memo to Fred Sainz: Clean Up Your Language -- But First Learn How To Spell
Not only does Sanders deserve to loose his job, so do you Matthew Hall. No wonder this city is so f***ed up. ================================= There is no way Sanders is going to be re elected. If he is then this City deserves everything that comes from him. Sanders promised the moon and has delievered NOTHING. All that talk about sitting down and negotiating away those public employee pension and benefit abuses/scams-never happened and it won'thappen in the future either. Someone needs to cancel the public employee pension and benefit abuses-or nothing is going to change, just more of the same.— May 3, 2008 8:39 a.m.
Memo to Fred Sainz: Clean Up Your Language -- But First Learn How To Spell
russl know his English! Please don't rag on my typos!— May 2, 2008 8:45 p.m.
Memo to Fred Sainz: Clean Up Your Language -- But First Learn How To Spell
He probably wrote "hair-brained" because he can't spell, but he might have misspelled his cuss words because he didn't want his mail to get spam-filtered. He deserves the benefit of the doubt here. =============================== Benefit of the doubt....surely you jest!.....good one.....! Sainz has less brain power than a trained circus chimp.— May 2, 2008 1:08 p.m.
Memo to Fred Sainz: Clean Up Your Language -- But First Learn How To Spell
LOL! Sainz should have been fired long ago! I also use some pretty salty language-but never in public and never in front of people I do not know or who may be offended-including emails.— May 2, 2008 11:16 a.m.
Here's an Example of SEC Nailing the Small Fry, Ignoring the Superrich
Yeah, your chances of getting a fair shake, even in the federal courts (especially against a government defendant) is a long shot at best if you want to get to trial. The judges just try to dismiss or end their litigation dockets at every possible turn. It will be intersting to see if Gary Aguirre can get his case to trial, or reach a fair settlement. One thing I have noticed in both state and federal courts (much more so in state courts where the judges are elected), is that the government always has the bar lowered and the person/entity opposing the government always has the bar raised. Never fails.— May 2, 2008 7:55 a.m.
Sanders Official Who Was Fired for Challenging Unethical Practices Files Wrongful Termination Suit
Response to comment #61: We should all keep that in mind -- especially those of us who are prone to using naughty words occasionally. =================================== The Mayors office released the Fred Sainz F-Bomb email and the UT posted a copy on their website last night (May 1) at about 11:00 PM. The F-Bomb email was not there this morning when I logged on at 7 AM. Don't know what the deal is, but if the UT has it so will/does everyone else. Both Sainz and Sanders should be fired- just for hiding that email behind the bogus claim of attorney-client work privilage. But as bad as that email was, it was not nearly as bad as I had imagined-I use much worse language on a consistant basis-but not in emails...lol.— May 2, 2008 7:49 a.m.