Why Are Los Angeles' Media Executives Censoring Your News? To Protect Crooks?

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Once upon a time there was a developer who wanted to build huge, ugly buildings in a quaint beachside community in Los Angeles, California that was meant to be a wildlife preserve.  After the neighborhood opposed one such eyesore, said developer contributed to County Supervisors Antonovich and Knabe's re-election campaigns, after which the Supervisors illegally voted to approve the project's Environmental Impact Report.  (The law, with good reason, prevents recipients of recent campaign contributions from voting on issues which affect contributors.)

The developer and his attorneys knew that the EIR vote was illegal, making the EIR itself null and void and meaning that the Del Rey Shores plans should have been halted in their tracks, yet this critical information was withheld.  As it turned out, it didn't matter one bit to Judge Yaffe.  After attorney Richard Fine, who represented the homeowners, learned of the campaign contributions and their relationship to the EIR vote, and informed Judge Yaffe of the same, Yaffe simply ignored the whole thing and ruled in favor of allowing the development to continue.  Also irrelevant, apparently, to Judge Yaffe was the fact that the developer had been given a sweetheart leasing deal by the County Supervisors, allowing him to profit hundreds of millions of dollars that instead should have gone to LA County taxpayers.  You know, the same folks who keep being forced to foot the bills for all the other corruption that's being uncovered these days.

Why would Judge Yaffe make such a clearly dishonest ruling?  Because he (and all other superior court judges) was receiving secret payments from LA County Supervisors which were blatantly illegal under the Constitution (which says that only the state can pay such judges (in order to help prevent any temptation of corruption)).  Those who think the Bell City salaries are outrageous should be stunned to learn that these judges have been bribed to the tune of $300 MILLION dollars (to date) by LA County Supervisors.

At the time of the Fine case in question, Marina Strand Colony II Homeowners Assoc. v. County of Los Angeles, Del Rey Shores, et al, in 2008, judges were receiving an extra $46,000 per year above and beyond their legal salaries of $178,000 per year and benefits worth another $30,000.  Having gotten a secret raise in their secret bonuses last year, the judges are now taking an extra $57,000 per year, giving them a total salary which is far above what even US Supreme Court Justices make.

Why on earth would County Supervisors be paying State Judges "bonuses", legal or otherwise?  Because, as it turns out, the County Charter says that Supervisors' salaries are to equal superior court judges' salaries.   Translation?  The Supervisors figured out a way to give themselves bonuses ... without even telling the public about it, much less having to get the public's approval.  (Also, L.A. County never loses anymore when it's sued, thanks to the bribed judges' always-favorable rulings.  Those lawsuit savings are used to finance the illegal bonuses.  Sweet, eh?  Too bad for those injured citizens who had a right to sue; L.A. County is not interested in justice, only cash for corrupt politicians.)

These judges are taking money from L.A. County on the one hand, while ruling over cases in which the County is a defendant on the other.  This is called "having a conflict of interest" and "temptation of bias".  Judge Yaffe received almost $200,000 from L.A. County while it was a defendant in the Marina Strand case over which he ruled, and over $500,000 since he became a judge.

This was all outrageously ILLEGAL!

The California Constitution says so, as does the case Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles (Oct. 2008).  Once boxed into a corner, do you think anyone decided to do the right thing and go straight?  Heck no!  Instead, the judges (headed by Ronald George and the Judges Association, with the support of County Supervisors) used taxpayer funds to purchase the services of a lobbyist who greased the right palms in the Legislature.  Rather than penalties or punishment, they got ... retroactive immunity!  Yep, that's right.  Ten million felonies were immunized from criminal prosecution by Senate Bill SBx2-11 , passed in February 2009 by California Senate President Darrell Steinberg and his cronies.

So in case you were wondering, that's why no judge will free Richard Fine.  To do so would be an admission that Judge Yaffe's receipt of the payments was illegal, making him (and other judges who did the same) corrupt.  It'll never happen because it's been made quite clear that there isn't a single judge of honor, justice or dignity on any bench in Los Angeles County ... despite their sworn oaths to uphold the Constitution.

But there's still one other major problem they cannot overcome:  SBx2-11 does not immunize the Supervisors for giving themselves the same illegal bonuses they gave the judges.  (Intelligentsia we've interviewed are appalled at the "sheer stupidity" of the construction and passage of SBx2-11.)  Will Steve Cooley, current D.A. and A.G.aspirant, prosecute?  Hardly.  He was bought off years ago.  How about current A.G. and gubernatorial aspirant Jerry Brown?  Ditto.  He quashed the one investigation that was opened into the legality of SBx2-11 last year.

Supervisor Mike Antonovich has himself been caught engaging in illegal activities before ... including attempting to influence a judge in a lawsuit in which his constituents were involved.  His illegal activities luckily ultimately resulted in greater taxpayer protection from corruption by politicians (by passage of the "Antonovich bills") but Antonovich himself managed to wriggle out of his legal troubles by appealing to higher, and equally corrupt, judges.  But unless we're able to put a complete stop to the current corruption, we'll have no protection at all ... we'll just keep paying and paying and paying ... while they cry that the state is broke and needs more money (as they smile inwardly to themselves, believing they'll get away with it ... again).

What's a decent American to do?  One, we must STOP these crooks from continuing in political office at every opportunity that arises.  And if you have some spare time ... and the desire to help save this state before it careens completely over the cliff, call or write the following and voice your opinion:

Judge David P. Yaffe,
Superior Court of Los Angeles County
111 N. Hill Street, Dept. 86, Los Angeles, CA  90012
(213) 974-5881

Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff  - (He freed Lohan and Hilton, yet keeps Fine in jail at the whim of a known-corrupt judge?  And "solitary confinement" is the most expensive type of incarceration there is.)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
4700 Ramona Blvd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(323) 267-4800
webemail@lasd.org

Charles McCoy, Presiding Judge
Superior Court of Los Angeles County
111 N. Hill Street,
Los Angeles, CA  90012
(213) 974-5600

Michael D. Antonovich
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
500 West Temple Street, Room 869
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-5555
(213) 974-1010 FAX

Don Knabe
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-974-4444
213-626-6941  FAX

Steve Cooley,
Los Angeles County District Attorney
210 West Temple Street, Suite 18000
Los Angeles, CA  90012-3210
(213) 974-3512
(213) 974-1484  FAX
webmail@da.lacounty.gov

Jerry Brown,
California Attorney General
California Department of Justice  
Attn: Public Inquiry Unit
P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
(916) 322-3360
(916) 323-5341  FAX
  
Darrell Steinberg,
California Senate President
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento,  CA  95814
(916) 651-4006

(916) 323-2263  FAX

Arnold Schwarzenegger,
California Governor
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-445-2841
916-558-3160  FAX

Which brings us back to our headline.  Why are L.A. media executives preventing this story from being reported upon?  The guilty parties have been stealing from taxpayers for over twenty years.  We know that several of the Times' journalists are fully aware of the corruption, and its implications, yet they print mostly puff pieces, full of laudatory praise for judges.  Only one conclusion may be drawn, that the Times is in someone's pocket.  The question is simply whose.

Richard Fine needs a hero, an honest judge.  Is there one out there anywhere?  Hello!  

It's time the pigs were pulled away from the cash trough and returned to the sties they crawled out of.  The sanction they're trying to collect against Dr. Fine was assessed at a secret hearing (yes, really), one which Dr. Fine was prevented from attending and objecting to because they purposefully did not serve him with notice (and have since been forced to admit he was not served, yet Richard Fine remains in jail).  And to whom is the sanction to be paid over to, if ever collected?  Why, it's the Del Rey Shores developer, Jerry B.Epstein, the man who already stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars (monies which should have gone to taxpayers, if a proper lease was used).  Yes, Jerry B. Epstein is the other core reason Richard Fine is, and remains, in jail.  If he were to drop his collection attempts, Dr. Fine could be freed immediately.  Epstein, however, apparently wants that extra $47,000 from Richard Fine as further punishment for daring to interfere with his plans.  

Will any future lawyer be brave enough to take on well-connected developers?  Hardly!  Not after the grinder that Richard Fine has been put through.  (Those lawyers that are cowering today are part of the reason why corruption can exist and flourish.  Pat yourselves on the back for being part of the problem, guys and gals.)

The longer the swine continues to feed, the larger the ultimate angry crowd will be.

THAT crowd will consist of the families and friends of THIS crowd, those who literally gave their lives to keep us free from people like the crooks we see in office everywhere these days:

The corrupt would be wise to beware the rage of us honest and decent citizens, because we've literally HAD IT UP TO HERE with them.  Ditto for all the folks in positions to do something, but won't.  Your mothers must be sooooo proud of you.

As suggested above, please do what you can to register complaints and to remove these folks from office.  And please donate to help Richard Fine continue his one-man battle to end corruption in the judiciary.  He's still sitting in jail, bravely upholding his oath to protect and defend the Constitution.  He's lost eighteen months of his life behind bars (so far) as a result.  Isn't that enough torture to inflict on a person who's committed no crime whatsoever?

Think on it, and let your conscience be your guide.

Egads! Gov Appoints Felon as Calif. Chief Justice!

Immediately upon the heels of the "retirement" of California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Tani Cantil-Sakauye to replace him.

Ms. Cantil-Sakauye, as a former superior court judge, was a recipient of the illegal payments to judges by county supervisors and parties appearing in lawsuits before her.

Ms. Cantil-Sakauye and her colleagues were confirmed by the Judicial Council and the State Legislature to be felons who required immunity from criminal prosecution for their receipt of the bribes and their commission of (literally) ten million felonies, thus Senate Bill SBx2-11 was drafted and passed (with the considerable assistance of Ronald George, another former recipient of the payments).

Ms. Cantil-Sakauye, California's next Chief Justice, is an unindicted felon.  And after SBx2-11 is challenged and voided, Ms. Cantil-Sakauye, Mr. George and their 2,100 corrupt colleagues will again be facing prison time for their crimes.

Is this the best Gov. Schwarzenegger can do?  Are there NO uncorrupt judges from which to choose?  If that's the case, citizens need to know so that steps can be taken to remedy the situation before the final nail is driven into the coffin of what was, not so long ago, California's promising future.

If Gov. Schwarzenegger prefers to go down with the ship, he's certainly free to do so. But aligning oneself with felons is hardly the material of a legacy to be envied.  His, it appears, will instead be noted for his failure to lift even the tiniest finger to intercede, leaving us all to wonder how much he's been paid to abet these criminals.

Is Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger on board with having the Kennedy name associated with all this slime?  Bobby Kennedy sure wasn't.

UPDATE:   From Pinoy Big Blogger: "The California governor recently appointed Cantil-Sakauye to head a Judicial Council committee charged with overseeing the operations of the Administrative Office of the Courts, which runs the court system."

Would that be the same AOC which pays $1,000 per sq.ft. of courthouse construction when the going rate is $55 per sq. ft.? Yes, indeedy. Clearly, Schwarzenegger's candidate is FAR more corrupt than we previously knew. (See Update # 2 in following post for details.)

Splat! Humpty Dumpty Knocked Off His Wall! (Update: Stench of Rotten Contents Sickens Victims)

What a week it has been!  And our first item of news, bombshell though it is, pales in comparison to the second.

In what was to have been a recap of recent events, we were preparing to report the celebrations of Richard Fine's team of supporters at the news that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David P. Yaffe is resigning in October, prior to November's elections.  (Yaffe wasn't even up for re-election this year.)  He was predicted to become the scape goat who would be sacrificed over the bribery scheme, even though he was only one of thousands who'd participated.

But no sooner had we begun to contemplate the real-world consequences of this news, we learned that California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George announced his own "retirement", effective January 2, 2011.

What a stunning success for those who've worked tirelessly this past year and a half to bring the corrupt to their knees!

HOWEVER, the most important crisis to be dealt with at the moment is the one concerning an innocent man having been locked in solitary confinement for almost a year and a half (so far) for refusing to knuckle under to corruption.  He was put there by a corrupt judge (Yaffe).  Now, Yaffe's ultimate boss and an author of the bribery scheme, "Long-Con Ron", is also "retiring".  After 16 months of fighting back, finally the dike has finally begun to break.  Isn't it about time Richard Fine was freed?

He honored his oath when no one else would  ... and it has literally cost him everything.  But this champion of the taxpayers, a man who stood to gain absolutely nothing for digging in his heels on behalf of homeowners and taxpayers who were being royally screwed with the court's assistance, has brought about the beginning of the end for a large number of California's powerful.  It's an absolute shame that he has yet to be acknowledged for his tremendous sacrifice.  It's a tragedy that he remains behind bars as the dominoes continue to fall and the righteousness of his convictions proven even further with each departure.

And as for Mr. George, we hope he's not foolish enough to think his resignation will stop the oncoming train that is barreling his way in the form of criminal indictments.  No, George belongs behind bars alongside everyone else who participated in robbing taxpayers blind and completely corrupting our judicial system to the point that there is ZERO faith in it anymore by anyone remotely familiar with present-day operations. 

Developer Doug Ring died last Fall under under circumstances we heard police officials considered to be indicative of suicide.  Most curious was the insider opinion that it was ultimately because of "the Fine case".  (The foregoing must be considered to be "opinion" and not "fact" as police officials will never confirm it publicly.)  Ring had made millions off the backs of taxpayers over the years, his reputation repeatedly intertwined with allegations of malfeasance in his real estate transactions involving public officials. 

As Fine's support team has said from the beginning, they will not stop their efforts to fully expose the corruption until all the corrupt actors have been removed from office and forced to face true justice.  "Retirement" in no way relieves anyone from facing justice; the criminal prosecutions of those involved remain on the team's agenda.  If their efforts continue to be successful and the dominoes continue to fall, we'll hopefully be seeing the departures of Jerry Brown, Mike Antonovich, Don Knabe and Darrell Steinberg soon enough, accompanied by the prosecution of another prominent developer who's at the heart of the most egregious crimes at hand.

Still, who would have thought such a small group of people, highly dedicated though they are, could ever have helped accomplish the results we've seen in the past week.  Dr. Fine's supporters are a literal "justice league", examples for all decent Americans to emulate in our efforts to rid our government of its greedy, arrogant, corrupt members ... no matter how lofty their titles.  Perhaps someday we'll even learn the details of the story behind the story of "the little team that could".

 The "Justice League", as portrayed by DC Comics

Excellent job, guys and gals!

In the meantime, Mike Antonovich  and his ilk ought to be consulting with lawyers.  Their time has certainly come, and that particular bucket of sludge is on the proverbial verge of hitting the fan, we hear.  (Three laws were created to protect citizens the last time Antonovich was caught trying to influence a judge.  We expect to be taking advantage of them shortly.)

 

 Mike Antonovich and Ronald George, breaking ground at the Antelope Valley Courthouse.

We close with a thought for Governor Schwarzenegger:  although you refused to become involved when you were notified about the corruption, claiming it was a "judicial" matter with which you could not interfere, you have the perfect opportunity now as outgoing governor to establish a decent legacy for yourself by freeing Richard Fine, ordering an independent federal investigation into the activities alleged, putting the State's finances into receivership so that the rest of the corruption can be unearthed and rectified, and restoring the due process rights of your constituents.  We're pretty sure history will remember you more favorably if you find the decency to take the high road here.  Not one of your movie characters was a coward.  We hope to learn the real man is not one either.  Time will tell ... and time is running out.

UPDATE:  Recent post-dated filings of minute orders by Judge David P. Yaffe reveal the undertaking of a callous CYA to deny having been caught out by Richard Fine.  One attempts to justify Yaffe's citation to a non-existent order upon which his whole defense relied; the other wormily reveals that Yaffe is now about to consider whether Dr. Fine's continued incarceration could ever serve its purpose of forcing him to answer questions to aid developer Jerry B. Epstein in extracting almost $47,000 from him in collecting upon Yaffe's bought-and-paid-for but nonetheless still invalid judgment.  Our Magic Eight Ball is quite clear in saying the answer is "No".

It's time for "Judge" Yaffe to give it up and do the right thing ... IMMEDIATELY! No hearing is necessary for him to order Sheriff Baca to see to Richard Fine's immediate release. The disgust of Yaffe's honest and decent colleagues across the country ought to be motivation enough, and the pretense of properly dotting "i"s and crossing "t"s is merely heaping additional torture upon the already frail body of an innocent man being held in solitary confinement who's been prevented from eating solid food for two months now due to a broken dental plate Sheriff Baca has maliciously refused to have fixed.

FREE RICHARD FINE! NOW!  Each minute of delay is yet another crime ... against him, and against humanity. 

UPDATE # 2:  Complaint filed by Sacramento whistle-blower Michael Paul regarding courthouse construction costs of $1,000 per sq. ft. when the standard reasonable rate is $55 per sq. ft, an EIGHTEEN THOUSAND PERCENT markup!  Holy moly, that's a heck of a lot of bribery and kickbacks.  Mr. Paul was fired for his trouble.  Defendant "Administrative Office of the Courts", the staffing arm of the Judicial Council, is headed by ...?  If you guessed Ronald George, you get a cookie!

UPDATE # 3:  News of Ronald George's imminent departure is bringing other stories to us, stories confirming George's long-rumored "Star Chamber" court ... complete with secret deliberations and the handling of cases "off the books".  We'll report more on this soon, when we've obtained permission to print the details.

Update # 4:  Speculation has begun regarding George's replacement, Associate Justice Corrigan seemingly the prime candidate.  We'd like Governor Schwarzenegger to understand that there are no acceptable candidates presently sitting on the Supreme Court:  four of the justices were former recipients of the illegal payments themselves when they were former superior court judges; two of the justices sit on the Judicial Council, author of Senate Bill SBx2-11, which purports to pardon the commission of ten million felonies.  None of these people are acceptable as justices, much less as chief justice.  The only justice who didn't receive the payments and who doesn't sit on the Judicial Council is Justice Werdegar, but we submit that said Justice is also not a viable candidate due to her continued willingness to rubber-stamp Ron George's activities rather than thwart them.  ~ If an "honest" judge is sought, can there be any better candidate than Dr. Richard I. Fine? ~

New readers:  Please visit the official "Free Richard Fine" website to catch up on the underlying story of Dr. Fine's saga, review documents filed in the case, and peruse mounting press coverage.

Calif. Chief Justice Ronald George Tells BALD-FACED LIE in Bid to Stave Off Forced Resignation Over Bribes to Judges

By:  Savannah S. Winslow

On January 5, 2010, Dr. Richard I. Fine filed a verified complaint against the State Bar of California, et al, concerning their frauds upon the court in obtaining his disbarment after falsely convicting him of "moral turpitude" for revealing the bribes being paid to judges by county supervisors, and to prevent his clients from continuing to litigate against a developer who'd bought illegal votes from LA County Supervisors and shortchanged taxpayers by several hundred million dollars.  (Business as usual in LA County, as it turned out.)  Said developer had also compromised two State Bar presidents by retaining them at the time of Fine's disbarment proceedings.

The California Supreme Court, named as a necessary party since it was the entity upon which the State Bar perpetuated its fraud, filed a Motion to Dismiss Fine's complaint which, most disturbingly, contained the following astounding fabrication:

"The Sturgeon decision specifically found that the payment of local judicial benefits was ... [not] a basis to seek recusal of a judicial officer receiving such benefits."  (See "Memorandum of Points and Authorities", page 2, footnote 2.)

The Sturgeon decision said no such thing!  Recusal (disqualification) was not even raised in the Sturgeon case (which was brought and won by Judicial Watch following Dr. Fine's exposure of the payments being illegally made to judges).

This was a cheesy, COLOSSALLY STUPID attempt to posture "We win, Fine loses."  How dark and twisted must be the mind of a judge who is so arrogant he/she feels free to tell blatant, easily disproven, lies.  Here are seven who did just that:

The man seated in the middle, above, Chief Justice George, was formerly the chief judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court around the time the payment scheme was first concocted, a scheme which was instituted by and between the LA chief judge and LA supervisors.  And as a judge of the LA Superior Court himself, George would have received the illegal payments along with everyone else. 

The Supreme Court's motion is a fantastic insult to the intelligence and character of Carla M. Woehrle, the Federal District Court Magistrate Judge to whom the Fine v. State Bar II matter has been assigned.  How appalled she surely must be at their arrogance!  It had seemed fairly certain until now that the judges had successfully circled their wagons and were covering for each other equally ...

... but this slap in the face will hopefully make clear to Judge Woehrle that she's being played (again) and cause her to draw the line at being used as yet another guinea pig puppeteered by the payment scheme masters, and the filing of a Rule 11 "Motion for Sanctions" by Dr. Fine is surely not far behind.

It was galling that George and his cronies tried to pardon themselves for committing Ten Million Felonies after George obtained passage of Senate Bill SBx2-11 in his role as Chief of the Judicial Council, which co-authored SBx2-11.  (Adding insult to injury, taxpayers were shafted yet again as George used taxpayer funds to pay lobbyists to stroke legislators to pass the bill which pardoned him.)

The blatant lie about the contents of the Sturgeon decision (issued October 2008) was also absolutely ridiculous in that Dr. Fine demanded Judge Yaffe's recusal a year before the Sturgeon decision was even considered.  Thus, even if the claim were true, it's irrelevant to what happened at the time.  The Supreme Court justices knew all this when they filed their brief, but they opted to lie and again violate their oaths as they lamely continue to try to save their own skins.

It's widely acknowledged that judges are nothing more than failed lawyers, and this ridiculous lie put forth by the highest court in the state provides all the evidence we need to see that that is true.  Yet we elect them to interpret the law ... and the power goes to their heads, resulting in these employees of ours fooling themselves into thinking they're superior to us.  Huge egos constrained by small minds is a recipe for certain disaster ... and Los Angeles taxpayers are bearing the brunt of this one. 

As an aside, members of Richard Fine's support team would like to acknowledge the "thanks" that well-wishers have sent them, grateful that the team had the bravery to have taken this dangerous bull by the horns.  But that same team reminds us that, though they are doing everything they can, "Some Gave All" and it's now our responsibility to keep the torch of liberty aflame.  Ronald Reagan was profound in saying that "all great change in America begins at the dinner table."  The change needed most desperately now is the removal of every single person currently holding public office.  The responsibility for doing so is now also on YOU to do your part.

Thousands of supporters have asked, "What can I do?  I want to help, but I don't have any idea what to  do!" The best answer is to, first, spread the word about California's rampant corruption.  Then, follow singer Ray Stevens' advice and "THROW THE BUMS OUT!"  Vote against all incumbents for the next six years, whether they be judges, county supervisors, appellate and supreme court justices, even seemingly "honest" politicians ... there evidently is no such thing anymore, and it's time to acknowledge that before it's too late.   "We the People" are the bosses here ... we always have been ... but we've done a poor job lately, mostly because we foolishly believed that honest people outnumbered the dishonest.  But we were wrong, and we haven't done nearly enough about it yet. 

So come November, search your ballot for Ronald George's name and check "NO" to the question of his reconfirmation to another twelve years on the bench, ditto for all the other supreme court justices, five of seven of whom were previous recipients of illegal county payments when they were superior court judges themselves.

In the meantime, one question must immediately be confronted:  Seven judges LIED.  Is Magistrate Judge Woehrle possessed with the courage to do something about it?  Or is "integrity" in our judicial system now also a thing of the past.  Judge Woehrle has the power to break the chain of corruption. Will she instead just become another link?

We'll close here with a link to a previous post, "Ronald George - What He DIDN'T SAY" (deliberately screwing the court staff was perhaps the most despiccable), and a reminder of what former US Attorney General Robert Kennedy thought about crooks attempting to score retroactive immunity for themselves.

Judge Woehrle's ruling is expected soon.  Stay tuned!

The Richard Fine Story, In Brief

Here's a brief beginner's summary of the Richard Fine story. We caught Fred Sottile "on the fly":

U.S. Supreme Court Chucks Due Process Rights Clean Overboard

The US Supreme Court today released its denial of Dr. Richard I. Fine's Petition for Writ of Certiorari without explanation or comment.  The ruling removed all doubt that courts are presumed to act with integrity.  Clearly, those days are gone.

In so ruling, the Supreme Court has authorized corrupt judges to continue to accept money from parties to lawsuits before them, then rule in favor of those parties' interests.  Therefore, although the Constitution confirmed all citizens' right to due process (a fair trial) for all these years, this right was taken away from all of us today so that judges can continue to steal from taxpayers and reward their cronies.

To say that it's a sad day in America is the greatest understatement of the past 250 years.  Americans DIED in wars to obtain and ensure our freedoms; the Supreme Court nullified their sacrifices in one fell swoop.

Check back later, please, for more in our continuing commentary on this outrageous turn of events, as well as the unveiling of Phase B of the developing master plan to finally rid society of its evil members in government.  (HINT:  "Vote The Bums Out" is child's play.)  And note that we have now created an online forum where fellow decent citizens can gather, discuss and plan our futures together.  (Unionized workers are particularly encouraged to join the forum and become knowledgeable about the issues. Once you discover how the judges dissedcourtroom staff over the furlough issue, you'll never believe an LA County judge again for any reason. (Short version of that story is here.))

The Supreme Court's ruling is FAR from "the end of the road" for Richard Fine, despite what some people may hope they can fool the public into believing.  In truth, and as they well know, the battle is, in fact, by no means abated, and especially interesting fireworks are expected in the upcoming clashes in (1) the Fine v. State Bar II case (where the California Supreme Court will be exposed for literally telling a bald-faced lie in a legal brief it filed with a Federal Court Magistrate Judge who had previously been used as a recurring patsy in protecting guilty judges and furthering their payment scheme), (2) action against Judge Yaffe for refusing to put a hearing on calendar to discuss whether he was exempt from the mandatory maximum 5-day limit of jail time for "coercive" incarceration victims (but the jerk kept the filing fee!), and (3) the decision pending in Sturgeon II v. County of Los Angeles, an appeal seeking to stop the continuing payments to judges.

It bears repeating that the judges and supervisors involved in the payment scheme were not made innocent by Senate Bill SBx2-11 (the ex post facto law presently being used to shield the guilty from prosecution and prison time).  They are all still dastardly crooks at heart and in point of fact, regardless of their fictitious legal status. And they are the blood-sucking enemies of We the Decent People.  We asked them very nicely to do the right thing and were ignored.  The time for niceties has passed.

In the unequaled words of Lee Greenwood,s "Proud To Be An American" :

If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I’d worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘ Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can’t take that away.
And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.
From the lakes of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee.
Across the plains of Texas,
From sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to Houston,
and New York to L.A.
Well there's pride in every American heart,
and its time we stand and say.
That I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.
And I’m proud to be and American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

Will you STAND UP with Richard Fine and his supporters? Can you even imagine what daily life will become if judges are able to keep their newly-won right to lie under oath? To take money from a defendant then rule in his favor in a case, shafting the other party in the process? To have received a pardon for committing thousands of felonies while continuing to wear the robe (a former symbol of integrity) and sitting in judgment of others accused of criminal conduct?  (That would be the height of irony, to say the least.  It will also prove to be the most embarrassing thing to try and justify to the outside world, too; mark our words.)

It's sometimes difficult to accept that, as it turns out, our greatest enemy actually came from within.  But the evidence is now plentiful that the very people we put in positions of trust are the ones who now are robbing us blind as we speak.  That's the bottom line. 

So we reaffirm that Right must always eventually win out over Evil Might, for when the opposite becomes the norm, the grand principle behind America's creation and existence will have become moot.  If the cause of judicial integrity is ever abandoned ... even for a minute ... "America" will represent a time and state of mind to which we will never be able to return. 

"Right Trumps Might" Forum Created

A new forum has been created for the exclusive use of Decent Citizens to communicate amongst themselves and compile information with which to inform like-minded others.

The forum, Right Trumps Might, was created on the fly due to limited resources.  It therefore needs experienced forum moderators to expand its features and topics, moderate comment threads, ban any infiltrators and otherwise further the efforts of those determined to rid the country once and for all of each and every degenerate person who would presume to steal from us, trample our rights and/or otherwise rob us of the fruits of our own (honest) work.   These moderators will be tasked with creating the necessary topic threads to promote conversations concerning corruption occurring in the individual states, etc.  If you have extensive forum moderation experience and can volunteer a few hours per week, please email us at RightTrumpsMight@gmail.com.  We will respond to the top candidates within one week.

Readers are encouraged to register at the forum today, despite its current bare-bones content, in order to receive future announcements and updates of information.  As the forum is developed, your participation will be vital in helping identify the corrupt actors holding office across America who must be exposed, prosecuted and eliminated from their positions of trust.

Note that the "Right Trumps Might" forum will initially be concerned primarily with obtaining the criminal prosecution of those persons in California who've committed corrupt acts in creating, hiding and furthering the illegal scheme of counties making payments to judges in exchange for winning lawsuits filed against them by damaged parties.  (There would be no financial crisis here, were it not for corruption.)

Richard Fine informed us repeatedly that LA County was winning virtually all lawsuits in which it was sued and a (bribed) judge (not a jury) determined the cases' outcomes.  LA County Counsel's office recently admitted as much when interviewed by CNN: 

"In the last two fiscal years, Los Angeles County won all but one of the nine trials that went before a judge, according to Steven Estabrook, the county's litigation cost manager."

Will the naysayers now accept the County's own admission?

What percentage of defendants typically win their cases?  Isn't it something like 10 or 15%?  LA County was trapped into admitting that it wins almost 90%.

But even worse, the phrase "trials that went before a judge" is pure sophistry, words carefully chosen in order to mislead.  Luckily, not only was it a failure in that regard, it actually served as a red flag to attract attention to the issue.

In other words, the phrase "trials that went before a judge" deliberately ignores all the cases that were dismissed by judges before they could even get to trial (as happened to ALL of Richard Fine's cases that involved clients in Marina del Rey who were trying to protect themselves from corrupt developers who were paying off County Supervisors), etc.  The fact that Steven Estabrook's statement, above, was purposefully misleading confirms that LA County's true litigation win/loss rate is FAR higher than thought.  (We've even heard that they've actually bragged about their win rate in appellate briefs.)  Result: legitimate plaintiffs were screwed over by greedy LA County officials, judges, and developers and their attorneys, who then used the money saved to line their own pockets.

Our follow-up question to  LA County?  "So, how many cases against LA County were dismissed prior to trial or were otherwise resolved by a judge during the past two fiscal years?"

Anyway, please join the forum and become a part of the solution. Our blog and website have received thousands of visitors (lots of them, interestingly, consisting of Federal government entities, defense contractors and universities around the world); we can tell there are HUGE numbers of readers who are outraged (for various reasons) and tired of being walked on and their hard-earned money stolen while arrogantly being told there's nothing that can be done about it.  As a community, we can prove that Right indeed trumps Might and ultimately see to it that the crooks are dealt with.  Help us out, won't you please?

It might take a while, but the corrupt ought to know that We the People WILL get the last laugh.

What Was In the Missing CNN Interview Segment?

 

CNN.com posted three segments of video from its investigation into California's judicial corruption crisis after midnight last Friday.  At least one additional segment, however, is missing.

The missing footage explained how 2,100 California judges stole hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers, threw cases in favor of Los Angeles County when the County was sued, then, when finally caught, retroactively pardoned themselves for the ten million felonies they'd commited over the past 20+ years. 

The footage also explained how, in the case of Marina Strand v. Los Angeles County, et al, Judge David Yaffe was bribed to ignore an illegal vote by LA County Supervisors, then improperly ruled in favor of developer Jerry B. Epstein and his attorneys, R.J. Comer of Armbruster & Goldsmith, and sole practitioner Joshua Lee Rosen, the same attorneys Judge Yaffe used to prosecute Richard Fine for contempt.

Richard Fine also explained how all of Judge Yaffe's orders were "void", meaning they absolutely must not be obeyed if one is to honor one's own oath.

And somewhere in the video should be a segment explaining how developer Jerry Epstein retained two presidents of the State Bar who were in charge at the time disbarment proceedings were brought and prosecuted against Dr. Fine.

Will Richard Fine ever throw up his hands, cave in to the corruption and answer the asset questions posed by Comer and Rosen?  Doing so would mean Judge Yaffe would have to release him from jail immediately.  But even if he does, it won't help them a bit because, as they've always known, he has zero assets (not counting the $2 million stolen from him by Commissioner Bruce M. Mitchell a few years ago) and is slated to lose his home to foreclosure any day now due to his inability to make mortgage payments over the past 15 months while jailed and disbarred.

In Richard Fine's mind, one does not promise before God to do one thing then do another.  Period.  Especially if it means becoming a part of an ongoing corruption scheme to bribe judges so that the County can win lawsuits it shouldn't (and save hundreds of millions, which saved monies it uses to finance the judges it bribes).

Dr. Fine could have avoided ALL of his troubles by just going along with the game.  He has never had anything at all to gain in this situation, he's simply bound by oath to refuse to co-operate with a corrupt judicial system.

We hope CNN locates and airs the missing segment so that the general public is better able to understand why Richard Fine is constrained by his oath to not participate in illegal acts and selfishly save himself.  Saving California, and ultimately America, is the only option if our children are to have any future worth living.

What does a future where oaths have become meaningless actually look like?  We are on the brink of finding out.

CNN Posts Interview of Richard Fine Online

View the raw video footage at CNN.com.

ALERT: CNN To Air Fine Interview

We have learned that CNN's Anderson Cooper will air the interview with Richard Fine tomorrow (Thursday, May 20th) on his "360" show at 10pm Eastern/7pm Pacific time, unless breaking news causes the network to preempt it.

We will post a link here after the interview airs.

Don't miss it!!

UPDATE:

From the CNN producer:

"We’re now aiming for a Monday morning release to cnn.com and then to air.  I’ll keep you posted."

California State Bar Perpetuates Yet Another Fraud On The Federal District Court

In his Reply brief filed earlier today, Dr. Richard I. Fine noted the California State Bar's latest attempted fraud on the Federal District Court.  As Dr. Fine has shown in the past, this isn't the first time.  What remains to be seen is whether Judge John F. Walter and/or Magistrate Judge Carla M. Woehrle are willing to remain accomplices and patsies.

For background, see Dr. Fine's Complaint against the State Bar, and their late and nonsensical "Re-Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss", filed despite there being no original Motion on file preceding it.  Dr. Fine's Request for Entry of Default and Default Judgment and his Response to the State Bar's Motion to Dismiss is also available for viewing, as is the case docket.

Informed readers will remember Judges Walter and Woehrle as being the two Federal judges who helped cover for State Court judge David P. Yaffe, furthering the payment scheme as they denied Dr. Fine's two Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus (and in one case dismissed a complaint against themselves).

Rally Protesting California Judicial Corruption A Satisfying Success; Dr. Fine, However, Still In Search Of An Honest Judge

 As reported by Troy Anderson for the Los Angeles Daily News:

"Chanting 'This is America, not Russia,' about 75 people gathered Tuesday morning outside the downtown Stanley Mosk Courthouse to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to free former taxpayer advocate attorney Richard I. Fine from jail."

"In Washington, D.C., about 50 people staged a similar protest on the steps of the high court, which is scheduled to meet Friday to decide whether Fine should be released."

Full Disclosure Network's Leslie Dutton caught all the action on video and filed an in-depth report:

Supporters of jailed anti-trust attorney Richard I. Fine launched the first of several planned protests across the nation today in front of the Superior Court building. Fine has been held in solitary "coercive confinement" in the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail at the order of State Superior Court Judge David Yaffe, who had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal payments from the County of Los Angeles. Fine has been held for over a year, without charges being filed, without conviction, without bail, hearing date or release date.

Larry John, filed "torture" complaint with UN Human Rights Commission

on behalf of "political prisoner" Dr. Richard I. Fine

At the request of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsberg, the Supreme Court Justices will have Fine's application for "Stay of Execution" submitted before them on Friday, April 23, 2010 and announce their decision on Monday, April 26th, as to their decision whether to deny his application, act immediately to release him, or to take up matter for a full court review. There is long standing Supreme Court precedent:  IN RE FARR (1974) that held no person shall be held more than five days in "coercive confinement" for civil contempt of court. In the case of William T. Farr, an L. A. Times and Herald Examiner reporter refused to divulge his sources, under Judicial order, on moral grounds. Richard Fine contends that Judge Yaffe's order was illegal as he refused to recuse himself from the case where he had accepted illegal payments from a party to the case (County of Los Angeles).

Janette Isaacs, L.A. event organizer

U.S. Supreme Court Sicced on Corrupt California Judges by Richard I. Fine's "Petition for Writ of Certiorari"

Richard I. Fine's "Petition for Writ of Certiorari" was accepted by the Clerk of the US Supreme Court for docketing:

Background Summary:

"Judges for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, who are state-elected, began receiving substantial monies, mischaracterized as 'judicial benefits”', from LA County in the late 1980s.  LA County began winning virtually all lawsuits filed against it when the same were decided by judges and not juries.  The payments were found to be unconstitutional in October 2008.  The California Legislature subsequently passed Senate Bill SBx2-11, which retroactively granted immunity from criminal prosecution for the estimated ten million felonies committed, while purportedly authorizing the payments. 

"Meanwhile, a homeowners association had sued LA County and others concerning an environmental impact report and Supervisors' illegal votes approving same.  The judge, refusing to recuse himself despite having received almost $100,000 from a defendant in the case, ultimately ruled in defendants’ favor.  Appellate judges then knowingly misconstrued the facts and protected the trial judge.

Question Presented for Review:

"Whether the trial court judge should have recused himself in the case of Marina Strand Colony II Homeowners Association v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court case No. BS109420, in which the judge received illegal payments from the County of Los Angeles, a party to the case; and whether he should also have recused himself in the ancillary contempt proceeding in which he 'judged his own actions.'”

Despite the fact that Fine's Petition was received on March 23rd, Respondent Sheriff Leroy D. Baca has been granted until May 17th to file his response (see Docket), if any.

Still, the bottom line is simply this:  There is NO honest answer other than "yes" to the Question Presented, and the legal fiction of SBx2-11's immunity doesn't change that inasmuch as recusal is not one of the issues it covers, the Ninth Circuit's pretense to the contrary notwithstanding.

Richard Fine Interviewed

View Full Disclosure Network's video of Leslie Dutton's in-person interview of Dr. Richard I Fine conducted at Men's Central Jail of Los Angeles County.  Full Disclosure finally obtained the interview after Judicial Watch filed a Federal complaint against Sheriff Leroy D. Baca, who'd refused access to Dr. Fine for over a year.  Baca claimed Judge David Yaffe ordered this arrangement, but caved in to the interview demand in the face of Full Disclosure's lawsuit.)

Next, view Part 1 of the three-part video of Richard Fine interview of April 16, 2010 on InfoWars.com.  (Two-part video of interview of Full Disclosure Network's Leslie Dutton at the same link, along with the following two segments of the Fine interview.)

Also view Full Disclosure Network's library of videos regarding its investigation of judicial corruption throughout California.

EXCITING UPDATE:  Website visitor traffic reports for Monday, April 19th, show that the expose' of judicial corruption and the airing of Dr. Fine's plight have FINALLY gone viral.  Mid-day website traffic averaged around 1,000 new visitors PER HOUR. 

In giddy celebration, a call was placed to, and a message left with, the office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with this news, his being the final signature on Senate Bill SBX2-11 which pardoned all the felons last February.  We'd like his opinion on gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Jerry Brown's attempts to cover up the payment scheme conspiracy, but we're not holding our breath we'll ever get an answer to that question.

REMINDER:  This battle costs money!!  (ONE complete Supreme Court filing cost over $3,000 to produce a product in compliance with the rules.)  Please consider making a donation of any amount, large or small.  Even the smallest contributors will someday be able to proudly report that they actually helped save our county.  Perhaps you'd like to tell your own future generations that you did the same?  Dr. Fine has sacrificed practically everything ... FOR US.  Pay it forward and consider sharing a few dollars to help protect and defend the Constitution ... and the America of tomorrow.

To make a donation, go to the official "Free Richard Fine" website and scroll down to the middle of the page for the PayPal Donate Button, or for instructions on how to mail a check.

All donors will eventually receive a personal "thank you" from Dr. Fine, but we have to get him out of jail and put the judges on the run first.

See you at a rally!

"Free Richard Fine" Rally Set for Tuesday at LA County Courthouse & US Supreme Court Steps

Sick and tired of corrupt judges and even-worse governmental fraud perpetuated by government employees against We the People?

Posted at:
OurLA.com

by Ron Kaye

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 06:52

Jailed more than 13 months ago without charge or bail, Richard Fine finally gets his day in court April 23 when the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court consider whether he should be freed from coercive detention for refusing to comply with Superior Court Judge David Yaffe's order to disclose his personal financial information.

Supporters of Fine, an anti-tax crusader who exposed illegal payments to Superior Court judges, are holding a rally for Fine next Tuesday at the County Courthouse at 111 N. Hill St., downtown.

Peruse the above link for more information.

Friends, Family, Fellow Activists, Advocates and Community Supporters are welcome.

This is a peaceful rally/protest where we will be exercising our First Amendment rights to free speech.

No weapons, bullhorns or any other devices which may disturb the peace.

Lacking motivation?  Together let us recall just this small part of the story:

Developer Jerry B. Epstein and entities under his control made political campaign contributions to LA County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and others not long before the Board of Supervisors was to vote on an environmental impact report affecting two of Epstein's multi-million-dollar development projects in Marina del Rey (a suburb of Los Angeles).

Those Supervisors who received money from Epstein blatantly broke the law when voting to approve Epstein's development projects.  (This was made worse by the fact that no benefit to LA County taxpayers was shown, essentially giving away all the income earned by the taxpayers' public property over the life of Epstein's decades-long sweetheart leases of prime real estate.)

Neighbors of the dreaded development behemoths, members of a homeowners' association, hired Richard I. Fine, well-known for his wins as a taxpayer's advocate attorney, to object to the illegal vote on the environmental report.  The case was brought before LA Superior Court Judge David P. Yaffe, whose ruling completely ignored the vote, not to mention the other egregious issues alleged.

The Supervisors' vote was unarguably illegal, yet Yaffe ignored the entire issue in his ruling approving the continuation of the development projects.

What possible motive could Yaffe have had for making such a ridiculously unbelievable decision?  Can there be any other reason but the $46,000 he received from the same Supervisors yet failed to report that same year?

Know this:  Judges are "state" employees, and the California Constitution plainly states that the judges may only be paid by the State (for several reasons).  LA County Supervisors have been deliberately violating that provision of the Constitution for over twenty years now, and every judge in LA County has been receiving the same bribes that Yaffe has (also at considerable cost to We the Taxpayers). 

Did we say "bribes"?  Yes, we certainly did.  Unless a reader submits a better (printable) suggestion in the Comments, below, we'll stick with that term to describe the relationship between judges who are illegally paid and Supervisors (in the form of "LA County") hardly ever lose a lawsuit filed against them when the judge is able to keep the decision from the hands of a jury.  (The County's own Litigation Cost Management Reports exposed this outrageous fact, and County lawyers have even been rumored to have bragged about their win rate in appellate briefs.)

How's that for "integrity of the court"?!  Sounds more like "bribery", "obstruction of justice", "misappropriation of funds", "pure arrogance" and other such things to us.

Decent Los Angeleans will hopefully turn out in droves at the Rally to Free Richard Fine (most likely best attended between 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., we hear) next Tuesday, April 20th on the steps of Yaffe's own courthouse.  Media inquiries have begun arriving, a positive omen to Fine's support team who've struggled along with Dr. Fine lo these many months (though to nowhere near the drastic cost that Yaffe and his cabal of crooked cohorts have extracted from Dr. Fine, by any means).

Final note:  Yaffe ordered Dr. Fine to pay sanctions to LA County of $47,000.  Dr. Fine has now been behind bars, in a single cell, and accompanied by two specially-detailed armed guards anytime he's able to leave the cell, for over thirteen months now in a battle over his exposure of the Ten Million Felonies committed by California judges and Supervisors.

How much has it cost to house Dr. Fine all this time?  (Another cost borne, by the way, by ... wait for it ... WE THE TAXPAYERS!)

Sheesh!  We know they think little of our intellect, and they've even managed to get lower level media (the Los Angeles Times comes to mind) to not report in any meaningful fashion about the brink of collapse their cover-up shenanigans have brought us to, but they still haven't picked up on the fact that their credibility is far past "shot" and well into the realm of gossipy entertainment. 

Behind-the-scenes bettors are wagering on who will be the first sacrificial lamb, and when he/she will be forced to go.  Our bet is that it will be David P. Yaffe, the man who single-handedly brought the most dishonor on the court when he was forced to admit under oath that, but for one small exception, he'd always ruled in LA County's favor when it was a defendant in his courtroom.  And given Yaffe's delightful personality, it would be hard to identify a more-deserving candidate.  (But we could argue all day over who'll be second, third, fourth ... .)

Until anon, fellow decent Americans; we'll get there.

Heartwrenching Plea by Richard Fine's Daughter to US Supreme Court Concerning Her Father's Freedom and Her Country's Future

Sayeth Victoria Fine:

"Please remember, that as you review my father’s case on April 23, you are considering the ... fate of a father, a husband, a friend and a deeply concerned citizen, [one] who has dedicated his life to upholding the decisions you make in your court."

The preceding portion of her plea to the Supreme Court may be viewed on Facebook.

Irony alert:  Victoria alludes to an important point, which is that if the Court refuses to release Dr. Fine, it will have effectively thumbed its collective nose at its own precedent which, prior to this conference, left no doubt that exemplary integrity is the only acceptable behavior any judge may exhibit and still hold his seat.

Being confronted with what to do with 2,100 corrupt judges will surely be a grave moment for the Supremes next Friday, but there will be no future case by which the Court might restore its own integrity if it cannot find the courage NOW to enforce the basic human tenets that "right" does indeed trump "might", and that no innocent man should ever be forced to spend a single minute behind bars ... most especially for political reasons.  It's humiliating, and it occurs only when small men are scared.

And let's not forget that California's citizens deserve to be protected from the theft of their monies and to have their Constitutional right to due process restored.  There's no such thing while crooked judges populate the courtrooms.

Although the facts in the case are convoluted, the solutions are simple.  We will learn soon enough whether the Supreme Court Justices also consider themselves above honoring their sacred oaths.  Meanwhile, we sincerely hope they grant Victoria Fine's heartfelt plea.