Humboldt County Auditor Controller Karen Paz Dominguez held a press conference today. Acting Assistant Auditor Controller Jim Hussey is standing with Ms. Paz Dominguez. If you did not read yesterday's post about the release of the Grand jury report, there is a link below to that post.
Certain people have their minds made up. No amount of evidence or facts will change their mind.
"By now, you all are aware the Grand jury issued a report. " Ms. Paz Dominguez issued press packets to media who requested it and had packets for others at the press conference.
"I was planning to discuss details but have been advised that I am under admonishment"; Ms. Paz Dominguez is not allowed to discuss "specifics" but can address it "generally."
Last week, Ms. Paz Dominguez met for an hour with some of the Civil Grand Jury members. The report had already been written. She wasn't given the report.
"Any report is only as good as the information provided to the author," said Ms. Paz Dominguez. Read the excert from the Grand jury in yesterday's post to fully grasp the magnitude of this remark.
Ms. Paz Dominguez was given a deadline but the County and Civil Grand Jury released the report earlier. She apologized for the confusion however Ms. Paz Dominguez did not create it; the entrenched interests used to getting their way did by their actions. They are scared and their underhanded efforts to affect who gets elected as the Auditor Controller by trying to use this one topic as a distraction from their failures which are addressed in the Grand Jury report.
If Ms. Paz Dominguez cannot speak about the report, then why was it released? The County and the Civil Grand Jury needs to post the court order on the County website and not these stleath releases without informing all the media and public.
Posted below is an email exchange between Civil Grand Jury Foreperson Jim Glover and Ms. Paz Dominguez. It matches what she told me.
Rex Bohn showed up as the proverbial bad penny asking reporters to move so there is access to the building. There are other steps to the Courthouse, right where I am standing.
Maybe next election, the First District could elect an adult for a Supervisor. Rex is a disgrace to the seat formerly occupied by the late Jimmy Smith who had class and was respectful.
Rex slunk away. Not enough of "his people" in the crowd for him to hi five in front of the media? Maybe Rex needed to send another letter to the wrong address blaming the San Francisco DA for all of Humboldt's problems and then embarass Humboldt on national TV? Maybe he needed to load up his truck with more Mike Newman for Supervisor signs? Or maybe he needed to pay a visit to the same few local generational families and the same few local businesses that he promotes on Facebook who have access pronto to getting roads fixed or whatever they need. The rest of us regular folk don't get the git er done Rex treatment.
Rex's arrogant attitude and access about the Courthouse steps is very selective and petty. I wrote about another incident at another campaign announcement. Rex thinks the Courthouse is his personal property. If everything is so copasetic and the Board of Supervisors have nothing to hide, why the repeated attacks on Ms. Paz Dominguez and effort to skew what the public hears?
The Board of Supervisors, the County yes men and women, the spouses and friends of County employees attacking Ms. Paz Dominguez think they own this County, are above the rules and demand answers when they lack transparency about their motives, personal relationships and conflicts of interest.
Mostly it is media is here today but there are a few former grand jurors and members of the public. People driving by honked in support and people walking by support Ms. Paz Dominguez.
Not sure what Janssen Malloy's David Nims was doing at the press conference. Anyone can attend but he is a civil attorney and his presence does raise questions.
"You go girl, dont let them put all the blame on you" a passerby said while walking by the press conference.
A former grand juror just told me what was policy set by the Court which is that in 2018, Judge Joyce Hinrichs said in election year. This release this year violates those rules.
The 2018 press release states: "Beginning this year, the Court implemented a new policy regarding the release of Grand Jury reports during June election years. The policy allows the release of reports until the second Monday in February; reports completed subsequent to that date must be released after the June election."
"Jim is an activist foreperson and pushes what he wants." Google Jim Glover and Grand Jury.
I have had other former grand jury members on other issues complain about not being heard and this had nothing to do with the Auditor Controller.
The press conference was brief. Others are asking questions now.
Ms. Paz Dominguez provides me evidence and records. For those who question Ms. Paz Dominguez, records and evidence from the County and attack her, do you also disbelieve the State Controller, Glover, former Humboldt CAO Amy Nilsen and anyone that does not fit the Humboldt Connected and your agenda?
When Ms. Paz Dominguez sent out the press packet I requested, she provided the following response. That includes answer to questions I sent her yesterday.
"Please note that the grand jury report was provided to the A-C on Wednesday of this week and additional time is needed to gather some of the documentation. I will continue providing you the documentation throughout today."
"I have been advised that I am still under admonishment and am prohibited from discussing the details of my meeting and communications with the Grand Jury. I will seek input from legal experts regarding this matter as those details are critical."
Let's not pretend that the entrenched interests have the public interest's or releasing information to the public in mind. Patrick McTigue, the tons of lawsuits against the County, the resistance to answer how funds are used are just a few examples that isn't the case. The Humboldt Connected like doing things the Humboldt way.
Anyone standing in their way will be smeared, blacklisted and repeatedly attacked. It isn't just about Karen,me, there are tons of you out there. And who has told your story? Who have you confided in? Who do you ask on a daily basis and ask in person for the facts?
There is a lot of information given in the press packet. Let's see what LOCO, NCJ and other media share. People are not going to read pages and pages so I will share some of the documents and some of the pages where Ms. Paz Dominguez responds to the Civil Grand Jury report.
There has been ample evidence provided by Ms. Paz Dominguez in the last few months. Those benefitting from the current Humboldt way don't care. They just use everything released to unleash more attacks. The rest of see through the County spin and why they chose to smear the one County official who believes the public deserves to know how their money is being spent.
Those readers and voters that educate themselves and research are willing to wait. They read a variety of sources unlike the same five or ten people making noise on social media.
You can read the same County parroting points in certain other "media" who cant be bothered to show up for other local news but for months have time to spend on whatever the County wants released about the Auditor Controller and while they ignore most other local news.
Since my post yesterday, there has been a lot of backtracking with Civil County Foreperson Jim Glover making excuses for the County and County employees and why the report was released early. That was not sent to me or all media but conveniently to the one outlet that has been the County mouthpiece reacting every time I call out the County's bs and the the County minions on Facebook and online that are the ones attacking Ms. Paz Dominguez.
Glover can fall on the sword if he likes but savvy readers, voters and citizens who read independent coverage, who have experienced what Ms. Paz Dominguez is going through and know the Humboldt way of doing things know better.
The County Supervisors, their yes men and women have a guaranteed paycheck. Certain local media may have time to waste parroting the same points over and over again on one story that the County wants to use as a distraction and has repeatedly for months leading up to the election.
These are the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Members for 2021- 2022. This is public information and on the County website.
This is a small County. Connections matter. The County and the Supervisors have a lot of direct and indirect influence. Most people keep quiet because speaking up has financial and personal consequences.
Eugene Biggins
Stephanie Boers
Wendy Butler
Katherine Eagan
Kelly Eckberg
Kevin (Tuck) Engelman
Jim Glover (Foreperson)
Michele Fell
Frederick Hebert
Victoria Joyce
Robert Kapus
Lyn Klay
Jim Knerl
Shannon Koczera
Linda Kuiper
Gabrielle Long (owner of Taste of Bim and The Grind)
Jay Molofsky
Bob Phibbs
As for the guy who served the papers. Anyone can serve papers. I have seen that fool lurking around the courthouse.
Yesterday's post:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2022/06/i-guess-rules-do-not-apply-to-current.html?m=1
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