Normally, TMC would post each month someone who took great risk to do the right thing. Doing the right thing shouldn’t have to be a risk. But I hope this story gives courage to those employees and officers of the law who work hard to do the right thing for the citizens of Riverside. Sergeant James Corcoron served as a Bell officer for 19 years. Corcoran said that then Bell Chief of Police Randy Adams was angered when he went to him with allegations of voter fraud, unlawful vehicle seizures and illegal selling of building permits.
At one point the Chief wanted to know if Corcoran had taken his information to the FBI. The truth of the matter is that Corcoran already did. Corcoran stated that instead of the Chief investigating, he retaliated against him. In 2009, Corcoran said that he and two other officers went to the District Attorney’s Office to try to persuade the office to investigate city officials. And we certainly know how this goes in Riverside with our District Attorney, sound familiar? We had a similar experience when we dealt with our District Attorney here in Riverside, and we wrote about this in our posting of the “Triangle of Influence”. The Chief placed Corcoran on administrative leave in January 2010, that was a striking similar situation which occurred recently in the PU department with five employees. We think because of the AG Park investigation with the EPA.
To Sergeant James Corcoran we wish you the best and hope more will follow your example of integrity. Chief Adams was eventially removed from office after the L.A. Times expose revealed enormous salaries that top officials in the City of Bell were earning (well excuse the pun of the term earning). Eight former City of Bell leaders were arrested on corruption charges, the chief was not. Four council members, City Manager, Assistant City Manager. For people who don’t think the Mayor’s office is signifant or does not have any decision making power…..well, the Mayor and the Vice Mayor were also arrested on corruption charges. Something for our Riverside City Council to ponder.
We are happy to say that Sergeant James Corcoran will receive his job back as patrolman once there is a opening position. Food for thought, US District Judge Dickran Tevrizian, said the City of Bell could have lost in excess of $3 million if the case had gone to trial, due to Corcoran’s whistleblower lawsuit for reporting city corruption. But instead decided to recieve $400,000.00 and reinstatement to the force. Again, something for our Riverside City Council and the Mayor for some of the outragious settlements and judgements that are a actual cost to the taxpayer, thanks again to the exceptional legal advice of our City Attorney Gregory Priamos.
Since then, Chief Randy Adams filed two law suits against the City of Bell and former Interum City Manager Pedro Carrillo regarding issues of severance pay. Interum City Manager Pedro Carillo is seen here with State Controller John Chiang.
UPDATE: 08/22/2012: SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE JOHN VINEYARD SAYS CITY OF RIVERSIDE CAN’T BAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLINICS!
Commenter on the PE, Daniel Kippycash · Riverside, California So let me understand some SIMPLE facts. The voters of CA approved MMJ sales in the state. The state set up criteria for these businesses to operate and run. So the city elected officials have taken it on their own, against the voters decision, to BAN tax paying business and employers within the city. A city with millions of square feet of empty commercial real estate! NOW they are spending millions to try and defend their actions, try and alter the voter approved rights when they can’t even keep services open and other key people employed due to budget issues. City Businesses = LOSS. Police Expense to City= LOSS. Legal Expense to City = LOSS. Real Estate Owners = LOSS. Tax Revenue to City & State = LOSS. Utility gains for Riverside= LOSS. Corporate Insurance = LOSS. Added Unemployment = LOSS. True Patient Safe Access = LOSS…. Police Unions = GAIN. Legal Representation = GAIN. Court Costs = GAIN. DRUG CARTEL INCREASED BUSINESS = GAIN. People in this world the one thing that CAN NOT be wrong are numbers! Who is advising the city council? POLICE UNIONS and LEGAL FIRMS. Hummmmm interesting isn’t it? BUT Has the Press Enterprise or anybody in the press ever asked them why they have not sat down with the MMJ Community to work TOGETHER to find a plan that all can operate under together? NO NO NO. Come on it doesn’t matter what side of this issue you sit on. If the voters approved a measure then how do you explain the city and police acting outside the LAW? If the people really had the facts in front of them about what is being done they would be sick. What is even worse is that the press is NOT doing any true journalism on this topic. Sound bites, police lies about the situation and in the end it all adds up to only a few receiving any benefits from these efforts…….POLICE UNIONS, PRISON UNIONS and LAW FIRMS! Follow the money people. Speak out.
Yes it’s not a perfect world, unfortunately, Federal law supersedes State law, State law conflicts with Federal law, which mean local municipalities can call upon the Federal Goverment to enforce the illegality of Marijuana. According to the Federal Government, marijuana is considered a ‘Class One Drug’, no medical use.. In the State of California, Marijuana use is legal with restrictions, but remember still ‘illegal’ under Federal Law, therefore one can be arrested for illegal use and sale of marijuana according to Federal Laws. Even back in 2006 the adoption of a zoning law to prohibit the establishment of Riverside County came into play. There certainly would be a shift in the money paradigm if marijuana was made legal by the Federal Government. We certainly have documented evidence of this with alcohol prohibition in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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UPDATE: 09/07/2012: REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN STATES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T INTERFERE WITH STATES, SUCH AS CALIFORNIA, THAT HAVE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA!
JUST FOR LAUGHS..
RIVERSIDE FORGOTTEN..
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TMC: Thirty Miles of Corruption 
Whenever you decide to blow the whistle on corruption, you immediately become the enemy. You may have been an outstanding employee, but suddenly you become totally unsatisfactory, and you have to be fired. This happens constantly in all government agencies, local, county, state and federal. And this is the primary reason why people are very reluctant to blow the whistle. You will almost certainly have to go to court, and they have all the money for attorneys.
A word of advice: Before you do any whistle blowing, document every single aspect of your own employment which shows that you are and have been an exemplary employee. After you are fired, it is very difficult to get that documentation. Sometimes your records just seem to disappear.