NEW YEAR definition: Since it bothers me to read something that contains an acronym without a definition I always feel compelled to provide that for “LAME” (Lew’s “Almost Music” Expression) when it is used in a new post which normally replaces prior blah, blah, blahs. Thus, if someone is viewing for the first time without benefit of reading a previous post with definition, they might reasonably say to themselves….”It really bothers me to read something that contains an acronym without a definition”.

Hopefully this will reduce at least that particular repetition for 2020 since regular viewers are already painfully aware of my penchant for repetition, you know? Over, and over and over again……. lol Ready for the new year?

& MBTYAY: (My best to you and yours), Lew

OK. Below line, new 2020 blah, blah, blahs start with date and/or time.

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THURSDAY, August 6th, 2020/1121hrs

Here’s an interesting article on Governor Newsom and his “do as I say, not as I do” hypocrisy.

Gov. Newsom Fiddles While California Burns

Monday, August 3rd, 2020/1015hrs

Sorry, but I do not believe for a nanosecond that the police officer(s) charged with Mr. Floyd’s death truly intended to kill the man for allegedly attempting to pass a counterfeit twenty dollar bill.

True in the eyes of the law, at least for charging and conviction, it doesn’t matter whether the death was considered an intentional act (possibly supported with other evidence such as prior statements of the intent to kill or spontaneous exclamations of such intent during the actual arrest) or a legally “implied” intent, ie, actions which go far beyond approved methods in affecting arrests where the intent can be IMPLIED because of the foreseeable consequences of the wrongful or negligent act which resulted in the death. (Handcuffing someone to an empty pool drain when the pool is being filled because without constant monitoring (and rescue) the person will surely drown if not removed from the situation in which the officer placed the arrestee. “Ooops! With all the excitement I just plain forgot where I was temporarily holding the arrestee” will not work as a defense since the activity leading to the death was foreseeable and outrageous with a clear disregard for the subject’s safety.)

Honestly, I was quite shocked at the number of high ranking politicians and law enforcement personnel that were throwing the word murder around so causally prior to any investigation being completed. The language of law is extremely specific. Again, the intent to kill may be IMPLIED due to extreme negligence or lack of normal concern for another human being displayed during or after arrest, but if that is the case it should also be clearly stated as such by others….”the officer’s actions were so egregious and shocking to the conscience the specific intent normally required of a crime has been implied and the charge of murder is appropriate.” Stating an officer was just a cold blooded murderer is hardly the same thing.

CHOKE HOLD vs CAROTID RESTRAINT

Choke holds have been illegal in the State of California for decades due to the fact they have a greater potential for being lethal if used improperly (true regarding a lot of things yeah?) whereas proper use of the carotid restraint has prevented an untold number of unnecessary injuries to those resisting arrest and has likely saved many lives. Seriously, intoxicated people are often belligerent and aggressive due to the intoxication and unwanted contact with law enforcement and often behave in ways they otherwise would never even imagine. They are not in control and will do things clearly not in their best interests at the time.

Rather than rolling on the ground trading punches, or using mace and a baton on the intoxicated citizen, a quick disruption of the blood supply to the brain permits the time necessary to get the cuffs on without serious collateral damage to either the arrestee or officer. The arrestee wakes up with cuffs on – usually after doing the “chicken” (dance – uncontrolled spastic like muscle movement resulting from a lack of oxygen) asking “what happened”? (Yes I have experienced the “chicken” as a volunteer while training in POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training course), you signal the person applying the hold with a slap on the leg to stop when you first notice the symptoms brought on by a lack of oxygen….but sometimes that warning slap is too late.) lol in this limited example.

Yup, only takes a matter of seconds for a well performed carotid restraint to incapacitate a violent individual (or naive student) without serious injury (baring some temporary petite hemorrhaging around the eyes and/or a deprivation of oxygen headache). HOWEVER, if in the excitement of the fight (or improper instruction) a carotid restraint is improperly applied (wrong position of the arm and muscles around the neck) – it can become a “choke hold” which poses a far greater danger to the arrestee by possibly crushing the throat and preventing oxygen from entering/exiting the lungs – rather than simply restricting blood flow temporarily to the brain. Two completely different animals which the LAME STREAM MEDIA seem to constantly confuse.

Let’s see then, chemical agents and a baton thumping (old school as there are now stun guns, nets, etc.) vs a quick nap without further injury? What would you chose (when ironically not in the position to make logical decisions in your own best interests due to over indulging in whatever?) Why should an otherwise decent citizen be subjected to far more dangerous apprehension techniques because they partied too hard and got a little wild?

Seems to me with all the detailed expansive education and training of law enforcement officers already – protestors and their supporters who demand even more specialized training, which obviously couldn’t hurt, are actually missing the point of this UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE all together!

It is the citizen who is in serious need of BASIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING in cooperating with law enforcement rather than consistently pushing the envelope of proper behavior to the point of unnecessary violence on both sides.

Yup, some sort of citizen re-education is what is missing because probation and parole just doesn’t seem to work as planned, especially with recidivists.

I wonder if any male Democrats are currently recovering from sex reassignment surgery in order to qualify for “Burisma Joe’s” VP slot? LOL

MBTYAY, Lew

Wednesday, July 29th, 2020

Check out our governor’s driveway yesterday in the below news video…..

CHP Officers Clear Protesters From Governor Newsom’s Fair Oaks Mansion Demanding Mass Clemency For California Inmates

LEW HERE: Gee, wonder what our anti-gun socialist left governor newsom would have done if those protesting in Fair Oaks outside his home became violent, verbally threatened him, and instead of simply chaining themselves to the metal gate tore it down down and proceeded towards his home— all without the CHP (CA state police) handling the matter for him? Consider the senior couple in St. Louis who successfully defended their home and themselves from violent rioters (who BROKE DOWN THE METAL DRIVEWAY GATE AND ENTERED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY) with their guns without firing a shot….(great deterent when a criminal believes they could get shot!) yet still a leftist district attorney in Missouri wants to prosecute them? So, what do you think Newsom would have done if at home with his family, with no state police protection and the protesters tore down the metal gate and rushed towards his home? Surely he doesn’t possess a gun, right? lol OOPS! I know! Almost forgot. Why would he care? He and his family could just sneak out the back way to the American River and escape by watercraft. Just leave the house and all the property to the rioters! Newsom isn’t like the rest of us who have worked so very hard to obtain, maintain and protect what we have. Newsom will always be able to get more “stuff”. Even FREE STUFF worth millions of dollars! Heck, apparently that whole mansion estate was also a FREE GIFT! (Golly, the ethics classes required in CA public service clearly instruct gifting to politicians and public officials is a BIG NO NO and subject to FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission) regulations and enforcement – lol…..LOL

LOL!

Yet here is Newsom and his comrades subjecting ALL CALIFORNIANS to a foreseeable and unnecessary potential for loss, harm, injury and/or death due to their socialist left agenda which includes such foolishness as open borders, a sanctuary state for criminals, restriction of 2nd Amendment rights with a desire to completely abolish, no voter ID, etc. Must be easy for Newsom to talk about fairness and equality for all Californians when he can receive millions of dollars in property free of the legal constraints to which the rest of us “commoners” must adhere while he is simultaneously protected by state police paid for with tax dollars from already victimized citizens.

Newsom and his ilk must leave CA.GOV ASAP if we are to save California and re-institute what most believe to be the “TRUE CALIFORNIA VALUES” which should be honored, pursued and maintained.

Wednesday, July 28th, 2020/1115hrs

Only in Califusion….while many Californians are concerned about potential home eviction due to the financial constraints brought on by the Chinese Communist Party COVID-19 pandemic (which have been re-configured by the Left into desired weapons against President Trump’s re-election – [nice try but it won’t work]), … has our Leftist governor perhaps provided yet another example of why he and his comrades are not to be trusted with our constitutional freedoms? Is this just another real life example of his often touted “California Values”?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2020/0815hrs

I am very proud and thankful Attorney General William Barr is at the helm of the Department of Justice and wish every American citizen could have viewed (or will view) yesterday’s most recent example of yet another ludicrous sham of a government hearing produced by left Democrats.  Seriously, the Democrats (led by J. Nadler, photo below)

set up this “dog and pony show” joke of a hearing; had the Attorney General appear by subpoena (like he doesn’t have far more important issues to deal with during the continued assault on the United States of America), but then after asking stupid questions clothed in political speeches these Democrats repeatedly (and rudely) refused to even allow AG Barr to answer their ridiculous and unethically loaded “yes or no” questions”. (Non related example: have you stopped beating your dog? – either answer is an affirmation to beating a dog. But if one refuses to fall for such a baited question, then the questioning party states the witness refuses to answer the very simple question which is considered evidence of guilt.)

Yesterday’s hearing was just a mirror image of the Democrat’s embarrassingly unfounded hoax of a presidential impeachment which was also based on personal opinion, perspective, lies and false reports.  The Democrats orchestrate such worthless hearings as PUBLIC FUNDED UNNECESSARY forums for pathetic attempts at political relevancy.  On and on about what they think, believe, desire, demand…… while simultaneously preventing the WITNESS LEGALLY SUMMONED TO THE HEARING FOR QUESTIONING from speaking!  Unreal.

Yup, a judiciary committee hearing where the United States Attorney General is prevented from providing legitimate explanatory information about the rioting in this country which all American citizens should hear – yet the Democrats who called the meeting actively prevent the attorney general’s Under Oath testimony from being heard. OUTRAGEOUS!  

Yes absolutely shameful that such unethical activity is permitted to continue in this nation.   Such FAKE PUBLIC SERVANTS need to be removed as soon as possible as they only waste time, public resources and intentionally conceal the truth which supports and encourages even more frustration, damage, injury and death in this country.

Please check out the many informative educational videos available on the OAN (ONE AMERICA NEWS) network website.  No doubt some of them might be of great surprise to you while clearly illustrating just how disingenuous and ANTI-AMERICAN the “lame-stream media” has become.  FAKE NEWS covering FAKE PUBLIC SERVANTS should have no place in our freedom loving American society!   

Speaking of educational videos, there are many methods for distributing important information. Most often (as with the OAN News Network) this is accomplished through serious productions emphasizing important variables regarding the subject matter to better explain the problem at hand, however, comedy is also a highly successful approach in explaining and distributing important information about a subject that in itself is not funny in the least bit. (Comedy relating to otherwise horrific events.) So with that in mind, perhaps many of you remember Chris Rock’s video on “How Not To Get Your Ass Kicked By The Police”, 2007 I believe.

I recalled Chris Rock’s skit after watching OAN’s Pearson Sharp present a serious video about proper interactions with police where he pointed out most people learn such respectful interaction with others in kindergarten.

Seriously, it all comes down to truthful factual information with which we make logical and fair decisions.

My best to you and yours, Lew

Monday, July 27, 2020/0945hrs

Hello, yes indeed, still here but quite busy with my own property work but after reading the April LAFCO (LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION) information couldn’t resist a quick blah blah blah regarding sneaky activities still being conducted by MARIPOSA COUNTY regarding the Lake Don Pedro area and that tangled mess of a waste water (sewer) treatment facility.  What planning?  Right?  

That facility, designed and constructed by Mariposa County in order to support the uncontrolled development of housing which also violated our subdivision’s WORTHLESS CC&Rs- covenants, codes, and restrictions, was created to replace the old sewer system that was located WITHIN THE MERCED RIVER WATER PLACE OF USE under the water license.  This meant the old sewer system could use Merced River water which was the LDPCSD’s ONLY SOURCE of water at the time.    However, the county constructed the new sewer system OUTSIDE THE POU for Merced River water and must therefore be operated with our extremely expensive emergency drought groundwater which is produced by grant funded ground water wells former GM/Treasurer (and two tour employee) Pete Kampa had developed by intentionally misrepresenting LDPCSD’s service area and water license facts to state and federal authorities in order to obtain the grant money.   (Kampa was successful in introducing incorrect service maps to many different entities.) 

Such deception never seems to end and is a perfect example of what is happening across our entire country –  unscrupulous individuals pursuing their own financial interests utilizing public funds and resources which are of course paid for by already victimized citizens.

ABSOLUTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY, much less prosecution, for intentional criminal conspiracies spanning decades to violate State Water Law Regulations which have negatively affected tens of thousands of innocent property owners.  (Yet millions of “powerless regular citizens” have had their lives irrevocably harmed or destroyed due to prosecution for low level or “victimless crimes” because the rule of law was stated to be so damn important – bullshit!)

Please do not forget, the LDPCSD is a CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT, and our former crooked GM/TREASURER Pete Kampa has been a board director with the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION (CSDA) for approximately 20 years!  Hum, two decades.  And it was 20 years ago that KAMPA wrongfully (without board approval or instruction back then) set up many LAFCO ANNEXATIONS into our LDPCSD for his special interest connections.  (One of which was a proposed 900 acre residential subdivision across the road from the LDPCSD new administration office (replaced the original office destroyed by arson during investigation of this very matter) but is now illustrated as being WITHIN DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, yet was previously identified by LAFCO as SOI (Sphere of Influence) until only a short time before KAMPA’s returned to the LDPCSD to finish his LAFCO water empire scam with grant funded water wells!   I honestly do not believe this property was ever legally annexed as I was later told by the LAFCO EXECUTIVE OFFICER while investigating annexations into the LDPCSD, but if it was annexed, why on earth conceal such fact from the public for twenty years?  Why did a LAFCO 2008 publication clearly illustrate the property as SOI?

Sure, KAMPA was caught and left in 1997, but the 2014 LDPCSD Board of Directors (Danny Johnson and Emery Ross the two primary instigating directors – although all are obviously guilty for not questioning such blatant violation of existing law when requested to do so multiple times at monthly board meetings by a former board director who had studied the matter extensively) again hired KAMPA in 2014 to complete the water scam he initiated back in the 1990s!   (Obtaining the groundwater wells necessary for an ALTERNATIVE SOURCE WATER to circumvent the water license restrictions.)  Sure, Kampa was caught again doing illegal stuff this time and left under a cloud of suspicion in 2019 as well – HOWEVER – JUST LIKE 20 YEARS AGO – THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS (and others) INTENTIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.  Also, just like twenty years ago, KAMPA may have suddenly left but  the innocent LDP subdivision property owners are once again stuck with the costs associated with such betrayal and dishonesty.  So in addition to unknowingly paying for this fraud of a special district since 1980 new financial debt is incrementally being added to the pile of deceit by our local “leaders”.

Yes indeed.   COVID-19 might stop normal “above board” county work (that actually assists citizens) but when it comes to the continual abuse and exploitation of the property owners and residents of the LAKE DON PEDRO OWNERS ASSOCIATION subdivision, well, surreptitious under handed dealings have continued just like they have for over 40 years next month (August).

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Here’s a suggestion for your COVID-19 cleared calendar – take a look at “their” (PLANNING & LAFCO) past work on the Mariposa County website regarding the LDPCSD.   There are many years of listed annexation information.  OOPS!   Almost forgot, all those questionable “special interest annexations into the LDPCSD by Tuolumne and Mariposa County LAFCOs that were CLEARLY OUTSIDE THE WATER LICENSE PLACE OF USE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER have curiously now been secreted away from public view.   Checked again this morning…..

“LAFCo Resolutions

Resolutions

• 2005 to 2019
• 1966 to 1995”

Golly gee, could I be the only one to notice that the years 1996-2004 are completely missing?  Or that those years actually listed between 1966 – 1995 contain no useful information (heyday for LAFCO annexations into their 1980 created LDPCSD) because when you select a particular document of interest – for example:

“95-4

May 15, 1995

Lake Don Pedro Community Services District (PDF)”

 this is what you get:

“We’re sorry, but there is not a web page matching your entry. You entered: Click here to go to the home page “

Fortunately many of these annexations are available on this website under the opening menu LDPCSD – the MR WEC FRAUD TIME LINE” (as they were copied, scanned and then inserted into the site library)

THIS IS USUALLY CALLED A CLUE

Worst of all – local, state and federal law enforcement entities won’t seriously investigate such blatant violations and resulting cover-ups!

The Mariposa County website also appears to suggest a different culprit by implying it is a STATE CONTROLLED activity whereas in reality it is the POWER OF THE STATE exercised on the LOCAL LEVEL BY LOCAL OFFICIALS!  (Cute little trick there yeah?)

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[Actually, this ongoing special interest corruption and highly suspicious LAFCO ANNEXATION SCAM of properties outside the legal water service area, was planned some 10+ years before the LAKE DON PEDRO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT (LDPCSD) was even created in August 1980 – in complete violation of the specific approval by the CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION in transferring that prior water company to the LAFCO created LDPCSD. 

Consider: the State of California declared the Merced River water (under MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT license 11395) had been fully appropriated in July 1980, then the very next month these LAFCOs approved the LDPCSD formation yet the original LAFCO survey map of the legal district water service area has been missing for 40 years!   

This is usually called

(imagine a long continuing drum roll)   

A CLUE!

Why?  Because these LAFCOs expanded the water service area far beyond what was legally approved by the CPUC and LDP subdivision owners have been secretly paying for this absolute betrayal for decades and are now again being set-up for even more abuse with the County attempting to force the LDPCSD to take control and operate the County’s poorly designed, special interest planned and constructed, loser of a waste water disposal system while expecting the legal LDPCSD customers to pay even more!  The county of Mariposa created the entire mess – why should already victimized legal LDPCSD customers pay for further local special interest corruption?]

Here’s what I read this morning from the Mariposa County website:

“At a meeting in April 2020, the Board of Supervisors amended the FY 2019-2020 LAFCo budget to remove funding for items 1 and 2 above. This was due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Staff was also directed to:

3. Start the process of transferring the Lake Don Pedro Special District Sewer Zone to the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District, and

4. Send a commissioner or two to CALAFCo’s annual conference. Relative to items 1 and 2 above, the current proposed LAFCo budget for next FY does NOT include funds for the Mariposa Public Utility District’s MSR, SOI Amendment or Change of Organization. I intend to pursue these funds at mid-year, should the County’s budget rebound, and monies become available.

Local Agency Formation Commission P a g e| 2 Relative to item 3 above, LAFCo staff will continue to pursue this directive even though no funds were requested for this work.”

Lew here again, speaking of MSRs, why has the

LAKE DON PEDRO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT

NEVER HAD

A REQUIRED MUNICIPAL SERVICE REVIEW

despite the many unorthodox LAFCO changes to “their” special district’s water service boundaries?

Why does the current GM/TREASURER refuse to furnish the FAKE MAP Kampa and his board used to misdirect and mismanage this district for almost five years which has once again brought this district to potential financial crisis?

This is usually called a …….

Guess this blah, blah, blah is just another waste of time as these and many other questions have gone unanswered for years with little hope of answer without major change.  No one seems to care until a rate and fee hike is passed but then it is too late.  (It will be the same case with our Constitutional Freedoms on the National level without major change to the current direction by the Left.)

Oh well, I’ve got to get back to my own work.

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California, as managed by left Democrats, has been a complete fraud, but the problem is, by the time victimized citizens find out they’ve been misled they are already totally invested in one way or another with the state (family, work, home/property) and it is too late for appropriate remedies with what life they may have left. 

Here’s my personal suggestion for helping not only our entire country, but Califusion (formerly California) as well –

VOTE TRUMP & PENCE

FOR

COMMON SENSE!

My best to you and yours, Lew

Sunday, July 5th, 2020/ 2120hrs

Sure was a beautiful foothill evening for the Fourth.

Apparently there were a number of foothill area fires last night but as far as I know all were quickly contained and extinguished without serious damage or injury, but as most of you know, the potential for firework initiated fire seems to always survive for some time after the 4^th of July.  

Surprised at how many displays there were in the valley and how late at night. I attempted some time exposures but zooming up on the distances involved only produced for images with very small blurry puffs of color lacking good definition.  Video recordings were essentially worthless except for the audio of cricket, night birds and the distant “BOOMS” from explosions primarily between Chowchilla to Modesto which of course included the communities even further west like Dos Palos, Los Banos, Gustine etc.    The interval image setting, however, worked great. 

Ah oh, 1455hrs just heard a plane speeding by overhead….. yup, looks like Merced Falls at the treeline along the river. Hard to tell. Helicopter circling. Doesn’t look too bad yet but there are strong westerly winds – at least up here right now.

The 5 seconds between each of the 99 exposures created an interesting video which made it easier to identify the varied “puffs of color” from the typical light emitting stationary objects like tall buildings and radio towers. lights. 

Check it out: (all that upload time for the WRONG FILE! Did it again – redundant file name boo boo strikes again……..)

I truly have a hard time accepting how anyone could honestly believe this Joe “Burisma” Biden traitor is capable of anything other than what he has proven himself to be: a stone cold lifetime crooked politician now running for president in hopes of avoiding long overdue justice for his absolute betrayal of the United States of America and its legal citizens. Joe Biden is a real piece of work as are his leftist friends and cohorts.

WAITING FOR THE YOUTUBE UPLOAD of “BREAKING BIDEN NEWS”…..

Heard talk of another Governor Newsom Recall attempt, sure I’ll sign a petition but my standing on a corner 12 hours every Saturday and Sunday for 3-1/2 months was a “once in a lifetime experience”.   Figured if I was seriously contemplating leaving 60+ years of the only legal state residency I’ve ever had along with 30 years of back breaking work landscaping and building my  intended “final home” here in Lake Don Pedro, well, I should at least put some sincere effort into fighting what I believe to be the primary reason I (and so many others) would even think of leaving decades of improvement work in their once beautiful and proud state for less expensive perhaps more difficult or inconvenient land to develop and live that most folks would never even consider for one reason or another.   

But at my age I’m looking to simplify anyway.  I am so blessed because I have desirable options either way; stay and fight for what CALIFORNIA ONCE STOOD FOR or seek freedom and peace from over taxation in another state that appreciates honest law abiding taxpaying citizens.  Yup I can easily envision doing either one which only makes the argument that much more difficult – you know…. constantly going over and considering the respective PROS and CONS.  Regardless, I don’t believe I’ll be a petition circulator again, especially now with the COVID-19 issues in the USA thanks to the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) and the fact my left foot still hasn’t quite recovered.

Sure wish I knew and/or realized years ago just how bad and potentially intolerable things were becoming here in California yet when I stop and think about it,   I do lol – because I was too busy dealing with and surviving what I had already learned about duplicitous individuals using positions of public trust who could abuse public authority, misuse limited resources and commit serious crimes with impunity for their own corrupt personal reasons.  Gee, why would anyone necessarily believe the whole fucking state was collapsing under the accumulating weight of its own lack of accountability repeatedly demonstrated by unethical public officials and bloated departments intentionally violating the law while “mushroom citizens” pay more and more despite receiving less and less except for the escalating frustration and anxiety?

Yeah, perhaps I just couldn’t see the forest (the corruption of the State) through the trees (local more obvious corruption)?

I digress.   Yeah, I’ll sign another Newsom recall petition but I won’t be a circulator again, besides, I really don’t have much confidence in California elections anyway because the Democrats cheat like hell.   I don’t believe there has been a truly fair election since they took control of this state. But we shall see. I am greatly encouraged by stories of people changing party do their own disgust as to how their once great party has been hi-jacked.

better check on the upload…..(Well, the dumb ass uploaded the wrong file again….think I’m going to fire him. lol)

Sunday, July 5th, 2020/0714hrs

Not to say that there was a single individual out there actually interested in this, but here is the complete audio of the last LDPCSD Board Meeting on June 15th, 2020 never-the-less:

SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 2020

After midnight before the file uploaded, so July 3rd & 4th! lol

Thursday, July 2nd, 2020

Howdy! Doing some “off the cuff” writing. Trying to figure something out that was stated at the last LDPCSD Board Meeting (June 15th, 2020 – received my CD in the mail and just finished listening to it – didn’t even charge me for it this time -weird huh?) and have been revisiting old posts in attempt to find the specific information. Based on a related photograph date I’m currently looking around August 2017 for the information and while doing so ran across the below post which is relevant to the difficulties this district is still experiencing (a massive water loss and lack of director accountability ranking at the top of a very long list).

Anyway, how about a digital field trip to that 2017 meeting PUBLIC COMMENT where I finally identified the crown jewel in Pete Kampa’s secret annexation work twenty years earlier when he was first employed by the LDPCSD (1994-1997)? Kampa’s second tour of employment: October 2014- JUne? 2019). This is a major component to a LAFCO annexation scam spanning decades – even all the way back to berfore the birth of this exploited California Special District in 1980.

Yup, for twenty years the district and Mariposa County Planning/LAFCO were able to conceal a proposed 900 acre residential subdivision (supposedly approved by LAFCO in 1995) across the street from the LDPCSD administration office (both of them: the one destroyed by arson during an investigation of this very annexation issue, and the second replacement office).

Concealed from the public. The rate paying MANDATORY LDPCSD CUSTOMERS. Even those elected/appointed and serving on the LDPCSD Board of Directors during the last 20 years. Critical land development and proposed water use information intentionally concealed from those not involved in the continuing fraud and corruption. Wow. Mariposa County finished formation of the district in August 1980. Big anniversary coming up next month yeah?

Seriously, how could such conduct by participating oath sworn officials and their contracted, hired, appointed and/or salaried cohorts be anything but a criminal conspiracy within a local public agency to defraud the legal customers? not so lol

Yes, I admit going over this old information makes me a bit angry that such despicable conduct continues without accountability despite the clear detriment to the thousands of Lake Don Pedro property owners in the subdivision who have been intentionally victimized for decades.

Anyway, here’s the old post while I continue searching for the target information…….

E August 21 2017 LDPCSD Board Meeting

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020/0910rs

The below article makes far more sense to me than what the Democrat Left consistently puts out in justification for their Anti-American assault on our Republican form of Democracy. The destruction of our freedom loving society is the Left’s ultimate goal which should be obvious to anyone who follows legitimate news organizations and gives a rat’s ass.

These “homeland domestic terrorists” need to go “bye-bye”, one way or the other (could we trade them in for the millions of folks who recognize the difference and only dream of becoming a legal US citizen?) The LEFT has clearly drawn a line separating the two sides, and unfortunately, it is indeed a war between the “us” who love the USA as an ever evolving free country versus “them” who are set on abusing those precious freedoms in an attempt to destroy the greatest freedom loving country on the planet.

Later, Lew

McClintock: I Oppose Federalizing Local Police Departments

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Thursday, June 25th, 2020/ 2046hrs

(AND FRIDAY 26th UPDATE TO LAME intro)

Typical blah, blah, blah……don’t trust DEM GAMES!

1 Democrat Games

2 1:15 Tranq’d Out

3 3:47 Won’t Support Democrat Stuff

4 5:59 Mob of low life cheaters

5 8:18 Dems will……

For a grand total of 11 minutes and seventeen seconds you will never get back as we continue this journey together into our new Chinese Communist Party & Democrat viral infected world of deception, invasion, and eventual “ATTEMPTED” total conquest of OUR UNITED STATES of AMERICA. (OUR meaning every single one of our highly diverse individual legal citizens who sincerely “pledge allegiance to the flag”. Scoff if you wish. I did once as well. Wasn’t but a few years away from academia that the reality began sinking in about what the word “Democrat” actually meant in real life consequences, but I faithfully maintained the carefully cultivated college tolerance for things that I may not have personally approved, but “hey this is a free America” – pursue what you wish but do not harm others. Often easier said than done, consider for instance – is there any such thing as a “victimless crime”? I digress.

I honestly believe this is the most “vulnerable” we have ever been here in America. Much different than the cold war escalation of unthinkably powerful weapons pointed at the evil block bullies or their proclaimed boy scout counterparts. This is much closer and familiar because we’ve been “conditioned” in our own homes, apartments, schools, religious organizations, work and recreational places, etc. for decades. Conditioned to what? You might reasonably question.  Change bait.   

Yup.  Sure everything changes, it is also called growth, however, some change is obviously counterproductive and should be avoided due to its foreseeable negative consequences.  (Over fertilizing a crop will kill it as effectively as starving it for nutrients – there is a “sweet spot” in between the two extremes encouraging healthy productive growth.)

Just something I’ve been mulling over in the grey matter.   Seems an old expression fits:   If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything.  All this Democrat Left proposed major change to our country is just more bait for a very dangerous trap specifically designed to ultimately destroy this Republic and its Rule of Law. 

Does the following actually sound like attractive common sense change?  Open borders?  Abolish the police?  Free all legally convicted prisoners?  Abolish constitutional rights?  Prohibit self defense firearms?  No voter identification with open elections where anyone passing through can vote?  No individual responsibility or accountability?   A mob collective determines what is permissible or acceptable? 

Here we are.  A group of thugs who don’t like a statue in a public park for one reason or another (often don’t even understand or appreciate the true facts and inspiration in creating the tribute in the first place) unilaterally decide it is offensive and therefore, in the name of the public good, tear down and destroy the expressive work of art.  

Well, at least they are honest about their intentions – even depictions of the Lord Jesus Christ are subject to destruction.  Been trying to take “IN GOD WE TRUST” out for years too. (Did they already? Lol)

Yeah, our tolerance for clear invading competitors has gone way too far.   Appeasement never works, because once the stated goal is provided such social terrorists will only demand something else until we have given away every single thing we have of value.    What then?   Ohhhh, and that’s the best part…..we will then have the privilege to work for the new terrorist infused government – maybe eek out enough to survive in their New America – you guess the name and spelling.

  My best to you and yours, Lew

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020/1047hrs

What the heck…..might as well try again yeah? Still can’t believe the LDPCSD refuses to furnish the map Pete Kampa and his complicit Board of Defector Directors used to misdirect district operations for so many years (and for so much money) while consistently refusing to acknowledge errors of the past while continuing their plans to raise our rates and fees again. For how much more? Twice as much? Perhaps three times as much? Want to talk about transparency of government?

LOL

The only thing transparent about the LAKE DON PEDRO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT is continuing deception and betrayal and a lack of accountability for intentional wrongdoing! Anyway, here’s the most recent request for information sent this morning:

Oops…forgot to include the email subject line!

“June 15 2020 LDPCSD Board Meeting Audio CD request & past outstanding information request”

“Hello Syndie, when the CD is ready please advise and I will make arrangements to pay for it and pick  up.    Also, regarding my previous requests for obtaining the MID (Merced Irrigation District) 1993 Shape file map which former GM Peter Kampa used in his multi-year costly attempt at enlarging the LDPCSD Place of Use boundary for Merced River water under WL11395 (ie, water service outside the LDP approved residential subdivision Place of Use),  I have still not received this map (much less an answer as to why) from current GM Patrick McGowan despite multiple requests.  What is the holdup in furnishing this PUBLIC INFORMATION?   This map was unequivocally utilized under Kampa management to fabricate other government documents; apply for millions of dollars in state and federal grants; misdirect financial resources and district water service operations for over four years – all to the special benefit of owners of LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES in the LDPCSD that were clearly outside the approved subdivision PLACE OF USE boundary.  (In other words, the LDPCSD had no legal duty or moral obligation to provide any water service for LAFCO ANNEXATIONS – much less the unilateral right to saddle thousands of unsuspecting legal water customers in the subdivision with those substantial and increasing added costs.)   This matter is something that needs to be addressed and cleared up prior to any vote on another PROP 218 to increase water rates and fees since funds from the last PROP 218 were clearly used to pursue the KAMPA water service expansion plan that was completely based on that 1993 MID shape file map.   Customers have a right to understand how such an expensive multi-year LDPCSD boondoggle could have been launched and maintained for so long based on an antiquated map Kampa had apparently picked up and possessed for over 20 years (when first employed at the LDPCSD between 1994-1997) and evidently used since then in orchestrating his decades long water expansion scheme.    This map has never been revealed to district customers despite multiple  requests.    Only the Merced Irrigation District, investigating State Water Board and Pete Kampa have been privy to this information that has been misused against legal customers of this district.    Is there something else (regarding this map) that is also being actively concealed from the public prior to the next proposed rate increase Prop 218 vote?          Thank you, Lew Richardson”

SUNDAY, JUNE 14th, 2020/0945hrs

This website, just like my cameras, the guitar, keyboard, computer, etc., is only utilized for a very small fraction of what it is actually capable of producing, creating, facilitating, organizing, presenting ….whatever. Primary reason? I remain uneducated and ignorant as to how to properly use the darn thing! I am a digital immigrant and unfamiliar with much of the technology.

Yup, seems everything I own is only used for some basic limited purpose while far more desirable capabilities are overlooked, ignored, perhaps even forsaken, because I’m too busy and distracted with other activities that take precedence and require immediate attention to really “dig in” and understand the equipment. Rather like juggling different projects which insures none are completed as I would prefer due to a lack of available time.

Recent simple example: Planting Poppy and other wild flower seeds must be done before the blistering Summer heat arrives. OK, germinating seeds require optimum weather conditions to successfully grow and flourish. So one must plant before it gets too hot but not so soon that a late frost instantly terminates the growing process. OK, got it, however, rapidly changing weather conditions lately have made even that simple little requirement a bit more challenging…..seriously, over one hundred degrees on one day then less than a week later hail and sleet? lol Plus the area to be planted must be cleared properly of other vegetation.

Now let’s add the annual destruction of accumulating weeds, brush, pine needles and other unwanted vegetative debris. through the permitted burning process. This can only take place during the designated “burn season” whose exact days for such work is governed by a host of environmental variables and not made known to the “burning public” until the beginning of that particular day in a prerecorded message via a telephone call by the property owner. It is either YES or NO.

Where am I going with this blah, blah, blah? Simply, I’ve let this website slip a bit while pursuing other “priority work”. I noticed some links were failing and not working properly. Some information had been removed from the internet so the link was essentially a “dead end”. EXAMPLE: Noticed the video regarding CALIFORNIA CORRUPTION involving the political families of NEWSOM, BROWN, PELOSI and GETTY had been removed from the internet so all the viewer saw was some sort of a “SORRY VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE” message, but fortunately at least in that case, another “newer” video had taken its place so it was just a matter of finding and entering the new URL so viewers could check out the information. But first I had to notice the link had failed. It just takes time.

SHORT STORY? I need to better organize the website material which is going to take some research and study and equates to the site simply being a continuing WORK IN PROGRESS, so please forgive the mess.

Speaking of various projects, I should be receiving my new soldering iron this month for the repair attempts on those two DR-40 digital recorders. Yes, I know, probably should have just sucked up the loss and let it go (with the lesson of being more careful in tight areas with various extension cords connected to equipment attached to tripods) but the idea of small inexpensive detached earphone modules making two $150+ pieces of equipment essentially worthless (for my limited LAME purposes – lol) is intolerable for me without a genuine attempt to repair myself since “professional assistance” appears unlikely. The repair part was very inexpensive as I received a pack of 5 replacement modules for under $5.00! Only took some time to research and learn. The real expense (apparently) is in the time required for the disassembly, micro soldering, reassembly, shipping, handling, etc.

Once I receive the new iron I can start practicing what I’ve learned on those internet circuit board repair videos. Whether this particular repair plan works or not I’ve still learned something valuable and interesting that has already produced useful spinoff applications. I’ll try to post some photos of the repair plan with some of the new equipment later. Lew

Thursday, June 11^th, 2020

Honestly never thought I would say such a thing, but here it is:

“thank Heavens the burn season is over in Mariposa County!” 

(Most likely there is a handful of chronic CALFIRE callers expressing the same sentiment, yeah? lol 🙂

Although thankful and greatly appreciative for the extended burn time made available past the Memorial Day Weekend by CALFIRE and the other agencies responsible for the scheduling, I was once again, unable to complete everything I wanted to accomplish. 

Like with so many other things in life it is a multifaceted activity with a host of changing variables making what appears to be the same activity every season actually a little different each time: erratic weather with late rains that often restart the growing/eradication cycle (which is very disappointing following successful early attacks in control – yet the alternative is worse because if you wait too long to guarantee no more rain you end up with a much heartier, heavier and thicker fuel load that is far more difficult to cut, rake, and burn); then there is the traditional increase in property landscaping projects which correspondingly requires more maintenance; many unrelated outside issues which interfere with scheduling such work, like doctor/vet appointments, shopping, garbage disposal, posting comments of outrage regarding these Democrats on a website, ….. ooh  yeah, let’s not forget a world pandemic brought to us by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) which is still not completely understood as to its creation, release, spread, and far reaching ramifications –  yeah, that virus confusion didn’t help much and made everything just a bit more difficult to digest. 

Another major and constantly changing variable is my physical ability to do the work as I age.  (Although past decades of successful work and experience can be quite helpful in safely streamlining the process, I am never-the-less growing older and gradually will become less efficient which equates to taking more time during a fixed limited window of opportunity.  That sucks, yeah?)  Sure there are all sorts of powered tools and equipment that can greatly assist with this reduction in individual performance (that ATV/cart has been of monumental assistance) but the writing is clearly on the wall and I can read.  

So what is the point?  Living and enjoying what we have and do now.  The future will take care of itself one way or the other.  Recall the old lyrics from a Beatles song? 

“Life goes on within you and without you” 

Pretty heavy yeah?

So, no more burning?  Great!  My body needs a rest anyway and I need to finish my California Poppy project.  (This COVID-19 stuff has been depressing and a real drag so I decided to cheer up my environment with more color – golden poppies and other wild flower dry blends.     Yes, surely more work and expense – but also more enjoyment for those who appreciate such things.   The basic concept is a flower garden producing enough seed to gradually extend the color through gravity and goundwater runoff via a seasonal creek.  (Birds will also assist in this seeding endeavor.)

Might this project assist a bit in distracting from the absolute idiocy displayed by so many out of control Leftist traitors set on destroying the greatest freedom loving country in human history?   

I hope so. 

Yup, our country would surely be headed for hell in a hand basket if these SOCIALIST LEFT DEMOCRATS were permitted to continue their self serving Anti American nonsense.  Thankfully more citizens are waking up to the utter betrayal by such Democrats who will likely once again be stopped dead in their tracks in the 2020 election.  But we shall see.

Hard to believe that the greatest country in the “free world” is threatened by our own Leftist Democrat cheats and liars who consistently pursue Anti American policies for OUR USA that cannot even pass a simple and basic “COMMON SENSE TEST”?   (Defund and abolish law enforcement? Good grief!  Even elementary school children can recognize that clear danger – especially in Democrat controlled large cities that already boast massive murder rates that continue to increase!)

Yes, all this and much more may be true and quite discouraging at times, but aren’t the wildflowers beautiful in that meandering creek bed?  

My best to you and yours, Lew

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020

LINK BELOW:

CAN’T COUNTERFEIT TRUE INTEGRITY

TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd, 2020/1021hrs

Guess what today also is?

That’s right……

AN APPROVED BURN DAY IN MARIPOSA COUNTY WITH A VALID PERMIT!

Although I still may not get ‘er all done – I’ll put one heck of a dent in it!

Again, thank you to the authorities in charge for recognizing this year’s uncooperative late weather systems and permitting such property maintenance to continue past the Memorial Day weekend! (Hate to leave burn piles for the next end of the year burn opportunity (Fall) as “critters” often make homes within the accumulated debris…..turns an otherwise simple debris burn into a vicious multi-species familial attack which is of course quite disturbing.) Later.

MONDAY, JUNE 1st, 2020/0854hrs

Whether or not it qualifies as situational irony (when contrasted with the destruction of public and private property across America as a result of rioting after the death of George Floyd while in police custody), it sure makes another good example as to the pitfalls of assumption. Yup, apparently another one of the few times I recall debris burning being extended past Memorial Day weekend.   On one level strange, yet on another, more than appropriate – and APPRECIATED!

The last few nights while walking about (contemplating what other projects I could start and not finish –lol) I thought it felt like rain.  Humidity was up, low cloud coverage, cooler temperatures, etc.  (Poor Space Station observation for sure.) I wondered, why couldn’t control burns be permitted to continue under these great conditions?   Figured probably because of a set pattern of normal operation which might be easier for citizens to remember – MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND = NO MORE BURNING (generally).

This morning, once again, it really “felt like” rain.  I was going to push on with different activities but something quite basic was nagging at me ….how does one know for sure it IS NOT a burn day without calling 1-800-440-2876 for an answer by the regulating authorities?   The immediate response was – why waste my time – today is the Monday AFTER Memorial Day weekend – therefore burning season is over, well, likely over,…..is generally over……  Ahhhh,…., up jumps that qualifying term ”usually”   which makes it an accurate and reasonable response but certainly not a definitive answer.   “Usually” leaves wiggle room for the alternative.   So with the nagging possibility that fire professionals have also recognized that some peculiar weather systems have recently interrupted this normal “fire safe” pre-Summer work many property owners perform each year, figured I’d call just to be sure.

SURPRISE! TODAY MONDAY, JUNE 1^st, 2020 is a burn day in Mariposa County (with a valid burn permit).

Yup.  I could not have been more wrong about the initial NO BURN ASSUMPTION!

Well, this certainly changes everything for today (won’t know about tomorrow until it arrives right? Lol) Have a lot of work to do (can’t say finish) .……..later!   Lew

PS:  THANKS CALFIRE – AIR POLLUTION CONTROL – ETC!

Thursday, May 28th, 2020/2140hrs

You already know the excuse…. another project unfinished (not the way “we want”) but was more desirous of moving it along. Seriously, these little projects could last for weeks if I pursued all the ideas (the others come up with -lol) I think would make good additions. Problem is, the process is rather time consuming, so? If I’m going to add a little anyway??? why not add more? lol Yup, each one of these stupid LAME projects could be turned into a long running opera (spanning more time than I care to imagine right now) – with only a limited number of interested parties….(the other band members -lol). But remember, Dear Viewer, there is a therapeutic and beneficial side to this activity for me – this LAME Stuff is enjoyable and does greatly assist in releasing some of the frustration involved with digesting REAL NEWS and clearly seeing from where the obstructionism originates. Whatever. Hope it brings a smile or a chuckle. Take care of yourselves. MBTYAY, Lew lakedonpedro.org

Thursday, May 21st, 2020/0944hrs

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.  — Thomas Jefferson

Tues May 19th continued (1422hrs)

Absolutely perfect example regarding those questions of whether or not ignorance is bliss!  Between outside projects I was ducking in for a quick news check.  A little Mtn Dew and bite to eat.  So President Trump with one of his cabinet meetings was on television with a host of interesting comments by those involved.   Recall how I was blah, blah, blah in the last post about Mariposa County hopefully foregoing more ordinance legislation against property owners when they so obviously fail to enforce or abide by their existing regulations (and how the Socialist-Left-Democrats only expand government into absurdity making it less efficient and more costly to legal citizens who pay the taxes):………., so what was President Trump doing today in addition to the update on important COVID-19 information and how the Country was going to be opening back up? 

Signing an Executive Order to reduce the outrageous over regulation in the United States of America!  All 50 states!   GOD BLESS AMERICA AND HER GREATEST PRESIDENT in my life time who not only acknowledged long festering and talked about problems (easy to do), but the one who has faithfully followed through on campaign promises to address them.   Our President Trump has consistently demonstrated not only his strong belief in America, its continuing Freedom, and ALL her citizens, but more importantly, his obvious ability and determination to get things done which primarily means eliminating the decades of swamp legislation that has hobbled our Country and harmed its citizens.

Since I was already recording the presentation I decided it would be a good time for another one of my little experiments regarding how people might view things due to where they obtain their news…. So, a quick check of FOX (I was on OAN – One America News). …… Yup, just as I thought, FOX News was also covering a Presidential event that SHOULD BE of interest to all concerned citizens.  Then the true subject of these impromptu experiments…..CNN….what was going on there?   Yup, same as always, literally talking about yesterday’s news while bad mouthing President Trump. 

So is ignorance bliss?  Don’t know I watch OAN and FOX.   Maybe the question should be answered by those who only watch CNN for their news.   I sure can see how a person who only watched CNN might be programmed into believing someone like Joe “Burisma” Biden could be even a satisfactory leader.

TUESDAY, May 19th, 2020

The “Heroes Act”??? ….. by ZEROS in FACT!

Is ignorance truly bliss? Would I, or any of you, live happier lives without awareness of the utter betrayal by DEM LEFT SOCIALIST officials? Fake “public servants” who are clearly more interested and dedicated to the welfare, success and happiness of people from other nations rather than the legal United States of America citizen to whom they owe a legitimate and sincere concern?

Just a thought I wanted to document for future comment before it was replaced with something else – so much to do after these recent rains. Pretty sure I got some good lightning and thunder recordings but haven’t had a chance to check them out yet. Great to get more rain for use during the rest of the year, but once again, the weed control cycle starts over. Fortunately it is much easier when already “thinned out” a bit. Whatever, blah, blah, blah …. who cares? So long as there’s season to enjoy in this beautiful foothill environment, right? later

0828hrs: SOME POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS…. I was just advised by a resident in North Mariposa of the possibility that Mariposa County officials may indeed be rethinking those “International” property management ordinances which many see as only another devious method to increase the county revenue stream on the backs of property owners already overburdened with excessive taxes, fees, assessments, etc. (we shall see) Wonder when previous actions by the county documented in public files will again be open to the public for review? Shouldn’t the deceptive past be cleared up first before again forging into the future with even more unnecessary and damaging legislation with little hope for meaningful success with the exception of creating only larger government which requires increasing taxes for operation? Throwing flammable material on a fire (in a proposal to extinguish it) certainly comes to mind. later

Happen to catch the first photograph of the MURDER HORNET QUEEN?

SATURDAY, MAY 16^th, 2020/1539hrs

Strenuous work/exercise (in addition to a good night’s sleep when exhausted) is quite useful in eradicating, or at least mitigating, some of the deleterious effects associated with the ever increasing frustration, agitation and anger experienced due to activities of others which negatively affect my own life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

 Even such healthy alternatives to stress must be pursued with moderation especially when considering the traditional diminishing physical capabilities most experience as they grow older.  [ie, walking up and down a steep hillside was much easier 30 years ago so I now use an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) in conjunction with a variety of power tools.  lol]

Raked and burned well after midnight on Thursday thanks to the almost perfect conditions for such activity – slow ignition, good clean burn with limited ember emission all accompanied with the exquisite environmental background sound of “night birds”, crickets, frogs, toads, occasionally accented with piercing Owl screeches.  Included in the evening’s performance was the returning distant overhead roar of aircraft engines flashing red and white strobes in the starlit  Moonless  sky.   Even HWY59 between Snelling and La Grange again sported illuminated evidence of travel albeit not with the traditional moving strings of white/yellow and ruby jewels traversing and meandering the roadway darkness below the lit valley horizon.  (Headlights/tail lights below the valley city lights)  Absolutely beautiful and so peaceful.

In Nature’s immense church 

From a different foothill pew

An evening-morning service

Attended by burning Lew 

THE MORNING AFTER

The next morning, while simultaneously considering how much longer before a walker might be necessary for the first trip to the bathroom after a “burn night marathon”…….

(Good Heavens was I sore! – lol  Complete with another early morning exaggerated “Monster-Like” stiff & swaying walk down the staircase for emergency gulps of orange juice to relieve two leg cramps!  Mustard and pickle juice work also – forgot to leave them on the night stand! You know, the first time I did the “Monster CRAMP WALK” in the wee hours of the morning I scared the heck out of Liz – she jumped up, backed away in disbelief, and curiously watched as I monster-walked (and cussed like a sailor) downstairs to gulp OJ. And how does Liz react now?

Raised eyebrows

Maybe raises head

Figures just a another dance

So doesn’t get off the bed!)

…… I realized how I had become one of those property owners I didn’t understand 30 years ago when beginning this journey into California property ownership.   (Especially when the property is governed by yet another onion skinned layer of government which can also be misused by the unscrupulous.)

Yes indeed, I clearly remembered driving up here from the valley to water my trees, bushes and flowers and/or start some other landscaping project on what was to become my FINAL HOME.    Upon seeing some resident outside doing something on their property, I eagerly awaited eye contact so I could smile and wave while continuing on with my own life, liberty and pursuit of happiness in these beautiful foothills.   

I found it rather disappointing when the individual(s) who were engaged in watering, landscaping, trimming shrubs, raking…etc.) never looked up or casually turned to view the passing vehicle.  My readiness for an enthusiastic friendly quick smile and wave was instantly replaced with something more like a feeling of confused rejection.  How could anyone appear so apathetic in such a wonderful environment?  Here’s the kicker – I CLEARLY RECALL thinking to myself decades ago —- what happened to those people – I’ll NEVER be like that when I finally build and live up here.

PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING SINCE DECEMBER 13^th, 1985

I left the valley for foothill residency swearing I’d never become involved with politics in any form again because of past deceit, betrayal and an indignant pain already carried compliments of other unscrupulous people who illegally used the power of government in an attempt to completely destroy me.  All in another failed attempt to conceal their own wrongful activities – but in a nutshell, it was one of those even when you WIN you still LOSE something of value.

I started landscaping my property with traditional tools: six foot steel pry bar, sledge hammer, pick, shovel, various rakes, buckets, and wheelbarrows.  Initially many of the powerful swings of that pick and sledge hammer, and the hard jabbing strikes expanding a crack in a boulder with the bar were motivated by, and repeatedly sustained with, thoughts of striking back at those so clearly culpable for the lies and false information used against me in protection of themselves.  I really don’t know how long such repressed anger was converted into obliterating rocks instead of smashing skulls and only know that at some point I was just simply exhausted yet very pleased with the results of untold hours of hard back breaking labor.  (Three complimentary hernia surgeries and years of sporting various lacerations, bumps and bruises as award bonuses.) 

 I do not enjoy thinking about worst case scenarios or being suspicious of the motives of others, but quite frankly, I have been conditioned to do just that because of what I have experienced in this life journey – especially with the facets of Lake Don Pedro Owners Association and property ownership in a Common Interest Development residential subdivision governed by a Property Owners Association, its subdivision provided water by a California Special District (Lake Don Pedro Community Services District) which is greatly influenced by professional lobbying organizations such as the California Special Districts Association (CSDA), blah, blah, blah….   with the LDPCSD being created in 1980 by two county LAFCOs (Local Agency Formation Commissions) using the power and authority of the State on a local directed level to set up over 3,000 future property owners in the LDP subdivision to cover costs necessary for a groundwater substitution program in order to circumvent water restrictions in the water license to provide an alternate source water required by LAFCO for its annexations into the LDPCSD service area that could not develop with the Merced River Water pumped from Lake McClure under water license 11395. The California Public Utilities Commission quite clearly only approved the residential subdivision for water service by the new LAFCO designed Community Services District and …..blah, blah, blah…. no one cares because the LEFT has corrupted such organizations to the point honest citizens would be surprised if there were not rampant unaccountable corruption in Democrat controlled government. We are only now finding out the truth behind the continuing attack on PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO IS CHALLENGING THIS DEM SWAMP CORRUPTION HEAD ON. Consider how the FBI, CIA, IRS, blah blah blah has all been used to cover DEM POLITICAL ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES……but don’t think it happens on the local level as well? Consider also that blah, blah, blah……..

Outright betrayal at every single level which generally only requires the property owner to pay more and receive less.  What’s the point?   Why can’t government responsibly enforce the massive laws, regulations, and policies it has already created— BEFORE CREATING the next slew of failures which will only in turn seed the next generation of losing legislation?  And all the time VICTIM PROPERTY OWNERS PAY AN INCREASING COST FOR LESS (unless frustration, anger and thoughts of moving out of state to find a new home where responsibility of the property owner is rewarded with lower fees and taxes, and not over taxed to fund the ever growing examples of “feel good but do-nothing” frivolous Socialist-Left scams and boondoggles are somehow considered desirable results.) 

So many times I’ve heard some horrible news report on television about a violent attack on another person or group, and have spontaneously thought something like “what the hell is wrong with that jackass?” yet now more frequently wonder:  “what the hell have those jackasses done to that perpetrator?”

You know, it’s another burn day.  I took yesterday off but time is ticking down for the season.

Let me jump ahead here since I’m digressing a bit. [Ranks right up there with my penchant for repetition….. hum, repetition and digression, actually they’re not only related but are quite often the same thing.]

ANYWAY, I have all sorts of prepared stuff for posting (photos and video) that I thought at the time were funny while making some good points concerning the circumstances of the most recent CALFIRE CALL and how I maintain my property which, in addition to throwing me back into a contemplative rut, has illuminated something else that bothers tremendously:

I am not aware of the true motivating intent of the CALFIRE callers, which again, I believe is the most important aspect, therefore, my jokes, ridicule or jabs at WHATEVER they did  (or did not do) would be patently unfair if they were truly motivated with a legitimate concern a real fire might materialize and represent a danger.  

Contrast this with Pete Kampa and the Board of Directors groundwater substitution fraud with grant money which is an entirely different animal as there is plenty of evidence that ‘ol Pete knew exactly what he and the board were doing in violation of the water license and other law.     Ooops, digressing again….. common subject too yeah? lol   

Why did the “reporters” continue to watch the scene after their report and our exchange of the facts, and continue such for several minutes (as I returned to work) but then just before the truck arrives, leave?

(Since they had remained for so long already I figured we’d all go over to the site and take a look. Which would have provided time for both sides to express their legitimate concerns, assuming the call was sincerely motivated for safety concerns, where upon I could have also sincerely apologized for the “mind your own business” wisecrack (because after all wildfire is EVERY PERSON’S BUSINESS) – but, …. which of course would still apply IF IT WERE A “GOTCHA CALL” by chronic harassers.)

Avoid their identities being known or a potential confrontation with the angry subject of their call? 

Since nothing had been touched in the area of the smoke and focus of the call, could they have realized once the FIRE TRUCK got there they’d have to explain how the situation wasn’t as bad as they initially thought?  But what changed?  Why was the seriousness of their call “mitigated”?   Because there was an exchange of information between the individuals involved prior to the truck’s arrival. 

They advised it was an unattended fire and therefore had reported it as a danger, whereas I advised “it” (a smokey pile not fire) was attended, it was a burn day, I had a valid permit and the appropriate equipment and they should mind their own business (yes I regret that comment if they were sincere -repetitive remember? lol)

So, could both sides have legitimate perspectives based on what they observed and understood? Most certainly.

They see smoke, worry about a possible spread, have no idea someone is nearby still working and monitoring so they reasonably call CALFIRE just in case which is laudable conduct and should be encouraged not dissuaded.

However, following the EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN PARTIES a new understanding of the facts materializes.

So there it is, full circle and right back to square one. 

 Was there prior knowledge by the callers of my traditional burning activities which might have explained the otherwise suspicious appearing smoke thus making a call unnecessary? 

Have they made such calls before? Was the call just another plausible technical “gottcha” without serious consequence other than my embarrassment, anger and retrospection of such other past unnecessary calls?  (I kid you not and have no idea of the circumstances, but a fire truck just rolled by my place (apparently non emergency) going downhill! You know, it sure might be interesting to know just how many such calls and how much money is spent each year on call outs based on misunderstandings, incorrect information, or even blatant harassing by chronic complainers?)

Who knows when one of the parties can remain anonymous and not be questioned as is the “call victim” EVERY SINGLE TIME IT HAPPENS. The caller gets to disappear without justifying the (as it turns out) unnecessary call.

ANONYMOUS COMPLAINANTS CAN AND DO CREATE PROBLEMS WHERE NONE REALISTICALLY EXISTED PRIOR TO THE CALL.

PRIMARY QUESTION:  Do firefighters and property owners want any observed unexplained or suspicious smoke reported to and checked out by CALFIRE?   

ANSWER:  YES!

Well then, perhaps I should just plan on having some assorted snacks and beverages ready for the next call out?  You know, table, chairs already setup …… hey, it’s a fire call, maybe a bar-b-Que with hot dogs, hamburgers, and such?  Leanne had a great suggestion…..to help with the expanding annual event – some reasonably priced hillside valet parking areas for the increasing crowd of “Lookie Lews” (lol) that will undoubtedly be attending as the yearly event develops more of a following.  Maybe some booths with homemade control burn souvenirs?  (“If you look carefully you can still see and smell a smoky smudge on the top side of this piece of wood debris from the May 12th 2020 event…..well, looks like a piece of brown cylindrical wood anyway …. Peculiar smoky smell, …… though strangely familiar at the same time……..” <Liz barks in the distance>)

Yup, additional parking will certainly be required once the electronic advertising blimp arrives with the long flowing color banners and streamers while it plays the live version of “FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN” by the Grateful Dead.  Oh oh!  Almost forgot the “DROUGHT BUSTER” FOOTHILL WATER SLIDE and vehicle wash unit! Gosh, so much to plan, design and develop just to burn some weeds ….. but here I am again personally unprepared for the future as today is another approved burn day and I haven’t ordered my deluxe 4×4 EZ Walker from Amazon for tomorrow.    A real pisser in the morning yeah?   Lol   Later, Lew

Thursday, May 14th, 2020, 1215 hrs

A good night’s sleep can make all the difference yeah?   Shaking off the slumber this morning one of the first thoughts that slowly materialized in my waking gray matter was this:

I forgot one of the most important facts regarding that highly suspicious call to CALFIRE last Tuesday by two older folks reporting a fire danger resulting in yet another unnecessary call out of a fire truck and associated personnel….

(Please recall that the MOST IMPORTANT FACT is that these two “well meaning citizens” NEVER SAW FIRE from that pile they claim was unattended, but only a smoldering spent pile of previously burned debris waiting for another load of cut weeds to be placed on top for burning)

…. Are you ready?

IT HAD RAINED only 20-30 minutes earlier and a light rain was falling right around the time our two (I at this point believe) FAKE ANONYMOUS SAFETY DRIVEN COMPLAINANTS were calling in an unattended fire that did not even exist.

Seriously, and I can prove this. 

I STAYED at that particular burn location (Often more than one because sometimes it makes more sense to burn near the cut location instead of trying to haul all over the place – all depends upon location (steep grade) and weather conditions (moisture and wind) UNTIL CONFIDENT THERE WAS NO FIRE DANGER*  and returned to the temporary “base camp” on the ATV/CART to fill another 3 gallon backpack tank with concentrated roundup  (I have tried dragging the weeds with the ATV but roundup does the best job – even at its price because most weeds don’t grow back with late rains).

THE RADIO WAS PLAYING from the area of that wide open cattle gate to the adjacent residential property.  The radio was loud enough to be heard over on the adjacent lot where I was working –  two reasons for this:  1) Music makes the work easier, and 2) I had previously figured with the radio playing during the day and a light on at night while doing such work – even the most easily confused nosey-neighbors would understand everything was fine and just mind their own business!  Wrong.  Apparently such people need to feel like they have control over others.  Funny, they are the ones desperately requiring some control and a perfect example of what is wrong with this country.    

Yup, even a blaring radio was not enough to prevent this most recent harassment and invasion of my privacy.  And during a COVID-19 LOCK DOWN NO LESS!  Lol

This radio variable is another peculiar aspect casting even greater doubt on any sincere motive for placing that call to CALFIRE by this “OFFICIOUS INTER-MEDDLING SELF APPOINTED CITIZEN SAFETY SQUAD”, or perhaps,  better yet….. the “NO CLUE-0   SAFETY  DUO”   lol

Seriously, am I or anyone else, supposed to believe they couldn’t hear that radio playing ….. or the dog barking only a short distance from their “stake out” position on the roadway above the corner of my property?

* Every time a property owner burns debris they are accepting responsibility for the consequences of their actions…..any damage, injury or death which might happen and are attributable to their activities if a fire were to escape.  A  HUGE RESPONSIBILITY for any THINKING PERSON!  There should be a corresponding responsibility and accountability for those who waste public resources needlessly by utilizing emergency public services for childish games of personal harassment, which are likely due to political position differences.   You see this behavior from the left all the time.    

Ooops, getting ahead of myself again (sorry my mind is racing with so many easily provable facts that this entire episode was indeed just another “gottcha call” (unsubstantiated semi-emergency call based on highly exaggerated information while ignoring common sense FACTUAL INFORMATION – all apparently intended to harass someone USING PUBLIC RESOURCES for performing a legal activity on their own property!  

BREAKING NEWS: IMPORTANT INFORMATION

JUST RECEIVED A “HEADS UP” TELEPHONE CALL FROM A GENTLEMAN ADVISING THAT THE COUNTY OF MARIPOSA IS PROPOSING A WHOLE BARRAGE OF NEW MONEY GENERATING PROPERTY ORDINANCES TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE 19^TH (WHAT BETTER TIME THAN DURING A COVID-19 LOCKDOWN TO LIMIT OR PREVENT PUBLIC OUTCRY YEAH?)   

I HAVE NOT SEEN THE AGENDA PACKET YET  BUT THIS MAY VERY WELL ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THE COUNTY HAS NEVER RESPONDED TO MY COMPLAINTS THAT PLANNING AND LAFCO HAVE BEEN COMMITTING FRAUD AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE LAKE DON PEDRO SUBDIVISION FOR DECADES AND WHY ALL PUBLIC RECORDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM PUBLIC VIEWING.  CITIZENS GO TO JAIL FOR VIOLATIONS.  OFFICIALS JUST CHANGE THE RULES TO CONCEAL THEIR DECEIT.  WHY DOESN’T GOVERNMENT GET WHAT THEY’VE ALREADY LEGISLATED CORRECT FIRST BEFORE LAUNCHING ANOTHER ASSAULT ON PROPERTY RIGHTS?

HOW MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR ILLEGALLY IMPOSED STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE TAXES BACK?

So ANYWAY, Tuesday was a perfect morning for such work except for the light rain showers that periodically fell because I needed at least 30 minutes for the Roundup to dry set  before any moisture could dilute its efficiency which naturally would defeat the whole expensive and time consuming exercise.  (I think that’s another reason these folks pissed me off so much as I have worked extremely hard for decades keeping both properties fire safe then JOKERS like these play games that only increase taxes and irritate neighbors.)

So I’m preparing for another Roundup spray (if rain stops long enough for the set) but my dog starts barking at the bottom corner of the residential property.   First thought?   Ah OH – the BIG PREGNANT SKUNK?   (Unfortunately turned out to be my calling Skunks! lol)

I tell her to quiet down, she does, but she starts barking again at the same spot. This happens multiple times until I stopped what I was doing and responded and walked over there to look.   I admit to sometimes not “catching” what she is telling me but she trains me well and have learned she will not stop barking until I understand and clearly acknowledge to her I see what she’s pointing out.  So I finally walk over to the corner and look up through the perimeter landscaping and instead of seeing a vulture on a fence post, or cat crossing the deer trail, I see this……..

This wasn’t a big deal because folks often stop in that area because the road has a fairly clear and visible wide sweeping curve (however, going too far off the road is dangerous – a vehicle once rolled over and down that very steep embankment but fortunately the driver was uninjured) and is used to stop and talk on the phone or look at the valley view – perhaps even take a glance at my 87′ x 87′ Tarantula weed-eated into the hillside every year. I mention this only to explain vehicles stopping in that area is of no great surprise. Thanked Liz and continued with my work. She starts barking again, but this time closer to the corner. Did someone get out of the vehicle? I walk over there again, nope, just the truck sitting off on the edge of the road. (Glad their exhaust system didn’t catch those weeds on fire as I haven’t made it to that side yet. Heck, may not even do it this year – why encourage or make it easier for such crap from those kind of people? lol

Reassure Liz everything is OK but the cycle repeats. This is when I pulled out my camera took some photos and video of the now suspicious vehicle. I do not believe they were unaware of the radio since it was turned up or Liz’s repeated barking, they just didn’t care – more interested in something else – that’s what alerted me something was wrong and they might not be the “regular good folks” who occasionally stop for whatever reason.

Could they be my “ANONYMOUS CDF/CALFIRE/SHERIFF CALLERS OF THE PAST?” Could they truly be concerned about my ongoing work? I mull over the pros and cons of contacting them eventually deciding to walk around to the corner and confront them.

Liz and I go through the open gate around to the corner, I tell her to settle down. I’m drinking a Mountain Dew and asked if there was something I could help them with.

Said something about an unattended fire, and I look over at the campsite and see a small column of smoke from the debris pile which was quite small and clearly raked together in the clearing, told them it was a fire, was attended, it was a burn day, I had a valid permit and the proper tools and water. I was told they had called CALFIRE, I said the should mind their own business. Liz and I returned to the ATV and drove the north firebreak, took a left down the west fire break, then another left on the mid-trail. Sopped and continued our raking work from cuts made days earlier.

I would occasionally glace up to see the pickup still there, but with my gate open wanted to make sure they didn’t steal anything but they just sat there dutifully watching on their “NO CLUE-O DUO” FIRE SAFETY STAKEOUT POSITION above the SE corner of my property.

Yup, never changed my plans and continued raking the next burn pile with the ODD COUPLE sitting there watching. We were both waiting for the same thing: a responding CALFIRE firetruck to arrive with personnel to correct this horrible safety violation. Yes, quite confident I had nothing to hide or conceal I just kept raking and talking to Liz about our audience.

I was chuckling to myself about all the different ways other people might handle such a situation. Just below that steep embankment is another burn pile location – no doubt some folks might have thought it the perfect time to surreptitiously sneak over there and light a small pile so that a huge cloud of smoke would suddenly billow up and envelope our safety citizens on stake out. <drifting music>……Can you imagine that “NO CLUE ‘O DUO” conversation? <drifting music fades into video inside the “stake out” pickup….

DRIVER: “Can’t wait till he rushes over to stop the smoke, is the camera ready? We’ve got to get a photo of him at the site before they get here”

PASSENGER” “Yes dear, all set…..I know the routine……but wait….Look! He’s not going over to the smoke… he’s going somewhere else… he’s raking somewhere else – he’s not putting out the smoke”

DRIVER: “Don’t fret my creepy sneaky, just wait. He knows the FIRETRUCK is on its way he will stop the smoke before they get here for sure – they always do.

PASSENGER: “Even with us sitting here watching…

DRIVER: “Doesn’t matter, he’ll just take the long way around, but he’ll eventually go over and stop the smoke you’ll see…. we got him now”

PASSENGER: “Then we say he put out a blaze just before the truck arrives right?

DRIVER: “Yes, we got ’em for sure this time Foocums. He knows they’ll be here soon, he’ll stop the smoke and that will only make him look guilty for sure…..let me see the camera”

PASSENGER: “Sure Daddy, it’s right here…..”

THEN as both look down at the camera on the vehicle’s front seat the entire pickup is suddenly and inexplicably engulfed in a spontaneously generated thick cloud of dense vegetative burn smoke. Their eyes raise to view absolutely nothing but their horrified screaming faces reflected back through the increasingly darkening smoke stained glass windows. The swirling smoke is quickly augmented with animal-like grunting chants while trash can metal lids bang in a tribal like rhythm immediately outside the vehicle and growing closer …..

The vehicle starts but the thick smoke is sucked in like a vacuum through the AC system and quickly distributed within the interior as both occupants continue screaming in disbelief….

DRIVER: “I don’t know which way the wheels are turned…..I don’t know which way to steer….. if I put it in gear and drive we might go off the embankment!”

PASSENGER: (Violently coughing and choking) “Oh Daddy, what are we going to do?”

I chuckled and continued to rake the cut weeds. Liz continued to look back at the “emergency calling junkies” parked on the side of the embankment.

ANYWAY, people handle things differently. Only a few minutes before the firetruck arrived the Black Dodge Ram 1500 pickup with the “NO CLUE’O DUO” slowly pulled away from their stakeout position.

Hey! It’s a burn day! Maybe more later. Have some other photos I’d like to share.

Later, Lew

Wednesday, May 13th continued…….2223hrs

Yes, I should not permit such little things to bother me so much, however, the issue is not once or twice dealing with such nonsense, but many times through the decades.  I will admit the last few episodes have been without the traditional notoriety of sirens and flashing emergency lights which is GREATLY APPRECIATED as their legally required attendance is embarrassing enough which is precisely why SOME complainants make such harassing reports – they attempt to dissuade others from participating in legal activities the complaining party does not personally support or condone.

ANYWAY,  this last incident also did not show up in the Sheriff’s log, which is also nice.  (I avoid calling to prevent such public pronouncements of “iffy” or just “heads up” issues in my neighborhood.  If it’s worth reporting I’ll send it in writing so there is no confusion with any second, third, etc reiterations.  Recently I sent an email with photos to Animal Control regarding an extremely large Black & White Skunk.

Pregnant? That was Mom’s guess and the internet says birthing indeed occurs April – May.  Or, possibly diseased because such nocturnal animals should not be seen in daylight?  Again, internet says not necessarily so for the Black & White variety …. but you never know and I would feel horrible if someone or their pet was injured by a diseased/rabid wild animal wandering the neighborhood which I saw and failed to report.     CRAP!  Hope it wasn’t a domesticated B&W that ventured off from a loving exotic pet home somewhere? ….. You never know.  Perhaps its the one that skunked Liz  a few months back?

ANYWAY….an ANONYMOUS (or any mouse) COMPLAINT is a safe way to be confrontational because the person can challenge someone else’s activity without putting their own name and identity behind the matter if information turns out incorrect and harms another.  

If I observed something I honestly believed to be a fire threat on vacant land (especially if located near my residence) which has obviously been subjected to numerous installed firebreaks and trails for decades, the first thing I would do is ascertain if it was an active controlled burn project or wild grass fire, (versus a smoldering spent controlled burn pile – which which could of course still represent a hazard IF OTHER COMBUSTIBLES WERE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR IGNITION – 10′ minimum – but even that distance is not enough with high winds – circumstances dictate the activity); confined or growing fire? – which would take only a few seconds observation to determine in a tall dry grass environment.  

If no one was observed near the stationary non expanding isolated smoke, I’d honk the vehicle’s horn and holler “Anyone there?”  “You OK?”  Something like that.   (Someone might be temporarily out of sight, or injured, you know….folks expire while performing physical property-landscaping activities all the time and being in Rattlesnake country would probably only increase that possibility.)  If I couldn’t locate someone nearby or identify a residence likely associated with the property, (is there a gate to an adjacent property?    Closed?  If OPEN, is there current activity on the adjacent property?)  Heck, if the area of concern was not fenced and easily accessible  by obvious dirt trails and perimeter fire breaks, I’d walk there myself and check it out to make sure someone didn’t need help or that a fire might start and spread.  

But that’s me and there is no doubt many folks (perhaps even a majority now considering the left drift of our country) would disagree with taking any personal action or responsibility in the matter at all – after all, that’s why complaints are confidential – just call authorities tell them what you observe and honestly believe to be a violation of law or danger and let them sort out what the facts are and if a threat indeed exists.    

Whether the complaint was legitimate and makes sense considering the circumstances; an unfortunate misunderstanding; or even an example of the tried and true method of harassment practiced by the unscrupulous without accountability – the actual intent precipitating the call really doesn’t matter at all to emergency responders.   They receive a call, they respond.  Can you imagine it any other way?  Like the “boy who cried wolf”, yeah?

You know, a few times I even called in advance to say “it’s a burn day, I’m burning”, but then thought such calls might be considered annoying (at least to new employees in the last 30 years), yet, then again, isn’t responding to a none hazard with a full compliment also annoying and potentially drawing limited resources from  other more serious and deserving responsibilities?  

Regardless of the motives behind the call and what happens from that point on, no biggie, the complaining party remains anonymous unless brought to court on some other related matter legally requiring their identity.

Yup, I have no problem with any of the above with the exception of intent being immaterial to such situations when it is used to  camouflage a less than sincere belief such a call was necessary.  What did Pete Kampa and his State Water Board supporters, his CSDA, etc. do under cover of a legitimate drought emergency?  Just more false information and fabricated official government documents to conceal forty years of CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT FRAUD perpetrated against every single property owner in the LAKE DON PEDRO subdivision since formation in August 1980 when they became mandatory customers for a groundwater substitution program for LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) Annexations outside the water license permitted place of use for Merced River water.   Complete with “Deep State” operatives and supporters who ran internal interference for the 20 year California Special District Association (CSDA) board director and Lake Don Pedro general manager/treasurer. And the State Water Board?  Sacramento?  Washington DC?  The deceit  NEVER ENDS!  Look what Obama, Biden and their criminal cohorts have done to innocent patriots of this country to derail President Trump – all to protect their leftist goals and increase an ANTI-FREEDOM GRIP on a dumbed down American population thanks to the continuing betrayal by LAME STREAM NEWS SOURCES.  Just never ends until we do.

You know, I should be outside burning right now, but this whole “ANY MOUSE” complaint system bothers me and I didn’t sleep well last night – hum, distraction and exhaustion, not a great combo when performing dangerous work yeah? Ahh, the rest will probably be helpful, besides, I now have a couple of new projects to pursue.

What ever happened to simple respect for others?    

Later, Lew

PS:  Did I mention the fact that from the time I was made aware of the telephone call to CALFIRE I simply returned to my raking work in the other area and never approached the “reported hazard area”.  All observed by the dutiful citizen complainants? I wanted responding personnel to see exactly what prompted the call without comments as to how I had changed the situation prior to CALFIRE ARRIVAL.  Wonder if that’s why the complainants left only minutes before their arrival?

Wow.  What horrid memories and realizations this most recent incident has triggered. There was something else important regarding this that I’ve failed to recall right now … maybe later.

You know, COVID-19 certainly isn’t the worst thing to have happened within this country.

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WEDNESDAY, May 13th, 2020/1414hrs

TALK SHALL WE?

I am sick and tired of OFFICIOUS INTER-MEDDLERS who call CALFIRE to report burning activity on someone else’s property when it is a lawful burn day under a valid permit and facilitated with the proper equipment.  I have been creating fire breaks on my property for over thirty years (cut, rake and burn) and have never had any fire leave the designated burn area covered by the permit.    Obviously burning in a drought prone foothill area is inherently dangerous and I have experienced the alarming “flare up” which catches you off guard and teaches some valuable lessons – fortunately with only the loss of a few more weeds designated for destruction anyway.   

The whole point of removing flammable material from your property is to prevent unwanted fire damage – not to accidentally cause the same during prevention activities.

Some people do not approve of debris fuel burning for any reason – and that same mentality assisted in allowing our forests to become too fuel heavy and far more dangerous when fire does occur.   Some folks will even attempt to stop such legal activity they don’t like by harassing those who do burn by reporting to the authorities an emergency situation that SIMPLY DOES NOT EXIST.  Sometimes such reports are motivated for the simple reason of animosity for the person involved.  Imagine that.

 The sad part is such disingenuous complainants get away with such activity because of the confidential nature of the complaint process.  Government wants citizens to report dangerous situations so as to avoid potential (and avoidable) damage, injury and/or death.   So, in the final analysis whether the complaint was legitimate or merely a way to wrongfully harass someone else without accountability – the identity of the complainant is essentially scared and protected and victims will never be able to discover who was actually responsible for the false report and any resulting distress or inconvenience.  (Of course, if another situation were to develop that was caused by a false report then the complainant’s identity might be ascertained through a separate cause of action in court to address any damages sustained as a result of that false report…. say if someone experienced a heart attack or something with the evidence supporting a conclusion the report was indeed unfounded, malicious and specifically intended to harass the victim. )  

Let me be clear:   I have no problem with folks reporting to the authorities something they truly believe represents a legitimate danger and many times I have sincerely thanked folks who stopped by and inquired about what was going on, however, when such common sense alternatives are bypassed or completely ignored (talk to those present in the area) one must consider the possibility such a call was just another attempt (among many) to harass and inconvenience others using FREE public services. 

Yesterday was the first time I have ever advised such a complainant to “mind their own business” —

(got tired of the dog barking at their presence and confronted them as to what they were doing for several minutes stopped on the road above overlooking my work) [should I have called in a vehicle code roadway traffic hazard and misuse of emergency flashers? lol]

— and that bothers me because if someone were honestly motivated to make such a call I’d have no problem with their actions –  but I’m sick of officious intermeddlers who call in serious complaints without first reasonably confirming a realistic threat even exists. (Unnecessary waste of emergency services as well.)

SO….. Dear Black Dodge Ram 1500 occupants from yesterday @ 1142hrs – let’s compare notes on your reported incident and see where reasonableness begins and ends. Would photos of your vehicle, you and your activities help speed up this identity process?

Had I been able to obtain your COMPLAINANT names I would have just called.

My best to you and yours, Lew

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Sunday, May 10th, 2020

HAPPY DAY…….to all you Mothers out there! lol

Serious questions still remain following Governor Newsom mask deals…

https://cssrc.us/sites/default/files/200507_Audit-Request-Letter.pdf?utm_source=Nielsen+-+BYD+5.7.20&utm_campaign=Nielsen+-+BYD+5.7.20&utm_medium=email

THURSDAY, April 23rd, 2020/1100hrs

Hello! Hope you are all weathering this new American experience satisfactorily. You know, when you think about it, this has most likely been a good experience for us as a country as it is linked to many “contentious issues” that the DEM LEFT has pushed for decades (open borders, sanctuary cities/states, anti-Constitutional policies and regulations, etc.) which I believe are responsible for much of the mess.

No doubt some of these problems have been intentionally fabricated in order for the False Flag attack to be convincing (ie, one party secretly creates problems (usually to their own advantage) to further confuse, divide and weaken the TRUE SUBJECT of acquisition and control (primary adversary); blames a “False Flag third party” as the actual perpetrator for all the trouble; then proposes a solution to assist their target adversary – (which again, whether successful or not – is constructed to guarantee benefits to the responsible manipulating party); which then takes on the responsibility for corrective measures – for which they are also highly compensated. Stop the problem to their benefit, or let it continue to fester unrexolved to their increasing benefit as well! Just one big con to get what the LEFT desires. (Perhaps a country like China?)

The DEM SOCIALIST LEFT blames CONSERVATIVES for failures within the country which might result in ANY death, injury, harm, annoyance, loss, etc. to anyone within country to garner their collective disgruntled votes – (and to provide right to vote if none exists)

and dividing Americans into subgroups makes this process much easier. Why attempt to “convert” one large cohesive group of “FREE American citizens” when they could be more easily manipulated and exploited when divided it into smaller groups with their own particular interests –

(determined by whatever criteria desirable or available such as race, religion, sex, social cause, etc.)

– then simply promise each group whatever they desire while explaining only those nasty selfish conservatives prevent their dreams from becoming reality, therefore: Vote DEM SOCIALIST LEFT for the FREE STUFF you need and want!)

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when in actuality the DEM SOCIALIST LEFT seeks the conquest of our Constitutional Republican form of Democracy.

They claim to want true, 100% democracy, when what they truly seek is the tyranny that results when a simply majority of often uninformed citizens rule. Gee, wonder if that has anything to do with sanctuary status and voting rights?

ANYWAY, there are rules and regulations to prevent foreseeable loss, injury or harm, and of course there are also exceptions to those rules during emergency or exigent circumstances, however, what is the truthful underlying intent for circumventing these traditional procedures? What truly drives decisions which seem to defy basic common sense? Sure is hard to look into another person’s heart and mind for what truly motivates them but as citizens we sure as hell can look at the past activities of our politicians for clues regarding suspicious activities and I have observed a consistent disregard for the opinion of the legal citizens of this state and an honest, reasonable use of public funds. The below story might turn out to be another good example, yeah?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-gov-newsom-wont-share-details-on-1b-mask-deal-with-china

Almost done with another LAME regarding the above. Maybe tonight – but first……seasonal fire breaks! later!

Ahhh, what the heck….weeds will be there tomorrow also! lol

Friday, April 17th, 2020/1940hrs

As is so common, after uploading and downloading I discovered some mistakes (missed when others were caught – lol). Oh well, such is life. Hope you are all doing well with this “hunker down” exercise. When not busy tracking and hunting down a wild 5+ year old sliced Ham in the foothill darkness, I stay active finding lost clothing, tools and other stuff. lol

ANYWAY, sure sounds like a more reasonable explanation is beginning to materialize regarding how this pandemic, which has caused so much pain and loss to so many people, actually started. Can you imagine what other even more lethal viruses are stockpiled all over the world in such bio-labs?

Sen. Rick Scott: WHO Failed the World with COVID-19 Pandemic “Amid the coronavirus pandemic and Communist China’s New Cold War with the United States, the World Health Organization (WHO) has served as a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) writes in Fox News.   “American taxpayers are the largest contributor to the WHO budget. There needs to be accountability for their failures and their willingness to help China hide the coronavirus from the world.”   Click here to read more.

New information from a Justice Department inspector general report on the FBI’s spying into the 2016 Trump campaign should concern every American. “Let [this] sink in. The FBI knew that at least some of its evidence against the Trump campaign, and maybe more, was likely part of a Russian disinformation campaign,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) writes in The Wall Street Journal.

President Trump released an Easter Sunday greeting video from the White House yesterday. “This Easter will be much different than others because in many cases, we’ll be separated physically only from our churches . . . We’re getting rid of the plague,” he said. “We’re winning the battle.” Read more from Charlie Spiering in Breitbart.

“As we medical professionals brace for the influx of patients and make the necessary preparations, I am reassured by the seriousness with which President Donald Trump is taking the situation and by the specific assistance his administration has provided doctors and other professionals on the front line of this pandemic,” Robin Armstrong writes in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Monday, April 13th, 2020/1015hrs LEW HERE AGAIN IN BETWEEN INSERTS – lol

30 days today not leaving my home (includes property landscaping). Received this article and believe it a necessary part in understanding what is happening to this entire world compliments of the Chinese Communist Party. Realize, the USA has just passed Italy in the rising death rate due to the Wuhan China COVID-19 disease. Read this article and think back to all the businesses and property being purchased by the Chinese in California alone. (Use to be dedicated buses of Chinese cruising this state buying up massive plats of land, farm and commercial.)

Folks, the DNC and NATIONAL MEDIA, with their rabid radical left direction for decades, has sold this State and our entire country to China with ONLY OUR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION representing the best chance of reclaiming our state and country from the communists. (Apparently they (communists) only have another 38 years left on their 100 year goal of irradiating the USA in completion of their world domination.) PLEASE! Do not confuse the people of a country with the politics of their geographical area!

Yes, I know, I’m shocked to be writing this as well. But look at the facts and what is happening to our UNITED STATES of AMERICA. Democrats create and exploit every single weakness – REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE TO OUR COUNTRY and CITIZENS – so long as they (democrats) achieve their goals and that means further alignment with the CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY of the PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA against the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.

Again…. do not confuse the often innocent people of a country with the political world objectives of their “party”.

IS THE BELOW NIGHTMARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ITALY OUR FUTURE AS WELL WITHOUT THE STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION OF OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION TO STOP THIS COMMUNIST ADVANCE ON OUR HOMELAND?

Was COVID-19 only a “softening agent” for communist control of the world? Keep your eyes on the South China sea and the military buildup in that prized shipping lane.

“Hidd’n Biden as a US president after his obvious betrayal of our country and citizens just to personally cash in on the Chinese invasion of our country? Makes my skin crawl!

Subject: Italy sold down the river…why not USA?

Subject: Italy sold down the river…why not USA?

Montecalvo, Lombardy, Italy.

As I sit here in my involuntary isolation, it was just reported that overnight 743 more people died and 5,249 new cases have been reported. This brings the total cases of infection to 69,176 and the body count to 6,820. We take relief in knowing that 8,326 people have recovered so far. (Numbers as of 3/24, 8:30pm in Italy.)

Most towns here in Italy, from the upper reaches of the Alps to the ancient shores of Sicilia and Sardenia, while not deserted, are closer to being ghost towns than the bustling centers of tourism, business and daily life they were just a few weeks ago.

Stores and shops have been shuttered. Restaurants and coffee shops no longer serve customers. Schools, universities, sporting arenas.. even our museums and theaters.. all closed. Even the Vatican City has closed its gates and armed patrols monitor the 20 foot tall walls that protect it!

Streets and roads are now empty for as far as the eye can see. Normally they would be filled with crazed Italian drivers in tiny cars and scooters (the ones that sound like demonic insects) darting here and there, reaching the limits of centrifugal force on our roundabouts. In the piazze of our towns and cities, there are now officially more pigeons than people.

Many of us know someone who has been infected and recovered. Some of us know someone who did not recover.. now they are dead. But everyone knows someone who has been affected by this microscopic monster in one way or another.

Sixty million of us are in lockdown.. it is like a war zone here. We are being held prisoner in our own homes by an unseen enemy that sneaked in unnoticed.. by most of us. As you will read in just a few more minutes, there were those who knew something like this was coming.. or at least they should have.

So who is to blame? With all this craziness swirling like a whirlpool at our feet, I just had to find the blame answer. And so I have spent my free time (of which I have a lot in these days) digging and researching. I was literally shocked to discover how this has come to be.

I am not going to bore you with talk of Patient ‘0’ who spread it to Patient ‘1’ and how mathematics efficiently explains the rapid expansion of infection. No.. I am going to tell you how (as I see it) the virus came to Italy.

It has everything to do with communists. Allow me to explain.

Beginning in about 2014, Matteo Renzi, the imbecile ex-mayor of Firenze (Florence) acting as the leader of the Partito Democratico (synonymous with the Italian Communist party), somehow managed to get himself elected as Italy’s Prime Minister. To give you a proper frame of reference, Matteo Renzi was so far left, he would make Barack Obama look like Barry Goldwater!

At the same time that Renzi was leading Italy into oblivion, strange things were happening in Italy’s economy. Banks were failing.. but not closing. Retirement ages were being extended.. for some reason the pension funds were dwindling or disappearing. The national sales tax we call IVA (Value Added Tax) rose from 18% to 20%, then to 21% and again to 22%.

And in the midst of all this financial chicanery, the Chinese began furiously buying up Italian real estate and businesses in the North.

Now the reason I mention Renzi and the Chinese together is that strange things were also going on between the governments of Italy and China. A blind eye was being turned to the way the Chinese were buying businesses in the financial, telecommunication, industrial and fashion sectors of Italy’s economy, all of which take place in Milano.

To be brief.. China was getting away with purchases and acquisitions in violation of Italian law and EU Trade Agreements with the US and the UK.. and no one in either of those countries (not Obama in the US or Cameron in the UK) said a thing in their country’s defense. As a matter of fact, much of it was hidden from the public in all three countries.

In 2014, China infused the Italian economy with ,5 billion through purchases of companies costing less than ,100 million each. By the time Renzi left office (in disgrace) in 2016, Chinese acquisitions had exceeded ,52 billion. When the dust settled, China owned more than 300 companies.. representing 27% of the major Italian corporations.

The Bank of China now owns five major banks in Italy.. all of which had been secretly (and illegally) propped up by Renzi using pilfered pension funds! Soon after, the China Milano Equity Exchange was opened and much of Italy’s wealth was being funneled back to the Chinese mainland.

Chinese state entities own Italy’s major telecommunication corporation (Telecom) as well as its major utilities (ENI and ENEL). Upon entry into the telecommunication market, Huawei established a facility in Segrate, a suburb of Milano. It launched is first research center there and worked on the study of microwaves which has resulted in the possibly-dangerous technology we call 5G.

China also now owns controlling interest in Fiat-Chrysler, Prysmian and Terna. You will be surprised to know that when you put a set of Pirelli tires on your car, the profits are going to China. Yep.. the Chinese colossus of ChemChina, a chemical industry titan, bought that company too!

Last but not least is Ferretti yachts.. the most prestigious yacht builder in Europe. Incredibly, it is no longer owned by the Ferretti family.

But the sector in which Chinese companies invested most was Italy’s profitable fashion industry. The Pinco Pallino, Miss Sixty, Sergio Tacchini, Roberta di Camerino and Mariella Burani brands have been acquired by 100%.

Designer Salvatore Ferragamo sold 16% and Caruso sold 35%. The most famous case is Krizia, purchased in 2014 by Shenzhen Marisfrolg Fashion Company, one of the leaders of high-priced, ready-to-wear fashions in Asia.

Throughout all of these purchases and acquisitions, Renzi’s government afforded the Chinese unrestricted and unfettered access to Italy and its financial markets, many coming through without customs inspections.

Quite literally, tens of thousands of Chinese came in through Milano (illegally) and went back out carrying money, technology and corporate secrets.

Thousands more were allowed to enter and disappeared into shadows of Milano and other manufacturing cities of Lombardy, only to surface in illegal sewing shops, producing knock-off designer clothes and slapping ‘Made In Italy’ labels on them. All with the tacit approval of the Renzi government.

It was not until there was a change in the governing party in Italy that the sweatshops and the illegal entry and departure of Chinese nationals was stopped. Matteo Salvini, representing the Lega Nord party, closed Italy’s ports to immigrants and systematically began disassembling the sweatshops and deporting those in Italy illegally.

But his rise to power was short-lived. Italy is a communist country.. socialism is in the national DNA. Ways were found to remove Salvini, after which the communist party, under the direction of Giuseppe Conte, reopened the ports. Immediately, thousands of unvetted, undocumented refugees from the Middle East and East Africa began pouring in again.

Access was again provided to the Chinese, under the old terms, and as a consequence thousands of Chinese, the majority from Wuhan, began arriving in Milano.

In December of last year, the first inklings of a coronavirus were noticed in Lombardy.. in the Chinese neighborhoods. There is no doubt amongst senior medical officials that the virus was brought here from China.

By the end of January 2020 cases were being reported left and right. By mid-February the virus was beginning to seriously overload the Lombardy hospitals and medical clinics. They are now in a state of collapse.

The Far-Left politicians sold out and betrayed the Italian people with open border policies and social justice programs. One of the reasons the health care system collapsed so quickly is because the Renzi government (and now continued under the Conte government) redirected funds meant to sustain the medical system, to pay for the tens of thousands of immigrants brought in to Italy against the will of the Italian people.

If you remember the horrible earthquake that decimated the villages around Amatricia, in the mountains east of Rome in 2015, you would also remember how the world responded by sending millions of dollars to help those affected.

But there is a law in Italy that prevents private donations to charitable Italian organizations. All money and donations received must be turned over to a government agency, who in turn is to appropriate the funds as needed. But that agency is corrupt just as are all the others.

Most of the money never reached a single victim in the mountains. The Renzi government redirected the vast majority of those funds to pay for the growing immigrant and refugee costs.

As the economy worsened under the burden of illegal immigration, compounded by gross government spending and incompetence, unemployment rose quickly.. especially among young people. The unemployment rate for men and women under age 35 is close to 40%.

So more money was diverted from the health care system and used to pay what is known here as guaranteed income. Whether you work or not you are paid here, especially if you belong to the PD! The government simply raises taxes on those who do work.

Let me give you a quick example of the height of insanity to which Italian taxation has risen. If you live in a building that has a balcony or balconies.. and any of those balconies cast a shadow on the ground, you must pay a public shadow tax! I will say no more!

The point I am trying to make here is that not only did the Chinese bring the virus to Italy (and the rest of the world) it was far-Left politics and policies that facilitated it.

This should hopefully be a warning to Americans that while they work to rid themselves of the China Virus, they should just as vehemently endeavor to rid their government of any politician that circumvents the Constitution and ignores the laws of the land.. plain and simple.

Giacomino Nicolazzo is one of Italy’s most beloved writers. Born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, he lives in a small village in Lombardy where he writes his books.

SATURDAY, April 11th, 2020/1733hrs

SHELTERED MENU

Diarrhea and/or constipation

Might depend on what one eats

However stomach cramps, vomiting and dizziness

Might suggest expired meat

Like the management of COVID-19

Opinions on food expiration vary often

But infection by virus or simple food poisoning

Either one could lead to a coffin

When in doubt toss it out

Being frugal shouldn’t sacrifice safety

Big lesson to learn in rotating reserves

Because I haven’t bought meat like this lately

FREEZER EXPLORATION DIARY: Just after sunup our party made another treacherous decent into the frozen wasteland with Curt actually having threatened two band members (names not important) with various physical injuries if they continued their initial refusal to participate in the search for more food.   Yes, Curtis can be quite the motivator.  They sure listened and it didn’t take much coaxing after Curt reminded them with graphic specificity exactly what he did to a drummer once (name not important) who had rudely clipped his nails (I’m assuming fingernails, but who knows with these guys?) during a rehearsal with one of the offending clippings somehow becoming wedged between the F and F# keys of the Casio during a rather lengthy LAME recording.  Although that incident happened years ago I admit to still cringing at the thought of what Curt did to that “individual” every time I clip my own nails – and no!,  I was not the infamous previously Curt-ti-zed Drummer.   I recall one of the “options” Curt detailed recently involved an atypically shaped icicle and the speed at which such would melt given the threatened circumstances.    Yes, the journey continued without any further objections as to the potential dangers involved.

After approximately two hours of winding our way between several varying sized blocks of solidly frozen mystery meat and questionable home bagged packages of assorted vegetable matter, we finally arrived at the heart of our soon to be unexplored ice cave.  The cavern was quite a sight in its own with the various shapes, arrangement and colors of the different packages forming the walls, floor and ceiling but especially so under the reflective illumination from the powerful LED lights attached to our helmets.  These light beams would occasionally create frighteningly effective illusions of danger with only shadows that were constantly dancing about the irregular cave environment.  Just a momentary glance while in stride might suddenly present a large open crevasse in the ice floor directly in front of you – you instinctively jerk back in survival panic at a large dark shadow which only quickly disappears into the cold when another band member’s light erases the illusion in answer to your little girl like scream.  It’s hard to explain, but those ice cave shadows were almost sinister in their deception.  Yup, very creepy. 

Looking to the north was a tall cliff of stacked Jimmy Dean breakfast ham, cheese and egg plastic wrapped sandwiches which, had they remained in their original packaged boxes, would have represented little concern for our safety, but as they had already been removed from those boxes for easier transportation in ice chests at time of purchase, they now became a constant moving nuisance to our journey with periodic falls of four sandwich packages further blocking egress beyond our base camp ice cave.  East of our position was a loosely packed conglomeration of boxes and bags containing waffles, hotdogs, garlic bread, etc. which appeared fairly stable assuming the underlying support structure below the cave floor remained intact.  To the south was the most dangerous situation imaginable for this frosty environment – an extremely large gold foil wrapped Ham delicately balanced on a poorly constructed stand of boxed vegetables, hamburger patties, chicken breasts, two steaks, and a pound of bacon.  The bacon!  Of all the items in there, if not for that flat, thin package of bacon…. had we only known in advance just how sensitive to movement that frozen plank of plastic wrapped bacon really was…..we could have avoided the injury to Curt’s leg…..along with the harrowing hike out of that frozen hell.  (Not to mention Curt’s flair for unabashed cursing and swearing the entire way home.)  West of our position was a naturally formed large plastic shelf supporting an untold number of individually boxed and bagged items which also appeared to be fairly and safely stored.        

Setting up the base camp should have been the clue for abandoning the quest and simply returning home but the gnawing hunger and boisterous growling of stomachs forced our perseverance forward.  Then, it happened, in one simple misguided attempt to slightly modify and reposition the frozen slab of bacon – the unthinkable was set into irrevocable motion – that frozen bacon – now moving sliding bacon – complete with a slightly audible squeal produced by the friction between it and the ice floor below – melting and sliding – sounding almost like a cry for help.   Yes! That’s it, a squeaking cry for assistance from its closet meat relative – that large mountainous gold foil wrapped Ham!

Immediately after this melting ice cry from the bacon below that enormous Ham began to slowly shift position and then, accented with the unmistakable sound of crackling ice crystals, that pig started its heavy tumble down to the ice floor below releasing several other precariously positioned items in the wall as well.  Packaged food, ice, and large chunks of frost under the heavy handed influence of gravity crackled and squealed its way to our position.  We were suddenly engulfed in a full scale frozen food avalanche the likes of which still cause me to shudder with only the thought. 

Well, I’ve spent too much time on this already, obviously, all band members were ultimately able to dig themselves out to safety and have learned from that horror.  Each of us has personally vowed to never permit such a dangerous condition to develop and/or exist to such a point again, however, one big question still remained as we worked to clear that frozen environment of expired and potentially dangerous food: 

what to do with a large 5+ year old frozen ham?    

I suggested a “no eat bar-b-que” since putting it in the trash was out of the question due to the eventual decaying smell – but you know Curt… he is still quite angry about his injured leg and thought a re-kill of the offending Ham a far more appropriate use of our limited time.   

You know, working with this crew is a real pain in the ass sometimes.  Later.

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020/ 0130+?

Leading another expedition into the garage freezer tomorrow if all goes well. It was touch and go today a couple of times but fortunately none of us were seriously hurt, (band members-lol), but now two of them refuse to go back claiming it “just wasn’t worth it”. I admit, there are things down there, strange things, deep down below the frost and ice in the depths of that box of frozen expiration dates counted and racked in terms of years not months. More like a frozen museum of peculiar things I do not recognize as ever having had purchased or storing for someone else – strange shapes, sizes, assorted packaging, like looking into another person’s world of edible clutter and digestible trophies of whatever. Yes, very, very deep into a subzero world that time forgot – maybe tomorrow we will be ready to dig in and discover exactly what has been concealed beneath all the unmarked paper, plastic and tinfoil. Surely better than a four+ month old yogurt. later. maybe. lol

TUESDAY, APRIL 7th, 2020/0015hrs

APRIL 1st, 2020/1850hrs

CRAP CRAP CRAP! lol (you’ll see) Found some time for a revision of the last LAME. Take care everyone! We’ll get through this.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020

Have to play around with this stuff or I forget how to do it—fingers get stiff also. Use it or lose it right? lol Hope you are all making the best out of this historical situation. So many questions – especially in light as to the timing of that gigantic Red Herring Fraud of an impeachment process. Was it just about HRC not winning the 2016 or perhaps something more diabolical in making sure the LEFT was in the driver’s seat if the unthinkable happened, you know, domestic civil unrest; nuclear or biological warfare on home ground; national supply chains severed or severely restricted, etc all that “it’s only a movie” stuff only a few weeks ago. Welcome to the new world environment of extremely suspicious viruses.

Can you imagine what DEM SOCIALIST LEFTISTS would be doing to our country’s CONSTITUTION right now if their coup de tat on the TRUMP PRESIDENCY had been successful? – Or even further back to the crowning of their Democratus TermiteISIS queen HRC? “Gee, we really hate to do this (what we’ve been trying to do for decades) but due to this horrible “________________” (fill in blank – this case virus) all Constitutional Rights are suspended and marshal law is in effect until further notice.

Look how they had already hijacked and wrongfully utilized government assets, top law enforcement and intelligence agencies for their criminal conspiracy to remove OUR PRESIDENT….can you imagine the politically motivated ANTI-AMERICAN government overreach that would be immediately implemented for perpetuity?

PHEW! Anyway, I’m attempting to use this hunker time to organize things a little bit better. Cleaning my place is a bit of an adventure because there are built in little rewards for the effort, along with disgusting discoveries of forgotten chores too – like mummified mice in traps….”Oh yeah, forgot about that one….” “sure explains that smell a while back”….etc. Good stuff too – actually found some more clean laundered clothing that had been missing for several weeks again. Hey, you can only wear a few things at once anyway, right? Yup, this “down time” is like shopping at home! (Cool thing is most of it fits without any returns! lol)

MONDAY, March 30th, 2020/ 1709hrs

HUNKER #03

Old LAME background with comments about the COVID-19 VIRUS RELEASE PLAYING NEAR YOU. So much to digest, but if I understand some of what is NOT BEING SAID, apparently it is expected that everyone on earth will eventually be infected with this virus (under normal living conditions – might be a good time to live on a space station somewhere yeah?) unless naturally immune or can remain negative until the vaccine is developed. OK. Did you folks already know that the 2002-2003 SARS Epidemic was fueled with accidental virus releases from a laboratory? I don’t recall that particular tidbit, but have always considered such was certainly possible. Can you imagine how many such bio labs exist on this planet that are involved with virus research? Like mentioned a while back, who really knows how many of the ailments suffered by residents of this planet have already actually been cooked up in a lab and released for some reason. Whether by accident or intent may not even matter anymore? Only the reality of existence.

Still find it frighteningly amazing how similar all the SCI FI STUFF is to our new virus environment. Only thing missing is the Zombie aspect. You know, if a crazed zombie bites you – you become a zombie, and so on….hummm, virus transference. Don’t recall right now, has there ever been a zombie movie where the transformation of humans took place due to viral transference involving a Walmart store door handle? What about money as a vehicle? Sneeze into a Benjamin and pass on the inevitability of a zombie disease ? Wonder when Tyvek bio-suits and SCBA (Self contained Breathing Apparatus) gear will be common place clothing and accessories hanging in “still human” hallway closets next to the assault rifle and/or shotgun? Wonder if all that stuff will be tax deductible as a necessary living expense/apparel? Perhaps the IRS won’t even be around after the ultimate release giving way to simple government collection squads of zombies who just stop by and take whatever is left from a dwindling population of tolerant and accepting humans of the once great America?

Friday, March 27th, 2020/1406hrs

INTERESTING – but who really knows?

Bouncing from project to project today – intermittently checking the news about COVID-19, I wondered if a specific blood type (A, B, AB, or O) had any effect with immune responses to such viral infections as this Novel COVID-19. Although not yet subject to peer review, some Chinese research of people in the Wuhan area suggests Type A maybe more susceptible and O more resistant.

ANYWAY, I followed a couple of links (likely trying to look up unfamiliar terms and words – difficult reading if not educated in this field) and ended up with the below article from November 09 2015 that is absolutely fascinating. (But of course who knows if legitimate or not?) Again, at least for me, it was difficult reading with the constant interruption of having to lookup definitions of the jargon used in such scientific study and research – but still, absolutely wild.

So many astonishing things happening – just saw a program on television last night where the “matrix” of a pig’s bladder was used to grow the tip of a finger back! Bone, nerves, veins, fingernail – even the fingerprint was replicated perfectly when compared with a 40 year old military record! Came about with the study of Salamanders and how they can grow limbs back rather than like humans who clot, scab and scar. I recall watching the show and immediately imagining how every first aid box of the future will have sugar/salt like packets of “Miricle Matrix” for sprinkling on any wound, from lacerations to traumatic amputations. And yes! It has been successfully tested on a Vet who lost much of his leg muscle from an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) overseas. Apparently this Matrix co-ordinates and instructs the cells what to build according to what remains. I believe it was several weeks for the finger tip to grow back and there are a number of trials going on now. Imagine, although Pig heart valves have been used for many years as replacements for humans, now the bladder (routinely disposed of in slaughterhouses) can be used to harvest the matrix for regenerative medicine.

But again, that was a show on television and may not have explained everything….(yes, I believe it was authentic regenerative medical research) but you know me… I wondered, if someone growing a missing finger back and picked his nose with the finger that had this “Miracle Grow” on it…. and the inside of the nostril had a small bleeding cut……????? lol Yes, I thought of other situations but wanted to keep it clean. ha ha

ANYWAY, thank Heavens there are researchers who can study such things and discover or invent vaccines and cures for these deadly viruses, yet at the same time, if I’m understanding this article correctly, in order to understand such deadly viruses and how they react with other organisms (how the Horseshoe bat can transfer to a Civet, which in turn is the transference link to humans) they actually create viruses from different known and “mapped” existing strains to see how similar or different they are from the virus being studied.

See what I mean? In order to understand a deadly virus infecting the entire planet, they must create similar nightmare viruses in order to understand and document the current threat. Again, maybe I misunderstand, but essentially it seems as though “they” must create other nightmare virus threats in order to understand and defeat the current virus threat. Which is what worries me with this COVID-19. Was it naturally occurring as this article suggests others are, or was it created for research and accidentally exposed to the world outside the laboratory?

What do you think? I’ve got to get back to work but will probably be “feeding on – chewing on…. whatever” on this article for awhile – of course realizing I do not know if it is legit. Still I’ve learned something new. Later

https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985

Friday, March 27th, 2020/0030hrs – Lazy LAME in production – lol

How many of you have ever used a ration card? I did for two years decades ago while living outside the United States. Of course my card was an “old school” paper punch out where items of popular demand (or high expense) were printed on the card and every time that item was purchased that item description would be punched out on the card by the cashier. Bye bye that month’s ration for whatever. Next month, a new “full card” of items to purchase and consume or otherwise enjoy. (Ration cards assisted in preventing Department Of Defense inventory resale on the local black market.) Judging from the current reports on the news it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if we are all headed for such rationing on a more high tech level to control excessive public purchasing of common necessary items. Might even help with a new American diet plan for some citizens with difficulty in losing weight, Heck, I’ve already lost a few pounds without even trying! Just self rationing to postpone that inevitable shopping trip into a higher population density. Yikes! lol

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020

Hunkered down house cleaning, hunkered down property maintenance, hunkered down inventory and conservation of food. beverages, supplies, hunkered down recycling of an old LAME for this hunkered down hello, hunkered down frustration with the continuing DEM Left Socialist nonsense led by Nancy Pelosi and her hunkered down dancing leftist traitors……. hear the new and more accurate definitive term for this Covid-19 world crisis?…..(No wonder Democrats are so upset.) The CCP VIRUS, (Chinese Communist Party Virus). Wonder if it is related to the recently reported 21 million state monitored, health programmed, facially recognized – real ID cross linked banking & social security integrated Chinese cell phone accounts that were suddenly deleted from records while funeral homes and crematoriums were running 24/7 for weeks? Probably just some sort of weird coincidence, after all, the official report of actual deaths in China has been far below 4,000 people. (Obviously every single life is precious, but such a low report seems to defy probability.) I’m afraid we have only been partially educated as to this living nightmare introduction to our NEW VIRAL WORLD…..still waiting for the other boot to drop. Creepy, so many of these current news reports sound just like the news reports in all those old horror movies.

Let’s see, I’m forgetting something……

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020/2236hrs

Have a government job and are compensated with public funds yet refuse to perform your assigned duties because you don’t personally agree with the Trump Administration and its policies due to your Socialist-Left principles and goals? No problem. bye bye

TUESDAY, MARCH 17th, 2020/0835hrs

YOUR LUCKY DAY! I don’t have time for a LAME production – just the thought……

Confused Socialist-Left equality

Treats completely different things the same

Misdirects to incorrect solutions

A classic Democrat shell game

There’s nothing wrong with annexation

When meeting appropriate criteria

Regarding Lake Don Pedro water service

This requires annexing to proper area

Subdivision residents paid for their water

Through another layer of Owner Association rules

Created with intent to conserve precious water

Yet outsiders have treated us as fools

Even agency name was a slight of hand

As water company was intended to serve a minority

Of land owners within residential subdivision

Not a foothill region developers call community

Sure Outside Place of Use owners demand water

But should not receive for one big reason

LAFCO only annexed into sham water district  

Instead of water entitled subdivision

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Suggested serving instructions:

1. Start below video (for the background music) then,
2. Read the March 16th 2020 posting…..makes the reading more tolerable….lol

MARCH 16th, 2020, ONLY A SWAMP ANNEX!

March 16, 2020 | by Lew | Comments Off on ONLY A SWAMP ANNEX!

Less than a year with this GM/Treasurer? I admit to being quite disappointed as I MAY HAVE mistakenly believed we finally had a GM/Treasurer laser focused on the needs of the legal water using customers within the Lake Don Pedro residential subdivision. (Could McGowan still be the right guy who was only momentarily sidetracked with the continuing influence of the last 40 years of misdirection within this local CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT? Institutionalized corruption and fraud is a difficult program to just turn off like a water spigot.)

Yet, rather than placing this matter on the agenda as an item clearly visible to the public, and therefore subject to potential public discussion during a “BORED MEETING”, this WATER WHEELING proposal was secreted away in the GM’s unsigned administrative report in the March 16th, 2020 LDPCSD agenda packet (below):

For district resident? “A district resident”? or for “district residents”? Same problem as with past illegal water service….do it for one….do it for everyone! Why are legal owners forced to subsidize outside PLACE OF USE water service? Like that insurance commercial – we should only pay for what we need (use).

So, apparently district funds have already been spent on legally researching this proposed new side business. Actually I was quite surprised to see the term again – I believe the last time it was on the agenda it pertained to a large land development project on the shores of Lake McClure. Wonder if it is that 900 acre proposed residential subdivision that had been concealed from the public by the LDPCSD and LAFCO for over 20 years until only a few months before SNEAKY PETE KAMPA WAS RETURNED TO THE LDPCSD in 2014? Remember? The LAFCO meeting I was prohibited from attending as a director on the board who had studied the matter extensively? The annexation project Kampa had been working on since the mid 1990s when here the first time?

OOPS! Guess a definition of what I’m referencing is appropriate, yeah? (Also sorry for the lack of organization….rushing for the meeting.)

Basic definition of water wheeling: the conveying of water through the unused capacity in water ditches, canals, pipelines or aqueducts by another water provider; the use of utility conveyance facilities by other than the owner, whether voluntary or involuntary.

In other words, for a fee to be determined (there are California “water wheeling” cases currently before the court regarding how such charges are to be fairly calculated due to a law suit claiming unfair billings) our district will begin transporting water for property owners apparently outside the approved water service area of the residential subdivision to who knows where? Essentially another unnecessary and complicated side business (meter readings, reporting, billing, etc.) when the district already cannot properly perform its required duties and obligations according to the law.

3/16/2020 @ 0845hrs: WOW! Just received notice the LDPCSD MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED until APRIL 20th 2020!

How convenient! lol

Consider……..this provides our crooked board another month for more behind the scene negotiations on how to provide yet another costly special benefit to owners of LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES paid for by the already 40 year victimized legal customers of the subdivision!

Here’s a lol regarding this COVID-19 panic……

The monthly Lake Don Pedro Community Services District Board of Directors meetings were already unintentionally prepared to counteract the spread of COVID-19 since they have routinely boasted public customer attendance rates of between 0 – 3 customers for years! Heck the most attended meetings for this board only occur when those in the audience, contractors, consultants, etc., are paid to be there! lol

OOPS AGAIN?

Is a “LACK OF CONFIDENCE DISCLAIMER” really required for my negative comments about the LAKE DON PEDRO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT after all these years? lol

A CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT that has been exploited since FORMATION in AUGUST 1980 – and then even more so in OCTOBER 2014 with the unethical appointment of a prior rogue employee (1994-1997) PETER KAMPA, who is also a sitting 20 year board director on the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION (CSDA) – and personally responsible for setting up many of these sham annexations over 20 years ago?

Oh well, FOR THE RECORD….

I personally do not trust a single director on the current Lake Don Pedro Community Services Board of Directors due to their prior years of absolute betrayal to over three thousand Merced River Water Entitled Customers (MR WECS) of the Lake Don Pedro residential subdivision. Specifically, that betrayal regards a subsidized special benefit groundwater substitution program with misrepresented GRANT FUNDED WELLS for all the LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) annexations in the LDPCSD.  These highly suspicious annexations even violated LAFCO’s own governing regulations (established 4 years before LDPCSD was formed) regarding the obvious necessity of available/”adequate water” in the first place. 

Good grief! (Then later, a 1987 in depth Sphere of Influence Report

[projects where future water service would likely be provided in the
county by the LDPCSD]

WITHOUT ONE WORD about the legal restrictions in water license 11395 prohibiting serving OUR ONLY SOURCE OF water outside the subdivision and golf course area!)  Sounds unbelievable yeah?

Total betrayal to the taxpayers and property owners within the LDP subdivision who are also mandatory customers of the LDPCSD which the counties of Tuolumne and Mariposa apparently only formed as a surreptitious way to HOOK INTO AND EXPLOIT water license 11395 for a massive water service program throughout these drought prone foothills for their respective LAFCO ANNEXATIONS. Perfect for the counties – they didn’t have to develop the water source and the expense could be passed on to the unsuspecting owners of property within the subdivision.

All this (and much more) under a water license regulating the Merced River which had only the month before (July of 1980) been state certified and declared a river FULLY APPROPRIATED TO BENEFICIAL USE ACCORDING TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION!

The County of Mariposa has for approximately a year now even closed the ability for the public to view LAFCO annexation paperwork on its website – check out what happens after selection of a desired resolution below: (copied and pasted this morning from the Mariposa County website)

76-4

July 6, 1976

Approve establishing guidelines in which LAFCo will only consider applications for Annexation where it is shown that adequate water and sewer services are provided for (PDF)

That sure wasn’t very helpful in understanding what LAFCO had been doing for all those years, was it? Why would the Local Agency Formation Commission prevent citizens from reading the annexation resolutions they had already produced utilizing public funds and resources? Is hiding this information now going to change the OUTRAGEOUS and CLEARLY FORESEEABLE DAMAGES to this community that have been experienced in the last four decades? What else are they hiding? Damage is already done…..or is there more bad news on the horizon for property owners in the subdivision?

Anyway, so the new GM/Treasurer is working with our attorney to investigate the possibility of “Water Wheeling” as another sideline business for the LDPCSD.  Wonderful. Hum, isn’t that just another curious term that is actually dedicated to providing yet another unnecessary additional service for more OUTSIDE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT PROPERTIES not entitled to Merced River Water from the LDPCSD?   Very, very sneaky.

ONLY A SWAMP ANNEX

The LDPCSD Board of Directors do not tell the truth, have cheated legal customers for years, and refuse to guarantee they will not do the same thing again with the next water rate/fee PROP 218 increase – despite their past activities that were clearly in violation of water license restrictions resulting in a State Water Board Notice of Violation – a NOV which on three (3) separate occasions has experienced attempted closure with even more false information provided by Pete Kampa to his cooperating cohorts within the SWRCB.  Still waiting to hear the final report on this multi-year nightmare of special interest fraud and criminal conspiracy to violate state law.

REMEMBER? Not one of them (LDPCSD directors) would simply pick up the telephone and call the State to ascertain if what they were doing was legal. How many times did I ask, even begged those directors to simply make the call. Yes, I know. They already knew what they were doing was wrong – just didn’t care to be told so by the State Water Board.

Well, they were anyway. Rather than a simple telephone call on their part, it took a complaint and years – but they were clearly told they were wrong and yet to this day still refuse to acknowledge that fact to customers. Rather like the county hiding it’s annexation paperwork, doesn’t change the damage for which all customers are financially responsible. Cheats. Simple cheats.

Perhaps they believed with Pete Kampa they could get away with it again? After all, old Pete was a professional with the CSDA – CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION, and the LDPCSD was a California Special District.

Yup, ‘ol Pete was the Sneak who actually set up many of these annexations when employed here the first time between the years 1994-1997 – when those Directors had no idea what he was doing on “company time”. So in 2014 our special interest CSD board once again appointed Pete Kampa GM/Treasurer through a highly unethical closed recruitment process and turned over $1 million in cash (from the last successful PROP 218 years earlier to avoid bankruptcy) without even a simple employment background check to ascertain what Kampa had done when employed here the first time!   (Psst….Emery Ross knew exactly what Kampa had done back then because Emery was working with him and was the 2014 director who violated confidential board information and notified Kampa of the upcoming GM vacancy so Kampa could proffer a first strike contract ready for signature at the next board meeting without competition!)

The LDPCSD records were pretty clear as to Kampa’s past activities regarding his side-line annexation business for ANYONE INTERESTED ENOUGH TO READ THE MATERIAL! But not the appointing board who provided KAMPA access to the district’s’ over one million dollars in cash?

And now this same board wants even more of our money through yet another PROP 218 to raise rates and fees without even acknowledging what they did with the money from the last Prop 218?   The absolute gall.

Seems to me since its formation in 1980, the LDPCSD has never focused its attention on the legally required duties (much less moral obligations) of providing quality water to the residents of the Lake Don Pedro subdivision for only the costs necessary in providing that service.  We (MR WECS) have the additional “onion skin of local government”  with a governing board of directors, governing documents, yearly assessments, CC&Rs, violation committees, blah blah, blah…..we have paid dearly for that exclusive right to Merced River water service since the beginning! 

Yet the very mechanisms legally created to provide and protect that service have been hi-jacked by the special interests of real estate and land development not satisfied with merely selling subdivision property.

THEY DIDN’T WANT SUBDIVISION LAND WITH WATER,

ONLY SUBDIVISION WATER ON THEIR OUTSIDE LAND!

One might think it was long overdue for the district to start focusing on the legal customers yeah?  Don’t hold your breath, today’s “Administrative report” hints at yet another frolic and departure from the primary duty of serving subdivision residents.

Apparently legal expenses have already been incurred investigating the feasibility of WATER WHEELING for outside subdivision land owners wanting water service.   Who knows? Perhaps in April the board will merely announce the district’s new side business at MR WECs continued and increasing expense?

But wait a minute…..the LDPCSD hasn’t turned a profit in two years (even as a nonprofit where the money returns to operations), and recently paid another company $30,000 to find the best way to raise rates and fees between 45% to double the current charges, (too bad that company wasn’t witness to the years of lies this board has perpetrated against customers while pursuing their expanded subsidized water plan for those LAFCO ANNEXATIONS not entitled to river water service. REM the $30,000 for Kampa’s digital map project to create the final answer to the PLACE OF USE issue yet the map was devoid of the information? Only instructed the viewer to contact the MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT FOR MORE INFORMATION! lol-not), the LDPCSD hasn’t been able to obey water license restrictions since formation in 1980,  yet the new GM/Treasurer (who apparently has a Merced Irrigation District family upbringing that was considered confidential information not to be released to the public by continuing Board President Danny Johnson at time of appointment)  is actively working on once again expanding unnecessary water services including this WATER WHEELING business?   The MID was receiving Water Rights from property owners and forcing the LDPCSD to come up with ways of paying for those “RIGHTS” by providing future water service to those properties that were OUTSIDE THE PLACE OF USE BOUNDARIES OF MID’S OWN WATER LICENSE! MR WECs get screwed again! But wait, isn’t MID actively circumventing restrictions in their own water license in an effort to obtain further “water rights” held by the property owner? This whole thing stinks and smacks of fraud since the LDPCSD was formed in August 1980 – without the approved service map on file with the appropriate agencies! Oh….and so much more.

What has 40 years of special interest catering to LAFCO annexed property owners outside the legal subdivision already produced?  Community turmoil and greater costs and a loss in quality service to those entitled – not to mention a continuing ESTIMATED water loss of between 25%- 45% for decades. 

What SERIOUS LEGITIMATE BUSINESS WOULD TOLERATE THAT?

Last month the lost water report was once again unreadable with a director guessing the print read 28%! The OUTSIDE PLACE OF USE REPORT is still absent in the agenda packet (that was the only way for legal customers to keep an eye on where our water was going outside the subdivision – outside POU cattle rancher and long time CSD Director Emery Ross has been trying to get rid of that for years! Congrats Emery – you can still contaminate the LDPCSD with your own personal dysfunction.)

Well, at least I don’t have to worry about a potential COVID-19 infection by those miserable  excuses for public servants today! Can’t wait for the upcoming public events where they will attempt to cajole and explain how another PROP 218 is absolutely necessary for our continued water service.

Welcome to SWAMPEDRO!

Please take care of yourselves for the next 5-8 weeks. Remember…this virus can remain active on smooth surfaces for days……anything you touch is a potential infection…..we live in a new world now for a number of reasons that we’ll likely be discussing until we’re gone.

My best to you and yours, Lew

PS – almost forgot…..

OPEN BORDERS MY ASS!

🙂

THURSDAY, March 12th, 2020/2000hrs

Well, it reminds me of a caravan anyway. But to where? Mbty&y, Lew

MONDAY, MARCH 9th, 2020

I think it is very sad Democrats are so concerned about the 2020 election that they would subject one of their own to such cruelty. Seriously, can you imagine this man in complex, high pressure negotiations or capable of making split second monumental decisions for the safety and security of this Country and her citizens? This is simply wrong – and so am I for believing Democrats might have been better than this.

My best to you and yours, Lew

For more information on the above subject (including a brief introduction as to Joe Biden’s own work years ago – mentioned in one of the last paragraphs of the article): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK208578/

A different perspective regarding this slow, yet disturbing, fade from political significance in the upcoming 2020 election:

Even from the LEFT there are serious questions as to mental capacity for such a powerful and stressful job:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bidens-leftist-critics-paint-joe-as-senile-in-a-trump-y-play

FRIDAY, MARCH 6th, 2020

2020/0810hrs

Yup, anyone (much less a court of law) telling Becerra to follow the law is certainly old news….. going all the way back to how he even came out to California as it’s Department of Justice Attorney General. Just as the Washington DC investigators were focusing on the computer server in Becerra’s control (as head of the Democrat Caucus – this was the case where a fake server with incorrect information was provided to law enforcement instead of the REAL SERVER with which they were interested) our former Governor Jerry Brown decided XAVIER BECERRA would be the perfect person to be the HIGHEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE STATE! And Californians wonder what has been happening to their once great and proud state?

LEFT -SOCIALISTS DEMOCRATS NEED TO VACATE SACRAMENTO AND ALLOW THIS STATE TO RECOVER FROM THE MANY YEARS OF THEIR FOOLISHNESS. This is insane! People lacking the basic integrity required for the jobs they currently hold – yet they are the ones making policy for the rest of us over taxed, over regulated law abiding citizens?

CALIFORNIA NEEDS A MAJOR CHANGE IN 2020! What do you think?

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Another court tells Xavier Becerra to follow the law

By The Editorial Board | opinion@scng.com | PUBLISHED: February 8, 2020 at 11:19 a.m. | UPDATED: February 8, 2020 at 11:19 a.m.

One would think that California’s highest-ranking law-enforcement official, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, would be fastidious about following state law. Unfortunately, Becerra has refused to fully comply with a new statute that requires the release of police-misconduct records, even though the courts have rebuked him. It’s shameful.

The Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1421, a groundbreaking transparency measure that requires police agencies to provide records about officers who were involved in shootings or who had been found to have used excessive force, been dishonest or committed sexual assault. Until its passage, California had been one of the most secretive states regarding these records.

Instead of fulfilling his duty, Becerra rejected media organizations’ request for applicable records and filed legal challenges,  thus emboldening local departments to drag their feet. Some agencies have complied, which has led to eye-opening news reports. One series, published by this newspaper, found that hundreds of police officers have been convicted of crimes, but continue to patrol the streets.

Those news reports reinforce the importance of the new law. The public really does have the right to know about how these public officials behave on the job.

In a case filed by news outlets, a state appeals court last year told Becerra to release all non-exempt records. His office released a few records for state agents, but not for those working in other police agencies. Late last month, an appeals court once again ruled against the California Department of Justice, finding that it must indeed release the requested records. The attorney general now says he is reviewing the decision.

Becerra’s office has made a variety of dubious arguments. For instance, it insisted that it may delay records releases until police-union legal challenges are complete. It claimed that releasing such records could endanger police officers. It argued that releasing public records is too burdensome. Instead of doing his job upholding the law of the land, Becerra’s office has served as the cat’s paw for the police unions, with which he seems closely aligned.

Fortunately, the courts are not buying his foot-dragging. “Contrary to the department’s contentions, the legislative history does not even remotely suggest that disclosure obligations should be limited to an officer’s employing agency,” the court declared. The law’s “history is replete with evidence of the Legislature’s intent to promote greater transparency.”

The decision rebuked the Department of Justice on virtually every point. Even if the Becerra were right that releasing public records jeopardized officer safety, the court found that his department could review specific records in consultation with local agencies — rather than simply withholding the entire bundle of records.

The court looked askance at the justice department’s concerns about the compliance burdens placed on the agency: “At the very least, however, we may infer that the Legislature chose to enact SB 1421 despite its awareness that the department’s compliance would entail significant expense,” the court ruled. Indeed. Since when can government bureaucracies simply refuse to abide by a law simply because it’s costly for them to do so?

https://dailycaller.com/2017/12/11/becerra-tried-to-block-server-admin-over-red-flags-but-logins-continued-with-muted-reaction/

THURSDAY, March 5th, 2020 0909

WEDNESDAY, March 4th, 2020/1747hrs

Nothing to see here folks………nothing to worry about……..just a virus that apparently escaped from a Super Bio Lab in China. No doubt an accident. Accidents happen all the time. Right? Such things are never really tested on a population without their consent, right? To think other wise would create a whole different class of questions. Wonder how many times citizens may have actually been exposed to infectious diseases cooked up in a lab somewhere for the purpose of researching spread time and effect for a potential biological warfare germ? Never intended to kill, but a test run for effectiveness? Sounds like a television plot, yeah?

Any, let’s try again….never pays to rush things…..still have numerous files I haven’t even listened to yet. But you know……not enough time yeah? (1800hrs)

Monday, March 2nd, 2020/2311hrs

THURSDAY, February 27th, 2020/0004hrs

Uploading now. Found some other misplaced LAME files for this project, go figure. The file production is insane. Sometimes when real late (or early) and I’m tired I’ll name a file something I’m sure I’ll remember. Yeah, right. After some sleep…..??? Where the heck was I?

Either that, or because I use external drives for storage, I sometimes get drive letters confused due to the similar redundant material on the drives and place files somewhere in a directory whose name I promptly forget. Whatever.

Always something but since I already had the files…might as well use them, yeah? May fall asleep waiting for the upload….if so, then in the morning. No biggie. Video is pretty much the same as the one below, just some tweaking of the audio track with some passing thoughts.

Background: While listening to a playback of one of the older versions on the new recorder a day or so ago – I used the damaged one (no playback) to record some additional material for FLEE OR FIGHT, aka, Sloth on Crack. You know, sipping a cold beer and listening to sour notes on the playback and commenting ……thus this “Sloth on Crack Gastrointestinal Version” was born while just “farting around” with the old recorder – as one might say. Made me laugh when I first heard it later on the computer (had forgotten what had actually been recorded) so thought I’d …….. your know……pass it along to you…. as one might also say. 🙂

Full of beef and bean burritos actually.

My best to you and yours, Lew

Ahhhhhh, here we go: 0654hrs……GI Version! lol

Tuesday, 02252020/2331hrs

Thursday, 02202020/0002hrs

Have been busy preparing for Spring and cleaning up fire breaks for Summer. (And finding missing clothes and such.) Had this idea since first viewing that reprehensible conduct after the President’s State of the Union address. As usual, had no idea what to do for a LAME until I started. Really weird, the project just kind-of dictates what to do, unfortunately the ideas must utilize whatever I can muster for the production, which is obviously amateur at best, perhaps harmful to voluntary human auditory appreciation at worst. Yup, lots of sour notes. A true “hunter of notes”. Didn’t even attempt to correct a single bad note this time. Really sped up production (not a big surprise yeah? lol) This was a quickie (although sincerely expressing disgust) just to touch base with the equipment again and say HELLO! Feet are still quite painful. HEck, just 12hr weekends on my feet took until Wednesday-Thursday to feel better….ahhh, just in time for Saturday morning! lol Then that last “push” five days in a row! Sure can’t accomplish things like I could when younger, although I suspect I maybe working a bit smarter. I can only hope so. Yup appreciating the diminishing capabilities with age is a bummer. Expected though as everyday above ground is an accomplishment. MBTY&Y, Lew

Monday, February 17th, 2020/1032

Still alive and catching up on all the stuff I let slide for awhile. Never was the greatest “housekeeper” but even to my lax requirements, I recently crossed the line. It is all good though. Created a living environment puzzle to solve – incrementally, just as created. Recently found a large clothes hamper that was buried under some empty collapsed cardboard boxes for a few months. What a fantastic surprise – rather like Christmas as a kid….it was full of clean folded clothes! (Thought I had a lot more underwear and socks than were routinely laundered the last few months – lol) Then a pair of clean blue jeans under a blanket. Wow! Clothes shopping in my own house!

Anyway, nothing too serious, mostly clutter, and misplaced items but the outside work is another matter entirely. Almost all tree leaves and needles have dropped – along with a healthy dose of pine cones littered about – lovely for that quiet evening walk downhill when placing a boot on that little sucker ….. YIKES! Tailbone beware! (lol)

I hear the weeds growing at night as they mock and tease my feeble attempts of control during this decades long seasonal battle for landscape domination. As always, a temporary treaty will eventually be established recognizing the needs of both sides for the Spring and Summer. (Following a few windless day chemical agent attacks executed to gain a more advantageous position during the upcoming MVT (Miscellaneous Vegetation Treaty) negotiations.) lol

Yup, crucial time period with such great weather….take a long nap and the weeds seem to sprint to their maturity height!

Anyway, still here busy finding lost clothing (fortunately already laundered) slaughtering weeds, finding misplaced tools, etc. MBTY&Y, Lew

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, 2020

1036hrs

Finally! The Federal Government is going to be looking into and correcting the obvious organized criminal activity that has been in control of this State, our state, of California for many years.

Consider – a State Water Board that believes, and even publishes on the internet for public review, that the Merced River leaving Yosemite National Park and flowing through the Counties of Mariposa and Merced (and a tip of Stanislaus) and westward to the San Joaquin River in journey to the Delta…… ALSO RUNS THROUGH SUTTER COUNTY?

WHAT?

YUBA CITY?

FAR NORTH OF SACRAMENTO?

Absolutely unreal yeah? All because corruption is everywhere in government. When politically motivated, – “deep state activists” simply refuse to do their assigned government duties in favor of their “social justice” excuse for criminal conspiracies to violate the law. Folks, our state (and it’s information network) has been sabotaged by those who put private third party profit, power and control over that of the public service for which they were elected, appointed, employed, contracted….. whatever!

As Californian citizens we have been sold out.

We’re not alone. This “Democratus TermiteISIS” has been identified in specific areas across this nation which will also require corrective attention for any chance of a sustainable future with the freedoms granted in OUR US CONSTITUTION.

This is going to be quite interesting as the tentacles of corruption reach quite far and in ALL QUARTERS! Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Peace Freedom, Green, Left, Middle, Right……whatever! As long as human beings are involved there will be corruption and victimization of others for profit but it is HOW SUCH CRIME IS HANDLED that determines whether a particular approach makes COMMON SENSE OR NOT! GO GET ‘EM MR. BARR! later, Lew

TYPICAL DISINFORMATION BY

SOCIALIST-LEFT DEMOCRATS!

The “new Prop 13” by XAVIER BECERRA…

(remember how he tricked voters with his “REPEAL THE GAS TAX” misleading proposition introduction – specifically ruled inappropriate by a California Superior Court Judge?) ….

actually repeals the old PROPOSITION 13 which has provided TAX PROTECTION to PROPERTY OWNERS BY KEEPING TRADITIONAL PROPERTY TAXES DOWN TO 1% SINCE 1978!

Absolutely duplicitous conduct.

So essentially, voters must see-through this continuing deception by NEWSOM, BECERRA and company (Socialist-left DEMOCRATS) and

vote NO ON THE NEW PROP 13

in order to keep the tax protections of our beloved OLD PROP 13! (Prior to that people were losing their homes to increased taxes for the classic “give aways” by Democrats.

Diabolical trickery again yeah? Such politicians need to be dumped ASAP (as soon as possible) if we are to reclaim this state for COMMON SENSE GOVERNANCE!

I now understand some of the confusion expressed by non-signers of the RECALL GAVIN NEWSOM PETITION due to my sign “HELP SAVE PROP 13”.

My argument was simply, if you want to save the OLD PROP 13, recall GAVIN NEWSOM as governor which would simultaneously help defeat this NEW PROP 13 (to raise billions in new taxes), again misrepresented by Xavier Becerra (our current Attorney General who fled Washington DC due to the missing computer server law enforcement was requesting – why was Becerra paying those Pakistani brothers and their wives so much more money than their regular salaries? And one was married to a Ukrainian? Hummm, maybe Becerra himself is directly involved with that entire misrepresentation of the Russian/Ukrainian election influence they tried to pin on President Trump? Sure would explain his misusing the power and authority as CA AG against ANYTHING TRUMP! (all those law suits brought with other Socialist-left AG from other states). Sure also appears to be a reoccurring MO (modus operandi – method of operation) in how Xavier Becerra misrepresents facts in order to garner support for his ANTI AMERICAN ACTIVITIES!)

That’s the kicker with such people: IF their proposals are so good for the average legal Californian – why must he lie and deceive in order to get support?

NO ON BECERRA’S NEW PROP 13

in order to SAVE THE OLD PROP 13!

Still strange….why on earth would someone refuse to recall Governor Newsom, yet simultaneously want to keep the old PROP 13 to keep taxes down? Save money to live!

NEWSOM and his cohorts want BILLIONS IN MORE TAX DOLLARS for “GIVE AWAYS” TO “BUY VOTES SO AS TO REMAIN IN POWER!” Hell, look what his Auntie Pelosi cooked up with Schumer, Schiff, Nadler, etc….against OUR PRESIDENT!!! How much money and damage done to our citizens as a result of that fraud, hoax, sham, scam……whatever.

More later…need to get these last 90 petition signatures processed.

Again, a BIG thank you to all who stopped by with an additional special thanks to those few apparent Newsom supporters who just politely nodded “no” to my presence at 59×132 while advocating the recall of Gavin Newsom. One man in particular caught my eye who repeatedly demonstrated the honor, integrity and class of the OLD DEMOCRAT PARTY (by just nodding “no” as he passed) a party which has unfortunately been hi-jacked by the NEWSOM/BECERRA radicals set on destroying our state in pursuit of their LEFTIST GOALS by any means necessary.

Thank you sir. I respect your polite expression of disagreement and I truly wish you and yours the very best.

Later, Lew

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 2020/2130HRS

OK, here are the results for the last day for signing the recall petition at 59×132:

MERCED 3

CALAVERAS 2

MARIPOSA 2

SAN LUIS OBISPO 2

STANISLAUS 2

TUOLUMNE 2

ALAMEDA 1

MONTEREY 1

TOTAL: 15

Thank you all grand total for the 59×132 shack: 710!

WOW! What an experience!

More later, My best to you and yours, Lew

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 2020/2022hrs

OK…here are the fantastic results:

STANISLAUS 6

TUOLUMNE 5

MARIPOSA 3

ALAMEDA 2

CALAVERAS 2

FRESNO 2

MERCED 2

TOTAL: 22

AND SPECIAL THANK YOU to Brian and Rosie from Denair for obtaining another 5 signatures on their own!

Folks, to be honest, I’m beat. There is so much more I want to report, and will, (photos too – have a new “bear buddy”….those of you passing through the intersection Friday and Saturday probably know what I’m referencing right? Anyway, more on that as well with photos) ….have I mentioned TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN THE NEWSOM RECALL PETITION AT THE 59×132 SHACK?

Well, it is…OH! Another SPECIAL THANK YOU to all of you spreading the word to friends and family (perhaps strangers? I don’t know. lol) Great job! Many commented they had heard it from…….???? Just one last request in preparation for the last possible day to sign the NEWSOM RECALL PETITION at the 59×132 RECALL SHACK….

<THE VOICE>

SEND ME MORE!

Thank you all.

My best to you and yours, Lew

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 2020/2102hrs

A BIG thank you to the 13 folks who stopped by to sign today!  (Technically, more than 13 came by – some were just visiting – always welcome

(Did I mention there are ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TO SIGN THE ONLY STATE APPROVED PETITION TO RECALL GAVIN NEWSOM AS CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR!) some are couples where one had already signed, or a signer with friends, etc.)  Anyway….THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!  I look forward to more adequately expressing some of the things this recall journey as confirmed for me while simultaneously educating me to the experiences expressed by others. Yeah, not very clear. I’m rather tired tonight. More later. Have a few images of today’s adventure…..

<But then, suddenly…..in an extremely loud, deep echoing commanding type voice  – (like on the original Wizard of Oz -yes I date myself)……>

NOW BRING ME MORE!

Lol

OH YEAH? Guess what? A new record was set this morning at +/- 0530hrs …….

THE EARLIEST SIGNER SINCE NOV 17^th!

Viewers know I’m not comfortable mentioning someone’s name under these circumstances without specific approval, so I’ll just say this early-bird gentleman was from Los Banos and lives at

.

.

gottcha! lol

anyway, this gentleman was in route to the lake and saw me setting up. He stopped, got out of his vehicle, approached “the shack area” and asked if too early and should he come back later? …. “absolutely not” I said as I tackled him to the ground before he could change his mind as Liz barked from the pickup cab……..nah, …… didn’t tackle him, but did advise he was a record setter. Yup, this earliest signer made all those previous early morning setups worthwhile!  (Had several in the +/- 0700 – however, as one might expect most people don’t like stopping in a (creepy music fades in) rural……isolated county intersection….. under a red flashing light when it’s 30 degrees F to meet a perfect stranger in the dark to provide personal identifying information while a dog of unknown temperament is barking from an open pickup door window in the background …..

Did I mention there are only TWO DAYS LEFT for signing the ONLY OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE APPROVED NEWSOM RECALL PETITION at the Flashing Red Traffic Light Recall Shack at HWY59xHWY132 in La Grange CA? (There must be adequate time for processing by the February 13th deadline.)

Paperwork finished…. here are today’s results:

MERCED                             4

TOULUMNE                       4

MARIPOSA                         3

STANISLAUS                       2

TOTAL FRIDAY:              13                  THANK YOU ALL!(Your State thanks you too!) 

NOW BRING ME MORE!

(lol)

Got to get going…but here are some shots from Friday’s adventure.

PS:

ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO SIGN!

YES! ONLY 2 DAYS !

LATER!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 2020/1930hrs

MBTYAY, Lew

Found this in yesterday’s notes (a little boring when there are no signers. OOOOhhhh…… don’t want to hear/read any more LAME stuff? Get folks to come down and sign and keep me busy! lol

Anyway…..

Tearing up President Trump’s State of the Union

Said more about Nancy Pelosi and her fits

Confirming once again for those who watch

She’s just an arrogant disrespectful piece of Schiff!

OK THE THURSDAY BREAKDOWN—

MARIPOSA 8

TUOLUMNE 4

STANISLAUS 3

MERCED 1

ORANGE 1

TOTAL: 17 THANK YOU ALL!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 2020/0400hrs (posting of yesterday’s morning photo)

OK! Let’s get to it for the next few days and acquire as many signatures as possible! Who knows? This truly be our last opportunity to make needed change in our California. To me the big question should be:

if all this Socialist-Left movement is truly wanted and GOOD FOR THE LEGAL CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA…..why must Newsom and Xavier Becerra lie about what they are really doing? REmember the REPEAL THE GAS TAX misleading statement by Becerra last time? Well, he is doing EXACTLY THE SAME THING THIS TIME WITH PROPOSITION 13!

Seriously, think about it, how can they possibly continue to GIVE AWAY THE TAXPAYERS MONEY without much more coming in?

Sure, those who want FREE STUFF will vote for such an unethical assault on the taxpayers burden but only property owners will pay for such an abuse of government power and authority.

Didn’t like the death penalty – so it disappeared. Do you think Newsom wants another recall? This is likely our last chance!

Shake the trees and bushes and get those registered voter signatures! See you later, Lew

Wednesday morning continued ……

Pelosi’s stunt fired me up…..OK, last few days folks. Those of you who have been so kind to spread the word through social media, – again, thank you very much….but our California desperately needs us all to get as many signatures as possible! Anyway you prefer – stop by HWY 59×132 sign – I’ll process for you; stop by “the shack” and I ‘ll provide you with FREE BLANKS and you can be a “circulator” yourself. Don’t let the form intimidate you – it’s easy and all instructions are on RANAF.org. (I can also fill you in on some of the things I’ve learned if you wish. Family, friends, friends of friends, social clubs, whatever! This could truly be our last opportunity to stop this nonsense (if such a Socialist-Left governor can continue to ignore the majority of voting citizens as to the government THEY WANT, what’s to stop him from going even further? (Why even spend the time and money for an election when the public so clearly supports Gavin Newsom, his Auntie Nancy Pelosi, etc and the Socialist-Left domination of our once proud state? Why not? If enough people do not sign this ONLY OFFICIAL STATE APPROVED recall petition to remove GAVIN NEWSOM as governor, laws will inevitably be changed to prevent any further attempts. So, this is it folks. Really want to save your entire state from looking like the Streets of the NEW SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, etc)

Get out there and gather signatures! Turn them in yourself or drop them by the RECALL SHACK HWY59 x HWY 132 at the flashing red traffic light – LA Grange Fruit Stand SE corner. HOWEVER do not forget…..THEY MUST BE IN THE CORRECT COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE BY FEB 13th TO BE VALID

Again, thank you all! OK Wednesday, Feb 5th, 2020 results:

TUOLUMNE 7

MARIPOSA 3

MERCED 3

STANISLAUS 2

MADERA 1

TOTAL: 16 WAY TO GO! 643 Grand total Not bad for the first time out on a weekday! Alrighty then, let’s do this or never complain about what is happening, and will continue to happen, to our wonderful California. Socialism is easy to incrementally vote in (“free stuff” gets a lot of votes, but still costs money you know?) but you must FIGHT to get out when it inevitably fails. See you out there! MBTYAY, Lew

PS: Ballpoint pens only! No gelpens (I know, they’re my favorite also). Carefully explain with examples how to fill the form out (YES! You can fill it out for those signers who need assistance….everything except the signature OR MARK!) Thank you all…..especially for the honks and waves of support…gets a little discouraging at times…..feet hurt too! lol later.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 2020

Nancy Pelosi sure cleared up a major difference between Democrats and Republicans last night, yeah? Although conservatives certainly disagreed with Obama’s transformation of America I don’t recall any conservatives tearing up his State of the Union on camera for the world to see. Perhaps this personality characteristic provides some explanation as to why Gavin Newsom treats the legal California voting citizens the way he does while continuing his pursuit of damaging Socialist Left policies for OUR CALIFORNIA?

MONDAY, February 3rd, 2020

SUNDAY, February 2nd, 2020

I would have never guessed….and on game day!

Sixteen signatures!

MERCED 6

TUOLUMNE 5

MARIPOSA 3

SAN BERNARDINO 1

STANISLAUS 1

TOTAL: 16

627 GRAND TOTAL (Weekends since Nov 17th 2019)

Again, thank you all for taking the time and being concerned about OUR STATE. No doubt much more later as I have learned very much the last couple of months. MBTYAY, Lew

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 2020

STANISLAUS 8

MARIPOSA 4

TUOLUMNE 3

SAN BENITO 3

SAN JOAQUIN 2

SANTA CLARA 1

TOTAL: 21

GUESS WHAT? Another 8 from Mariposa and 1 from Tuolumne (9 total!) from another local Patriot! How cool is that! Thank you so much. So, 30 signatures counting all for the day (I’ve only been updating the board with those I witnessed @59×132)

FREE RECALL PETITIONS ON GAME DAY!

Gosh, sure hope such a valuable offer doesn’t cause a traffic jam! lol

Might be a “going out of business” giveaway. (You will be responsible for mailing or delivering them to the appropriate elections office by February 13th, 2020!

If so (going out of business), again thank you all so very much. I can honestly say, regardless of what happens, I wouldn’t trade the experience of meeting you all for anything. I’m tired. More later.

Sorry about any typos…don’t like this keyboard … difficult to work with…..did I already mention that? I firgit. later

VOTES on some of Chuck Schumer’s nonsense: 49/51 49/51 (still watching House Impeachment Democrats make a bunch of motions for their continued attack on Our President Trump who has already tolerated more than any other president in history. Enough is enough. All should get back to the business of America and her citizens. (Of course for the Left impeachment of the President has been their primary focus since he announced his intentions as a candidate. Want to talk about bullying?

Remember when the Supreme Court ruled on reading Constitutional Rights to suspects? Miranda Rights in CA? Mentioned in every cop show ever made? “Read that scumbag their rights and book ’em!” The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine? Remember those horrid cases where all the evidence clearly indicated the defendant’s guilt but there was no valid search warrant so all SOLID EVIDENCE was thrown out of court? Even confessions were inadmissible if the person was not first advised of their of their Constitutional Right to remain silent (plead the 5th in court) or the right to counsel which would be provided free? Yup, interesting how the President of the United States isn’t afforded the same rights we all are supposed to have under the Constitution.

Was this impeachment supposed to be bi-partisan under the Constitution? I’ve got to stop watching this (recorded) ….I have petitions to give away! lol

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st, 2020

IS SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER PRACTICING HIS ACQUITTAL FACE?

(Naw, was actually just telling reporters only one question at a time -lol)

Anonymous complainants, secret closed door hearings, inability to confront accusers, second hand-third hand hearsay information, incompetence, clear hatred and bias for President Trump (perhaps a bit envious of his success), “deep state activists”, Socialist Left obstructionists, administration holdovers sabotaging Trump policies, etc.

House Impeachment Val Demings made this statement in her presentation:

“Fundamental fairness requires

evidence in trials”

You’ve got to be kidding me!~ This from a 20+ year former law enforcement officer? Wonder how many people she arrested for drunk driving but never obtained a blood, breath or urine sample? Never read an arrestee their Constitutional Rights? Perhaps Ms Demings forgot that before one ever gets to a court or trial they must first be LEGALLY ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED. (Pssst, hey Val! That generally requires probable cause and solid evidence PRIOR TO ARREST AND PROSECUTION that a crime was indeed committed ….not a contiually growing list of hostile witnesses to an incident a long time ago before an already impaneled jury! Good Heavens! These jokers are using the media again to cover up their total INcompetency! Seriously, I think they owe the American taxpayer a BIG ASS refund!)

These DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS are clearly demonstrating what sort of America they have in store for the rest of us if they can get away with doing this to the GREATEST PRESIDENT IN MODERN AGE!

Don’t even think about what these Socialist Left Democrats say –

LOOK AT WHAT THEY DO!

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020

So I am watching the Senate Impeachment Trial and using a tablet and portable keyboard to record some notes. I had just typed “I forgot” (was going to comment on forgetting to do something else) when I glanced at the screen and saw “U firgit”. What? Seriously.

When your right hand is positioned incorrectly on the keyboard (right hand index finger on the letter “H” instead of “J”, you get U firgit instead of I forgot. Thought it interesting that a simple little hand positioning error could point out a major problem in dealing with these Socialist Left Democrats……..we “firgit” all the ridiculous stuff they do because it is constantly being updated with more ridiculous garbage! I forgot, and U firgit! lol PLEASE! Make a point of watching that WHC response, extremely interesting and explains much. These Socialist Left Democrat obstructionists must go! Democratus TermiteISIS! lol Mbtyay, Lew

NOTE: This LAME was based on some of the information in the opening presentation by Jay Sekulow the Presidents attorney. All White House Counsel gave compelling and educational presentations. Quite refreshing after months of the same inferior “wishful garbage” by House Impeachment Democrats. Absolutely disgusting they are paid to misrepresent the Constitution like they do.

MONDAY, JANUARY 27th, 2020/1656hrs

WOW! Finally completed day one, and started day two of the White House Counsel defense. Good Heavens! Talk about logically, but more importantly – legally shredding the House DEMOCRAT MANAGERS’ IMPEACHMENT CASE! Finally, sensible comments on what DEMS have been shoving down America’s throat. Recall all those objections that were ignored by the DEMS during the House “RUSH TO JUDGEMENT”?

All their partisan “shortcuts” and deceptions are coming home to roost completely on their shoulders. Yup, sure appears to be absolutely devastating to any common sense and legally confined analysis of this ridiculous trial against President Trump by panicked, sore losing Socialist Left Democrats fearful of the 2020 election.

Simply, DEMS are terrified with permitting the American public to elect their own president! This is going to quite interesting.

Sure wish those that support this perverted version of America by the DEMS would watch the White House response as dutifully as I have watched the Democrat misrepresentations for months! How could anyone argue against the undisputed facts regarding the lack of procedural due process and the horrific abuse of authority by the House of Representatives led by Rep Jerome Nadler with the entire scam orchestrated by Senator Adam Schiff who is the House Intelligence Chairman who conspired with the Biden CIA holdover “deep state activist” who they incorrectly refer to as a “whistle blower” as if his actions have been ethical? And this is only maybe half way through the president’s defense? This is historic foolishness that will be condemned for many years and has cost a substantial amount of public funds and resources that could obviously have been better spent on better government. Democrats should be required to pay back such waste of taxpayer money.

Here are 2 photos from yesterday’s petition outing-

Sunday, January 26th, 2333hrs update:

WOW! 25! Even with morning fog, rain, sprinkles…..then sunshine!

Here’s the breakdown:

We have a tie for the TOP SCORE! (Of course there are many “outstanding” that will be coming in from various counties also, ie, signers who wanted other blanks to circulate themselves. WAY TO GO! We are rapidly running out of time. If you’re not registered log on to the California Secretary of State Website and do so AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! If you know folks who are not registered help them do so, then give them the opportunity to help save our precious CALIFORNIA! )

MERCED 8

STANISLAUS 8 (Stanislaus has kicked some Newsom highway ass lately!)

MARIPOSA 6

SAN BENITO 1

SAN JOAQUIN 1

TUOLUMNE 1

SUN TOTAL: 25 (590 since Nov 17th doing weekends)

Sorry but I’m fading fast (00:00+) Whoa! Just finished the first part of the White House Counsel presentation…..talk about seriously kicking some Socialist Left Democrat Impeachment Ass! Finally! The truth is coming out thanks to common sense, logic, legal facts, etc. Yes indeed, Adam Schiff et al, should all be held accountable for their absolute betrayal of our Country, Constitution, legal citizens, abuse of their power and authority, attempted coup against OUR PRESIDENT, etc. They are lying cheats and should pay for their crimes and at a minimum be removed from office as soon as possible!

Ibeout

Sunday, January 26th, 2020/0430hrs

GOOD MORNING RAINY DAY “TO BE” NEWSOM RECALL PETITION SIGNERS!

You know what? If we could manage another 14-20 on a rainy day…that would be great! FOLKS, …….the time is ticking away. February 13th is the end of the recall effort but for “circulators” (like yours truly), February 6th is the last day to hang around HWY59xHWY132 waiting for Patriots to stop by. (Of course there are many “blank petitions” which were handed out for return later…..get those in as soon as possible!)

As blah, blah, blahed before, if you want to get signatures yourself and either don’t currently have a legitimate petition to have copied or are unsure of the address….or don’t want to deal with self addressed stamped #10 envelopes……???

STOP BY THE NEWSOM RECALL SHACK @ 59×132:

I’LL GIVE YOU ONE/SOME along with a crash course on getting it filled out properly, then simply drop it back off to me and I will insure proper processing.

(Unfortunately, in this day and age of “deep state activists” who believe they can violate any law or regulation when pursuing their distorted “SOCIAL JUSTICE” campaign of actual lawlessness, I don’t trust high density populations with large government operations – say like the US POSTAL SERVICE in Sacramento. All it takes is a couple of well placed Socialist Leftist Democrats in key positions and presto! Where did those stuffed envelopes go? Democrat magic!

I implicitly trust our local Post Office Officials, but when mail routinely goes all the way to Sacramento first before turning around and returning only to jog a few further miles to the east, well, let’s just say there are a lot of opportunities for an “ANTI-TRUMPER” to make an envelope disappear that is addressed to a location his “Leftist Command” has designated as TRUMP ORGANIZATION (even though it clearly is not, it is a bipartisan recall effort to remove a very dangerous individual pretending to be a real governor who listens to the voters.

But of course, we must also realize (and trust) that type of criminal activity might be surreptitiously monitored for just such occurrence, yeah? What a perfect opportunity for the “good guys” to do a little house cleaning of “deep state” criminals pretending to be activists who simply steal and destroy US Mail…..ummmm, isn’t that still a federal offense?

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SATURDAY, January 25th, 2020/1855hrs

HOWDY! Ok, here’s the report….and again, thank you all so much! Extremely reassuring to know others see and understand the same thing! Enough for now….here are the counties and numbers:

STANISLAUS 5

TUOLUMNE 4

MARIPOSA 3

CALAVERAS 1

KINGS 1

TOTAL: 14

Thanks again – I’ll add more tomorrow! MBTYAY, Lew

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Friday, January 24th, 2020 (continued) 1948hrs

Yup, a frightening thought when President Putin appears more trustworthy and possess more credibility than House Intelligence Committee Chairman “Shifty” Adam Schiff and his band of Anti-American Socialist Left Democrats! Our Country’s most dangerous enemy dwells within the Washington DC political SWAMP!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th, 2020/1120hrs

Yesterday, following a grocery and materials run, I returned home to stow the bounty in garage, cabinets, refrigerator and freezer then plopped down in the recliner for some television time.  A big mistake if I wanted to relax because the channel was left on CNN coverage of the Senate impeachment trial.  You know, that is an interesting aspect in itself.

While OAN routinely reports on worldwide news, as a personal “check of sources” I occasionally switch to CNN to see what news they were reporting.  Most often CNN presents nothing more than some panel of Democrats discussing how bad President Trump is and why their impeachment is so important to maintaining the American Democracy –  <gag! Can’t believe some people actually eat such feldercarb>   – yet when the President is making some appearance somewhere CNN rarely covers the matter like other news sources.  Do you recall how ANYTIME Obama was speaking somewhere just about every single channel covered the occasion?  Well, not for a President pursuing PRO USA & legal citizen goals! 

Unless it is impeachment related or can somehow be twisted and repackaged into potential bad news for TRUMP and/or his administration, you can only count on CNN for their steadfast Socialist/Left/Democrat support blah blah blah panels of Trump haters.   Anyway, the last time I used the television I was watching their impeachment scam coverage so when I turned on the television yesterday there’s Democrat Impeachment Manager Representative Demings going on dramatically explaining their view that the President was attempting to utilize his position of authority for his political benefit. 

What?  Trump was, is, and will continue to be, quite busy DRAINING THE SWAMP as requested by the American public who is tired of disinformation, Socialist Left Democrat false promises and excuses for such Anti-American activities by Democrat officials, agencies, and departments.    The PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY want President Trump to make sure US TAXPAYER DOLLARS are going to a foreign state which will assist in the support and protection USA interests.   Political corruption and theft of huge sums of money is something OUR PRESIDENT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING, yet Democrats are far more concerned with attempting to further conceal their former Democrat Vice President Joe Biden’s highly unethical dealings with Ukrainian officials in protection of his wayward son’s (and others’) money stream from Burisma energy company.  Imagine that?  Not one Democrat interested in that massive corruption coverup?

So I’m listening to Ms Demings drone on about what she and her party thinks of President Trump, which incidentally, is THE VERY SAME STUFF we’ve heard for months!  Nothing new, but quite telling as they CLAIMED and continue to CLAIM to have a great case with enough compelling hard core evidence to prosecute OUR PRESIDENT immediately….. but then want to reopen their closed House investigation so they can pile on even more skewed hearsay information and testimony to their already ridiculously vacant case.  I believe one of the Republican officials said it best, when he commented if such a case were brought in a criminal court not only would the judge dismiss it for lack of evidence but sanctions would be brought against the attorneys presenting such a politically motivated case devoid of evidence.

So I’m listening to Demings and reading along with the statements she is quoting in her barrage of false accusations against the president when I thought I heard/observed a conflicting statement between her reciting (quoting) prior testimony of Democrat witness Ms Hill (frankly I did not have much confidence in ANY of her testimony) and what was actually presented in the news captioning.    Something wasn’t right……so I went back to check…..what do you think?

Who has the time to check everything these “CHEATS” present? You would think for something as important as attempting to remove a duly elected US President, an Impeachment Manager House Representative would get her information straight – especially when prefacing her statement of another person’s testimony with “and I quote”! Nothing but DRAMA DEMOCRATS staring in their Socialist Left “Panic Play”. Sure might encourage one to wonder just how many people in Florida may have been wrongfully arrested, convicted in court, and served, or are currently serving prison time due to disinformation presented by Ms Demings while “serving the public” in law enforcement? Mbty&y, Lew

WEDNESDAY, Jan 22, 2020/

Good morning all. Yes the following article is rather long but well worth the time on a very important subject which the SOCIALIST LEFT DEMOCRATS have

once again completely misrepresented

in their panicked rush to appear relevant to the American public. No doubt these Democrats are our country’s worst enemies and should be removed from their positions of public betrayal in the upcoming 2020 election and every election that follows.

SUBJECT:

Declaring war versus waging war.

Excellent article in explaining the difference while simultaneously pointing out how the DEMOCRATS fail to support our country in favor of their politically motivated Socialist Left nonsense!

Yes indeed, I will say it again…. personally, I prefer even the illegal immigrants entering this country who were/are sincerely looking for the opportunity of honest work and a better life for themselves and their families (versus the millions summoned here by Socialist Left Democrats looking for “BOUGHT VOTES” by promising FREE EVERYTHING to those without “skin in the game” YET paid for by the already overtaxed and regulated average legal citizen.)

….. than ANY of these SOCIALIST LEFT DEMOCRATS who routinely “sell out America” and her legal citizens in order to maintain their positions in OUR US GOVERNMENT where they actively work against OUR AMERICAN PRINCIPLES and VALUES.

They (SLDs) intentionally do this in their continuing failed attempt to harm a great president who has, and is, answering a sincere call by the PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CITIZEN to DRAIN THAT POLITICAL SWAMP! (NOTE: Political party is not an issue in this respect as there are LEGITIMATE AMERICAN PATRIOTS in every political camp who can discern and support the COMMON SENSE actions of TRUMP & PENCE over that of the continuing disinformation and propaganda produced and distributed by Socialist Left Democrat activists.)

DRAIN THAT SWAMP!

Drain that SWAMP of dishonest characters like Nancy Pelosi, Jerome Nadler, Adam Schiff, Chuck Shumer, etc. (I would be here for hours researching and listing all of the Socialist Left Democrat American traitors attempting to “reconfigure America” into their perverted vision! A vision exemplified in what paticular current country on this planet? That’s right. Doesn’t exist. They want to gamble with the greatest freedoms ever provided to citizen’s of a country in hopes of obtaining what they want: TOTAL and COMPLETE CONTROL! )

These traitors make much talk about American values, truth, honor and justice…..

(same way in which GAVIN NEWSOM and Xavier Becerra replace the factual historic CALIFORNIA VALUES with their corrupted Socialist Left anti-American goals – simple BAIT & SWITCH which works on those who fail to do their own research and mistakenly trust such dishonest individuals – Repeal the Gas Tax? Prop 13 disinformation? California Death penalty? [Strange, NEWSOM & Becerra refuse to uphold the California voter’s decision on the death penalty yet have no qualms about instituting it [A DEATH PENALTY] against our state in the attempt to achieve their anti-American – anti-Californian goals!] Oh yeah, and don’t forget how they absurdly assert that President Donald Trump is responsible for all their failed Leftist scams against the California legal citizen!

…..they (Socialist Left Democrats) demand to have the same authority and power as the duly elected President, yet when provided with the perfect opportunity to put their professed high standards and integrity to a PUBLIC TEST by simply acknowledging the OBVIOUS corruption within their own DEMOCRAT PARTY (recently clearly documented with former Democrat VP Biden’s QUID PRO QUO VIDEO where he laughingly admits to abusing his position of authority and power to protect the BURISMA CORRUPTION providing millions in laundered cash to his son and other Democrat cheats), ……. they are not just silent on the issue, but take extraordinary measures to further conceal and cover up their duplicity!

America did not elect crooked Hillary Clinton, much less Nancy Pelosi and her assorted dancing Leftists to clean up and defend this country and it’s citizens.

CONCERNED PATRIOTIC AMERICANS elected

DONALD JOHN TRUMP to DRAIN THAT SWAMP!

And that is exactly what OUR PRESIDENT is doing and the “SWAMP DWELLING CRITTERS” don’t like it one bit and will do ANYTHING to obstruct the wonderful progress TRUMP and his administration are making in that continuing effort.

(Phew! Maybe I shouldn’t read the news first thing in the morning? lol)

Here’s the article, please read and consider the important distinctions between declaring war and waging war.

Thank you Mother Lode District 4 Congressman Tom McClintock for your below illuminating article – too bad we couldn’t force the left to read and understand!

McClintock: My Reflections On The War Powers Debate

Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020/0610hrs

Good morning! Just couldn’t get this out of my mind from yesterday’s reading about our current California Department of Justice Attorney General Xavier Becerra:

“Becerra’s server which was illegally tapped into about 60 other

congressional members offices. None of the dozens of Democrats, who

also paid the Awan’s, pressed charges.“

(The above quote from the second “Democrat IT Scandal” link below.)

Seriously, think about that…..all Democrat congressional information being funneled to a Socialist Left Character like Becerra and data being hacked from outside thousands of times with all that confidential information going “who knows where” in the world? Then when things start heating up Becerra is appointed as California’s highest law enforcement official and leaves Washington DC? Good grief how can there be any surprise that California is lawless with the likes of Becerra heading the DOJ?

Notice also in the video presentation how Becerra goes on about the public’s right to request public information?……Notice the “qualifier”, the right to REQUEST, but not RECEIVE? Typical sounds good Democrat talk which turns out to be worthless feel good garbage that only perpetuates wrongful activity in their DEMOCRAT SWAMP!

(Again, there are many “good Patriotic Democrats” who are apparently holding on to their cherished Democrat Party affiliation of the past which has unfortunately been hi-jacked by the radical Socialist-Left but there may be another aspect of this which I have missed. I was told the other weekend by some signers that they personally know many Democrats that, although remaining with that party, are never-the-less strong Trump supporters and absolutely disgusted with the Impeachment Scam currently exhausting precious time, money, and resources from what citizens truly expect from their government…….honest service to the people – not their political parties. You know, that makes sense.

Who really cares what you may be called in “whatever” political party so long as you stand and vote for the founding principles of this Nation? Who knows, such patriots in the Democrat Party may be a surprise “punch” to the radical Socialist Left which is destroying our State and Country with misrepresentations and absolute lies?

Oh yeah, and where were BECERRA’s IT SPECIALISTS FROM? PAKISTAN!

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country of south Asia created in 1947 as a state for IndianMuslims on August 14, 1947 as a result of the partition of India. It is bordered by Iran, Afghanistan, India and China, and has a coastline on the Arabian Sea. Its capital is Islamabad; other major centres include Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. The nation is about 97% Muslim, as many Hindus and Sikhs native to the region were slaughtered during the partition of British India, which many opposed.^[1] Pakistan, a large poor country with a weak economy—but with nuclear weapons—is friendly to the U.S. but hostile to neighboring India, a much larger country. Pakistan has an unstable political system, with Taliban terrorists growing in strength in remote mountain regions, where they support the insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan.

Gosh, wonder how much information from Becerra’s server also made it to Russia, Ukraine and other countries? So what do Democrats do in response to this MAJOR INTELLIGENCE HACK OF DEMOCRAT LEADERS? REfuse to file complaints and instead accuse PRESIDENT TRUMP of wrongful behavior! Outrageous!

TYPICAL DEMOCRAT “BAIT AND SWITCH”

See what NEWSOM and BECERRA (and supporters) are doing? They replace true CALIFORNIA VALUES with their perverted political scams and dishonesty (and use it to disguise their true motives) yet wrongfully tell citizens TRUMP is trying to destroy “CALIFORNIA VALUES” which is absolute hog wash!

These Socialist Left Democrats have substituted their crimes and betrayal of the the public for the legitimate and worthy California perspectives which made this state a beacon for desired change and hope. Californians have always been extremely understanding and compassionate towards others, but the Socialist Left has weaponized that compassion and turned it against THE TRUE CALIFORNIANS who made this once proud state.

Climate change? Not really a big issue when things like Getty Oil money and influence orchestrated Newsom’s PLUMP JACK wine fortune and vast holdings of wine country (humm, Napa, Mendecino, Lake Counties refusing to turn over Newsom Petition receipts? Surely just a coincidence. Only 32 people in the entire San Francisco area support Newsom’s recall? lol

The Socialist-Left-Democrats ARE THE SWAMP yet cling to the hope Californians, as well as the rest of the country, will continue to buy into their BAIT AND SWITCH antics to destroy California and the Nation in favor of their foreign political ambitions. Leftist ambitions that have already inflicted much damage and will continue to do so if not stopped by the LEGITIMATE VOTER who is waking up to this outrageous disinformation campaign that everything is TRUMP’s fault….. when in actuality, they are only projecting on TRUMP exactly what they have been doing for decades!

BETRAYING THE LEGITIMATE LEGAL CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY – but fortunately CITIZENS ARE WAKING UP a little more every single day to this diabolical betrayal!

REM that LAME tune chorus?

SOCIALISTS OUT!

COMMON SENSE IN!

Monday, 01202020 2020hrs … just couldn’t resist. lol

Anyway……below is what I recalled about that missing Democrat Caucus server which was apparently set up to direct all other data of other congress personnel to the server under control of Xavier Becerra.

FLASHBACK: California’s Xavier Becerra DEFLECTS on Missing DNC SERVER

Fortunately, the part of this rather long video I was referencing is at the beginning, however, at the very end is an interesting prediction by Xavier Becerra,,,, (A similar one is heard on an OAN (ONE AMERICA NEWS) CH347 DirecTV commercial, something like, As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation” Becerra says to watch California because other states and territories need California so they will be doing “it” as well.

Reminded me of a parcel of Nevada land I was interested in, especially since it appeared as though power might be available, but it turned out the generation was by coal and California refused to purchase the power so the plant closed along with proposed increased availability for residential service in the area. Oh well, back to the “off grid” property search.

I have heard that hundreds of thousands have left California including many businesses going to other states that appreciate their service, product, etc. Who knows. I’ve talked with folks in Nevada who have already observed a negative California influence. Heck, I read some Nevada statues that actually referred to CA Law as the basis of it’s law! That’s scary.

Monday, Jan 20th, 2020 / 1600 +/- (Continued)

Wow, check it out….no wonder we didn’t hear much of the history of our current California Department of Justice Attorney General Xavier Becerra while in Washington DC regarding that missing DEMOCRAT CAUCUS COMPUTER SERVER in his charge ……closed hearings and not one of the “victim Democrats” filed a complaint?

Yet look at the time, public funds and resources spent by these Left Democrats in their failed attempt to project their own actual crimes and unethical practices on OUR SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP – especially involving Ukraine and Russia!

Look at the money paid to these “IT” specialists. Look how many times the information on that server (which evidently possessed the records of many other Democrat congressional officials which were supposed to be on their own private and protected government servers…..yet collected to Becerra’s! Then it went “missing” when the investigation as launched.

Gosh, also consider the fact the brother of the main actor in this IT scam of Democrat information hacking was married to a Ukrainian. Geez, these leftist’s must solicit for second, third and forth hand information from ANYONE who might suggest or makeup something suspicious or bad against TRUMP in their SHAM OF IMPEACHMENT DISTRACTION – yet their ENTIRE PARTY is filled with perfect examples of unethical, criminal and Quid Pro Quo behavior.

Sounds just like Hillary Clinton and her thousands of emails on NON SECURED GOVERNMENT SERVERS – many with classified information jeopardizing who knows how many lives around the world?

REM? “There are no such emails!” “Ooops, except for these……and these…..and a few thousand over here…….” “Maybe a few hundered over there…..” Absolutely disgusting. Benghazi and all that? Interviewed by the FBI yet not under Oath? lol

Yet a “Biden Left Democrat political deep state CIA spy activist – Obama holdover” can have reporting requirements changed to protect him as a “whistle blower” so he and crooked Democrat ADAM SCHIFF and others could surreptitiously cook up an impeachment plot to remove President Trump while BIDEN & SON et al are still counting BURISMA money out of the UKRAINE! And so much more!

Left Democrats are tripping over each other exclaiming how bad Trump was for questioning the corruption of US Foreign Aid to Ukraine…..but golly gee Professor….the crooks, corruption and coverup all seem to originate and continue within the DEMOCRAT PARTY…..check out this article about our current Attorney General…. does he sound like a law and order type Left activist? lol

https://www.conservapedia.com/Democrat_IT_scandal

MONDAY, JANUARY 20th, 2020

Sorry, I ran out of steam yesterday and failed to update the petition signing. My bad. So here it is for SUNDAY January 19th, 2020:

STANISLAUS 5

MERCED 5

MADERA 1

TUOLUMNE 1

CALAVERAS 1

MARIPOSA 1

SAN BENITO 1

TOTAL: 15

Considering the weather (cold and foggy) still a good turnout, thank you all! Actually, I’m still surprised when a vehicle pulls over and I approach the driver and they say something like: “Oh, you come to me?” You betcha! No reason for you to get out of your vehicle – I’m already there! Guess I need another sign huh? …….. DRIVE-THROUGH PETITION SIGNING? lol Of course some folks want to get out of the vehicle due to a long drive already made or coming up. Doesn’t matter to me, but when I see a vehicle pull over “into the zone of interest” I immediately approach so they don’t have to get out of their vehicle.

Again, thank you all for stopping by and signing – now get out there and rustle up some more family and friend signers!

HOW ABOUT THIS? Would you like to circulate your own petition for just a few folks? Stop by HWY59xHWY132 and I can provide you with some blank forms and a quick “how to” (full instructions on RANAF.org). You can send them in yourself, or drop them off to me for processing.

WE NEED TO STOP THIS INCREASINGLY DESTRUCTIVE ASSAULT ON

OUR HOME STATE of CALIFORNIA

AND THE ONLY CLEAR OPTION RIGHT NOW IS BY REMOVING A

PRIME INSTIGATOR – GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM!

I understand the reluctance. I’ve never done this before either, but once you get going it isn’t that difficult —- certainly easier than looking for a new home state! not so lol. What NEWSOM and his ilk are doing is wrong. They are killing those of us in the middle of the extremely wealthy and the extremely poor.

If

“missing Washington DC computer server Xavier Becerra” (our state’s highest LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER? LOL) is successful in repealing PROPOSITION 13, many more of us may not even have a choice but to leave our home state due to substantially increased taxes.

DEMOCRATS EXAGGERATE AND MISREPRESENT THE FACTS ABOUT “BREAKING UP FAMILIES” AT THE US BORDER WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO ILLEGALLY ENTER THE UNITED STATES, WHILE NEWSOM AND BECERRA et al ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY AND AGGRESSIVELY BREAKING UP LEGAL CITIZEN FAMILIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE FLEEING HIGH TAXES JUST TO SURVIVE!

Every time I have grocery shopped in the last year I have noticed a reduction in purchasing power and it is getting worse every month. Not to mention how so many items are locked up in cabinets now to reduce the escalating theft. Certainly not convenient shopping any more.

I find it difficult to believe more folks don’t understand NEWSOM & COMPANY cannot keep giving away public funds to those not even California citizens (and other suspicious Socialist/Left/Democrat activities) without reaching further into the pockets of average legal citizens who are already just trying to survive in this current STATE OF CALIFUSION with its over regulation, unnecessarily high taxes and absolute waste of OUR TAX MONEY. It is only going to get worse if legal citizens don’t stand up and object. It doesn’t have to be like this folks. COMMON SENSE SHOULD REIGN, not radical far left goals set on the reconfiguration of America.

Raise my property taxes? Heck, I can’t even obtain PUBLIC RECORDS WHICH THE LAW STATES I HAVE A RIGHT TO OBTAIN!

GOVERNMENT IS LAWLESS WITH IMPUNITY!

Like I tell the folks who stop by to sign the NEWSOM RECALL PEITION –

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES WHATEVER IT WANTS WITH

IMPUNITY

however,

AS CITIZENS WE MUST REMAIN “BETWEEN THE LINES” TO AVOID

INVALIDATION OF A SIGNED PETITION TO REMOVE NEWSOM!

OH yeah, another BIG THANK YOU to those who have advertised on social media sites – many signers have told me that’s where they learned of the opportunity! (I don’t use Facebook, etc.) Good work!

My best to you and yours, Lew

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th, 2020

Cold and foggy day, but a great turn out – thank you all!

STANISLAUS 11

TUOLUMNE 7

MERCED 6

ALAMEDA 2

MARIPOSA 1

MADERA 1

SAN LUIS OBISPO 1

SAN DIEGO 1

TOTAL: 30 + previous 506 = 536 on Saturdays & Sundays (well, 534 because 2 were snagged on a foggy weekday) since November 17th, 2019 (Plus there were approximately 50 signatures by other circulators! Not bad for just hanging around waiting to meet more nice folks who are obviously informed.

I’ve said it before and will undoubtedly say it many more times during this recall process….. regardless of what happens …. this experience has been absolutely fantastic for me personally. Where else would I have met 536 great folks who stopped by to sign as I have already? Actually more than that since many times one spouse/companion had already signed and they stopped so the other could sign as well. Geez, then there were the carloads of folks where some had already signed, so I’ve probably met over a thousand wonderful people at that intersection. Looking forward to meeting many more of you as well! TICK TICK TICK……..time is getting short….if you plan to stay in California and are not a millionaire start collecting signatures or volunteer in some other way, donate to RANAF.ORG – talk with friends and family. If Becerra’s current misrepresentation of the PROP 13 issue is successful (like it was with the “repeal the gas tax” scam wording he used despite admonishment by a Superior Court Judge, get ready for a massive property tax hike coming soon! These socialist left democrats are great at giving away public funds in an effort to stay in office but then immediately turn to the already abused taxpayer to fund their political careers as they continue to “give away the store”! Absolute bullshit. Talk to people….educate them……..get them to a NEWSOM RECALL STAND! Again, thank you all for taking the time to stop by and sign…….now get out there and bring me MORE! lol (kind of joking, kind of not….lol).

My best to you and yours, Lew

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16th, 2020

Thursday morning thought: shall we just cut through all the Socialist, Left, Democrat propaganda pushing this ludicrous impeachment scam and get to the heart of the matter using a few questions?

First question:

Did President Donald Trump violate clear requirements contained in the United States CONSTITUTION for this Democrat Impeachment process to even begin, much less flounder and be used as a disingenuous political tool of the left in an attempt to leverage the senate before finally being transmitted to the Senate?

No.

Second question:

Why has such activity been permitted to continue?

Because Socialist Left Democrats have complete control of the House of Representatives which is the only entity that could possibly bring articles of impeachment against a sitting president, even if nonconforming to the Constitutional requirements.

Third question:

If the articles of impeachment do not conform to the requirements under the US Constitution for such an impeachment proceeding, why is this massive waste of time, money and resources of the American taxpayer being expended on such an Unconstitutional Socialist Left Democrat political attack on our President?

Because they are Socialist Left Democrats who are still very upset that their intended queen Hillary Rodham Clinton lost their RIGGED 2016 presidential election. These Democrats are unable to handle the reality HRC lost and are dedicated to removing President Trump by any means imaginable including wrongful use of the authority and power entrusted to the US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Fourth question: Why would the Socialist Left Democrats intentionally violate clear impeachment requirements of the US Constitution in their myopic pursuit to remove President Donald Trump?

(Refer to above) Because they are also Socialist Left Democrats who have no respect for law when it does not support their Anti-American agenda. Essentially, they do not give a rat’s ass about the US Constitution, the United States of American or the legal US Citizen who continues to pay for such outrageous behavior orchestrated by a group of childish poor sport losing cheaters commonly known as Socialist Left Democrats.

Fifth question: What can American Patriot Citizens do to correct such an abomination of Justice within our Country?

Vote every single Socialist Left Democrat out of local, state and federal positions of trust in the 2020 election and keep them out!

Here is a good formula (and it is of no surprise that news reports often now omit the “D” (Democrat) and “R” (Republican) letter indicator!)

“D” stands for DUMP

“R” stands for RETURN (or REPLACE with another “R”) lol!

PS: One of the biggest things California voters can do to help their country is to return CALIFORNIA to the LEGAL CITIZEN RESIDENTS! GET TO A NEWSOM RECALL BOOTH/STAND/TABLE — get a petition and make copies and circulate to your family and friends…….make new friends! Take it from a semi-hermit – YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Less than a month to go and this NEWSOM RECALL could be HISTORIC if California voters once again stand up and fight for their rights!

Socialist Left Democrats haven proven time and time again they donk’t give a damn about OUR RIGHTS!

OK, Lew has temporarily left the soapbox – lol later!

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Sunday January 12th, 2020 (continued)…. OK are are Sunday’s results:

MERCED 9

STANISLAUS 5

CALAVARAS 2

MARIPOSA 2

SANTA CRUZ 2 1st County representation! Welcome!

TUOLUMNE 2

ORANGE* 1 Another first! Welcome!

TOTAL Sunday: 23

Weekends since Nov 17th: 506

*Another first ORANGE COUNTY! WELCOME! Here’s something interesting, the signer advised there was a tremendous outpouring of people signing in Orange County! Recall Orange County was one of the eight counties on the OAN report about officials refusing to process petition receipts.

Certainly if that information is correct (county election officials refusing to perform their duty and process a legitimate Secretary of State approved recall petition because they personally support Gavin Newsom), everyone involved should be looking for new employment because such “deep state activity” has harmed the citizens of this state long enough and should be dealt with immediately and harshly.

Such wannabe “social activists” are destroying our state (country as well) with their spoiled child routines of intolerance and “offense” to anything they don’t personally approve and then wrongfully use government authority and power for their anti-American Socialist/Left obstructionism.

I still can’t believe the State Water Board reported Merced River water license violations occurred in Sutter and Stanislaus counties, rather than Tuolumne and Mariposa. Don’t these water experts know the Merced River starts in Yosemite meanders down to the valley, and joins the San Joaquin in route to the ocean? (Also extremely curious is the fact the responsible party attempting to violate license restrictions had a Delft University Netherlands connection, as well as being a 20 year board director with the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION, and the 3 month new Division of Water Rights employee who was assigned to work with this orchestrating license violator/CSDA director, was also European educated. Ahhh, probably just a coincidence. lol

Anyway, hearing from a well informed resident from that area was like hearing encouraging information of massive resistance from deep within what has been touted as a Socialist/Left enemy territory. (Or just limited Newsom support, but in critical “bottle neck” areas of government where they could inflict the most disruption?)

Walk with me here…..if Orange County was indeed primarily pro-Gavin Newsom, what petition receipts would there be to ignore in the first place? In other words, if the majoriy of citizen’s of Orange County are satisfied with Newsom why would they sign a petition to recall him? However, if, as was reported to me from someone who lives there and saw it first hand – there was indeed a tremendous response to the recall Newsom petition, wouldn’t that be a motive for “cupcake activists” to pitch fits and tantrums while crying they refuse to perform their jobs because they support Newsom and his Socialist/Left agenda that is destroying our state?

Sorry…..need to stop for now. later 2140

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 12th, 2020

Personally I believe this video to be a perfect example of what was going on with a number of high ranking Socialist/Left Democrats padding their prospective “after government service” retirements. (No doubt the same story as repeated itself on the other side as well but Democrats seem to have mastered the activity.) The environment at the time was was perfect for such “high and mighty LOWLIFES” and those involved with Ukraine were likely professional scammers long before that. Take a look at the “CLINTON CASH” scandal – those two were up to their eyeballs in dubious dealings since Whitewater in their home state of Arkansas.

Listen to this above nonsense and realize what was actually going on behind the scene regarding billions of Ukrainian dollars being laundered and funneled to wrongfully acting partners like Biden’s son Hunter as an energy consultant/director with virtually no experience to justify the outrageous salary and perks provided. Was the “salary” simply a way to insure VP Binden’s cooperation in the totality of this money laundering scam? Look how long it is taking to simply find the truth regarding HRC’s “missing emails”.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11th, 2020

OK, here is the report:

25 signatures from the following counties….picked up a new one! Shasta! Welcome.

TUOLUMNE 7

STANISLAUS 6

MERCED 3

ALAMEDA 3

MARIPOSA 2

FRESNO 2

SAN BENITO 1

SHASTA 1

TOTAL SAT: 25 !

Thank you all so much!

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GUESS WHO ERASED THE DATE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE? <yup> I’m sure there’s a way to recover it – maybe, I’m too tired to mess with it now….Friday? Before that? Crap. One of the downsides I guess to using this page format. whatever. …..<below is older ….. not a post…..page update?….whatever. later.

Well, one of the two Secretary of State approved Newsom Recall Petition efforts has failed – the one in San Diego. (Still find it disgusting that a search online for NEWSOM RECALL usually produced more “fake recalls” than information on the two legitimate ones. Pretty difficult challenge when media is so clearly pro-left.)

Will the dropping of the San Diego petition be helpful to the ERIN CRUZ RANAF.ORG NEWSOM RECALL PETITION that I have been supporting at the 59×132 Newsom Recall Shack? Who knows? Sure do hope so.

As stated before, the RECALL OF GAVIN NEWSOM as our California Governor is something I believe is a correct response to ANY POLITICIAN who so arrogantly ignores the vote of the people in favor of their own personal opinion – regardless of the good intentions that particular voter override may have claimed.

“Why run elections at all?” will likely be a Socialist/Left Democrat talking point or PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL very soon, because with their (fabricated) evidence of overwhelming public support for Newsom’s Socialist/Left policies being so obvious – why waste public resources that could be used for climate change or important Left social justice efforts?  Why have any elections that only reaffirm what everybody knows is the obvious majority support for the Socialist/Left agenda in California?    Sure, that’s what they’d like everyone to believe…..elections are no longer necessary in the Socialist Left Democrat Peoples Republic of Califusion.

ELECTION FRAUD ALSO MAKES RECALL MORE DIFFICULT

Seems pretty apparent (based on the many investigations and news reports) that the State of California (as with most democrat strongholds) has a serious problem with voter fraud.   It was obvious going into this recall business that a governor who was elected into office through benefit of voter fraud by garnering higher numbers in apparent support would likewise have a “built in protection from recall” with that higher election percentage since the percentage for recall success is based on the percentage of the total votes cast in the last election enthroning Newsom.  In other words, rampant state election fraud dictates any recall would be even more of an uphill challenge than it already was.  So it is with “entrenched” politics yeah?

Wonder if the DMV will again change my party preference to Democrat like they did last time I renewed my drivers license? Motor Voter surely helped to get Newsom in, and obviously assists in keeping him there!

It is what it is and will not change unless “THE PEOPLE” demand such change.   If this is what the majority of legal California citizens want, so be it, we either adjust or leave.   Apparently 700,000 plus have already decided to leave with many more considering such abandonment of their former “home state”.  Perhaps I too will resume my own property search elsewhere after this recall effort?   No hard feelings, just the realization I do not want to reside where not welcomed even if it was my home state of sixty something years. Things change right?

I am so blessed because whether I stay or leave I can modify my “later life style” to accommodate immediate needs and still survive fairly comfortably.   

NEVER SAY NEVER!

Please recall it wasn’t too long ago that many influential and well known “talking heads” from political, entertainment, and business related worlds assured voters Donald Trump would never be president.  

ABSOLUTELY. POSITIVELY. NEVER!

Remember all those professional polling organizations?  Same thing – Trump could NEVER BE PRESIDENT.  Nancy Pelosi (Gavin Newsom’s Auntie) said we could take her statement “to the bank” (Was Pelosi referring to one of those DNC banks like former VP Binden and Son utilized when pilfering billions from the people of Ukraine through the corrupt Burisma energy company?)  “Recall” some of those folks even promised to leave the United States of America if there was indeed a Trump Presidency.   Well, he’s president and those promising to leave stayed in this great country never-the-less.  Wonder why? Did they not mean what they said? Did they change their minds about Trump? Maybe it was simply “political theater” in an attempt to emotionally connect with people and they never seriously considered leaving? Who knows?

Everyone is entitled to believe, and vote, as they wish (at least for now), but the way I see it is simply this:

a person either believes in (FILL IN BLANK) and is

committed to working for, achieving, and/or protecting

(FILL IN BLANK) – or not.

I believe Gavin Newsom is a poor governor and should be removed so I will stand by that opinion and continue to collect petition signatures up until the legal state deadline despite those who guarantee the recall will not be successful and anyone supporting it is wasting time. 

OK, my time to waste. 

Who knows?  The 2016 chant of “Never Trump” was certainly incorrect.  Sure, the way in which NEWSOM STRONG counties are refusing to process petitions is disconcerting, but such outrages always take time to correct.  If the report is factual sure sounds like some county employees should be looking for new work if failing to perform official duties.  (That “deep state” stuff again?)  Look at Hillary Clinton and her infamous missing emails.  Not over by a long shot and we’re still learning more thanks to efforts of groups like JUDICIAL WATCH. 

Besides, (and this is the most important aspect) as above,

why should an adversary’s prediction of failure negate or dismiss a legitimate and sincere opinion or belief that Newsom has betrayed the legal California voting citizens and should be removed?

See you this weekend!

My best to you and yours, Lew

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th, 2020

YES Rich you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT (was hoping you were) – it is indeed permissible for me to fill out the petition for recall with exception of the signature/mark portion of the petition. I was aware family members and recognized service providers could do such, but the individual circulating the petition? I just wasn’t sure and didn’t want to accidentally invalidate your or anyone else’s vote. But like I promised – I checked into the matter.

Sorry for my ignorance and thank you for your understanding that my only hesitation was the concern about your vote counting with all the others. Heck, when I first started this I was awake all night wondering if my entry of xx/xx/2019 would be thrown out when the example showed xx/xx/19! (Despite your understanding and great job I was never-the-less embarrassed and deeply sorry for the inconvenience – which, thanks to you, will not occur again.)

So, with this new information in mind, if any of you viewers require some assistance in filling out the petition, please stop by 59×132 and I will be more than happy to assist up to the point of your signature/mark. As stated when I started volunteering for this recall work, I’ve never done this before and although I read instructions online (along with other sources) I never specifically saw where the circulator could fill out the form. (Requirements can also vary between states.)

Along the same lines (special situations), I can appreciate the fact many of you on the weekends are traveling in big rigs, large truck-trailer recreational units, and/or atypical trailer configurations (saw the longest trailer unit for the first time in real life last weekend – absolutely wild – saw them on TV but not passing by in reality…whoa- can only imagine the savings), or just don’t care for “detours” regardless of how minimal (although per above not always easy to accomplish), so, if you would like to sign and could pull over safely for a few minutes (say while checking load, tires or something on your rig) all I need is some affirmative notice of interest and I will come to you with the clipboard, petition, and pen in hand.

(That’s one thing I have not participated in with this recall stuff, I don’t wave at folks to come in and sign, or whistle, yell, “stand on my head to make folks sign” etc. lol as the whole concept was if you’re interested you will stop and let me know. Often when approaching a vehicle that has stopped I am greeted with some variation of “where do I sign – I’ve been looking for you”. lol However, if a rig is across the highway I can’t be playing a live version of “FROGGER” and going back and forth across a highway to see if someone wants to sign! lol

NO IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED

CAN BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ANY COUNTY IN THE STATE

(I just fill in county name on petition – think I’m up to 16 or 17 different counties now… picked up San Luis Obispo and….???? need to check)

Doesn’t take long but just remember, although the GOVERNOR can do whatever he wants, WE MUST WRITE BETWEEN THE LINES OR “THEY” CAN INVALIDATE YOUR VOTE! So, try to write small and leave enough room for:

FIRST LINE:

Print name as on ballot material then street number and name (123 Elm),

SECOND LINE:

Signature, City and zip code.……….YOU’RE DONE!

My best to your and yours, Lew

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Tuesday, January 7th, 2020….1108hrs My deliberation has concluded, I will report.

NO I DID NOT IGNORE YOUR CHURCH, HOWEVER, MY REQUEST WAS IGNORED BY YOUR CHURCH LEADER.

This issue was brought up last weekend when someone suggested I contact the Lake Don Pedro Baptist Church to advertise the NEWSOM RECALL SHACK at the intersection of HWY59 x HWY132 in La Grange, CA.  

Let me preface the following blah, blah, blah with this: 

How the leader of any church governs, regulates, shepherds, “flocks”, whatever, their followers is his/her and their congregation’s business (unless of course it truly is Anti-American and advocates violation of law, destruction of property, and attacks upon our citizens.) 

I was only trying to get the word out for those who might be interested and was quite surprised at the unequivocal answer.

So, NO!  I did not intentionally ignore the local Baptist Church regarding my efforts to obtain NEWSOM RECALL PETITION SIGNATURES.  I contacted the Church through its website by email very early Sunday morning before leaving for the intersection with the request of a simple notification to attendees of the opportunity.   I advised the request was “in the blind” (would not be able to receive any immediate response) as I would be out there when message likely received. I waited a few days and with no response I called and spoke with the church representative who answered the telephone.  I explained the situation and she advised emails had not been checked yet (thank heavens this was not some religious emergency where immediate grief counseling or such was required by a member of the congregation yeah?) but she assured me the Pastor would receive the message.  Again, no response, so I tried calling again on Friday December 13^th, 2019 at 1018hrs, this time connecting with Pastor Hans.

Surprisingly, the Pastor seemed unsure if he had received my email.  I explained that I was operating a petition signing “shack” at the intersection because I did not want to contact people directly (I don’t like unsolicited emails, telephone calls, visits, etc. and did not want to do the same to others) and wondered if he could simply, as a public service announcement to his congregation, announce the opportunity to sign a recall Gavin Newsom petition was now available locally.  I told him one of the most common statements by signers was they could not locate a convenient location, or, when they did see one and returned after completing the main reason for their current trip,  only found the “station” had moved elsewhere.

Unfortunately, and to my utter surprise, the pastor refused to make such an announcement stating he did not want to become involved in such political matters.  This was quite confusing since I know for a fact political issues have been addressed by that Church in the past (including local recall efforts) with even the Pastor himself moderating an LDPCSD candidates night at the high school.   Even the Church’s long time bookkeeper applied for, and was appointed to the LDPCSD Board of Directors, which ironically, I truly believe – and documents will support – has been one of the most corrupt special interest boards in the history of this CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT—they even refused to simply request a legitimate official California State Water Board Place of Use Map which governed their activities!

That board essentially SOLD OUR WATER DISTRICT to Pete Kampa (and his Kampa Community Solutions, LLC)….

(a 20 year former rogue employee between 1994-1997 who quickly left after being caught orchestrating LAFCO ANNEXATIONS in Tuolumne and Mariposa into our district without board authority or direction)

….. who  was unethically returned in 2014 to complete his LAFCO ANNEXATION plans with state and federal grant funds intended for drought relief of existing customers, but was actually used to develop very expensive groundwater wells needed to provide water service outside the water license which serves the subdivision and golf course.  The district has used this water license since 1980 formation. 

Anyway, for a church whose leader states he doesn’t want to become involved in politics, well, that ship seems to have sailed in an opposite direction many years ago.  

Still it is not really my business, or is it? 

Perhaps the pastor has an understanding with his followers that he will unilaterally make such political related decisions so as not to “bother attendees” with such decisions of whether or not they might be interested in signing a California Secretary of State approved recall petition for Governor Gavin Newsom?

Maybe everyone who attends that church accepts and supports the Pastor’s decision to “not inform” of such local civic opportunities? (Wonder what else is concealed?)

Or does that religious leader’s refusal indicate he knows for a fact there is not one single conservative leaning minded person who attends HIS church?   (Versus a church of GOD)  BUT WAIT!  That cannot be true since the individual who spoke to me last Sunday signed the petition and was very thankful for the opportunity even being there!

Could there be one or two other individuals at that church who might be interested in signing the petition but are unaware of the opportunity in their own community?

Your guess is as good as mine – but see how easy it can be for good people to be intentionally left out and uninformed about issues and opportunities in their own home state?   

My best to you and yours, Lew

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7th, 2020

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Yes, the following JUDICIAL WATCH VIDEO is almost an hour…..but a great “refresher”. Listen while fixing dinner, doing laundry, or just relaxing. It is amazing how much we forget when constantly bombarded with NEW ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES by Socialist/Left Democrat government officials…..(and other “trusted organizations” we might automatically assume are looking out for our best interests – when perhaps they are not! I’m wrestling with whether to report on such a local issue right now. Wondering if reporting on it would be a good thing or not. I’m leaning towards….yes, the truth is always the best policy regardless of how it is received by those who do not want to hear and attempt to suppress.)

ANYWAY, this video is an excellent RECAP of some past and current events which document how the Socialist/Left Democrats have wrongfully been using the power and authority of the US government (public resources) to push their ANTI-AMERICAN AGENDA, but even more importantly, concealing from the American public just how horribly wrong it all is!

WATCH NOW: Trump: “No more Benghazis!” JW Finds Millions of Extra Voters on Rolls, Lawsuit on Whistleblower

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MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 2020

<YAWN> Much better. Wanted to mention being quite pleased to also hear from several folks about how they felt more comfortable stopping by a recall “station” where it was not so crowded or confined as in larger communities, but rather, out in the open with good visibility.

Yup, like a major foothill highway intersection in clear view of a steady stream of passing vehicles! NOTE: For you folks headed somewhere on the weekend with a big rig or large trailer who don’t want/or can’t, make the small detour, if you stop near the intersection I can usually go to you if not busy with other signers. I understand turning around or leaving your equipment is not an option. It’s actually pretty quick, PRINT name as it appears in your ballot materials, number and street name (123 Elm), signature, city and zip and you’re on your way again. OF COURSE, California politicians do what they want, but WE MUST WRITE BETWEEN THE LINES! lol)

As I said, personally I am not comfortable going into congested areas to attend controversial activities in a time when the Socialist/Left Democrats believe their “social justice scam” permits abandonment of civility and intentional violation of law and the rights of other citizens. (ie, If any of these sensitive cupcakes become offended by legitimate skepticism or outright disbelief in man’s responsibility for “climate change” violence and destruction of property is perfectly acceptable to stop such contrary opinions from being heard in their perverted version of A SOCIALLY JUST AMERICA. Seriously, does that sound like the America you want to live in? Where free speech/opinion is abolished through wrongful street enforcement by radical Left thugs who are incapable of hearing opposing views because it upsets them so much? Good grief.

Rights of citizens? Can’t help but think about equal protection under the law as well. What about honest local government officials? Look what property owners here in Lake Don Pedro have needlessly experienced for decades. (Obviously very unpleasant stories on both sides of the water license place of use equation – but the fundamental failure was to simply obey the clear restrictions on Merced River water place of use.)

How could a Mariposa County 1987 detailed Sphere of Influence Study completely overlook even one word about the obviously known water restrictions contained in water license 11395 held by the Merced Irrigation District while actively planning where to extend water service that the LDPCSD could not legally furnish? Smells like those things that live in water…,.oh yeah, fishy.

Was that the plan all along? Create a “sham of a California Special District” only to get access to water license 11395 through the entitled subdivision and then just expand boundaries? Sure might explain why the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval was not obeyed or why a fabricated representation existed in our LDPCSD files. Might also explain why the original 1980 LDPCSD water service boundary map has been absent since the field survey (which still exists) was completed.

When caught wrongfully expanding the district’s boundaries did these unethical “movers and shakers” essentially institute an expensive subsidized groundwater substitution program (circumventing license) and put that substantial escalating expense on the financial backs of unsuspecting innocent property owners in the subdivision for perpetuity? Absolutely diabolical – and what a betrayal to property ownership on multiple levels. Your tax dollars and assessments at work?

I have been trying to understand this mess for over 10 years now (unfortunately think I DO UNDERSTAND) but such quest is made even more difficult when both the LDPCSD and County Planning/LAFCO refuse to honor legitimate requests for public information. (Add to that law enforcement, grand juries, complaints to State DOJ, Governor, etc.)

Heck, haven’t been able to view pertinent LAFCO records on the county website for over a year. How can the LDPCSD ignore my request for the most important piece of evidence concerning this whole FOOTHILL WATER EMPIRE SCAM operating for decades…. which is the MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT SHAPE FILE MAPS provided by MID which Pete Kampa said proved the water license place of use had been changed in 1993. I want to see for myself how this 20 year trained CSDA director was mistaken about the information.

What was the basis for the use of those millions of dollars in public funds?

Yup, 40 years of fraud, community turmoil and expensive subsidized groundwater substitution used to circumvent the water license restrictions to benefit COUNTY LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES brought into the LDPCSD (Lake Don Pedro Community Services District – a California Special District) 20 years ago by a former rogue employee.

A former rogue employee unethically returned in 2014 as GM/Treasurer and permitted access to over one million in cash without even a simple background check! Money used to misrepresent the district to State and Federal departments and agencies in order to obtain grant money intended for drought relief for legal customers which was actually used to develop an alternate groundwater supply for his OUTSIDE PLACE OF USE annexations – because they could not develop without such.

Yes California has certainly gone Socialist/Left. Gosh, why did information such as this rogue GM/Treasurer’s prior DELFT UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE in Europe suddenly disappear from the internet? Why was the original investigator (who performed an outstanding factual investigation up to that point) transferred to another division? Why was investigation delayed so long until another European educated 3 month new State Water Board Division of Water Rights “new employee” was given an investigation involving a situation intentionally misrepresented to the public for 40 years? A new employee who then in obvious cooperation with the CSD rogue GM/Treasurer, attempted case closure three different times with only more false information provided by the GM/Treasurer?

What about the arson of our LDPCSD administration office during investigation of outside POU water service?

What about the attempted replacement of that 40 year old legitimate water license 11395 Place of Use map in State Water Board files with that rogue GM’s FAKE DIGITIZED MAP which wrongfully expanded boundaries? Oh yeah, that fake map was also produced by a CSDA affiliate member. Auditors, insurance, everything controlled through such state lobbying organizations.

A sitting California Special District Association board director using the authority and power of that organization to exploit a California Special District and its customers. There are so many more questions.)

Consider: Not only was the rogue employee brought back to finish his annexation plan by providing the necessary groundwater with public funds for the development of private property interests….

(including a 900 acre residential subdivision on the shores of Lake McClure which was either (1) concealed from the public and LDPCSD customers for 20 years by LAFCO and the LDPCSD, or, (2) annexation paperwork was only recently changed (2014) to appear as though annexed in 1995 (there were many past attempts to annex that were never completed.) Also, remember the LAFCO meeting I was prohibited from attending as a sitting board director where representatives of the LDPCSD and LAFCO officials agreed to change long established LDPCSD water service map boundaries? Gosh, isn’t that called a clue when one director who had studied the issue was prevented from attending? This 2014 boundary change was necessary so the groundwater scam could be put to actual use.)

…… but he came back with his own KAMPA COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, llc, management company catering to CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS like the LDPCSD, while also a sitting 20 year influential board director on the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION (CSDA). Needless to say, the CSDA and its affiliate members have been extremely influential and helpful in this outrageous betrayal of legal Merced River water customers in the subdivision.

All to be quietly paid for by the thousands of MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS (MR WECs) of the LDP subdivision who did not require such expensive groundwater for their legal service under the water license. And now we must consume water treated for arsenic and other contaminants not found in our quality lake water, just so it can be blended and sold outside the Place of Use for Merced River water to LAFCO annexed properties.

Sorry, didn’t know this was going to happen. Must have been the comment about citizen rights in California or something.

So, the above is how the LDPCSD used the proceeds from the last PROP 218 rate and fee increase (million dollars provided to Pete Kampa), and now they want to raise rates and fees again – without even acknowledging how they mismanaged the last increase to the special interests of private land developers with annexed land. Where is the guarantee they won’t do exactly the same thing again? Personally, without such public acknowledgement by these local leaders who were responsible for this nightmare and a guarantee of no further misuse of funds I will vote against any rate and fee increase. They are irresponsible.

Yes indeed, I repeat myself – but the loss of our rights and how it occurs is worth repeating until corrected.

My best to you and yours, Lew

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 5th, 2020

59X132 UPDATE-

MERCED 11

MARIPOSA 9

STANISLAUS 7

SAN JOAQUIN 2

TUOLUMNE 1

TOTAL: 30

What a great response! Thank you all for stopping by and please feel free to stop by anytime….(no, not as a “petition signing decoy vehicle” – although some of you today also observed/experienced that common occurance and can testify as to its validity) especially so due to our conversations being interrupted ….but for a great cause of course yeah? … more concerned folks stopping by to sign! Seriously, I enjoyed all these exchanges especially when they morphed into a “group conversation”….almost like a political group therapy! lol Thank you all.

I learn something every time and one of the most repetitive, and comforting lesson is simply this: I am not alone. You are not alone. WE are not alone. With all our beautiful diversity we are never-the-less American citizens with Constitutional rights that are being restricted and threatened with abolishment by a Socialist-Left-Democrat agenda to completely change the United States of America.

Anyway, how could a 30 signature day get any better?

35 from another local (please stop by again, couldn’t find your phone number – OK to use your name while complimenting you for a splendid job?) who collected his own! Absolutely fantastic!

Just think if those that could—would, during the next 4 weeks, collect as many signatures as possible from their friends, family and other concerned patriots who were complete strangers until they met at a NEWSOM RECALL table, booth, shack, organization, club, church, … whatever!

We are not alone and will certainly be heard quite clearly in 2020. Later,

My best to you and yours, Lew

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4th, 2020

1. WOW!  
2. I thank you all VERY MUCH, but more importantly…..
3. OUR SUFFERING STATE THANKS YOU!
4. Want to play a game?

47 signatures today @ “59×132”! 

Here’s the break down: (every single one appreciated – keep them coming!)

STANISLAUS                       16 whoa!

MERCED                             8

TUOLUMNE                       8

MARIPOSA                         7

SAN LUIS OBISPO             3 NEW REPRESENTATION! Welcome

ALAMEDA                           1 GOOD JOB!

CALAVARAS                        1

TOTAL                                 47 ! Just beautiful

How about a MULTI COUNTY RECALL PETITION CONTEST?  Wait!  Hear me out first – because this is rather humorous – in a way, at least I think so, but I crack myself up all the time anyway.   Hee hee hee (old school lol)…..this contest could be absolutely wild for the NEXT 5 WEEKS…. (February 6^th I believe is the last day in collecting signatures)  ESPECIALLY if successful in dramatically increasing the RECALL PETITION response from voters!

Concept could be utilized in various ways….contest between districts, cities, service organizations, churches, etc. Add a little fun to something you believe in anyway…..challenging others to keep up with YOUR PACE!

  ……..”OK, Lew, appreciate the concept that a little fun makes any job easier, but why would this “petition game” be so funny?  ……Because I read about the concept in Gavin Newsom’s 2003 book CITIZENVILLE!   I kid you not!  

Here’s the gist of it: Newsom was advocating that government garner free work by citizens through making a particular activity fun and/or competitive with others who were also supportive of the activity, program, service, WHATEVER!    He stressed how some people will perform a tremendous amount of excellent work absolutely free (or even at great cost personally) if they were devoted to the cause or goal at hand. 

Basically, cities were availing themselves to such free volunteered citizen labor and would reap the benefits from highly successful results in the solving of long term city problems by simply making the corrective action, reconfiguration, new method, …whatever improvement …… fun and competitive.  [Yes indeed, the obvious can sometimes be quite elusive in the “real world”.] Newsom  used the concept as mayor in San Francisco as did other major cities sporting problems that could not be solved up until implementation of the new approach. Gosh, can’t help but wonder how many were Democrat controlled?  

See the absolute irony here?   The exquisite beauty of it? Using Newsom’s own advocacy to remove him from the position of Governor …..due to his own arrogant and consistent betrayal of the legal taxpaying California citizen!  Basically, ….. a thanks for the idea of solving our Gavin Newsom problem in California Mr. Newsom! Who knows?  There might be a few spin off books coming out down the road?   Like….”HOW TO REMOVE YOURSELF AS CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR” BY GAVIN “RECALLED” NEWSOM? “Want to play a game?” by Gavin News….. <sorry, I’m beat>

Yup, I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself reading his book there at the intersection of 59×132 under the red flashing traffic light while leaning against a 16’ utility trailer I converted into a NEWSOM RECALL SHACK so I could collect my own signatures after having already been misled with some “online recalls” that do not actually count in legally removing him as governor.   Pretty diabolical concept, yeah?  (LAME: “Democrats cheat and lose, hard habit can’t quit it” – lol)

Wonder how many of these “fake petitions” are Socialist/Left Democrat created and funded so voters “only think” they signed a real petition and therefore – no need to go to the time and trouble of signing a physical one at a legitimate RANAF (Reforming America Now Action Fund) petition table, booth, stand, whatever!   (Originally the trailer configuration was designed and planned to be used in searching for a new home/land in Nevada – then I thought …. why am I leaving my property of 30 years backbreaking work because of others who have hi-jacked and misled our state for their Socialist Left agenda of completely changing AMERICA?) 

So how could WE (California citizens who want such treachery removed from leadership positions in our state government) use that CITIZENVILLE information for our devoted cause in removing Newsom as Governor?  (Not to mention the long line of other leftist politicians following his lead.)

A GAME. A CONTEST. A COMPETITION of “will and dedication”. Which county can out-do another in the most signatures on petitions to RECALL GAVIN NEWSOM! (Referencing 59×132…because once again (I repeat myself you know) however, this concept could be utilized in a multitude of ways – fun, competition, etc. by various organizations.)

I saw a bus pass by today and I thought….too bad they couldn’t stop for a short break and those interested could sign…….. lol Other enterprising supporters might consider setting up a particular “Newsom Recall Tour” for folks that were going to make the trip anyway.

If nothing else….continue to tell your friends and family, ….. take a pleasant weekend foothill drive up to La Grange and put Gavin’s concept to a practical and beneficial use in SAVING THE CURRENT CALIFUSION!

Obviously, today, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4^th, 2020…….STANISLAUS COUNTY took honors with16 SIGNATURES! Nope, no pay. No reward – other than the most important reward a citizen could possibly hope to attain…. taking affirmative action in protecting their home state from further destruction!

(Yes, I know, there should be some sort of handicapping system for the long distance signers….….(Alameda has done well!) but hey, I’m exhausted …. For now, let’s just do the best we can in collecting the maximum numbers we can until February 6^th…. I’ll make a point of reporting them as soon as possible, like I did tonight.  Oh yeah, and remember….YOU can always collect your own signatures as well if you want (friends, family, church, nudest colonies – gun clubs (likely already done! lol) , bowling, WHATEVER!   I have to wrap this up – fading quickly. Want further information? Here two of my trusted sources:

RANAF.org (Reforming America Now Action Fund)

and

OAN (one America news television network)

Anyway, just an idea, but regardless…..

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH! 

Not only were the results today fantastic, but it sure makes the time go by faster too!  Thanks for the honk and waves too!  (Sometimes I miss wave, thumbs up signals and such due to light reflection, tinted windows, etc., but I appreciate it all regardless of the occasional miss!)

My best to you and yours, Lew

OH…couple of photos:

January 3rd, 2020: Late start, no big surprise yeah? Let’s see … recent bummer, severely damaged my digital recorder in a tripod accident. (Learned note to self: never engage in other activities involving substantial movement while leashed to LAME equipment through cabling…..like opening a slider to toss a tennis ball outside for your canine companion.)

Life can be so weird sometimes. Only a day or so earlier, while working with it, I was contemplating about how much enjoyment these LAME PROJECTS have provided for “self expression” and how that little DR-40 recorder was what enabled the activity. [Highly recommended for others who might want to try such activity!] I remembered reading a bunch of customer review’s prior to purchase and how one customer commented about an accident damaging his and the cost of a replacement did not bother him in the least. Well, ditto my friend. (Under $200)

I’ve been down similar roads before with electronic equipment. No doubt it could be easily repaired (using the correct tools which I do not possess) but the repair cost (time involved in disassembly and accessing the board to be repaired – diagnostics of other components potentially damaged upon impact, etc) would also go a long way towards purchasing a brand new unit. Hello Amazon….it’s me again. lol

Yup, even with a 12′ extension cord, a slight tug on the cable to the recorder caused the tripod to fall….and where did it land? Directly on the connected headphone jack. Once I determined that everything worked except the headphone jack (unit would record, store, download, upload, playback, etc.) I realized the most important features of the unit were worthless. Humm, a new one was already ordered, what did I have to lose? Cracked the case open and sure enough two small soldering points on the plug recepticle had broken off the circuit board.

The unit is worthless for primary purpose of dubbing without a playback through headphones (there is a small speaker but quality and volume are deficient). Could still be used for different channel recording or as a general back up recorder…..just have to download to computer to hear it! lol Essentially all the good stuff is useless without headphones. Yes, tried to solder back on without success …could be a number of reasons it didn’t work, plug unit itself had been slightly twisted out of shape…internal connections damaged requiring a new plug? Damage to that specific area of board due to excess leverage by the plug pin on impact? Other metal points in wrong configuration? Poor soldering by a dumb ass? lol Although the “why not” attempted repair failed, everything else apparently still works.

Wonder if the speaker could be reconfigured into a headphone jack? Or are they powered differently? Heck I wouldn’t care if it was a Frankenstein recorder with extra wires hanging out and duct taped to the case if it would enable a functioning external headset plug! lol Yes, I’m a packrat too! If there’s a potential future use I keep it. Guess it will go into the “maybe someday” pile of old equipment and components? Reminds me…..have an interesting/humorous story about AutoCad R11 and 386 computers for some other time. That was a SUCCESS STORY which took a tremendous about of time, research, and effort, yet little cash to finally achieve!

Anyway…such is life. The slightly more expensive “newer model” is in route as I type. Likely a blessing in disguise – I could no longer read the operating decals on the different switches and controls as they had worn off months ago. Who knows, maybe this will encourage a new and more efficient way for producing LAME PROJECTS?

You see, LAME is an acronym for…….

gottcha!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My best to you and yours, Lew

(Don’t let that reading time estimate frighten you as it refers to the entire chronological “page” of whatever posted, not these individual updates, but of course if there is a video ???? lol Heck that reading time advisement almost scared me off from a proof read! lol Still learning new version.)

BOO!

THURSDAY OCTOBER 31ST, 2019 (HALLOWEEN)

HERE IS THE OCTOBER 21ST, 2019 LDPCSD MONTHLY BOARD MEETING AUDIO RECORDING. SURE IS A SHAME THAT OUR NEW GENERAL MANAGER/BOARD TREASURER, PATRICK McGOWAN,

[WHO BY ALL APPEARANCES CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE DOING A GREAT JOB CLEANING UP THE HORRIBLE MESS LEFT BY PETER KAMPA — COMPLIMENTS OF HIS DO NOTHING “BOBBLE HEADED YES NODDING BOARD OF DEFECTORS” WHO COULD NOT EVEN ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION AS TO THE LEGALITY OF THEIR PUSH TO EXPAND A SUBSIDIZED GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION SPECIAL BENEFIT WATER SERVICE FOR LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES KAMPA WRONGFULLY SET UP 20 YEARS AGO WITH PUBLIC GRANT FUNDS OBTAINED FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTENDED FOR EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF OF LEGAL CUSTOMERS AND NOT EXPANDING SPECIAL BENEFIT SUBSIDIZED NEW WATER SERVICES]

IS NOW BEING “SETUP” AS THE ANSWER PERSON FOR ALL THE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE AT THE LDPCSD WITH WHICH HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO INVOLVEMENT!

SYNDIE MARCHSIELLO HAS BEEN THE OFFICE MANAGER AND BOARD SECRETARY FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND HAS BEEN PRIVY TO ALL OFFICIAL PAPERWORK CONCERNING OUR LAKE DON PEDRO CSD. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FACT REGARDING THE TRADITIONAL PROCESSING OF ANNEXATION PAPERWORK THROUGH MARIPOSA AND TUOLUMNE COUNTY LAFCOS TO ADD OUTSIDE MIDPOU PROPERTIES INTO OUR DISTRICT SERVICE BOUNDARIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST SUBMITTED BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR FOR THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT (MID) “SHAPE FILE MAPS” WHICH PETE KAMPA STATED HAD BEEN PROVIDED BY THE MID ENGINEERS AS EVIDENCE OF THE OFFICIAL PLACE OF USE (POU) CHANGE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER PER WATER LICENSE 11395 (HELD BY THE MID INCIDENTALLY), HAS NEVER BEEN PROVIDED.

TWICE I HAVE PAID MONEY FOR INCOMPLETE RESPONSES MISSING ONLY THIS MOST IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL PIECE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING KAMPA’S GROUNDWATER SCAM REQUIRING AN ILLEGAL CHANGE IN THE LEGITIMATE POU OF WL11395.

THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WAS APPARENTLY (AND INTENTIONALLY) WRONGFULLY USED BY OUR FORMER GM/TREASURER PETER KAMPA TO COMPLETELY MISREPRESENT THE LEGAL POU BOUNDARY IN FAVOR OF ONE WHICH SUPPORTED HIS PROPOSED EXPANSION OF GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION TO MANY MORE LAFCO ANNEXATIONS INTO THE DISTRICT WHICH THEMSELVES, VIOLATE THE VERY LAFCO RULES SET UP TO PREVENT SUCH MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND RESOURCES INTENDED FOR OUR SPECIAL DISTRICT.

YES, THE LDPCSD IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN CORRUPTED AND MANIPULATED FOR DECADES THANKS TO THE DUPLICITOUS EFFORTS OF A CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION (CSDA) 20 YEAR BOARD MEMBER NAMED PETE KAMPA. OBVIOUSLY, SUCH CORRUPTION COULD NOT TAKE PLACE WITHOUT CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM LOCAL INDIVIDUALS IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO, WHY IS A GENERAL MANAGER WHO IS APPARENTLY DOING EXACTLY WHAT HAS NEEDED TO BE DONE HERE IN LAKE DON PEDRO FOR DECADES (AKA, HONESTLY TAKING CARE OF OUR DISTRICT, INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, ETC.) WRONGFULLY BEING SADDLED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANSWERING FOR BLATANT DISTRICT CORRUPTION AND “LEGAL CUSTOMER” BETRAYAL (aka THE MR WECS – MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS OF THE LDP SUBDIVISION) WHICH OCCURRED LONG BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED GM?

WHY IS THIS GM WHO HAS ALREADY MADE NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS AND PLANNED REPLACEMENT OF CRITICAL EQUIPMENT BEING SABOTAGED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH DISTRICT PAPERWORK AND OFFICIAL RECORDS?

MOST WOULD RECOGNIZE THIS BUSINESS SCAM AS

“PASSING THE BUCK”!

OUR OFFICE MANAGER/BOARD SECRETARY RECEIVES VALUABLE COMPENSATION FOR HER LDPCSD EMPLOYMENT ALONG WITH MUCH EXPERT TRAINING BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE CSDA (WHERE KAMPA HAS BEEN A BOARD DIRECTOR FOR 20 YEARS – IS THIS A CLUE AS TO THE CSDA’S ACTUAL MISSION?), YET EVEN WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL PAY SCALE FOR THIS AREA AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING (SUPPOSEDLY FOR EFFICIENCY), SHE APPARENTLY REFUSES, OR IS INCAPABLE FOR SOME REASON, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INFORMATION WHICH EVERY CUSTOMER HAS A RIGHT TO REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND. WHY?

RECENTLY THE OFFICE MANAGER/BOARD SECRETARY RESPONDED TO ANOTHER FOLLOWUP REPEATED REQUEST FOR THE SAME “MID SHAPE FILE MAPS” BUT THIS TIME SYNDIE INSTRUCTED ME TO NOW CONTACT OUR NEW GM FOR THE INFORMATION! ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT MY FRIENDS.

EXCUSE ME, BUT FOR WHAT IS OUR OFFICE MANAGER/BOARD SECRETARY ALREADY BEING PAID AND TRAINED TO DO? WORK FOR THE DISTRICT AND ITS LEGAL CUSTOMERS? OR WORK FOR THE CSDA IN CONCEALING THE CORRUPTION THEIR 20 YEAR BOARD DIRECTOR HAS PERPETRATED HERE IN LAKE DON PEDRO FOR DECADES? CAN YOU IMAGINE THE WASTED PUBLIC FUNDS ALL THESE YEARS? THE ADDED COSTS TO YOUR WATER BILL? AND NOW THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO PROPOSE A RATE AND FEE INCREASES WHILE STILL NOT PERFORMING DUTIES AS REQUIRED BY LAW, MUCH LESS ADMITTING TO THEIR OUTRAGEOUS FAILURES TO SIMPLY FOLLOW CLEAR WATER USE RESTRICTIONS IN THE WATER LICENSE FOR DECADES?

SYNDIE MARCHESIELLO IS IN CHARGE OF DISTRICT RECORDS AND IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THE PAPERWORK PROCESS OF OUR DISTRICT OPERATION – WHY IS OUR NEW GM (WHO HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH ON HIS PLATE ALREADY WITH THE YEARS OF DISTRICT NEGLECT HAVING ALREADY TAKEN PLACE) BEING REQUIRED TO ANSWER FOR THE CORRUPTION AND NEGLIGENCE OF OTHERS?

I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST ONE MORE VARIABLE AS TO WHY THIS DISTRICT CANNOT HOLD ON TO GOOD RELIABLE EMPLOYEES FOR VERY LONG…..THEY SIMPLY GET BURNED OUT WITH ALL THE NEEDLESS CORRECTIVE WORK WHICH OTHER EMPLOYEES REFUSE TO PERFORM FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER AND SIMPLY PASS ON TO THE “NEW VICTIM GM”!

WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ABSOLUTE FAILURE BEFORE WE END UP ADVERTISING FOR YET ANOTHER GM WHO WILL ONLY EXPERIENCE THE SAME CORRUPTION AND REFUSAL TO PERFORM DUTIES BY OTHER EMPLOYEES – FOR WHAT EVER REASON.

IF THE LDPCSD OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE THESE RECORDS THE OFFICE MANAGER SHOULD STATE SO IN A RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST RATHER THAN WASTE EVERYONE’S TIME. AHHHHH, THAT IS CERTAINLY PART OF THE PLAN….BURN OUT THE REQUESTING PARTY AT THE SAME TIME WHILE THE TRUE CULPRITS GET AWAY WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY!

BUT I WONDER, WHY WOULD A LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY NOT POSSESS THE VERY MATERIAL SENT TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN ANSWER TO A NOTICE OF VIOLATION OF WATER RIGHTS? THE NOV WAS SENT TO THE LDPCSD, THE LDPCSD RESPONDED, WHY DOES THE OFFICE MANAGER REFUSE TO PROVIDE THIS REQUESTED INFORMATION?

HOW MUCH OF THIS LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AGENCY WAS ESSENTIALLY SOLD TO

PRIVATE BUSINESS CONCERNS?

WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE MISSING FROM OUR

OFFICIAL RECORDS TO CONCEAL THIS CHARADE OF A

LEGITIMATE PUBLIC AGENCY?

ANYWAY, THERE ARE STILL A FEW MORE DAYS ON THE 10 DAY RESPONSE PERIOD FOR MY MOST RECENT REQUEST – NOW MADE TO GM McGOWAN, BUT IT IS REALLY CURIOUS AS TO WHY OUR OFFICE MANAGER/BOARD SECRETARY HAS WASTED SO MUCH TIME IN REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH A SIMPLE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST WHICH NOW BECOMES A NEEDLESS HEADACHE FOR SOMEONE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS MESS LIKE SHE HAS BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

YES, I KNOW, GET AN ATTORNEY AND GO TO COURT – RIGHT? WRONG! CORRUPT OFFICIALS LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN’T COST THEM A THIN DIME (THEY HAVE ATTORNEYS PAID FOR WITH OUR PUBLIC FUNDS!) BUT CAN FINANCIALLY RUIN THE INNOCENT CITIZEN WHO IS ONLY REQUESTING WHAT THEY HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO OBTAIN AND REVIEW. ATTORNEYS?

PRIVATE FUNDED ATTORNEYS TO CHALLENGE CORRUPT

GOVERNMENT?

ANY PRO BONO ATTORNEYS

WILLING TO HELP?

I CANNOT FORGET WHAT THE DEERWOOD CORPORATION AND HARRY ALFIER OF LAKE DON PEDRO REALTY DID TO JIM AND MARION DEAN ON ALAMO DRIVE…..THEY LOST ALMOST 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS OF THEIR “GOLDEN YEARS RETIREMENT FUND” IN A MARIPOSA SUPERIOR COURT ACTION ONLY REQUESTING THE COUNTY AND STATE OBEY THEIR OWN ESTABLISHED REGULATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE 1991 SRA FIRE SAFE ROADWAY MINIMUM ROADWAY STANDARDS FOR THE LAKE DON PEDRO DESIGNATED HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE!

AND WHAT IS AGAIN SEASONALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA?

WE ARE ON FIRE!

YUP, JIM AND MARION BOTH LEFT THIS WORLD WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER WITH SUCH NEEDLESS WORRIES WEIGHING ON THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS. ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL….AND FOR WHAT? PURE CORRUPTION OF A SYSTEM INTENDED TO PROTECT THOSE IT ACTUALLY VICTIMIZES WHILE BURNING THROUGH PUBLIC FUNDS AND RESOURCES TO PROTECT THE CONTINUING SPECIAL INTEREST CORRUPTION!

AND THEN WHAT? OH! BIG SURPRISE! THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT NEEDS MORE TAX DOLLARS TO COVERUP AND CONTINUE THE CORRUPTION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPLAINING IT IS FOR THE CITIZEN’S BEST INTERESTS! WHAT A SCAM! (STILL WORKING ON WHAT I WILL WRITE ON MY PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT CHECK NEXT MONTH.)

NEWSOM/DICKEY BOOK

OH YEAH, ALMOST FORGOT….RECEIVED MY AMAZON BOOK “CITIZENVILLE HOW TO TAKE THE TOWN SQUARE DIGITAL AND REINVENT GOVERNMENT” BY GAVIN NEWSOM WITH LISA DICKEY. PRETTY MUCH WHAT I EXPECTED. I’M OVER HALF WAY THROUGH AND HONESTLY NOT SURE IF I WILL FIND THE TIME TO FINISH IT AS IT IS A TYPICAL DEMOCRAT “FEEL GOOD STORY” OF GOOD SOUNDING IDEAS BUT WITHOUT THE REAL LIFE UGLINESS OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN UTILIZED.

ESSENTIALLY THE BOOK ENCOURAGES THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT AND HELP CITIZENS. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT IT IGNORES WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS TO GOOD IDEAS IN THE WRONG HANDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, NEWSOM WROTE ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY PERMITTED EASY DONATIONS FOR THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND BY SIMPLY TEXTING THE WORD “HAITI” TO A DEDICATED NUMBER AND THE DONATION WOULD APPEAR ON THEIR NEXT CELL-PHONE BILL WITHOUT ALL THE HASSLE OF TRADITIONAL DONATION EMAILS, TELEPHONE CALLS, BANKING INFORMATION EXCHANGE, ETC.

THIS “EASY DONATION” THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES WAS CREATED BY ALEC ROSS WHO WAS A “SENIOR ADVISOR FOR INNOVATION” TO SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON. HE ALSO WORKED FOR BARACK OBAMA’S 2008 CAMPAIGN AND JOINED THE STATE DEPARTMENT LATER IN APRIL 2009. THE ROSS GOAL WAS TO USE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE FORM OF MOBILE PHONES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS TO FURTHER US DIPLOMACY.

HRC SUPPORTED THE ROSS CONCEPT TO THE POINT, ROSS CALLED HRC THE “GODMOTHER OF TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY STATECRAFT”.

GOOD LORD, ROSS WAS VERY CLOSE TO A PERFECT DESCRIPTION – ONLY MISSING ONE WORD…..

“GODMOTHER OF TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY STATECRAFT CORRUPTION“

2 MILLION AMERICANS DURING THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF THE EMERGENCY IN HAITI RAISED OVER $22 MILLION – EVERYONE WAS TEXTING FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO HELP WITH THE DISASTER – ALL SOUNDS GOOD YEAH? (AMERICANS ARE TRADITIONALLY VERY COMPASSIONATE AND GENEROUS WHEN IT COMES TO SUCH EMERGENCIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES) – BUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITH ALL THAT MONEY DONATED? SUPPOSEDLY FOR HAITI RELIEF?

EVER HEAR OF THE BOOK “CLINTON CASH” BY PETER SCHWEITZER? JUST ORDERED ONE. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TELEVISION NEWS IS ONLY SOMETHING LIKE 10% OF THE DONATIONS ACTUALLY MADE IT TO HAITI TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF THAT EARTHQUAKE. THE REST WAS USED BY THE CLINTON FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF ITS QUESTIONABLE POLITICAL AND PRIVATE GOALS!

TRUE, THAT DOESN’T MAKE THE IDEA BAD IN ITSELF, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO WILL PERVERT A GOOD IDEA OR INTENTION INTO SELF ENRICHMENT BECAUSE OF GREED OR SPECIAL INTEREST.

(EXAMPLE: WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH USING GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO DEVELOP EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GROUNDWATER WELLS IN A DROUGHT PRONE AREA DURING A SEVERE MULTI-YEAR STATE DROUGHT? ENTER PETE KAMPA AND HIS FAKE WL11395 POU MAP AND “PET LAFCO PROJECTS” FROM 20 YEARS AGO FOR THE EXPLANATION! THE TRUE EVIL PURPOSE MUST BE CONCEALED FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT IS A “SIMPLE CHEAT”.)

SO MUCH OF THIS IS ONLY NOW BEING PUBLICIZED. HRC AND SOCIAL MEDIA? LOL LORD KNOWS HOW MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE KILLED, HARMED AND/OR EXPERIENCED SERIOUS LOSS AS A RESULT OF HER OUTRAGEOUS AND LACKADAISICAL APPROACH TO CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON HER MOBILE DEVICES WHILE “ACTING” AS SECRETARY OF STATE? OOPS! I ALMOST FORGOT “CRIMINAL” WHICH I BELIEVE IT CERTAINLY WAS AS HRC IS NOT A DUMMY BUT A PROFESSIONAL AND CALCULATING CHEAT.

(OH….BUT TRUMP SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR CLEANING UP THE SWAMP BY ASKING LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAINING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON? SIMILARLY – THAT WAS THE REASON I DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR AN LDPCSD DIRECTOR POSITION AGAIN —

A GRAND JURY FOREMAN …..

(FROM THE JURY THAT STARTED OUT GREAT THEN SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL CHANGES THAT SHIFTED FOCUS AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL PERPETRATORS! WOW! JUST LIKE THE SWRCB INVESTIGATION THAT STARTED OUT VERY PROFESSIONAL BUT AFTER A “PERSONNEL CHANGE” WAS CORRUPTED INTO A MOCKERY OF LEGITIMATE INVESTIGATION THANKS TO WHAT I BELIEVE ARE “KAMPA OPERATIVES/AGENTS” WITHIN THE SWRCB DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR THIS APPARENT MARIPOSA/TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPPORTED FOOTHILL WATER SCAM FOR LAFCO (LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION) ANNEXATIONS CURIOUSLY PLACED WITHIN LDPCSD SERVICE BOUNDARIES IN COMPLETE VIOLATION OF THEIR OWN OPERATING REGULATIONS!)

…….CLEARLY ADVISED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH ON THIS WEBSITE IN ORDER TO BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AGAIN – WHICH ALTHOUGH ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT AND ILLEGAL – STILL ILLUMINATED TO ME WHAT I WAS UP AGAINST – DIRECT MARIPOSA COUNTY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE LDPCSD CORRUPTION!

THAT GJ FOREMAN WAS A RETIRED CHP OFFICER SERVING ON THAT GRAND JURY WITH ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOW APPARENTLY A SITTING SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE! SINCE THE FOREMAN ADVISED HE PERSONALLY ATTEMPTED TO HAVE CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST ME THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (WHICH WAS A LUDICROUS CONCEPT TO BEGIN WITH) I NOW SERIOUSLY WONDER IF THERE WAS COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT FOR THAT NEFARIOUS ENDEAVOR FOR A “PREEMPTIVE RESTRICTION TO FREE SPEECH” FROM THAT NOW SITTING SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE? DEAR GOD I SURE HOPE NOT- BUT WHO KNOWS? HECK, MAYBE THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME IDENTICAL NAME? REGARDLESS, I FIGURED I COULD DO MORE GOOD OUTSIDE THE LDPCSD WITH LAKEDONPEDRO.ORG THAN CONSTRAINED WITHIN THAT CORRUPT PUBLIC AGENCY CLEARLY RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM TWO BENEFITING COUNTY GOVERNMENTS. BESIDES, WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE BOARD AND KAMPA WAS BEING BROUGHT IN (WITHOUT EVEN A SIMPLE BACKGROUND CHECK WHICH WOULD HAVE REVEALED HIS PRIOR 20 YEAR LAFCO ANNEXATION SETUPS) IT WAS AN “ALL CLEAR” SIGN FOR EMERY ROSS AND DANNY JOHNSON TO PURSUE THEIR NEFARIOUS GROUNDWATER SCAM UNCHALLENGED BY A ANOTHER SITTING DIRECTOR CLEARLY OPPOSED TO SUCH ILLEGAL SHENANIGANS. WHEN CHEATS BELIEVE NO ONE IS WATCHING THEY BECOME VERY BRAVE WITH THEIR DISHONEST PURSUITS.

ANYWAY, IT WAS AN OK BOOK I GUESS (NEWSOM & DICKEY) I’LL PROBABLY FINISH IT SOME DAY WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME AFTER RECEIVING MY REQUESTED PUBLIC INFORMATION! LOL (GET IT? NEVER GET THE PUBLIC INFORMATION – WON’T BOTHER FINISHING THE BOOK!)

A NEWSOM BOOK ABOUT GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION? SOUNDS LIKE THE SETUP FOR A BAD JOKE, YEAH? WELL IT IS- AND IT’S CALLED

THE CURRENT STATE OF

CALIFUSION

ON THIS WEBSITE!

PERHAPS GOVERNOR NEWSOM SHOULD SEND COPIES OF HIS BOOK TO MARIPOSA COUNTY LAFCO AND THE LAKE DON PEDRO CSD? MAYBE HIS OWN STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (SWRCB) AS THEY APPARENTLY STILL BELIEVE THE MERCED RIVER RUNS THROUGH SUTTER COUNTY WAY UP NORTH? (WHY IS THAT MISINFORMATION-DISINFORMATION STILL ON THE SWRCB WATER RIGHTS COMPLAINT WEBPAGE DESPITE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR CORRECTION?)

MAYBE THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES THAT SOMEHOW ALREADY HAD THAT FAKE KAMPA MIDPOU MAP ON FILE IN THEIR RECORDS COULD BENEFIT FROM THE NEWSOM/DICKEY SUGGESTIONS OF OPENING UP PUBLIC INFORMATION? HOW DID THAT BAD INFORMATION RETENTION HAPPEN TO COME ABOUT ANYWAY? (REM? WHEN THE SWRCB STARTED THAT EXCELLENT INVESTIGATION – WHICH WAS LATER QUICKLY CORRUPTED – THEY (SWRCB) OBTAINED THAT INCORRECT INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER STATE WATER AGENCY! HOW?) PERHAPS NEWSOM’S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE – HEADED BY AN ATTORNEY GENERAL INVOLVED WITH THE WASHINGTON DC MISSING DNC SERVER MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HIS WORDS OF WISDOM IN THAT BOOK ABOUT FREE INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND THE RESULTING BENEFITS TO SOCIETY? BLAH, BLAH, BLAH ….JUST NICE SOUNDING WORDS WITH NO HONEST INTENT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN – A SHAM TO DISTRACT FROM THE IMPORTANT ISSUES.

MERELY TALKING ABOUT “GOOD STUFF” IS A FAR CRY FROM “MAKING IT HAPPEN” AND A LOT OF REALLY “BAD STUFF” OFTEN OCCURS IN BETWEEN, WHICH WHEN DISCOVERED BY THE PUBLIC, IS QUICKLY COVERED UP AND LATER DESTROYED (LIKE IN SIMPLY “WIPING OFF A DISK WITH A CLOTH” – LOL) AS THE EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION THAT IT IS.

NO, I DID NOT SEE ANY EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED TO PETER KAMPA IN THE NEWSOM/DICKEY BOOK ON HOW TO CREATE A FAKE WL11395 DIGITAL POU MAP AND USE IT TO REPLACE THE OFFICIAL “HARD COPY” SWRCB MAP ON FILE IN SACRAMENTO IN KAMPA’S ATTEMPT TO LEGITIMIZE EXISTING AND PROPOSED ILLEGAL WATER CONNECTIONS, BUT AS ALWAYS, HINTS ARE EVERYWHERE FOR A DISHONEST PERSON TO UTILIZE OTHERWISE INNOCENT INFORMATION FOR CORRUPT PURPOSES – AND THAT IS SOMETHING PETE KAMPA MIGHT CONSIDER WRITING ABOUT IN HIS OWN BOOK AS AN EXPERT. PERSONALLY I BELIEVE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SHOULD PROVIDE KAMPA WITH PLENTY OF “QUIET TIME” TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH A PROJECT IF DESIRED.

MY BEST TO YOU AND YOURS, LEW

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd, 2019

Sunday, October 13th, 2019

Still think that advisory statement by PETER NAVARRO (trade advisor to President Trump) was brilliant.  Every time you hear the term “IMPEACHMENT”,  – LISTEN to the SIGNAL and IGNORE THE NOISE!   I thought about adding – Listen to the SIGNAL (“KEEPING AMERICA GREAT”), and ignore the NOISE (“ONLY USED TO DELAY and WAIT”) but decided not to complicate that “clean statement” any further.  Heck, as it is I used the wrong recording for uploading that left out the word “and” lol.       My best to you and yours, Lew  

FRIDAY, October 11th, 2019/1015 hrs +/-

POWER BACK ON!

Sitting in the darkness

Breathing forest smoke

Same as when I went to sleep

And this morning when I awoke

Inconvenient but tolerable

“Cheat camping” right at home

By way of portable gas generator

And a working rotary phone

Less than two days, no biggie

Everyday many live with much less

Good reminder how fortunate we are

Despite citizen political distress

but…….

Consider a LEFT PARTY that controlled everything

Especially our communications and power

Subject to shut down anytime it wanted

Compelling citizens to vote as desired

What’s the difference with these LEFT PROTESTS?

Shutting down colleges, businesses, and traffic

Unilaterally demand attention from others

Grownup tantrums with “baby-like colic”.

MBTY&Y, Lew

Wednesday, October 9th, 2019

GOT TO GO JUST LOST POWER AND BATTERY ONLY LAST SO LONG 1532hrs

iT’S BACK, 1533, OFF AGAIN, LATER!

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!

LISTEN TO THE SIGNAL AND IGNORE THE NOISE!

Started the normal routine – a “good morning conversation” regarding our agenda for the day with Liz (my German Shepherd Dog) at the foot of the bed. Liz often triggers this wake up routine with very soft SIGNALS usually consisting of subdued whines and a playful tail thumping. After our “good morning” acknowledgements I locate the television remote that is concealed somewhere to the right within bedding sheets and blankets where it was abandoned when previously drifting off to sleep.

Turning on the television this morning I heard an unfamiliar voice on the OAN (ONE AMERICAN NEWS) morning report (President Trump Trade Advisor PETER NAVARRO) making a statement which immediately caught my attention. His statement was EXQUISITELY SIMPLE, EXPLANATORY, LOGICAL, and ENCOURAGED EXACTLY WHAT AMERICAN PATRIOTS HAVE BEEN DOING ANYWAY (supporting our duly elected President of the United States and his administration).

“Listen to the signal and

ignore the noise”.

WOW. Obviously this could mean different things to different people, but I think it a great slogan to assist others in sifting through the garbage in recognizing the

SIGNAL OF POSITIVE ACTIVITY FOR OUR COUNTRY

over the actual dangers and threats posed by the DEMO-LEFT that are

camouflaged in the distracting

NOISE OF A FRAUDULENT IMPEACHMENT.

Yup, short and sweet. Directly to the point while simultaneously clarifying the disgusting activities of the DEMOCRAT LEFT whose refusal to properly discharge their elected duties have derailed our system of law and justice – which were specifically designed to protect all citizens in this great country. Mr. NAVARRO delivered that brilliant message with an exquisite style as well.

So, will the American Public ultimately be extremely disappointed with yet another SENATOR PELOSI decision based on a DEMOCRAT-SOCIALIST-LEFT political agenda and not what is best for OUR UNITED STATES of AMERICA and her citizens? REM: That’s ALL US CITIZENS REGARDLESS OF OUR WONDERFULLY DIVERSE CHARACTERISTICS AS INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE ARE A FAMILY OF USA CITIZENS AND OUR “COLLECTIVE HOME” AS A COUNTRY IS BEING THREATENED. Enough blah, blah, blah – listen for yourself, what do you think?

I also wanted to post that video comment by (Dem, Tx) AL GREEN so you could hear it for yourself, but unlike all the Anti-Trump “guerilla style short video shots” the media FORCE FEEDS THE PUBLIC, apparently it was decided such “agenda clear video snippets” from the DEM-LEFT should be much more difficult to obtain and share with others. So, this (below gigantic link) is the best I could find on the subject of the AL GREEN comment. (I don’t care the PARAGRAPH SIZED LINK might look bad on the webpage, heck, the information is far more important than appearance.)

You know, I can understand the desperate attempt to lessen the impact of this very clear and illuminating comment as to the actual reason for this continuing charade of a legitimate impeachment process. All that “for the people” rationalization is just plain “NOISE” and is intended to almost hypnotize one into ignoring or forgetting the primary purpose of this fraud of an impeachment:

I also wanted to post that video comment by (Dem, Tx) AL GREEN so you could hear it for yourself, but unlike all the Anti-Trump “guerilla style short video shots” the media FORCE FEEDS THE PUBLIC, apparently it was decided such “agenda clear video snippets” from the DEM-LEFT should be much more difficult to obtain and share with others. So, this (below gigantic link) is the best I could find on the subject of the AL GREEN comment. (I don’t care the PARAGRAPH SIZED LINK might look bad on the webpage, heck, the information is far more important than appearance.)

You know, I can understand the desperate attempt to lessen the impact of this very clear and illuminating comment as to the actual reason for this continuing charade of a legitimate impeachment process. All that “for the people” rationalization is just plain “NOISE” and is intended to almost hypnotize one into ignoring or forgetting the primary purpose of this fraud of an impeachment:

“I’m concerned if we don’t impeach this president he will get re-elected”

The DEM LEFT is quite aware of their increasing lack of credibility and integrity and more people everyday are waking up and discovering their once beloved and respected Democrat party has been hi-jacked by a highly organized group of unethical cheats and liars determined to destroy OUR AMERICA as we have known it since the beginning.

Anyway, you’ll have to listen to a few minutes of the “AL GREEN NOISE” before getting to the meat of his comment at 1 min 43 seconds.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=Awr46udl_Z1dtlMAPT_7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZzJqaTlpBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEdnRpZANCODc1Ng–;_ylc=X0kDTG13bE56RXdMakpFa3ZKcVcyWTdSQVc4TWpZd01BQUFBQUQ3d2VsZQRfUwM5Njc4MTMwNwRfcgMyBGFjdG4DY2xrBGNzcmNwdmlkA0xtd2xOekV3TGpKRWt2SnFXMlk3UkFXOE1qWXdNQUFBQUFEN3dlbGUEZnIDam5hemFmenYEZnIyA3A6cyx2OnYsbTpzYixyZ246dG9wBGdwcmlkAwRuX3JzbHQDMARuX3N1Z2cDMARvcmlnaW4DdmlkZW8uc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAzAEcXN0cmwDMzQEcXVlcnkDYWwlMjBncmVlbiUyMG1zbmJjJTIwaW1wZWFjaG1lbnQlMjBjb21tZW50BHRfc3RtcAMxNTcwNjM1MTI4BHZ0ZXN0aWQDQjg3NTY-?p=al+green+msnbc+impeachment+comment&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av%2Cm%3Asb%2Crgn%3Atop&fr=jnazafzv#id=6&vid=360994e85cf02727071f0d6fd3d69ce1&action=view

Interesting, yeah? So much of what Al Green said those few months ago has since already been proven absolutely wrong! Good Heavens. The Mueller Report? lol. FBI biased investigations? Set ups with international spies? IRS targeting DEM opposition? The Russian hoax against Trump? It just never ends – why would it when only evil imagination is required by the LEFT? Wow!

Is it not interesting as to how all these DEMO-LEFT POLITICIANS continually interject what TRUMP, will or will not do? What Trump does, or does not mean when he speaks? Geez, if we listened to the DEMO-LEFT ???—- remember all the guarantees that THERE WAS NO POSSIBLE AVENUE THAT WOULD PERMIT TRUMP TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT. Well, there you go. Dem-Left has been wrong since day one.

Green refers to himself as the canary in the coal mine (a time when live birds were taken into mines to see if they would die due to harmful gases present. If they lived it was OK for humans to go down there and work, if they died? Get another canary.) WHAT? AL GREEN, a canary? lol Keeping with that coal mine example, if anything, AL GREEN is more like an ignition source for the traditional flammable gases in mines! (Which many Demo-Left politicians are full of incidentally …. hot expanding flammable gas! lol)

Also, using that quote by the Rev. Martin Luther King and taking it OUT OF CONTEXT in an attempt to conceal the DEM-LEFT FABRICATED IMPEACHMENT PROCESS as a coup d’ etat to remove PRESIDENT TRUMP, is an insult to that positive observation which is often shorthanded into “doing the right thing”.

(Boy I like that PETE NAVARRO COMMENT ON OAN this morning!)

Personally I believe that statement should be a conservative talking point that gets hammered like a nail as often as possible!

PLEASE do not forget, although

IMPEACHMENT MAY BE THE NOISE

in reality it is a DEMOCRAT LEFT ATTEMPT

at a COUP D’ ETAT* of OUR PRESIDENT !

(REALIZE ALSO THERE IS A “POSITIVE SIMULTANEOUS SIGNAL” FOR PATRIOTS TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND CORRECTIONS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED and TO INCREASE THIS UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR OUR PRESIDENT BY ASSISTING OTHERS IN IDENTIFYING and IGNORING THIS DEMO-LEFT CALCULATED NOISE TO DECEIVE THE AMERICAN VOTER!)

(Naturally your political party does not matter – only a true heart, mind and a willingness to learn the facts and do what is BEST FOR AMERICA!)

*Though certainly not the traditional coup d’ etat (later) make no mistake many American Patriots have been victims of this criminal conspiracy resulting in unwarranted injury and harm by the very institutions they supported and defended for decades with integrity and honor.

SO, WHY IMPEACH?

DEM-LEFT couldn’t beat him in 2016

EVEN WITH THEIR RIGGED ELECTION

so THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES use a

FABRICATED BASIS FOR WRONGFUL IMPEACHMENT!

aka

FAKE IMPEACHMENT =

UNETHICAL ATTEMPT AT A

COUP D’ ETAT!

True, fairly bloodless when compared with the original and literal, “off with their heads political change” meaning of the past but make no mistake blood has been shed as a result of this DEMO-LEFT CORRUPTION within government. Also realize this “over throw plan” did not just begin with the Trump election – but is the result of an incremental process of infiltration and obstructionism spanning decades which has festered within many areas of American society.

WELL EDUCATED? THE DEMO-LEFT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE ONCE AGAIN.

Many point to our failing educational system as a primary factor in creating and maintaining this nightmare of DEMO-LEFT DYSFUNCTION supported and advanced through MEDIA PROPAGANDA SERVICES – consider: Even highly educated people are on the streets protesting and ranting to abolish (are you ready?) OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH! crazy yeah? For some reason this makes me think of a defiant fish demanding to have the water drained from its tank! lol

Yesterday I saw a news report where even the Secretary of Homeland Security was shouted down by protestors and occurred at, of all places, the Georgetown Law School. WHAT? Check it out….

These are our future legally trained scholars and leaders of our country in both the private and government realm? People you may have to trust with your life, property and freedom? So sure their perspective is the only reasonable way to proceed they DESTROY AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY (regardless of current immigration pro or con perspective) FOR THOSE INTERESTED STUDENTS TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL DIALOG? Why? Because they believe “The time is always right to do right” so they shout down a high ranking government representative who was there to discuss and answer legitimate questions about immigration and related matters?

BELIEVING ONE IS RIGHT, DOES NOT MAKE THEM RIGHT.

How many viewers truly believe this is the type of situation the Rev. Martin Luther King envisioned when he made the observation of “doing the right thing”?

Heck, even current CA Governor Gavin Newsom attempted to prevent Trump from being on the ballot in California! He was going to violate the Constitutional Rights of every Californian who would vote for Trump because only his DEMO-LEFT OPINION was controlling! How frigg’n arrogant is that? Sound like freedom to you? Or a dictatorship?

This is the Demo-Left. They say one thing about “FOR THE PEOPLE” then do exactly the opposite by PREVENTING AND CONCEALING RELEVANT INFORMATION, OPTIONS, ALTERNATIVES even CITIZEN CHOICE while blaming President Trump for all that they do as spoiled brats pretending to have concern “FOR THE PEOPLE” as sincere advocates and protesters. They are fakes! Frauds! Imposters desperately trying to hold on to a power they wrongfully obtained through deceit and trickery.

No different than the screaming brats we’ve all observed in markets and stores…..uncontrolled children crying and screaming, ranting, throwing stuff, rolling and flopping around on the dirty store floor pounding at the ground with their tightly clenched little fists, demanding their candy, cookies, soda pop, whatever…… just generally pitching a big public display as the spoiled brat they are who can only win in such situation by way of uncontrolled tantrum. The parent gives in JUST TO MAKE IT STOP!!!

Oh well, guess it works for some folks since they can still obviously grow up (at least physically) and become self-important DEMO-LEFT political officials in the House of Representatives. Or crooked FBI agents. Or international double-triple spies? Perhaps just run of the mill everyday TRAITORS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER CITIZENS?

Sadly, such behavior apparently works even in a top law school environment because it has failed to exercise reasonable control over their own facility. (Conservative parents paying tuition might have a thing to say about their children being denied such a great opportunity to interact with a top US government representative. Think of the public funded time and resources that were wasted on that otherwise positive attempt to “educate” legal scholars?)

So these rude flopping around crying babies got their candy….(no meaningful exchange between the scheduled speaker and students interested in something other than making fools of themselves) because, RIGHTLY SO I MIND YOU, the Secretary had more important things to do than stand there as a target of a bunch of still ignorant and rude “baby like” activists yelling and chanting at him. Frankly, I would have left long before that – so I do admire his patience. (hum, maybe their Democrat Left activist parents should have eaten them as babies before they cried their way into higher educational environments? lol)

Also, with all the conversations about the legitimate use of guns in public and private educational facilities to protect students from would be insane killers, I could not help but extend that concept just a little bit further in protecting our educational process. Like in the above law school situation, perhaps a few* well placed tranquilizer darts (delivered by trained and authorized school personnel) could have permitted that otherwise positive presentation to continue without further interruption while expulsion paperwork was completed in the administration office for all those participating in such childish tantrums? (If not a student, perhaps they could “wake up” for a nice breakfast provided by what ever correctional facility they were transferred while catching a few ZZZZZZs! lol

*I’d be willing to bet money, marbles or chalk after the first few protestors dropped for the “unscheduled rest period” (via tranquilizer darts) the rest of the herd would likely be a bit more attentive to the speaker, or at the very least, would quickly vacate the premises in order to avoid their appropriate, necessary, and long over-due “baby nap”.

My best to you and yours, Lew

HELLO! Tuesday, October 8th, 2019. Trying to prepare something for this page (differing from a regular “post”, with the last one being last July about the continuing water license misrepresentation). Anyway, hang on it will take a bit.

Any old Seinfeld fans out there? The following clip still cracks me up. Good ‘ol Elaine is bored at a social event and tired of hearing this woman going on about her fiancee, so for fun livens things up a bit. That mischievous look says it all – classic Elaine yeah?

Anyway, after hearing that news report the other day about the satirical “We must eat the babies” proposal to AOC during a public speaking engagement – well, I immediately thought of this episode of Seinfeld……

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=jnazafzv&p=dingo+ate+your+baby#id=1&vid=8333ca0c6c790991805a600090e90f0a&action=click

This is making me a nervous wreck! lol I haven’t used this new software version long enough to be screwing around with live data entry. Let’s see, was unsuccessful in snagging a URL for the “Eat the babies” video but I’m sure you can find it easily. Anyway, I was doing some other recording and in between the multiple attempts to get a part done correctly in “one take” saw this news report on OAN so was able to quickly audio record.

What did you folks think after hearing such a shocking proposal? My first thought was the poor woman had just walked away from some sort of a mental health care facility. Yet,….she had the time to have a nice T-shirt printed up with her baby eating message….? Perhaps multiple “walk a-ways” in preparation for her unique proposal in combating global climate change within the next few months? lol My second thought was, if she were not a resident somewhere, perhaps someone could compassionately assist her in possibly pursuing that avenue of exploration.

There may have been a few other “lightening bolts” of gray matter static connecting other “baby eating references” but Elaine’s was most certainly at the top of a short list.

Well, that didn’t work. Much to large of a file, OK then, into the LAME VIDEO….need to reconfigure some things…later!

OK THEN, let’s see, 1545hrs, not bad, uploaded and basically ready to go (for another incomplete project but I figure accomplishing some of it is better than sacrificing the whole idea to non action…right?)

Ever hear that expression “swatting at mosquitoes when up to your ass in alligators”, or variations such as “why swat mosquitoes when alligators are chewing on your ass”, ……? Well, if not, you’ll get an earful in my characteristic repetitive blah, blah, blah LAME format (Lew’s “Almost Music” Expression) for this mutated cross between “Maybe a Democrat Ate Your Baby” and a “Swatting At Mosquitoes” Democrat theme. Although I really tried to avoid accumulating so many files, I did it again never-the-less with some of the same resulting confusion. Anyway, here is the majority of the project – I need to wrap this up because although Liz has been very tolerant, her patience is growing thin! lol

“MAYBE A DEMOCRAT ATE YOUR BABY?”

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS. Well, while trying to finish FAIL 2c4 USA FIN (“FIN” was supposed to designate the “FINAL REVISION” (what a joke! I have sooooooo many files with similar names I get confused. Why so many files? I’ve learned the hard way that sometimes a “best take” has been inadequately mixed with something else, so instead of having say, guitar and drums on the same clip (played together at the same time when recording), it is better to have a guitar clip laid over the drums for later playback and recording. Why? Necessary in editing, especially for non musicians like myself who spend and inordinate amount of time “HUNTING FOR A PARTICULAR NOTE” on the guitar or keyboard! LOL! I kid you not. When I hit a sour or bad note while recording (don’t even want to think about that ratio) I can sometimes “remove” it during editing while leaving the background drums. Yeah, kind of confusing when you have many different takes, with corresponding files and folders. Anyway, I screwed up late last night and confused file names and spent hours downloading/uploading the WRONG #$$%^&*! FILE!!! So, now what? Well, besides Liz being pissed and outdoor work piling up…… I must reluctantly return to this project which means trying to discover where the file names got mixed up. For example, the current posted video is “FAIL 2c4 USA FIN” but it has many brothers, sisters, cousins, blah, blah, blah….”FAIL 2c”, “FAIL 2C”, “FAIL 2c wbanjo”, “FAIL 2c4 USA”, “FAIL 2C$USA”, FAIL 2C YUdo this”, (lol). There is also the possibility that prior to uploading to YOUTUBE I inadvertently turned off some tracks while editing for the upload so the missing revisions still exist but I need to find the correct file and turn them on, produce the project, then upload again. Sorry. Lew

Absolutely disgusting what is transpiring within OUR GOVERNMENT under the camouflage of “Public service” by Democrat Socialist politicians, officials, DEEP STATE ACTIVISTS, and their assorted ilk along with the “necessary fuel” received from those who support such anti American activities. (Sad part is, PERHAPS NOT EVEN INTENTIONALLY, but rather due to a severe lack of accurate news from the traditional sources.

PLEASE! IF YOU VALUE AN INFORMED VOTE: CHECK OUT:

OAN: ONE AMERICA NEWS!

Anyway, having watched that ridiculous committee hearing about yet another FAKE WHISTLE BLOWER COMPLAINT against OUR PRESIDENT, the insulting questioning of OUR ACTING INTELLIGENCE CHIEF (JOSEPH MAGUIRE), and the LEFT’s REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH, well, I was inspired to torture you folks with another LAME: [FAIL 2c4 USA (FIN) BELOW]. Yes it is a sort of therapy in a sense, well at least for me. You folks might required therapy after listening. lol

Yes once again it certainly appears that it is the DEMOCRATS who have actually been involved and committing the very violations of law and public trust of which they WRONGFULLY ACCUSE OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP! (Classic defense strategy of the guilty! Companion to the RED FLAG ATTACK: create a problem, blame another, offer solution to problem and regardless of outcome, profit from other people detrimentally relying upon the false information and assurances.)

I am know firmly convinced our NATION’S MOST DANGEROUS ENEMIES are working right here within OUR GOVERNMENT clad in a FAKE (CORRUPT) PUBLIC SERVICE facade.

Consider that for a moment.

Our military can effectively take care of whatever the world may throw at us on that front, but how do you EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH DOMESTIC POLITICAL OBSTRUCTIONISM and TERRORIST TECHNIQUES USED AGAINST LEGITIMATE USA PATRIOTS? [Individuals/groups actively working WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT against YOUR/OUR COUNTRY’S BEST INTERESTS? aka, infiltrators, spies, disinformation & obstructionism experts – utilitizing (among other things) FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF WRONG DOING resulting in a variety of lengthy (costly) misguided (sham) investigations desparately fishing for any miniscule tidbit of information which could then be blown up into DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST FAKE TALKING POINT FOR FURTHER DISENGENUOUS LEFT POLITICAL ACTION!

“FAIL 2c4 USA FIN” offers a simple solution: SOCIALISTS OUT (because they fail to see for (take care of) the USA!) & COMMON SENSE IN (seriously, who is making more sense in these “MAKE BELIEVE ACCUSATIONS by Democrats” against President Trump?

How has America come to be in such a better position in only a few years? (DESPITE CONSTANT HARASSMENT AND OBSTRUCTION? IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH SUPPORT (rather a lack of constant obstruction) FROM THE LEFT?

“GOOD NATIONAL NEWS” is a result of President Trump and his evolving administration! (EVOLVING IS GOOD – STAGNANT – like the Democrat Socialist LEFT is ALWAYS BAD. Stuck in that “old DEMO rut”, complete with smoking spinning tires but going nowhere.)

Extremely positive and multi dimensional achievements for our USA and CITIZENS are clear but constantly covered/concealed by the left with more FAKE & CORRUPT PROPAGANDA BY THE MAIN NEWS OUTLETS.

You know, I never watched those old Trump shows (Apprentice, etc) as I prefer truthful legitimate news with some thought provoking space science fiction for desert and balanced entertainment -(actually, there is often a valid cross over between the two! lol) but I’ve been wondering for some time now about this obvious contempt and hatred the left displays for the President. It is truly vicious. What causes such blind hatred?
Could it be that some easily impressional folks who so disliked, were offended and/or outraged by those old Trump’s entertainment shows actually PASSED THEIR NEGATIVE FEELINGS, either by design or accident, to their growing families and younger friends and acquaintances? Could they have played a role in creating a core group of Trump Haters just because of some television shows they didn’t approve of or like? Who knows? Maybe they are now indeed proud parents and mentors of those ANTIFA ACTIVISTS (which itself is an oxymoron – rather like active arsonists advocating fire safety while burning down a community) who mask faces and disguise identities for the purpose of LAW VIOLATION in PROTEST TO “MADE UP ISSUES” by other comrades? Protests which include (but are not limited to) traffic obstruction, closure of public facilities, destruction of property, assault and battery on innocent nonviolent adversaries and bystanders – EVEN ACCOSTING ELDERLY WOMEN WITH WALKERS ON A STREET CROSSWALK! Yup, they (parents/mentors of the LEFT) must be very pleased and proud of what they have vicariously created through their own childish and immature television entertainment intolerance and bias. Just a thought. My best to you and yours, Lew

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

WAS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS?

I really never had a great interest in, or experienced an attractive pull towards, political involvement other than the traditional attempt to stay informed (reading all election material presented in voter pamphlets) and always voting when provided the opportunity.  Of course in my “later years” (due to concerns about the legal misdirection this area had experiienced, and was continuing to follow) did run as a candidate, was elected, and served on both, local private and public boards.  Oh no, I assure you I am not forgetting being recalled with an entire board as well . 

That was an excellent move by the land development/real estate backed group that ONLY orchestrated another TEMPORARY obstruction to this area finally reaching and being exposed to TRUTHFUL AND LEGAL FACT which had so meticulously been concealed for decades to preserve the ever increasing corruption of an entire community. Why? What is it usually?

Obtaining influential money/power and maintaining both – regardless of the obvious harm and detriment to those sacrificed for private third party profit. Guess who that usually is? That’s right! The “DEEP POCKET ALREADY VICTIMIZED PUBLIC”!!! After all, what can they do in response, quit paying taxes and imposed fees? Where will that get them? Nope.

Honest, truthful fact and accountability for those who intentionally violate public law for private profit is the only thing that will correct such continuing corruption.

Actually, I wear that RECALL as a BADGE OF HONOR considering who and why it was orchestrated! I had complete strangers for years apologize to me for falling prey to the absolute lies and carefully constructed disinformation spread by those SPECIAL INTERESTS – who are professionals at such deception. And I am a semi-hermit! lol!

What were we just listening to at the last LDPCSD meeting…..

“we were told we could get water too”!

Translation: SUBSIDIZED EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION FOR THE SAME PRICE AS THOSE MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE WATER LICENSE APPROVED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WHO ARE MANDATORY CUSTOMERS OF THE DISTRICT AND WHO MUST PAY ALL THE ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH SPECIAL BENEFIT WATER SERVICE OUR DISTRICT HAS NO LEGAL DUTY OR MORAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THESE PROPERTIES OUTSIDE THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT PLACE OF USE PER WATER LICENSE 11395.

Anyway, the point I was trying to make was:  I never wanted to be a politician and have never made any “living-wage money” from such participation other than the traditional $100/month stipend through the LDPCSD for directors attending a monthly board meeting. 

Perhaps an antiquated view, but in my mind that $100 carried with it the responsibility (duty?) of reading all meeting preparation materials, ie, the AGENDA PACKET and related, attending all meetings, and understanding the material in order to make informed, reasonable, common sense decisions on behalf of the customers I served.  Naturally all of the above assumes there are no SPECIAL INTERESTS POSSESSED BY DIRECTORS who might serve on a board. Unfortunately, there is no requirement that a director must possess the ability to read (or otherwise consume) the information, much less understand the same. This obligation to actually do the work is simply a personal choice.

So what is a special interest?  Good question and there are all sorts of complicated legal definitions and interpretations to apply to ever widening situations (as people attempt to cheat the system more and more), but the term to which I reference is a common, reasonable person type general definition:

some personal/business interest or concern which might reasonably produce (whether by designed intent, likely outcome, chance, accident, happenstance etc.) a more favorable outcome to the side of the DECIDING INDIVIDUAL (family, friends, supporters, etc) OVER THAT OF THE INTENDED BENEFICIARY (the public). 

Classic example, a town needs a new highway bypass yet local politicians orchestrate with planners and financial backers a much MORE EXPENSIVE and LESS EFFICIENT highway bypass through locations where the land required must be purchased by a family member, associate or other designated beneficiaries/recipients, rather than the cheaper, COMMON SENSE, and more accommodating land available for such project which would benefit the public and local taxpayers.    

RESULT:  The INTENDED BENEFICIARY WAS THE PUBLIC but they actually received a poorly designed, inconvenient, and very expensive lousy section of highway, but the “honest graft” (a term I picked up in a Public Administration course many years ago – intended to take the “STING” out of being perceived as just a common public law violator for profit) by those politicians benefited, not only, those selling “bypass land” for greatly exaggerated values – but also the value of all the adjacent properties to that project which would be re-zoned commercial to capitalize on the increased traffic patterns and sales potential.  (Like a big rock thrown into a still pond, the financial rippling effects continue outward increasing property values in some areas, while perhaps decreasing them in others. Zoning, property uses, taxation, permitting, blah, blah, blah, lots of money to be made while going completely in the wrong direction of honest public benefit and service.

ANYWAY….. not a politician, but due to continued schooling and public service employment I was informed on most general political topics, but I’ve noticed something lately and do not recall it existing, and if it did, being so DARN OBVIOUS as it is now.

There appears to be a long political parade of government officials who are OVER STEPPING THE ACTUAL SCOPE AND PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DULY ELECTED/APPOINTED POSITIONS.

Rather like an active POLITICAL TRESPASS into SUBJECT AREAS THAT ARE formally and specifically designated to other elected/appointed/employed government officials for them to manage, administer, report, blah, blah, blah, whatever! It is someone else’s assigned duties that are being addressed by politicians elected to do something else…..like running the COLLAPSING STATE OF CALIFUSION!

Take a look at the below article about the Governor Gavin Newsom trips to Denmark and the United Nations in New York regarding global climate change.

SERIOUSLY? Are there not enough very serious problems and failures right here in

“THIS CURRENT STATE OF CALIFUSION”

to occupy the governor’s time and energy? While Califusion sinks further and further into disrepair and mismanagement, Newsom is jetting all over the world to combat climate change on a global level? Good grief. (I seriously doubt Newsom took (rather, “would take”) a cruise ship to Denmark, but who knows? How will he visit his ULTRA LIBERAL LEFTIST COMRADES IN DENMARK IF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IS TO BE ABOLISHED IN A COUPLE OF DECADES BY A PARTY OF ANTI AMERICAN SOCIALIST LEFTISTS?)

Well, this isn’t the first visible connection with the LEFT EU that sure might explain the reluctance of Sacramento officials to seriously investigate and prosecute our former LDPCSD GM/Treasurer who had previously stated on the internet (much of his digital background has since been sanitized for some reason) he was a plant manager at DELFT UNIVERSITY in Europe. Strange yeah? Wonder if American Citizenship had anything to do with his initial refusal to take the OATH OF OFFICE at multiple CSD’s he was “remote managing” in the heyday of KAMPA COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, LLC, KAMPACS, KCS, blah, blah, blah…..whatever! Who really knows?

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

2248hrs

1646hrs, still Sunday Sept 22nd

Availability fees – why no increase since first raised from the $10/ac to $60/ac formula many  years ago?  Because the real estate/land development industry pitches such a fit!   Harder to sell properties in the subdivision with higher property tax assessments for water; picking on absentee owners, “whaa, whaa, whaa, this is unfair” ….but it works. Cowardly boards threatened with recall don’t stand up and do what is best for the district and legal customers, and just “go with the flow”.

Ever think about how many of the serious difficulties with the LDPCSD can be directly related to what is considered best for the outside MIDPOU LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES, or even those property owners with unimproved land within the subdivision, over that of the LDP subdivision residents who pay the lion’s share of the bills and actually receive water service?

Why no legally required MSR?  Municipal Service Review which is required for changing SOI (Sphere of Influence) which is basically the logical expansion area for a limited service special district. Emery brought that up during the last meeting – funny huh? Golly gee, why no MSR in all these years? I brought it up while on the board a number of times, the very day his (Emery Ross’s) orchestrated plan of hiring this former rogue employee to be our new GM/Treasurer with access to over one million dollars in cash of CSD money, …..our former GM stated quite clearly on the record his advocacy for pursuing the MSR along with a traditional search for a new GM. But the Ross plan worked. Kampa was hired on the spot without even an employment background check – not even here! Evidently being a CSDA (CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION) 20 year BOARD MEMBER trumped even the REASONABLE AND BASIC IDEA OF CHECKING HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE RECORD AT THE VERY PUBLIC AGENCY THEY WERE ABOUT TO HAND OVER TO HIM ALONG WITH A MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH!

That’s something else.  COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT implies a much larger service area than say a residential subdivision which just happened to have been the actual PLACE OF USE entitled to the Merced River water impounded at Lake McClure per Water License 11395.  SOI and WATER, a major consideration that even the 1987 detailed Mariposa County SOI Study and Report curiously never mentioned.  That report more than adequately documented with exquisite precision all the parcels signing up for E-Z LAFCO ANNEXATION INTO THE LDPCSD which could then provide QUALITY BLENDED GROUNDWATER/RIVER WATER (completely circumventing the restrictions on Merced River water service outside the subdivision POU) for the same price as subdivision entitled properties and without the same use conditions subject to the subdivision properties! Best part for the county and their LAFCO ANNEXATIONS? The added and increasing costs were paid for by MR WECs (Merced River Water Entitled Customers) of the subdivision who were MANDATORY CUSTOMERS OF THE LDPCSD a water company formed by LAFCO to serve LAFCO ANNEXATIONS while forcing all MR WECS to pay for the extra costs!

That sounds incredible, yeah? This in depth massive endeavor to research, study and report on the most reasonable and feasible areas to receive future water service from a TWO COUNTY LAFCO CREATED CSD (which I believe is just a SPECIAL DISTRICT WITH MULTIPLE LIMITED SERVICES). 

So, what other services are currently provided by the LDPCSD?  None that I am aware of, but Mariposa County formed the LDPCSD in August 1980 with the condition that LDPCSD would eventually take over and run that waste water plant once it was repaired and operating correctly.

STOP!

Catch that little “qualifier” as to the acceptance of that waste water facility by the LDPCSD?   Operating correctly? 

Sorry, but to me that was/is a BIG CLUE (complete with yellow flashing caution lights and loud klaxons sounding in the background!)

So, time goes on, the old system is obviously not going to support the UNCONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE GOLF COURSE THAT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION CC&Rs, but the COUNTY kept issuing and approving permits anyway.  Heck, at one time if you were on the Mariposa County website, there were numerous links to the massive TOWNSHIP project proposed by the land development/mortgage Corporation DEERWOOD, out of San Ramon.  REM? 

Then what does the County do? Have a new waste water plant constructed not on the golf course like the last one, but OUTSIDE THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT PLACE OF USE FOR Merced River water! Expensive groundwater must now be used for sewer service around the golf course. So? Well, MR WECs has been subsidizing the water service there as well due to the cost of the GROUNDWATER WELLS Kampa had developed with PUBLIC FUNDS.

Heck, Mariposa County was approving stuff so fast when Deerwood was in motion it was the perfect opportunity for the unscrupulous to pull some fast ones, or so the county might have you believe, personally I think Deerwood had to have knowingly and co-operating officials within key positions in the county to successfully conduct his MANY CUT-CORNERS DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE HIS PROFIT MARGIN.

ENCROACHMENT PERMIT SCAM -WRONGFULLY USED TO CONSTRUCT ACTUAL NON-CONFORMING ROADWAYS IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW

Many nonconforming DEVELOPER CONVENIENCE ROADS, carved into hillsides and valleys to enable low cost easy access to traditionally difficult to develop properties because of terrain (steep, rocky, etc.) never obtained the proper CONSTRUCTION BUILDING PERMITS much less APPROVALS. A Deerwood “local representative” would pull an encroachment permit (typically for a 20’ connection from the subdivision lot to county or state maintained roadway) and then with a “driveway permit” actually CONSTRUCT A SUBSTANDARD ROADWAY IN VIOLATION OF EXISTING COUNTY AND STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS!   

So instead of having to construct four separate, and potentially very expensive – depending upon the “view to be obtained”, and legally conforming driveways per REQUIRED SRA FIRE SAFE CODES to each residence, THE DEERWOOD CORPORATION began cutting single lane access roads along the adjacent property boundaries so as to reach each proposed house construction parcel with only one ROADWAY that DEERWOOD and HARRY ALFIER consistently, and incorrectly, refer to as a simple driveway!

Folks, how many times have we seen this through the years?   Video on the news involving communities destroyed by wildfire and lives lost because of “hair pin turns”, “bottle-necks”, “one lane roads”, “escape limited areas”, etc, preventing not only fire equipment response, but even more importantly, AN OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE ESCAPE PATH FOR THOSE FLEEING THE CONFLAGRATION!  Imagine, thick smoke, bumper to bumper emergency and resident traffic on a 10’ wide winding hillside road, with a steep ravine on the downhill side of the inferior road base, then some vehicle ahead of you breaks down and your are trapped as the fire approaches.

Every time I think about JIM AND MARION DEAN losing close to half a million dollars of their “GOLDEN YEARS RETIREMENT FUND” and leaving this world within weeks of each other with such troubles on their hearts and minds due to a failed attempt to simply get MARIPOSA COUNTY ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES and THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA to obey their own existing regulations IN THIS HIGH FIRE SEVERITY DESIGNATED FIRE ZONE…… well, like right now, my blood pressure is up and I am angry that such OUTRAGEOUS NEGLIGENCE AND LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY BY OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON BOTH THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL IS PERMITTED TO CONTINUE DAY AFTER DAY, WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH, YEAR AFTER YEAR…… WITHOUT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY BY THOSE WHO CONSPIRE TO COMMITT SUCH WRONGDOINGS!  

What next? Of course! The State of California would then pass an illegal SRA FIRE FEE on all property owners in SRA and later refuse to refund the money.  Well, at least I got ½ back from DMV (another great example of state efficiency and low cost services), but to this day DMV still attempts to wrongfully bill me an extra $22 on each of my registered vehicles every year, after year, after. Can’t use the online registration feature.)

So 1991, California Fire Safe Minimum Roadway standards, SRA (State Responsibility Area) regulations (seven separate PUBLIC SAFETY CODES specifically created to protect life and property), County roadway development/grading regulations, and much more were violated for developer profit on just that one example of a single lane DEVELOPER CONVENIENCE ROAD ON A STEEP HILLSIDE!   A 10’ wide road that diagonally divided my friends’ rectangular lot making it useless for the intended purpose of residence construction!  So much for property value resale! Just like theft in my mind as the county and state stood by as PUBLIC SAFETY REGULATIONS EXTABLISHED 13 YEARS EARLIER WERE INTENTIONALLY IGNORED! Just so the owner of LAKE DON PEDRO REALTY and the DEERWOOD CORPORATION could have cheap, easy access to their properties with gorgeous views of the high Sierras and Yosemite National Park to sell to someone else.  All those carefully designed and existing laws and regulations specifically meant to protect lives and property ignored for increased profit. 

My geriatric, innocent, and severely victimized friends, during the very end of their lives, were needlessly tortured through a legal system which placed private convenience profit above justice while simultaneously ignoring the entire public safety aspect of why the CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE EVEN PASSED SRA FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE1!      

Can’t do this anymore right now, maybe later. MBTYAY, Lew

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

DID THE BOOK BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM INSPIRE CSDA BOARD DIRECTOR PETER KAMPA TO FABRICATE A PLACE OF USE MAP FOR MERCED RIVER WATER?

Let’s try to “unpack” that interesting question:   

Was CSDA (CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION) 20 year board director, Peter Kampa, inspired by Governor Newsom’s 2013 book – [“CITIZENVILLE: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government”], in regards to Kampa’s management activities with the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District between the years 2014-2019?

Did Kampa correctly, or wrongfully, utilize information from that book in his CLEAR ATTEMPT to permanently continue the unethical exploitation of thousands of customers in a California Special District?

NOTE: I HAVE NOT READ THE GOVERNOR’S BOOK!  Actually just learned of it this morning and ordered a paperback version on Amazon, I have, however, read some comments by others who have read the book.  (below)   

Using social media to change society and break government grid-lock

Using social media and technology to modernize local government

Future of digital democracy

Citizen engagement and the next political order

Encourages citizen involvement rather than waiting for government to solve problems.

Problems to be solved by  popular opinion

Ordinary peoples’ voices are being drowned out by special interests

Newsom argues that we can end a lot of the Washington political gridlock if Government were to open up its data troves and allow other (more motivated) parties invent their own solutions.”

“He (Newsom) shows how the government has so much data that they don’t know what they really have or what to do with it.  So others have discovered what to do with it and benefited many people.  And it didn’t cost the government one cent.” 

I found the above/below two comments particularly interesting and perhaps applicable to our Lake Don Pedro CSD in the following respects:

1. Open government data to more motivated parties to invent their own solutions – Kampa was obviously motivated to complete the LAFCO ANNEXED PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS he  {wrongfully} orchestrated into the LDPCSD between the years 1994-1997.  He is certainly inventive when it comes to truthful fact. He returned to the LDPCSD in 2014 to create an ALTERNATE SOURCE OF WATER through development of extremely expensive GROUNDWATER WELLS with government grants. {Which includes misrepresentation of facts in application, and misappropriation of funds for actual purpose of expanding water services and license compliance for violations}.   Yup, that groundwater was (and still is) being used for a water license compliance purpose and remedy for intentional violations by replacing all Merced River water illegally leaving the subdivision approved Place of Use.  This new publicly funded groundwater production was also secretly intended to facilitate further development outside the license POU for many other LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES, including a 900 acre proposed subdivision which was apparently concealed from the public for over 20 years (if it was legally annexed in 1995 which I seriously doubt based on the available evidence since the County of Mariposa has REFUSED FURTHER PUBLIC ACCESS TO THEIR LAFCO ANNEXATION RECORDS) , HOW THAT NEW GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION IS BEING USED IS A FAR CRY FROM ITS INTENDED PURPOSE OF ASSISTING EXISTING CUSTOMERS DURING EXTENDED EMERGENCY DROUGHT!   
2. Government is unaware of exactly what data they have – Since government is unaware of what it actually possessed, all Pete Kampa had to do was quietly “slip in” or “Plant”, the DISINFORMATION HE REQUIRED FOR HIS WATER EXPANSION PLANS somewhere in the state system.  Once residing there, he could then later reference that particular information as being a legitimate record of that government entity and continue utilizing it in support of his decades old “foothill water scam”.  (Can you imagine how many private individuals/companies and government officials have signed off on this PUBLIC DECEPTION AND ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY in the attempt to increase revenue streams for their respective, and benefiting, counties?)    Apparently, the DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES was the data repository chosen for Kampa’s FAKE POU MAP IMPLANTATION.  (Imagine what else has been “planted” by this well known CSDA “mover and shaker” in the last 20 years?)  Obviously there are many other government and private entities working within the state water industry which will continue to use and pass on this “BAD INFORMATION”.  We know from the initial SWRCB investigation …..(which was EXCELLENT WHEN INITIATED but when the primary investigator was curiously transferred to another division, apparent operatives for Kampa took over and have attempted multiple times to close the investigation based only on THE FURTHER FALSE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KAMPA.   Despite requests to both the state and LDPCSD – critical information as to this continuing “digital map deception” has been denied for public review.  Ie, using media format that cannot be viewed in answer to REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION – rather like a secret code between Kampa and the investigator!) ….. that the NOTICE OF VIOLATION was based on a DIGITAL SHAPE FILE MAP from back in 1993 which “somehow” ended up in DWR as the OFFICIAL POU FOR WL11395, which as we all should know by now, certainly is not. But how did it get there? Who has used that information since and for what purposes?

We’ve heard KAMPA’s own words many times – “from the files of others”, “not my work, others work”, “official files of others”, etc.. all in that failing effort to appear and sound as though Pete Kampa had nothing to do with the implantation disinformation for his own purposes.  

Perhaps after reading the book I’ll have some other thoughts, although as written above, I seriously doubt there will be any examples or instruction by the California Governor on how to commit a criminal conspiracy and falsify government records to achieve victories over the traditional stalling gridlock of government.   Decisions like that are left to highly motivated and unethical followers in other positions of public trust.

My best to you and yours, Lew

From: KOVR-TV Call Kurtis Volunteers
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:57
To: Tarantu-Rattle@hotmail.com
Subject: Joni Thursday/KOVR/ Lew RICHARDSON

Dear Mr. Richardson,

Thank you for your submission to the Call Kurtis Program regarding your complaint with Lake Don Pedro Community Services District.  Due to the complexities of your case, I recommend you bring your case before the Stanislaus Grand Jury for review and, hopefully, a resolution satisfactory to all parties.  We are not attorney’s and can not provide legal assistance.  In your case, there are many moving parts, many of which may include laws and by laws of which we can not dispute nor debate.

Should you choose to contact the Stanislaus Grand Jury for review of your complaint, you can file your complaint on-line.  Steps are below.

You will find a plethora of forms to choose from,  Selecting the correct form for your cause may be daunting, therefore, I have listed the contact information for the County Grand Jury should you choose to speak with a representative.

Steps for on-line forms:

.Go to: The Superior Court of Stanislaus County

.Click on “Forms and Filing” at the top of the page.

.Select the appropriate form for your cause, complete and submit.

The Superior Court of Stanislaus County

800 11th Street, Modesto, Ca. 95354

209-530-3100  

I wish you much success in your endeavor, Mr. Richardson.

Sincerely,

Joni Thursday

KOVR team 

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My Friday, September 20, 2019 response to this polite refusal and offer of worthless information (just like the LDPCSD and Public Information Requests, yeah? Lol):

Dear Kurtis, or rather, Joni; first of all, yes unreported apparent organized criminal conspiracies by government officials to defraud a large group of innocent citizen consumers in a CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT can get rather complex.  It is almost as though the perpetrators don’t want to get caught, exposed, or punished for their intentional wrongdoings.  Imagine that.   “My complaint”?  Technically yes, but a serious problem for every California citizen. I never asked for any legal representation or for you to debate laws and bylaws…… only to publicly report verified undisputed fact.    Sorry but you folks just joined the many others who talk about consumer protections and positive activism for change yet simply refuse to become involved even when correction might only require minimal research and honest reporting for the public’s benefit –  AS THEY ARE THE ONES TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGE DUE TO GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO CORRECT ITSELF.  Most of the information is already available and easy to confirm yet your failure (refusal) to report the truth only assists in permitting such outrageous activities in our once great state to continue unchecked.   Seriously, a decades old foothill water scam in a drought prone California Special District that was orchestrated by one of the most influential CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION BOARD DIRECTORS in the last 20 years?  And you claim to be investigators working for consumers and righting wrongs?  Oh please.  Pursuing “low hanging fruit” for ratings is disingenuous.  For your information, since even your limited background inquiry for the last few weeks is also incorrect, the Stanislaus County Grand Jury has nothing to do with this matter and is just one more variable as to how this continuing corruption and fraud is confused and facilitated — through a zip code representing areas in the three different counties of Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Mariposa!  Did you know tens of thousands of dollars are likely AND WRONGFULLY collected by the DMV every year in this area due to INCORRECTLY CHARGING MARIPOSA RESIDENTS FOR STANISLAUS REQUIRED SMOG CHECKS FOR REGISTRATION!  All this started in 2013 with a new DMV DEPARTMENT HEAD (recently replaced) yet corrections (despite complaints at every registration period) cannot be made.  Humm, maybe it is just “pay back harassment” by some DEEP STATE ACTIVIST for those who speak up against wrongful government activities?  I cannot register my vehicles online and must use USPS mail to a specific address just to obtain registration tags.  When I finally received only ½ of my excess payments to the DMV I later received a CUSTOMER SURVEY that was already filled out with the highest positive remarks available!  Lol   I often get jury summons from Stanislaus despite years of correcting telephone calls that never fix the problem.  Then there’s the added insurance difficulties.   Heck, even the STATE WATER BOARD HAS INCORRECTLY LISTED STANISLAUS AND SUTTER COUNTIES AS THE VIOLATION LOCATIONS ON THEIR WATER RIGHT VIOLATIONS WEBPAGE INSTEAD OF TUOLUMNE AND MARIPOASA where that incorrect information has remained for over year despite complaints as to the inaccuracy!)  Our state information system is a mess! And this refusal of yours missed a perfect opportunity of illustrating one of the ways this BAD INFORMATION GETS INTO THE DATA STREAM….INTENTIONALLY TO CONCEAL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!   Thanks for the suggestion but I have already appeared before the Mariposa Grand Jury in the past which is incapable of correcting this continuing criminal conspiracy to defraud thousands of Merced River Water Entitled Customers of the Lake Don Pedro subdivision.  Wonder if that inability (refusal) to correct the matter could be related to these two counties apparently setting up, and permitting, the eventual hi-jacking of our surface water treatment plant in order to provide a SPECIAL BENEFIT GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION SERVICE to their many highly suspicious LAFCO ANNEXATIONS INTO THE WATER DISTRICT outside the PLACE OF USE OF THE WATER LICENSE?  (Wow, I wonder, could that be why the County of Mariposa has closed access to  LAFCO ANNEXATION FILES and refuses PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION?)  

 Golly gee, could the two counties simply be refusing to investigate what they intentionally set up in August 1980 through a MASSIVE PUBLIC DECEPTION AS TO THE CLEAR WATER LICENSE RESTRICTIONS REGARDING SERVICE OUTSIDE THE SUBDIVISON?  Did these counties form the LAKE DON PEDRO CSD as an instrument to be used to redirect LICENSED WATER to various developments outside the POU without the financial obligation to the respective counties?  Not that you’re interested, but, how could a LAFCO commissioned 1987 in-depth Sphere of Influence study (for future district service expansion outside the license POU) omit acknowledgement of the CLEAR MERCED RIVER WATER RESTRICTIONS IN WL11395?   Yes SIR! A detailed LAFCO COMMISSIONED report CLEARLY ENCOURAGING WATER SERVICE FOR THOUSANDS OF ACRES OUTSIDE THE LICENSE POU yet it failed to even mention the fact the district could not legally provide that water under the license which resulted in forcing thousands of innocent property owners in the subdivision (MANDATORY LDPCSD CUSTOMERS DUE TO PROPERTY REGULATIONS) to quietly SUBSIDIZE A GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM DEDICATED TO SERVING WATER TO MANY SUSPICIOUS LAFCO ANNEXATIONS?  Does that not sound a bit SELF SERVING TO YOU?   Counties creating a SPECIAL DISTRICT to secretly serve their own development interests while passing the expenses on to entitled water users of the subdivision?  I did not believe you and your organization would do anything either (you have no idea how many such polite refusals to REPORT THE TRUTH AND ASSIST EXPLOITED LEGAL CITIZENS I have received through the years….but then again, maybe you do?  Perhaps your California media controlled industry has some sort of NONINTERVENTION PACT regarding matters which might be uncomplimentary to current DEMOCRATIC-PROGRESSIVE-SOCIALIST-LEFT government?) Who knows, but thought I’d try anyway based on what appeared to be a sincere effort of assistance to California consumers ON YOUR PART, but you didn’t even present this “refusal to report” yourself.   That’s essentially the entire problem: media refusing to investigate and report as to the truths and facts in California which are pulling us down every single day.  Citizens don’t know what’s going on because organizations like yours refuse to inform them.   Your carefully manufactured façade of diligent investigation and correction of wrongs is only a distraction from a far more serious reality.  Are you fearful that a LEGITIMATE HONEST INVESTIGATION AND NEWS REPORT WOULD CAST AN UNFAVORABLE LIGHT ON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION?   This is another perfect example of why Our beloved California has sunk into chaos and disrepair so rapidly – everyone can see the unethical and illegal things going on yet every single government promoted public option for corrective change ….from the local sheriff/DA/Grand Jury all the way to the Governor and Department of Justice and Attorney General (who evidently has his own character and integrity issues in Washington DC with that substituted DNC server) is an ineffectual, frustrating waste of time….just as intended!   Such anti-American criminal enterprises orchestrated within and around government entities are not only tolerated, but actually encouraged and flourish due to a lack of legitimate enforcement and accountability of those responsible for citizen betrayal and treachery. {How can the public cry for change occur if the public is uninformed?}  FIY, I was not seeking any legal remedy from your organization – just a legitimate investigation and some publicity of the cold hard facts which you apparently already understand.  You just don’t want to become involved.   You are part of the problem – not the solution for California.  You and your organization should be ashamed for your refusal to report on something so patently wrong and damaging to our state and citizen consumers.   Thanks for the late notice and refusal to become advocates for justice.   Your acquiescence to such active discrimination and harm to thousands of innocent water entitled consumers in a drought prone area (during a state wide emergency multi-year drought no less); who have been victimized by their own SPECIAL DISTRICT – hi-jacked by special interest board directors who appointed a former rogue employee and current CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION BOARD DIRECTOR as our GM/Treasurer in 2014, is almost amusing if not so outrageously dangerous, counterproductive, and simply UNAMERICAN.   No worries though, be assured I won’t bother you again about this failed opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to “DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS”.   

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th, 2019

CONTINUED LDPCSD REFUSAL TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INFORMATION ALL MR WECs SHOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW AND UNDERSTAND!

SURE WOULD HELP IN UNDERSTANDING WHY THE LDPCSD BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS AGAIN ATTEMPTING TO RAISE OUR RATES AND FEES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONCEALING RELEVANT AND EXPLANATORY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THIS BOARD AND OUR PREVIOUS GM/TREASURER, and his staff, HAD BEEN DOING SINCE OCTOBER 2014!

After again reading the same non-responsive information “they” provided last time, I sent the below email to the LDPCSD office this morning……

Syndie, thank you for the most recent and highly suspicious attempt to provide information I have been requesting since April 2019.  Unfortunately, this most recent Lake Don Pedro CSD response – September 19^th, 2019 – some five months past the original request (along with other failures to adequately and properly respond) cost me another $12 for  worthless repeated information I already possess.  In fact, you only provided the same identical material again.   In other words, yesterday’s response was also INCOMPLETE/NONRESPONSIVE FOR THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING, thus, ANOTHER REFUSAL.  Not surprising, but extremely frustrating, is the fact what I am requesting is indeed the most important and relevant information forwarded to the SWRCB from the LDPCSD:   the SHAPEFILE MAP INFORMATION which our former GM/Treasurer Pete Kampa provided the California SWRCB, Division of Water Rights in answer to their February 2017 Notice of Water Right Violations.   

PLEASE REFER to the “HIGH IMORTANCE” CLASSIFICATION OF THE EMAIL PETE KAMPA SENT TO SWRCB OFFICIAL VICTOR VASQUEZ ON February 22, 2018 – THIS IS THE EMAIL CONTAINING THE INFORMATION I AM REQUESTING which either you and/or Kampa have repeatedly and EFFECTIVELY removed from the correspondence material furnished to the state.  KAMPA STATES IN HIS (again I paid for this incorrect assertion) MAY 2, 2019 EMAIL that his response attachments TO MY REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION  “ARE THE TOTALITY OF THE RECORDS” which is obviously AN INCORRECT STATEMENT when you read his February 22, 2018 email,  which in the first sentence states:

“ATTACHED PLEASE FIND SHAPE FILES CONTAINING MAPS WHICH PROVIDES OVERLAYS OF ALL THE FOLLOWING:  the license POU, the LDPCSD boundaries, and all parcels served with water by the LDPCSD.”

Syndie, please read the above sentence again, THIS IS THE INFORMATION I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN SINCE APRIL…..THE ATTACHED MAPS KAMPA SENT TO THE SWRCB – which evidently completely MISREPRESENTED OUR DISTRICTS MOST IMPORTANT BOUNDARIES,  everything else you and/or Kampa have provided I already possess (and have paid for) which is absolutely worthless in regards to what is actually being sought and apparently refused.

SO again, I would appreciate paper copies of those attached maps (paper copies which are clearly available as documented in Kampa’s own offer to provide them if Mr. Vasquez so desired, ie, first sentence third paragraph, or the 15^th sentence down from the “Mr. Vasquez” in the email).   

CONTINUING INTENTIONAL REFUSAL TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INFORMATION.  Pete Kampa’s use of a media format to respond to an OFFICIAL VIOLATION NOTICE BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA that cannot be shared with the public (in multiple agenda packets) or provided when legally requested multiple times in Public Information Requests, certainly appears to be an INTENTIONAL REFUSAL TO PROVIDE THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION.  

OFFICIAL DISTRICT CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE STATE.   The fact such material is official LDPCSD correspondence I would think it would reside in our official LDPCSD records yet the vast amount of delay time it takes a LONG EMPLOYEED DISTRICT OFFICE MANAGER / BOARD SECRETARY TO RESPOND, suggests this information may be in the SOLE POSSESSION OF OUR FORMER GM/TREASURER which certainly encourages the possibility that this official district information has been stolen from the district office, or in the alternative, never properly filed for accurate record retention.

“SECRET PRIVACY CODE” BETWEEN INVESTIGATOR AND RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR THE VIOLATION. When you stop and think about this situation,  PETE KAMPA has essentially answered an OFFICIAL NOTICE OF WATER LICENSE VIOLATION BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA with much associated material which only attempts to conceal the fact that the primary and most important pieces of information (the attached shape file maps) have been provided in A CODE WHICH ONLY THE INVESTIGATOR AND THE ALLLEGED PERPETRATOR CAN UNDERSTAND.  (An investigator/perpetrator relationship which I believe encourages such concealment of relevant fact.

WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND SHOULD BE CREDITED FOR PAST NONRESPONSIVE PAYMENTS.  Please have paper copies of these maps created and furnished to me within the traditional 10 day period, and please apply the last $12 payment towards this bill, since the LDPCSD RESPONSE YESTERDAY was again clearly nonresponsive and only intended to further delay efforts in obtaining PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT ALL MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS OF THE LDP SUBDIVISION SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND UNDERSTAND AS IT IS CRITICAL AS TO UNDERSTANDING (among other issues) WHY THE LDPCSD IS CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO RAISE RATES AND FEES with another PROPOSITION 218 WHILE ACTIVELY IGNORING the primary reason why customers are charged more while consistently receiving less, with emphasis on honest and efficient district management and administration. 

Sincerely, Lew Richardson

PS:  I am specifically requesting paper copies of these SHAPE FILE MAPS but as you are well  aware with your advanced CSDA office managing and secretary training courses, an alternative and accepted production of the information might also consist of providing the appropriate viewing equipment in the LDPCSD office and a reasonable time for me to study and review the information might also be acceptable, as I could then make my own copies of the information if desired.  Unfortunately, l was never offered or provided this option either.  Such secret communications between an investigator and suspected perpetrator of the violation smacks of a conspiracy to actively deny customers relevant public information which should have been provided in a Brown Act conforming district agenda packet, or at the very least posted on the LDPCSD webpage as the digital information that it is. 

Wednesday, September 18th, 2019

The LPDCSD Administration Office has been closed on Wednesdays for many years in the effort to provide “staff” with more “uninterrupted time” since (apparently) customers calling the office to pay bills, request service assistance, district information, etc. disrupts the office schedule to the point that Wednesdays are simply closed to the public – all other days the office is closed after 1430 hours [2:30PM] for the same intended purpose of “catching up on district work” which reportedly accumulates during the other days of the week (due to public interruptions) thus slowing down optimum efficiency or something along those lines.

Therefore, the below traditional requested opportunity to purchase and pickup a $3.00 audio CD of the LDPCSD Monday September 16th, 2019 Board of Directors meeting won’t be available until sometime after this “office closed to public Wednesday”.

Someone joked to me that the cost should only be $1.50 considering there was only one action item on that bare bones agenda. lol

Don’t think that would fly, because after all, with all the CSDA related information Pete Kampa use to cram into those agendas to make them “appear extremely busy with important work”, charges for that “facade of actual work” would have cost much more than $3.00!

Why must an LDPCSD customer pay more for public information that should already be on our GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AWARDED CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT WEBSITE? All of that and much, much more should already be posted on our CSDA affiliated website. Certificate of Excellence? lol Why do some special districts receive timely, accurate and FREE PUBLIC INFORMATION but in Lake Don Pedro customers must pay extra? (Yes, I see it…..legal MR WECS already pay much more for their water service than they should, why not just extend that philosophy and make LDPCSD customers pay more for ANYTHING district related?)

Gosh, wouldn’t you think an influential 20 year CSDA (California Special District Association) experienced/trained Board Member like Pete Kampa could have pulled some CSDA strings and insured our LDPCSD would have an up to date, properly functioning, and factually informative website for our customers? Golly Gee professor…. if a CSDA SUPER-STAR BOARD DIRECTOR LIKE PETE KAMPA CAN’T GET THE JOB DONE – PERHAPS THOSE WEBSITE OPTIONS OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS POSSESS AND ENJOY JUST CAN’T BE DONE IN LAKE DON PEDRO FOR SOME REASON?

REM? THE OLD MICKY MOUSE SONG? SING ALONG WITH ME FOR THE ANSWER TO THE ABOVE QUESTION:

COR – RUP – Teee IO N!

[MIC KEY MO US E]

I digress…..anyway, below is the most recent and, as of yet, unanswered request for the VERY BUSY “ONE ACTION ITEM AGENDA” FROM LAST MONDAY (of course there were other important matters to address as well ….approval of past Minutes (Consent Calendar) and having yet another CLOSED SESSION MEETING (where confidential information is not available to the public) for directors to discuss POTENTIAL DISTRICT LITIGATION with our attorney. But don’t fret MR WECS….surely we will be advised if such “POTENTIAL LITIGATION” materializes into a fine, penalty, or some other monetary demand required as a result of improper activities by district officials or their contracted employees.

Another worn out old song:

THEY PLAY, WE PAY!

TO: Syndie Marchesiello, LDPCSD Office Manager and Board Secretary

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 @ 0740hrs

“Please advise when the CD is ready and I will make arrangements for pickup and payment.  Incidentally, the Groveland CSD has a great example of how such public information can be posted on their website (as Peter Kampa previously agreed would be a good addition as to “transparency” for the LDPCSD rather than having customers once again pay for something that should be provided for free).  Lew Richardson

PS I still have not heard from the GM regarding my information request from last July regarding the additional materials Pete Kampa sent to the SWRCB in response to the second corrected response in regards to the NOTICE OF VIOLATION.“

???????????????

I wonder, considering how the LDPCSD does everything else …..

(such as…. concealing from the GENERAL PUBLIC, LEGAL CUSTOMERS and even SITTING DIRECTORS – an alleged 1995 Mariposa County LAFCO APPROVED ANNEXATION for a proposed 900 acre OUTSIDE MIDPOU residential subdivision across the street from the LDPCSD administration building which had been submitted and rejected multiple times through the decades – a subdivision IF LEGALLY APPROVED must be furnished our LIMITED AND VERY EXPENSIVE EMERGENCY DROUGHT GROUNDWATER developed with state and federal grant money intended for existing customers during a STATE WIDE EMERGENCY DROUGHT!)

(still wondering) ….. is there any potential danger our Board of Defectors, their new general manager (and in-training Board Treasurer) boasting a “classified past employment background” per Board President Danny Johnson, and their long time Office Manager/Board Secretary might realize the office, in fact their entire misdirected district operation, would “OPERATE MUCH MORE LIKE THEY DESIRE” if ALL CUSTOMER INTERRUPTIONS were eliminated completely?

Much easier for us MANDATORY CUSTOMERS TOO! Just continue writing larger checks, charging greater amounts on plastic credit cards, but most importantly, simply approve any district proposed PROPOSITION 218 rate and fee increase without bothersome questions as to why it is necessary. After all, the board has just spent another $30,000 in public funds in hopes of encouraging us to willfully pay more without research as to why. Gosh, should we just co-operate and financially surrender? Perhaps “blank checks” written to the LDPCSD that they could fill in later as required?

After all, won’t everything run much better for those currently in control of our district when our money is the only thing with which they must deal? (Or was that “steal”? I forget sometimes.) lol

Cheer up MR WECS, I believe one heck of a POSITIVE POLITICAL STORM is brewing for the 2020 elections……tax and fee paying Californians are sick of such public corruption and absolute waste of public funds and resources!

SELF SERVING SOCIALIST-LEFT DEMOCRATS OUT!

ANYONE

WITH “COMMON SENSE” IN!

My best to you and yours, Lew

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Monday, Sept 16, 2019

You know, there is a possible explanation as to why the State of California and its law enforcement departments and agencies do not aggressively prosecute those who so clearly and intentionally violate  water license restrictions and/or continue fabricating government documents regarding service areas in order to wrongfully provide water to those not entitled under the law. 

Think about the possibility that people like Pete Kampa are doing exactly what the SOCIALIST LEFT DEMOCRATS DESIRE – he is effectively redistributing wealth for those NOT ENTITLED.  (Water is certainly wealth, especially in a drought prone area with relatively cheap foothill land.  Simple formula for success and wealth:  LOW COST DRY DROUGHT LAND +  A QUALITY WATER SUPPLY = MASSIVE REAL ESTATE PROFITS!

All accomplished with water that was legally allocated to property owners who have paid dearly for that water service in numerous ways for decades – besides just the initial price tag on the actual RESIDENTIAL LOT IN THE APPROVED SUBDIVISION.  Primarily these subdivision owners pay for that right to water thanks to the COVENANTS, CODES and RESTRICTIONS (CC&Rs) on their property which run with title for perpetuity – or until the property owners association is dissolved, which is highly unlikely considering the revenue it generates for a vast number of individuals and companies involved with CID (Common Interest Development) industry – not to mention the lawyers and courts!

CC&Rs make predicting a future water demand for a large area much easier, primarily by curtailing further subdivision of those lands.   (Imagine a one acre residential lot being divided into quarters, therefore, three more homes (and associated water use for landscaping and such)  = 4 times the water consumed other than the original one residence.  Now multiply that by the thousands of subdivision properties.)  These LAFCO ANNEXATIONS outside the PLACE OF USE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER have no such CC&Rs on their land and they can therefore consume water at a much greater rate than LEGALLY CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT IN A CID SUBDIVISION.  They can use water in ways prohibited in the subdivision – especially during emergency drought conditions when subdivision owners could be hit with a heavy fine for violating restrictions.

The fact an outside PLACE OF USE commercial cattle rancher (originally denied water service decades ago by the district), who has been utilizing treated chlorinated water for a “for profit cattle business” (with water clearly intended for human consumption in the approved subdivision) can also serve on the LDPCSD board of directors for so many years (thanks to LAFCO GERRYMANDERING where non stakeholders of LAFCO ANNEXED LAND can participate in director elections even when not receiving water or paying a thin dime to the district), also speaks quite clearly as to this unethical water scam MR WECS (Merced River Water Entitled Customers) of the subdivision, have been forced to financially support for decades.  Subdivision property owners are MANDATORY LDPCSD CUSTOMERS due to CC&Rs!   SO, MR WECS became the designated DEEP POCKET for SUBSIDIZED LAFCO ANNEXATION WATER SERVICE thanks to the criminal antics of  DEEP STATE ACTIVISTS?

So, consider.    Perhaps the State of California actually “boxed itself in” concerning further desired development” with all the laws, regulations, EPA conditions, etc. it creates, passes, and imposes on citizens?   The “state” (rather individuals within state government representing/using state authority) to its dismay finds itself in the same position as the citizens it OVER REGULATES AND CONTROLS – SIMPLY STUCK and CONSTRAINED by its own existing laws, regulations, EPA conditions, etc..  that it legislated and passed.  

Ahhhh, but there is a BIG DIFFERENCE –  UNLIKE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN who must abide by these government regulations or face very severe penalties, state employees/officials have another “secret viable option” : THEY JUST PLAIN CHEAT!   “THE DEEP STATE” accepted program for “needed change”.  (These individuals place their own personal, political, business beliefs over that of the citizens they ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING ACCORDING TO EXISTING LAW.)

These people violate their own rules while patting each other on the back and whispering they do it “FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUBLIC” (or whatever excuse is convenient, acceptable and helps take the sting out of being recognized as just a common law violating criminal).  You see, their “good intentions” transform clear criminal activities into palatable and acceptable “activism for good”. 

They intentionally “short-circuit” the legal process by refusing to perform their assigned duties, and become a CORRUPTED PROCESS FOR THEIR DESIRED CHANGE from within an otherwise legitimate government entity.  But they cannot do this alone.  Enter characters like PETER KAMPA and his long time professional lobbyist organization the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION (CSDA) to quietly move into stubborn “development stalled area” and (in Lake Don Pedro’s case) reconfigure an existing SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT (specifically constructed for the subdivision) into an EXPENSIVE GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION FACILITY CATERING TO LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES (suspiciously brought into district boundaries) WHICH SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN PERMITTED ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN ESTABLISHED LAFCO REGULATIONS! (LAFCO violating its own rules in order to serve water to properties it annexed? Hum, sounds rather self-serving, yeah?)

So, could this “CALIFORNIA ACCEPTED DEEP STATE ACTIVITY” explain why the folks

DOWN IN SACRAMENTO

(lol)

don’t give a squat about an ACTIVE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE STATE WATER LAW THAT HAS CONTINUED AND FESTERED FOR DECADES BRINGING NOTHING BUT MISERY TO COUNTLESS PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION?

Who knows?

My best to you and yours, Lew

Why not for the 2020 election…..

REPLACE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS WITH ….

                 “ANYBODY ELSE WITH COMMON SENSE”!

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Sunday, September 15th, 2019.

QUESTIONS AS TO “WHAT TYPE” OF TRANSPARENCY?

So very sad how public funded deceptions of fact can be “planted” within legitimate government data repositories for later use in the continued distortion of history to the benefit of “special interest” others. As taxpaying citizens we deserve much better than this.  What a nightmare of tangled falsehoods with fabricated written documents, drawings, maps, dishonored Oaths of Office, etc., all used to convey false information and encourage detrimental reliance upon what appears at first blush to be reasonable and authentic, yet turnout to be just another in a long line of fake LDPCSD documents.  Forgeries that blur reality to only permit more wrongdoing while pursing the special interests of land development and real estate.   Just throw MR WECS (Merced River Water Entitled Customers) under the bus because dry, drought prone foothill land + a dependable supply of quality water  =  BIG PROFIT!   Consider, a criminal conspiracy spanning decades to violate known water right restrictions while simultaneously subjecting thousands of innocent property owners in the LDP subdivision (and MANDATORY CUSTOMERS of the Lake Don Pedro CSD) to subsidize an extremely expensive groundwater substitution program for owners of LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES INTO THE DISTRICT which our CSD had no legal duty or moral obligation to provide service.   Apparently LAFCOs formed the district to be the “deep pocket” and “water source” for rural county land development without their responsibility for providing the “alternate source water” for these developments on OUTSIDE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT PLACE OF USE LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES.   LAFCO FORMED THE CSD, BUT THEN STARTED DUMPING ANNEXATION AFTER ANNEXATION ON A DISTRICT THAT COULD NOT LEGALLY SUPPLY THE WATER OUTSIDE THE SUBDIVISION THUS FORCING ALL CUSTOMERS (99% legal MR WECS) TO EVENTUALLY PAY FOR EXPENSIVE GROUNDWATER WELLS  FOR THE  “LEGAL REMEDY” OF REPLACING ALL THE MERCED RIVER WATER ILLEGALLY LEAVING THE ENTITLED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION!  WE PAY FOR THE CONTINUED THEFT!    

 Sorry, but I believe all those who were knowingly involved with such special district exploitation, mismanagement, continued fraud, and a host of other unethical practices …

[especially the falsification of records and apparently permitting such to be used to obtain state and federal grant money INTENDED for EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF BUT ACTUALLY MISAPPROPRIATED TO DEVELOP a massive “alternate water source”  FOR MANDATORY WATER LICENSE COMPLIANCE REPORTING DUE TO THE MANY PAST INTENTIONAL USE VIOLATIONS OUTSIDE THE CLEAR POU RESTRICTIONS OF THE WATER LICENSE!  – JUST THINK…..NOW Mariposa County is pressuring the LDPCSD to take control and operation of their NIGHTMARE OF AN OUTSIDE MIDPOU CONSTRUCTED WASTE WATER PLANT WHICH MUST ALSO FUNCTION ON A GROUNDWATER SUPPLY PRIMARILY PAID FOR BY MR WECS WHO UTILIZE THEIR OWN ON-SITE SEPTIC DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND ARE NOT TIED INTO THE ONE AROUND THE GOLF COURSE. 

—  should all be prosecuted, but most importantly, prohibited from any future involvement with public employment or community services.    YUP!  This would be especially appropriate for the primary perpetrator who is a 20 year experienced board member with the California Special District Association who should be held to a higher standard of conduct and certainly prosecuted with the same vigor in which he successfully polluted the government information stream for local, State and Federal entities with known false information.   The “rippling sociological effects” of such criminal conduct is difficult to imagine.  Can you imagine the number of people that purchased land with the misrepresented understanding water would be available from the LDPCSD?  Such property sales are simply wrong but the new owner’s argument is with the person who sold the property and their own failure to exercise due diligence in researching the facts prior to purchase.  Yup, unfair all the way around when the rules are intentionally violated for the private profit and/or convenience of those with “influence” in local matters. 

Such is life in the “new normal” “Deep State” California?

My best to you and yours, Lew

DEMOCRATS OUT IN 2020!

MOVE COMMON SENSE BACK IN!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 2019. Hope I have done this correctly…..just click the below “link title” for the entire blah, blah, blah…..you know, I believe I lost a more recent version…..lucky for you folks! lol

ONLY 1 AGENDA ACTION ITEM: Another real estate request for more OMIDPOU* groundwater substituted water service? (oh yeah, and 2 of our 4 groundwater wells are currently offline)

Yesterday reminded me to follow up on a request for public information that has been ignored by the LDPCSD for some reason.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 – Below request sent this morning.

TO: Board Secretary/Office Manager Syndie Marchesiello and GM Patrick McGowen:

RE: Continuing request for information former GM KAMPA provided the SWRCB in response to WATER RIGHT NOTICE OF VIOLATION

“I was advised my (multiple) requests have now been referred to GM McGowan since Pete Kampa resigned his position, however, the ten day response period since the last request (August 19^th) has again passed.  I am confused why this is such a difficult public information request to provide.  Surely the LDPCSD is aware of the information Mr. Kampa provided the SWRCB in response to the NOTICE OF VIOLATION issued September 28, 2016.   I would appreciate “hard copies” of this information since the digital files Pete Kampa forwarded to me in the initial response months ago were worthless as they could not be opened and viewed (“trial version” of the software did not work and I should not be forced to purchase new software – as already reported in the previous “follow up request”).   I would appreciate a response concerning this matter as I believe I have been quite patient with these continued delays in providing this important public information.  Information which certainly appears to have had a serious (and continuing) detrimental effect upon our district and the thousands of legal Merced River Water using customers of the subdivision who have been forced (as MANDATORY CUSTOMERS OF THE LDPCSD DUE TO PROPERTY CCRs) to SUBSIDIZE A GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM for LAFCO ANNEXATIONS outside the PLACE OF USE of water license 11395.  (Annexations which PETE KAMPA clearly set up over 20 years ago when beginning his infamous water career here in Lake Don Pedro between the years 1994-1997.)    Surely the district can appreciate such activity (forced subsidies for LAFCO ANNEXATIONS) has completely negated the purpose and characteristics of a CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT.   (The fact former GM  PETE KAMPA has been a board director with the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION (CSDA) for the last 20 years is yet another curious aspect to the activities taking place between 2014-2019 while “voice of the district” as Board President Danny Johnson proclaimed him years ago.  That “voice” may now have been replaced, however, the past activities of Pete Kampa still resonate throughout district operations, negatively affect the water entitled district customers,  and are still subject to public review.   Legal rate paying customers deserve to know exactly what information was forwarded to the State of California Water Rights Division by our then district GM since it is quite clear state investigators STILL DO NOT FULLY COMPREHEND THE FACTS of the matter and have attempted three times now to close that investigation with patently false information.   Did that incorrect information originate from the LDPCSD through Pete Kampa?  Did officials at the SWRCB Water Rights Division insert the information?  Perhaps a combination of the two?   The public’s right to know is especially important now since the district is clearly proceeding towards implementation of another Proposition 218 to raise rates and fees due to a claimed lack of adequate operating funds.   Is the district’s current refusal to provide this public information related to the current plan of raising rates and fees again on the thousands of innocent, yet continually victimized, legal Merced River Water consuming customers of the subdivision?   Seems to me such action would only compound the seriousness of the situation and draw more attention and perhaps even force new avenues for the acquisition of public information that could, and should, be easily provided.     Sincerely,  Lew Richardson”   

Monday, September 9th, 2019.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY A.J.! Looking forward to meeting you!

Yes indeed, I’m still here! lol

On to this post. Recently found some old meeting recordings of mine. Strange how this November 10th, 2014 LDPCSD Board meeting (clip of audio below) is not on the LDPCSD website considering PETER KAMPA was just hired only the month before and given complete control of our former SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. Interesting yeah?

So here is our Lake Don Pedro Community Services District (LDPCSD), a California Special District incidentally, being completely controlled by a former rogue employee from 20 years earlier who was unethically brought back into the LDPCSD through a CLOSED GM RECRUITMENT PROCESS to insure only PETER KAMPA could be the replacement General Manager. So what does this 20 year CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICT ASSOCIATION (CSDA) professional Board Director do when totally in control of a SPECIAL DISTRICT? Anything he wanted including selling out every single legitimate water customer of our district along with the concept and purpose of a California Special District! What an example.

(Come to think of it, even the meeting where KAMPA was appointed “supreme commander of the district” in October 2014 is missing from the LDPCSD website as well.)

Shoot! That reminds me, still haven’t heard a response from Kampa’s replacement GM about my request for public information regarding Kampa’s communications with the SWRCB and how terribly confused the WATER RIGHTS DIVISION is regarding WL11395 and the legal PLACE OF USE (POU) for Merced River water in Lake Don Pedro.

Yup, still no information on that request. Almost like someone is hiding something, yeah? So many things to do….lol

(RECALL: When in OCT 2014 Kampa was appointed GM? and eventually Treasurer with complete access to over one million in cash obtained through the last successful PROP 218 to raise our water rates and fees—- look what became of that cash – Kampa’s pocket book for district expansion for his past annexation interests with groundwater wells! BUSTED!

Yet now they want to raise rates and fees again with the promise of doing what they should have done the first time? Where’s the promise they will not redirect this next rate increase in the same way for other special interests? What happened to the service to the MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS of the LDP subdivision?

Recall how Kampa became GM through acceptance of a management contract that was already prepared and awaiting signature due to confidential board information being passed on to Kampa in advance by his long time friend, and outside POU commercial cattle rancher, Director Emery Ross.

REM? The meeting where I had to leave due to being sick to my stomach because our board would even consider such an irresponsible appointment ON THE SPOT WITHOUT ANY REASONABLE RESEARCH OR INVESTIGATION AS TO KAMPA’S PRIOR EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE WITH THE LDPCSD? Performance which clearly indicated he was a ROGUE EMPLOYEE PURSUING HIS OWN PRIVATE AND BUSINESS INTERESTS WITH PUBLIC AUTHORITY AND FUNDS aka, without board direction or approval. Kampa was only finishing up on what he started 20 years ago with his special interest annexations into our district.)

The little excerpt below (the next meeting after Kampa’s appointment) clearly indicates (in Kampa’s OWN WORDS) that DESPITE HIS YEARS OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH WATER LICENSE 11395, and the related decades of POU (PLACE OF USE) TUMULTUOUS LEGAL ISSUES RIGHT HERE IN LAKE DON PEDRO, PETE KAMPA NEVER ONCE CONSIDERED THE LEGAL PLACE OF USE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER WHEN SETTING UP FUNDING FOR HIS PLAN TO EXPAND EXPENSIVE GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION TO LAFCO ANNEXATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT GRANTS…. WHICH WERE ALSO APPARENTLY APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED THROUGH FURNISHING FALSE INFORMATION AS TO OUR ACTUAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES and SERVICES. The infamous KAMPA FAKE WL11395 POU MAP! And what have we discovered since then? Kampa was aware of even further outside POU properties that were NEVER REPORTED FOR LICENSE COMPLIANCE purposes.

An absolute betrayal of the 99% of legal customers of the LDPCSD. There’s more too (that I just found- or rather rediscovered while organizing information…. damn good thing I had my own personal recordings of these meetings) which I’ll try to post soon – but I have much on my plate right now (more on later too). Anyway, hope all is well with you folks and as always, my best to you and yours, Lew

Damn good question. 

Here’s another:

IS IT WORTH YEARS OF HARDSHIP, FRUSTRATION, AND PAIN TO PURSUE WHAT IS ETHICALLY, MORALLY, AND LEGALLY CORRECT DESPITE THE STATUS QUO OF WELL DEFENDED CORRUPTION?

Absolutely.

My best to you and yours, Lew

Old 2017/2018 posts below.

SO WWW? 2017  (older pages)

????????????????

REM what was said about the new groundwater wells and how they would be used? ….

~

December 13th, 2018

THANKS FRANK

Phew.  Well, there goes another 15 minutes of your life down the tubes, eh?   Lol (Ref last “Give Us” video-“almost music” presentation )  [GOOD NEWS EVERYONE (Farnsworth! lol) – only added 20 seconds or so to the overall video time by chopping some of the clouds out……BAD NEWS….realized (too late) and got my COMMUNITY confused with my COMMON!  lol    COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT…..NOT COMMUNITY INTEREST DEVELOPMENT.  Oh well, stuff happens.

Really hate to rush projects like that but there are always other legitimate competing interests at play screaming for adequate time as well.  So WWW?  (So Where Were We) Need to get back to that someday, thought it a good idea at the time (OOPS!)   ….humm, maybe this should be a returning quick blah blah blah?)

Continuation of the GIVE US SONG (GUS)?   Yes, not sure if this will work – not so much of a resurrection of a past project. but more like incremental completions or fine tunings time did not permit (regular tuning of  the guitar might help as well because I’ll put a project away for a while then pick up later without tuning – bad habit since the differing temperatures in the house change everything. – we’ll just file that with other excuses, shall we? lol)

Anyway, here’s the first major addendum to this little experiment:  Recall how in the original the Tarantula called for “more”?  Well, here’s the part I was working on at the time but could not finish for posting.  No biggie really, just one more missing tooth from the smile I was attempting to encourage in your mind/face.

THANK YOU FRANK ZAPPA

Boy.  No doubt I’m going to step into it again because without an extremely carefully prepared detailed explanation, chances of miscommunication are probably quite high, but here it is never-the-less.

Generally I believe we have all been influenced by others (and environments) in profound ways, both good and bad, that have irrevocably changed or influenced our lives in some fashion.   Everything from fairly insignificant stuff that assists in developing/defining our individual tastes for say food, art, music, etc. to major life changing events that are exceptionally life altering, for one reason or another in respect to what is considered “normal” (whatever the heck that is! lol).

WHOA!  Even I can see arguments popping up all over the above paragraph, but again, this little journey has been about MY EXPRESSION of what I believe, think, feel, etc., not what is, or might be, appropriate for anyone else.   (ie, experience may only provide the stimulus for us to positively make required changes in our lives (good or bad) that we believe beneficial or desirable at the time.

Obviously, I express myself publicly primarily through this website.   A WEB Log or blog.   And just like people, there are many different types of “blogging” and variations of expressive communication, presentation styles, but they generally orbit around some centralized theme, interest, purpose, concept, etc.

Think of lakedonpedro.org as only a glimpse into my grey matter about what I personally believe or think about any particular subject I thought worthy of my “blah blah blah blogging” at the time.   Certainly not the final word on ANYTHING…..except what I thought at the moment I chose to publish the material – heck, my strongly held opinion in these Lake Don Pedro CSD matters could dramatically change in the beat of a heart with factual evidence strong enough to encourage a different perspective and conclusion.  Listening to other perspectives or opinions is always useful in formulating an opinion about something.   That is what is so curious about this OUTSIDE PLACE OF USE CONTROVERSY – WHERE ARE THE DEFENDERS OF THIS UNETHICAL AND LIKELY ILLEGAL LDPCSD UNWRITTEN POLICY SPANNING DECADES?

However, even after years of searching for this different “interpretation of known facts” (and requesting public information in hopes of explaining this continuing nightmare) I am still, unfortunately, of the opinion the LDPCSD was a sham of an organization specifically formed to surreptitiously get “local hooks into WL11395” for distribution of MERCED RIVER WATER anywhere THE SPECIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS WANTED FOR THEIR OUTSIDE WATER LICENSE POU (Place of Use) DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

IMAGINE only 88 people voting yes encumbered thousands of property owners within the subdivision.

88 votes.

Yes, I know, sounds terribly sinister and conspiratorial, but seriously, hasn’t 40 years of community turmoil been enough?   The Lake Don Pedro subdivision has suffered the most – it’s most precious natural resource AND GREATEST PROPERTY SELLING POINT has been incrementally “liberated” from the legal PLACE OF USE (POU) and provided to property owners OUTSIDE THE SUBDIVISION who have a variety of proposed uses.  Uses which may be prohibited in the very subdivision from which they intend to receive water for their project because of subdivision CC&Rs – but hey!  properties outside that CID POA subdivision don’t have CC&Rs!.   Imagine, supplying water to an adjacent proposed subdivision which claims to be much better than the “failing Lake Don Pedro subdivision” whose thousands of owners have been quietly financing (subsidizing) such special interest groundwater substitution water service for all properties outside the legal POU subdivision for decades, and now, current LDPCSD leadership/management intend to expand this special benefit water service even further!

Where was the LDPOA (Lake Don Pedro Owners Association) VOICE in defending this most valuable property asset and required development resource?   Ahhhh, some of the same people expanding water service outside the subdivision back then were involved in the POA.  wow.  Imagine that.   Conflict of interest regulations only develop after negative ramifications experienced in the past right?  Things are different now.  Not quite as blatant but I digress.

As said before, who can seriously blame a property owner who simply wanted water to develop their foothill dream?

If water service was provided outside the legal boundary of the operating water license restrictions, seems to me it was a violation committed by those charged with the duty of legally operating the water company and hooking up the meter and providing the service and billing.   It was the district committing the wrong, not the consumer asking for water (this assumes of course there was no illegal under the table arrangements made by the consumer/customer such as bribes, pay-offs, land-real estate deals, etc. used as consideration for the illegal service – because then the consumer would be just as guilty of wrongdoing.  ie, bribing public officials to  provide services known to be prohibited by law.

Yup, baring criminal activity on their part, it would be unreasonable to blame a property owner for just asking if water service was available and receiving such.    For some reason I think of blaming a child for having bad teeth when the parent/guardian routinely provides too much candy.    But I digress.

WWW?  Oh yeah, can’t blame a property owner wanting to live in these beautiful foothills…..

I certainly do not.  But…….STOP!  What sort of dream was that exactly because THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.

Dream of buying or building a home and living in these beautiful western Sierra Nevada foothills?   If that is the goal – “GOOD NEWS EVERYONE” (as Professor Farnsworth says on the animated television program FUTURAMA.   SIDE NOTE:  one episode of Futurama dealt with one of Farnsworth’s crazy projects dealing with time travel that was only waiting for sufficient funding through (are you ready?) DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF FLAMING GRANT MONEY – lol),…. anyway,

…..so if living in the foothills is the goal – the LAKE DON PEDRO SUBDIVISION has had several hundred parcels to chose from in both TUOLUMNE COUNTY and MARIPOSA COUNTY for decades— ready for more “GOOD NEWS EVERYONE”?—- EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY IN THAT SUBDIVISION (in this highly drought prone region) IS ENTITLED TO QUALITY MERCED RIVER WATER straight from Yosemite National Park which is then impounded behind Merced Irrigation District Exchequer Dam forming Lake McClure – where it is then pumped, treated, stored and distributed to subdivision property owners (vacant parcel owners only have to ask for service connection and it MUST BE PROVIDED!)

Ahhhh, but here lies the problem……  some of those having dreams of living in this area SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED THE SUBDIVISION THAT WAS ENTITLED TO THE WATER preferring to purchase land outside a common interest development TO AVOID THAT WHOLE OTHER LAYER OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION AND CCRS.

Some land “developers”, set on making money a different way, do not want Lake Don Pedro subdivision property with quality water (and originally intended subdivision infrastructure), but rather, just the subdivision quality water on their property (far majority with additional infrastructure requirements) so they can build whatever they want without the much more restrictive subdivision CC&Rs.  

OBVIOUSLY OUTSIDE THE LEGAL SUBDIVISION MEANS it is – ILLEGAL to provide Merced River Water!   AND THEY KNEW THIS MANY YEARS BEFORE THE LAKE DON PEDRO COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT WAS FORMED IN AUGUST OF 1980!

Thus the continuing LDPCSD SPECIAL BENEFIT program to pump groundwater (with extremely expensive and unreliable groundwater wells paid for by subdivision entitled water users) to the treatment plant, remove the arsenic and other contaminants, blend it with the quality Merced River water, and sell and pipe it outside the subdivision to the land owners in other areas for their water service.  Yup, all that extra equipment, processing, monitoring, reporting, etc.  paid for by MR WECs who does not require groundwater replacement for their water service within the residential subdivision. (ok…ready for large print?  Not yelling, just don’t want you to miss it.  lol)

PLUS! 

The thousands of MR WECs (now and for perpetuity) must consume a “BLENDED WATER PRODUCT” specifically created so that water could be distributed OUTSIDE THEIR INTENDED SUBDIVISION!

(The state water board evidently permits this under the theory of  “GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION” although I have not  read where such substitution of groundwater for surface water (lake) is permitted for the specific purpose of  CIRCUMVENTING CLEAR WATER RESTRICTIONS in the operative license.   Seems to me (and I am nobody but a victim customer here too) for such a SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM to be fair and equitable, ALL  PARTIES SHOULD BE LEGALLY ENTITLED WATER USERS IN THE FIRST PLACE.)

ANYWAY, lakedonpedro.org (as well as any other opinion/commentary type posting sites) can only express a previously held opinion at that time of posting.   (Seriously, think about it…. Until we are “linked” with something that can transmit and receive our simultaneous “bio-electrical signals” of thought and action, who really knows what another may or may not think or believe?)   I still wait for another legitimate interpretation of this outside WL11395 POU mess but fear the responsible parties are only sanitizing their records for the next wave of misrepresentation to achieve their goals.  Oh what a tangled web eh?  Seems like, as humans operating under our all too common A&I (apathy & ignorance), we only pack our troubles – like luggage for any trip – even if escaping and moving to our dream Lunar Lot.

Anyway, back to Frank.

Already mentioned my appreciation for Frank Zappa and his presentations before – I recall the photos (don’t know if post or page), – but you should know me by now… it’s a real personality flaw, I repeat things a lot.   I mean a lot.    An awful lot.  really, I do.  A lot.   Lol

The below two Frank Zappa albums,

Joe’ Garage part I,

and Joe’s Garage parts II and III,

influenced my taste and appreciation for a different form of music long ago.   Sure, some might argue an unfortunate occurrence during my impressionable formative adolescent years, lol, yet I believe it was actually a wonderfully  intended gift from a brilliant composing/performing musical artist far ahead of his time.

Please, understand my appreciation for Zappa’s expression did not/does not equate to agreeing with whatever presented, or what might appear to be advocated (under that inclusive umbrella recognized as entertainment) such as the album cover utilizing “Blackface” or the humorous audio robotic porno-episodes unveiled in song, (other album graphic art was pretty wild too) – but rather, it was for the unique style of his presentations coupled with Zappa’s exquisite skill and performance abilities.

What were four defining aspects of Zappa’s lifetime work?  Nonconformity, free form expression, sound experiments (1963 Steve Allen Show where Zappa plays a bicycle wheel), and satire (lots of highly political stuff – like when congress tackled VOLUNTARY LABELING FOR ALBUMS (Frank Zappa and the MOTHERS OF PREVENTION ALBUM – instead of invention LOL)

Yup, Frank Zappa did not connect with everyone, which again, is neither good or bad (I would say unfortunate) just an observation regarding personal preferences, but for those that his music did touch……altering.

“THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER”

During Joe’s musical journey through these two albums the “Central Scrutinizer”, a robotic digitized voice, narrates the action and fills in missing pieces to the story (really should be a movie – guess in some ways many of the components have already been illustrated in film) which is hilarious in itself with his little side comments of perspective and attempts at humor.

Yes indeed nothing new about the last video and my “almost music” composition with that reoccurring robotic voice – as a matter of fact, if anything, only 20 – 30 years stale!  lol

Look what’s happened since then.  Who could afford the required equipment back then to make such sounds?   Only the pioneers and those truly dedicated to becoming successful in the tough “dog eat dog” entertainment industry.  Ever notice how a musical innovation may be introduced by a particular artist/group then suddenly that “sound” is reproduced everywhere?   Just like everything else I suppose.   The USA develops a stealth fighter then suddenly adversaries are sporting the same technology in their aircraft.     Of course entity infiltration, espionage, theft, etc.  fuels that repetitive cycle and it goes on and on in many different situations.

OLD FOR PROS, NEW FOR LEW

How things change, eh?  What was once large and expensive is now small and affordable.   (Not sure, but didn’t I tell you about how I paid $80 overseas for a state of the art hand held Panasonic calculator with only the four functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?   And how when I returned stateside calculators (with advanced functions) were being given away free with a carton of cigarettes?  WIlD!)   Anyway,  I use a small hand held digitized recorder, Casio keyboard, Yamaha Guitar and a harmonica Mom sent in a Christmas “CARE PACKAGE” years ago.  I combine whatever those might finally produce with scribbled musings and wannabe poetic lyrics.   Perfect combination yeah?  Wannabe lyrics and almost music!

Anyway, the other night I was reflecting on some of the problem audio tracks and suddenly realized that even with those headaches of program crashes/lost material, incompetent planning, and lack of skills, the process never-the-less was fun, made me feel good – almost young again!  That classic pounding beat with a meandering flow of melodies was relaxing and comfortable.  I could express what I truly felt to others in a form that was comfortable.  I could breath easier, feel the sound, and think clearer – rather like I’m feeling and thinking right now, which is, thank you Frank, rest in peace.

Frank Zappa died Dec 4th, 1993 in Hollywood Hills, CA

Zappa Mike Douglas  Show 1976

My best to you and yours, Lew

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

Here’s another good example of the

CAPTIONING

vs

WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID PROBLEM

The OAN (One America News) Channel has been running a couple of commercials highlighting portions of some old Malcolm X speeches/statements, yet even this EXCELLENT SOURCE FOR FAST & ACCURATE NEWS uses material with inaccurate captioning.

Does this suggest some sort of “universal captioning process” by particular entities doing most of the television captioning for whatever is presented to the public?  (Is it “captioning software”?)

Who/what is confusing information that should be presented in a clear understandable form?

ANYWAY, while listening to this commercial (while engaged in doing something else) I couldn’t understand a particular word so I looked up at the television to view the captioning for clarification (keep it on because it is sometimes correct – lol) only to see the word “forced”.   “Strange,I don’t recall hearing the word forced in that speech” I said to myself – prompting the impromptu research of what was presented versus actually spoken.

   CAPTIONING:

“When you live in a poor neighborhood you’re living in an area where you have forced to when you have four schools you have poor teachers?  When you have poor teachers you get a poor education when you have poor education you can only work on?  The job and you live again in a poor neighborhood.  So it’s a vicious cycle.”

NOW, WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID:

“When you live in a poor neighborhood you’re living in an area where you have poor schools.  When you have poor schools you have poor teachers.  When you have poor teachers you get  a poor education.  When you have poor education you can only work on a poor paying job and you live, again, in a poor neighborhood so it is a very vicious cycle.  We have a self help program, a do it yourself philosophy and the best place to start is right in the community where we live.”

Yes, I realize: the time allotted dictates commercial speed and the available space for text, just seems like another way of presenting the information might preserve the brilliance of this cause and effect observation.  Perhaps more words in larger “blocks” super-imposed, or layered, on the background video image?  Must be some way to protect the integrity of the thought process because, after all, this obviously wasn’t a “live performance”.   Not only inaccurate but seems disrespectful to the original author.

My best to you and yours, Lew

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Just a thought. ???

Saturday, OCTOBER 27th, 2018

Peculiar.  Look at the timing of the LAFCo creation of the Lake Don Pedro CSD, in August of 1980.

What had just happened only a month before regarding water license 11395 that the LDPCSD has used since that creation?

July 24, 1980: STATE OF CALIFORNIA PROOF OF MAXIMUM BENEFICIAL USE OF WATER UNDER THE LICENSE – the Merced River was fully appropriated — then the next month Mariposa County LAFCO apparently secretly expands the water service area outside the Lake Don Pedro residential subdivision  5 months before the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) approved the transfer of Sierra Highland’s facility and assets to the new district effective February 1981!

Everyone knew exactly what the CPUC was prepared to approve as a service area for the new district and all these “PROPOSED OUTSIDE POU WATER SERVICES FOR LAFCO ANNEXATIONS” were clearly not accepted in the transfer.  Such OUTSIDE POU water agreements WERE NOT TO BECOME OBLIGATIONS OF THE NEW DISTRICT!

Yup, the service area was evidently greatly, and quietly, expanded beyond the Place of Use restrictions only weeks after the State of California declared the Merced River fully appropriated and the water per WL11395 was being used to maximum beneficial use.

Is this the SIMPLE EXPLANATION as to why the original water service boundary map created in 1980 (based on the existing 11 pages of metes and bounds survey language) has never been produced in 38 years despite multiple requests from various individuals and government entities?

Because it would evidence the major differences in the APPROVED LDPCSD WATER SERVICE AREA by the State Water Board, the CPUC, and the POU restrictions contained in WL11395 – with what is represented by Mariposa County LAFCO, and “interpreted” by LDPCSD GM Pete Kampa?

Could that original map possibly be “interpreted” as evidence of a sophisticated and calculated deception in creating a special services district to gain access to WL11395 which could then be surreptitiously exploited into developing the vast acreage of rural foothill grazing lands within Tuolumne and Mariposa counties?   What a benefit to those local governments and  their land development speculators who don’t want to finance their own groundwater wells.

Yup.  Foothill development with a special benefit groundwater substitution program paid for by the unorganized and oblivious thousands of MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED CUSTOMERS OF THE Lake Don Pedro residential subdivision (half absentee owners) who were the perfect perpetual victims since they are mandatory customers of the LDPCSD due to CCRs which run with their subdivision property purchase!  Can’t escape, can’t drill their own private water wells and must pay whatever the LDPCSD demands regardless of the fact the district has violated every single characteristic of a California Special District.

No defined geographic area of service – or map of such service area; the defined group of entitled customers in the subdivision has been, and continues to be, expanded beyond the POU, and water service charges are much more expensive due to the district simultaneously providing a special benefit groundwater substitution program for LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES outside the POU which our district has no legal duty or moral obligation to provide water service.  This appears to be a “gift” of public funds and resources for private land developer benefit.

Counties get all the development inspection and permitting fees, taxes due, and such without the financial liability of having to provide those necessary and extremely expensive groundwater wells in a drought prone area.

This whole thing stinks and the fact that extremely important public records regarding these LAFCO ANNEXATIONS into the Lake Don Pedro CSD have been denied to the public for inspection is disconcerting and only encourages distrust.

Below is a link to some interesting reading about water right Due Diligence in western states:

Water Rights Due Diligence

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October 23, 2018

Extroverted hermit

Internet the key

Blogging personal thoughts and such

Inexpensive therapy?

No chitchat two way blah blah blah

No time to read and reply

Only one-way personal weBLOG blasts

Public corruption the reason why.

What to do when heart and mind

Agree something is terribly wrong?

Use what capabilities I have left

Composing “almost music” songs?

All my life too embarrassed

To consider such performance attempts

But like a switch, inhibitions turned off

Thanks to deceitful government events!

The other day I commented

How one party consistently misrepresents

Here’s a perfect California example

The Prop 6 title the AG “bent”

PROPOSED LAW SECTION 1. Statement of Findings and Purposes.(a)California’s taxes on gasoline and car ownership are among the highest in the nation. (b) These taxes have been raised without the consent of the people. (c) Therefore, the people hereby amend the Constitution to require voter approval of the recent increase in the gas and car tax enacted by Chapter 5 of the Statutes of 2017 and any future increases in the gas and car tax. SEC. 2. Voter Approval for Increases in Gas and Car Tax. SEC. 2.1. Section 3.5 is added to Article XIII A of the California Constitution, to read: seC. 3.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Legislature shall not impose, increase or extend any tax, as defined in Section 3, on the sale, storage, use, or consumption of motor vehicle gasoline or diesel fuel, or on the privilege of a resident of California to operate on the public highways a vehicle or trailer coach, unless and until that proposed tax is submitted to the electorate and approved by a majority vote. (b) This section does not apply to taxes on motor vehicle gasoline or diesel fuel, or on the privilege of operating a vehicle or trailer coach at the rates that were in effect on January 1, 2017. Any increase in the rate of such taxes imposed after January 1, 2017, shall cease to be imposed unless and until approved by the electorate as required by this section.

The entire proposition was

Less than half a page- distinguished from others

Yet still this clear common sense proposal

Was corrupted with party druthers.

AG restated “repeal the gas tax”

Transformed it into threatened losses

For better roads, bridges, and infrastructure

Failing due to current political bosses.

Just like our CSD GM

When officials consistently misrepresent fact

What they are doing is likely a scam

When integrity is something they lack.

I for one will vote yes on Prop 6

They already stole illegal fire tax funds

A CA surplus without ethical bounds?

Time to change how California runs.

Retired Judge Steven Bailey

Is absolutely correct on this:

Answers are not “party limited”

And “right answers” will not miss!

That other party is “off the rail”

For average USA supporting constituents

Apparently morphing into aggressive mobs

Of disrespectful often paid miscreants.

My party isn’t perfect either

Yet it meets most serious concerns

Republic form of democracy, strong national defense,

Honest public service, and together, the rest we can earn.

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HOWDY!  It is Saturday,  October 20th, 2018 and looks to be a beautiful day up here in the foothills of Lake Don Pedro.

Did a quick check of the MARIPOSA COUNTY WEBSITE FOR LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission)  RESOLUTIONS but 13 years of official LAFCO records still have not been posted for public review.   I am still looking for legitimate information regarding the DOSCHER/LAKE SHORE RANCH proposed 900 acre residential subdivision across the street from the LDPCSD administration office which was stated to have been approved for DISTRICT ANNEXATION in 1995 when Kampa was here the first time, yet was actively kept a secret from the public and board members until early in 2014 only a few months before Pete Kampa returned through an unethical “closed recruitment process” for GM.

The announcement that the property had been approved was agreed to between LAFCO and LDPCSD officials in a “semi-closed public meeting” in Mariposa to update the LAFCO manual.    Strange, I had been planning on attending that meeting for some time with one of the civilian commissioners, Ken Kennedy also from Lake Don Pedro – and was even going to catch a ride with him to Mariposa.  Then all of a sudden both the  LDPCSD President and GM repeatedly advised that I could not attend due to the Brown Act and the fact outside  WL11395 Place of Use commercial cattle rancher and sitting LDPCSD Director Emery Ross was going to attend with the CSD president.  (A quorum of directors could be considered a Brown Act violation if all participated in LDPCSD business decisions without proper notice to the public of the meeting.  I contend Ross should not have been there to begin with due to his conflict of interest in being an outside WL11395 POU customer receiving special benefit GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION and being on record as to advocating further outside POU water service for other LAFCO annexations.)

What?   Emery Ross runs a commercial cattle ranching business outside the POU of WL11395 with chlorinated water intended for domestic human consumption for the residential subdivision!  Considering the concept of CONFLICT OF INTEREST –  how could Emery Ross be attending a meeting discussing whether certain property had previously (much less legally) been annexed into the district when Ross  had clearly circumvented the repeated denials by the LDPCSD in refusing GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION SERVICES for his proposed cattle ranch – yet Ross has been successfully watering his cattle for over 20 years with a water meter belonging to another cattle rancher?  What is more, as a result of that  investigation, it turned out there were several other properties also received GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION WATER SERVICE through water meters wrongfully taken from that same rancher.

Why would a clearly SPECIAL INTEREST DIRECTOR be permitted to attend that “SEMI CLOSED MEETING” when another sitting LDPCSD director had no such CONFLICT OF INTEREST and had studied the POU matter for almost four years but denied access? 

That is unless of course, LAFCO and the LDPCSD wanted a unanimous decision by all those involved THAT A PROPOSED 900 acre residential  subdivision had been annexed in 1995 just as the Mariposa County Planning Director and LAFCO Executive Officer  later relayed to me in Mariposa.  Sorry, don’t believe this story.

What I have seen of that annexation record is extremely unprofessional and clearly lacking in basic information and also appears to have been  resuscitated many times during on again, off again annexation attempts by the LDPCSD.  Even the proper name of the project is unreadable in the alleged approved annexation resolution.  (The possibility exists that multiple poorly constructed annexation resolutions (with limited information) have been utilized and merged to produce the purported annexation of this special project of Pete Kampa’s from over twenty years ago during 1994-1997 when he started his infamous career in the California water industry?)

The fact extremely important LAFCO annexation records are still not on the Mariposa County website is frustrating and I believe cause for concern for anyone who believes in the concept of TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNMENT PROCESS.  If everything was above board and legal, why isn’t that information posted on the website for public  review and research?  Why have repeated requests to the Mariposa County Planning Department/LAFCO not even received a courtesy acknowledgement of receipt or reasonable explanation as to why the requested information is not provided?  (My original request was actually dictated by the Planning Director/LAFCO Executive in front of another Planning Department witness inside the Planning Department Office when I questioned how the request should best be written!)

Pertinent records for years 1996-2004 and 2015-2018 are still absent.  Why if such annexations into the LDPCSD were following LAFCO and other related laws as to how properties should be annexed for special district services.

Gosh, and now we find out that PETE KAMPA was working with CSDA and CALAFCO up in Sacramento during 2016 on the proper formation of LAFCOs?   This state is in severe trouble with “SPECIAL DISTRICT CHARACTERS” like Pete Kampa orchestrating the “proper way” to do things between LAFCOs  and SPECIAL DISTRICTS.  Consider the districts  Kampa has exploited since transplanting his apparent ultra liberal European socialist agenda into the Lake Don Pedro area in 1993.

WHY ARE OVER A DOZEN YEARS OF PUBLIC RECORDS MISSING FROM THE MARIPOSA COUNTY WEBSITE UNDER THE TITLE LAFCO RESOLUTIONS?

(1996-2004 and 2015-2018)

Are these records being studied by interested law enforcement entities or simply “sanitized” to removed all the suspicious indications of substandard work, special interest tampering or corruption?  Did Mariposa County Planning usurp the LAFCO resolution business for those years?  What has happened to LAFCO in Mariposa County?  Seems much of the LAFCO process has been taken over by the Planning Department.

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HELLO!  Below is the link to that thesis I mentioned in the last post – gets a little technical in places but worth the time.  Feel like I have actually been to McCloud now and certainly recognized some of the topics such as dysfunctional development reliant upon natural resource extraction.  More later – I’m out of time again!   later, Lew

THESIS by KERRY TOPEL

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Thursday, June 28th, 2018

NESTLES BACKLASH OVER BOTTLED WATER

PAST KAMPA CONCERN FOR ANOTHER CSD HE REPRESENTED

NESTLES BOTTLING IN MICHIGAN

NESTLES AND OUR WATER

Pete Kampa’s potential connection with European interests exploiting “the Waters of the United States of America” for business profit certainly wouldn’t be earth shattering news considering his reported past employment as General Manager of Delft University, Netherlands (I seriously doubt he was permitted to “remote manage” that position), AND his special interest management activities assisting LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) ANNEXED PROPERTIES he worked with 20 years ago when starting his infamous water career here at the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District (LDPCSD).

You may recall that all these COUNTY LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES (located in both Tuolumne and Mariposa) must be served with an ALTERNATE SOURCE of water to actually develop the various proposed projects (which even includes an adjacent – therefore “competing subdivision” next to the MERCED RIVER WATER ENTITLED LAKE DON PEDRO SUBDIVISION).

“Alternate source water” in the drought prone fractured rock foothills of the Lake Don Pedro area meant developing extremely expensive and often unreliable GROUNDWATER WELLS to produce the “REPLACEMENT WATER” for every unit of MERCED RIVER WATER from Lake McClure that LEAVES THE ENTITLED SUBDIVISION AND GOLF COURSE AREA to THESE LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES.   

WHY?

(you know this one)

BEC

WHY?

(you know this one)

BECAUSE LAFCO ANNEXATIONS ARE OUTSIDE THE PLACE OF USE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER per WATER LICENSE 11395.

Sure, LAFCO could “annex” those other properties into the “LDPCSD DISTRICT BOUNDARY”  but not the boundary that really meant something for projects requiring water –

THE PLACE OF USE BOUNDARY PER THE STATE WATER LICENSE!

Which is under the jurisdiction of……????

YES!

THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

aka

STATE WATER BOARD!

Gosh, all this sounds so familiar…..do I repeat myself?  I was asking myself that just yesterday.

Hum, do I repeat myself?

🙂

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Monday, June 25th, 2018

I wonder……

HAS MID “STEPPED BACK” FROM LICENSE INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITIES WITH “SILENT SUPPORT” FOR “KAMPA-GANDA”  ATTEMPTED POU CHANGE?

ANY SUGGESTION OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH “KAMPA LDPCSD” IN MISREPRESENTING THE LONG ESTABLISHED WL11395 POU SINCE 2014? BEFORE THAT? 

WHEN WAS MID FIRST MADE AWARE OF MERCED RIVER WATER SERVICE OUTSIDE THE POU? 

WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN TO STOP AND PREVENT FUTURE WATER RIGHT VIOLATIONS?

HASN’T MID PROPOSED, ADVOCATED, NEGOTIATED AND APPROVED ANNEXATIONS OUTSIDE THEIR OWN WL11395 IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE ANNEXED OWNER’S WATER RIGHTS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THE LDPCSD WOULD PROVIDE FUTURE WATER SERVICE OUTSIDE THEIR LICENSE POU FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT?

WASN’T THE PINEY CREEK LARGE “SERVICE ISLAND” OF LAFCO ANNEXATIONS BASED ON OBTAINING WATER RIGHTS THAT ULTIMATELY WERE LATER DISCOVERED NOT TO HAVE EXISTED AFTER ANNEXATION INTO THE LDPCSD SERVICE AREA THAT WAS STILL OUTSIDE THE PERMITTED POU FOR MERCED RIVER WATER?

WERE THE ABOVE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT INTENDED BENEFITS ESSENTIALLY PAID FOR WITH A CORRESPONDING IMPOSED FINANCIAL BURDEN/LIABILITY ON THE LDPCSD AND MR WECsTO PROVIDE AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE “ALTERNATE SOURCE GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM” IN THE FUTURE TO CIRCUMVENT THE POU RESTRICTIONS IN MID’S LICENSE REGARDING MERCED RIVER WATER DIVERSION AND USE?

A GRANT FUNDING PLAN TO PROVIDE GROUNDWATER WELLS FOR “ALTERNATE SOURCE WATER PRODUCTION” FOR VARIOUS LAFCO ANNEXED PROPERTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE HELPFUL, YEAH?

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Now June 2018?  Had our first day of Summer already?

Phew!  Time flies when you get preoccupied with what appears to have all the earmarks of a continuing CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO SUBSTITUTE AN INCORRECT WATER LICENSE PLACE OF USE “shapefile” (digital map) obtained from a conditionally approved 1993 project that failed to meet state development conditions and was abandoned FOR THE OFFICIAL, AND LEGITIMATE,  WL11395 POU MAP on file with the SWRCB (State Water Resources Control Board) since June 1978. 

[IMPORTANT NOTE AS TO PRIOR POU ATTEMPTED DECEPTION FROM THE BEGINNING:

The prior 1977 POU MAP, initially submitted to the state for licensing purposes, was apparently found to have included NUMEROUS PROPERTIES RESERVING FUTURE WATER that were not entitled to Merced River water per WL11395 (INCLUDING KAMPAS “SLUMBERING 1995 PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ANNEXATION) – as was also clearly documented in the January 1981 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC) Transfer of Facilities and Assets of  Sierra Highlands Water Company to the August 1980 LAFCO FORMED Lake Don Pedro CSD.

The 1977 INCORRECT MAP is what PETE KAMPA continues to display on the LDPCSD WEBSITE which is a great example of his arrogant and contemptuous disregard for the truth much less our legal system of justice in this country.

SIDE NOTE:  POSSIBLE NETHERLANDS CONNECTION?  Kampa was doing this “if you’re not going to use all this water I know property owners who will” attitude in Lake Don Pedro in 1994.  Prior internet advertisements for his KAMPA COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, llc  aka KAMPACS, special district management company, reported he had been manager and general manager at Delft University, Netherlands.  While researching property ownership laws I ran across the “squatter movement” in the Netherlands.  Absolutely wild.  I ended up watching a 1+ hour film documentary on the issue entitled “THE STREET IS OURS”  “De stad was van ons” “The city was ours” — fortunately it had English captioning.

Not that it necessarily has anything to do with what Kampa was doing in Lake Don Pedro around the same time period, but what was happening in the Netherlands where Kampa likely was before being hired here in the United States in 1994?

Due to widespread homelessness in the country, especially cities, organized gangs of homeless people were breaking into various vacant homes, apartments, commercial buildings, etc., and claiming the property has their home despite repeated requests (and some violence) by the lawful owners of the property for the trespassers to leave.   I believe the phrase “use it or loose it” was used in this particular “squatting documentary” but I’m not going to spend almost and hour and a half to review it again – especially since I also watched a couple of videos regarding individuals claiming an adverse possession to another person’s property in the Netherlands.  I believe this “squatters movement” also occurred in San Francisco a decade or two earlier.   The rationale was, “why should a building sit vacant if a bunch of people could live in it instead of on the street?”   Can you imagine the destruction, vandalism and health concerns if there was no running water, electric, or sewer and  sanitation disposal service?   So what happens?  The judicial system upholds that the “squatters could stay” if they had certain common household furniture and necessities in the occupied buildings so the squatters would cause a disturbance in one part of the region to draw law enforcement while simultaneously breaking into buildings in the city and hauling truck and bus loads of furniture and such for placement in the “squatted building” to prove residency!   Anyway, this adversarial possession stuff continued for a while until someone purchased the property and negotiated a settlement with the squatters, with some of them surprisingly quite angry that such a settlement obviously recognized a new owner of the property they were adversely possessing.

The United States of America is not the Netherlands.

We are a republican form of democracy with a Constitution that protects the rights of each individual citizen.

Our system of government does not operate by a simple direct majority type rule that can arbitrarily violate the rights of the individual because it might be more convenient.

Taking someone’s building under some adverse possession rationalized cry of “use it or lose it” might work in the Netherlands but not in this country.  Other than situations of eminent domain proceedings in the name of pubic good it is the property owners right to do what he wants with his own property so long as it conforms to established land use regulations of that jurisdiction. 

A water right violation is a trespass also.  Someone’s RIGHT to water per the license has been trespassed upon when the “licensed water” is put to other uses or used in areas outside the PLACE OF USE authorized in the license.

Thank Heavens there are SWRCB employees hired, trained and dedicated to enforcing the laws of this state in protecting the rights of water license holders and other junior users of this precious natural resource.

SURE WOULD LIKE TO MEET ONE.

OK, let’s see if I can figure out how to post this as a new page for 2018 (just in case I decide to “drop in” next year!   lol

I KNEW THIS CURRENT BLAH BLAH BLAH SOUNDED FAMILIAR!

Just found a draft WITH the film link!

???

Was Pete Kampa hired by the LDPCSD in 1994 to continue the same type of LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) expansion of district water services previously attempted/accomplished by his predecessor General Manager Wes Snyder who was the first GM inherited from the prior SIERRA HIGHLANDS WATER COMPANY?

(OH YEAH, our 50 year old consulting engineers (who have also been pushing expansion since BEFORE LDPCSD FORMATION in August 1980) announced (June 18th, 2018 agenda packet) they are leaving and we need a new engineering consultant.  Gee, wonder what qualifications KAMPA will accept for his purposes?   His proposed selection process was very detailed and outlined much information that the engineer should have but DID NOT MENTION THE GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM one time that I could see strange, don’t you think?)

DID PETE KAMPA PLANT THE SEEDS FOR FURTHER annexed property water demand 20 years earlier

UTILIZING PUBLIC FUNDS & RESOURCES,

LETTING DEMAND GROW with special interest organized district dysfunction and

apparent self-serving assistance of co-operative PARENT COUNTY LAFCOs?

Did he return in 2014 through a BOARD ORCHESTRATED UNETHICAL APPOINTMENT

SELECTION PROCESS AS GENERAL MANAGER AND BOARD TREASURER

with the added cover and assistance of his limited liability management company and a

20 year Board Member affiliation with one of the largest special district and water lobbying associations in the state?

Did he not use one million dollars in LDPCSD cash saved after near bankruptcy and resulting passage of a Prop 218  to leverage government grants?

DID KAMPA MISREPRESENT THE ACTUAL PURPOSE for acquiring those grants

that were intended and conditioned upon exclusive use in assistance of existing customers during historic drought?

Was he SPECIFICALLY ADVISED THE GRANTS WERE NOT FOR INCREASING CUSTOMER CONNECTIONS?

Did KAMPA from the start intend to USE THOSE FURTHER SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC FUNDS to expand a SPECIAL BENEFIT GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM BY DEVELOPING MORE GROUNDWATER WELLS required for creation of an ALTERNATE SOURCE OF WATER PRODUCTION NEEDED to replace the MERCED RIVER WATER BEING DIVERTED FROM THE SUBDIVISION POU SO AS TO LEGALLY CIRCUMVENT THE PLACE OF USE RESTRICTIONS OF WL11395?

(While simultaneously destroying the intent and purpose of those license restrictions no less.)

Was PETE KAMPA returned  to provide the subsidized water necessary for development and ultimate INCREASED PROFIT HARVESTS that he planted 20 years earlier?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Many facts and questions about PETER KAMPA remain unknown and unanswered, from the original board that hired him without a background check, to the one that supports him today despite his continued not telling the truth and repeated attempts at deception.  This leaves others concerned about his (& Board’s) suspicious activities in the difficult position of having to surmise, assume, extrapolate, and JUST GUESS at the actual motives for his continuing disingenuous behavior against the interests of <MR WECs> of the LAKE DON PEDRO SUBDIVISION.

IF that’s the way they want it? 

Fine by me. 

Let’s guess!

WHY CONCEAL HIS NETHERLANDS BACKGROUND?

One aspect that I find particularly curious is why PETE KAMPA removed his prior NETHERLANDS EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND from the internet as well as other little tidbits and clues to his past and present activities?  Could that Netherlands connection have anything to do with this nation’s recent focus on citizenship status?   Indicative of environmental development regarding education, employment, perspectives on personal property ownership, etc.  Did Kampa attend and graduate from Delft University?  Was Kampa actually employed at Delft University, Netherlands as a manager then General Manager as previously reported?

(Just because the information has been taken down, don’t forget the NSA (National Security Administration) probably has it backed up and stored in Utah!   Not sure whether to “lol” on that one or not considering some of my own internet research …ahh, you know,   ….emmm, ahhh,…. well,…ahhhhhh..nervously clearing throat…..ahhh, well……. back to the topic in at hand……..  LOL!    Finally had another use for strike out.)

Was Kampa from the Netherlands prior to being employed by LDPCSD in 1994?

Could there be a family/friend relationship or business connection going back to the Netherlands regarding the “slumbering 1995 proposed subdivision” Kampa has actively concealed from the public?

What about any of the other proposed large developments back then – are they to be brought back to life with this new KAMPA POU MAP SCAM?

I DO NOT KNOW

BUT HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR YEARS BECAUSE IT SURE APPEARS AS THOUGH SERIOUS FELONIES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED……but why?

WHAT AM I MISSING?

FAR MORE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF LAW HAVE BEEN COMMITTED WITH COMPLEX DAMAGES TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, YET EVERY DAY REGULAR CITIZENS CONVICTED OF FAR LESS SERIOUS TRANSGRESSIONS ARE SENT TO JAIL AND PRISON BECAUSE THEY INTENTIONALLY VIOLATED SOME LAW.

Please take some time to view the below documentary which explains why it was considered appropriate for many homeless individuals in the Netherlands to form “gangs” and forcibly break into homes and buildings belonging to others claiming them as their own – even to the point of armed resistance against the police.

AND THE NETHERLANDS COURT CAVED INTO THE SQUATTERS!

How did such a situation play out here in America with its distinction between private vs public property ownership and the specific protections afforded the former?

Why such apparent apathy for the continuing corruption of our local public agency and victimization of MR WECs by special interests clearly being served by a public official who refuses to tell the truth?

I must say the video and information accompanying it was rather surprising but it might possibly shed some light on Kampa’s personal philosophy and how he apparently believes his perspective and business goals should overrule STATE WATER BOARD regulations and general law?   Evidently he believed it 20 years ago as he does today.  Maybe other significant players in this nightmare performance of public betrayal are of a similar background, belief and perspective?

Maybe there has been a “KRACKEN GANG” regarding water operations in Lake Don Pedro even before the LDPCSD was formed so they consider it theirs to be used as they wish and the law be damned?

“KRACKEN”

<<<HOUSE SQUATTING IN THE NETHERLANDS>>>

Notice a similarity with KAMPA’s apparent ideology that the SUBDIVISION’S ENTITLED WATER belongs to everyone and should be taken through any means possible?

Shades of the in your face BERKLEY FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT IN THE 1960’s?

WHICH HAS NOW ALSO APPARENTLY BEEN REPLACED WITH THE FASCIST INTOLERANCE OF THE ANTI-AMERICAN FAR LEFT!

What has happened to this country?

Why do so many people come to the UNITED STATES

claiming to seek OUR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS

then IMMEDIATELY BEGIN WORKING TO

CHANGE OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM INTO

A FORM OF THE GOVERNMENT THEY LEFT?

I was aware of some facts about the Netherlands such as the many political factions governing their geographically separate entities, the far left and liberal perspectives on drugs and prostitution (not being judgemental), but really not much else except for what I occasionally hear on the national news.

My comments are certainly not intended to be insulting, judgemental, or dismissive of another recognized government, way of life, culture, perspective, etc.  The Netherlands appears to be a very beautiful area with a rich and interesting history, however, it is not my home.   Yes!  diversity is good but how the citizens of the Netherlands want to run their home is their business and if it works for them – fantastic.  I am concerned with my home country, not the Netherlands, and US LAW should be respected and enforced regardless of what PRIVATE THIRD PARTY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS PETE KAMPA MIGHT POSSIBLY BELIEVE SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS AND RESOURCES.

I believe my financial investment in, and hard work for, my Lake Don Pedro Subdivision property has been severely devalued due to the failure of:  the Lake Don Pedro Owners Association (LDPOA); LAFCO and Planning Departments of both Tuolumne County and Mariposa County; and now even the SWRCB to protect the subdivision’s entitled water under WL11395 which is the most valuable selling point for any LDPOA property served water by the LDPCSD in these drought prone foothills.  Worse yet, property values will continue to decline so long as the special interests of land developers owning LAFCO annexed parcels (requiring GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT) continues to misdirect our CSD operations to the further financial detriment of mandatory customers who are forced to subsidize such development.

PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO INTENTIONALLY VIOLATE LAW AND USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRIVATE SPECIAL INTEREST PROFIT SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SAME DEGREE AS THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, SUCH BETRAYAL OF PUBLIC TRUST.

Sounds familiar…..

Oh yeah,

DRAIN THE SWAMP!

I’ve had it with this foolishness and outrageously corrupt public agency management.

LAKE DON PEDRO CSD is only a microcosm of the same type of garbage in Washington D.C. and Sacramento, heck, probably every where to one degree or another.  Frankly I’m glad OUR PRESIDENT voices his preferences for candidates running for office – saves me the time of reading all the other “sounds too good to be true junk” which also provides more time to focus on draining our own local swamp.

President Trump is taking common sense, long overdue, hard stands on difficult issues that have detrimentally affected THIS NATION AND  ALL HER CITIZENS for a very long time – and if he prefers to work with a particular individual – that is where my vote will go if I have the option!  More on this later-

and as George Costanza on Seinfeld would say,

“I’M OUT BABY!  

I AM OUT!”

lol

My best to you and yours,  Lew