Please attend a VERY LOUD Rally! Show up and help Bonnie's supporters understand that they are supporting a criminal candidate who defies the will of
the people. She lets some 'collective directors' operate with impunity, and cashes in on arresting
true caregivers. Stop her, or perish. Its your turn! December 15, 2009 -
5:00pm - 7:30pm outside of The Shapery Emerald Plaza Building, 400 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 Racists,
bigots, & Republi-Crats: don't even go there, this is not about division.... Bonnie gets a huge amount of funding from the Jewish community,
folks who should know better. They are just now being educated, however, about Medical Cannabis, and Ms. Dumanis's complete lack
of understanding, or compassion for, this wondrous plant. Proposition 215, SB420 notwithstanding, her religious community in San Diego
hosted the first fundraiser (earlier this year). Herb Folks dot org was the only group to protest that day, even though ASA
SD and others expressed concern and asked for folks to show up and protest. There is another in a series of fundraisers
for her next week, we ask you to show up! Bring signs, bring friends (non herb patients are needed too, bring your
grandma). We did a search for it just now, its not being publicized much at all. Sure, some emails went out to the hardcore activists,
but the public needs to know as well as ordinary medical cannabis patients. This is where you come in, start talking facts to non herb
imbibing folks, and direct them to sources of real facts, such as this site. We have the scoop, the pertinent info people need to make informed
decisions. Won't you help us change the situation, by trying new tactics? This pace is too slow for the
really really sick. Its too slow for the folks who are going to get arrested soon, by Bonnie Dumanis and Obama's
Gestapo. Can you get off your couch, put down your bong, and help? Please?
Nov 29, 2009 ... Comment by: RasMarcus Posted: December 1, 2009, 8:27 am.
I am very happy to hear Ms. Dumanis is finally boycotting “one of the most ... ___________________________________________________________________________
Parking approved for DA's staffBY JEFF MCDONALD, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009 AT 6:08 P.M. While local government agencies across the region are cutting back services due to tight budgets, District Attorney
Bonnie Dumanis has sought and received permission from county supervisors
to spend approximately $322,000 a year on covered parking spaces for up to 130 cars driven by her staff. The request was unanimously approved on Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors with
no discussion. In her letter to the board, Dumanis said a rising number
of stores and residents in the downtown area have made finding adequate parking a challenge. The agreement approved yesterday calls for the purchasing department to negotiate deals with Ace Parking and Five
Star Parking to provide up to 50 and 80 covered and secured parking
spaces, respectively. Dumanis said the parking spaces need to be within five blocks of the Hall of Justice so her staff is not spending too much time walking to and from the cars. She
said on an average day her investigators go from the cars to their
office three times. Under the formula approved yesterday, each of the new parking spaces would cost the county about
$205 a month. * editors note: this illustrates the nonsensical way
Ms. Dumanis thinks. Let them eat cake, she was heard to say.... __________________________________________________________________________________________
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Was the D.A. leveling with us at her pot-raid news conference? __________________________________________________________________
Bonnie's Incompetence Knows no bounds: from raiding/robbing/falsely-accusing/illegally-arresting/punishing legal
medical cannabis patients, to stupidly arresting and prosecuting simple bong sellers, this monster is just a piece of trash.
A disgrace to her gender, her race, her sexual preference, and all humanity, she is human garbage. What, you say, you are
too harsh. Read it and weep. All of it....then please please please try to reason with us if you feel differently. All we
ask is you make an attempt, even a small one, to use logic, and if you are so bold, to invoke the law, religion, basic decency,
or something, to back your thoughts up. The FACTS ARE CLEAR, she is a liar, a conniving pawn of the religious right who sneer
at "her kind" in private, but use her as their pit bull, their enforcer. Here's a little tiny bit of
the latest we've discovered about her. Its just the tip of the iceberg, read the rest if you have the time and patience
to absorb the enormity of her crimes. __________________________________________________________________ http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_53b99192-5206-5a7d-93\ 39-0289e9225472.html North County Times (San Diego)
REGION: Raided smoke shops back in business It's
still easy to buy pipes, bongs in North County By SARAH GORDON sgordon@nctimes.com Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:15 pm Last December, dozens of police and
deputies raided 11 North County head shops and smoke shops, seizing thousands of smoking devices and citing the clerks who sold them for allegedly
furnishing drug paraphernalia. At that time, law enforcement leaders and mayors from Vista, Escondido and San Marcos said the crackdown
signaled the region's refusal to continue pretending that pipes and bongs, which are commonly used for smoking pot, were for legal tobacco use. A year later, it's still easy to buy
a bong in North County, and many of the raided shops are operating much as they were. Deputy District Attorney Damon Mosler, chief of narcotics prosecutions at
the time of the raids, acknowledged the operation was a limited success. He said they did remove some pipes and bongs from shelves and forced at least one Vista
shop to close. And shopkeepers who sell the devices know they do so at their peril, with raids and arrests possible at any time. But it remains unclear whether prosecutors
can prove that selling pipes and bongs is a crime, or if raiding and citing shops that sell them is legal. A North County judge ruled that
some search warrants filed in the operation failed to establish that a crime was occurring at the shops. He ordered thousands of seized
devices returned. And it is uncertain whether more raids are planned. Mosler is no longer with the DA's narcotics unit,
and a deputy district attorney with the unit who handled many of the North County prosecutions, David McNees, said the unit has, for now, shifted its
attention to medical marijuana dispensaries.
The crackdown In December 2008, after consulting with prevention groups and police, Mosler said he became convinced
the shops were, in fact, breaking the law. To
avoid trouble, they post signs declaring the merchandise is for smoking tobacco, and clerks are usually well-trained
to eject anyone who talks
about pot in the shops, he said. But the stores often have names that reference the drug culture, and they sometimes
sell T-shirts, magazines
or posters celebrating marijuana. Those things are legal, but they show the pipes are intended for drug use, Mosler said. And, Mosler said, there was wide community
support for trying to rein in the stores. In last year's operation, the DA's office sent letters to 20 shops in Escondido, San Marcos,
and Vista warning them they were subject to prosecution if they continued selling drug paraphernalia. An undercover detective from the Narcotics Task Force later entered
the shops, Mosler said. Nine shops, mostly mom-and-pop tobacco shops that had stocked a few incidental marijuana pipes, had complied. But search warrants subsequently were
served at seven shops in Escondido, two in Vista and two in San Marcos, and 11 clerks were cited after they sold pipes to the undercover detective,
the prosecutor said. Mosler said he could not quantify the cost of the raids, but he called them relatively small-scale. Two detectives
visited the shops, and several
dozen deputies or officers and some non-sworn personnel worked in Vista, Escondido and San Marcos over two days, according
to participating
agencies. Officers served search warrants, cited clerks and spent about a half-day at each shop packaging and seizing
products.
Mosler said
that overall, he thought the raids and prosecutions were worthwhile.
He pointed to the tobacco shops that stopped selling marijuana pipes after a warning. One Vista shop, Odyssey Smoke Shop, shut its
doors after
its merchandise was seized and has not reopened.
Mosler said getting businesses to change requires ongoing enforcement. He said more smoke shop citations and raids could happen
if law enforcement
and city leaders make that a priority.
Escondido Special Investigations Unit Lt. Craig Carter said nine local shops are facing another enforcement action. He said the
shops are operating
illegally and have been warned to expect police.
Vista sheriff's Capt. Tim Curran and Sgt. Dave Schaller, with the San Marcos sheriff's community-oriented policing team, said there
are no plans
for more operations in their cities.
Curran said he believed Vista currently has no retail head shops.
Searches illegal
Any future operations would have to be more thorough, Mosler acknowledged. He said mistakes in detective work and
the search warrants he signed helped some shops reopen.
And it is still not clear whether the shops are breaking the law. None of last year's cases went before a jury.
In March, a North County judge ruled that about 4,000
seized items must be returned to the owners of Escondido's Smokin' Glass store on Felicita Road, and Vishions on El Norte Parkway, after Attorney
Richard Barnett successfully
argued the search warrants and seizures were illegal.
The judge ruled that the items had been improperly seized, and that the search warrant affidavits in the operation had not established
probable cause
to believe a crime was occurring in the shops, court documents show.
In a court motion, Barnett argued that the search warrants served at head shops across North County shared a weak, boilerplate explanation that the stores sold items that could
be used to smoke marijuana.
"But
selling paraphernalia that could be used to smoke marijuana is not a crime under California law," he said.
An undercover detective purchased pipes at the shops, but
he and the clerks
never talked about marijuana, Barnett said.
Without that discussion, or other evidence, there was not cause to believe the clerk should have known the pipes would be used
for drugs, rather
than smoking tobacco, the motion argued.
Barnett also said there was no evidence in the search warrant that the stores' stock was illegal drug paraphernalia, subject to
seizure.
The state's
Health and Safety code defines drug paraphernalia as products, designed or marketed for drug use, he said.
The shops, he argued, market the pipes for tobacco use.
Proving the charges
Mosler said prosecutors have learned their lesson. In the
future, he said,
detectives must gather more evidence to demonstrate that the clerks and the shops know they are selling the devices for marijuana use. Such evidence can come from "experts,"
who testify about the shops' real purpose, the shop names and ancillary products that reference marijuana, he said.
A jury has never weighed in on any of the cases resulting from
last year's
raids in the North County, East County and South Bay, Mosler said.
Nine of the 11 North County clerks cited for furnishing drug paraphernalia settled their cases with the district attorney's office, agreeing to probation or drug classes,
mostly in return for expunged charges. One clerk never showed up to court; a bench warrant for his arrest was issued.
Attorney Isaac Blumberg represented two clerks cited in last
year's operation.
They agreed to plead guilty to disturbing the peace and received a sentence of probation. Blumberg said he's not sure a prosecutor could have proven those clerks were knowingly
furnishing drug paraphernalia.
"I think we could have gone forward to a jury
trial and forced this issue," he said.
It
appears one person may be doing that.
Frederick Danielsen, 47, was charged with furnishing drug paraphernalia at the now-closed Odyssey Smoke Shop on East Vista Way
in Vista.
Neither
Danielsen nor his lawyer could be reached for this story.
Court records show Danielsen is scheduled for a jury trial Dec. 7.
--- Call staff writer Sarah Gordon at 760-740-3517.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the
following is from someone you may or may not know (we don't). But since this is America, and we have free speech, and
herb folks abhor Bonnie more
than anyone should hate another person, knowing for certain, she is the devil in a dress, here's JOE !
DumpDumanis.com There
will be no justice, no rule of law in place and no peace for taxpayers who fund her shenanigans, until Bonnie Dumanis is removed
from office. The purpose of this site is to compile stories about Bonnie Dumanis into one common source that will be readily
available to investigators, or any attorney who has the courage to run - in the 2010 election - for office against Bonnie
Dumanis and her gang of criminal associates. Also, there's a complete review
of the scam-case Bonnie Dumanis brought against Joe Ryan in order to harass him and drain him of resources and time. The review
shows that Bonnie Dumanis is a common criminal and a true traitor in every sense of the word, who has NO regard for the constitution,
and no use for ethics standards or other obstacles in her path & who cannot be trusted to hold any position of responsiblity. . . San
Diego prosecutor Bonnie Dumanis has proven to be a criminal masquerading as a prosecutor. Her reign of terror does not look
like it will end soon as she has the backing of her fellow rackateers at the Union-tribune, KUSI, and other so-called SD 'media'
outlets; meanwhile, she and her criminal set have most of the judiciary, and almost every member of the local bar scared-to-death
of her, and afraid to challenge her wrath. Here are some of the many reasons she should be expelled from office, and put promptly
in jail (along with many of her friends and associates). . . Joe Ryan created this site and Joe Ryan is solely responsible for its content. Please
contact Joe Ryan at JoeRyan@JoeRyanForCongress.com to report any problems with the site or to send Joe Ryan any other comments.
If you're from the grammar-police, I will accept your comments with grace and I might even listen to you and change the site
based upon your criticism. I forgot to go to finishing school; so be kind@ * herbfolks.org says yeah! Another awake citizen with
the balls to do something, anything, to expose SATAN in our town! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Please help us remove Ms. Bonnie Demonic from her powerful position as district attorney. She is dangerous. You
may rant against our posture, or agree with us, no matter, but please write, and perhaps help directly. email herbfolks.info@gmail.com 
Its 11 am Thursday Morning October 1, 2009. Here is the last of the emails from
yesterday, we thought it best to shut this page down, select
legal stuff from the menu above for the
current direction! peace! On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at
6:41 PM, SDMj <admin@sandiegomarijuana.com> wrote:
> Hey- We definitely support ASA, but when the Feb raids happened, ASA's state
> director
took a part of our local fund when he came down. Yeah, it may be
> our tribute to the bigger guys, but those
funds need to be used locally.
> That's all- in no way am I trying to discredit ASA's efforts- ASA has put a
> lot of money in local work, undoubtedly! Posters, flyers, campaigns,
> booths, parties, & so on..
I just think we need to focus on San Diego, & I
> guess that's my 'concern.'
> As for SanDiegoMarijuana.com,
I'm up to any, all, & every idea! Em & I are
> not graphic designers, but we are learning as we go.
I see a lot of things
> the page needs, just lack the know-how & of course, proper funding. I'd
> love to run all sorts of campaigns through that page & traffic all sorts of
> people through it- it's the
easiest domain to remember! We could archive
> all the info we need there & organize it as we need it. I
do NOT know how
> to do searches throughout the page, so yeah, I'd need help.. In addition to
> an up-to-date
& all-inclusive page, we'd need to promote the hell out of it.
> I have a banner, we've done flyers, print-outs,
etc... it needs to be done
> on a large scale, properly organized... like anything..
> Let me know what you
guys wanna do,
> Michael
>
> >
>
> Hello Michael,
>
> The reply
and email thread has been cc'd to Eugine, Mara & Donna for
> additional input.....
>
> I'm not
sure I'm completely follow your reasoning for not using the local
> ASA. However, I want to help and not hinder
any efforts. With that in
> mind, if you want to start it off then lets do it! TODAY!
>
>
As indicated, we need a central location for all DA office statements, media
> reports, warrants and court transcripts.
Seems that SanDiegoMarijuana.com
> would be a perfect URL for such a depository and a local 'virtual' place to
> unite us all. We can allow other MMJ community members to further assist
> the effort by creating search-ready
text from video interviews and documents
> that are not already text searchable.
>
> What do you think?
Do you need help with creating a web based program to
> handle the flow or searching of information? How &
when can we get started?
>
> Marcus Boyd
> ________________________________
> From: SDMj
<admin@sandiegomarijuana.com>
> To: Marcus W. Boyd <rasmwboyd@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:13:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [sandiego] RESPONSE TO OPERATION GREEN
RX
>
> Hey Marcus- This is Michael. From what I understand, & I may be wrong,
> local
ASA kicks up half of their proceeds to the national group. By sending
> people to ASA, their contribution facilitates
national efforts, some of
> which may include San Diego attention, but not all. The local ASA
> infrastructure
is absolutely focused on San Diego, there's no one more
> credible than Dion or more involved & engaged than Eugene,
but even that
> group needs to formalize & structure to be able to fund the kind of
> campaigns necessary
for change. We need national organization on a local
> level & no one's gonna do it for us but us. As
for allying with one
> organization over another, what I meant is that we should organize to work
> in concordance
with all national organizations efforts & seek ALL of their
> help to achieve our goals. Not that aligning
with ASA would prevent that,
> but it could.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:
Re: [sandiego] RESPONSE TO OPERATION GREEN RX
> From: "Marcus W. Boyd" <rasmwboyd@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, September 29, 2009 11:01 pm
> To: SDMj <admin@sandiegomarijuana.com>
>
>
> I'm with you 100%, however, I'm still trying to understand the
> organizational roles
a bit better...
>
> Isn't the local San Diego Chapter of ASA supposed to do exactly what you're
>
saying we need? With "National ASA" in the background to back-up the local
> ASA? It would seem
to me that the local ASA is already has media trust and
> attention, as well as, the organizational readiness to unite
locally and
> quickly.
>
> You emailed "Also, we wouldn't want to single out a national organization
as
> an ally.."
> However, why do you feel as such? Initially, my thoughts are the
> opposite...I'm
thinking the larger we are, the louder we are...
>
> Nonetheless, I'm ready to assist your efforts, I'm
interested in your views
> and I'm looking forward to reading your notes on the subject.
>
> Thank
you for your reply,
> Marcus Boyd
>
> ________________________________
> From: SDMj <admin@sandiegomarijuana.com>
> To: Marcus W. Boyd <rasmwboyd@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:38:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [sandiego] RESPONSE TO OPERATION GREEN
RX
>
> Marcus, the one problem with supporting a national organization is that they
> have national
interests. We need to focus on San Diego!! I agree, we need
> to support groups like ASA, but we need
to organize locally as well, as some
> sort of patients Association, with a fiscal focus on San Diego issues &
in
> order to focus on our immediate needs. I've been trying to organize such an
> association over
the last couple days & will send you my notes either
> tonight or tomorrow. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2009-09-29 14:38:20 This just in from some herb folks in the community (SDMJ): From:
admin@sandiegomarijuana.com to: herbfolks@gmail.com, cc's to a few activists, lawyers and other thorns-in-bonnies-side SoCal Norml.... No one agreed to any such thing- Socal Norml is doing their part,
but to run 'all actions' by them was not agreed on:
"It was agreed by 104 people
who where at the meeting most of which
where collective owners. To run all actions, press releases and new ideas
thru
NORML's legal team before implementing them so that we all work in the
same direction instead of working apart."
There were no votes, or agreements. What was agreed on is that action needs to happen, but
I believe the overall consensus to be that the 'legal route' is not the only route, thus, we should all be planning &
organizing!
Yes, we do need to be working in the same direction. SoCal Norml
is doing a part of what needs to be done, but the patients & collective need to unify as an Association, & SoCal Norml
should answer to the association, not the other way around.. *Herbfolks.org editors note: agreed. Direct Action, Legal
Action, take some action, ok! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * we are not clear on how Craig's (So Cal Norml's) legal eagles are going to help with the October 2nd and 8th court dates LOOMING LARGE ON THE HORIZON.... can you see
it? 9/28 in response to Mara and Kens emails, (9/21, 9/23 & 9/28) which CANORML.org also sent to us, posted below) we were forwarded an email from SOCALNORMl this afternoon....
Although the general public has no knowledge of the meeting and legal action which Craig refers to, we are happy about it, but it is indeed news to some of us Op Green RX victims (myself included),
as it is news to my attorney; norml was nowhere near my trial and I paid for all of it myself. A co-ordinated 'response' is welcome, but
respectfully, and to not put too fine a point on it, a bit late to the party. Do they intend to be present at the remaining
trials? Those this week in San Diego? We hope so! See you Oct 2nd at 8:15 dept 11! From: Southern
California NORML < craigberesh@normlsc.org> Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM Subject: RE: LEGAL RESPONSE TO OP GREEN RX To: Dion Markgraaff < 4cccp@cox.net> - Hide quoted text -Please be aware that SoCal NORML has already begun the process of legal action
and currently has 5 attorneys on the ground in San Diego working on this together for our suit and new ordnance for the
city. As many of you know from the last meeting we had that the legal team is vested and dedicated. The legal team
had answered questions from everyone who was present. It was agreed by 104 people who where at the meeting most of which where collective owners. To run all actions, press releases and new ideasthru NORML's legal team
before implementing them so that we all work in the same direction instead of working apart. Currently the legal team
has been working on the new ordnance which it will be presenting to the city counsel. SoCal NORML's legal
team consists of: Jeff lake Esq G Singleton Esq K Simms Esq M Cindovich Esq Mr.
Warner Esq If anyone has any questions please feel free to contact me. Craig Beresh SoCal NORML 619-467-1235 herbFolks.org editors note: All new ideas? From: Mara Felsen mara.law@gmail.comSent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:38 AM In response to Ken's e-mail, I do not know of any meetings coming
up
to discuss legal action. If anyone receiving this e-mail knows of such
a meeting, please reply with details.
If not, we should set one up or at least get some idea of who is
interested in attending.
In that regard,
I received a response from the ACLU saying that while
they won't be actively involved at this time,
they are interested in
monitoring the situation (again, making no promises of involvement).
They would like the
names of the people charged in Operation Green
RX/Endless Summer, court transcripts, as well as attorney information,
if applicable. I have been trying to gather this information on my
own without success.
I have a partial
list created by Donna several months ago but it is
incomplete. Even if the defendants eventually plead out, a complete
picture of the investigation needs to be presented to demonstrate the
nature and scope of the problem. I would
like to get this information
to the ACLU as quickly as possible so they can begin monitoring
immediately. As of
this time, the only information I have to pass on
to them is Donna's prelim transcript. Many of you have copies
of
transcripts or additional helpful information or you know of those
that do. Please contact me so we can get this
to the appropriate
people. If we want national attention and action to be taken re: the
travesty at hand,
we must ORGANIZE and get the records to the people
whose job and passion it is to help us.
Nothing will change
if we do not act together now. Please respond if
you have information and/or transcripts and please forward this
e-mail
to other interested parties. I did not generally blast this e-mail out
to anonymous unfamiliar names so if
you know of others who can help,
PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO THEM NOW.
Thanks again,
Mara Felsen
On
Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Unified Collective
<unifiedcollectivesd@gmail.com> wrote:
I attended the ASA meeting at HCC but was unable to attend the last NORML meeting at the living room.
I have talked to a couple of collective owners
who are still unsure about what we should be doing next. The entire staff here
has submitted a Grand Jury complaint and I emailed Eugene asking to
meet him at our collective. Unfortunatly, I have
not heard any new news or given the oportunitiy to speak with San Diego's new ASA director. Also, at The last emergency
ASA meeting we all signed a piece of paper to be contacted for any upcoming meetings, alerts, or news; since that meeting
I
have not been contacted or received any emails. Can someone please update me on any new legal action that might
be taken againist the city or any
upcoming meetings that are coming up?
Thank You,
Ken
Unified
Collective
From: Mara Felsen < mara.law@gmail.com> To: Marcus W. Boyd < rasmwboyd@yahoo.com>. . . Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:21:46 PM Subject: Re:
ASA & Norml are dedicated to San Diego Safe Access Dear Marcus and other dedicated supporters
of safe access, civil
liberties and civil rights,
I agree completely that we need to coordinate our actions
to be
effective. I know many people are working very hard to accomplish the
same goals. Our shared cause would benefit
significantly if we formed
some sort of litigation committee, comprised of people addressing
enforcement of
prior litigation and preparing for the inevitable civil
litigation re: ongoing violations of patients' rights to access
in San
Diego County. I prepared the following e-mail today to call to action
anyone
wanting to be involved and a proposal on a particular course of
action we might consider following.
Again, apologies to anyone
objecting to receive an e-mail from me of this sort. Please inform me
if you wish to
not be contacted in the future.
Thank you,
Mara Felsen
After getting off
the telephone with a representative in AG Jerry
Brown's office this morning, it is
increasingly apparent that a civil
lawsuit must be initiated for any sort of change to occur in San
Diego.
I asked if AG Brown intended to become involved in the
enforcement of Prop 215 and SB 420 in San Diego before a lawsuit
is
filed against the County.
Sadly, the representative said the office was familiar with the
controversy
in San Diego but was entirely unaware of the true state of
affairs here. They too are apparently
buying Bonnie's BS being
reported by corporate media that Dumanis is shutting down only
"illegal dispensaries."
However, they were completely unaware of her
claims that: a) ALL dispensaries are for profit, b) NO
legal
dispensaries exist in the entire County of San Diego.
Thus, they could not possibly be aware that the
practical effect of
Dumanis' policies and pronouncements have left all San Diego County
patients without any safe,
reliable, and legal access to medicine. Any
patient needing to acquire medicine is now forced to leave the County
or obtain it from illegal sources. However, the AG is not intending to
act at this time.
The most critical
piece of information I learned from this
conversation was that Bonnie, in fact, has no boss at all. She does
not have to report to the AG or anyone at all,
other than the people
of San Diego who elect her. The representative basically said it was
up to the people
to bring it to court.
Since this is the current state of affairs and because all attempts at
informal resolution
or negotiations have thus far failed, I strongly
believe that the only way to put a halt to the flagrant civil rights
abuses currently happening in San Diego County is to file a lawsuit
pursuant to California Civil Code Section 52.1.
(Thank you Chris
Conrad for your earlier e-mail tipping me off to this critical code
section.)
This code
section authorizes affected parties to bring the case as a
class action. I believe this to be the appropriate legal vehicle
as
there is a common nexus of operative facts for all the defendants in
Operation Green RX/Operation Endless Summer
and the resulting lack of
access for all patients in the County of San Diego. It should also be
noted that,
if proven, statutory remedies of $4,000 are recoverable
for each violation for each individual whose rights have been
violated, as well as discretionarily awarded attorneys' fees.
I also believe that this should be filed with a
temporary restraining
order (TRO) and request for permanent injunction, enjoining San Diego
from committing further
acts of abuse pending the outcome of
litigation.
I have prepared complaints and requests for TROs and I have
litigated
class action lawsuits before becoming permanently disabled due to back
injuries. I am intellectually capable
of taking a significant role in
the preparation of the necessary papers. However, based on my
experience, this will
be a massive task and great assistance will be
needed. I am requesting help from all organizations that have
previously evinced an intention to enforce the health, safety and
civil rights of medical marijuana patients throughout
California. I
would be thrilled if the ACLU, NORML, or ASA were to take the lead in
this endeavor because
their experience, manpower and resources far
exceed that of our rag-tag team of passionate and dedicated
grass-roots
activists. However, in the event that the people and
patients of San Diego are being left down here to fend for
ourselves,
I say let's get started on it ourselves RIGHT NOW.
I am happy to discuss this with anyone and everyone
who is interested.
I am also willing to share all legal research I have thus far
conducted with anyone who would
like to copy it.
I would like to propose an organizational meeting regarding a
coordinated legal response
to the County of San Diego. I am available
any night this week or during the day Wednesday or Friday for a
meeting
on this matter. If someone is currently leading the legal
charge on this matter, please let me know. I will defer to
and assist
them however they request. However, I have not been able to identify
if any such person exists. Thank
you for your attention and concern.
Sincerely,
Mara Felsen * editors
note: Mara is for real folks, a solid citizen doing the right thing. Now can you
get up and do something? Say Something? Peace |
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:03 PM