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Think Globally, Act Locally: Fighting Corruption in Santa Cruz City and County Government

by Xemena Ohashi
In yet another indication of blatant, egregious disregard for conflicts of interest and basic ethics in SC law enforcement and government operations, journalist Matt Drange has uncovered and detailed recent financially-motivated acts of former sheriff Phil Wowak. We thank, from the bottom of our hearts, journalists such as Matt Drange, Darwin Bond-Graham, and Ali Winston for their selfless efforts which no doubt put them at increased risk of illegal harm from "law enforcement". THEY DESRVE ALL OF OUR SUPPORT !!!
Investigation by Matt Drange on financially-motivated actions of Phil Wowak, Zach Friend, and others in their dealings with "Yardarm"

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20151002/NEWS/151009942


Investigation of Predpol by SF Weekly:

http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/all-tomorrows-crimes-the-future-of-policing-looks-a-lot-like-good-branding/Content?oid=2827968&showFullText=true

Why are Plantronics' Ken Kannapan and Barbara Scherer investing over $1M in Predpol ? Are they acting as straw investors for someone else ? Why are Ryan Coonerty, Caleb Baskin, Zach Friend, and Steve Clark pushing Predpol so hard (HINT: they stand to PROFIT from it) ? :

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/predpol

Why is Ryan Coonerty trying so hard to APPEAR TO BE a champion of ethics by sanctioning a few big banks ? (HINT: astroturfing, greenwashing, whitewashing, etc - conning the young UCSC voters who hold the keys to Coonerty's political survival):

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-15/santa-cruz-county-votes-cease-doing-business-5-tbtf-mega-banks


In other news: Our most recent SC County Grand Jury was looking very closely at the actions of Susan Mauriello, who is thought by some to be corrupt . . . .
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