* 2003

#DefundThePolice

A @MCoSheriff Sgt. Mike Richards asks newly elected Sheriff Mike Kanalakis for permission to fraternize with a convicted drug trafficker. #Sheriff Kanalakis gave it to him.

* 2010

A group of #corrupt local officials attached letters to the court during a "Certificate of Rehabilitation" effort which is the first step in a #Pardon process.

It was scandalous and partly caused Mike Kanalakis' loss to Scott Miller in 2010.

Fmr. @SalinasPD cop Joe
* 2010

Gunter was on board. So was two term sheriff Mike Kanalakis and soon to be fired Commander Mike Richards of the @MCoSheriff Department.

As was Supervisor John Phillips (a former DA and Judge) along with another @SalinasPD copper Gary "the grey fox" Edwards.

#Salinas
* 2010

and Mayor Dennis Donohue (who abruptly retired in 2012) - the fix was in.

But this #Pardon was not at all straight forward.

Dave Drew was a multiple time convicted felon with a huge rap sheet for narco and gun trafficking. He would need not only a willing Governor but
the Chief Justice of the #California State Supreme Court. This took planning, coordination and timing. It also took a handful of public relations consultants and @RepJimmyPanetta's dad's hand on all of this. This was big stuff.

In 2018 all that work paid off and a corrupt gov.
#PARDON

@JerryBrownGov signed off on it with @AGBecerra (@JoeBiden's pick for HHS Sec., @KamalaHarris) assistance and consideration.

What did they know that the general public did not?

There was money to be made. A lot of money.

So much so that the @MontereyHerald
and other local, diminished #newspapers, ran the story "concert promoter pardoned".

Leaving out Dave Drew is a Trucking, Shipping, Transportation & Logistics expert.

See where this is headed?

A logistics expert, rehabbed up as a useful tool. For whom?

That will all come out
The entire process was corrupt, from start to finish. The rehabilitation of this former narco trafficker (who is business associates with cocaine trafficker Mike Hackett (2017)) was a long term process.

So ... qui bono?
Finally,

Why did @RepJimmyPanetta and his close friend in local banking get Dave Drew MILLIONS in #PPP money?

Qui Bono?

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.@MCoSheriff has the same problem x10.

Run by a crooked Deputy turned Sheriff in 2015, @SheriffBernal should be deported. 😂 https://t.co/WxnRl6otrB


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