* 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.