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The CotoBuzz Journal, May 2010 - Don Corleone and the CTA

The EEOC Says we are wrong – Criminals Deserve Jobs Too.
When clients ask us to suggest a cyber security plan, we start out with a number of questions, such as: Do you know about the $1,000 fence for the $1.00 horse? Who is the enemy? The answer usually leads us to the What and the Why of the final proposal. Turns out that some 70-90% of all security breaches are directly linked to insiders. These and other fact lead us to include a recommended best business hiring process, which includes a background check on potential employees, particularly those who may be chartered with guarding the aforementioned horse.

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Business

RSM Business Alliance Off to a Flying Start

Yesterday, April 07, 2010, 8:11:32 PM

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Rancho Santa Margarita Business Alliance (RSMBA) successfully hosted its first event ever today introducing its vision for a localized supportive business environment. With an Chamber of Commerce already in place, what is the RSMBA's value add, we asked RSMBA's President Donnamarie Kline. "The Chamber of Commerce focuses on Sacramento and a the county level, whereas RSMBA is about local businesses helping other businesses.' she said

Beverage-container recycling fraud rings busted - leads to Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
SACRAMENTO, CA -The California Attorney General's (AG) office announced today that special agents with the Department of Justice,in conjunction with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), arrested thirty one individuals, while shutting down three beverage-container recycling fraud rings in which the culprits trucked millions of cans and bottles from Arizona and Nevada to illegally claim California Redemption Value (CRV) refunds totaling some $3.5 million which would be used to operate the state's recycling program.

CVS Pharmacy tech charged with Embezzling $400K in Vicodin
HOLLISTER, CA - The California Attorney General (AG) announced yesterday that a former CVS pharmacy technician and her husband have been charged with 15 felony counts after the woman embezzled tens of thousands of highly addictive prescription pills worth $400,000 from her employer to supply to her drug-dealing husband.

Community/Campus/Art/Entertainment

Saddleback College Speech/Debate Team Wins Big at Nationals!
Mission Viejo, CA – The Division of Fine Arts and Media Technology proudly announce that the Saddleback Forensics Team took 3rd Place in large school individual events and 4th in the overall large school sweepstakes at the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in New Orleans April 2-11. Among the 64 colleges in attendance, the Saddleback Forensics team brought home numerous awards. In fact 12 of the 13 students were medal winners and some won multiple awards.

The American Immigrant Experience – An Actor/Student Art Presentation
Mission Viejo, CA – The Department of Theatre Arts at Saddleback College is scheduled to host The American Immigrant Experience on May 7th and 8th at 8 pm in the 72-seat Studio Theatre at Saddleback College . Admission is free but ticket is required. Directed by Donna Inglima , twelve actor/students present a variety of works including scripted scenes, monologues and spoken-word works based on interviews and poetry. Drawing from their own familial immigrant histories, the actors write and perform personal works that reflect the multicultural perspective of America . The participating actors have immigrant histories both recent and past and with cultural roots to Denmark , Egypt , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Ireland , Mexico , Poland , Scotland , and the Ukraine .

Deputy DA Jason Baez Honored by Community Service Programs (CSP) Victim Assistance Program
SANTA ANA, CA- Deputy District Attorney Jason Baez, an Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) prosecutor was honored today with the Victim Service Award for Courts by Community Service Programs, Inc. (CSP) Victim Assistance Programs, an award that honors the work of individuals who go above and beyond to advocate for victims' rights and provides high-quality victim service.

Jazz Lab Concert with Guest Artist Bob Sheppard At Saddleback
Mission Viejo, CA – Join the Saddleback Jazz Lab as they welcome Guest Artist Bob Sheppard on Monday, May 3rd at 7:30 pm in the McKinney Theatre at Saddleback College . After receiving a Master's Degree from The Eastman School of Music, Bob Sheppard quickly became established as one of the most highly respected and well-known improvising artists on the music scene today. Complementing his success as an international jazz artist, he is also in high demand in Los Angeles for session work in many music studios, having recorded more than 100 television and movie soundtracks. A musician who meets the highly disciplined requirements of session work with equal artistry in all musical situations and styles, he has built a career consisting of many long term collaborations with leading and respected artists. In addition to being an accomplished saxophonist, he is an impressive multi-instrumentalist playing flutes, clarinet, and bass clarinet.

2010 Surf Film Workshop For Kids Announced
San Clemente, California – San Clemente’s own Cabrillo Theatre has just announced dates for the 2010 Surf Film Workshop on July 12-16, 2010 for preproduction and August 16-20, 2010 for post-production. Hours are 10 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday at the Cabrillo Playhouse in downtown San Clemente . Cost is $195, which covers all supplies except filming equipment. For further information call the Cabrillo Playhouse box office at 949-492-0465 (Thurs-Sat, 1-4pm) or online

Public Safety..

Three Sentenced in $1.4 Million Fraud involving AIG - SANTA ANA, CA - According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, three defendants were sentenced today on charges of conspiring to defraud American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and another insurance company out of more than $1.4 million by illegally settling liens on Workers' Compensation Insurance claims.

Most Wanted Nguyen Gets 55 To Life For Murder
SANTA ANA - Cuong Viet Nguyen, a former fugitive featured on America's Most Wanted was sentenced today to 55 years to life in state prison for murdering a man in 2005 by shooting him several times outside of a bar after attacking him with a belt, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

Jackson Convicted of Attempted Murder Against LAPD Officer
LOS ANGELES, CA – Samuel Jackson, accused of shooting a Los Angeles police officer then barricading himself in a Watts home was convicted yesterday, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office

Kruger Convicted of Theft Leading to Murder over pornographic material
SANTA ANA, CA - Weston Scott Kruger was convicted today of murdering a liquor store owner who confronted him about stealing a pornographic magazine. At the time of the murder, the defendant was out of custody on two other unrelated felony cases for domestic violence and residential burglary.

Cinco de Mayo OC DUI Patrols
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, Cinco de Mayo has become a traditional time for many to celebrate California’s rich cultural history. It is also a night out with expected dangers when someone chooses to drink and drive. Designate sober drivers in advance – before the ‘Fiesta’ begins.

Wal-Mart to pay $20 Million for Illegal transport of Hazardous Waste
SANTA ANA, CA - The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA), in partnership with 19 other prosecutorial agencies, participated in a settlement today against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) for the illegal transportation and disposal of hazardous, toxic waste and materials. Walmart has agreed to pay $20 million in penalties, which will be distributed between the 20 prosecuting agencies and 32 environmental health agencies involved in the investigation. Walmart also agreed to pay $1.6 million to cover the cost of the investigation, $3 million for Supplemental Environmental Projects for future prosecution, investigation, and regulation of cases, and at least $3 million in compliance-keeping measures for its California-based store

$1.5 Million Meth & Coke Seized in Undercover Drug Bust
Posted by CotoBlogzz 04-30-2010 06:30 PMLOS ANGELES, CA - The California Attorney General's (AG) office today announced that agents from the AG's office seized $1.5 million worth of drugs, including 79 pounds of methamphetamine and 11 pounds of cocaine, $30,000 in cash and eight firearms in another successful drug bust in Southern California Thursday night.

Laguna Woods Man Faces Trial For Murdering 82-year-old Mother
SANTA ANA, CA -Ethan Emanuel Rosenfeld faces trial Monday for strangling and murdering his 82-year-old widowed mother, with whom he was living in her Leisure World home.

Mission Viejo Man Convicted of Unlawful Relations With a Minor
SANTA ANA, CA - Jason Alan Marian, a dance instructor was convicted today of having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 16-year-old dance student and secretly videotaping several other teen girls after a pool party at his home as they changed in the bathroom. Marian, 31, Mission Viejo, was found guilty by a jury of five felony counts of using a minor for sex acts, five other felony counts , including one misdemeanor count of secretly filming another with the intent to arouse. He faces a maximum sentence of nine years in state prison at his sentencing on July 16, 2010.

Parking Ticket Leads to Charges of WMD for Garden Grove Man
SANTA ANA, CA - William Louis Poolman, will be arraigned tomorrow for mailing an envelope containing white powder to a parking citation collection company with the intention of leading the victims to believe it contained hazardous material after becoming angry over a $68 ticket. Poolman, 52, Pacific Grove, is charged with one felony count of mailing a false weapon of mass destruction causing fear and faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison if convicted. He is being held on $100,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned tomorrow, Friday, April 30, 2010.

Two-Time DUI, 21-year-old woman sentenced for DUI-related murder
SANTA ANA, CA - Brittany Deanne Schuetz, second-time drunken driver on probation for a previous driving under the influence conviction was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison for murdering a 26-year-old motorist in an early morning high-speed crash while driving with a blood alcohol level over five times the legal limit. Schuetz, 21, Santa Ana, was convicted by a jury Feb. 16, 2010, of one felony count of murder.

Richardson Guilty of Killing Tustin Home Depot Manager - DNA Enabled
SANTA ANA - Jason Russell Richardson was found guilty today of special circumstances murder for shooting and killing a Tustin Home Depot Manager. Jason Russell Richardson, 39, Oceanside, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of special circumstances murder during the commission of robbery and burglary, and the sentencing enhancements for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death were found true. The Orange County District Attorney is seeking the death penalty in this case. The penalty phase against Richardson is scheduled to begin Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Anaheim PD Officer Convicted of Serial DUI
WESTMINSTER, CA - evin Noel Schlueter was convicted today in three separate cases for driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Schlueter is an officer with the Anaheim Police Department and all three incidents occurred while he was off-duty and in his personal vehicle.

California Obtains Settlement on Whistle Blowing Case Against AstraZeneca
OAKLAND, CA - The California Attorney General's office, today announced that California, along with other jurisdictions, has reached a $520 million settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, to settle allegations it engaged in the dangerous practice of promoting drugs for unapproved uses in marketing Seroquel, its blockbuster antipsychotic drug.

SEC Porno-Gate contributes to economic meltdown. Porno-Gate in NB Leads to Murder Trial
SANTA ANA, CA - What, with SEC employees failing to connect the dots on a litany of corporate transgressions including Enron and WorldComm and most recently Madoff, Goldman Sachs & Galleon insider-trading, Stanford (SEC knew of scheme since 1997) and a whole slew of other corporate crimes, some argue that the SEC is just simply overworked. Others claim that SEC employees are most attentive to pornography, instead of doing their job.

Tustin's Beverly Joan Winter to be arraigned for Embezzlement
SANTA ANA, CA - , Beverly Joan Winter, a truck rental company secretary will be arraigned Monday for embezzling over $140,000 by writing company checks to herself and falsifying business financial records.

Anaheim's Koppi faces trial for DUI related murder
ANTA ANA, CA - Christopher James Koppi faces trial Monday for stalling his car on the freeway and causing a deadly collision, killing one.Koppi, 28, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of vehicular manslaughter by unlawful act with gross negligence while intoxicated. The defendant has a prior conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2000. If convicted on these charges, Koppi faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in state prison. He is out of custody on $100,000 bail. Opening statements in Koppi's jury trial are expected to begin Monday, April 26, 2010

Vaughn Robert Biby, Nine Strike Sex offender to be Arraigned Again!
SANTA ANA, CA - Vaughn Robert Biby, a sex offender with nine prior strikes convictions will be arraigned today for being in possession of hundreds of thousands of pornographic pictures and videos of children, as well as books and magazines on torture, rape and murder of children.

LACSD's Delacerda, Faces 18 Years for Assault with Firearm- Kudos to Jane Doe!
LACSD's Delacerda, Faces 18 Years for Assault with Firearm- Kudos to Jane Doe!http://cotobuzz.blogspot.com/2010/04/lacsds-delacerda-faces-18-years-for.html

Costa Mesa PD's Parsons Charged with Unlawful use of GPS device - Kudos to Jane Doe
WESTMINSTER, CA - The Orange County District Attorney's Office filed charges today against Aaron Paul Parsons, a Costa Mesa police officer for hiding a Global Positioning System (GPS) device in a woman's vehicle without her knowledge.

Dirty National Cleaning Solvent Distributor Safety-Kleen to Pay Up $15M
SANTA ANA, CA - Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. (Safety-Kleen), a national distributor of cleaning solvents agreed to pay $15 million in two cases charging that it contaminated the environment by selling products that emit more than 30 times the legal limit of smog-producing components. The settlement was filed by the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) in the Superior Court of California in Orange County.

If It is Friday Night, Its DUI Checks
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Avoid the 12 DUI Task Force will be conducting DUI roving patrols in the cities of Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente today, Friday, April 16, 2010. These Multi-City DUI teams will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions. The goal of the program is to reduce the rate at which the citizens of Orange County are killed or injured in DUI-related collisions. Through implementation of these events, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department hopes to significantly reduce deaths, injuries and property damage.

Dirty Dr. Faces 20 Years in Sophisticated Medi-Cal Fraud And Dr. Shopping Ring
SAN DIEGO, CA -Attorney General (AG) Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the arrests of doctor Dr. Mohammed Tarek Kady and two employees operating a complex, multi-level scheme that bilked more than $200,000 from low-income patients and government agencies by overcharging and prescribed pain medication to individuals who had no medical need for it.

Tustin Resident Ongamsing-Jenkins, Gets Two Years For Setting Up Rite Aide Robberies
NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Cynthia Ongamsing-Jenkins, z Rite Aid floor supervisor was sentenced today to two years and eight months in state prison for setting up two armed robberies and falsely claiming to be the victim. Ongamsing-Jenkins, 43, Tustin, pleaded guilty Feb. 24, 2010, to two felony counts of grand theft.

Women to be arraigned for murder of newborn in toilet
SANTA ANA, CA - Yanira Valderrama is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges for murdering her newborn immediately after giving birth by drowning the baby in her bathroom toilet and throwing the body into a trash can.

Politics

WMD- Weapon of Mass Distraction -Immigration
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - WMD- Weapon of Mass Distraction -Immigration: While an important national security issue, the current debate provides talking points for both sides when the outcome is pre-determined as in the Federal Deficit Reduction Commission, while ignoring Triple Threat: In the case of the Federal Deficit Reduction Commission, we all know this is just cover for politicians when the commission reports that taxes must be raised!

Huck PAC for Chuck for US Senate
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Huck PAC, the political action committee of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, has endorsed Chuck DeVore in the race for the Republican nomination for United States Senate in California. Huck PAC is dedicated to supporting strong conservative candidates across the nation who will work to defend the unborn, limit government's size and scope, and bring integrity to high office and . Its endorsement brings with it a thriving grassroots network that mobilizes from homes and communities to deliver activism and funds where they're needed most. said a DeVore campaign press release, responding to the endorsement.

Of Parasitic Bureaucracies
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - We plan to update this page from time to time - so stay tuned, or send us suggestion,We continue to assert that California’s Triple Threat is choking off California: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyist and 3) Parasitic bureaucracies. In the past, we have discussed the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC), the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), and the Air Quality Board (AQB) as an example of parasitic bureaucracies.

An argument for a Paradigm Shift in Public Education – One in a series
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - Arguably, there is a need for a paradigm shift in public education. That is, a radical transformation, as opposed to the continuous partisan bickering, such as the one going on in CAPO.To be clear, “radical transformation” means different things to different people - not in the words must mean something demagoguery sense: visionary leaders see what others can’t see, for example.

CAL. AG Lobbies US Senate - Refuses to join in Challenge to Constitutionality of HCR
LOS ANGELES, CA - As a financial reform package advances in the Senate and an unrelenting swarm of Wall Street lobbyists descends on Capitol Hill to block it, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today urged senators to preserve a critical portion of the legislation which allows states to join the fight against financial fraud on the front line. At the same time, as a number of Attorneys General and Governors accross the country swarm to challenge the constitutionality of the ObamaCare Bill, Brown refuses to join mostly because doing so politicizes the issue.

Taking Don Corleone to (CUSD) School
A preview of the 2010 Elections now playing at your Local Capo. - The Teacher’s Union CAPORancho Santa Margarita, CA - It is an understatement to say that the teachers’ union dislikes the transformation going on in the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) aka CAPO. – What with the last three elections placing Seven Republican trustees, dubbed the Lucky Seven, on the board. On day one of the Lucky Seven, union members threatened to recall the new board members from office. Local union bosses called in reinforcements from Then California Teachers Association (CTA).

CAPO Teachers are Nice - CUSD board not Nice
A Capo teacher opines that CAPO teachers are nice - the problem is with the fiscally responsible CUSD board members. We agree - CAPO teacher are nice:Teachers are nice and want everyone else to be nice, this is the main reason teachers endorse criminalizing home schooling - Parents are NOT nice - they teach hateful thinks such as values, work ethics, commitment and g

Connecting the Dots While Rushing to Supreme Judgment
Let us not rush to judgment, the President of the United States admonished Americans, immediately after the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood massacre which occurred less than a month before Nidal Malik AbduWali Hasan, a U.S. Army Major would have deployed to Afghanistan. After all, his last name does not necessarily make him a Muslim and does not necessarily link him to Islamic Terrorist or any other terrorists organization for that matter, the President reasoned.

When Never Again is not a Function of What Is, Is.
On April 12, the nation of Israel stood in silence for two minutes remembering the 6 Million who perished in the Holocaust, while world leaders engaged largely in a much publicized Global Mutually Assured Distraction conference - a most useless waste of global resources by the same leaders largely responsible for the global state of affairs and seemingly agree with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who regularly asserts that the Holocaust never happened.

CA Attorney Generals Office - Politics' Free Zone
SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced yesterday that his office has launched a broad investigation into the California State University Stanislaus Foundation to include an examination of its finances and the alleged dumping of documents into a university dumpster, after State Senator Leland Yee asked Brown to investigate the refusal of California State University Stanislaus to turn over records, pertaining to the $500-a-plate June 25 speaking engagement of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the university's 50th anniversary gala.

Mutually Assured Distraction Conference Yields Nuclear Fuel Pledge
WASHINGTON— In what amounted to a Global Mutually Assured Distraction, world leaders took plenty of opportunities to dine, wine and whine with mostly birds of a feather. The excuse...err. objective of everyone's attention was a 20-year old recycled plan to lock down tons of weapons-usable nuclear fuel by 2014.

Parasitic Bureaucracies

Calif Public Employees Retirement System Board Member Charged W Fraud
LOS ANGELES, CA- The California Attorney General (AG) today announced that the AG's office has filed a civil suit against former California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Board Member Alfred Villalobos, his company ARVCO Capital, and former CalPERS CEO Federico Fred Buenrostro, charging them with fraud

General Interest

Public Education

Around HOAs

So a Former Employee Walks Into a Laguna Woods Board Meeting and Says, You Owe me - Get it?
Laguna Woods Village, CA - When Chinese-born, bio-chemist turned comedian Joe Wong was invited to the Late Night Show with David Letterman in 2009 the audience cracked up when he walked in and said Hi everybody...So, I am Irish. While Mr. Wong's humor makes an American audience laugh, in China, where he grew up, people just do not not think it is funny.

What to do if money is missing from reserve fund
Question: I am the new treasurer of our homeowner association board. I've discovered that during the last four years more than $100,000 has been removed from the association' s reserve account to pay for things other than reserve-related items. At the last meeting I informed the board about Civil Code Section 1365.5 and made a motion to repay the $100,000 to the reserves from our operating account. None of the other board directors would second my motion.

LETTERS

Putting the “Brakes” on Senior Abuse! X“Methane Gas”(Fraud) Warnings in Laguna Woods’ “Mines”
We all know that life is full of surprises – some good, some not so good. The really good ones usually bring lasting joy, or at least temporary happiness. The other ones are often not really “surprises,” but merely the result of ignoring what we already knew to be true. Recent news reports from West Virginia bear that out, as witness of the tragic deaths of 29 miners in an explosion deep in a giant coal mine’s darkness. Why?

Friday night at the old Laguna Woods' Homestead
On Friday evening, April 9, 2010 an interesting event occurred. Janet Price, Financial Services Director; Heather Rasmussen, Public Relations/Marketing; Cris (formerly Trapp) Robinson, Legal Affairs Manager; Kurt Rahn, Landscape and recreation Director; Russ Ridgeway, Broadband and Community Relations Director; and Former General Manager Milt Johns were observed meeting with Ruth May of the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) board of directors in her home.

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