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HAYDEN HILL LAND SCANDAL

LMUD V KINROSS GOLD/HAYDEN HILL

Federal Case 11 cv 0255

filed on 1/27/11

Bench Trial Date: 4/11/16

LMUD Attorney:  Downey Brand LLP

STATUS REPORT

Kinross locates Ray Luhring  letter that states the LMUD Board not only approved the Hayden Hill purchase but then went on to lie to the public and the Court ,

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter....Winston Churchill

LCT Managing Editor, Sam Williams, nurtures the false notion that democracy means that ignorance is just as good as knowledge

When the Lassen County Times

Relies on Advertisements

&

Not Subscriptions

the public will always get the sanitized version

of

Lassen County News

The downside: this enables the corruption to explode because they can hide behind Sam Williams and his weekly throw-away

LASSEN COUNTY TIMES

The Best Friend of Corruption

in

Lassen County ?

Left: Lassen County Times Editor Sam Williams     &     Right: Lassen County CAO Richard Egan

..."quietly" Complicit to the corruption.

 Is that  an understatement ?

Censors the public

Suppresses the truth

Sanitizes to protect the guilty

What better friend could they have

.....and they wonder why no one wants to work for them.....

TYPICAL OF THE

DECEPTIVE BUDGET PROCESS,

COUNTY SUPERVISORS TUCKED

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO THE PARK BUDGET ONLY TO BE REDIRECTED

Johnstonville Park

$25,000 budgeted

DOES NOT EXIST

10.76 Acres on Diane Drive, Susanville

APN 116-180-62

just another Budget Scandal

In 2010, Supervisor Keefer wanted to build a new community Park in Johnstonville. The County had access to Prop 40 funds (2002, California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Act).and Supervisor Keefer wanted to use these funds for a community park in his District. 

The County land in Johnstonville soon proved to be unsuitable due to drainage issues. Caltrans yard across the road drained into the proposed park land. Caltrans was asked to mitigate this and agreed to grade their land so the water would be re-directed.

According to public records, the County budgeted $25,000 for the Park in 2010 but never spent anything. The Park was then re-located to Janesville and has now been re-named after Supervisor Keefer who lost his bid for re-election to Larry Wosick (a one term Supervisor)

BUDGET TRICKS /  BUDGET LIES

Brian Dahle was Supervisor of District 4 in 2010. $250,000 was placed in the 2010/2011 Budget for his Bieber Park. 

Chapman claims that the Old Historic Court house is not

HISTORIC ANYMORE

Watch Chapman whine about his new Board Room

Is Chapman's memory conveniently failing

According to public records, Lassen County has pulled many permits, since 2012, to remodel this Court House after the new $38 million dollar Hall of Justice was built on Riverside Drive. This building falls under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 

NOTE: Lionakis was the Architect that designed the new Hall of Justice. Lassen County Supervisors just signed a $133,000 contract with Lionakis to study the old Court.

Many space needs studies have been done and the County is well aware of each and every inch of this building.  The $133,000 is a gross waste of tax payers money

THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON, CHAPMAN, WHO HAS PUSHED THIS

....more to come

Lassen County Supervisors

Watch CAO & Supervisors Dummy-Up when drilled on the Longevity pay 

Approve a Pay Raise for themselves

 that will now be given when the

Lassen County employees get a pay raise

GONE IS THE STUPID 25% OF A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES SALARY

but was re-instated in the 2015 pay ordinance ?

Watch the Supervisors dummy-up

Supervisor left to right: District 5 Tom Hammond, District 3 Jeff Hemphill, District 1 Bob Pyle, District 4 Aaron Albaugh, District 2 Jim Chapman

&

approved yet another "STUDY" of the County's

space needs for the old Court House

{Past studies have been expensive and never used. This will be no different}

They approved the unbudgeted $133,000 contract for the Old Courthouse without considering the fact that they have no idea what it will cost to fix the Riverside building and move four Departments.

CAO Egan was asked several times how much it will cost and he went from "I don't know to "maybe $200,000 or $300,000.

The public was told $600,000 and that was before they found out all of the repairs that will be needed before anyone moves in.

There is no public outcry for a new

Board of Supervisors Board room

On January 21, 2013 Supervisor Chapman led a tour of the old Court Annex space in the basement of the County Administration Building on Roop Street

Without any authority, Chapman instructed NST to proceed with plans to

 remodel this Courtroom into a Board Room

Jeff Morish, from NST, told the Board on February 11, 2013, a Master Plan should be done first. Chapman really showed no interest in doing this the right way. Chapman wants a new Big Board Room with all of the bells and whistles.

On April 23, 2013 Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Chapman pushed to approve a contract with NST to "study" the use of the Court Annex for space and design. Soopervisor Chapman pushed to get his new Board Room done by June 17, 2013.  Jeff Morish said it could not be done.  At this time, the Supervisors had not budgeted a dime for this folly.

Kan We Help requested a copy of this "study" and was told that it did not exist

On December 10, 2013, CAO Martin Nichols presented a "Reassignment of Courthouse Space" to the Board of Supervisors.

At the January 21, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting, Chapman now wanted a Task Force Committee to be formed. Chapman never mentioned bringing back any previous Task Force.  This new Task Force would be chaired by him and members would be hand picked by him. Chapman claimed that this new Committee would be tasked with moving County Staff efficiently into available spaces in the old Courthouse and Courthouse Annex. Chapman promised that the "COURTHOUSE SQUARE REVITALIZATION TASK FORCE COMMITTEE" would recommend what needs to be done with the vacant spaces.

On March 11, 2014, the Board of Supervisors set aside Chapman's Dreamcicle Board Room.

On April 14, 2014, new CAO Richard Egan claimed that he was going to receive a "NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY" in a few weeks and told the Board that rather than spending money to remodel the vacant spaces, it might be possible to buy the BLM building on Riverside Drive. Kan We Help requested a copy of this study and was told that it was not disclosable.

The 2015/2016 Budget (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016) did not include any money for remodeling the Courthouse/Annex projects. Previous and present Board members have said many times that a Master Plan must be in place before this EXTENSIVE movement of county offices. NOW, before ONE DOLLAR is spent on the new Riverside building, Chapman now wants to spend $133,000 on a study for his New Board Room, up those stairs,  in the Old Courthouse.

He is obsessed with putting an elevator in ?

The Lassen County Supervisors eventually purchased the BLM building by borrowing $4.1 million. The Supervisors have no idea how much "fixing" this 1996 building will cost, plus moving costs, plus new furniture, fixtures. After transferring $1.1 million to the JPA for the community pool there is less than $1.5 million left of the loan.

AFTER THE BLM BUILDING IS REMODELED AND OCCUPIED SOME TIME NEXT YEAR, THEN AND ONLY THEN SHOULD THEY consider

CHAPMANS

DREAMCICLE

..some time in the future, if at all

Eventually, if they can find the money, the most efficient and convenient space to move the Supervisors Board room is the 2600 square foot Auditors office in the County Administration building on Roop Street. The Auditor could relocate directly below in the space vacated by the Public Defender.

Sounds simple, cost effective and efficient......tell Supervisor Chapman

ABOVE: ROOP STREET ENTRANCE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

Basement of County Administration. Entrance through glass enclosure in back parking lot

Auditor, Public Works and Planning will have inside stairwell to access Board Room and Administration offices

Another slight of hand move by Lassen County Supervisors

The Statutory Salary limit, approved in 2013, for Lassen County Supervisors is *$35,485

*According to surrounding counties Supervisors salaries,  this is a competitive salary

HOWEVER

Lassen County Supervisors receive an additional pay increase they just don't want to talk about which pays them thousands of dollars above the Statutory Salary

Example:

Benefits listed are benefits paid by the County not the employee

LASSEN COUNTY'S

POOR MANAGEMENT, POOR PLANNING

Lassen County decided on acquiring a $4.1 million dollar debt this year.

They spent $ 1.4 million on a building (2950 Riverside, Susanville)

September 22, 2015 Video Tour

The Supervisors have no idea how much they will need for the repairs, remodeling and the cost to move four county departments in to it (District Attorney, Public Defender, Child Protective Services, Probation Department)

With less than $1.5 million left [of the$ 4.1million loan], Chapman pushes his new Board room up so he can "hold court" in it before he retires at the end of 2016.

Chapman escalates his new board room on 9/22/15 with an illegal RFP

KAN WE HELP FILES

BROWN ACT COMPLAINT

This was all Chapman

Supervisor Hammond stated that he did not know about this RFP. He was never given a copy. No Supervisor was given a copy except Supervisor Chapman

Chapman, a 40 year career politician, knew his action was illegal

 He escalated his new Board Room.

Listen to the discussion "at the end of the meeting" on 9/22/15

Chapman knew better than anyone that there was no plan to remodel the old Courthouse until the next fiscal year

Remodeling the Riverside property may take most of the remaining loan dollars

and

Chapman knew that it was anillegal process to issue a Request For Proposal in this manner.

WATCH THE 12/8/15 DISCUSSION

Supervisor Pyle childishly threw the KWH Complaint over his shoulder. Chapman just pontificated

Supervisor Albaugh was absent but Hammond, Hemphill, Pyle and Chapman approved the Contract to Lionakis for $133,300. 

CHAPMAN WANTS AN ELEVATOR IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE BECAUSE

 PLUMAS COUNTY & MODOC COUNTY HAVE AN ELEVATOR

     LEFT PHOTO:  Plumas County Courthouse    RIGHT PHOTO: Modoc County Courthouse, Chapman got stuck in their elevator when he recently visited.........

Chapman wants to demolish the historical courtroom, at the top of these stairs, for his new board room. Chapman also wants an elevator because Chapman just loves elevators.

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS DECIDE

NOT TO GIVE THEMSELVES

AN OBSCENE PAY RAISE

Kan We Help presented the pay history to the Board of Supervisors and publicly exposed that they have been getting pay increases in the Budget since 2002.

WATCH THE 12/8/15 PAY INCREASE DISCUSSION

Supervisors Pyle and Chapman attempted to claim again they had not received any pay increases since 2002 but had to take back that statement when the Auditor confirmed they had received a pay increase in 2013

Reluctantly, the Supervisors approved an Ordinance that would give them their pay raises when County employees were scheduled to get contractual pay raises.

The idiot "25% of a judges salary" clause was removed.

The Supervisors can use that $37,260 pay rate set in the 2015/2016 Budget to pay for the first two increases.

Supervisors Pyle, Chapman, Albaugh and Hammond still receive more than the statutory pay now !

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN HIDING THEIR PAY RAISES IN THE BUDGET

TO AVOID ANY  PUBLIC DEBATE

TODAY, THEY WILL TRY AND PASS AN ORDINANCE RAISING THEIR PAY

 an additional$10,000 A YEAR

County Counsel claims he isn't aware of a proposal for an increase to the Supervisors salary to $47,260

According to Lassen County payroll records:

Bob Pyle & Jim Chapman are currently

receiving  a salary of

$40,534.83 and $17,928.61 in public benefits

DO THE MATH:   $58,463

This equates to over $1,500 per meeting whether they attend them or not

(approximately 40 annual meetings)

....and now they want $63,463 annually ?

FACT:

The Supervisors already built in their $37,260 raise into the 2015/2016 Budget

OUR APOLOGIES & Thank you's !

Our opinions@kanwehelp.com mail box crashed due to the volume of responses to our recent postings. We have made adjustments to our mail-box to handle any amount in the future.

It is up and running again. Kan We Help thanks all of you for your words of appreciation.  

Remember, these politicians answer to you. Make them do the right thing for the people of Lassen County

Lassen County Supervisors

gave themselves a raise in the Budget

on July 1, 2015

Their salary went from $35,485 to $37,260 without approving the required Ordinance

....So what is this Farce County Counsel is trying to pull off ?

Current Ordinance/Current Budget

County Counsel is relying on the Public NOT NOTICING that he has been instructed by the Supervisors to up the Supervisors salaries again on December 8, 2015 an additional $10,000

Supervisors place a huge salary increase for themselves on the December 8, 2015 Agenda.

It will be the last item on the Agenda and they hope no one is left at the meeting to notice

Supervisors 2015 salary increase attempts

If the Supervisors were paid by the hour this is what their paychecks would be every two weeks

Jeff Hemphill   $ 99.93

Tom Hammond     $314.71

Jim Chapman     $480.00

Aaron Albaugh  $ 210.93

Bob Pyle     $480.00

The Lassen County Supervisors have never been honest about what they receive in compensation

PAY ATTENTION

These five unscrupulous elected officials will also try and slip their $1,000,000 Board room with its $500,000 elevator in to this two story building.

The Bid amounts on this illegally issued RFP were omitted on the Bid Sheet. No money was budgeted for this huge unnecessary renovation. No motion was ever made to approve and issue this RFP

And.......now they are going to approve a contract to repeat what they have done three times before. 

JIM CHAPMAN'S

MILLION DOLLAR

ROOM

Supervisor Chapman is a government within himself

The Lassen County Supervisors voted not to budget any funds for the Courthouse renovations from the LCPIC slush fund in the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year

THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY RFP at the September 22, 2015 Board of Supervisors meeting, NO DISCUSSION, no vote,  ABOUT ANY RFP.

CAO Richard Egan was not given nor ever asked for permission to release a Request for Proposal for the Courthouse Renovations and yet it was released.

Listen to the discussion "at the end of the meeting" on 9/22/15

NOTICE:  The Bid amounts were deliberately omitted

CHAPMAN HAS TRIED THIS BEFORE:

When Chapman wanted his new Board Room in Judge Sokol's old Courtroom (The Annex) "he" arbitrarily instructed NST to go ahead with thousands of dollars of remodel plans. He had  no authority to order this work and now he has done the same thing with the Old Courthouse.

Chapman then tried to form his own Task Force to decide where his new board room would be. This committee never held a single meeting and was disbanded.

Career politicians develop a sense of ENTITLEMENT.

In Chapmans case he crossed the line

STEWART MUST RETIRE WITHOUT

THE TYPICAL LMUD

"CONSULTING" CONTRACT

The LMUD Board Agreed

The value of Bill Stewart:

is that he is finally leaving

Lassen Municipal Utility District's

Bench Trial Date:  April 11, 2016

LMUD vs. Hayden Hill (Kinross Gold)

Hundreds of thousands of ratepayers money has been spent on a $65,000 land deal

Mr. Poof was very much a part of the Cady Scams that cost LMUD ratepayers millions

William Stewart survived the CADY YEARS but was very much apart of all those scams that were perpetrated on the ratepayers.

LMUD General Manager/Accountant Bill Stewart to Retire

Coincidence?

Stewart will retire on the eve of the Hayden Hill trial where he, as LMUD's bookkeeper, issued a check to purchase the Kinross Gold land that was signed by Fred Nagel and Frank Cady. 

The entire LMUD Board has lied about their decision to purchase this land

LMUD then discovered that they could not buy their way out of the obligation to clean-up the site so they sued Kinross Gold stating that Frank Cady did not have authority to sign the Purchase Agreement.

LMUD Claimed that Frank Cady did not have authority to purchase and they want to give the property back

Not to mention the recent  "unwarranted" rate hike approved.  How much will go for legal fees.

LMUD has socked away millions of dollars

Supervisor Jim Chapman Obsessed

with

Getting Fancy New Million Dollar Board Room

Courthouse Square RFP

.....and will do anything legal or illegal to get it

Chappy's Boardroom

After the RFP for the remodel/elevator, was illegally issued, Chapman visited the Modoc Court on October 15, 2015 and got stuck in the elevator for some time

Chapman wants to spend $500,000 to put an "elevator" in this two story building.

Lobby of Old Lassen Superior Court room

Currently the District Attorney has offices upstairs and will move to the Riverside Building after extensive remodeling ($1,000,000 est.)  is done. The Public Defender presently occupies the Court Annex in the lower level of the Lassen County Administration Building and will also move to the new Riverside building (Old BLM building, 2950 Riverside Drive, Susanville)

Throw Out Honesty,  Throw Out the Budget

TIME TO THROW OUT THE CAO again

or just get new supervisors ?

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

RELEASE 

ILLEGAL "REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL"

FOR

OLD COURTHOUSE AND ANNEX REMODEL

Left: Old Superior Court, soon to be vacant                                                                      Right:  Court Annex, empty

...and you will not see it on any past Agenda for approval

The RFP was discovered when Kan We Help was monitoring the LCPIC expenditures.

The Lassen County Board of Supervisors

did not budget a dollar on this Project

for

Fiscal year 2015/2016

There is a good reason for this. They don't know how much the Riverside building is going to cost to remodel, repair and move 4 County Departments in to it

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

CALL

SPECIAL MEETING

November 30, 2015 @ 1:00 PM

707 Nevada Street, Susanville, CA

Lassen County Auditor Watching LCPIC COP Funds

Richard Egan Attempts to Use

LCPIC dollars

to

Replace a Heater at 107 S. Roop Street

Kan We Help is committed to monitoring every penny

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS ATTEMPT

TO HI-JACK MODOC SUPERVISORS AGAIN

and Modoc Supervisors are not buying it this time ......

FLOOD DISTRICT

WATER: THE NEW GOLD

The Lassen County Supervisors have been unsuccessfully  trying to hold a Lassen Modoc Flood District meeting without the Modoc Supervisors

Chapman & Hemphill get stuck in Modoc Court elevator & Chapman cites motive ?

On November 17, 2015, the Supervisors failed to agendize this subject and instead illegally slipped the Flood District meeting in the last item of the day, CAO Richard Egan's "Information for the Board of Supervisors"

 Listen to the 11/17/15 discussion

Lassen County Supervisors want control over the Watersheds in the Lassen-Modoc County Flood District. 

Lassen County Supervisors want to create watershed "Zones" within this District that Lassen County will have authority over.

There was talk about forming a JPA which would not be controlled by LAFCO. 

Lassen County Budget

Lies & Deceptions

After Kan We Help discovered millions of dollars the Lassen County Supervisors tucked away in accounts like postage and transportation a new budget scam has been uncovered

CAPITAL PROJECTS

One Example and the tip of the iceberg:

Westwood Community Center Remodel

ACTUAL DOLLARS REPORTED SPENT ?

2010: $5,000    2011: $45,000  2012: $5,500

Also take a look at the discrepancies for Janesville Park, Spaulding Marina, Lake Leavitt Park, Beiber Park, etc. !

The work was never done, and the budget numbers have been falsified. This method is used consistently year after year.

Compare each line item in Fund 150

NOTE:  Where is Johnstonville Park ?

This goes farther than Lassen County

Public Records show that the Treasurer, Richard Egan may have been falsifying the State Controller Schedules also

....and

The Lassen County Supervisors divert budgeted dollars to other projects as a matter of ordinary business.

Suddenly the "ACTUAL" expenditures change again. Look, in particular to the re-roofing of the Westwood Library. The County claims they spent $58,000 to re-roof a 1,000 square foot Library in 2012, and in  2013 spent $49,000 to re-roof the Westwood Library, and in 2014 spent $33,751 to re-roof the Westwood Library

Look at how the "Actuals" have changed

FACT: The Westwood Library hasn't had a new roof in 30 years

Westwood Library Roof

 Photo taken 9/18/15

According to public records, this is what the $142,359 Westwood Library three year  "Re-roofing" was actually spent on

Fiscal Yr. 2012 /2013

$58,839

Beiber Library $51,076.31 (District 4 Supervisor Aaron Albaugh)

Westwood Community Center   $5,072.28

An unidentified bathroom   $2,690

NO WESTWOOD LIBRARY RE-ROOF

Fiscal Yr. 2013 /2014

$49,769

Public Works Shop Addition  $37,234.28

Herlong Community Center   $7,006.99

Standish 4-H   $5,100.00

An unidentified bathroom   $ 427.73

NO WESTWOOD LIBRARY RE-ROOF

Fiscal Yr. 2014 /2015

$33,750.53

Beiber Library   $33,750.53  (District 4 Supervisor Aaron Albaugh)

NO WESTWOOD LIBRARY  RE-ROOF

John & Eileen Spencer, of Westwood,

 paid for the Westwood Library to be painted

with the promise from

Public Works

that they would actually put a

new roof on the Library

District 1 Supervisor Bob Pyle has been asked to intervene..........but of course that would be silly since he was the one that stopped the new roof.......

Lassen County CAO Richard Egan

Tells Supervisors, At Board Meeting,

 Yesterday

He Is Putting Together  An Illegal Board Meeting

in Modoc County

Richard Egan stated that he tried to set a Lassen Modoc Flood Control District Meeting for December 10 in Adin, Modoc County. but the Modoc County Supervisors could not attend. Egan claims he is going to try and set the meeting on December 17, 2015. That meeting will be cancelled also.

THE PROBLEM:

Egan said that he plans to hold the Flood District meeting, in Modoc County and then adjourn to reconvene an illegal Lassen County Board meeting in Modoc County.

MAJOR, HUGE, GIGANTIC,

BROWN ACT VIOLATION

Egan finished by telling the Board that he is working with County Counsel Bob Burns to make the arrangements. What better person to get advice from than a man that has no problem ignoring laws.

GROUNDHOG DAY REMAKE

FEATURING

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

Lassen County was awarded a Grant of $788,000 in 2009 and if they don't piss the money away they will have to give the money back to the State of California in two years

The Supervisors did what they normally do, they shelved it.

The same silly excuses, the same stupid logic, over, and over and over and over

Listen to the discussion

Just a remake of the movie

Groundhog Day

Lassen County Does Not Build Anything

......but they are experts at buying and selling (aka Giving Away)  Real Estate to their friends

Expansion of the Beiber Family Resource Center (One Stop)

A 2009 Lassen County capital improvement project that is yet to be built even though the States $788,000 Grant money still sits in the bank to expand this facility.

This project had no fiscal impact on the General Fund. This CIP was funded through the Mental Health Services Act and the Supervisors continued to waste this Grant money .

2009 Proposed Much Needed Expansion to the

One Stop Center in Bieber

Public Works Director Peter Heimbigner ordered these plans knowing the cost to build would exceed the Grant money? 

So these costly plans were scrapped

NOW....

Six years later the County purchases a $184,094.60 mobile unit for the Bieber One Stop Resource Center & does not identify the Fund that will pay for it.........

By the way....this action, to purchase a mobile unit,  was suggested back in 2009

The Supervisors and CAO will attempt to divert the remaining Grant dollars to inappropriate expenditures....cause that's what they do .....

KAN WE HELP WILL, OF COURSE, MONITOR THIS ACCOUNT

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

LOOKING AT

OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN

RENOVATIONS, REMODEL AND REPAIRS

 OF THEIR RECENT PURCHASE

1996 BUILDING AT 2950 RIVERSIDE

TAKE A WALK THROUGH OF THIS BUILDING

As of October 16, 2015 the Auditor's record shows only $1,545,480.75 left of the $4,000,000 LCPIC fund

Lassen County's

CAO Egan, Tony Shaw & Public Works Peter Heimbigner

May have not fully disclosed condition of the

County's newly acquired BLM Building

OCCUPANTS AT RISK

NO SPRINKLER SYSTEM FOR FIRE

NO FIRE ALARM AT ALL........

Lassen County paid for an Appraisal and an Architectural Review

prior to the purchase

The Architect's report places a comment about

"fire alarm system" under "LOW VOLTAGE"

NO FIRE ALARM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING

September 22, 2015 Video Tour of old BLM Building

This "MAIN WORK" area is the District Attorney's in the SW corner of the building

THE "PLANNED" OCCUPANTS MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION

Lassen County's Fraud & Abuse

TOM HAMMOND: MR. CONFLICT OF INTEREST

"Bob Burns: The Dark Stinky Stain on the County"

The Lassen County Supervisors decided to hire the sitting District Attorney Bob Burns as their new County Counsel when the current County Counsel Retta Vander Ploeg gave her notice. The Supervisors decided to hire Burns at an out-of-town meeting, out of Susanville. This meeting was held in Bieber. No audible motion was made to hire him and yet the Supervisors signed his contract on May 16, 2014.

On September 24, 2013, Tom Hammond was seated after District 5 Supervisor Jack Hanson was recalled.

Tom Hammond was Lassen County Vendor #611 when he was seated on the Board of Supervisors.  Hammond knew that he was doing business with Lassen County for years and it would be a conflict if it was not disclosed. Over the next two years Supervisor Hammond continued to do business with Lassen County, a lot of business.

 Burns said nothing, Egan said nothing. HAMMOND SAID NOTHING, until inquiries were made about the conflict of interest.

DATA BELOW ACQUIRED THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS

CAo Richard Egan never brought this issue immediately to the Board when he was hired on February 25, 2014. Egan was Lassen County Treasurer, and long time resident, prior to being hired by the Supervisors as County Administrative Officer.

Agenda H-4 was placed on the October 13, 2015 Board of Supervisors Agenda [see 10/17/15 post below] to allegedly give CAo Richard Egan special authority to approve spending over $25,000 for 14 accounts (Totally unnecessary due to budget restrictions already in place).  The real goal was not the 14 accounts, but just Supervisor Tom Hammonds account for his businesses in Herlong. Listen to the Burns & Egan Agenda H-4 Discussion on 10/13/15

Suddenly Cao Richard Egan advises the Supervisors that they should take a separate action on Supervisor Hammond's business. The vote was unanimous to continue doing business with "The Mark"  (Hammond's business in Herlong). This vote should have been made the day Supervisor Hammond took office (9/24/13) two years ago when County Counsel Vander Ploeg was still there. Vander Ploeg is the "attorney" that advised Tom Hammond that he could vote on the Pezzullo/Herlong sale. A vote that cost Supervisor Hammond a FPPC $2500 fine.

NOW........County Counsel Bob Burns advises the Supervisors that under Government Code 1091 (c) 8 a majority vote must be taken for Lassen County to continue doing business with Supervisor Hammond

No such code exists

L: Bob Burns

The Supervisors never discussed correcting the Minutes. Burnsfake code was changed to 1091 (b) 8.

CAo Egan claimed that he had suspended Supervisor Hammond's account in July of this year.

Of course that was a bold face lie

Bob Burns Trashes Modoc County

Listen to Bob Burns comments on 10/27/15:

"There is a lot of fraud and abuse in Modoc County"

CAO Richard Egan has been trying to hold a Lassen-Modoc County Flood Control & Water Conservation District meeting with or without Modoc County. He and Bob Burns told the Lassen County Supervisors that the five Lassen County Supervisors would qualify as a quorum as determined by their alleged 9 member Board.

Burns, Egan and Chapman are attempting a very deceitful act.

John Benoit of LAFCO, provided Kan We Help with a copy of the "Act" that created this District.

The Supervisors District's, in both Lassen and Modoc County's, must be within the territory of this flood district, to be on the Flood Board.

At the time this was discussed there could have been 10 members on the Flood board. Re-districting in Modoc County  included Supervisor David Allan.  

The issue for Lassen County is that the Big Valley watershed is in limbo.

As always, Chapman mis-spoke about the events surrounding Kan We Help contacting Modoc County CAO Chester Robertson. Evidently Chappy was in Modoc County at the time Mr. Robertson spoke with Kan We Help's Secretary Eileen Spencer and revealed that Chapman got stuck in their elevator.

Modoc County is very concerned about the "Bully" behavior of Lassen County.

The issue came up when Richard Egan stated that he was setting up a meeting of Lassen County Supervisors in Modoc County. The Brown Act does not allow them to hold a meeting outside of their jurisdiction with the intent of adjourning their meeting to hold a Lassen-Modoc County Flood District meeting.

However the "two county" board could meet after a proper Public Notice to conduct only the business of the District.  The subject matter that the Lassen Supervisors want to discuss is not within the jurisdiction of the Flood Board.

quagmire ? YES

 Modoc County, evidently,  is not going to be bullied and Lassen County does not know what to do except

 LIE

HLVRA's Unprofessional Speculations

 May Prove Too Costly Too Build the Pool

The HLVRA Board of Directors would not listen to those professionals that strongly suggested getting a set of Plans done a year ago. 

In fact, that was their original goal

This pool cannot be built for $2.2 million but the HLVRA Board was told this over and over.

Even though the second RFP clearly stated the GMP,  only two Contractors Bid in an illegal and unethicalsecret bid opening.  Modern Building bid $2.9 million and Tricon bid $3.3 million

The Board voted to sign a contract with Modern Building and try and scale down the pool because they do not have $3,000,000.

Hopefully none of these Board members (Hammond, Chapman, Wilson, McBride) will be in office when they come to the public for more money

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

IN

LASSEN COUNTY

That isn't going to happen anytime soon

RAPE IS AN ACCEPTED MALE SPORT IN LASSEN COUNTY

Law enforcement in Lassen County still treat women like property, a man's property

Angel Siler Murder

TRIAL DATE: APRIL 18, 2016

Kan We Help brings the "Archangels of Justice"

to Lassen County, on May 11, 2015,  to investigate this murder

District Attorney arrested Romero on May 8, 2015 after learning there would be a private investigation

Ira Robins and Sal Rastrelli arrive in Susanville to investigate a murder that was ignored by Bob Burns

Kan We Help announced on May 7, 2015 that they were bringing the Archangels of Justice, to Susanville, to investigate the Siler murder.

One of the suspects in the 2011 murder was arrested on May 8, 2015

Bob Burns Not Competent

 in Civil Law

Is County Counsel a liability?

Listen to the Agenda H-4 Discussion, 10/13/15

Warning: Chapman lays out the first 9 minutes of the smoke screen. Spending is controlled by each Departments budget, so there was no need for this dog and pony show.  Hammond was the only reason this was placed on the Agenda and then Burns screws it up because he doesn't know the law

Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority

Three companies submit pre-qualifications to bid on pool

1. Modern Building Company

2. Tricon Construction, Inc.

3. Geney/Gassiot, Inc (rejected)

Two companies submitted Proposals  

Modern Building Company

BID: $2,983,125

Chico, CA

California Contractors License: 285006

Secretary of State records show this company was created 5/15/1973  ID C0680825

Tricon Construction, Inc

BID: $3,318,737

Reno, Nevada/ Rancho Cordova, California

California Contractors License: 754506

Secretary of State records show this company was created 6/2/1998, ID 2110470

Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority

promised that the second RFP bids

for the Community Pool

would be open to the public

The Executive Director, Jared Hancock never had any intention of making the bid opening public

The public is banned from the bid opening at 5:00 PM this afternoon

This unfortunate action puts a permanent black cloud over the legitimacy of the entire process

Where's the shame....?

Clear & Willful Intent

 to Commit Perjury

....and 3 months later, the

District Attorney has done nothing ?

THEN THERE WAS

 "NO INTENT TO COMMIT PERJURY"

Deputy DA David Evans may have lost the County Assessor's perjury case intentionally. He ran against Stacey Montgomery for District Attorney and lost and may have wanted to just make her look bad like he did with Bob Burns during the 2014 campaign

David Evans: "Now, is the time to take over this office"......

Instead, Evans just looked incompetent

Evans presented a clumsy and contrived case against the Lassen County Assessor and often times during the hearing froze, forgot his line of questioning and repeated himself to the point where you could watch the public gallery shake their heads in disbelief.

JUDGE MALLERY KNEW THIS CASE SHOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THE INSIDE OF A COURTROOM

THAT is......Stacey Montgomery's fault !

Lassen County Treasurer/CAO Richard Egan

Diverted $5,077,312.81

of the LCPIC dollars

to

"UNASSIGNED VENDOR"

from 2003 to 2011

*Kan We Help promised to monitor every penny of the new Certificates of Participation.

* The data below has been confirmed by the Lassen County Auditor

In the past, the Lassen County Supervisors have never disclosed the activity of these shell corporations.  These loans have been obscenely expensive and the Supervisors  do not want any public scrutiny.

Well gentlemen, those days are gone.........

The Wish List

Lassen County CAO & County Counsel

Lied to the Board of Supervisors

about

Supervisor Tom Hammond

CAo Richard Egan and County Counsel Bob Burns put on a

Dog & Pony Show  

at the October 13, 2015 Supervisors meeting

Listen to the Agenda H-4 Discussion, 10/13/15

Agenda H-4 was placed on the October 13, 2015 Board of Supervisors Agenda to give CAo Richard Egan special authority to approve spending over $25,000 for 14 accounts.  The real goal was not the 14 accounts, but just Supervisor Tom Hammonds account for his businesses in Herlong.

Cao Richard Egan advises the Supervisors that they can take a separate action on Supervisor Hammond's business. The vote was unanimous to continue doing business with "The Mark"  (Hammond's business in Herlong). This vote should have been made the day Supervisor Hammond took office (9/24/13) two years ago.

This Agenda item was only about protecting Supervisor Hammond's business with Lassen County

County Counsel claimed that Tom Hammond's interest with his County Account was remote (Gov't Code 1091 a & c) and the County could continue purchasing from Hammond's businesses in Herlong if they took a vote.

CYA:

 Burns also claimed that the FPPC's  Conflict of Interest  Penalty letter allowed Supervisor Hammond to do business with Lassen County. It does not. The Supervisors were told, on October 13 by Burns & Egan, they must take a vote to "ratify"doing business with Supervisor Hammond. This vote was required the day Tom Hammond took office.
 

THAT IS WHAT AGENDA H-4 WAS ABOUT.

*Five year history of Vendor #611

*Verified by Lassen County Auditor records

KAN WE HELP requested a copy of this FPPC "Advice Letter" Burns referred to on October 13, 2015 and the Memo CAo Richard Egan claims he sent to County Departments in July suspending business with Supervisor Hammond

Listen to the Burns & Egan Agenda H-4 Discussion on 10/13/15

A. FPPC Determination Letter & Hammond's $2500 Conflict of Interest fine 

B. Government Code 1090

C. Government Code 1091 (c) 8 does not exist

County Counsel advises Supervisors to rely on this government code to take action on.

Supervisor Hammond did not attend the October 13, 2015 Board of Supervisors Meeting

Lassen County Counsel

Bob Burns

Holding up Public Records Requests Now

1. Printout of expenditures of the $4,000,000 Loan

2. Printout of the Supervisors Contingency Fund expenses

WONDER WHY HE DOESN'T WANT THE PUBLIC

TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION?

Lassen County Counsel  Bob Burns

Running County Business

CAO Egan busy playing politics  and selling himself for bigger role, bigger paycheck and it won't be in Lassen County

[Does anyone remember the Ketelsen/Settlemire debacle? The two attorneys exchanged being CAO]

The Westwood Library's new roof is being held up until Bob Burns approves the $10,000 new metal roof that was approved in the  2015/2016 budget.

 Why would Burns even be in the "loop"?

District 1 Supervisor Bob Pyle does nothing?

Bob Burns targeted 14 Venders to be monitored but wants Supervisor Hammond's business in Herlong, "The Mark", to be taken off the County's purchasing list.

Bob Burns decides "who" rents public property. KWH wanted to rent the Old Courthouse room for two days and Burns went off on a huge paranoid conspiracy theory.  Burns supported the same rental to attorney Chip Chittock and had no problem with Chittock having direct access to the District Attorney's offices.The DA is currently housed adjoining the old courtroom upstairs.  Chittock has yet to give a date to the County for the "rental".  KWH was turned down for the rental because no date was given.

THE LASSEN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AT THE TOP OF THESE STAIRS

Chapman went on to rattle off  all of the other places in Susanville that Kan We Help could rent for their two day meeting

Burns has over stepped his authority a bit..............

Burns Competency

Judge Mallery Throws Out

District Attorney's Perjury/Voter Fraud Case

Against Lassen County Assessor

The District Attorney's political vendetta against Lassen County Assessor Dan Schlueter ended this afternoon when Schlueter's attorney Stephen King proved that his client did not commit perjury.

Steve Pezzullo lost his appeal to lower his Herlong properties tax bill.  Pezzullo paid his taxes in full on March 11, 2015 and then shortly after, according to Deputy McGarva's testimony, an "anonymous" voter fraud/perjury complaint was filed with District Attorney Stacey Montgomery. 

Pezzullo's attempt to acquire Herlong's Amedee Army Airfield was foiled when the Assessor assigned Parcel numbers to the Airfield. Lassen County Supervisors attempted to include the East end of the Amedee Airfield to Pezzullo when they gave him the 3,000 acres of public land.

In an earlier sale to Pezzullo, the Lassen County Supervisors succeeded,  in including the "One Stop" building in Herlong. Pezzullo gave the building back to the County when he found out that he would need to bring the building up to ADA compliance before he could sell it. 

PEZZULLO & MONTGOMERY ATTENDED THE COURT HEARING TODAY

DA Montgomery's lead investigator, Undersheriff John Mineau, told the DA that Dan Schlueter did not live in Clear Creek (Lassen County) because Schlueter could not have lived in an "uninhabitable" trailer on his property. DA Montgomery did not present a single witness that could verify this assumption. She relied totally on the statements by Officer McGarva and Undersheriff John Mineau (Mineau did not testify and was not present in the courtroom).  King, on the other hand,  provided five witnesses that rebuked McGarva's testimony.

Dan Schlueter's attorney Stephen King presented a brilliant defense that proved that the Assessor lived in Lassen County prior to filing his candidate papers to run for the seat being vacated by long term Assessor Ken Bunch.

Montgomery leaves the courtroom vowing to contact the Secretary of State  ???????

Westwood Library

Gets Fresh New Paint

500 Birch Street, Westwood, CA 95137

Lassen County Public Works

to schedule new roof budgeted for 2015/2016 before Winter

but

politics will prevent the installation of this new roof

Westwood Library Roofing Scandal

Lassen County's New $1.3 Million Building

To House

District Attorney, Public Defender, Child Support Services & Probation

Video Tour

The Building will be divided into four quadrants: Probation (front left), Child Support Services (front right),

 District Attorney (back left), Public Defender (back right)

Projected "rents" will not be enough to make annual loan payment on the LCPIC $4 million loan

Kan We Help Celebrates

13 years

of Providing Accountability Through Exposure

of

Local Officials

Kan We Help now has 641 world wide cities logging on daily (38 California cities) with over 7500 hits per hour. 

A few years ago, the local weekly free-throw paper tried to compete with "The Bulletin Board" by offering "tastes" of news on-line.

Kan We Help does not have to suppress the facts because we are free of Advertisers

Thank you all for logging on

SOCIAL MEDIA: 

Anonymous "Chat Rooms" for people that don't want to talk to real people about their real lives.

Lassen County Sheriff's Department

Continues to Lose Deputies

Due to Non-Competitive Pay

SOLUTION:

Pay them equal to or more than  prison guards

Lassen County has the money to pay Sheriff Deputies prison guard wages but decided to offer them pennies on the dollar. 

Bad precedent to set

THE LAST TWO YEARS THE SUPERVISORS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON PAYING THE ADMINISTRATION OBSCENE SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND JUST RECENTLY ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE THEIR OWN SALARY WHILE IGNORING THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY

THE LAST TWO YEARS THE SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO SPEND MILLIONS ON A NEW BOARD ROOM FOR THEMSELVES AND millions RENOVATING THE OLD COURTHOUSE....WHICH WILL BE VACANT SOON.

Bad precedent to set

The Drought Effects Lassen County

PGE Lake in Westwood

According to Paul Moreno, a PGE Media representative, Mt. Meadows Reservoir was drained due to the fact it was not maintaining a level needed for hydro-power. Mr. Moreno stated that no other lakes in the area were effected.

Rumors that it was an accident when a valve was un-clogged by a Fish and Game biologist are not true. PGE has been monitoring the lake levels daily for some time.  Paul Moreno stated that all of the creeks feeding Mt. Meadows Reservoir have dried up and the little water left was not supporting the fish population. 

UNLESS THE AREA GETS SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR SNOW THIS YEAR, THE LAKE WILL REMAIN DRY

STUNNING DECEPTIONS

Lassen County Supervisors hide millions in small accounts & Trust accounts

CAo Egan and Supervisor Chapman lied about the COP loans (LCPIC) to build the Jail and Juvenile Hall.

Lassen County Supervisors fail to support law enforcement

Lassen County DA files charges against Assessor but ignores perjury of Burns and Bustamante, all for new offices.....

Supervisor Hammond gets in bed with HSP Resources to help win a public bid

Hammond and Pyle celebrate their vote on issuing a bad $350,000 public loan

Lassen County Supervisors entertain support

for the "State of Confusion"

Lassen County Sheriff

Wants a Warehouse

in Westwood

to store his boats for

Walker Lake Patrols

463-475 Birch Street, Westwood

September 15, 2015 Video

PGE drained the lake on September 12, 2015 ?

It will take years after the drought ends to fill Walker Lake aka Mt. Meadows Reservoir

This was the view from across the dam

Sheriff Growden initially spoke at the June 23, 2015 Board of Supervisors meeting wanting to use the Westwood warehouse at 463-475 Birch Street in Westwood. He then spoke on September 15, 2015 and stated that the Sheriff's Department could pay back the $50,000 RBEG Grant ( Rural Business Enterprise Grant)

Probably, the extra $50,000 the Sheriff found can be used for a better purpose

Lassen County used a $50,000 RBEG Grant (obtained through the USDA) to renovate this building and it can only be used for small and emerging private business enterprises with less than 50 employees and less than a million dollars in gross revenues.

 ???????

On May 19, 2015, Public Works asked the Board of Supervisors for authority to purchase a warehouse that sits on 3.48 acres in Westwood. The Supervisors approved this purchase and paid Ryan Real Estate Appraisers $3500 to appraise this property.  This Warehouse is less than 2 miles from the Birch Street warehouse property. 

Secrecy ?????

This issue has not been on any Agenda since May 19, 2015?

Where ....or Where..... are the Supervisors going to find THIS MONEY ????

[ ANSWER: KWH has located the "pocket" money the BOS uses]

Walker Lake in Westwood Drained by PGE

Two Bald Eagles fly above the mud and the stink of dead fish

PGE drained the lake dry over the week end. Walker Lake feeds into Lake Almanor

This once beautiful serene Lake is now just a stinky mud hole. The hundreds of fish that made it through the dam struggle to breath in the pond of water left below the dam.

PGE will not comment on why Walker Lake was completely drained. 

Was Walker Lake water needed this year for the 25th Annual whitewater event next weekend ?

Lake Almanor water is being released into the Feather River

Kiss the Rings

and all of your wishes will come true

Video: Last "budget" meeting & Chapman has one of his tantrums

or NO SOUP FOR YOU................

**non-PUBLIC**

BUDGET HEARING TODAY

707 Nevada Street. Susanville, CA

 @ 2:30 PM

FOR

LASSEN COUNTY'S

$140,173,816 2015/2016  BUDGET

REVENUES UP FROM THE 2014/2015 FISCAL YEAR :

$123,738,049

Kan We Help submitted a list of 8 "over-funded" accounts to the Board of Supervisors to the tune of over $2,000,000.

Enough to fund any request made by the Sheriff Deputy's, One Stops request for $60,000, New Appraiser, Code Enforcement Officer, new Deputy DA and Investigator.........

 It is not unusual for public entities to hide millions in accounts like postage, memberships, conferences, travel.  They know that everyone will look at salaries and not the small accounts.

CAO Egan Disingenuous to County Staff

Egan's Budget is a Lie

Communications: Fund 100, Budget 921 had Zero in this account in 2014/2015 Budget and suddenly has $8,000

Memberships: Fund 100, Budget 31 had $168 in this account  in 2014/2015 Budget and suddenly has $3,500

Professional Services: Fund 130, Budget 526 had $ 384,000 Budget in the 2014/2015 and suddenly has $980,000

Kan We Help submitted 5 pages of these accounts

NEW LASSEN COUNTY

RULES

OF

DISCRIMINATION

Last January, Kan We Help pointed  out, to the Lassen County Supervisors, that they have "Rules of Procedures" that they didn't follow and the policy document needed to be updated to conform with current laws.  It took County Counsel or "whoever" nine months to take a look at these Rules and bring them up to date or leave them alone.

On September 8, 2015, County Counsel Bob Burns decided to leave them the way they have been for decades, OUTDATED AND DISCRIMINATORY. 

Kan We Help offered the Supervisors, for review, a version that cleaned the policy document up and conformed with current law. [The KWH corrections are made in yellow]

Watch what t h e m......."good ole boys" done did .  

Video

Chapman goes on and on about his critics hating County Government

....but he just doesn't realize that

the public is just tired of hearing his fake facts

At the September 8, 2015 meeting, Supervisor Chapman claims that the

Board hasn't had a raise since 2001 or 2002

Kan We Help presented this chart to the Supervisors in 2013 and now, 2 YEARS LATER, look at Chapman's Gross Salary for the past year.

"the pay raises are given without the public knowing, and then Supervisor Chapman lies, and lies and lies"

In 2007, the Supervisors attempted to invoke the

"25% of a Superior Court Judge" language they placed in Ordinance 532 in 2002.

MINUTES: January 16, 2007 Board of Supervisors Meeting

Even the Lassen County Times wrote an Editorial

Page 8C, January 23, 2007

Labor Negotiations at Impass

with

Lassen County Sheriff

......while the Supervisors placed an $11,755 pay increase for themselves on today's agenda

Under Sheriff John Mineau pleads for fairness at the Supervisors meeting today 

Video

 To watch entire 9/8/15 meeting click here-Lassen County Scoop

SUPERVISORS......REALLY BAD TIMING

VIDEO

**After the public presentations, this issue failed for lack of a motion**

2014/2015 Actual Compensation

of Lassen County Supervisors

+ the overcompensated County Counsel Bob Burns

LASSEN COUNTY

"the county of privilege"

In the past 12 months, the Lassen County Board of Supervisors have not hesitated to donate $11,085 of unbudgeted money to a private organization

In a blink of an eye $4,000 was given to the "Lassen County" Chamber of Commerce for a pyramid scheme Supervisor Chapman wanted because they gave him a GoPro Camera

In a blink of an eye $2,000 was given to the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce for a FAKE TREE.

The taxpayers have paid $103.20 for the Chamber of Commerce's "parade applications", $75.00 for the Chamber of Commerce's "Home/Garden booth".........etc, etc, etc.

NOTE:  The Supervisors have never asked for any accountability and certainly have never told them NO. 

Now watch how they feel about the people that help the poor and disadvantaged

Click on photo below

The Caretakers of the elderly and disabled in Lassen County have been attending the Supervisors meetings for months and have pleaded to have their budget increased. Currently the Herlong, Westwood and Bieber "One Stop" Resource Centers receive $10,000 a year.  The Supervisors want them to raise their own money because they would feel better.

Herlong One Stop Resource Center,  helping the disadvantaged

NOW, THE SUPERVISORS THINK THEY DESERVE AN $11,755 ANNUAL INCREASE IN THEIR SALARIES

They are overpaid now, so maybe we should tell the Supervisors to

EARN WHAT THEY ARE NOW BEING PAID BEFORE THEY CAN ASK FOR MORE MONEY

COMPETITIVE SALARIES

    THE TRUTH:

Public Records show that Supervisor Chapman and Pyle

were paid $58,463 last fiscal year

    THE COUNTY FOR THE PRIVILEGED

.

LASSEN COUNTY

"the county of privilege"

Lassen County Counsel Bob Burns contract states that he will get a

$126,897 salary plus benefits

(70% of a Superior Court Judge salary in perpetuity?)

County Counsel Contract

But, according to public records, for fiscal year July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015,

 Bob Burns was paid

 $144,522.99 salary + 38,034.87 in benefits

As of July 1, 2015, a Superior Court Judge's salary changed to $189,041

As of July 1, 2015, Bob Burns salary

should have changed

to just $132,328.70

Then why was he paid $144, 522.99 ?

... because he knows nobody will check ...

LASSEN COUNTY

"the county of privilege"

Watch and Listen to Supervisors Pyle and Chapman comment

 about the "One Stop Resource Centers" that help the County's Disadvantaged

Click on photo below

The 2015/2016 Lassen County Budget does not include the $30,000 increase to the One Stop Resource Centers Budget in Herlong, Bieber and Westwood. The Supervisors needed that money for SOMETHING ELSE..............

WHAT........,

This money will be used for a ridiculous, obscene PAY RAISE FOR THE SUPERVISORS

The Supervisors want the public to think that they are getting the $35,485 dollars stated in the Lassen County Code (Title 2, Chapter 2.36.030)

HERE IS A TASTE OF REALITY SUPERVISORS

COMPETITIVE SALARIES

HONEY LAKE VALLEY RECREATION AUTHORITY

DECIDES TO REJECT ALL BIDS ON POOL

AND REISSUE (9/28/15) THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

The HLVRA has not received the $1.1 million construction money

 from the City of Susanville

On August 10, 2015, Kan We Help filed a Complaint when the Executive Director decided to close the Bid opening to the public

Lassen County 2015/2016 Budget

A

Bust

Kan We Help used Lassen County's 2007 Budget as a baseline to investigate why the Board of Supervisors annually claim they are broke. What we found was not surprising.  The Supervisors tuck millions away, each year,  in their Budget in barely used and basically innocuous accounts. [UN-NOTICED ACCOUNTS]. Kan We Help identified 45 accounts that are used and these phony expenses stay there year after year and are never used. The purpose: To create the illusion of a deficit.[Study used 2007-2014 Budgets]

The Lassen County Supervisors 2014/2015 Budget hid over $3,000,000 in their budget in accounts that were never going to be used. 

The Independent Auditor disclosed their secret last year when they announced the County had a $4,000,000 surplus.

The annual Budget meetings (which are public meetings) concluded this week. These meetings are simply held to bully and intimidate County Department Heads.  CAO Richard Egan told Staff (not all attend the Wednesday meetings) that the County had a $318,000  deficit.

The Department Heads have succumbed to this intimidation for decades. It results in huge overtime expenses because of staffing that Supervisors have refused to allocate money for.

CAO Richard Egan had the audacity to ask DA Stacey Montgomery if she would accept a .8 employee instead of a 1.0 employee. Her Budget Request for an additional attorney and Investigator fell on the Deaf/Dumb ears of Supervisor Chapman and Pyle.

The County has more than enough money to accept 

all of the Budget requests of all County Departments

The two Supervisors (Chapman & Pyle) made very inappropriate comments about the Assessor and said that if you are not here you lose. They kidded about not giving the Assessor the Appraiser that is badly needed (Re: Williamson  Act Abuses & Compliance against the ranchers)

Supervisor Chapman was against free food for the poor and wanted to give the One Stop in Herlong more money and said the Bieber and Westwood One Stops should raise their own money. Chapman resented the annual dinner the One Stop provides and said it should be a "POT LUCK". Chapman was concerned that the County doesn't even know "how" the annually allocated budget ($10,000) was spent.

AND YES, ITS TRUE

SOMEONE TOLD

JIM CHAPMAN

TO

"SHUT UP"

After Chapman was allowed to go on and on describing graphically raw sewage that came up in the streets of Susanville, he then proceeded on a table pounding, fist waving tirade against Eileen Spencer for defending the poor. (video available)

A picture is worth a 1,000 words

Lassen County Animal Control Staff

Turns Shelter Around

&

Is Recognized Nationally

&

By Rescues Throughout California

for their work to save animals

EVEN THOUGH THE AUDIENCE GAVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, NOT ONE SUPERVISOR ACKNOWLEDGED THESE FOUR WOMEN, NOT ONE EVEN  APPLAUDED.

NOTE:   CHAIRMAN BOB PYLE RUDELY ATTEMPTED TO CURTAIL ANY PRESENTATION FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL STAFF and after the Animal Control Staff left the room Bob Pyle had only one question: How much does it cost for staff to euthanize?  [NOTE: The County used to pay his brother to kill the animals]

Staff Disrespected- video of Supervisors

LCAC Supervisor Pete Heimbeigner never even introduced the shelter staff and took the credit for it's successes. Mr. Heimbeigner told the Supervisors that licensing dogs has made the difference.  The Staff sat behind him at the meeting and was never introduced or called on to tell the real story of the "successes" 

Public Works Director Larry Millar, in a letter to the Supervisors, was the only one to acknowledge that the difference was due to the shelter staff and their hard work

Lassen County Animal Control Staff

L to R: Jaime Proia, Lauri Rondi, Donna Hastie, Sue Bonham (absent: Alison Pettus)

They are heroes.

 They save animals everyday of the week and do not EVER get the credit for their dedication and commitment for  finding homes for the discarded "pets" in Lassen County that would normally be euthanized.

Five years ago the "County Pound" was killing two dozen adoptable dogs a week, almost every dog that came into the "Pound". No attempt was made to find homes.  Now, the euthanasia rate is less than 10% and these are done because of a court order or due to illness.

In 2014, 690 dogs came through LCAC,  242 dogs were privately transported to No-Kill rescues. 89 were adopted and 269 were returned to their owners.  

This success can only be attributed to the four individuals above and we all thank them

This sign should be hanging over the entrance to the Lassen County Supervisors Board Room

The Lassen County Board of Supervisors Consent Calendar Agenda is reserved for routine items of business. CAO Richard Egan placed a "Rental Agreement" in the Consent Calendar that would rent the historic upstairs courtroom to a private attorney.  This courtroom is coincidentally next to the District Attorney's office. Richard Egan claimed, at the Board Meeting, yesterday that Mr. Chittock would be using it after hours.  The Treasurer, Assessor, Elections and Recorders offices are also in this building. There is no security in this building. 

Eugene Chittock has been convicted of Domestic Violence and filed a Harassment lawsuit against Bob Burns

[Vexatious litigant ?]

Kan We Help suggested that if Mr. Chittock needs additional space that he could rent the empty house next to his office building or rent one of the many many empty buildings in Susanville.  Judge Sokol's ground floor courtroom is vacant and is not connected to any other County offices 

Supervisor Albaugh questioned the logic in renting the courtroom to Mr. Chittock.  CAO Egan only then revealed that it was only for one day. Chairperson Bob Pyle asked for a motion and the other four supervisors were silent. After an awkward pause Supervisor Hammond made a motion to approve and then there was no "Second to his Motion". After another awkward moment Supervisor Hemphill seconded Hammond's motion to approve Chittock's Rental Agreement. The Courtroom is now available to the public...........

 The vote was unanimous to allow a private attorney access to the County offices after hours.

Brilliant, just absolutely Brilliant

Private Attorney Eugene Chittock

Needs to Rent

Courthouse courtroom from Lassen County

.....don't look but this.....

deal has been placed on the Supervisors August 18, 2015"Consent Calendar" Agenda

No details on rental agreement disclosed but the rent will be

$1953 per month.

Facts Not Fiction:

Courtroom is attached to the District Attorney's offices

"Maintenance" will be included with the Rental Agreement

Courtroom not ADA compliant and may need an "elevator" to be installed

COST OF ELEVATOR: $500,000

THERE IS A PERFECTLY GOOD BUILDING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO CHITTOCK'S OFFICE

Chittock owns the large gray house on the corner of Lassen/Cottage

[Judge Sokol's green house next door is empty? In fact there are alot of vacancies in Susanville.......]

Lassen County Suffering

from

Epidemic

 of Pazzullo Revenge

No, you can't take two aspirin and go to bed.

No, there is no more public land to give away

There is no Cure:

But how do you stop this well known Epidemic from using the Judicial System to have those Prosecuted  that got in his way

bottom line: He still doesn't get that airfield....and his land grab becomes worthless

The Ugly Reality of Lassen County Politics

HSP Resources (aka Hayes, Smith, Pezzullo) were promised the Amedee Airfield and didn't get it. The Amedee Parcels RFP was "rigged" from day one.

The Army holds a 50 year lease for the Airport with Lassen County. If the County sells the leased property (which they attempted to do), the new owners (HSP) would now own the Airfield. 

This attempt failed and Pezzullo wants someone to pay ?

BELOW: The Lassen County Supervisors included the East end of the airfield in the RFP hoping no one would notice

KAN WE HELP NOTICED

The Board of Supervisors fully intended to include the Army's Airfield, but the Lassen County Assessor and Surveyor didn't succumb to the bullying and are now paying the price.

The Assessor split up APN 133-080-60-11 so that the east end of the airstrip had its own parcel number, 133-080-64.

Pezzullo DID NOT GET THE AIRFIELD HE WAS PROMISED

CORRUPTION HAS IT'S OWN PRICE

Supervisor Tom Hammond was fined $2500 for voting to give HSP the township of Herlong when he knew he couldn't vote on the issue (conflict of interest with his Deli)  and then turned around and voted to give HSP an additional 3500 acres of public land for $25,000

Hammond is driving a new Lexus. 

?  $2500 vs. Lexus ?

Lassen County Clerk

Julie Bustamante

JUST REALLY BAD AT HER JOB

The County Clerk serves as the Election Officer for Lassen County and determines whether or not a person can run for an elected position. It is her job to qualify a persons eligibility to run whether it is for a Special District or a County wide position.  

Ms. Bustamante allowed Supervisor Larry Wosick to live outside his District for the last year of his term.

She has committed perjury herself by not disclosing interest in real property on her FPPC form for over 7 years and allowed others to do the same.

This is PURE and ABSOLUTE politics as usual

When will the District Attorney indict her for perjury?

Kan We Help

Files

Complaint Against the HLVRA

for Public Contract Code Violations

BID OPENINGS ARE

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

[California's Antitrust Laws prohibit "bid rigging"]

Executive Officer of  JPA-HLVRA

Jared Hancock

Unfortunately Decides the Bid Opening

Would Be Secret

You do this when the RFP is rigged

The Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority issued a Public Request for Proposal on June 17, 2015

The day (August 6, 2015 @3:00 PM) the public Bids were to be opened, Executive Officer Jared Hancock decided to open the bids secretly.

Hancock based his decision, for the secrecy, on Public Contract Code 22160-22169. Of course, this government code does not give him any authority to make the bids secret.

THE PUBLIC AND THE CONTRACTORS BIDDING SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED

WITH

 HANCOCK'S ACTION

Submitting bids for public jobs is very expensive for contractors and when the process is tainted, someone should pay

Lassen County Counsel

Robert Burns

Thinks He Can Hide His Legal Actions

Burns thinks he can just ask California and Nevada Courts to hide his legal name by using his middle name, nick name or simply file under his "initials"

This is not a privilege Mr. Burns.

It is Abuse of Authority

Kan We Help tried to research the Court case calendar for Bob Burns, Debbie Burns and Chris Smith. The results are below

Lassen County Counsel

Bob Burns

Has Done Such a Dis-service

to the

Lassen County Supervisors

&

Lassen County

The Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority

Releases Request For Proposal

THE HLVRA ISSUED THE RFP

WITHOUT

ANY PLANS WHATSOEVER

AND

states that the Bids cannot exceed the "Guaranteed Maximum Price"

Option 1:  GMP   $1,162,466

Option 2:   GMP  $1,087,400

Option 3 (1 & 2):   $ 2,249,866

Good Luck...this will be awarded to NST

This is the JPA's Schedule

Lassen County's CAO Richard Egan

is not the first to get richer

by way of a County office

Egan's 700 Forms for the last two years

[Kan We Help discovered that Egan has held stock in the Lassen Irrigation District and never reported it]

Chapman out, Egan in 

Supervisor Jeff Hemphill

Commits Perjury

Under penalty of perjury, Jeff Hemphill claims that he provided

Schedule A-1 and Schedule B,

when in fact he did not

Lassen County

Deputy CAO Tony Shaw

refuses

to submit the

FPPC 700 form-Schedule B-Interest in Real Property

The Fair Political Practice Commission allows public officials to amend or correct omitted information

On April 18, 2015, public records disclosed that Tony Shaw and Bob Burns had not submitted their interest in "real property"

 On May 6, 2015, Kan We Help asked County Counsel Bob Burns and Deputy CAO Tony Shaw to submit the Schedule B of the FPPC 700 form.  These forms are due by the end of March each year.

Bob Burns complied, Tony Shaw did not

Shaw claims that he doesn't have to disclose any real estate owned outside of Lassen County. Public Records disclosed that Tony Shaw owns 2910 Mill Creek Road in Ukiah.  Real Estate owned by public officials is important to disclose in order to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest.

Supervisor Tom Hammond complied and disclosed property owned in Plumas County

Lassen County

County Counsel Burns

Tells CAO Richard Egan

To Release the Medici Auction Documents

Kan We Help sent Richard Egan a PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST NON-COMPLIANCE NOTICE AT 5:39 PM YESTERDAY and Richard Egan forwarded the Medici Auction documents [ KWH requested on July 6, 2015] at  7:30 PM

Auction costs were deducted from the sale price

On July 6, 2015, Kan We Help asked

Lassen County CAO Richard Egan for copies of

the Medici Auction results

The 3 pieces of Medici equipment below were confiscated & then sold by Lassen County at Auction

EGAN WILL NOT DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AUCTION...how much $$$, where did the $$$ go

....maybe the $$$ were given to his secret

"unassigned vendor" or to a secret bank account ??

Lassen County Chamber of Commerce

Wants You to Shop Local

Yet

look what they include 

in their business directory

Border Town Restaurant, N. Cold Springs, Nevada

International Entrepreneurs, Chester, Plumas County

Almanor Energy, Lake Almanor, Plumas County

COSTCO, SPARKS, NEVADA

Rural Communities

Not Immune

to Ponzi Schemes

If someone knocked on your door and said "If you give me $4,000 I will turn it into $100,000 in six months".... would you write the check?

Of course not, but that is exactly what the Lassen County Board of Supervisors did this morning

....with the exception of Supervisor Aaron Albaugh who voted NO

The Lassen County Chamber of Commerce came to the Board, again, asking the Supervisors for money to enter a "contest".  

If they win, the Chamber keeps the money and can spend it anyway they wish. Poof.............

The real bell ringer, on this scam, is this "CONTEST" dangles a $3,000,000 prize in front of the hundreds that are participating

The Lassen County Chamber of Commerce has a better chance at winning the Publishers Clearing House prize.....

Lassen County Treasurer/CAO Richard Egan

Diverted $5,077,312.81

of the LCPIC dollars

to

"UNASSIGNED VENDOR"

from 2003 to 2011

WHO DID EGAN PAY?

*The 1989 $6,675,000 Certificate of Participation (COP) loan cost the taxpayers $11,121,884.41

[*Based on public records from 1993-2011].

.....more to come

Kan We Help Has Confirmed

that

Egan, Pyle and Chapman

 *lied

about the 1989 $6,675,000

the County paid only "interest" on this loan and refinanced the principal in 1998
 

 &

the 1998 $6,030,000

*the $6,030,00 loan was not paid off in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Certificates of Participation loans

They should not be trusted with

the new $4 million loan

THERE IS NOTHING

SUPERVISOR JIM CHAPMAN

OR

 SUPERVISOR TOM HAMMOND

WILL NOT LIE ABOUT

Watch the video below and hear Chapman change the subject

Video June 23, 2015 BOS meeting: Supervisors lie about Susanville Grant

Supervisor Hammond & Chapman

deliberately

misled the public

Lassen County District 2 Supervisor Jim Chapman and District 5 Supervisor Tom Hammond sit on the Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority created by the City of Susanville and Lassen County.

They both attended the HLVRA meeting when it was announced that Susanville was not awarded the Grant for their portion of the community swimming pool.

Chapman and Hammond emphatically denied this at the Board of Supervisors meeting

.

WHAT LYING DISHONEST FOOLS.

July 7, 2015 Lassen County Times Editorial

Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority

First Day of the Fiscal Year

Lassen County Board of Supervisors

Start Spending the $4,080,000 Loan

BOS July 1, 2015 Meeting

All other Capital Improvements put on back burner again

Supervisor Albaugh took heat from Bob Pyle for not voting to give the HLVRA $1.1 million. Supervisor Albaugh has consistently voted no on this project.

  Supervisor Chapman ordered Albaugh to vote YES,

but then

Hemphill made an unfortunate comment to Albaugh

Poor District 3 elected a foul mouthed crude slow thinking Supervisor 

Hemphill suggested that

 Albaugh's "male parts" be placed on a fence

 to change his vote

VIDEO

Hemphill brought his little daughter to the meeting who seemed unaffected of her fathers bar room comment....she's probably accustomed to worse?

Chairman Pyle did not reprimand Hemphill for his crude comment but laughed along with   Chapman and Hammond

WILL JUDGE MICHELLE VERDEROSA

RELEASE

WILLIAM ROMERO

TODAY ?

Judge Verderosa was no where to be seen.  Stephen Bradbury appeared at the bench to the surprise of "everyone", including the Bailiff who told visitors that Judge Verderosa would be presiding over the hearing.

No reason was given for the substitution but Bradbury ruled that there was sufficient cause to hold William Romero for the murder of Angel Siler in 2011.

Prosecutor Dan Howe, at no point appeared interested or competent at the hearing.

Howe either has no skills to prosecute a murder trial or he has been distracted by the enormous responsibility of his new appointment as "Hearing Officer". Bob Burns just gave Howe a $5,000 contract to act, when or if, a marijuana dispute arises.  The $ 5,000 appeared to have the perception of a bribe. A bribe to sabotage the Romero trial perhaps. Burns was the District Attorney when Angel Siler was murdered and he did nothing.  

After today's performance the District Attorney should be looking for a  Special Prosecutor.

An arraignment date was set for July 16, 2015 at 1:30 PM in Judge Verderosa's Court

It is sad and unfortunate,

Bob Pyle, Jim Chapman and Richard Egan

Lied about the LCPIC

GREED & OPPORTUNITY

Lassen County Poised

to Purchase BLM Building

in Susanville on July 1

Supervisors will hold Special Meeting on

Wednesday, July 1

to sign the purchase agreement

The Board of Supervisors voted to approve the 2015/2016 Budget on June 23, 2015 which included the purchase of the BLM building.

The County's $4 million dollar loan ($1.7 BLM bldg, $1.1 pool, $1.2 to conceal)  was deposited in the Lassen County Treasury on June 4, 2015 so that on July 1, of the new fiscal year, they could purchase the BLM building.

The CAo Richard Egan planned on spending $1.1 million for the building but the final purchase price was $1.3 million, leaving an alleged $400,000 for repairs and remodeling of the new building.

THE BUDGET COMMITTEE  SHOULD BE A REGULAR AGENDIZED ITEM

NOT BURIED IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR

This is not "Miscellaneous Correspondence"

Question:  What happens to the County's Administration Building @ 220 Roop Street

Can the  historic old courthouse, on Lassen Street, hold the entire County Administration staff, Auditor, Treasurer, Assessor, NEW BOARD ROOM, County Clerk ?

CHAPMAN LIES

AND HAMMOND SWEARS BY IT

Video June 23, 2015 BOS meeting: Supervisors lie about Susanville Grant

Supervisor Hammond & Chapman

deliberately

misled the public

Lassen County District 2 Supervisor Jim Chapman and District 5 Supervisor Tom Hammond sit on the Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority created by the City of Susanville and Lassen County.

Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority

These two men attended the June 16, 2015 HLVRA meeting when the Executive Director Jarod Hancock announced that Susanville did not get the OGALS Grant.  The OGALS Grant, if awarded,  was to be used for Susanville's share ($1.1 million) of the construction costs for the community pool.  Susanville must now find another source for the pool construction costs. 

The County will hold onto the $1.1 million that they borrowed on June 4, 2015 until Susanville can find a source for the pool construction costs.

YESTERDAY, AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, CHAPMAN AND HAMMOND FAILED TO REPORT THIS "FACT" DURING AGENDA B-4 (Unagendized Reports by Board Members aka meetings they attended)  AND WERE CLEARLY ANNOYED THAT THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP BY KAN WE HELP.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

REGULAR JUNE 23, 2015 MEETING CANCELLED

Lassen County CAo Richard Egan told to call a

Special Meeting because

County Clerk Bustamante failed to post

the Agenda for June 23, 2015

County Counsel Bob Burns

Takes A Page Out Of

Frank Cady's Playbook

....or...was the author really Burns?

When you can no longer suppress the truth, you restrict public participation. 

June 16, 2015 BOS meeting :Changing long standing procedures so public participation  is limited

LASSEN COUNTY RULES AND PROCEDURES

Frank Cady's BFF, Bob Burns is moving in that direction when he told the Lassen County Supervisors that this is THEIR MEETING AND NOT THE PUBLIC'S. Burns suggests not letting the public comment on certain Agenda items (illegal).

Burns told the Board of Supervisors that the public should not be allowed to comment on approving the Agenda or past Minutes.

Burns told the Board that the public should not be able to pull "Consent Calendar" Agenda items, even though the Board's procedures allow this.  The Consent Calendar is supposed be used for routine business but this Board every week abuses this and places inappropriate items to be approved without discussion by ONE SWEEPING VOTE. 

Burns told the County Clerk not to release LCPIC public records to Kan We Help but later changed his mind when Kan We Help threatened to file a Writ of Mandate. Burns only released a portion of the Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation documents. CAO Richard Egan has been paying this shell corporations annual fees from the Chamber of Commerce's account for years without consent from the Supervisors. 

 .....stay tuned for the rest of the story.....

Bustamante Misses Deadline

for Posting BOS Agenda

She selects the laws to obey and ignore

&

Bustamante Then Lies About

the Wrong dates and Wrong Times

on BOS Website

Bustamante is notified on Sunday that the dates and times are incorrect. She fixes the problem Monday morning

and then lies about it.

Burns Doesn't Like the Public Criticism and tells the Supervisors that

this is not the publics meeting.

Video: June 16, 2015

.....so he is talking the fabulous five into restricting public involvement

This is an alleged attorney that has an unnatural contempt for the Open Meeting laws in California

Kan We Help's offer to send Mr. Burns to private classes on the Brown Act was declined by Bob Pyle

Burns tells the Supervisors that the public should not be able to speak on certain Agenda items

City of Susanville Fails to Get the $1.1 Million Dollar Grant for

Construction of the

Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority Pool

Lassen County Supervisors and the only incorporated city in the County, Susanville, formed a Joint Powers Authority in 2013 to build a community pool. 

The HLVRA moved forward today and  approved a Request For Proposal (RFP) to find a developer or contractor to build the pool even though there are no funds yet. 

The two public entities have each been contributing $200,000 a year to the HLVRA  towards the construction costs.

Funds have been used to demolish the old pool

Bribery Comes In Different Flavors

Burns: He can't be a judge. He can't be District Attorney

He thinks he is a Lassen County Supervisor or maybe the future CAO?

In 2011, Bob Burns was the District Attorney when 23 year old Angel Siler was raped and murdered. 

BURNS DID NOTHING TO INVESTIGATE THIS CRIME THEN AND NOW HE THINKS HE CAN INFLUENCE THE ATTORNEY THAT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS SUSANVILLE CAPITAL MURDER CASE..........DAN HOWE

Burns thought up this scheme to suddenly give his friend, DAN HOWE, a new $5,000 contract and no one would notice.

CAO refused to disclose how he was going

to pay for this

DAN HOWE WORKS

FOR

DISTRICT ATTORNEY STACEY MONTGOMERY. 

WILL THIS

$5,000

HELP HOWE FOCUS ON THIS CAPITAL MURDER CASE?

WILL DAN HOW ACCEPT THIS BRIBE?

William Joaquin Romero

 Turned Down Plea Deal on June 11

and

Will Face a Murder Charge

for the

2011 Rape and Death of 23 year old

Angel Siler

  Romero was offered six years in prison, by Deputy District Attorney Dan Howe,  if he plead guilty to the lesser charge of "Kill without Malice", and Romero turned it down

Judge Verderosa asked Romero if he understood that the penalty for murder could be life in prison. Romero responded that he understood.

In 2011, Bob Burns was Lassen County's District Attorney when this rape/murder occurred and he made the decision to ignore the evidence and pleas from Angel Siler's family to investigate this rape/murder. 

IGNORED AS IN......DISMISSED HER DEATH AS INSIGNIFICANT AND NOT WORTH INVESTIGATNG

Now, Bob Burns (Lassen County Counsel)  wants to distract the prosecutor Dan Howe, from this MURDER TRIAL,  by assigning more "duties" or is this  just a bribe to look the other way ??

Isn't this a call that should be made by the current DISTRICT ATTORNEY?

Burns wants the Board of Supervisors to hire Dan Howe as the "Hearing Officer" for  marijuana cases.

Mr. Burns wants to pay Dan Howe

 a bonus of $5,000.  

That's politics in Lassen County

Burns has placed this issue as the last item (Agenda item H-5) on the last page of the Board of Supervisors June 16, 2015 meeting Agenda.

[Typically, this type of work, is contracted out to attorney Andrew Haut]

Integrity is important to Supervisor Albaugh

At the June 9, 2015 Lassen County Board of Supervisors meeting, District 4 Supervisor Albaugh castigated Supervisor Hammond for putting his own integrity at stake when Hammond secretly met with Steve Pezzullo, Larry Smith and Aric Manner (Sierra Army Depot Chief of Staff) during a public bidding process.

VIDEO:

June 9, 2015 BOS meeting: Supervisor Albaugh not happy with Hammond's actions

On February 17, 2015, Tom Hammond admits meeting secretly with Pezzullo during a public bidding process

County Counsel Bob Burns sits and does nothing

Watch the February 17, 2015 video and then watch Hammond back tracking his statement on May 19, 2015

VIDEO: The 2/17/15 statement followed by the 5/19/15 statement

District 5 Supervisor Tom Hammond cast the deciding vote to give Pezzullo and friends,not only the 400 acre township of Herlong but the 3500 acres surrounding the Sierra Army Depot.

Hammond owns the only grocery and gas stations (2) in Herlong and refused to step down when both issues came to the floor for votes. 

 THE FPPC FINED HAMMOND $2500 FOR HIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST VIOLATION

BELOW:

WHAT THE LASSEN COUNTY BOARD KNEW

ABOUT THE

LASSEN COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION's HISTORY

but

 didn't disclose to the public

They put on a really good show for the public

August 7, 2001 LCPIC Minutes

Richard Egan:  "The corporation can also borrow funds without approval of the voters"

Richard Egan was the Lassen County Treasurer from 1999-2014 & had full knowledge of the 17 year old LCPIC

(the following has been confirmed by public documents)

The original shell corporation Ameri-Civic Improvement Corporation was created in 1989

The Lendors changed three times under the ACCIP

The LCPIC was created because Lassen County's former shell corporation Ameri-Cal Civic Improvement Corporation  was dissolved on November 2, 1992

Lassen County went six years without a shell corporation to handle their $6,030,000 debt

The LCPIC assumed a $6,030,000 debt when it was formed in 1998

The cost of the new $4,080,000 debt will be in excess of $2,000,000

THE LCPIC HAS NOT MET FOR ITS ANNUAL MEETINGS SINCE 2008

The LCPIC is not a NON-PROFIT as stated by Richard Egan

The Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation has never appeared on ANY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA prior to May 26, 2015

Richard Egan secretly paid delinquent LCPIC fees and penalties without authorization

Richard Egan failed to file Form 100 with the Franchise Tax Board and in 2011 Lassen County received a NOTICE OF SUSPENSION of the LCPIC

Richard Egan failed to file timely ANNUAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS to the Lendors from 2000-2005

The Lassen County Supervisors and CAO presented this proposal to finance the District Attorney's (BLM building) new offices as a new and innovative idea of financing when........

County Counsel blocked Kan We Help's Public Records Request until the $4,000,000 was transferred on 6/4/15

Where's the shame..........

Kan We Help will watch every penny

"Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation"

......simply put.....

A SLUSH FUND

1989-2015

Bob Pyle was President of this slush fund in 2001, 2006, 2010, 2015

Larry Wosick was President of this slush fund in 2014 and still is according to the Secretary of State

Jim Chapman was President of this slush fund in 1999, 2003, 2011

Brian Dahle was President of this slush fund in 1998, 2007, 2012

Richard Egan was Treasurer of this slush fund from 1998-2013

Richard Egan was Vice-President of this slush fund from 2014-2015

Julie Bustamante was Secretary of this slush fund from 2007-2015

On May 26, 2015, former Supervisor Everd McCain came to the Board of Supervisors to object to this loan.

 Supervisor McCain was kept in the dark about this secret slush fund

Lassen County Supervisors Pyle and Chapman's

DECEPTION FIRST AND THEN MORE LIES

SECRETS, SECRETS, SECRETS

August 7, 2001 LCPIC Minutes

Richard Egan:  "The corporation can also borrow funds without approval of the voters"

[Richard Egan was the Lassen County Treasurer from 1999-2014]

After Julie Bustamante was elected County Clerk the LCPIC didn't meet from 2009 to 2015. Annual Reports were not filed

On June 15, 2011, the Franchise Tax Board sent the LCPIC a "FINAL NOTICE BEFORE SUSPENSION

Steve Pezzullo and Larry Smith

Blocked from getting any Part of Airstrip

Pezzullo will not get East end of the Amedee Airfield

Kan We Help objected when the Lassen County Supervisors included the east end of the Amedee Airstrip in Parcel 133-080-60 for sale in the RFP.

The Supervisors had every intention of giving

Pezzullo part of the Army's airstrip

The Assessor split up APN 133-080-60 so that the east end of the airstrip had its own parcel number, 133-080-64

Assessor protects the airstrip by assigning APN's

What price will the Assessor pay?

133-070-22 (west end)

133-070-23 (west end)

133-070-14 (west end)

133-080-59 (center)

133-080-64 (east end)

133-120-14 (east end)

Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation

NOT A NON-PROFIT

as the Articles of Incorporation

and Bylaws state

......just a plain old ordinary shell corporation

Kan We Help requested the Agendas, Minutes and annual corporation reports filed with the Franchise Tax Board and/or the IRS.  On May 29, 2015, the County Clerk was advised by County Counsel not to let KWH inspect these documents. 

The County Clerk claimed later, after Kan We Help threatened to file a Writ of Mandate, she had to find all of the documents requested.

Bustamante had the "green" binder at the May 26, 2015 LCPIC meeting and could have complied with Kan We Help's Public Records Request on May 29, 2015

Bustamante turned the "green" binder over for inspection today.

Bustamante also released the annual regular corporation "Franchise Tax Form 100's "  & copies of the letters from the State of California regarding late fees, penalties, etc.

All available on May 29, 2015

Pezzullo's Family Member,

Cherie Gullerud

Deliquent $13,147.31 on her BLM Building Property Taxes

Cherie Gullerud, owner of 2950 Riverside Drive, Susanville (vacated BLM Building) has history of delinquent Lassen County property taxes.

Gullerod is currently delinquent $13,174.31 on the property Lassen County CAO Richard Egan has been trying to purchase for Lassen County. The delinquent taxes have never been mentioned at any public meeting. She also paid a penalty on her tax bill in 2014 but has paid the December 10, 2014 taxes.

Will the taxpayers have to eat these back taxes in the "deal" Egan is putting together? 

Julie Bustamante

Richard Egan

Bob Burns

Bob Pyle

WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

FOR THIS DECEPTION

They cannot produce any documentation  that LCPIC

 is

a valid non-profit corporation.

Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation

?BOGUS AND BUSTED?

A Ukiah resident, Tony Shaw, was hired to put this $4 million dollar loan together. The Board of Supervisors hired the Government Financial Strategies Inc. and GFS, Inc. based their vetting of the LCPIC to receive millions on Bond Counsel (Meyers-Nave). .....great checks and balances ?

Lassen County Counsel Bob Burns has blocked any disclosures on the LCPIC that was formed in 1998.  He advised the County Clerk not to release mandatory State annual reports, Agendas and Minutes. All are public documents. 

All corporations in California are required to comply with the changing corporate laws. LCPIC is no exception, even though the GFS, Inc. was told by Bond Counsel that the LCPIC does not have to comply.

BOTTOM LINE:

Is the LCPIC  really defunct and is being resurrected?

Will most or all of the 4 million be used on the DA's new building?

Will Chapman's new board room continue to be paid from unfunded budget accounts?

Will the HLVRA go out-of-business because the County spent the promised million dollars?

Will the Supervisors continue

to

coerce and intimidate staff

to hide the truth?

Vacated BLM Building

 on

Riverside Drive, Susanville, CA

was

assessed at $2,303,892 in 2014

The BLM building is listed for $1.6 million with Susanville Real Estate

CAO, Richard Egan told the public that it would

cost $1.1 million to purchase this building & $600,000 to renovate

Anyone want to guess why Egan lied?

Will Steve Pezzullo's Big Happy Family laugh all the way to the bank again,

 if they pull off this scam ?

It's just money......public money

County Counsel Bob Burns

Tells

Bustamante

NOT TO COMPLY

That may be a reality, for Bustamante, if there are no corporation documents.

The Supervisors are attempting to quickly pass-through $4.1 million dollars through the "Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation"

The Lassen County Clerk is the "SECRETARY" of LCPIC and keeps the  records.

Steve Pezzullo, Larry Smith, Tom Hammond and Hal Hays

talkalot

RESULTS: In two years, no improvements in Herlong. Just t a l k.....

Pezzullo's HSP Resources, Inc. [formed immediately for the purchase of the Township of Herlong] has done NOTHING except complain about paying property taxes.

Thanks to Supervisor Hammond, for $36,900,  they own the 4,000 acres of the public land that surrounds the Sierra Army Depot

...and he gets a "NO COMPETITION" promise?

Supervisors Hammond, Pyle and Hemphill are attempting to include the east-end of Amedee Airfield in the sale to HSP Resources. This parcel intentionally was never given an APN number so that it would be included in the sale.

Notice that parcel 133-080-60-11 wraps around and includes the east-end airfield strip.

THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT, BUT AN INTENTIONAL ACT TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF THE AIRFIELD IN THE SALE TO PEZZULLO AND COMPANY

Lassen County has a 50 year lease with the Army for the entire Amedee Airfield.

    WATCH AND SEE IF THIS SCAM IS ACCOMPLISHED !

Lassen County Supervisor Tom Hammond's

boy scout demeanor

more than tarnished

On February 17, 2015, Tom Hammond admits meeting secretly with Pezzullo during a public bidding process

Watch the February 17, 2015 video and then watch Hammond back tracking his statement on May 19, 2015

VIDEO: The 2/17/15 statement followed by the 5/19/15 statement

1. The Amedee Parcels RFP was issued on 9/23/14

2. The public bidding process was from 9/23/14 to 2/17/15

3.On 12/11/14,  HSP Resources stated in their bid that they were in negotiations with the Sierra Army Depot

4. Chief of Staff of the Sierra Army Depot (Aric Manner) stated on 1/6/15 he did not know anyone from HSP Resources

5. On 2/17/15, Supervisor Hammond admits he met secretly three (3) times with HSP Resources & Sierra Army Depot Chief of Staff Aric Manner

6. On May 19, 2015, Supervisor Hammond admits that on 1/14/15 and 2/11/15 he met with HSP Resources and Sierra Army Depot Chief of Staff Aric Manner for "tours" of the Depot. Supervisor Hammond did not disclose the date any third meeting?

On 2/17/15, Supervisor Hammond was the deciding vote to give HSP Resources 3400 acres of public land for $25,000.

On October 8, 2013  Hammond voted to give HSP Resources the township of Herlong (over 400 acres for $31,900)

Did Tom Hammond's vote insure that he would be the only business to sell food and gasoline in Herlong?

Lassen County Flim Flam Plan

Similar to

Frank Cady's million dollar loan

from Plumas Bank

While Frank Cady was LMUD's GM/Attorney he ran the Susanville golf course and was  allowed to use the City of Susanville's golf course as collateral for a $1 million dollar personal loan. When Cady defaulted the City of Susanville had to pay off Cady's loan. No one asked Cady where the money was?? Plumas Bank didn't ask where the money was. The City of Susanville's City Attorney represented Frank Cady.............

The Lassen County Supervisors are using Frank Cady's Meyers-Nave law firm to put a similar deal together. If it worked once, why not do it again?

Meyers-Nave refer to the "Riverside Building" and "Lassen County Courthouse" as though they are the property of Lassen County.

The deception is quite intentional.

Lassen County BOS May 26, 2015 Agenda Item D-1

If the BLM building [on Riverside Drive] is connected to Steve Pezzullo, will the price be inflated or doubled? If the price is doubled and CAO Richard Egan is authorized to pay $2-2.5 million for the BLM building what money is left of the $4.1 million? They will need $1 million for renovations.

The BLM building is being purchased for the new District Attorney and related departments.   The District Attorney is presently housed upstairs at the old courthouse building vacated by the State of California when they built the Lassen County Courthouse on Riverside Drive in Susanville.

There will be no money left for improvements at the old courthouse on Lassen Avenue in Susanville after the BLM purchase and renovations and the gift of ???? dollars to the HLVRA. There will barely be enough to give to the Honey Lake Valley Recreational Authority for the construction of their community pool project.  The HLVRA was relying on the Tobacco Settlement annual contributions to pay for the $400,000 anticipated maintenance cost.  With this new scheme, all of the Tobacco Settlement money will go to the Lassen County Public Improvement Corporation FOR " RENT?.

    watch the money..............

*Richard Egan authorized a $20,000 contract to Skip Jones to renovate the County Clerk's office because he knew there would be no money left after this deal goes through to renovate county offices. *

Mr. Egan knew there were no dollars budgeted for this expense and approved the work anyway.. County Clerk Julie Bustamante even took the leather chairs that Judge Sokol had in his office....for her office. 

REMEMBER:

SHE STILL COUNTS THE SUPERVISORS VOTES

EPIC, SIMPLY EPIC

Lassen County Supervisors

Planning

"Slight of Hand"

for funding....... now what "project " was that for?

THE PLAN:

Company A gets funding from Company B who gives the money to Company C who gives it back to Company A

Oh, this gets even better................

On June 26, 1998, Lassen County created the shell corporation

LASSEN COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION. 

The concept, in 1998,  was to have this shell corporation borrow money to build the new Jail. This "shell" corporation does not have any assets to borrow a dollar?

In 2000, Lassen County obtained a $2,000,000 State Grant to build the Juvenile Hall at 1415 Chestnut in Susanville, CA and continues to receive State dollars to operate the Juvenile Hall.  

Lloyd Keefer is shown here cutting the ribbon opening Juvenile Hall in October of 2007

CAO Richard Egan and Supervisor Bob Pyle intend to use Juvenile Hall as collateral for the shell corporations $4 million dollar loan .

PRETTY SLICK GUYS BUT THERE ARE A FEW PROBLEMS

Lassen County built the Juvenile Hall with restricted funds. 

Lassen County owns Juvenile Hall & intends to use this property as collateral for exactly what.....a phony lease agreement?

The shell corporation (LCPIC) has no assets

 Where are the financial statements for LCPIC?

How did the current alleged "Directors" suddenly get appointed?

THE SHELL GAME

FOR THE SHELL CORPORATION

LCPIC intends to "lease" the "Riverside building" (?whatever that means?) and the "Lassen County Courthouse (owned by the State)" from Lassen County by giving Lassen County the proceeds from the $4 million dollar loan from TPB Investments, Inc.(formed in 2011)

and then

Lassen County rents these ??properties back from the LCPIC.Lassen County will agree to PREPAY  the rent one year in advance so  the LCPIC can make the annual loan payments (the documents state that the County can pay these "rental" payments"  from "any source", but the Tobacco Settlement fund is specifically mentioned as the source. The County may want to rent only to Departments that are being subsidized by State or Federal money. Legally the County can draw rents from these accounts)

        WHAT IS DISTURBING IS THAT THESE AGREEMENTS UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE OBLIGATES THE COUNTY OR THE LCPIC

ON HOW THEY MUST SPEND

THE $4 MILLION

1. At the FPPC's meeting this morning, the FPPC confirmed the $2,500 Conflict of Interest penalty

against Supervisor Hammond for his October 8, 2013 vote, to sell the township of Herlong to Steve Pezzullo

2. William Romero, arrested recently for the 2011 murder of Angel Siler, appeared before Judge Verderosa this afternoon for arraignment.

DA Bob Burns did nothing to investigate this 23 year old's murder in 2011.

Susanville Chief of Police Jeff Atkinson did nothing to investigate this murder in 2011. 

NEW DA MUST now CLEAN UP

AFTER BOB BURNS

William Romero's bail is now set at $1.5 million. Romero's Public Defender Rhea Giannani was granted a Continuance (for entry of plea) until June 11, 2015 at 1:30 at the Riverside Hall of Justice in Susanville, CA

THE COURT ROOM WAS FULL

AT THE ARRAIGNMENT HEARING TODAY

Justice for Angel

Gifts of Public Funds

Supervisor Hammond violated the FPPC's Conflict of Interest law on October 8, 2013 by voting to approve the sale of the township of Herlong to Steve Pezzullo.

Mr. Hammond replaced Recalled Supervisor Jack Hanson in September of 2013.

Tom Hammond campaigned on stopping conflict of interests...............Right?

Not one Stop Sign, but two Stop Signs were installed on private property in January/2014 at Mr. Hammond's direction.

On June 17, 2014, Supervisor Hammond slipped the purchase of these stop signs for Pezzullo's  V-2 Parcel, in the Consent Calendar for the County taxpayers to pay.

Supervisor Hammond's "friend" is fighting paying his taxes to Lassen County for his "TOWN"

Lassen County Board of Supervisors

 to Review

County Counsel Robert Burns

? Performance ?

at their May 19, 2015 Meeting

Former District Attorney Robert Burns did

absolutely nothing about the murder of Angel Siler

in

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Lassen County Counsel Robert Burns did

absolutely nothing when Kan We Help demanded

 that Tom Hammond recuse himself

 from the Amedee RFP in Herlong

Supervisor Hammond

for

Supervisor Hammond

A Politician 4 Profit

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Read the decision:

FPPC PENALTY $2500

Kan We Help filed a Political Reform Act violation, with the FPPC, after Lassen County District 5 Supervisor Tom Hammond refused to recuse himself from the vote on October 8, 2013.This vote gave Steve Pezzullo 400 acres of land (the township of Herlong) and was the first step to assure that Supervisor Hammond would be the only business to sell groceries, food or gas in Herlong.

The FPPC determined that Supervisor Hammond's vote was a "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" because he owned two businesses in Herlong which would financially be effected by his vote

Watch the arrogance of this elected official

...and then read how the County Clerk hides Kan We Help's Public Comment in the Minutes

Kan We Help asked Supervisor Hammond to recuse  himself again on February 17, 2015 from the vote when he admitted meeting secretly with Steve Pezzullo [the same buyer for the October 8, 2013 vote] after Pezzullo submitted a bid for more public property in Herlong. Supervisor Hammond's vote was the deciding vote to give Steve Pezzullo an additional 3400 acres of public land in Herlong, California.

Supervisor Hammond secretly helps Pezzullo during public bid and then voted to give more public land to Pezzullo

THE FPPC FINED SUPERVISOR HAMMOND ONLY $2,500 penalty for his 2013 vote claiming Hammond "didn't know"

PRESS RELEASE

Archangels of Justice

In September 2011, Angel Siler was found near death by Susanville Police Department and Fire personnel. The medics reacted with professionalism and respect, rushing Angel to the hospital. The Susanville Police were another matter, the obvious lack  of professionalism and courtesy is very evident in the responding officers behavior. He did not call for a detective or crime scene technician. Nor did he even consider the possibility that Angel Siler could have been forcibly drugged and raped.

Her nude body with bruises was clearly evident and the Susanville Police Officer took no action. This beautiful young woman alone, nude, incapable of speaking and surrounded by 3 men, the buffoon of a police officer did nothing to investigate.

Angel was buried after a brave unsuccessful fight for her life several days later, with the evidence of what happened to her in that dark shack on 2nd Street, in Susanville, minutes from the Susanville Police Station.

Now 5 years later the Susanville Police Department's knee jerk reaction is to arrest one of the men in hopes of keeping the Archangels of Justice away. We had the medical reports, statements and photos of Angels bruises. All of her bruises are consistent with being forcibly held down. The case was simple 5 years ago, but no one in law enforcement cared and apparently neither did the District Attorney Robert Burns

Now they clamor to arrest, make a media splash and cite how complex a case it is. Once again the propaganda spews forth. The Susanville Police Department in this county today are very well aware of proper protocol, and the possibility of rape during drug use. There is no excuse for their past shoddy police work. There is less of an excuse for the Chief of Police to try to cover it up. If he had any guts or integrity he would push for charges against the Officer for neglect and dereliction of duty.

Ira Robins and Sal Rastrelli will be in Susanville today

to investigate "why" Lassen County

law enforcement

 DID NOTHING

 about Angel Siler's murder

Kan We Help brought the Archangels of Justice, Ira Robins and Sal Rastrelli to  Lassen County to find out why the

Susanville Police Department and District Attorney Robert Burns

 did not investigate the three men that were connected to Angel Siler's death in September of 2011.

After, the Susanville Police Department found out that the Archangels of Justice were coming they arrested one of the men connected to the murder of Angel Siler, on May 8, 2015

District Attorney Robert Burns did nothing

More at: Lassen County Scoop

Archangels of Justice, Ira Robins and Sal Rastrelli will arrive on Monday to investigate why

nothing was done when Angel Siler was killed

in 2011

UNDER THE MOUNTING PUBLIC PRESSURE

AND ON THE EVE OF THE ARRIVAL

OF THE

ARCHANGELS OF JUSTICE

WILLIAM ROMERO

WAS

ARRESTED TODAY

FOR THE

MURDER

OF ANGEL SILER

Penal Code 187 (a): Murder is the lawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought

Penal Code 192 (b): Involuntary-in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection.

Former District Attorney Robert Burns did

absolutely nothing about this murder in

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Worst Lassen County District Attorney/Worst Lassen County Counsel.....EVER

Wrong Board Members

 for Pool Project

No interest

No progress

No funding

After a year and half, this Joint Powers Authority is just holding one meeting after another that produces nothing.  They don't care if meeting notices are published. They don't seem to care that no one attends the meetings anymore. They don't seem to care if the Minutes are correct of past meetings.  There is no interest, no progress, no funding.

It will take another year before they even have plans drawn up and find funding to build

This Board has ZERO knowledge, experience or  interest in building the pool.

This is the design that the Board chose:

The footprint of this project basically takes up the entire lot and Supervisor Chapman wants more discussion on where to place the pool? Chapman's lack of knowledge and ego has cost this project a year of progress

Should the public trust

what the Lassen County Supervisors

say

or

what they do?

One Stop Center in Herlong

A County owned building that was maintained with state and federal dollars was intentionally given away.    Today, there is still not a single piece of paper that stated the Supervisors wanted to keep this building and yet the Supervisors continue to tell the public that it was a "mistake".  The Pezzullo group gave the property back after realizing that they would have to spend hundreds of thousands in ADA improvements in order to sell the building.

One Stop Center in Bieber

A 2009 Lassen County capital improvement project that is yet to be built even though the States $788,000 still sits in the bank to expand this facility. This project had no fiscal impact on the General Fund. This CIP was funded through the Mental Health Services Act. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE DONE NOTHING

Amedee Airport Runway

County Supervisors intentionally included, in the sale to Pezzullo, the East End of the Airfield but the County Assessor will assign Parcel Numbers to the Airfield so that it cannot be included in the sale to Pezzullo

The price of doing this may cost the County an Assessor and a Surveyor

With every breath in their bodies, the Lassen County Supervisors stated that they were not going to sell the Amedee Army Airport and then attempted to include the east end of the runway in the sale to the Pezzullo group. The Army has a 50 year lease on the airfield after transferring it to Lassen County in 2003.

The Real 2013- 8 Page

Lassen County

Capital Improvement Projects

Are Prioritized (pet projects) down to 2 pages

Lassen County has always had the funds to build or buy a new Administration Building which would include Supervisor Chapman's fancy new Boardroom

The Supervisors SAY one thing

and

then DO SOMETHING ELSE

and

hope the public doesn't notice

TRUST.........HAS TO BE EARNED

AND THE SUPERVISORS HAVE LIED TOO MANY TIMES

There is no logical reason to trust this bunch to spend $4,000,000 responsibly

Lassen County CAO Richard Egan  hesitant and rambling

about "the use" of the $4,000,000 loan

Lassen County Supervisors

$90,000 Exploration of  Borrowing $4 million dollars

for Pet Projects

May Have Hit a Huge Snag

[Kan We Help will monitor every penny]

Left to right: Former District Attorney now County Counsel Bob Burns, CAO Richard Egan at BOS meeting in Bieber. CA

Lassen County CAO Richard Egan  hesitant and rambling

about "the use" of the $4,000,000 loan

Supervisors year after year have had the "cash" to finish capital projects but have failed year after year on promises to County Departments

Decaying Jail Building

Decaying Health and Human Services buildings

Decaying Cemeteries

Decaying infrastructures in the County

Decaying Animal Control Shelter

Supervisors have yet to take a VOTE on borrowing $4,000,000

They must first look at the "Surplus" each year in the Budget and start looking at finishing projects

that effect the everyday lives of the citizens of Lassen County.

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

DEMONSTRATED PERFORMANCE

Stupid is as stupid does

2014/2015 PROJECTED BUDGET BALANCE

ON JUNE 30, 2015

$19,250,955

Supervisors are spending $90,000 for advice

 on borrowing $4,000,000 for 30 years

.....and spend it on the following:

$1.7 million for the BLM building they allegedly want to buy (overpriced by a local CPA's relative)

$1 million for allegedly remodeling the old Courthouse/Annex (Chapman wants new Boardroom)

$1.1 million allegedly for a pool they don't own (COP's require ownership of collateral)

Look at what the Supervisors have budgeted to spend with $1,974,973 they already have in the bank:

FUND 119 Accumulative Capital Outlay     $1,220,217

FUND 126 Criminal Justice Facility    $276,256 ($25,000 to repair exterior of old courthouse)

FUND 127 Courthouse Remodel  $0

FUND 150 Capital Projects  $478,500

The Supervisors reduced the County's accumulative capital outlay (Fund 119) list from 8 pages to 2 pages, claiming that they "prioritized" projects.

This is money they spend to maintain long term assets.

ON THIS LIST:

Adult Detention Facility  $ 500,000

Bieber Veterans Building $100,000

Susanville Veterans Building  $ 400,000

Old Courthouse $1,500,000

County Administration building  $400,000

Mental Health building  $50,000

County Cemeteries $ 325,000

BLM building  $1,800,000

Lassen County Has No Capital Improvement Plan

No Money Budgeted for Remodeling the Old Courthouse, and County Clerk spends $20,000 to remodel her office in the Old Courthouse

......AND YET THEY ALLOW THE COUNTY CLERK

TO REMODEL HER OFFICE,

IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE,

 BY KNOCKING DOWN WALLS

County Clerk Bustamante's renovation includes Bob Burns old office. 

This same County Clerk received approval  from the Board to purchase a $27,000 software package (INSTALLED OVER A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE

 and then spent $40,000 without going back to the Board

Why do other Departments have to follow the rules ?

LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

ARE EXPERTS

AT

PISSING AWAY "GRANT" MONEY

It is a certainty that if they somehow pull off

 borrowing

$4 million dollars over a 30 year period,

THEY WILL PISS IT AWAY or SIPHON IT TO THEIR FRIENDS/FAMILY

......there is no such thing as conflict of interest in Lassen County......

On April 21, 2015, the firm the Supervisors hired to put this loan package together believed that Lassen County had a genuine Capital Improvement Plan

and that Lassen County owned the property for the new swimming pool

?????????????

$64,000 contract for "advice"

$26,000 contract for legal protection

Evidently the Supervisors anticipate problems.

Meyer-Nave is a C.Y.A law firm

 County Counsel Robert Burns hired the law firm of Meyer/Nave ($26,000) to watch over this "loan" process

BEFORE PLACING IT ON ANY AGENDA FOR APPROVAL

 BY HIS

"SUPERIORS

This legal contract appears in the April 28, 2015 [ G-3 in the "Consent Calendar"] Board of Supervisors Agenda.  Typically, the Supervisors sneak items in the Consent Calendar and try to approve all with one sweeping vote. This unethical practice is not unique with this Board.

MR. BURNS WILL NOW

ALLOW

THE SUPERVISORS

TO VOTE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT? 

ON MARCH 8, 2004, FORMER LMUD ATTORNEY FRANK CADY (LMUD fired Cady)TRIED THE SAME THING WHEN HE GOT INTO TROUBLE

WITH BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS

Hire now, get approval later

Literally for months, Kan We Help has been demanding that the $350,000 bad loan to Medici Logging be placed on the Boards Agenda.  CAO Richard Egan and County Counsel Bob Burns refused to place the December 8, 2014 Medici Logging Bankruptcy on the BOS Agenda,  claiming there was nothing to tell the public.

CAO Richard Egan places the Medici Logging bankruptcy on the April 21, 2015 Agenda

The Medici Logging loan was approved on March 24, 2014 and Medici closed their doors in November of 2014 after making only 3 payments to Lassen County. This action puts Lassen County in the position of having to  pay back $350,000 to the State of California.

Lassen County Grant Manager, Jenna Aquilerra, told the Board of Supervisors that any time Medici Logging did not maintain the "Public Benefit" requirement, Lassen County would be at risk of returning the $350,000 CDBG money to the State.

The $12,657 Superior California Economic Development

 Credit Analysis

included the information that Medici Logging had a $1,000,000 loan outstanding with Bank of Commerce. According to the author of this Credit "analysis" (3/20/15) the Lassen County Supervisors all knew about the Bank of Commerce loan. 

On 4/21/2015, Richard Egan announced that he fired Bob Nash from Superior California Economic Development company

SCED's Credit Analysis below:

Kan We Help spoke with the Bankruptcy Trustee, John Reger. Mr. Reger confirmed that the Auction the Court ordered of the estimated 75 DMV registered vehicles owned by Medici Logging Incorporated brought only $211,000 back to the Court. Mr. Reger told Kan We Help that all of this money will go directly to the Creditors.

The $19,000 Lassen County back taxes [owed by Medici]  will be paid from the net amount of the auction held on April 2, 2015 by "West Auction".

Bank of Commerce filed their UCC form on May 16, 2012 for 100% of the secured Medici equipment & inventory, according to "Lead Attorney for Bank of Commerce" Andrew Reisinger. This puts the Bank of Commerce in first position to the equipment & inventory.

LASSEN COUNTY HOLDS NO POSITION ON ANY MEDICI INVENTORY OR EQUIPMENT, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ACQUIRED BY KAN WE HELP

Egan somehow confiscated 3 pieces

of Bank of Commerce "secured" property.

Egan claims he can get up to $100,000 for these three pieces at an auction he is setting up this week ?

DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY and did we mention how dirty Lassen County is?

THEY ALL KNEW ABOUT THE HUGE $1,000,000 DEBT MEDICI HAD WITH BANK OF COMMERCE

RICHARD EGAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, JENNA AGUILERA (GRANT MANAGER)

NOW CHAPMAN CLAIMS,  "I DIDN'T KNOW".......... ?  ALL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS REMAINED SILENT

Lassen County Hires

Government Financial Strategies, Inc.

...but was not exactly honest

 with their intent.....

Lori Raineri, of GFS, Inc., presented a borrowing  "plan"

at the Board of Supervisors meeting on April 21, 2015

Lassen County is a "debt free" County and has had a comfortable $4,000,000 surplus for several years now. Deputy CAO Tony Shaw [a Ukiah resident] brought a contract to the Board of Supervisors to find a revenue source for the construction costs of a community pool, remodel the old Courthouse (a Jim Chapman pet project) and to purchase the recently vacated BLM building in Susanville.

BIG PROBLEMS

1. The Supervisors want to "lease"and remodel the BLM building from a local CPA's relative

2. The County gave away the property the pool is on so it cannot be financed through a COP. CAO Richard Egan has stated many times that the swimming pool is not on the Capital Improvement Plan because it is not owned by the County.

When Kan We Help told Ms. Raineri the County does not own the pool, she suggested putting the Jail up for collateral. She said that the County would not default on this loan because they needed the Jail.

3. THERE IS NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

There is an 8 page maintenance list maintained by Public Works

Westwood Residents, John & Eileen Spencer

Offer to

Restore and Re-install

 Old Roosevelt Pool Sign

at

New Pool Site

NEXT HLVRA POOL MEETING: APRIL 21, 2015 @ 3:00

 Susanville City Hall

Lassen County CAO Richard Egan

 Suddenly

Reveals Major Stock Holder

In

Lassen Irrigation Company

The ranchers on the Lassen County Board of Supervisors have shown contempt for Governor Brown's State of Emergency Executive Order B-29-15 to conserve water . Why? They take what they want. Who will stop them? Other Water Users.

Leavitt vs LIC

Dow vs LIC

LIC vs  HLVRCD

CAO Richard Egan and Supervisor Pyle believe that they can take what they want and make jokes about water complaints. 

Click on photo below

Plumas County Supervisors

Hear

State of Jefferson's 

"Seat at the table speech"

The Plumas County Supervisors placed the "State of Jefferson" issue on their April 14, 2015 Agenda for discussion only. The 37, in the audience, were split in the middle as far as the support for and against seceding from the State of California.

The Jefferson presentation was tailored for Plumas County, however Supervisor Lori Simpson had done her homework and she takes copious notes.  Mr. Baird was not prepared to answer Supervisor Simpson's challenges but said he would be happy to meet with her.

Lassen County Supervisor Chapman did his homework and had ripped the SOJ financials during the last presentation in Lassen County. 

The financials presented to Plumas County had changed from the Lassen County presentation. SOJ's Mr. Baird now told the Plumas Supervisors that the new state would likely incur a half billion dollars in debt when they broke away from California. He also told Supervisor Simpson that the Counties would basically be on their own in the new state and reduced the new Jefferson State government to an as needed "consultant".  The new state would have no credit rating and would most likely have a Junk Bond status.

When this movement began 75 years ago, the plan was to take a couple of  the Southern Counties of Oregon and a couple of Northern California Counties and withdraw to the new Jefferson State.

The Lassen County Supervisors were told that 12 Counties were needed to petition California but Plumas County Supervisors were told that it would take 20 Counties and they did not need to be contiguous.  There are 58 Counties in California.

For more information log on to the

"Keep It California" movement

keepitcalifornia.org

LASSEN COUNTY

"CULTURE OF CORRUPTION"

Corruption/Land Deals

The term "Good Ole Boy" system has been used to describe the male dominated government in Lassen County. However, a more appropriate term would be Lassen County's CULTURE OF CORRUPTION.

Old family names are predominant on ballots in Lassen County. Why not, they have lived in this county for years and have invested heavily in the political make up of Lassen County.

Should they dictate the culture of corruption, absolutely. Are they responsible then for the level of corruption in Lassen County, absolutely

Corruption Soup Ingredients

"Look the other way" DA

Corrupt County Counsel

Election of Water Abusers

Election of large land owners to change zoning

Local newspaper that suppresses the facts

Mix all ingredients together until you achieve an acceptable level of profit

Bake for 4-12 years

WHEN KAN WE HELP FED THE SUPERVISORS THE TRUTH

A NEW RFP HAD TO BE RE-WRITTEN

Selling Amedee Airfield was always

Tom Hammond & Steve Pezzullo's Plan

There was more to recalling Jack Hanson that meets the eye

Tom Hammond took the Oath of Office on 9/24/13 and the Amedee Airfield RFP was placed on the Agenda to be released on 2/1/14

Kan We Help has tracked the activity on this scam since before the first RFP was issued right up to the conclusion of the sixth RFP.

On April 7, 2015, Richard Egan and Bob Burns attested to the complete accuracy of the Bill of Sale to Larry Smith (aka HSP Resources, LLC)

VIDEO: click on photo

After Burns and Egan's assurances that all is well, Kan We Help exposed the fact that not only did the County spell "AMEDEE" incorrectly throughout the documents, inconsistent phrases but intended to sell the end of the Amedee airstrip to Hal Hays, Larry Smith and Steve Pezzullo (HSP Resources, LLC)

VIDEO: click on photo

CAO Egan states that the public over estimates the use of Assessor Parcel Numbers. Try selling your property

 without it Mr. Egan

KAN WE HELP STOPPED

THE SALE OF THE AIRFIELD

Look at the title of the RFP........

NOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN

EXPOSED,

THE SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CORRECT THIS SCAM

 BUT WILL THEY?

OUR MONEY IS ON HSP RESOURCES. 

 THEY OWN THE

 BOARD, CAO, COUNTY COUNSEL

Lassen County Supervisors Well Planned

and Well Executed Deception

to Give Steve Pezzullo

a Piece of Amedee Army Airfield

VIDEO:    Watch the well rehearsed 4/7/15 BOS meeting

 The Lassen County Supervisors, after orchestrated discussions, made a decision to keep three parcels of the surplus land around Honey Lake and the Army's Airstrip. 

The first parcel was the LMUD/PSREC electrical substation, North West Corner of the Army's Airfield. APN 133-070-12

The second parcel, the Supervisors retained,  was the Pole Line Road and the most southwestern portion of the Army's Airfield Parcels. The Supervisors decided to maintain this road and the parcel leading into the land they sold to Steve Pezzullo. APN 137-150-08,10

The third parcel the Supervisors claimed they wanted to retain,

but the Supervisors intentionally

DID NOT GIVE IT AN ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER SO PEZZULLO COULD GET THE AIRFIELD.

The third parcel is the Amedee Army Airfield's east end landing strip. Lassen County owns the Airfield but part of the transfer agreement from the Army was that it would be leased back to the Army for 50 years with a 50 year extension if they want it.

 If Lassen County sells any portion of this airfield, the new owner (HSP Resources) will be entitled to the Army's Lease being transferred also.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT

THE LASSEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS

ARE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF

Supervisors Intentionally

 Sell

the Parcel

they said they were keeping

[the parcel Supervisor Chapman fought to keep]

After Kan We Help exposed the fact that the eastern end of the Army's airfield runway

had been intentionally included in the Amedee Airfield Parcels Purchase Agreement

to Pezzullo and Friends.............

they sold it anyway

The Lassen County Supervisors voted to retain three parcels. Two were identified with APN numbers (APN 133-070-12 Electrical substation and APN 137-150-08,10- the Pole Line Road entrance) and clearly were excluded from the sale.

The third parcel (east end of the Amedee runway)

intentionally was not given an APN number

so that it could be quietly and deceitfully be included in the sale to Larry Smith.

APN 133-080-60 is one parcel

Corruption/Land Deals

HSP Resources, LLC- Tom Hammond, Hal Hays, Larry Smith, Steve Pezzullo

Supervisors adjourned the meeting for 15 minutes so Larry Smith of HSP Resources could be called to attend today's meeting.

 A VOTE WAS TAKEN:

Supervisor Chapman- NO

Supervisor Albaugh- NO

Supervisor Pyle - YES

Supervisor Hemphill- YES

and the one person that owns businesses in Herlong and will profit from this vote

Supervisor Tom Hammond- YES

Kan We Help asked Mr. Hammond to do the right thing and recuse himself. That would be the honorable thing to do.

DIRTY SUPERVISOR

Abuse of Office

[it doesen't get any dirtier than this]

District 5 Supervisor Tom Hammond

Assisted HSP Resources

in securing a public bid for more Herlong land

Supervisor Hammond admitted publicly that he met secretly, 3 times, with Hal Hays to secure a contract for a private company during the RFP process.

[new car Tom?]

Supervisor Hammond was the deciding vote to award HSP Resources 3,576.49 acres of public land for $25,000.

 HSP Resources was also involved with a questionable bidding process on the township of Herlong.

Former District 3 Supervisor Larry Wosick secretly bid on the township of Herlong but was caught and had to retract his $25,000 bid.

Wosick was a ONE TERM SUPERVISOR

The Bad $350,000 CDBG Loan

Richard Egan and Bob Pyle

do not want to talk about

Lassen County CAo Richard Egan and County Counsel continue to hide the $350,000 loss on a CDBG Loan that should have never been approved.

Burns has advised  Supervisors not to agendize this.

PATTERN

OF

 MONEY CHANGERS

Plumas Bank loaned Frank Cady

$1.4 million dollars

and never asked what he did with it

The City of Susanville allowed Frank Cady

to use City property , as collateral,

to take out a Plumas Bank $1.4 million dollar loan for

 his company "Sickles Golf Associates".

The consequences:  

A mass exodus from the City of Susanville

City Manager- resigned

City Attorney-resigned

Councilman Rocky Joy-resigned

and

Mark Soloman-Plumas Bank......Gone

TAXPAYERS ENDED UP

FOOTING THE BILL

Medici Logging's  2010

$ 1.4 million dollar  junk yard ?

 Plumas Bank VP JOE EGAN paid for this appraisal.......

for

Medici's Plumas Bank loans

 or

 to inflate the assets of Medici Logging ?

Federal Bankruptcy Court

Orders Auction on March 31, 2015

on Medici Logging Assets

West Auction, Inc.

530-661-0490

Auction Partial List

Lassen County CAo Richard Egan and County Counsel continue to hide the $350,000 loss on a CDBG Loan that should have never been approved. Burns has advised  Supervisors not to agendize this.

Burns mentality: What the people don't know won't hurt them?

The Court determined that there is no equity in the Medici "real property" which Lassen County took as collateral for the loan.

Just as sad, the Bank of Commerce, loaned Medici Logging $1,000,000 on the inflated appraisal made by Plumas Banks Joe Egan.

County Counsel Robert Burns

tells

Lassen County Supervisors Hammond, Albaugh and Hemphill, on March 24, 2015

they can vote to approve Meeting Minutes

that occurred before they were elected

UNPRECEDENTED

District 4 Supervisor Albaugh bites into the apple and drinks the Kool-Aid

More............

On February 17, 2015, County Counsel Burns allows Supervisor Hammond to vote to approve awarding HSP Resources the Amedee Parcels after Hammond admitted to an obscene Conflict of Interest with HSP Resources.

Hammond's vote was the deciding vote to give HSP Resources the public land.

On February 17, 2015, Hammond admitted publicly that he was secretly helping HSP Resources to obtain a contract with Sierra Army Depot during the public bidding of County land (Amedee Airfield Parcels)

CAN ANYONE, ANYWHERE SEE SUPERVISOR DAHLE

ADMITTING OR BEING A PART OF SUCH  ACTS?

Lassen County Supervisors

Unethical and now Unprofessional

Supervisor Hammond refused to recuse himself on Vote

to spend

$48,000

for an Airport Use Plan for HSP Resources

[the Supervisors previously voted twice not to spend any money on Airport Use Plan]