Comments on: Paul Gallegos: Dedication To Public Service – October 25, 2010 http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%25e2%2580%2593-october-25-2010 The mildly objectionable weekly newspaper for Arcata, California Sun, 19 May 2013 21:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RAP http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-13581 RAP Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:25:49 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-13581 Gallegos’s comments about Allison Jackson really illustrated what a sleazy, unethical person he is. In truth he fired her because she blew the whistle on a defense lawyer and Gallegos supporter, who tried to alter evidence. He was found by Judge Feeney, in the Douglas Zanotti trial to have whithheld evidence of the defendants innocence from the jury. It’s time to start cleaning this county up by geting rid of corrupt politicians.

]]> By: McKinleyvilleKen http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-13299 McKinleyvilleKen Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:55:17 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-13299 Something that the writer above does not choose to mention about her list of former employees.
A significant number of those people always supported Paul Gallegos’ re-election very publicly. Last election and also this election. I would also guess that most people on the list are no fans of Mr.Gallegos’ current opponent.
Certainly, every office of the District Attorney in Northern California counties historically have had seemingly large turnovers. Anyone who has ever been to law school could probably tell you why this is true. Often it is simply considered a starter position. Producing a list like this would make more sense if we could know what each person on it is doing nowToday. Or does that make sense?

]]> By: Rose http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-13241 Rose Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:33:41 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-13241 Someone oughtta ask Gallegos which ones were fired, and then ask those who were fired for the reasons they were given. I have a feeling Gallegos has opened himself up to a big problem. A very stupid move on his part.

]]> By: Rose http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-13235 Rose Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:39:49 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-13235 Paul Gallegos “lost,” fired or drove away a HUGE number of our prosecutors. Many were senior Deputy DA’s – the ones who are qualified to take on the toughest cases. In some cases he claimed it was because he lost grants.

(Paul Gallegos’ ‘Campaign Manager’ Natalynne) DeLapp said. “We’ve trained him on our dime, [and] he needs to be able to continue.”

Really? Only a dime?

Maybe more like a million something, if you calculate his salary, benefits and everything else over the last 7 years…

And what about all those other people we trained on our dime? The real question is, how many top prosecutors are left in that office?

All of these are gone:

DDA Ed Borg
DDA Worth Dikeman
DDA Frank Dunnick
DDA Eamon Fitzgerald
DDA Heather Gimle
DDA Paul Hagen
DDA Nicole Hansen
DDA Shane Hauschild
DDA Andrew Isaac
DDA Allison Jackson
DDA Harry Kassakian
DDA Elizabeth Norton
DDA Murat Ozgur
Patrick Pekin
DDA Amanda Penny
DDA Gloria Albin-Sheets
DDA Tim Stoen
Jennifer Strona
DDA Andy Truitt
DDA Nandor Vadas
DDA Rob Wade
Bill Rodstrom
Zach Bird
Jose Mendez
Jeff Schwartz
Davina Smith
Kathleen Bryson

PLUS:
Investigator Chris Andrews
Investigator Chris Cook
Paul’s secretary Gail Dias
Office Manager Linda Modell
Investigator Eric Olson
Investigator Kathy Philp (retired)
Investigator Dave Rybarczyk
Investigator Dave Walker
PLUS from CAST:
Child Interview Specialist Laura Todd
Child Interview Specialist Gillian Wadsworth
Senior Legal Secretary Melissa Arnold
Alternate Child Interviewer Jennifer Maguire

and a whole bunch more – all “trained on our dime.” Funny, now it’s supposed to matter?

And that’s a partial list. A good manager does not have that kind of turnover.

]]> By: Andrew Isaac http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-13015 Andrew Isaac Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:07:48 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-13015 Is the District Attorney implying that Mr. Hagen’s sudden, never-explained involuntary dismissal from the District Attorney’s Office (via CDAA) was because Mr. Hagen was judged by the Humboldt County District Attorney to be dishonest? Incompetent? Unfair?

]]> By: Robert Benson http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-12999 Robert Benson Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:06:27 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-12999 I, too, have been the victim of several crimes and you (Gallegos) and your office have not done anything, but make lame excuses and a perjured declaration to cover up one of the crimes. Deliberate indifference to crimes committed by your supporters (Mazzotti’s) is unlawful. You will be brought to justice, though, not in this jurisdiction.

]]> By: Dave Kitt http://www.arcataeye.com/2010/10/paul-gallegos-dedication-to-public-service-%e2%80%93-october-25-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-12976 Dave Kitt Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:31:15 +0000 http://www.arcataeye.com/?p=1824#comment-12976 I have been a victim of several crimes and you personally and your office haven’t done anything but make lame excuses.

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